Nestle's probably the best example of what I was saying earlier abt what makes modern boycotts so ineffective
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I loved SNL's sketch joking about "Soylent Green 2" - "Soylent Green is STILL PEOPLE! They said they would change it, but THEY DIDN'T"
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It's great because THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME
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BREAKING: Soylent Corporation faces another PR crisis as "Soylent Turquoise" revealed to be made, specifically, from babies
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Person-on-the-street interview: "Wait, I thought they stopped making it from people after that whole thing 40 years ago"
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"No, they just had a bunch of hearings where they released a statement saying they'd only make it from 'ethically sourced' people"
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"Activists have reopened the hearings, claiming that making food from babies is 'inherently' unethical - corporation disputes this claim"
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It sucks bc the reason Nestle is hard to boycott is the same reason they've done so many boycott-worthy things, they're huge
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The formula thing is still going on, they were the ones who were selling poisoned milk in China back in '08, now this bottled water thing
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One of their biggest subsidiaries is Stouffer's, which has always been one of the biggest employers in Cleveland
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Which makes criticizing them while living here kind of a fraught issue
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