You’re very correct that in regards to people who are violent and hateful, they’ve always been very outspoken and were very willing to show how violently bigoted they could be towards the LGBTQ+ community and always have been. Absolutely, it was always there and never stopped. The violence especially has always been very, very loud.
“As a tourist community, I want to shake every tourist upside down by their ankles to get money out of them,” he said. “Therefore, we should be open and inclusive of everyone, and everyone should feel comfortable to come here and spend their money.”
However, this particular quote is an idea very rarely spoken out loud, but it’s the centerpiece of why Rainbow Capitalism was and always will be a sham. Corporations didn’t start accepting women, racial minorities, LGBTQ+ and the disabled because they had an epiphany that these were humans whose lives had intrinsic and important value simply by just existing. No, they started accepting “different” people simply because they were leaving money on the table. The epiphany corporations had was “some of these people might be the best workers we could field, and they have money in their pockets, Johnson, that could be our money, but we have to market to these filth, damn it!” This part is very rarely spoken out loud, especially with such clarity. They never changed their opinions about any of us, they just wanted our fucking money. Capitalists generally don’t like admitting that, but it’s absolutely why their “diversity” programs end up being like this:
I guess we’re at the “Saying the Quiet Parts Out Loud All Day Every Day” point in America now.
I don’t remember the quiet part ever being actually quiet.
You’re very correct that in regards to people who are violent and hateful, they’ve always been very outspoken and were very willing to show how violently bigoted they could be towards the LGBTQ+ community and always have been. Absolutely, it was always there and never stopped. The violence especially has always been very, very loud.
However, this particular quote is an idea very rarely spoken out loud, but it’s the centerpiece of why Rainbow Capitalism was and always will be a sham. Corporations didn’t start accepting women, racial minorities, LGBTQ+ and the disabled because they had an epiphany that these were humans whose lives had intrinsic and important value simply by just existing. No, they started accepting “different” people simply because they were leaving money on the table. The epiphany corporations had was “some of these people might be the best workers we could field, and they have money in their pockets, Johnson, that could be our money, but we have to market to these filth, damn it!” This part is very rarely spoken out loud, especially with such clarity. They never changed their opinions about any of us, they just wanted our fucking money. Capitalists generally don’t like admitting that, but it’s absolutely why their “diversity” programs end up being like this:
Something like that was definitely very quiet.