I remember back when people were complaining that Pride was becoming commercialized

The thing is, it was never NOT going to be commercialized. That was always the intent.

They needed an easy-in to mainstream acceptance. How do you achieve that? Commercial consumerism.

The majority of the general public has always been against the spread of the Rainbow Reich nonsense, which is why every time it was put to vote it was always a universal "nay" for gay marriage. That's why they ended up bypassing the legislature and going straight to the courts. The media called it a giant victory for "acceptance", when in reality it was just another step towards tyranny. The people didn't accept it, they were literally forced to tolerate it.

It was all part of Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen's plan from the start. They literally discussed the long term outcomes back in the 1980s. It was covered in another book by Ryan Sorba, who goes over how the propaganda was designed to evolve into what it's become today: https://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08a/born_gay_hoax/TheBornGayHoax.pdf