privatization of water....

Reminder that their CEO unapologetically said that he doesn't think water is a human right.

Other than Costco's CEO, every CEO is just a massive shitburger.
- Gabe's not that bad
- You can start a company tomorrow and be a CEO.
Also reminder that the US is the only country in the UN to vote against food being a human right.

USA 🤝 Nestlé
Time to get the guillotines.
Reminder that as much as I am not a Nestlé fan, he never said that.

He said :

“Water is, of course, the most important raw material we have today in the world. It’s a question of whether we should privatize the normal water supply for the population. And there are two different opinions on the matter. The one opinion, which I think is extreme, is represented by the NGOs, who bang on about declaring water a public right. That means that as a human being you should have a right to water. That’s an extreme solution. The other view says that water is a foodstuff like any other, and like any other foodstuff it should have a market value. Personally, I believe it’s better to give a foodstuff a value so that we’re all aware it has its price, and then that one should take specific measures for the part of the population that has no access to this water, and there are many different possibilities there.”

Also, the whole "raahaahaha Nestlé is evil" was propulsed by Coca-Cola and Pepsico because they hated that a non-US company had rights on water in the US. (Water that they wanted to sell in the first place.) Nestlé is no more evil than any food company that is bigger than your local ethnic market. They just suck like every company. Don't buy the propaganda and think that you are better from buying that brand rather than that one. Just say "fuck all of them".
- That means that as a human being you should have a right to water. That’s an extreme solution.
  
  It seems like he said that to me.
- That means that as a human being you should have a right to water. That’s an extreme solution
  
  Sounds very much like saying that it's not a human right..
  
  Personally, I believe it’s better to give a foodstuff a value so that we’re all aware it has its price
  
  Personally, I believe that his personal beliefs are absolutely disgusting and an indicator of why the world is a miserable place for more than half of its human population.
  
  Nestlé is no more evil than any food company that is bigger than your local ethnic market
  
  Categorically false. They steal drinking water from the people, make it less healthy than it were and then sell it back to them at a huge profit. They also kill babies.
  
  Just say "fuck all of them".
  
  That's not viable in an interconnected capitalist consumerist world. What IS viable is to boycott the worst of the worst, such as Koch Industries, Nestlé and Foxconn Technology Group.

Didn’t they kill babies too?

They also said "Chocolate without slavery? That's unpossible!"
- The crimes against humanity are what make it so tasty!
  
  Well, that and the heaps of refined sugar.
- That's every large chocolate company though. Nestle just said the quiet part out loud. Even the ones that promise to use "ethical chocolate" are either unverifiable in their claims to begin with and/or have been exposed to be outright lying.
- From now on, no slavery.
  
  Your honor I object!
  
  And why is that, Nestle?
  
  Because it's devastating to my bottom line!
Yeah, or well, in theory their formula works, but given the realities of developing countries they knew they were killing babies when they introduced it there.

Didn't matter, made profits, line went up.
Yeah, they marketed baby formula (which you need to add water to) as much safer than breast milk in areas of Africa without access to clean water. Led to thousands of babies dying 🤬
My comment was going to be. For poisoning a bunch of African children.

I try to stay away from buying nestle stuff, but it's nearly impossible... they have their mitts in everything, even cat food. (Purina) They have over 2000 brands ffs. https://www.nestle.com/brands

Really ought not buy their cat food though, at least not to feed cats. It’s horrible from a nutritional perspective.

Bad cat food is a major factor to feline obesity. Chonkers are not cute.
- I agree with the overall sentiment. The money you're saving in cat food is only going to lead to vet bills later on.
  
  I'll fight you on whether or not chonkers can be cute, though.
- at least not to feed cats
  
  Well now I've gotta look into all the alternative uses for cat food.
If you think it’s hard in developed countries(im trying not to make an assumption about where you live but assume it’s considered a developed country) you should see the issue in other countries. Maggi is one of the most popular brands in a lot of South Easy Asia; you see their sauces in most restaurants and the instant noodles are considered the best.

And the whole Japanese Kit Kat thing. I’ve seen store in SEA that have tons of different Kit Kats forms Japan because they have tons of flavours. Obviously this is also popular.

Nestle has dug themselves an entrenched position in SEA and will not give it up.
- I'm in Canada, and while there are some options they're usually more expensive or harder to find. I live nearly 50 km (30 miles) from the nearest city and the few local stores here have extremely limited selections which means I have to drive 100km (60 miles) round trip just to avoid giving nestle any of my money.
  
  Usually it means a once a month road trip to stock up on stuff, but we still have to break down and bite the bullet every now and then when we run out unexpectedly.
- They have nestled themselves into an entrenched position, lol
That's what you get if companies have no limit to growth.

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

https://www.nestle.com/brands

https://www.nestleusa.com/brands

See and avoid.

There are a few inaccuracies and simplifications here. Lactalis is independent from Nestlé, though they have a co-entreprise for dairy. For l'Oréal, it's a bit disingenuous to link both here because massive companies like that have a lot of mutual participations. And KitKat is manufactured by Hershey's in the US I think.

That being said, Lactalis is equally shitty so you can avoid it anyway. And the same goes for l'Oréal. I don't know about Hershey's but I could bet.
Thank you! I'm already boycotting all products I know to be theirs, this will help in case there's any I don't!

Accurate except for the depiction of Nestle as if it fucking cares.

Good point:
- Perfection.

Hey now, let's not forget they killed babies too.

Or that they use child slave labor.*

*Note: they don't own slaves just contract work out to slave owners

And the baby formula scandal. https://www.businessinsider.com/nestles-infant-formula-scandal-2012-6?op=1

I'm amazed at how few people are aware of this, Fuck Nestlé!
- I learned about this at university. Wasn't sure I'd find mention of it online but it's out there. One of the many examples of corporations extra psychotic behavior in the Global South. IIRC they were keen on getting mothers feeding their babies formula particularly so their breast milk dried up and then they would have no alternative, becoming dependent and stuck in a financial bind.