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[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 29 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Chiquita is a bad exploiting brand

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 42 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

At this point you might as well just assume every corporation is shit and be pleasantly surprised when you look them up.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 31 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

I mean, yeah, but Chiquita/United Fruit are on a whole different level. They're the ones who single-handedly destabilized a whole region, funding multinational death squads, coups and shit. That's the whole joke.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars

Edit: to be honest, anyone unfamiliar with this period should brush up on it. This was the last time the US truly functioned as an empire (or tried to), and the key arguments are going to be the same now as they were then.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

That's the whole joke.

It's not very funny.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

No :( it's not. The legacy is very grim, and ongoing.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 hours ago

Wanna hear a good joke?

Nobody speak, nobody get choked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUC2EQvdzmY

[–] oxytocin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

It's still good to mention it, when they are mentioned. I mean, otherwise we just normalise that status.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago

sure; but I prefer my bananas to be slave free and traded fair :)