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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   
      
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