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[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 122 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Restaurant Brands International owns Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeye's Chicken, and Firehouse Subs

Fuck RBI, they are lying war profiteers putting tax revenue in the hand of the Kremlin which it uses to fund it's war of genocide in Ukraine. Do not eat in any of their restaurants

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[–] jernej@lemmy.ml 111 points 1 year ago

I thought burger king staying was the punishment

[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Capital Scum doing capitalist scum shit.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 63 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, they should only operate in good countries, like the US.

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago
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[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 54 points 1 year ago (7 children)

They outrage is such a great example of western exceptionalism. The existence of western consumer businesses in the countries of the non-Aryan jungle is supposed to be an immense benefit to these places and their departure must necessarily be disastrous for them. Nowhere is the idea entertained that Russians are perfectly capable of creating their own shitty burger restaurants to replace those if the west.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 46 points 1 year ago (19 children)

It's like that 80s news footage of the first McDonald's opening in Moscow where they're like so-true ”finally those filthy commies get to enjoy our superior Western treats”

Then they interview someone who says it wasn't really worth it to stand in line and pay so much lenin-laugh

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[–] DoiDoi@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

Imperialism: good

Slavery: good (when in prison or countries that I can't find on a map)

Burger King in Russia: moral outrage

Libs rock

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There has been a lot of debate on this. Is it cruel and unusaul punishments. Have the russiand done things so bad to deserve burger king. only time will tell.

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[–] StalinForTime@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

Lmao westerners having a totally normal one over the lack of loyalty of a slop-house to the divinely-ordained imperial cause.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Who the fuck cares who is still open in Russia. Theres plenty of companiess still open in Israel where's the outrage over that?

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[–] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They didn't change their name like McDonald's? No principles smh

[–] ours@lemmy.film 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Putin isn't chowing down on BK, neither are the oligarchs, or the heads of the army, the FSB, or so on.

What's the point of making sure BK leaves the market except and ineffectual attempt to hurt ordinary Russians?

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly, BK should just leave. Russians or as a matter of fact no one deserves to eat that "food".

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I remember when the sanctions started and Western fast food, media, and social media were all pulling out. Someome quipped "oh no, Russians will be the healthiest and happiest people on the planet. How awful."

[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 38 points 1 year ago

Mfw when no pizza hut gorby-sad

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[–] M68040@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Continuing to bring the most meh fries in the fast food industry to the fair people of Povarovo

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

when mcdonalds pulled out they just didn't close the mcdonalds. The buildings and people who work in the mcdonalds were already in Russia there is literally no reason they can't just stay open

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[–] Trisave@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 32 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Don't like it, don't go there. Tell them why.

Personally I'm boycotting them. Not because of any moral justification, but because they sell overpriced disappointing mulch.

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Every hexbear comment reads like AI trained only on the Tumblr accounts of 14 year old boys with Stalin body pillows.

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[–] Dialectdezenuts@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Explaining the ineffectiveness of sanctions to an American:

ok so imagine you have McDonald’s but you also have Burger King and McDonald’s pulls out but the Russians can just make their own McDonald’s and they can still buy Burger King…

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[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AFAIK, the situation with Burger King, is that unlike McDonalds, BK doesn't have much leverage over Russian franchisee's. They can try and say "close the stores, we're leaving", but the actual store owners would just say "no" and re-brand them back to "Rostik's". They don't really have any assets in Russia so there's nothing really to sell either, but they do still receive the franchise fees. So pulling out would only benefit Russia

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