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[-] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 123 points 1 year ago

Wait, has Ben & Jerry's always been this based?

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 124 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty sure they endorsed Bernie back in the day. They're definitely hippies.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Shame that whole "peace and love" thing didn't catch on

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The hippie movement was coopted by the elites early on, which is why they stopped talking about economic justice and focused more on concepts like "free love", "equality", drug use, and other cultural focuses.

Those hippies (namely Steve Jobs) later went on to define our current Big Tech industry.

Meanwhile, when a strong leader arises who starts to sound a little too much like a socialist (MLK Jr.), the state murders them.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

MLK has a good rep today because of the non violence. Malcolm X and the Black Panthers were just as if not more influential for change, but they're completely ignored in schools and media today.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

I think we forget that the peace/love hippie generation is the same one that's been leading America for the last 30 years.

[-] KumaSudosa@feddit.dk 19 points 1 year ago

I think we forget that generations aren't monoliths but rather the product of a pluralistic world.

I still hear "don't worry the old people will die out" as if young people can't be morons and don't vote, say, far-right

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it’s funny (🥲) too since younger Zoomers are even more right wing than Boomers…

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago
[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2023/11/gen-z-most-conservative-generation-radical-youth

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Generation_Z

https://unherd.com/2020/07/are-the-jordan-peterson-generation-of-zoomers-turning-right/

https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-changes-political-divides-2019-7?op=1

It’s a bit of a divide between women and men though. Young men are turning to the right because of manosphere sort of influencers while women are turning more to the left. It’s quite depressing to see young men being pipelined into the alt right

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I think there was something I read about current leadership being not as good or something, so look into that, but this guy at least is fucking cool so far.

[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 year ago

The former owners are not the brand. Only the name is the same.

[-] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 31 points 1 year ago

I don’t remember the exact debate but Unilever (who purchased the brand at some point) is trying to make changes but the company is supposed to have its own say per their agreement.

[-] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

I hope they can hold out against those changes: Unilever bought Talenti and it went from being pretty good to garbage that I won’t ever buy again

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 19 points 1 year ago

Pretty much, yeah. Although they did sell their company to Unilever, so the company itself is not so based.

[-] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 year ago
[-] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Ben & Jerry’s gives out free ice cream at various progressive protests here in Australia. It is delicious and amazing for morale.

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