Unfortunately those drinks aren't only for Americans. Mexico has the highest per capita consumption of soft drinks in the world and companies like Coca Cola exert an enormous influence on the state and civil society to keep it that way. The crisis is even worse among low-income and Indigenous Mexicans; in Chiapas (home of the Zapatistas) the average person drinks 2.2 litres of coke a day.
We just relentlessly market our poison, that comes in highly crafted, invitingly-designed cans, to the whole world.
Take away the ubiquitous cam design and advertisements and who in their right mind would ever drink a 12oz can of carbonated brown water that has 10 teaspoons of sugar in it after knowing what’s in it, or that it could rot the paint off of a car?
Sad as fuck that we’ve indoctrinated so many with our corporate garbage and junk food.
Unfortunately those drinks aren't only for Americans. Mexico has the highest per capita consumption of soft drinks in the world and companies like Coca Cola exert an enormous influence on the state and civil society to keep it that way. The crisis is even worse among low-income and Indigenous Mexicans; in Chiapas (home of the Zapatistas) the average person drinks 2.2 litres of coke a day.
So fucking gross.
We just relentlessly market our poison, that comes in highly crafted, invitingly-designed cans, to the whole world.
Take away the ubiquitous cam design and advertisements and who in their right mind would ever drink a 12oz can of carbonated brown water that has 10 teaspoons of sugar in it after knowing what’s in it, or that it could rot the paint off of a car?
Sad as fuck that we’ve indoctrinated so many with our corporate garbage and junk food.