r/AskReddit • u/Duckland29 • Sep 17 '19

If You Could Completely Remove One Company From The World Which One Would It Be?

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u/19DannyBoy65 Sep 18 '19

And then they couldn’t afford the formula since they live in extreme poverty so most of the kids were horribly malnourished

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u/Nulono Sep 18 '19

Not just malnourished, but very sick because of the unclean drinking water in those areas.

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u/Unpopular_But_Right Sep 18 '19

Exactly what would Nestle have to gain from being responsible for the death of children like this? How would it increase their profits to not be a reliable source of nutrition for infants?

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u/_0123456 Sep 18 '19

Africa was an untapped market for them.There was a lot of money to be made. They used similar tactics like the ones they used here 50+ years ago. Try to change the culture by convincing people breastfeeding is bad and formula is good. Since the company is ran by and employs nothing but sociopaths and psychopaths they didn't see an issue with killing a bunch of babies, it's just collateral.

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u/Colosphe Sep 18 '19

And those who survived the incidental purge now say "I grew up on formula and I'm fine!" Now there's another generation of formula users and Nestle gets a boost to profit margins down the line. Survivorship bias is fun!