It's really hard to start a post like this, so I'll just jump into it.
The reason why companies keep lurching to the left cannot be solely some grand elite agenda, because there's no way somebody invited Devolver Digital or some of the other low-tier names that went hard left to the supposed Great Reset meetings.
So why do they do it? Simple. We have short memories, accept apologies too easily and don't double down. They, on the other hand, have the MeToo movement to cancel people who cross them, they boycott effectively and easily due to a lack of targets and they always remember trivial details of when and how people stepped over their line.
Look at the thread about the Five Nights at Freddie's guy, his politics wasn't openly stated, but they tracked down his beliefs and went to war.
I know people are going to say "Why should we take a lecture from someone who buys from CCP-owned Epic Games", but attacking me doesn't make this shit less true.
We need clear red lines. We need an actual maintained and permanent list of companies that crossed us. I made the Female Supremacy Day Shame List 2021, but that's just a start, and I'm sure people disagree with me attacking even the most basic gestures towards that movement as unforgivable, so I don't believe I'd be the best person to be managing the actual list.
EA bought the license to nearly every franchise I play fairly recently. It's pretty sad to think about. I'm trying my hardest not to succumb to my desire to see how their first F1 game turned out.
Only movie I plan on watching this year is Fast and Furious 9. Hopefully it won't be "wymyn power" bullshit. I don't watch TV at all anymore, except for F1 races and sometimes Family Guy. I don't have Netflix or any of the others. I used to have Prime, but left after The Boys came out, because it was sickening women's murder porn.
Nope, never liked any of those. F1 kneels too though, even if the drivers I like don't.
I don't just not have Netflix, but I even have short NFLX. Doing okay so far.
It's so hard to boycott Amazon. I ended up using Ebay during my attempt, but I find it way too shady. At least I don't have Prime.
I agree with your points, but I'm not quite so pessimistic.
There are always ways.