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		jacooper on Feb 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do we live in a society without a counterculture? When did the audience ever want that? Its rather a movement that companies just ran with, and audience tolerated or ignored.

chasd00 on Feb 1, 2023 [–]

If corporations don’t play along they certainly get punished for it. The audience expects them to be onboard or else.

jacooper on Feb 1, 2023 | [–]

When was that the case? Its not the audience really, but someone or something else.

rightbyte on Feb 1, 2023 | | [–]

I think it is virtue signaling to the elite.

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