The Real Fight Night: Preview | Ep. 859

Pressure Tactics

Corporate and government pressure tactics are reshaping the landscape of gun control in America. Ben Shapiro highlights how states like New Jersey are leveraging their influence to push companies beyond legal requirements, effectively bypassing legislative processes 1. This approach, he argues, constitutes a form of crony capitalism, where businesses are coerced into compliance through threats rather than laws 2.

The left has found that it is much easier to pressure corporate and America into doing their bidding than it is to get people to vote for their policies.

--- Ben Shapiro

Shapiro also criticizes New Jersey's executive orders that impose gun safety principles on vendors and financial institutions, viewing them as unconstitutional and a form of soft tyranny 3.

   

Corporate Influence

The influence of corporations in the gun control debate is marked by a complex interplay of hypocrisy and social pressure. Shapiro points out the inconsistency in how media and politicians react to corporate actions, depending on whether they align with leftist agendas 4. He notes that companies like Uber and Levi Strauss are praised for supporting gun control, while similar corporate influence in other areas would be condemned 4.

It's so wildly hypocritical and ridiculous in every possible way, but it is an easier way than actually passing public policy.

--- Ben Shapiro

This dynamic, Shapiro argues, forces corporations into a liberal mold, driven by fear of backlash and a desire for a risk-free environment 5.