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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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[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 105 points 1 year ago (17 children)
[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you kindly. Just subbed to both 😁🍻

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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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[–] frustratedphagocytosis@kbin.social 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 112 points 1 year 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.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pepsi is actually named after Pepe the frog.

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[–] outbound@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] jcg@halubilo.social 27 points 1 year 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.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 69 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Well deserved. Let's boycott those fuckers.

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[–] wAkawAka@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] oce@jlai.lu 19 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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

[–] End0fLine@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Especially questions asked of a sentence steeped in hyperbole.

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[–] Phantom_Engineer@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This war brought to you by Rage: Shadow Legends.

[–] AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago

You're gonna give people PTSD.

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year 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.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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

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[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] wets0cks@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (17 children)
[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 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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[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago

A pro-authoritarian communist. Typically used derisively.

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[–] yoppa@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

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

[–] StickyLavander@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pepsi advertising the fighter jet is making more sense now.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

They did also have the sixth largest naval fleet in the world for a brief period in 1989.

As a direct result of trading with Russia, even.

[–] ProfessorGumby@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] Random_user@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Next up: the nord vpn logo engraved on every bullet

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[–] Bipta@kbin.social 11 points 1 year 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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[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mars better eat a snickers.

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[–] TacoThrash3r@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

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

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