The GOP apparently represents maximum economic liberties, where business can power through their financial goals with the help of low taxes, a competitive marketplace, and free trade. It’s no surprise that many business owners find themselves aligned with the Republican party. However, the recent rash of corporate opposition to the GOP’s fervent need to discriminate and hamper social progress, may indicate that this alliance has been destroyed.
If The GOP Does Not Grow Up, It Will Die
In the past year, many Red states along the south have established discriminatory laws against LGBTQ Americans, with their new target being transgender people. These unconstitutional bills that corners transgender Americans are chest bumping and bullying of America’s dwindling bigots.
Big Business Is Not Having It
Once loyal to a party that emphasizes entrepreneurship, many of America’s largest corporations are condemning the south’s attempt at institutionalizing bigotry. Companies like Paypal, Disney, and Pepsi publicly condemn these states, with several celebrities pulling projects from states that openly discriminate against a transgender person’s right to defecate.
Younger Generation Are Largely Liberal
Problems are only going to be exasperated for the GOP, with the fact that most young Americans are liberal. The GOP always had a millennial problem. It struggles to attract and appeal to the younger demographic. From an anecdotal standpoint, there are observable, psychological markers that are common with conservative Republicans. For a fact-based point of view, about half of Millennials are Democrats. Even younger Republicans have a mix of liberal or left of center positions.
What Can The GOP Do
Not one to particularly support the GOP, but someone should tell the GOP’s gatekeepers that corporations, millennials, and young Americans are well aware of the dog whistles, the shortcomings of major religion, and the financial loss associated with attacking a whole group of people. If the Republican party wants to attract the largely liberal young Americans that will one day be business owners, then it needs to change its recruiting tactics. Preach fiscal responsibility at the state and federal level, but do so without the incessant fearmongering, the denial of science, and without creating a space where many of America’s isms can flourish.
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