As the 2022 statistics continue to roll in, the carnage of another woke dragon spreads across the Dow Jones floor.According to Breitbart News, Hollywood lost more than $500 billion in market value. Left-wing studios like Netflix, Walt Disney Co., and Comcast took the majority of the hit.Though decline in revenue is to be expected in Joe Biden’s America, with families deciding to cut nonessential expenses, the losses outpaced other similarly positioned sectors.No, the story is clear here.Go woke, go broke.The downturn of streaming subscriptions and consumer engagement is the price these companies will have to pay for woke storylines and agendas that do not resonate with their audience.Disney saw its stock plummet more than 40%, gearing for its worst year since 1974. Netflix followed suit, with its stock taking a 50% tail dive. SEE ALSO: Backlash Against Disney Wasn’t Overhyped, Unfortunately. Its “LGBTQ Agenda” is Very Real In rejecting the LGBTQ+ stories crammed down the throats of children and adults alike, Americans wrote an alternate story.The story presented to us in 2022 carries with it a lesson on free market capitalism and traditional values that woke companies would do well to tune in to.Americans are tired of tales condemning their country, or the authority of parents, or the reality of biological sex.They want a richer story.The power of the people cannot be quelled by flaming threats blown from Big Tech’s mouth nor by the vicious claws grasping for our children.Let woke dragons take ear– these are not a people easily intimidated, and their sharp swords sting.Now that’s a story worth telling.Catie Robertson is an intern with the Convention of States Project, a project of Citizens for Self-Government.
