Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging the state’s pension fund manager to consider legal action against Bud Light’s parent company amid conservative backlash to the beermaker’s recent marketing efforts, the latest attempt by the Republican presidential candidate to inject himself and the state he runs into the country’s culture wars.
It’s deeper than that. The entire regressive ecosystem is about convincing them that they are the default, and anything else is wrong or at least questionable, and that conforming is the only way to show loyalty.
This is up and down the chain, from the family to the church to the legislative bodies.