The Coke Machine
by Michael Blanding · first published 2010
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An exposé on the rise of Coca-Cola to become one of the world's most profitable and recognized brands shares unsettling reports on franchise deals in adversarial nations, the role of company products in obesity rates, and the environmental impact of its bottling practices.
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…factories, it's all about information and knowledge. Mainly, the knowledge that killing those guys will send a message to the rest of the workers, and keep the factory costs down. http://www.amazon.com/The-Coke-Machine-Behind-Favorite/dp/15... Just an example. There are million others, from lobbying and having special laws made for them in western countries, to setting up governments of people they approve and taking…
on “George Gilder: Capitalism is based on information and knowledge, not greed” ↗Yes. Multi-billion dollar multionational do the worst shit. As an example: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Coke-Machine-Behind-Favourite/dp... http://ccrjustice.org/learn-more/faqs/shell%2526%2523039%3Bs...
on “Samsung admits to posting fake user reviews on the web” ↗