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Wait, has Ben & Jerry's always been this based?
Pretty sure they endorsed Bernie back in the day. They're definitely hippies.
Shame that whole "peace and love" thing didn't catch on
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.
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.
I think we forget that the peace/love hippie generation is the same one that's been leading America for the last 30 years.
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
Yeah, it’s funny (🥲) too since younger Zoomers are even more right wing than Boomers…
Citation needed
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
https://www.benjerry.com/values/our-progressive-values
And...
https://www.benjerry.com/values/issues-we-care-about
Yes.
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.
The former owners are not the brand. Only the name is the same.
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.
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
Yep.
Pretty much, yeah. Although they did sell their company to Unilever, so the company itself is not so based.
I think so
Ben & Jerry’s gives out free ice cream at various progressive protests here in Australia. It is delicious and amazing for morale.
Yep