He didn’t use his name, though.
Some of the moves, such as the parade of CEOs visiting Trump in Florida, the donations, and the effort to do business with people in his inner circle, appear designed to curry favour with a man famous for attacking companies and executives he dislikes.
But the election has also accelerated a wider shift back to more conservative social and political stances and an embrace of unfettered capitalism. Companies are scrapping diversity, equity and inclusion departments, cutting their support for racial diversity charities, and dropping out of climate change groups. They are also scrubbing anything that could be perceived as “woke” from public statements, corporate documents and advertising.
The election has empowered some top executives to start speaking out in favour of conservative policies, from tax cuts to traditional gender roles.
The article has a ton of examples but this one really got me. The CEO of Allstate was excoriated for making the thoroughly anodyne statement: “we need to be stronger together by overcoming an addiction to divisiveness and negativity,” by right wingers who claimed that he was pushing progressive causes and minimizing murder. (I assume most of them had been erroneously convinced that the murderer was an illegal immigrant by their Dear Leader.)
I understand from right wing influencers that “me too” was rejected at the ballot box which, after watching the Hegseth hearing and the rapist in chief being re-elected, seems to be true. So it’s not surprising that the workplace would also be seen as a misogynist free-for-all. As Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan, they want more “masculine energy” in the workplace.
I’m old enough to remember when “masculine energy” ran the workplace. Let’s just say that “Madmen” wasn’t exaggerated. I pity the younger generation of women if they have to put up with that. It was awful.
They’re Making America Great Again from the government to the military to the workplace. MAGA!