Daily Signal(@DailySignal):Exactly 7 years ago today—Halloween 2019—I sat in a room with people who, I thought, could help decide the fate of free enterprise (and more). Justin Danhof laid out how the Left’s long march through the institutions had reached business via ESG/stakeholderism. That pitch helped launch the fight that became The Dictatorship of Woke Capital. Progress was made. The spear is blunted. But the OCC’s recent debanking report shows the same playbook is still running

2026.10.31 18:00

Exactly 7 years ago today—Halloween 2019—I sat in a room with people who, I thought, could help decide the fate of free enterprise (and more). Justin Danhof laid out how the Left’s long march through the institutions had reached business via ESG/stakeholderism. That pitch helped launch the fight that became The Dictatorship of Woke Capital. Progress was made. The spear is blunted. But the OCC’s recent debanking report shows the same playbook is still running—and the work is unfinished.