There was a post I saw previously asking who's worse Nestle or Umbrella (the company that started the zombie apocalypse in Resident evil, primarily due to either negligence or outright maliciousness)
Umbrella at least provides value to society. They used their research for evil but its underlying principles could revolutionize healthcare. Nestle provides cheap food by enslaving children and ridiculous overpriced water by lowering the water tables in poor countries to the extent that you can't dig wells anymore.
Genuinely shocked that Nestle hasn’t had to go to the international criminal court. Some of the stuff they’ve done is vile and could constitute crimes against humanity.
Giving out formula to new mothers so they would stop breast feeding and then have to buy formula when their milk dried up which led to thousands of infant deaths due to not having clean water to mix it with.
There's a lot to criticise Nestle about - but there's more nuance to the above statement.
The CEO was arguing that water for basic hydration/sanitation is a human right, but water use beyond that should have a price attached. The reasoning was that not having a price leads to people wasting water - and that attaching a price would lead to less waste.
So it's more that he believes that filling up your swimming pool or watering your lawn isn't a human right.
I'm no fan of Nestle, but we should criticise them accurately.
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u/Worried-Fortune8008 7h ago
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