The Corporate Enslavement of Woke, By James Reed
US social critic, Brandon Smith, has made an important observation about the cultural wars which are now threatening to undermine Western civilisation. He suggests that the cultural medium of film gives some idea about the forces that are at work to deconstruct traditional society. Once the film makers had to carefully work their agenda into movies. Take an early example of as supposed classic Western, High Noon (1950). In the past I passed over sordid details because of the action, but in this movie we have a Western sheriff who is facing the revenge of a gang leader because the sheriff, played by Gary Cooper, seems to have had an affair with a Mexican woman, whom the gang leader claimed as his own! That would be shocking for the time, but never got publicised and it is easy to pass over the details.
Fast forward to the present, and there themes of homosexuality and transgenderism, are now promoted in today's movies. At present Star Wars, The Acolyte, described on YouTube by the Critical Drinker, as being about communist lesbian witches in space, is the latest in this onslaught of the cultural wars.
Yet, even so, these woke films fail at the bock office, but are still produced, and are now the main output of Hollywood, indicating that what we have now is a propaganda service, no longer a commercial enterprise. As Smith shows, what is happening with film is occurring to some degree with other corporate products, which take it upon themselves to push the woke agenda. In Australia we saw this with the massive support corporations gave to the Yes side of the Voice referendum.
What is going on here is likely something deep, and involving a globalist conspiracy. The Dark Lords of the New World order have set the agenda for cultural reform, and corporations will toe the line, or else suffer the fate of being attacked as "racist," "transphobia," and so on. Some may go broke by going woke, but the globalists are giving them no real choice here. They are playing hard ball, with a sold steel wrecking ball of woke.
"I was recently watching a video by some of my favorite movie commentators in which they were lamenting the apparent death of the movie theater business. They cited a long list of recent blockbuster bombs with some confusion as to why so many films were failing. In particular, they had predicted the film 'Furiosa' (a feminist bait and switch movie designed to replace the more popular male Mad Max character) would do relatively well. Yet, the movie bit the dust in epic fashion. They were bewildered as to why this occurred.
They posited numerous social and economic theories trying to explain why so many big budget bonanzas were losing money. They of course suggested that the covid event might have pushed people to adjust to streaming services as the better option. They noted that theaters can be more frustrating because of loud customers. They tried to apply some economic theories to the situation (these theories were overly simplistic and painful, but these guys aren't economists so I gave them a pass).
However, when the concept of the culture war was briefly broached, they dismissed it immediately.
They acted as if it wasn't a part of the equation at all; a mere fringe element of "click baiters" trying to make something out of nothing. The idea that people are boycotting Hollywood on principle was too much for these film critics to handle. And, I have to say, the level of delusion required to ignore the effects of the culture war is mind boggling to me. If you don't understand the culture war, then you don't understand a thing that's happening in America (and many parts of Europe) today.
People Oblivious to The Importance of The Culture War
I realize that there are people out there that refuse to engage in anything political. Some of them don't like to involve themselves in conflict of any kind. Others see themselves as "above it all" and superior to anyone that spends time on politics, social issues or "conspiracy theories." This seems more like a coping mechanism for those that don't grasp the complicated nature of civil division.
Yes, it's easier to turn a blind eye to what's happening and pretend like the chaos is random, but the fact is that our civilization is changing and breaking apart rapidly and this is by design. EVERYONE will be affected by these conditions and consequences whether they believe in the culture war or not.
The world of film might be seen as frivolous to a lot of conservatives out there, but it has always fascinated me because it's a perfect window into cultural conflicts. Film is supposed to be an expression of modern day mythology, but it can also be a look into ideological influences behind the curtain. It's often used as a vehicle for establishment propaganda.
The utter failure of Disney's efforts to force woke cultism into Star Wars is a good example. Their latest series, The Acolyte, is perhaps the worst performing Star Wars production of all time. The show has been described as "morally relative lesbian witches in space" and a DEI propaganda disaster.
The response from Disney and the media? Blame the audience, the consumers, instead of admitting they created a bad product that no one wants. They say you should want to watch it. If you don't, then there's something wrong with YOU.
The Communistic Erasure of Consumer Choice
It's not only about movies. Nearly every major corporation has engaged in woke warfare since around 2016 and they have been relentless in their mission to make far-left extremism the dominant ideology in the western world. Even to the point that they are willing to lose a massive portion of their customer base in the process (Bud Light is a great example of this).
The corporate insurgency against consumers is never more obvious than it is in June, unilaterally declared "Pride Month" by an army of international companies and non-profit organizations. Make no mistake, "Pride" is not a grassroots endeavor or a redress of grievances. The LGBT community has no legitimate grievances and they have the same exact rights under the law as everyone else. Pride month is not about equality, it's about power and cultural control.
DEI is the same; a corporate effort to inject woke politics into daily life for workers as well as consumers until the rhetoric is so ingrained into everyone's existence that they no longer question its legitimacy.
Almost no one asked for pride month. Almost no one asked for DEI. Most people just don't care. Yet, every year for the past several years corporations and elements of government have foisted these ideas on the population and told us this is something we will have to embrace if we want to be considered "good people."
It is this argument which I want to focus on – The idea that corporations are now dictating morality to the public as if they are the arbiters of our social norms.
Corporations Treating Consumers as Indentured Servants
At some point along the way (it's hard to determine exactly when) corporations took on a new mantra, a new way of looking at business. These companies have always sought to influence people to buy products, often through dishonest and manipulative marketing. That's not what I'm talking about.
In our new era corporations have decided that products no longer have to appeal to the buyers. They're no longer beholden to the customer, the customer is beholden to them. In other words, if they put out a product with woke intent then the customer must buy that product and love it unconditionally or that customer is labeled an enemy.
This is a grotesque juxtaposition of the traditional business/consumer relationship. I have long argued that corporations are not free market entities but socialist constructs chartered and protected by governments. However, they used to at least care about making consumers happy so that they could make a profit and continue to function. This is no longer the case.
Today, corporations treat consumers as slaves on a plantation. They are to be told what to eat, what to drink, what to love, what to hate and what to think. Just look at what happens when consumers have push back against woke ideology or DEI in corporate marketing; in almost every case that company along with the establishment media ATTACK their customers as racists, bigots, misogynists or fascists.
They'll argue that if a group of customers doesn't like a product because of the political messaging, then they don't want those people as customers. They proudly point those people to the door. Then, when their products fail and their sales implode, they once again blame the "bigots and racists."
The End Game
When people are "given" something the expectation is that they are supposed to be grateful for it no matter what it is. That is to say, the Sharing Economy would breed a slave mentality in which everyone must be happy with what little they have. If they complain, well, they're ungrateful little monsters that need to be dealt with, right?
This is how the corporate world is treating the public RIGHT NOW. Imagine what things will be like in the next decade if we allow this trend to continue? Corporations can't force us to buy their DEI garbage today, but what if tomorrow governments give them that power? What if they become the only suppliers?
This is what the culture war is really all about. There are people who want to embrace the dystopian system (mostly leftists) and people who see this system for the evil it truly is. There are people who want to perpetuate the woke cult, and people who are boycotting it. The skeptics who remain ignorant of this war don't matter; they are flotsam bobbing aimlessly on the tides of history. They don't care about it now, but they will care in the near future when their freedom of choice disappears completely."
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