Letter to the editor: Marketing and selling out America

When I was in a cable TV series from 2014-15, our viewership was 1.5 million, which was higher than “The O’Reilly Factor.” Our competing show had 1.1 million viewers. I figured we would be picked up for a third season. Wrong. They had the under-49 viewers who spend more money on cool items, while I drew the over-49 crowd that is targeted by medical community ads. In America, money talks and patriotism walks.

This past year, I couldn’t understand why so many Fortune 500 companies threw their support behind Black Lives Matter when their founders openly said they were trained Marxists. When Nike posted a 40% sales gain by supporting Colin Kaepernick, I understood. Young people have no problem taking a knee or burning a flag or a Portland business. Silly me; I thought values and the majority mattered.

Similarly, Wall Street thinks globalization is better than Made in America as long as it costs less to import the product. They love China and have no loyalty to Americans when profit is involved. I guess the unemployed don’t count. In Europe, race is not tracked. The more we push identity, the further from MLK’s “Dream” we slip.

Apparently, “youth will be served,” even when they should be spanked.

John Ventre

Hempfield