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Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 2 years ago (13 children)
[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

@Cloudless & I maintain a zine tracking all Sponsors of Russia's invasion at https://kbin.social/m/SponsorsOfRussianInvasion . We use multiple sources viz. Ukraine govt sites, Yale's tracker, and credible news sources.

We also have a zine tracking business who have rejected to support Russia's invasion and have exited Russia at https://kbin.social/m/BizAgainstRussianInvasion

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you kindly. Just subbed to both 😁🍻

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Bacardi? It would be off-brand for them to not back dictatorships.

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not surprised that a company named after the god of war is an international war sponsor

[–] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe 113 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Took me about 7 seconds of thinking before I realized you meant Mars. Couldn't remember a God named Pepsi for the life of me.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Pepsi is actually named after Pepe the frog.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Actually, Mars was named after its founder, Franklin Clarence Mars.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

Franklin Clarence Mars (/ˈmɑːrz/; September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1935) was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars bar. He is also widely believed to be the god of war.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Well deserved. Let's boycott those fuckers.

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[–] wAkawAka 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"international war sponsor" what a nice title, I think every company operating in US should have it!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] chuckleslord 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Because most international conflicts that the US enters are due to threats (or potential windfalls) to the profitability of our largest companies.

Or at least that's the joke/context

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Can we not be as stupid as redditors when they downvote people for asking questions?

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This war brought to you by Rage: Shadow Legends.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

You're gonna give people PTSD.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

This explains why LinkedIn was sending out surveys today asking "What do you think about PepsiCo?", "What are the top reasons you would want to work at PepsiCo?", to a bunch of people. The whole thing was extremely weird, and obviously a PR campaign

[–] Astroturfed 26 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Just another reason to not drink the diabetes piss water that is Pepsi. They lost the cola wars for a reason. Come sucks too, but fuck Pepsi even harder.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Astroturfed 24 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Oh yes, come is my favorite. I come everywhere I go.

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[–] RecursiveParadox 25 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Wow the tankies are out in force on the comments on this one.

[–] wets0cks 12 points 2 years ago (16 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

A tankie is someone who is pro-communist dictators, put shortly.

You’ll find them on hexbear and other instances that your instance has hopefully defederated from.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

A pro-authoritarian communist. Typically used derisively.

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[–] yoppa 21 points 2 years ago

About time. Add coke, facebook,google and microsoft too

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Pepsi advertising the fighter jet is making more sense now.

[–] rockSlayer 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Next up: the nord vpn logo engraved on every bullet

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] Random_user 8 points 2 years ago

Can't believe nestle isn't on the list and #1

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Any one turn the "m" upside down in "mars"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mars better eat a snickers.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'll definitely be checking what I buy from these companies and making adjustments to my habits.

Slava Ukraine.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

As the jingle goes...Pa pa pa pa pa.... Coca-Cola..

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