Deutsche Bank comes to the rescue with a survey, the results of which “Business Insider” publishes, further cementing its status as business “journalism’s” useful idiot.
I have pondered why in particular Bud Light got hit so badly. I think it partly was the issue and partly the following . . .
Here are the only two questions that I see as being relevant to Bud Light . . .
(1) Has the beer market shrunk to the point where there aren't a hundred (or more?) alternatives to Bud Light?
(2) Does Bud Light stand out in any positive way that would elevate them above these alternatives, something a consumer could not find anywhere else?
The answer to both questions is no, which means Bud Light has a struggle ahead of them. So might "Douche" Bank be right that people's attitudes are less negative or at least more neutral? They might be. But that doesn't even begin to translate into more cans bought because there's no reason. People have found an alternative beer by now, those that are going to, and there is no reason to change back. And since Bud Light is less popular, vendors are going to stock less of it, so it now gets less exposure. The MBA from Wharton didn't understand something even I, someone with a BA in English, get: in a market that flooded with options, you really don't want to anger your segment of the consumers because they have no reason to come back once they leave.
How the 'Grift Right' Gimps for the Left . . . Steven Crowder almost became Mel Gibson and Kanye West by accident . . .
The Rubin Report is supposedly ‘an opponent of identity politics’, although Dave Rubin ‘identifies with the libertardian/classical liberal wing of contemporary right-of-center political thought’. Rubin is really a Jewish homosexual activist married to another man and adopted a child, that’s his real identity . . .
After the apocalypse of 1945, a number of global organizations have been formed with the aim of maintaining and expanding totalitarian liberalism. One of the earliest organizations formed for this purpose was the war alliance "North Atlantic Treaty Organization", or NATO, which can be seen as the military wing of globalism.
In addition to ensuring that Washington always has international support for its military campaigns, NATO as an institution is explicitly anti-white and explicitly dedicated to "racial justice" for racial aliens living in white countries. As early as 1999, NATO authored reports blaming nationalists for a number of modern problems and warning against the influence of nationalism.
In 2023, the war alliance held a summit at its headquarters in Brussels on race where the alliance's leaders pledged to fight "homogeneous attitudes" and to use NATO's "collective intelligence" for the purpose.
In fact, NATO is so dedicated to its anti-white agenda that it openly advocates that institutions must be reshaped to be "inclusive," in other words, restructured to be more anti-white, and consist of fewer white employees and executives.
Here’s a question for you to ponder. Why do these companies keep doubling down on what looks like sheer destruction? I wondered about this being a Disney fan for decades. I kept thinking “surely this failure will make them see the light” as the failures kept piling up. I watched as they destroyed the Star Wars franchise. I watched as their theme park revenue dropped. I kept thing that the shareholders would start screaming at some point. I finally realized there was no end to the madness and pulled the plug on Disney Plus. The content just isn’t any good irregardless of what you think about the cultural impact. Same with Bud Light. They won’t stop. A lot of corporations have other methods to cushion losses I know but still? It’s the Spirit of the Age. Conservatives think that slowing the money flow will end this behavior but I’ve seen enough to not believe that at all. It might make the individual feel good and from a personal standpoint it’s good to make a stand but the only real solution is a parallel economy and that’s not as easy as it may sound. Thanks for another great read.
That is an excellent question, and one that has occurred to me, as well.
I'm beginning to think that for many of these corporations like Disney, AB InBev, Target, that the revenue streams that keep them afloat (for now), are not the end consumer.
I wonder if license agreements, and strategic partnerships, perhaps even the equivalent of corporate bartering isn't what they value the most. I don't know how the accounting for that works, but it is clear to me (and I'm guessing to you, too) that the shareholders that matter are committed to the woke religion, ESG, and DIE. If the share price takes a dive, it doesn't matter to them – they are serving other masters. The institutional shareholders share the same strategic vision, leaving a coalition of minority shareholders to organize a revolt, and the odds of that happening are long, at best.
The pockets of the likes of George Soros, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, et al. are deep, and seemingly available to bail out these enterprises should they begin to fail.
The Frankfurt School adapted Marx’s theories on revolution to include Freud’s theory of the subconscious. The Cultural Marxists’ main focus was to reshape the subconscious of Western men and women and thus create new type of person: one who would react passively to provocations of all kinds.
Cultural Marxists encourage abortion, birth control, divorce, homosexuality, “carrier women,” drugs, miscegenation, the destruction of the traditional family, and unrestricted immigration of racial foreigners into white countries. This is a reflection of what the Cultural Marxists preach: white reproduction is evil, and that which prevents white reproduction is good.
Well that’s certainly the case with sports franchises. They make so much from network revenue and corporate money for boxes, etc that they don’t care at all if fans actually show up. As far as the corporations we’re talking about I’m not familiar at all with their business infrastructures. Target is probably the one I most know about. They’ve been doing this for years. They spout the talk but maneuver behind the scenes. For example they had a large corporate headquarters in downtown Minneapolis. There has been strife there for sometime before the latest round in 2020. They were always getting damaged. They continued to espouse support for protesters while quietly shuttering this headquarters and moving to the suburbs. I saw this first hand as I worked only a couple blocks away. Disney is the one that confuses me the most. I know Abigail Disney is a true believer. Puzzling to say the least. I try to keep up for reasons of investing but it’s hard.
“Oh how fond they are of the book of Esther, which is so beautifully attuned to their bloodthirsty, vengeful, murderous yearning and hope.” — Martin Luther
I have pondered why in particular Bud Light got hit so badly. I think it partly was the issue and partly the following . . .
Here are the only two questions that I see as being relevant to Bud Light . . .
(1) Has the beer market shrunk to the point where there aren't a hundred (or more?) alternatives to Bud Light?
(2) Does Bud Light stand out in any positive way that would elevate them above these alternatives, something a consumer could not find anywhere else?
The answer to both questions is no, which means Bud Light has a struggle ahead of them. So might "Douche" Bank be right that people's attitudes are less negative or at least more neutral? They might be. But that doesn't even begin to translate into more cans bought because there's no reason. People have found an alternative beer by now, those that are going to, and there is no reason to change back. And since Bud Light is less popular, vendors are going to stock less of it, so it now gets less exposure. The MBA from Wharton didn't understand something even I, someone with a BA in English, get: in a market that flooded with options, you really don't want to anger your segment of the consumers because they have no reason to come back once they leave.
YOU should teach post-grad classes at Wharton!!
Thank you, but I think that's a very low bar.
Bozeman then, maybe?
How the 'Grift Right' Gimps for the Left . . . Steven Crowder almost became Mel Gibson and Kanye West by accident . . .
The Rubin Report is supposedly ‘an opponent of identity politics’, although Dave Rubin ‘identifies with the libertardian/classical liberal wing of contemporary right-of-center political thought’. Rubin is really a Jewish homosexual activist married to another man and adopted a child, that’s his real identity . . .
https://cwspangle.substack.com/p/how-the-grift-right-gimps-for-the
NATO = NORTH ATLANTIC TRANSGENDER ORGANIZATION
After the apocalypse of 1945, a number of global organizations have been formed with the aim of maintaining and expanding totalitarian liberalism. One of the earliest organizations formed for this purpose was the war alliance "North Atlantic Treaty Organization", or NATO, which can be seen as the military wing of globalism.
In addition to ensuring that Washington always has international support for its military campaigns, NATO as an institution is explicitly anti-white and explicitly dedicated to "racial justice" for racial aliens living in white countries. As early as 1999, NATO authored reports blaming nationalists for a number of modern problems and warning against the influence of nationalism.
In 2023, the war alliance held a summit at its headquarters in Brussels on race where the alliance's leaders pledged to fight "homogeneous attitudes" and to use NATO's "collective intelligence" for the purpose.
In fact, NATO is so dedicated to its anti-white agenda that it openly advocates that institutions must be reshaped to be "inclusive," in other words, restructured to be more anti-white, and consist of fewer white employees and executives.
https://nordfront.se/nato-en-antivit-och-familjefientlig-institution
Here’s a question for you to ponder. Why do these companies keep doubling down on what looks like sheer destruction? I wondered about this being a Disney fan for decades. I kept thinking “surely this failure will make them see the light” as the failures kept piling up. I watched as they destroyed the Star Wars franchise. I watched as their theme park revenue dropped. I kept thing that the shareholders would start screaming at some point. I finally realized there was no end to the madness and pulled the plug on Disney Plus. The content just isn’t any good irregardless of what you think about the cultural impact. Same with Bud Light. They won’t stop. A lot of corporations have other methods to cushion losses I know but still? It’s the Spirit of the Age. Conservatives think that slowing the money flow will end this behavior but I’ve seen enough to not believe that at all. It might make the individual feel good and from a personal standpoint it’s good to make a stand but the only real solution is a parallel economy and that’s not as easy as it may sound. Thanks for another great read.
Thank you, for the compliment!!
That is an excellent question, and one that has occurred to me, as well.
I'm beginning to think that for many of these corporations like Disney, AB InBev, Target, that the revenue streams that keep them afloat (for now), are not the end consumer.
I wonder if license agreements, and strategic partnerships, perhaps even the equivalent of corporate bartering isn't what they value the most. I don't know how the accounting for that works, but it is clear to me (and I'm guessing to you, too) that the shareholders that matter are committed to the woke religion, ESG, and DIE. If the share price takes a dive, it doesn't matter to them – they are serving other masters. The institutional shareholders share the same strategic vision, leaving a coalition of minority shareholders to organize a revolt, and the odds of that happening are long, at best.
The pockets of the likes of George Soros, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, et al. are deep, and seemingly available to bail out these enterprises should they begin to fail.
The Frankfurt School adapted Marx’s theories on revolution to include Freud’s theory of the subconscious. The Cultural Marxists’ main focus was to reshape the subconscious of Western men and women and thus create new type of person: one who would react passively to provocations of all kinds.
Cultural Marxists encourage abortion, birth control, divorce, homosexuality, “carrier women,” drugs, miscegenation, the destruction of the traditional family, and unrestricted immigration of racial foreigners into white countries. This is a reflection of what the Cultural Marxists preach: white reproduction is evil, and that which prevents white reproduction is good.
https://nordicresistancemovement.org/what-is-cultural-marxism/
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“Woke,” “wokeism,” “wokeness,” etc., are weasel words used to hide the truth about the Jews and the Frankfurt School.
https://cwspangle.substack.com/p/how-the-grift-right-gimps-for-the
Well that’s certainly the case with sports franchises. They make so much from network revenue and corporate money for boxes, etc that they don’t care at all if fans actually show up. As far as the corporations we’re talking about I’m not familiar at all with their business infrastructures. Target is probably the one I most know about. They’ve been doing this for years. They spout the talk but maneuver behind the scenes. For example they had a large corporate headquarters in downtown Minneapolis. There has been strife there for sometime before the latest round in 2020. They were always getting damaged. They continued to espouse support for protesters while quietly shuttering this headquarters and moving to the suburbs. I saw this first hand as I worked only a couple blocks away. Disney is the one that confuses me the most. I know Abigail Disney is a true believer. Puzzling to say the least. I try to keep up for reasons of investing but it’s hard.
What I failed to include in my last post is that when Target made this move they laid off about a quarter of the workforce who worked there.
Yes, Target has some top-notch PR folks that keep their questionable moves out of the public eye.
Against the foolishness of Man the gods themselves contend in vain.
“Oh how fond they are of the book of Esther, which is so beautifully attuned to their bloodthirsty, vengeful, murderous yearning and hope.” — Martin Luther
https://cwspangle.substack.com/p/zelensky-biden-satanism-war-greed