Overall Left-Wing Ideology Risk Score: 6.4/10 Exclusive Obama Higher Ground production deal renewed and fully active into late 2025, unretracted $100M+ 2020 racial-equity/police-reform pledges, continued heavy transgender/LGBTQ+ content aimed at children and teens, virtually 100% far-left Democrat megadonor leadership — offset by permanent HRC Corporate Equality Index suspension since 2022 with zero reinstatement or perfect score in 2025, strong defense of Dave Chappelle, zero company PAC or Soros ties]
- DEI / Woke Ideology: 7/10 → Evidence: Revoked/suspended from HRC Corporate Equality Index in 2022 over refusal to remove Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” (labeled transphobic by activists); remains excluded from 2025 CEI report with no perfect score or reinstatement — one of the only major studios not chasing the index in 2025. Still funds massive progressive slate via Obama partnership.
- Anti-Gun: 2/10 → Evidence: Zero donations to gun-control groups, zero executive statements or policies targeting firearms industry found.
- Anti-Police: 8/10 → Evidence: Immediate 2020 George Floyd response — $100 million shifted to support Black communities and economic justice; Reed Hastings personally gave $1 million to Center for Policing Equity (police reform organization). All commitments remain active and celebrated on corporate site in December 2025.
- Anti-Military: 0/10 → Evidence: No anti-military positions or actions found.
- Open Borders: 6/10 → Evidence: Multiple pro-immigrant documentary series (Living Undocumented, Immigration Nation) plus Obama Higher Ground content with heavy progressive immigration themes.
- Anti-Christian Liberal Positions: 10/10 → Evidence: Continues aggressive transgender and LGBTQ+ storylines in children’s/teen programming throughout 2025. Exclusive, multi-year Higher Ground Productions partnership with Barack and Michelle Obama extended in 2024 and still fully active — Netflix voluntarily platforms Obama-era far-left social ideology (racial grievance, climate alarmism, gender ideology) at massive scale. Your subscription dollars directly fund Obama propaganda.
- Soros / Open Society Ties: 0/10 → Evidence: Zero direct grants, board overlaps, partnerships, or funding trails found.
- Democrat-Partisan Donations: 9/10 → Company PAC: None — zero corporate contributions to candidates. → Leadership: Reed Hastings — decades of massive Democrat megadonations including $7 million to pro-Harris super PAC in 2024; Ted Sarandos — consistent max Democrat donor. Total leadership Democrat %: ~98–100%.
Notable conservative positions or genuine retreats (if any):
• Stood firm on Dave Chappelle specials → permanent HRC suspension since 2022 with zero attempt to regain perfect score (extremely rare in Hollywood).
• Co-CEO Ted Sarandos attended Trump Mar-a-Lago meeting December 2024.
Biggest red flags (top 3 worst offenses):
- Renewed, ongoing exclusive production deal with Barack & Michelle Obama — you are directly financing Obama ideology every single month.
- Unretracted $100M+ 2020 racial-equity and police-reform pledges still proudly displayed.
- Persistent transgender/grooming-adjacent content pushed to children + near-100% far-left megadonor leadership.
Final verdict: Heavily Compromised (Obama partnership + kids content make it uniquely toxic despite the Chappelle/HRC wins)