There is reticence among some activists to join with corporate behemoths. But why turn them down when their interests chime with ours?For decades,the American honest wing succeeded in winning over big trade and devout conservatives. But as the fault lines of American politics continue to shift, that alliance may be fraying at the seams. The left may be hesitant to take advantage of this change – but there are good reasons for it to put aside its qualms.
When North Carolina passed the so-called “bathroom bill” – which overruled all local ordinances protecting LGBT people and took absent private citizens’ honest to sue over discrimination – there was an instant and fierce backlash, and not just from blue states,but from corporations.
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Source: theguardian.com