“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Sunday, August 15, 2021
How Hyperreal Neo-Liberal Corporate "Branding" Polarized Politics and Destroyed the Democratic Party
In broadly "branding" the entire RNC as "racist" the DNC gave up on and lost the white working class.
Coke is not Pepsi. Pepsi isn't even a suitable Coke substitute. I refuse to drink Pepsi if dirty rainwater is available. I don't think you can "establish a brand" without product quality. Pepsi can mass market commercially and sponsor various activities and entertainment events and get as many popular celebrities to endorse it but if it tastes like sautéed rotten onions steeped in shit sauce (and it most certainly does) I still will not consume Pepsi. It is nasty.
The Democratic Party has done nothing to make themselves attractive to me, while the Republican Party has done nothing but go full blast repulsive to me since 2012. It was easy to be not-Democrat. It still is. But the Republican Party has become the political equivalent of Pepsi to me. I refuse to partake in it.
The DNC is the New Coke. It took the Pepsi challenge and decided that Coke no longer tasted good because on it's "first impression" wasn't "sweet enough".
I always failed the Pepsi Challenge, and hated new Coke because it tasted like Pepsi. As soon as any amount of Pepsi touches my tongue, I taste sauteed rotten onions. Maybe I'm rare in this discernment, but nobody can fool me with Pepsi or New Coke.
If my life depended on it, I couldn't double blind tell the difference between P and C. Both are banal sugary drinks, propped up by massive marketing/advertising budgets (which show that with enough money you can make almost anyone imbibe almost anything)
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Coke is not Pepsi. Pepsi isn't even a suitable Coke substitute. I refuse to drink Pepsi if dirty rainwater is available. I don't think you can "establish a brand" without product quality. Pepsi can mass market commercially and sponsor various activities and entertainment events and get as many popular celebrities to endorse it but if it tastes like sautéed rotten onions steeped in shit sauce (and it most certainly does) I still will not consume Pepsi. It is nasty.
The Democratic Party has done nothing to make themselves attractive to me, while the Republican Party has done nothing but go full blast repulsive to me since 2012. It was easy to be not-Democrat. It still is. But the Republican Party has become the political equivalent of Pepsi to me. I refuse to partake in it.
If Libertarians had voted Republican, Trump would still be President. That leak in support for Republicans nationally won't go away.
The DNC is the New Coke. It took the Pepsi challenge and decided that Coke no longer tasted good because on it's "first impression" wasn't "sweet enough".
Like the CEO of Coca Cola Company, you suffer from the perils of introspection.
I always failed the Pepsi Challenge, and hated new Coke because it tasted like Pepsi. As soon as any amount of Pepsi touches my tongue, I taste sauteed rotten onions. Maybe I'm rare in this discernment, but nobody can fool me with Pepsi or New Coke.
coke vs pepsi exemplifies the capitalist illusion of choice.
Pepsi is not a choice. It's taste bud masochism.
But so is coke.
... or dog piss.
Dr. Pepper will save us all
:)
If my life depended on it, I couldn't double blind tell the difference between P and C. Both are banal sugary drinks, propped up by massive marketing/advertising budgets (which show that with enough money you can make almost anyone imbibe almost anything)
I agree with this wholeheartedly, minus the Pepsi rant.
Pepsi tastes the same at all temperatures. Coke tastes better the colder it is. It's why you never see Pepsi slushie freezes.
Remember when Pepsi overthrew the government of Chile?
You don't mess with the Pepsi brand.
@38:05
Ew. So Pepsi is made from ocean water that Pinochet polluted with communists. It all makes sense now.
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