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this graphic shows how capitalism and fascism are two sides of the same coin

True. Can someone with skills make that? We need a blue book of democracy-supporting companies. goodsuniteus.com is a good start

Could quibble over some you’ve included there, but the point is well made... there are some companies with integrity that are pushing back.

Greedy betrayer’s: that’s what the American businessmen are.

Corporations don't have ethics. They just know bribery (I mean campaign contributions).

Not just silent — some are actively embracing it: Ford commercials during the NBA playoffs are grotesque. "Which company builds the most cars in America - Ford does... In these exceptional times... That's no coincidence" Embracing fascist messaging: A longstanding Ford tradition indeed.

The cult of money that you’ve worshipped at for so long is showing its true colors, Scott. Did you seriously expect differently? They love money more than democracy. This is who they are.

Excellent read. "CEOs at the biggest companies agree — in private — that Trump’s policies are dangerous and stupid. In public, they cower. They keep their heads down and their knees bent, fearing retribution or hoping to profit." www.profgalloway.com/breaking-the...

Greyhound announced they’re not bending the knee to ICE raids on their buses.

Sadly this is one of the major tenets in the authoritarian playbook. Eliminate education,especially advanced education that teaches critical thinking. Intimidate anyone in positions of power in academia. Pol Pot killed off anyone with glasses. The Magats love the poorly educated

Those “leaders” were busy high-fiving themselves. But they forgot you can’t make good business deals with unstable, unreliable, self-serving, double dealing, “partners”.

In some cases it may violate bribery laws. Many countries bribery laws are extra territorial so some companies may be putting themselves at risk of civil and/or criminal prosecution.

They are busy buying stock back?🤷‍♀️

And Ben&Jerry's. Lots and lots of Ben&Jerry's. Bonus: Costco carries it. Yum!

Don’t worry about me, I’m not stupid.

Where are business leaders? They’re investing in the stock market & fellow companies when trump tells them in advance what stocks he is going to manipulate.

Hit the streets & ask tough questions, preferably answered with yes or no: “Is your milk & chicken safe?” “Have you or your parents received your Social Security this month?” “Do billionaires need a tax cut while Medicaid is cut?” “WHO HAS BEEN DISAPPEARED TODAY?” #NQNQ247

Says the guy who doesn’t believe Israel is running an apartheid state and consistently ignores the war in Gaza. Sigh. I love your opinions @profgalloway.com but you do have a major blind spot.

Not much from the sports world either. I'm guessin' the Billionaire owners are keeping a lid on it.

The universities have made the USA #1 in for a century in research and development, scientific and medical break throughs. Why does this #47 and his regime want the USA to cede that status while waiting on years to open more factories and plants for middle class employment?

Pussies

The good billionaires better step up. You can die with it and it sure as hell isn’t taking you to afterlife.

seen list of companies where shareholders & mgmt have rejected anti-DEI measures I’m sure others are holding fast like Costco & in other fronts that are “resistant” to present admin. This info would help in public square to channel consumption & reward corp. resistors Reward good behavior

Where is Tim Cook on all this? Oh yeah, he was at the inauguration with the other oligarchs. Apple doesn't "Think Different" anymore...Sold out...

Yeah, if money wants out of politics Show them the door Money is their drug and Trump is their dealer

I can't wait for Harvard to kick Trump's ass in court. They should sue him for damages. After all, Trump forced them to put a fund together to get back the funding in a contract. Breach of Contract, at the very least.

Just one good reason why so many of us are on a Buy Nothing streak. Better for your wallet, better for your mental well-being 🌸

I'm afraid what's missing in this case, as in so many others, is the Democratic Party's leadership. They're so used to doing the bidding of big business that they (like you and I) are awaiting orders to take a stand. What's needed is leadership and collective action, and those skills are atrophied.

Where are they? On the FAR RIGHT.

Everything else is a distraction! Trvmp broke the Constitution & ignores Judges’ orders! #MarchOnDC #RiseUpUSA #ShutDownDC #Resist Millions must go to DC now & stay until Trump & MAGAts breaking the Constitution are arrested! Military purge is underway - march now or be 1930’s Germany

One is assuming that the bulk of biz leaders have balls, they don't. Most of them are looking at how to benefit from crass and open corruption. Solely lining their own pockets and to heck with everyone else.

The upcoming economic crisis — and the many manufactured crises they will try and distract us with — are going to radicalize even more people. They will go to where they think the power is. Let’s be ready with some powerful opposition and show them people power works. Greed will survive I promise.

I find it infuriating that an idiotic man with a fifth grade vocabulary is insisting that Harvard do business his way.

Brilliant insights. Only thing that can stop fascism is Congress. The one influence on it, besides Trump, is the corporate donor class. The oligarchs need us. Top 10% of earners do 50% of spending. If we stop buying, sales drop 50%. Economic power is the only power we have left. Look at Target

Good point! So far all of them have completely caved in to him!

There are some who are refusing to abide by policies such as eliminating DEI. We should be acknowledging them in order to drive more business their way and away from those who capitulate.

Ray Dalio, but the rest duck for cover

First, research funding Then, universities Now, the entire peer review apparatus Unless we want uncontested rfk jr style fringe 'science', it's time to let the truth be told bsky.app/profile/sste...

So basically just the inverse of the previous administration and CEOs 😂

Capitalism usually leads to Fascism

I didn't even go to Harvard and I donated! Fuck this Nazi administration

America Inc.

Exactly! It’s disgraceful. They are responsible for more than ‘shareholder value’. They have a duty to humanity. Speak TF Up. History will judge.

Your country’s culture is sick. Tax cuts that feed the avarice of your business class is more important than your people. Their silence is literally on brand.

It turns out that American corporate capitalism is perfectly compatible with fascism. "Fiduciary duty to shareholders uber alles".

Maybe they need more money before they feel safe. A few billion per ball.

Ms. Walton ran an ad. I think it said something nice.

CEO’s are good at golf and ass kissing. Don’t expect courage from the suits.

Thar’s profits in them thar people! Corporations aren’t people, corporations eat people and shit profit. Non-human corporations enslave humans millennia before AI was even conceived. We’ve put the wrong kind of “people” in charge and now expect some human/rational outcome? …good luck with that

Couldn't agree more. Also, where are the Democratic party leaders? Efforts here and there, but nothing appears to be coordinated. Democrats also need a strategic plan the way Republicans have Project 2025. Leadership vacuum on all levels.

I believe the CEO of Marriott recently gave an interview defending DEI as well

We need to hit Amazon and Walmart and Apple etc like we hit Target Boycotting works !! I bought a new phone got rid of my Apple. Put up or shut up! Talk is cheap take action ! We can stop this sinking ship ! We have no king ! Fight like it’s 1775 or we will be 1930 Germany!

The time is nigh May 1st we Protest and Strike like it’s 1775 but peacefully ! Because if we don’t then we will end up like 1930 Germany! We have no king! and due process is a thing! If our Congress won’t take action we will! Talk is cheap take action! May 1st!

And surprisingly, loss of “place” multinationals aren’t “located“ anywhere. The CEO doesn’t run into the community at the country club or the PTA. Janitors got pensions, JNJ rehabilitated New Brunswick. More soft guard rails.

Just stop buying everything! A long slow burn.

I would argue many corporations have no allegiance to any country, only an alliances with business partners, and that they are basically like crime families

Money talks Sadly

Is it because they don’t have the dry powder stored like Harvard?

Exactly right. These rich guys are rich chiefly because of stock options. With the Dow tanking they can’t be that happy. Reducing regulation is nice but doesn’t offset increasing costs 100%. If we the consumer hit them in their wallet, they will have to pay attention and respond

The Target CEO is trying to kiss up to Sharpton.

Yes! Big Pharma, Big Biotech, Med Tech, and all the VCs that live off of academic start ups (and that’s all of them) need stand up for science.

Harvard could always start by denying their kids entry.

Of course not/ which is why government should not be run like business and never by business.

I have said this before, but I think it bears repeating. Don't companies have a fiduciary duty to speak out against tariff policies because of its reduction to shareholder value? If one of the main goals is to protect shareholder value, I do wonder why more companies have not been outspoken about it

As each industry collapsed in succession. Complete, absolute, utter morons. Republicans

Erst kommt das Fressen dann die Moral. -- First comes food, then morals. Bertold Brecht

Problem is leaders like Marc Rowan of Apollo (and others) were the loudest voices AGAINST the IVYs during protests, so they are in a box now.

I guess they also don’t know history, past or present

Why would they fight back? The only thing they are interested and value is money. They would worship to Satan and sacrifice children if it increased shareholder value.

I guess Costco is not Fortune 500?

WE are paying for the govt to battle Harvard in court? Do we have that squared away on who pays the DOGE DOJ DOD FBI IRS USAID D of Ed govt lawyers? And we're on the schools and departments' sidd of the fight? Interesting....

Love how The People have to pay for the grants that were stolen AND have to pay to fight ourselves in our own govt to give it back to our universities? We always pay twice for everything, at LEAST TWICE?

Scared of anything that impacts their money. They probably think their silence insulates them from Trump coming after them - Huge mistake. Unfortunately, business schools don’t teach “values” and “integrity” ie standing up for what’s right even if it runs counter to the interests of shareholders

For ethics?

🎯 Bravo Professor!👏

Costco is.

He can't stop himself from tariff-gaming everything to death, however. He's at the point, apparently, where he pretends to America that "China talks" are happening, when China itself has resolved to keep a stiff upper lip and wait till American pushback comes on the monster.

Sorry typo..biz leaders are AMORAL....not moral.

@profgalloway.com the biz leaders are moral in their work. Not sure when being a shark become cool but they seem to leave their moral compass at home. I appreciate you calling them out. That "19 households owning 1.8% of US wealth" is shocking and sinful. Pitchforks are coming.

Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase.

Thanks Broly's Mom, WOW, what a list... see here's just one example of how BLUESKY works for ALL OF US, Alan

I also saw this here: www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...

Levi Strauss

They plead with him in silence because, well, they’re pussies.

This is exactly why I am boycotting as many of these companies as possible- it’s not easy- just a few corps own so much- these monopolies need to be broken up

They're doing what they always do - putting their interests first. It's delusional to expect otherwise.

This is fantastic. Bravo

Collabos will not be spared. No mercy, no malice, NO FORGIVENESS.

As is this one. A lot of cartoonists are stable geniuses, because they can say so much with a simple picture...

This is a good reason to start to support small businesses and stay away from fortune five hundreds ones. They exploit their workers, they take their manufacturing jobs out of America to have cheaper labour, they cause environmental damage, etc.

Abductees’ families& veterans! You need a common narrative to unite around

I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these tables be totally accurate. There are a few companies that should be on the right

Source: www.forbes.com/sites/simone...

"No action is action" 👈 Agreed. 🎯

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Love this! Thank you.

Of course, the business community funded the guy. Being a predominantly white male club, they would never admit they were wrong. Plus, tax breaks, tax breaks...

APPEASEMENT TO FASCISM IS A DEATH SENTENCE YOU GIVE YOURSELF.

Pigs get seperation anxiety from the trough

Indeed. Anyone who is naive enough to believe that capitalism somehow defends freedom has long since lost the argument

generalstrikeus.com

There are several (Costco, Apple, come to mind) who have opted to stick with DEI policies (because it’s good business!) in defiance of Trump’s efforts to eliminate it them.

I would love to see a movement start where we systematically built small businesses and grew them into big businesses with ethical tenets. Choosing them over corporation greed, gave ppl power to oust these conglomerates, and one at a time neutralize every predatory portfolio. A concerted drive.

Thank you Professor for your voice of reason.

Delaware Supreme Court. 1985 #MalignantCapitalism “Cancer is just unrestrained growth.”

They are clearly waiting for a general strike