Why did Big Business so strongly support the left in the Presidential election?

[EnglishPete]

One of the notable things about this recent election was how Big corporations were almost entirely on the side of and supporting the main candidate of the left whilst opposing the main candidate of the right. Clinton was supported by numerous top CEOs and big corporations. Trump, whilst he was supported by a few notable very wealthy individuals they were very much the exception. He did not get the support of any major corporations or CEOs and the bulk of the billionaire class opposed him.

Now a large part of the left like to spin this narrative that whatever big business do is of the right and the left is always opposed to big business interests. So they spin this by saying that Clinton wasn't on the left at all but rather on the right!!! In this narrative Trump was just a bit too right wing for the big corporate bosses so they went for the more moderate right wing Clinton! Of course this is complete nonsense. Hillary Clinton has been a dedicated leftist for nearly fifty years, Trump was the only major party candidate on the right.

In my view the real reason is that big corporations overwhelmingly backed the left wing candidate because big corporations overwhelming lean to the left. As was pointed out on a recent Breitbart article on the Breitbart spat with the Kellog's company "Corporate America is more left than right"  http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/03/virgil-the-lefts-long-march-enabled-by-corporate-america-ten-things-to-know-about-kelloggs-war-against-breitbart/

This is not just a phenomena in the US but also clearly in Western Europe as well. I think it was explained very well in an article from last year from right wing British journalist Ed West

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http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2015/05/why-is-big-business-so-interested-in-left-wing-politics/

I'm sure the reason so many leftists can't see this is that they're so enamoured of their fantasy of being the litlle guy standing up to 'the man' that they refuse to see that 'the man' is not only on the left himself but is the driving force behind the funding of leftist activists.

[EnglishPete]

because everyone with the slightest bit of knowledge about economics knows that trump would be a disaster. not a difficult question.

and the breitbart article (unsurprisingly) is way off base. pinkwashing is not synonymous with leftism (and is in fact widely derided in leftist circles)

Big business has had a growing affinity for left wing advocacy long before Trump became a candidate.

As for 'Pinkwash' big business has been routinely backing left wing 'social justice' ideology in all kinds of areas, including those areas like immigration where the right wing view is clearly far more popular than the left wing view. I don't think, therefore, it can be put down to a desire for good PR, its much more deep seated than that.

[EnglishPete]

Younger, newer execs are not social conservatives.

Not just newer younger execs but also also CEOs are not just not social conservatives but tend to be strong supporters of leftist ideas of 'social justice'

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In others words she was a leftist without being far left. Not sure what difference that's supposed to make to the point I'm making.