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ANDERSON: The Left's ESG Movement Is Coming After All Americans. Here's How It Can Be Stopped
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David G. Hall
Oct 1, 2022, 11:25:53 PM10/1/22
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Americans were just issued a dire warning after “Dilbert,” a comic beloved
by many over the years, was dropped from 77 publications after over three
decades.
Created by cartoonist Scott Adams, “Dilbert” uses satire to poke fun at
traditional office life on a number of issues, which recently included
“ESG.” As this particular comic strip explained, the ESG movement seeks to
use a new set of criteria — environmental, social, and governance — to
evaluate businesses and consumers based on how well they align with the
progressives’ woke priorities, including climate radicalism, gender
ideology, gun control and even abortion-on-demand.
Probably not by coincidence, “Dilbert” was dropped from many major
publications after pointing out the lunacy of such policies. There’s no
doubt its culture-shaping commentary will be missed by many that enjoyed
the subtle humor. What is not so subtle, however, is the ESG movement,
which has used the Left’s fear-driven, systemic cancel culture to trigger
major workplace policy changes and squeeze the syndication outlets for
popular cultural figures like Dilbert.
But why should you care about what happens to successful cartoonists or in
corporate boardrooms?
Because it’s not stopping there — the ESG movement is set on taking over
culture and business to control working Americans through its radical and
at times bizarre scoring system, which punishes or rewards people based on
their race, sexual orientation, carbon footprint, or wokeness.
Small business owners, investors and consumers are the real targets of
this rage against our culture and normal business practices. The ESG
scorekeepers are looking closely at everything we do to identify “victims”
and “oppressors.” Think of it as an alternative accounting system using
social media and corporate governance to punish those citizens and
businesses that don’t fit into the Left’s woke ideological vision for the
future.
If you don’t comply, they can work to drive away your customers, dry up
your capital and publicly shame you.
Need a fresh example?
In a House Financial Services committee hearing last week, Rep. Rashida
Tlaib asked CEOs of major banks whether they would go along with her ESG
agenda and commit to stop funding fossil fuels. Unsurprisingly, they all
declined and J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon even admitted that her plan
“would be the road to Hell for America.” Rep. Al Green followed up and
asked the CEOs whether they believed their banks had done enough to
“atone” for their part in slavery.
Earlier in September, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for credit card
companies to start categorizing purchases consumers make at gun stores.
Soon after, companies like Visa, Mastercard, and American Express
announced that they would fall in line and start tracking purchases. This
could essentially result in the creation of a de facto gun registry,
maintained by private companies, that progressives could use to target
law-abiding gun owners.
On Sept. 19, the corporate communications company, Twilio, announced that
it would be laying off 11% of its workforce. Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson of
course clarified that these layoffs would be made through an “Anti-Racist”
lens. Under ESG policies, companies like Twilio will be rewarded for
considering race, not merit, when making personnel decisions.
While this is just one of the early examples of woke governance policies,
there will be plenty of other examples in businesses and companies of all
sizes.
Dilbert was right; this is absurd, just not funny. So what can be done?
Over a dozen states, including Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, West Virginia,
Kentucky and Tennessee have already fought back by protecting their
states’ pensions, investments and contracts, but more needs to be done to
counter the ESG movement. The federal government must also be kept in
check with progressives like Tlaib hell-bent on turning this into federal
policy and President Joe Biden’s bureaucracy trying to use the Securities
and Exchange Commission to do just that.
Whether you are Adams or an average American looking to make an honest
living, ESG hurts everyone. Citizens and CEOs alike need to call out ESG
when they see it, and unite to reject its implementation from the
boardroom down to the factory floor.
https://dailycaller.com/2022/10/01/opinion-the-lefts-esg-movement-is-
coming-after-all-americans-anderson
by many over the years, was dropped from 77 publications after over three
decades.
Created by cartoonist Scott Adams, “Dilbert” uses satire to poke fun at
traditional office life on a number of issues, which recently included
“ESG.” As this particular comic strip explained, the ESG movement seeks to
use a new set of criteria — environmental, social, and governance — to
evaluate businesses and consumers based on how well they align with the
progressives’ woke priorities, including climate radicalism, gender
ideology, gun control and even abortion-on-demand.
Probably not by coincidence, “Dilbert” was dropped from many major
publications after pointing out the lunacy of such policies. There’s no
doubt its culture-shaping commentary will be missed by many that enjoyed
the subtle humor. What is not so subtle, however, is the ESG movement,
which has used the Left’s fear-driven, systemic cancel culture to trigger
major workplace policy changes and squeeze the syndication outlets for
popular cultural figures like Dilbert.
But why should you care about what happens to successful cartoonists or in
corporate boardrooms?
Because it’s not stopping there — the ESG movement is set on taking over
culture and business to control working Americans through its radical and
at times bizarre scoring system, which punishes or rewards people based on
their race, sexual orientation, carbon footprint, or wokeness.
Small business owners, investors and consumers are the real targets of
this rage against our culture and normal business practices. The ESG
scorekeepers are looking closely at everything we do to identify “victims”
and “oppressors.” Think of it as an alternative accounting system using
social media and corporate governance to punish those citizens and
businesses that don’t fit into the Left’s woke ideological vision for the
future.
If you don’t comply, they can work to drive away your customers, dry up
your capital and publicly shame you.
Need a fresh example?
In a House Financial Services committee hearing last week, Rep. Rashida
Tlaib asked CEOs of major banks whether they would go along with her ESG
agenda and commit to stop funding fossil fuels. Unsurprisingly, they all
declined and J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon even admitted that her plan
“would be the road to Hell for America.” Rep. Al Green followed up and
asked the CEOs whether they believed their banks had done enough to
“atone” for their part in slavery.
Earlier in September, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for credit card
companies to start categorizing purchases consumers make at gun stores.
Soon after, companies like Visa, Mastercard, and American Express
announced that they would fall in line and start tracking purchases. This
could essentially result in the creation of a de facto gun registry,
maintained by private companies, that progressives could use to target
law-abiding gun owners.
On Sept. 19, the corporate communications company, Twilio, announced that
it would be laying off 11% of its workforce. Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson of
course clarified that these layoffs would be made through an “Anti-Racist”
lens. Under ESG policies, companies like Twilio will be rewarded for
considering race, not merit, when making personnel decisions.
While this is just one of the early examples of woke governance policies,
there will be plenty of other examples in businesses and companies of all
sizes.
Dilbert was right; this is absurd, just not funny. So what can be done?
Over a dozen states, including Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, West Virginia,
Kentucky and Tennessee have already fought back by protecting their
states’ pensions, investments and contracts, but more needs to be done to
counter the ESG movement. The federal government must also be kept in
check with progressives like Tlaib hell-bent on turning this into federal
policy and President Joe Biden’s bureaucracy trying to use the Securities
and Exchange Commission to do just that.
Whether you are Adams or an average American looking to make an honest
living, ESG hurts everyone. Citizens and CEOs alike need to call out ESG
when they see it, and unite to reject its implementation from the
boardroom down to the factory floor.
https://dailycaller.com/2022/10/01/opinion-the-lefts-esg-movement-is-
coming-after-all-americans-anderson
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