Readit NewsEnglish speaking countries are going to have a mega advantage here.
Russia _had_ extreme levels of alcoholism in the 1990s and in the beginning of 2000s. Since then, their anti-alcohol campaign was very effective. Instead of outright banning alcohol (which was tried in the 1980s and led to a bootlegging boom), they taxed the hell out of strong liquors, prohibited advertising them, prohibited nighttime sale of alcoholic drinks including beer, prohibited everything except beer on sports events, and executed other measures to make alcoholic beverages _uncomfortable_ to obtain.
As a result, alcohol consumption per capita decreased nearly twofold. Now average Russian drinks less than average American [1].
1. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/alcohol-consump...
That jet has lots of sales, and half ownership with production rights would be fantastic for COMAC.
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Detroit is only the headquarters of the combined manufacturing base spanning the US and Canada.
Liberals are generally supportive of Big Tech, and the so-called MAGA (or right-wing) aren't. We've seen Elon Musk dig deep into GOP support and Tesla now has two quarters of year-over-year sales declines. In this age of such polarizing politics in the US, is it wise for a company or their founders to make such endorsements - especially when it's out of step with the majority of their market and the people supporting them?
This happens both ways, too. We saw what happened to Bud Light when they ran a pride campaign - from which they're still recovering. Tractor Supply Company is currently reeling from their "woke" campaign. Both companies have right-wing majority markets and they lost significant sales and market share.
In light of this - why make such endorsements?
If anything, compare and contrast policies - and be specific. No hand-waving. Then regardless of who becomes president they understand your business concerns without you risking alienating a significant portion of your customer base.
Perhaps not the central point of your message, I find the above phenomenon fascinating. I.e., a company that inexplicably alienates its principal demographic of clients through a seemingly unwise publicity campaign. I have the feeling that we're dealing with amateurish attempts to gain some points for the 'S' in ESG.
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