Why?

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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      In godfather 2, one of the crime syndicates trying to set up a stake in the Cuban casinos with the mob is a giant fruit company. Knowing that the movie takes inspiration from real organized crime dealings in Cuba at the time, I looked into the fruit companies and their history, and it is one of the most atrocious human rights clusterfucks I’ve ever heard of.

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        Right? It’s shocking. I only learned about it recently when I started buying pineapples regularly and found out there are only a few companies in the world that produce them. And most if not all of them are incredibly shady and responsible for some truly terrible shit.

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      In 2023, there were deaths reported on a Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya. A 2024 report said that there was evidence of human rights violations on that farm.

      This is why we can’t have nice things. Or why we have nice things. Or both.

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      6 months ago

      As the author of the article repeated every paragraph, their full name is Fresh Del Monte, so that’ll be “Fresh Del Monte Human Rights”

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    " it appeals to high end consumers!"

    “Why?”

    “Because we said it did!”

    Marketing 101

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    Came in here thinking it was some novelty fruit made by a small grower. Were that the case, power to them for taking money from fools.

    Naturally it’s those guys though. Fuck those guys

  • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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    Certain cultural gifting practices make these important for the rich. They buy way overpriced consumables because they can’t offer direct bribes and need to maintain face.