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[โ€“] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

fwiw, it seems like Levi's has a history of supporting democratic candidates, not republishits

and while I'm somewhat tempted to say "should've donated more, then", I also don't want businesses to be too political in general

that said, yes, this is a direct consequence of what the divided states have done to people, and it's no shit people will refuse to buy american

[โ€“] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

and while I'm somewhat tempted to say "should've donated more, then"

The Democratic Party didn't lose due to a lack of funds, so there's no reason to believe more money would've helped. If anything, which democratic candidates they donated to is likely to be the damning detail.

[โ€“] skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

According to opensecrets.org, Leviโ€™s themselves didnโ€™t donate anything, but some of their senior figures donated a few thousand each as private individuals. They did however spend a quarter million a year on lobbying on trade-related bills to make sure the rules were written in their favor. They might not be Republicans, but they are not the good guys either.

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/levi-strauss-co/summary?id=D000035349