To be clear, this is a jab at the copious amount of sugar that companies throttle down our throats. It’s a critique of big companies.

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    Well, you don’t get throttled ever by the soda company. They have diet and no sugar options. If you complain about artificial sugar, then what are you really angry about here? Capitalism? Just say capitalism. ZERO companies FORCE dumb Americans to consume their product. If there’s anything amerikka has more of than any country on earth, it’s food options.

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      Coke is sold all over the world.

      It’s most consumed in Mexico actually, and has a large hand in that country’s diabetes and obesity epidemics.

      Individual choice is commendable ideal, it also allowed tobacco companies to wreak a century of woe for profit.

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        22 hours ago

        Don’t put it in your mouth. And watch out for sofa manufacturers who sneak into your room at night and force feed you.

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          I haven’t drank the shit in years. I’m more concerned about the children.

          Advocating for Coke’s freedom to poison people is a weird look.

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            So, to be clear, you’d like all sugar banned from the USA? Because the muffin at the grocery store has a bunch of sugar in it too, but no one seems to care about that.

            I’m fine with banning sugar. I just want to know how you’re going to justify focusing on coke and not…. Basically ALL American food.

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              Coke makes dozens of soft drinks. And perpetrates a large share of plastic waste, I wouldn’t mind an example being made of them.

              I’m not suggesting banning sugar in any way. I’m suggesting that some form of regulation could take place. A tax, a limitation beyond how much you can physically dissolve in the liquid, a warning label. Something.

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                Don’t tax anything. Just don’t consume it. Done. No one has anyone by the throat forcing them to drink soft drinks.

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      Well, you don’t get throttled ever by the opioid company. They have diet and no sugar opioids. If you complain about artificial opioids, then what are you really angry about here? Capitalism? Just say capitalism. ZERO companies FORCE dumb Americans to consume their opioids. If there’s anything amerikka has more of than any country on earth, it’s healthcare options.

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        22 hours ago

        Healthcare options

        I know this is a joke because America has limited healthcare compared to the rest of the world. All a person has to do is go to another country to find that out.

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          I thought America had a lot of options honestly, if you also happen to have a lot of money. But I could definitely be mistaken, maybe their options are shit for the wealthy too.

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        Don’t put it in your mouth. And watch out for sofa manufacturers who sneak into your room at night and force feed you.