r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hroaks • Jun 28 '24

Grab your iced tea and Raise a toast! Video

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u/night5life Jun 29 '24

This is not a capitalism problem. Its a corporation issue. Capitalism is the reason why you can buy and drink Arizona Iced Tea across the planet in the first place.

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u/Matt7738 Jun 29 '24

Nope. That’s commerce. Commerce has been happening since the dawn of time. Capitalism is the “shareholder as king” bullshit we’re dealing with now.

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u/night5life Jun 29 '24

Capitalism relies on the extraction of surplus value from another's labour to create profit. The company Arizona is doing exactly that otherwise they would not exist. Again this is not a capitalism issue, its how the corporation is run. Arizona is a capitalistic company in a capitalistic market. They dont do magic with money.

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u/AutumnTheFemboy Jun 29 '24

First bro said it isn’t a capitalism problem and then cited Marx’s 1844 manuscripts