• Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Exactly, like how Shell did a campaign with Colin Firth about climate change so they’re now a good company absolutely beyond reproach and we should all uncritically accept them into our lives now.

    Green wash, white wash, pink wash, rainbow wash - if you’ve got a bad corporate image but want to continue to exploit your position we can baptise away those pesky old sins and let you carry on as if you’re not a money hungry vultures actively harming people for profit.

    • Hhffggshn
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      1 year ago

      Back in the 1980s, this used to be referred to as “the Myth of the Benevolent Corporation.”