re: Go woke, go broke? Meta reports record users and profit

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On a local level many restaurants, bars and businesses have had to close because they drove off their customers with overt political rhetoric.

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Name them for me.

Most places that have closed down that come to mind in Lafayette were only a surprise in that they were open for so long. A lot of marginal places limped through COVID-19 and never really recovered.

Eating out has gotten very expensive, so some of it is about that.

Several local places were a casualty of aging owners whose kids didn't want to deal with a fickle public and the huge amount of time a smaller family restaurant takes to keep going.

I may be missing a place that lost customers because of a political stance. Places lose customers because they provide a subpar product or service relative to the competition., location, and trying to provide something people are not really interested in buying (that can be a timing issue, either too early or too late to the table).

Don't get me wrong, I think it is usually a bad idea to take a very strong political stand for a business that serves the general public. Know your customer base and be particularly cautious about jumping on the cause de jour.