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2024-08-20 -Great Cultural Revolution

Harley-Davidson slams brakes on ‘woke' policies after sparking biker and social-media outrage

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Posted by Frank G 2024-08-20 03:48|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

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HD's Top Management has exposed its intent, to adopt a PC liberal business agenda, that it will now quietly implement and follow.

It has sealed its own doom and lost the trust of likely the majority of its current enthusiasts (customers).

HD is NOT a Crotch Rocket, it is a serious scoot.
A scoot that has protected the image of physical power, touring enjoyment and masculinity, over any rice burner for 100+ years.

Rice burners, to me, project the image of a get there and back as fast as you can, and little more.

But now also look at how WOKE & DEI has negatively impacted just about every major business that actually joined the liberal agenda bandwagon and played with it. Even far worse for those that actually fully tried to implement it.

Bud-lite anyone? Its sales revenue declined 23.9% in 1 year.
Biden, White House Admin, anyone?

Posted by NN2N1 2024-08-20 05:05|| 2024-08-20 05:05|| Front Page Top

#2 So, is the German guy still running it? If so, this is a BS campaign.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-08-20 10:16|| 2024-08-20 10:16|| Front Page Top

#3 And everyone else at the top who supported or just nodded to get along.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-08-20 12:45|| 2024-08-20 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Harley, like most corporations in America, operate on a line of credit for operating capitol. Its just business in America. The banks, being blackmailed by the World Bank, force the DEI scores as the way to adjust interest rated for the capitol. Thus forcing businesses to take on DEI policies. The World Bank will set the rates to non compliant companies at rates they can not continue operating at.
Some of the companies, Harley the latest, are getting pushback against these policies. John Deer is another that recently stopped the DEI crap.

Harley and John Deer will fail. They will slide into history as financial failure and an example to all that the World Bank rules this nation, like it or not. We, the people are boycotting Harley and the others, an entirely stupid move on our part. We are doing exactly what the WEF wants us to do and drive these folks out of business.

Our anger is completely misdirected. I read folks are looking at their next bike will be an Indian. Indian is owned by Polaris, a Canadian company fully vested in DEI. We need to be angry with who is forcing this function. DO homework, it the World Bank, Carl Schwabb and the rest. They are our enemy, not Harley or John Deer.

Posted by 49 Pan 2024-08-20 13:44|| 2024-08-20 13:44|| Front Page Top

#5 John Deere (that's how it's spelled, BTW) has embraced the CCP/MBA way for at least a decade. If you want good iron, made to last, buy Japanese.

Much of their stuff is made in America, by Americans, to be sold to Americans.

Posted by Regular+joe 2024-08-20 17:11|| 2024-08-20 17:11|| Front Page Top

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