“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
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.
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)
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.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
I agree with this wholeheartedly, minus the Pepsi rant.
DeleteIf Libertarians had voted Republican, Trump would still be President. That leak in support for Republicans nationally won't go away.
ReplyDeleteThe 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".
ReplyDeleteLike the CEO of Coca Cola Company, you suffer from the perils of introspection.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeletecoke vs pepsi exemplifies the capitalist illusion of choice.
ReplyDeletePepsi is not a choice. It's taste bud masochism.
ReplyDeleteBut so is coke.
ReplyDelete... or dog piss.
ReplyDeleteDr. Pepper will save us all
ReplyDelete:)
ReplyDeleteIf 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)
ReplyDeletePepsi tastes the same at all temperatures. Coke tastes better the colder it is. It's why you never see Pepsi slushie freezes.
ReplyDeleteRemember when Pepsi overthrew the government of Chile?
ReplyDeleteYou don't mess with the Pepsi brand.
@38:05
ReplyDeleteEw. So Pepsi is made from ocean water that Pinochet polluted with communists. It all makes sense now.
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