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Previous_Floor t1_iz2cln0 wrote

Reply to comment by Espeeste in Fortnight is closing after 6 years by lestermagnum

>Really seems like the lesson learned here is that you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Strip clubs and vegan restaurants are no different than wine bars or fast food chicken sandwich restaurants. All of them only appeal to a portion of the population.

If the business owners at any of those places make strong political statements, they cut their customer base in half.

This isn't difficult to understand.

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Espeeste t1_iz2czao wrote

The point you’re missing is that they already cut out a lot of people from their business and a business cutting people out for politics is not different than any other niche.

That’s because it’s not different. Don’t confuse the hypothetical negative effects of exclusion in business with the positive effects of focus.

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Previous_Floor t1_iz2e1i6 wrote

No business appeals to everyone. Why would anyone in their right mind choose to alienate half of their potential customers that their business does appeal to? It makes no sense.

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bungocheese t1_iz2jo7m wrote

Their niche is specialty wine, and not boomer napa cab. That already is not going to appeal to a conservative customer base, so at worst it's alienating something like 20% of their possible consumer base, but I doubt that.

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