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Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors'
(kyivindependent.com)
@Cloudless & I maintain a zine tracking all Sponsors of Russia's invasion at https://kbin.social/m/SponsorsOfRussianInvasion . We use multiple sources viz. Ukraine govt sites, Yale's tracker, and credible news sources.
We also have a zine tracking business who have rejected to support Russia's invasion and have exited Russia at https://kbin.social/m/BizAgainstRussianInvasion
Bacardi? It would be off-brand for them to not back dictatorships.
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Not surprised that a company named after the god of war is an international war sponsor
Took me about 7 seconds of thinking before I realized you meant Mars. Couldn't remember a God named Pepsi for the life of me.
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Actually, Mars was named after its founder, Franklin Clarence Mars.
Franklin Clarence Mars (/ˈmɑːrz/; September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1935) was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar. He is also widely believed to be the god of war.
"international war sponsor" what a nice title, I think every company operating in US should have it!
Why
Because most international conflicts that the US enters are due to threats (or potential windfalls) to the profitability of our largest companies.
Or at least that's the joke/context
Can we not be as stupid as redditors when they downvote people for asking questions?
Especially questions asked of a sentence steeped in hyperbole.
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This war brought to you by Rage: Shadow Legends.
You're gonna give people PTSD.
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This explains why LinkedIn was sending out surveys today asking "What do you think about PepsiCo?", "What are the top reasons you would want to work at PepsiCo?", to a bunch of people. The whole thing was extremely weird, and obviously a PR campaign
Just another reason to not drink the diabetes piss water that is Pepsi. They lost the cola wars for a reason. Come sucks too, but fuck Pepsi even harder.
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Wow the tankies are out in force on the comments on this one.
Wth are tankies?
A tankie is someone who is pro-communist dictators, put shortly.
You’ll find them on hexbear and other instances that your instance has hopefully defederated from.
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A pro-authoritarian communist. Typically used derisively.
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About time. Add coke, facebook,google and microsoft too
Pepsi advertising the fighter jet is making more sense now.
They did also have the sixth largest naval fleet in the world for a brief period in 1989.
As a direct result of trading with Russia, even.
full list here: https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/boycott/
Can't believe nestle isn't on the list and #1
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I'll definitely be checking what I buy from these companies and making adjustments to my habits.
Slava Ukraine.
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Any one turn the "m" upside down in "mars"
As the jingle goes...Pa pa pa pa pa.... Coca-Cola..
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