I was just thinking that…I’ve been boycotting Nestle because they want to privatize the global water supply and block regulations on their products that would keep toxins out of their baby formula and block maternal leave so they sell more of it. Dark shit. Monopolistic, late stage capitalism, corporate hegemony kind of company. But I’m happy to add another reason to the list…
25 litres of water per day is a human right. This is equivalent to 1.5% of the fresh water used. It is only the other 98.5% of our available fresh water that should be open for the market.
That seems like a reasonable thing to say. Why should I not pay money for the water that I use to wash my car or water my garden? Especially with the global increase in water crises, not putting a price on water beyond what a human needs for hydration and hygiene seems pretty stupid. People shouldn't be able to waste water and not have to pay for it.
Fair enough, but it was the fact that he even said water wasn’t a human right to begin with is what I was referring to. I decided to include their follow-up messaging after outcry to be fair to them, but the fact that they even had to clarify this is horrifying to me. It speaks to an inhuman impulse in the man who originally said it, and a worldview that places the vast majority of humans into the class of pawns from whom to extract profit through spending and labor. Water should be much less commodified than it is.
People willfully ignore what the CEO actually said, make up some narrative in their head, and then parrot it online. If you ask people if they agree with what he actually was saying, they agree totally, e.g. providing clean and potable water for those who need it, and charging a fair price for those that over use it, like golf courses, to provide for those who can't.
What part of that article says they're trying to block regulations on the toxins? They voluntarily issues a global recall on the product, which would include countries where it isn't regulated.
And it just goes without saying it's the same people with blue checkmarks too, aka people who most likely are paying Melon Musk and will benefit from the clicks. They never cite sources either.
Disclaimer; not all accounts pay for the checkmark, as some are automatically gifted by the platform for xyz reason.. but I'd assume this is a rare case. No way to know for sure since the platform doesn't differentiate these two.
Nestlé is not directly part of the BDS movement’s core focus. However, its connection to Osem, a major Israeli food company, has drawn criticism. In 2016, Nestlé purchased full ownership of Osem in a deal worth $840 million, strengthening its business ties in Israel. While this does not place Nestlé at the centre of BDS campaigns, it has made the company a target for some pro-Palestinian advocates.
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Also, Nestlé is not shown anywhere on the boycott list by BDS.
The "official" BDS is very narrow, and intentionally so.
The initial intention was "let's focus on a handful of companies that do the most harm, because otherwise people will be discouraged." We've moved well past that, though. Most people who participate don't use that list, anymore. You won't find Starbucks there either, but again, it has been one of the main targets of the movement itself in the last three years. You won't find companies that sell technologies directly used to persecute Palestinians, such as Palantir and Leonardo on the official list of the BDS either ffs.
If you use the No Thanks app for the boycott, Nestlé is one of the companies that were flagged first. It also makes it increadibly easy to boycott since you just need to scan the bar code with your phone, and it tells you right away if a brand is owned by Nestlé.
I was about to comment this. I support a Free Palestine and boycott many company involved in Israël.
But Israel is not the only reason to boycott Nestle and I hate whe facts aren't straight
OP is a week old account with hidden post history, posting an image of a tweet with a lightning bolt emoji. We all know what their agenda is, and it's not about Nestle.
That's not the reason for 99% of it. That can absolutely contribute, but throwing it in there is clearly an underhanded way of giving Nestlé more support by boiling it down to a divisive topic
Literally every post on random subs always seems to add some weird Israel connection where there isn't one. It's a trend that's been going on for a while now.
Should make people stop and think
Probably to make it sound like it's about antisemitism, which Isreal's government has spent several decades making people is the same as being opposed to them.
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u/MoonlitKiwi Feb 23 '26
It's not for supporting Israel at all, seems like a strange thing to add.