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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    23 hours ago

    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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        22 hours ago

        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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            22 hours ago

            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.