Stop Doing This for Corporations. They aren't your social justice warriors

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  • Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024

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  • @harryborsalino1276
    @harryborsalino1276 2 дня назад +36

    Kinda reminds one of, "I don't care about you, I just want your vote."

  • @AskALibbieist
    @AskALibbieist 2 дня назад +85

    Right??? If Burger King gave af they’d be paying their employees $23/hr

    • @grannysweet
      @grannysweet День назад +4

      $27.00 hr. just to live in a safe neighborhood.

    • @kathrynparke1711
      @kathrynparke1711 День назад +4

      Given that an Impossible Burger is $11 they certainly should be.

    • @AskALibbieist
      @AskALibbieist 8 часов назад

      @ it’s so tasty tho

  • @speedymunchlax5733
    @speedymunchlax5733 2 дня назад +51

    Businesses don't speak English. They speak money.

  • @FireSilver25
    @FireSilver25 2 дня назад +30

    If people knew how many perks, privileges, and protections corps had there’d be anarchy. Not only are they exempt from paying into SS as a legal entity (but are considered people when it comes to donating) but they get huuuuge tax refunds. Like Walmart gets tens of millions from the US treasury and pay a pittance into it. Same with big banks. The average taxpayer is funding corporate welfare along with warfare.

    • @oregonsenior4204
      @oregonsenior4204 День назад +1

      Well, we just had proof of concept. And this is a nation of copycats.

    • @judithmccrea2601
      @judithmccrea2601 День назад

      Banks are next in line.

    • @beachgremlin
      @beachgremlin 20 часов назад +1

      When I was in college back in the 80’s, we called it wealthfare. (YT autocorrect changed that word to healthfare!! I obviously changed it back to what I meant. LOL) That word applied to policies designed to financially assist wealthy people as well as corporations, basically any policies designed for the benefit of the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. I still think it’s an appropriate word and concept.

  • @cherylmoser6383
    @cherylmoser6383 2 дня назад +37

    In a business class I learned how big oil and alcohol companies spend money on ‘good works’ to off set how we think about them- not because they want to do good

    • @Morgan313
      @Morgan313 2 дня назад +1

      Lockheed Martin does also

    • @sunnydawn7682
      @sunnydawn7682 2 дня назад +1

      And Dow Chemical. They destroyed the river where I lived with dioxin. They also opened a food bank in town named it after themselves.

    • @TheHonestPeanut
      @TheHonestPeanut День назад

      Every successful business does this. From local franchises "donating" or organizing "charity" events to multi billion $ international empires owning charities for tax write offs and PR red herrings. It's all fake.

  • @justinwest4923
    @justinwest4923 2 дня назад +38

    I shiver at the thought of the loyalty I used to feel toward brands as a young adult.

  • @why_said_i5818
    @why_said_i5818 День назад +7

    Absolutely true! I have been painfully aware of this truth all of my adult life. I'm 72 years old now and watch commercials in disgust 🤢. Everything from shaving and spraying your pelvic area to medications showing people partying having a wonderful life while they whisper how many ways it can destroy your life.

    • @judithmccrea2601
      @judithmccrea2601 День назад

      Hi! Remember when we were young and some toothpaste company had an ad featuring a woman being sexily squeezed out of a tube of their toothpaste? That’s when it hit me…in today’s parlance: oh, HELL no!

  • @DulceN
    @DulceN День назад +5

    I worked in Advertising and Public Relations and 100% agree.

  • @rebeccasigari4025
    @rebeccasigari4025 День назад +11

    Something I learned recently was how when we as a customer round up our change at checkout or do any of the other in-store donations, the company donates our money in their name and then gets a tax write off.

    • @cynthiaa2644
      @cynthiaa2644 День назад +3

      This needs to be shared around the internet more so people will stop contributing through the stores and make direct donations instead.

    • @AA-mm6wu
      @AA-mm6wu День назад +3

      Yikes! 😱 I never thought about that whenever I’ve done it.
      Definitely going to stop doing that and donate to companies directly.
      This definitely needs to be spread around so more people are aware of it.

  • @timothysanders1996
    @timothysanders1996 2 дня назад +20

    PREACH IT, SISTER!!!

  • @kikijewell2967
    @kikijewell2967 День назад +7

    "The right actions for the wrong reasons _reinforces the wrong reasons."_ This is a foundational moral litmus test that helps me cut through a lot of BS.

  • @Sunburnrocksl0
    @Sunburnrocksl0 2 дня назад +15

    I am trying my hardest to not use corporations as much as possible. That includes Goodwill and Salvation Army. I shop at my local thrift stores that will give vouchers to people the people in the community to get food or clothes. If I hsve to use a corporation I check on Goods unite us first.

    • @f.demascio1857
      @f.demascio1857 День назад +1

      I just started using that app.
      Holy cow, I had no idea how EVIL so many companies are.

    • @Sunburnrocksl0
      @Sunburnrocksl0 День назад

      @f.demascio1857 you and me both. Sucks dollar 25 is so bad. But this makes me feel like I am at doing something.

  •  2 дня назад +42

    BK is on the list of companies you can boycott if you don't fancy supporting what's going on in Gaza. It's healthier to make your own burgers anyway, or support a small business.

    • @Li_Tobler
      @Li_Tobler 2 дня назад +5

      I can testify for making your own burgers, at least you don't feel like you ate a stone afterwards!

    • @bloodlove93
      @bloodlove93 2 дня назад

      idc either way

  • @cherylmoser6383
    @cherylmoser6383 2 дня назад +16

    I try hard not to support any corporations.

  • @ecocentrichomestead6783
    @ecocentrichomestead6783 2 дня назад +19

    Con artists are nice people.

  • @Crystal-ev1dk
    @Crystal-ev1dk 2 дня назад +7

    Added to my book list. I am happy to have found your channel! Thank you ❤

    • @JRTFMSmithson
      @JRTFMSmithson День назад

      I can not recommend the “Killing Us Softly” film series by Kilbourne highly enough. I have told so many people it should be absolutely required viewing for everyone and as a matter of survival for young women. It looks like there is a 4th one I need to watch, there were only 3 last I checked!

  • @witchqueen8576
    @witchqueen8576 2 дня назад +9

    Preach . Marketing 101 we live in the age of persuasion

  • @judithmccrea2601
    @judithmccrea2601 День назад +1

    That book is excellent and there is a video which goes along with it. I taught a Women’s History unit in my HS WH curriculum and used the video and those fancy fashion magazines. I once had a girl tell me, “you have changed my life forever “. It was the most gratifying moment of my teaching career. Anyway. The book is timeless.

  • @MamaOwlbear
    @MamaOwlbear День назад +2

    You are so refreshing to listen to.

  • @ApocryphalDude
    @ApocryphalDude 2 дня назад +5

    Doesn't burger King have the defense department contract for most military bases?

  • @nikkideforest8731
    @nikkideforest8731 День назад +1

    Publicly traded corporations number one goal is shareholders. It is never their customers. Their customers are the path to satisfying their shareholders, and nothing else.

  • @m0L3ify
    @m0L3ify День назад +5

    You can thank Reagan for this. Thanks to his marketing deregulation, we've literally been raised by corporations since birth to behave this way.

    • @worldcitizenra
      @worldcitizenra День назад

      Reagan is blame worthy for many things, but the fake corporate social consciousness and brand loyalty inducing marketing propaganda started long before Reagan.

  • @marycerullo8455
    @marycerullo8455 День назад +2

    Bravo! The biggest turning point was when the mfg. tags were moved to the outside of our clothing and we became billboards for large corporations. Now retail stores have us check out our own purchases for free and we do it! Like unpaid employees. Whats wrong with us?!

  • @barefootarts737
    @barefootarts737 День назад +1

    We don't know how to achieve anything without including the marketplace. Without having a product to consume. As if it legitimizes the interaction, or gives our acts a purpose.

  • @RafBot-b4z
    @RafBot-b4z 2 дня назад +2

    Yes. Thank you

  • @attitudeproblem6462
    @attitudeproblem6462 2 дня назад +2

    Honestly, I didn’t even think that was really burger king. I thought that was just some random person like on Twitter a few yrs ago when “Chick-fil-a” and “Popeye’s” were supposedly beefin’ over chicken sandwiches…

  • @michelehafey2607
    @michelehafey2607 2 дня назад +3

    As your video is interrupted by a make-up ad. 🙃 Thank you for the book recommendation! I needed a book to replace The Beauty Myth after I found out Naomi Wolf's information wasn't accurate.

  • @MafGeek
    @MafGeek 2 дня назад +2

    Thanks!

  • @tinaperez7393
    @tinaperez7393 2 дня назад +5

    I think the term is ethics versus values. Cuz corporations definitely have values. They're just CORPORATE VALUES and absolutely not human / human rights ones. I remember hearing the old but still true and always will be joke of these are oxymorons: jumbo shrimp, military intelligent, high class call girl, snd business ethics. Howevere i disagree with the call girl thing - thats wrong, sexist, and anti sex worker.

  • @16poetisa
    @16poetisa 2 дня назад +1

    Omg Jean Kilbourne! Been a while since I thought of her.

    • @JRTFMSmithson
      @JRTFMSmithson День назад +1

      Looks like there is a 4th Killing Us Softly film I need to watch.

  • @Show_Love_Serina
    @Show_Love_Serina 2 дня назад +8

    I think someone random made the meme to look like BK posted it. But ur right. They still don't care.

    • @ParkrosePermaculture
      @ParkrosePermaculture  2 дня назад +2

      It absolutely was a random meme but I saw multiple people on TIktok GOING TO BURGER KING and making a point of picking it over McD bc of that fake "tweet"...why are we so willing to give our loyalty to BRANDS?

    • @patrickjordan2233
      @patrickjordan2233 2 дня назад

      Because Advertising is Propaganda for profit... Surely you know this? The Americana culture is steeped in Consumerism (from cradle to grave)...
      How else do investors monetize the plebian populace? AND this thing worship has been in American culture for over 100 years...
      See: wallpaper fad....

    • @heatherwhite2788
      @heatherwhite2788 2 дня назад +1

      I saw a comment from someone who said they were a Burger King employee where they don’t snitch. That may have been the source

    • @Show_Love_Serina
      @Show_Love_Serina 2 дня назад

      @@ParkrosePermaculture Bless their hearts.

  • @IzzyB61636
    @IzzyB61636 День назад

    So true. I'm teaching my kids this hard truth.

  • @MyChilepepper
    @MyChilepepper 2 дня назад +3

    It’s Modern day slavery

  • @lisam5744
    @lisam5744 День назад +1

    There was a court case (can't remember the name) where the judge ruled that advertisers are legally allowed to lie to consumers and it's our job as consumers to determine when we're being lied to. So you have to start from the point of 'all advertisers (and corporations) are lying to me' in dealing with them.

  • @TravelingPumpkinWitch
    @TravelingPumpkinWitch 2 дня назад +1

    Other book to add to this one is John Hope Bryant how the poor saves capitalism

  • @JRTFMSmithson
    @JRTFMSmithson День назад

    2:26 no no, preach on! 🙏

  • @lindaladeewolf
    @lindaladeewolf День назад

    Another good book to read is Vance Packard's "The Hidden Persuaders" its what helped me understand and see through lots of BS.

  • @MafGeek
    @MafGeek 2 дня назад +3

    🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

  • @jhc322
    @jhc322 2 дня назад +1

    Amen

  • @davishropshire5361
    @davishropshire5361 День назад

    Jean Kilbourne has another book called “Can’t Buy My Love”

  • @dArtagnan712
    @dArtagnan712 День назад

    Imho, MSM also, deserves special mention. I know they're only a tool, and actually, corporations themselves. But they are both high-profile, and by their ubiquitous presence in our lives, quite insidious in shaping our perceptions of current events and outcomes.

  • @PatCagle-r7t
    @PatCagle-r7t 11 часов назад

    I believe most companies value only money. We need to support those that do, like Patagonia and smaller companies who put their money where there morals are.

  • @sassysuzy4u
    @sassysuzy4u День назад

    Great video. One point though, Burger King didn't actually post this one, they are snarky and make me laugh and it wouldn't surprise me if they did; but they didn't. Doesn't change the base message here that companies are out for themselves, but thought it should be mentioned.

  • @misspat7555
    @misspat7555 12 часов назад

    I just realized we are buying fake hope and dreams, instead of fighting for real hope and dreams, which is much more exhausting and dangerous and we just want to survive and maybe be happy for a minute occasionally? Why must humanity be so self-destructive? 😞 Then we wonder why everyone’s depressed… 😓

  • @Freedomforall-kb9iu
    @Freedomforall-kb9iu День назад

    THEY CARE ABOUT MONEY AND HOW MUCH OF IT THEY CAN GET FROM YOU BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.

  • @absolutelycitron1580
    @absolutelycitron1580 2 дня назад +7

    How tf do you post so much having 4 kids and maintaining a home/garden!??!

    • @ParkrosePermaculture
      @ParkrosePermaculture  2 дня назад +15

      One time I was working in the garden with my baby (now 16 yr-old) strapped to my back, and some ladies walked by and one said, "You're always working in the garden. You're the get-'er-done-est mom I know."
      I don't sleep much, I don't watch TV, I need to be busy. But also, how does ANY mother care for kids, take care of domestic work, and also work from home? I have more free time now than a year and a half ago when I was also the full-time caregiver for my elderly father with dementia.

    • @bloodlove93
      @bloodlove93 2 дня назад +1

      idk about the kid part,skipped that deliberately.
      but I've seen people with crazier set ups than this and they spend around 20-30 hours a week in the garden when they have free time and weathers nice,so at worst you're likely to have approximately one days worth of work done in the yard spread throughout an entire week....not real that bad huh?
      just skip the semen demons and free time is far more available.... yes that's what i call kids.

  • @JohnnyCatFitz
    @JohnnyCatFitz День назад

    Same for Bill Burr
    I said what i said

  • @yourfavoritecouzin
    @yourfavoritecouzin День назад

    Anybody ever read the book or seen the documentary called Merchants Of Doubt? 💀

  • @f.demascio1857
    @f.demascio1857 День назад

    All facts. Corps. Do not care about you.
    I've altered my shopping and dumped several subscriptions after finding out how much they fund GOP and Proj2025.
    Even WHAT I buy at the smaller stores has changed. It's a challenge, but my vote is only ONE, but my dollars are MANY MORE.

  • @brianrimlinger387
    @brianrimlinger387 2 дня назад +1

    Do you have any other recommended readings? I'm new to your channel. If you really want to become cynical of corporate America and just about everything in general, read 'Confessions of an Economic Hitman'. You will never think of America the same again.

  • @TheHonestPeanut
    @TheHonestPeanut День назад

    Everyone knows. You don't have to worry about. No one thinks the burger king actually posted that or that he's our buddy.

  • @zeusimad
    @zeusimad День назад

    I agree with your sentiment, but I suspect that the people saying they were going to eat at Burger King now were lying just as much as BK was. Granted, even just sharing the meme *is* free advertising for them.

  • @NewEnglandInSeattle
    @NewEnglandInSeattle 19 часов назад

    Remember the end of the Joker movie after Joaquim Phoenix shot Robert DeNiro? Do you remember how the Joker became a hero to the citizens of Gotham who had been put upon by the wealthy? Yeah.

  • @dadmezz4024
    @dadmezz4024 2 дня назад +4

    Corporations are suppling a service, and they do employ people.
    Competition is good so pay may increase.
    Ownership greed needs to be regulated like owners regulate their employees pay.
    I understand your point and the game we are all in is capitalism.
    Reminders about the 1%, and the need for regulations are a good discussion.
    Keep being a firecracker!

  • @beverlytaylor5743
    @beverlytaylor5743 День назад

    Ranting is necessary sometimes, go for it teach and preach it. 🧐🤨

  • @nathanlillie5262
    @nathanlillie5262 День назад

    Burger King is still open in Russia. Burger King is dead to me.

  • @brittvaughn9447
    @brittvaughn9447 День назад

    LIES! Costco is my bestie and I'll die loyal. Unless they start pulling a bunch of shady shit. But that's kinda the point for me- I think that encouraging the good behavior of corporations by patronizing them is one limited way in which we can sway the behaviors of corporations. if they see that inclusivity pays, they do more of it. not saying it's a good solution full stop because you are correct- they care only about the bottom line. but we aren't going to get rid of corporations at this stage, so consciously supporting the ones that take the less wrong path is kinda the best we can do in a way.

  • @heatherwhite2788
    @heatherwhite2788 2 дня назад

    Burger King makes me burp, I think it’s the fake smoke. I generally agree with you, but I do like Patagonia. B corp seems to be a decent certification

  • @dead_inside674
    @dead_inside674 2 дня назад

    Based

  • @ExoticalT369
    @ExoticalT369 2 дня назад

    ♥️👏

  • @the_om_project
    @the_om_project 2 дня назад

    Don’t forget people in security also have grandparents.

  • @oliviabell9691
    @oliviabell9691 7 часов назад

    The reason people fall for disingenuous advertisements like that is the same reason women fall for disingenuous mens' bs, and end up with a pos.
    We want people to care SO badly.
    We're all starving for compassion, empathy, & good will-from people in our life, from our corporations, from our families-it's all the same.
    We want to believe Burger King is "down" with the collective unrest,
    isn't like other corporations, and therefore "wouldn't snitch", because we want a corporation-any corporation-to care.
    It's drinking poisonous water when you're dying of dehydration.
    Sad, but totally understandable.

  • @alecphoenix6631
    @alecphoenix6631 2 дня назад

    Always wear a Burger King hat on an airplane.

  • @ItsAsparageese
    @ItsAsparageese 2 дня назад

    Okay yeah this is all true and stuff but like ... I kinda love the cycle of public sentiment driving corporate ballsiness. Yeah they're BSing, totally, but they're still affirming and spreading and normalizing a narrative that the workers' side is the Cool Side right now. I'm not saying anyone should give them money about it (ew) buuuut I think people sharing and snickering about it = a net good for Progress And Whatnot. I'd argue that the amount it benefits them is an acceptable sacrifice XD

  • @tinaperez7393
    @tinaperez7393 2 дня назад

    I gotta say THAT'S a bizzarrely weird, dark, kinda funny marketing. Still not gonna support BK.

  • @vwm8534
    @vwm8534 2 дня назад

    You know that was all a joke? Right?

  • @bambigrage8464
    @bambigrage8464 2 дня назад +2

    I like listening to your content and have listened for a few years. I have one concern. Your continual derogatory comments about police officers (cops in your words) is perplexing. I understand every occupation has bad apples. Teachers, priests, coaches, elected officials, parents, etc. My daughter is a police officer in Oregon, specifically a community resource officer. She spends her days helping homeless people. Making sure they have water, getting meals, helping them with medical issues and appointments. Reminding them where they can and can’t sleep. Helping them to find clothing when they’re walking the streets naked and intoxicated. Reminding them they can’t poop on the sidewalk or leave their dilapidated motorhome in front of someone’s house. Police officers don’t make the rules, they enforce the rules that the public votes in. Not all police officers are bad. Who are you going to call when someone breaks in your house or vandalizes your car? A social worker?

    • @ParkrosePermaculture
      @ParkrosePermaculture  2 дня назад +4

      I would encourage you to dig into the history of policing and the statistics around police violence. Police do not prevent crimes and they actually do a terrible job investigating them. They don't make people safer they protect the wealthy and property. I'm not here for apologies for cops, I'm definitely not going to be OK with trying to equate cops to teachers and coaches.
      I'm sorry, but police officers are not friends to homeless people. They are the number one greatest risk to someone who is living on the streets.

    • @erinlynch6811
      @erinlynch6811 2 дня назад

      It's unfortunate but the supreme court basically said cops don't have to enforce the law. Warren v. District of Columbia and DeShaney v Winnebago County Dept of Social Services. No not all police are bad, but SCOTUS determined we can't depend on them for safety. 😢

    • @xa1531
      @xa1531 2 дня назад +5

      “Reminding them where they can and can’t sleep [and that] they can’t poop on the sidewalk” is such a funny way to say “enforces anti-homeless laws” and “doing nothing to help people access a bathroom”..

    • @Morgan313
      @Morgan313 2 дня назад +5

      My Dad was a respected LEO and is a good person. He still worked for a very corrupt system and he knew that. He did a lot of good for vulnerable prison inmates while he was employed. His career choice just paid off for him because his retirement and health care is set for the rest of his life.
      Some people can make that kind of compromise. I tried to do something similar in my career and learned I couldn’t compromise like that.

    • @bambigrage8464
      @bambigrage8464 День назад

      @@xa1531 yes she does give them access to bathrooms and food and shelter. Many do not want any of that. Their minds are too far gone.

  • @pcdosgirl
    @pcdosgirl 2 дня назад

    I do think it's okay to support a company making marketing choices that benefit the masses, but if it's to cover some nefarious business dealings, call the mfers out! 👍🏼👍🏼

    • @ParkrosePermaculture
      @ParkrosePermaculture  2 дня назад +2

      Burger King doesn't benefit the masses. They made almost $11 billion in profit last year, up 1.3 billion. But they pay almost all of their workers minimum wage. Where is our class solidarity?

    • @pcdosgirl
      @pcdosgirl 2 дня назад

      @ParkrosePermaculture I was referring more to the marketing campaign Dove put out. What BK did is just a stunt.

  • @JPatrick-vl5rj
    @JPatrick-vl5rj 9 часов назад

    Two great books I read many years ago were, The Captains of Consciousness, by Stuart Ewan, and Subliminal Seduction, by Wilson Bryan Key.
    They helped “wake” me to the nefariousness of the capitalist system that favours the greedy few.

  • @Marvinmartion
    @Marvinmartion 2 дня назад

    I’m afraid you are displeasing our corporate gods! Blasphemy! Repent!

  • @Coffeepanda294
    @Coffeepanda294 2 дня назад +1

    Last time I checked bleaching in Asia had nothing to do with looking more white and everything to do with fashion or appearing to not look working class or whatever it was (the implication being that the more tan your skin, the more time you spend working out in the sun).

  • @tananario23
    @tananario23 2 дня назад +1

    We KNOW this already. 😂

  • @atypocrat1779
    @atypocrat1779 2 дня назад

    I don’t mind advertising as long as it’s done with the appropriate amount of vocal fry.