Rebranding a company is an enterprise I’ve undertaken dozens, probably hundreds of times. The game here, of course, is to align the client’s organization with something that already exists in customers’ minds. Here we see Chevron calling itself the “human …
Author: craigshields
We’re Getting Dangerously Close to the “F” Word
For some reason, most Americans find it hard to imagine that fascism is creeping into U.S. politics. I submit that willful blindness to fascism is what makes it possible in the first place.
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Understanding Democratic Socialism
Hillsdale College writes: There’s no doubt that socialism is on the rise in America, especially among younger citizens. A recent poll showed that 70% of Millennials are either “somewhat likely” or “extremely likely” to vote socialist. I’m heartened by this, …
Tagged with: Environmental sustainability is a top priority
Understanding Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)
A reader offers this terse note: Manchin is a f***ing idiot. Again, I caution against conflating stupidity with the recognition of stupidity in one’s electorate. Manchin understands what his voters want: evangelical Christianity, racism, cruelty, indifference to education and the …
Ron DeSantis Failing at Imposing Fascism
IMO, Ron DeSantis is even worse, ideologically, than Trump himself; his only point of superiority to the former president is that he’s apparently not a criminal sociopath. But here we can see that all the fascist vitriol on Earth will …
The Presidential Oath
Donald Trump eagerly swore to uphold the oath at left …. until he needed to flush the Constitution down the toilet. One would have hoped that such a blatantly treasonous act would have earned him the immediate censure of all …
Hypocrisy in the GOP
The people who are expecting present-day Republicans to act with honesty and intelligence are probably also inclined to teach their dogs to play the violin; it’s simply a waste of time and energy.
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Ending Animal Agriculture
What the meme here says is largely true, but as a practical matter, there is no way to get there from here. Most of the people who are willing to remove meat from their diets (for whatever reason) have already …
Tagged with: plant-based and lab-grown meat industry
Trump’s Gone, So Let’s Do the Right Thing
Even in the unlikely event that Trump is not criminally charged in the next few months, it’s perfectly clear that he is unelectable as the next U.S. president. Given that, it would be nice if congressional Republicans would come together …
This from Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich
My response: These are two different assertions. Of course workers have the right to strike, just as corporations have a right to squeeze their employees. This push-and-pull is intrinsic to a capitalist, free market, economy.
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