Originally Posted by
AntiCompanyMan
I dont think United's greenwashing via the investment in SAF or embracing of diversity speak is equivalent to a $1 million dollar blank check to the inaugural fund to get in the good graces of the current regime. The former seem to be the result of broader societal trends that were not solely mandated from the top down; the latter stinks of pay to play. It seems to be a false equivalence.
If there are similar examples of CEOs bending the knee/lavishing praise/writing substantial blank checks that rise to the level of obsequiousness we see today, I would love to learn about them. Where's that iceberg?
Greenwashing is absolutely a pay-to-play move. Pay-to-play is pay to play, the methods just look different when the political majority is different. Greenwashing still funnels money into the political machine just like donating to an inauguration. You can try to argue the differences in semantics but at the end of the day it is the same.