[etrabroline]

> Boards should have more apprehension about their companies being exploited as political platforms by employees.

The ownership of these companies are the ones pushing these politics. Their employees are just pointing out their hypocrisy.

[fighterpilot]

They are, and the reason for this was given in the GP:

  "It's as though there is a bargain"

The board and executives know who weilds the stick. If it's the left that generally wants higher corporate taxes, more regulation, more anti-trust, and they control the media, then they're the ones that you want to appease as a bargain.

Adopting wokeness is significantly cheaper than all the alternatives.

The right mostly wants to leave companies alone (aside from the "censorship" issue in social media), have little representation in mainstream media, and are not on social media as much (due to age), so companies don't see them as a threat and don't need to kowtow to them.

[8note]

The right mostly wants companies to push the politics of their owners, ensuring that the payments keep flowing from the companies to the right wing leaders.