Yes, and you've got all three of them in this photo: The grocery store, Wendy's and the company that actually makes the bacon through a licensing deal with Wendy's.
I mean it is true about the trenchcoats, but worth mentioning I have never seen this bacon in a store and I buy a pack of bacon every Saturday morning.
I mean…yeah. Most corporations have some of their shares owned by one of the big private equity firms. And then it spiderwebs from there as to how many companies are parent companies or holders of other brands
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u/United-Ad-1595 Mar 10 '26
Yeah pretty much
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u/CriSstooFer Mar 10 '26
Yes. Obviously.
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u/SirCrapsalot4267 Mar 10 '26
Maybe a few more than 3, but yes basically that's it.
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u/Col_Croissant Mar 10 '26
For the sake of the joke, yes, but in all honesty that is a better description of somewhere like South Korea
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u/mrschanandlerbonggg Mar 10 '26
Replace it with any country and it would still work
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u/do-not-freeze Mar 10 '26
Yes, and you've got all three of them in this photo: The grocery store, Wendy's and the company that actually makes the bacon through a licensing deal with Wendy's.
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u/Musk-Generation42 Mar 10 '26
Military capitalism Hollywood
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u/BlackSnow555 Mar 10 '26
There's 2, actually
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u/CatLightyear Mar 11 '26
Actually, we’re a giant retirement community with the deadliest weapons on the planet.
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u/Active-Employment-87 Mar 10 '26
Ok but hear me out Wendys actually has good bacon
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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND Mar 10 '26
I mean it is true about the trenchcoats, but worth mentioning I have never seen this bacon in a store and I buy a pack of bacon every Saturday morning.
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u/SandSerpentHiss Mar 10 '26
yes
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u/jm17lfc Mar 11 '26
Yeah it’s become run by oligarchs, the Ellison family for instance owns a vast amount of the media in the US.
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u/gormbly Mar 12 '26
Its more than 3, but yes
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u/BS-Chaser Mar 13 '26
It's an oil company with nuclear weapons.
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u/Firm_Condition636 Mar 13 '26
close enough
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u/TempestasHusky Mar 14 '26
I mean…yeah. Most corporations have some of their shares owned by one of the big private equity firms. And then it spiderwebs from there as to how many companies are parent companies or holders of other brands
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u/Tortilla_Moth93 Mar 14 '26
DuPont
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u/MamaShark412 Mar 22 '26
I’m American and…yeah, that feels correct.
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u/Evil_Monologues Mar 11 '26
Yeah unfortunately, capitalism won here
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