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This Sodastream was on sale for 1/3rd of its regular price... (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 135 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It said so on a packaging label so it must be true. What a relief. I was afraid someone was doing genocide, but marketing has proved me wrong.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Do you think the people running the genocide are the same as the people working in the factories to support their loved ones?

At the end of the day, people will always be people, while megalomaniacal leaders are the ones using them to further their own goals.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 54 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sodastream is located in settled territory, and therefore an active participant in the settler-colonial project.

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 9 points 8 months ago

They moved there factory out of the west bank, after heavy protest. Unless your referring to "Israel proper" as settled territory, which it is, but so is the u.s.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

SodaStream is still subject to boycott by the global, Palestinian-led BDS movement for Palestinian rights. Its new factory is actively complicit in Israel's policy of displacing the indigenous Bedouin-Palestinian citizens of Israel in the Naqab (Negev). SodaStream's mistreatment of and discrimination against Palestinian workers is not forgotten either.

https://bdsmovement.net/news/%E2%80%9Csodastream-still-subject-boycott%E2%80%9D

[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Is "No!Thanks!" an app or something?

Edit: Found it. It is an app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bashsoftware.boycott

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Given so much you know about the world comes from corporations, how do you determine what's true and what's a lie? Just based on your feelings which were formed by social media algorithms?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 8 months ago

Based on videos of people being brutalized, news articles, podcasts, conversations with others. There's no algo on Lemmy and I don't consume any other social media.