Didn't know where to post this but man, I so get it.
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Hey, that's our shitty company! Should still be boycotted though.
Greetings from Switzerland.
They still donated millions to the current regime. That is exactly what they mean. Trump is a symptom of western neoliberal capitalism and we are ALL at fault. Where you spend your money matters and people have, in large part, actively ignored a lot of bullshit in the name of comfort. Nestle barely scratches the surface.
Also keeping in mind with the current state of the capitalist hellscape, avoiding companies that supported trump/GOP can be difficult to impossible for a good chunk of people. If the only grocery store that you're able to get to is Walmart, I am not going to criticize you eating.
Virtually every automaker doung business in North America has kissed trump's ass at some point in the last decade.
Nestle and Unilever are fucking everywhere and also have many subsidiaries that it can be difficult to figure out if they're involved in the product you're using.
Good luck using technology produced by a company that hasn't supported him or the republican party.
With how badly things are ratfucked, I will applaud any effort to reduce consumption from these companies, because it's at least a little better than actively supporting them.
In no way I was trying to undermine the point of the previous comment. It's more of a twisted case of national pride. You can't just claim the super evil corporation that is trying to take everyone's water as yours! They are Switzerland's seat at the super villain table.
Not to be salty, but I'm curious, do you have random people on the Internet assuming you're in favor of child slavery and think that all Swedes think water shouldn't be a human right?
Have you noticed that americans are so indoctrinated that when they have to choose a big evil company to rant about (up until recently) it's usually Nestle, a non-US company.
While they had plenty ones at home that are far worse.
They don't even realize how they get nudged and primed to direct their anger away from their own criminal multinationals.
What a weird complaint. Do you have a better example for what they're describing? I think Nestle is one of the best examples they could have used. They're one of ten food megacorps and FAMOUSLY shitty.
Americans bring up nestle because they bring up the most local company they know of (brandingwise) that is doing shady shit nearby.
Nestle is involved in a major water extraction operation in california (largest pop US state) where some towns have been rationing water for years. Its one of the most cynical, evil things being done by a heavily branded corporation that USians can see.
I'd probably mention microsoft or uber first but I don't live in a city with water rationing.