During the conversation, Maher asked, “[W]e live in this world where corporations now have to take sides. My question is, is that a good thing that corporations always have to take sides on every political issue?”

Pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson replied, “in most cases, no.” She continued:

“Ten years ago, the folks that would have been the most upset about corporations using their voice and power to engage in political speech was the left. Now, it’s more often the left that’s calling for corporations to engage in political speech, to use their microphone to try to advance certain values.”

Author Max Brooks chimed in, pointing out that corporations have become more political because it seems to be more profitable. He said:

“[W]herever the money comes from, there’s always a stand. But I think the awesome awesomeness about capitalism is, as the consumer, I have the choice, I get to vote every day about where I put my money. So, when Disney comes out with Mulan 2: Mulan Fights the Dalai Lama. Because they want to make money in China, I can say, goodbye Disney.”

Maher agreed, but explained how this trend could cause more harm than good. He said:

“All of that is true, here’s the other side of it: We are breaking down…into these two different, intractable factions in this country. People talk about civil war, not just nuclear war, they talk about civil war like it’s really going to happen or it could happen. People talk about seceding and all of this kind of stuff. This — the more that things make us into two camps, the worse it is.”

Anderson pointed out that conservatives are “very used to having to consume cultural products made by people that do not necessarily share their values,” and that “now young progressives who make up a large portion of the workforces” are “more willing to punish companies than conservatives are.”

Maher asserted that the country “needs more neutral things, that we can all go ‘oh, you’re not completely different from me on all things.’”

The host and his guests are correct in pointing out how so many things have become politicized – especially when it comes to corporations. They also rightly point out that it is the hard left that is driving this pernicious paradigm by using their influence to shame, compel, or coerce businesses into supporting their causes. The result is that in many cases, Americans can’t watch a movie, TV show, or sportsball game without being preached at.

Progressives are trying to have wokeism permeate as many facets of society as possible. It has gotten to the point that if one watches a film without being lectured about racism, LGBTQ matters, or feminism, it is like chugging an ice-cold glass of water after walking five miles in Palm Springs.

Another damaging result is the continued silo-ing of various industries along political lines. We have already seen conservatives creating their own social media platforms, and even developing their own hosting services, to avoid being censored or destroyed by the far left.

But we have even seen the crowdfunding industry become politicized, when GoFundMe decided it was going to shut down donations to the Freedom Convoy in Canada. Christian crowdfunding service GiveSendGo stepped up to the plate to make sure the donations reached the people for whom they were intended. However, the fact this even had to be an issue is alarming.

Many of the toxic trends in American political discourse and society can be blamed to a certain extent on both sides of the political divide. This is not the case when it comes to the “Politics of Things.” This is a societal phenomenon contrived and perpetuated by the far left wokeist crowd, who wishes to convert as many to their religion as possible.

Indeed, it is clear that this is their goal. They already have control of higher education, the entertainment industry, and the news media. Now, they seek to seize power over America’s major corporations to achieve supremacy over as much of the culture as possible. The question is: Can they be stopped?