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Corporatocracy (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by CubitOom@infosec.pub to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Left to right:

CBS, ?, CocaCola, ABC, Camel Cigarettes, Windows
?, ?, Apple, Nike, ?, Chrysler,
Warner Brothers, ?, ?, Intel, Pizza Hut, McDonalds
?, Adobe, IBM, General Electric ?, ?
?, Shell, ?, NBC, Pepsi, ?

A lot of those had/have defense divisions.

Edit: This was from Bush's era.

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

CBS, Playboy, CocaCola, ABC, Camel Cigarettes, Windows
?, ?, Apple, Nike, ?, Chrysler,
Warner Brothers, ?, ?, Intel, Pizza Hut, McDonalds
?, Adobe, IBM, General Electric, Internet Explorer, ?
?, Shell, Adidas , NBC, Pepsi, ?

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

CBS, Playboy, CocaCola, ABC, Camel Cigarettes, Windows
?, Travelers, Apple, Nike, AT&T, Chrysler
Warner Brothers, ?, Chase, Intel, Pizza Hut, McDonalds
Xerox, Adobe, IBM, General Electric, Internet Explorer, Bell Laboratories
?, Shell, Adidas, NBC, Pepsi, Compaq

[–] DrWorm@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

CBS, Playboy, CocaCola, ABC, Camel Cigarettes, Windows
?, Travelers, Apple, Nike, AT&T, Chrysler
Warner Brothers, ?, Chase, Intel, Pizza Hut, McDonalds
Xerox, Adobe, IBM, General Electric, Internet Explorer, Bell Laboratories
United Airlines, Shell, Adidas, NBC, Pepsi, Compaq

[–] Offbus@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

CBS, Playboy, CocaCola, ABC, Camel Cigarettes, Windows
US Sprint/Sprint^, Travelers, Apple, Nike, AT&T, Chrysler
Warner Brothers, White-Westinghouse, Chase, Intel, Pizza Hut, McDonalds
Xerox, Adobe, IBM, General Electric, Internet Explorer, Bell Laboratories^
United Airlines, Shell, Adidas, NBC, Pepsi, Compaq

Edit^

Credit to atomicbocks for being there first
Small note here; while bell labs had retained the logo, BellSouth and providers in Canada also used the logo.

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We did it, Lemmy!

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

🎉🎉

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Long time lurker first time poster here!

The first column second row is the old Sprint PCS logo.

[–] lena 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What did Playboy do?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I'm wondering if there was less access to logos and information at the time? There might be stuff we don't know as well. Still a strong statement.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Addidas was on the list? Do they do some back handed stuff I don't know about?

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To start, it was founded by a literal Nazi

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Holy shit.

Before Rudolf was released, Adi had to appear before the denazification panel. The result was announced on 13 July 1946: Adi was declared a Belasteter, the second most serious category of Nazi offenders, which included profiteers, and could lead to a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for those convicted.[39][40] The immediate threat was that he would be removed from management of the firm.

His early membership in the Nazi Party and the Hitler Youth were not contestable. On appeal, he amassed a portfolio of testimony attesting to his good conduct during the war. Adi's staunchest supporter was Herzogenaurach's mayor, who the Allied forces trusted.[41]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Dassler#Personal_life

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this is just a list of American Corpos, to fill out the square; regardless of individual action/intention.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe? A lot of them are pretty evil.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

why is playboy on there?

not really defending porn but... don't really see it in the same category as the rest

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Adbusters were culture jammers. Around this time the playboy logo was popular on clothing.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

+1 insightful! ty!