• Garibaldee@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      The Coors family started the Heritage Foundation and gave a significant amount of money to dozens of right wing organizations, so I would not consider them "heroes" in any sense. You're losing the plot if you ignore that, for having a perfect score for inclusivity.

      https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/

      https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/the-1970s-coors-beer-boycott/

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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        2 days ago

        Coors Family ≠ Molson Coors

        The Coors family are indeed pieces of shit, but they own ~10% of the company. The company is mostly owned by institutional investors. Don't get facts mixed. Coors family is shit? Fact. Molson Coors was a champion of inclusivity? Also fact. These are not mutually exclusive.

        • Garibaldee@lemm.ee
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          2 days ago

          Personally I can't abstract the history of it being a fascist beer, just because it merged with a less fascist beer and various grand children sold their shares so they only own a tenth of the company their grandpa was using to fund the modern conservative movement that seeks to dismantle the very inclusivity it was offering to it's own employees.

          I just can't square the circle there, maybe they were mitagating some of the damage they were causing by being inclusive, but calling them heroes is a bit rich for me.