I’m not gonna shit on everyone calling to boycott coke. but this isn’t coke bending the knee, at least not more than they bent the knee to obama. Coke has produced commemorative inauguration coke bottles for quite some time. This isn’t a partisam statement.
Should they have broken with tradition and not provided commemorative coke bottles to make a political statement? Potentially. Not shitting on people boycotting over this. I But if this were biden term 2, coke wouldn’t be looking at claims of ‘bending the knee’ the knee to biden. Wouldn’t be news.
So the executive class turns out to be terrified of political power being wielded against them and pre-emptively rolls over like a dog that thinks it has done something wrong. Not a spine in sight, just quivering little jellies throwing themselves at Trump's feet.
An interesting lesson in power.
Worth saying if Kamala had won they wouldn’t donating 1 M to the inauguration and making Kamala special Doritos. Although I have a feeling Tim might have gotten something from Duluth Trading.
I looked this up. It seems that Coca-cola has done this as a tradition for many, many years. This is not a one off for Trump. I don’t like it, but at least it wasn’t done solely for MAGA nonsense.
I think it may be the first 'diet' coke commemorative bottle because that is what 's said Trump drinks. He's an interesting choice to represent a drink called DIET Coke.
Re: (Democracy dies in capitalism)
Mind boggling how trasparent flip-flopping is the norm now.
Conviction is a
thing of the past.
The profit over people concept has fully matured.
The White House is Just Gonna be “Product Placement for Pay” 💰 into Trump’s grubby nasty little hands …. The USofA is an F’ing Global Laughingstock!!!!
It must be hard for a company like Coca-Cola to resist sucking up when they know this grandiose, tacky crap is *exactly* the kind of tribute he'll go for.
Coke and Pepsi are two of the largest plastic polluters, who have lobbied successfully against ecological solutions, and are responsible for s significant portion of the microplastic in your balls/ovaries.
Democracy died the day of Nov 5 when Trump was reelected. It started dying when he was first elected in 2016. The slow death continued after the Jan 6 insurrection and now this death of democracy has completed in the US. It is now a plutocracy with billionaire oligarchs controlling the government.
They’re nothing but a bunch of brown nose orange lips fucking pigs what do you expect? They don’t want to pay taxes, want their employees to pay taxes. They don’t wanna pay a living wage to their employees What do you expect? It’s nothing more than it was in 16…Dem billionaires better cough up 💰💰💰💯💯
This is exactly why some leftists didn't vote. I thought it was just because of Gaza but I'm seeing it now. They wanted to show idiot Centrists the real situation, and here it is. I voted by the way but I see, they wanted it laid bare for the ostriches.
When ur one of the most influential companies globally, they just decide whenever they want to change sides and they know they'll still get sales. The Coca-Cola corp. And I think the parent company? They just want profits however they get them. Same with zucchiniboi. Play whatever side 💲 sits on.
Like we hoped with Mueller? Like we hoped with Garland? Like we hoped with the J6 hearings? Like we hoped with Jack Smith? Like we hoped when we busted our behinds campaigning and fund raising for Kamala?
It’s done. He can’t be stopped. It was a nice country while we had it.
I feel that way too, but we can’t let hope die. Maybe he himself will finally be the one to take himself down by actions that will finally be seen for what they are.
Trump is the turning point. We don’t have to stay living in the house of the abuser. But why should we leave. He should take his MAGAs and GOP and move in with Putin. They can drill baby drill in Russia aka Soviet Union.
I’m usually an optimist but sadly, I think you’re right. However, I do believe that the lazy ones who couldn’t be bothered to vote for one reason or another or because of Gaza will get galvanized into action in two years time, if elections are still possible.
These last four years have served to show me the emperor’s without clothes. Integrity is sorely lacking in leadership. What we are teaching future generations is that the end justifies the means.
Goodness…😵💫 I can’t take this BS🤬 it’s like WT AF is going on?! These morons are so scared of this dumpster 🔥 impacting their money and power. Disgraceful.
Is this the transition? The oligarchs do an about-face, put supporting our democracy and the Constitution in their rearview mirror & side with bigotry, fascism and all things Trump.
Wake up, America!
Boycotts & our refusal to partake of these oligarchs' services & products will hit them hard.
I occasionally drank coke with rum or bourbon. Now with the reports of cancer linked to drinking, this is another reason to only use it for cleaning the toilet
Everyone is terrified he’ll single them out for persecution if they displease him. And he absolutely will on a whim. So, they kiss up instead. Rather pathetic.
Oh wow, Schweppes is an anomaly with different ownership/distribution in different countries. For example, Pepsi is its distributor in Canada and (from Wikipedia) ‘The Japanese Asahi Group bought Schweppes Australia in 2008 from Cadbury,[12] and owns the trademark in Australia.’
I should thank Coca-Cola. After trying to break my Coke habit for ages, they've finally given me lasting, unforgettable incentive to quit for good. Won't ever buy another Coke product.
At first I was stunned at how many people/companies do an about face when it comes to trump.Then I realized that it’s not him,he doesn’t have the power.If he didn’t have the white,male oligarchs pulling strings in the background he’d have nothing.He just fits what they need until after inauguration.
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An interesting lesson in power.
Yeah....f*** Coca-Cola, too...
Trump… why we can’t have nice things.
Mind boggling how trasparent flip-flopping is the norm now.
Conviction is a
thing of the past.
The profit over people concept has fully matured.
Coca-Cola said that originally because we all thought holding an insurrection would matter.
Now that it doesn't, it's cozying up to the insurrectionist we elected and gave legitimacy to time.
Vance will be alone, romancing the sofa.
And infuriating.
It’s done. He can’t be stopped. It was a nice country while we had it.
It’s done.
😞
With a long enough timeline any company is likely to be on the wrong side of something or another.
But this isn't "whoops we were war profiteering" it's supplication to autocracy within the lifetime of most people who witnessed a crime.
Wake up, America!
Boycotts & our refusal to partake of these oligarchs' services & products will hit them hard.
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