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dirtmayor ( dirtmayor@beehaw.org )  to PoliticsEnglish · 3 years ago

Rightwing war on ‘woke capitalism’ partly driven by fossil fuel interests and allies

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Rightwing war on ‘woke capitalism’ partly driven by fossil fuel interests and allies

www.theguardian.com

dirtmayor ( dirtmayor@beehaw.org )  to PoliticsEnglish · 3 years ago
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Report shows connections of business and rightwing thinktanks to laws aimed at environmental, social and corporate governance
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    @dirtmayor it’s all about the money. Screw everything and everybody else.

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      Certainly seems that way 🙃

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      In this case, it’s actually not-- all these companies aren’t just investing in ESG firms for the PR points, but because they’re the most profitable funds to invest in at the moment. The right wingers know they’ll lose money doing this, they don’t care because they’re fanatics.

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