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The Coca Cola Case (2013) - Coca-Cola used right wing hit squads to murder trade unionists in Colombia. A story of corporate greed, injustice and state collusion. (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

And, the exact same companies would be doing exactly the same things inside the US if they could -- literally the only thing that prevents it is that we have a legal and societal system that would get them in trouble for it. They're already okay with killing people through pollution or poverty, they're already okay with straight-up murdering people in other countries; it's just that they'd get in trouble for it if they were shooting Americans in the head, so they (edit: mostly) don't.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

And it's not like US companies don't murder people in the US too; eg. the Boeing whistleblower John Barnett probably didn't actually kill himself

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

Specifically he said, "If anything happens to me it's not suicide."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I keep trying to use the word that really sums up these people and corporations: evil.

These people are evil.

Textbook, cartoon villain style, straight up evil.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

http://killercoke.org/