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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8077812">I think if we sat down and had a conversation we would find lots of areas we agree, but many where we disagree. We likely would agree they shouldn't produce harmful stereotypes. But we probably disagree on what those harmful stereotypes are. In terms of WOTC being an active moral or poltical force, I really distrust large companies, or profit making institutions in general, with being forces of cultural change. You can never take out that money motive. And they have greater power than individuals. Over the years I've seen as companies have had greater influence and greater control over our personal lives for example, and I think that sort of thing is bad. I want companies to have less power in the culture, not more. When a company uses political movements as part of its messaging, I am always skeptical and always concerned about why they might be doing that. I don't want to get my morality from the companies I buy products from. Nor do I want those companies advocating for things I believe in. I think they do far more harm than good. And I don't think they are sincere. When I buy coffee, I don't care who the makers of that coffee voted for. When I buy a book from an author, I am not especially interested in that author's political or social views (except in the ways those views appear in their works). I am not interested in this idea that I should be shaping the culture through commerce and what I choose to spend money on. That can be so easily manipulated.</blockquote>

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