“I can already hear one talking point: Trump wants our flavors but he doesn’t want our people,” said Mr. Torres, 44, a Mexican American journalist at the food and lifestyle website L.A. Taco.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/coca-cola-trump-mexican-coke.html?searchResultPosition=2

How is this real? In 2025 even.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752927&forum_id=2)#49118427)

The sugarcane plant isn't even from the new world, the spaniards and the dutch brought it over from papua new guinea and SE asia. Mexicans are insane

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752927&forum_id=2)#49118444)

It gets subsidized like corn does in the states and then dumped into the domestic processed foods market at a rate that's not at all competitive for the losses that the state takes on EU style farm subsidies. You'd think they'd be happy with any low logistical cost major sales opportunity on the continent but I guess they're still into hating the yanqui more than giving their farmers legitimate outlets for their product

Mexican farm subsidies are a whole thing like California water politics and they make or break candidates or even nat'l elections as a lobby when they feel threatened

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752927&forum_id=2)#49118459)

in many instances it's probably not even mexican grown azucar being used (and as i said above, it's not a new world plant); mexico imports a surprising amount of sugar from other nations, and increasingly so after protracted droughts have decimated soil quality throughout the country

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752927&forum_id=2)#49119409)

coke classic with real sugar?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752927&forum_id=2)#49118463)

no one thinks anyone but arabs invented arab food. you should be happy people enjoy your food, just like how im happy spocs enjoy coke, they just shouldn't claim they invented it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752927&forum_id=2)#49121351)

I’m a reporter and editor for The New York Times, based in Seoul”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752927&forum_id=2)#49118472)

i like how every retard with a keyboard thinks they’re some kind of political savant. yeah, i’m sure the median voter, who has spent the past decade hearing trump called hitler/antichrist/serial rapist/etc. will hear that “talking point” and go “gee, i never really thought about it that way before.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752927&forum_id=2)#49118551)

a prime example is vaccine hesistency. for a long time the "vaccines cause autism!" crowd were crunchy west coast libs who were skeptical of bigpharma. as soon as some cons joined in re: the covid vax they all became "trust the science!" and accused anyone of being skeptical of bigpharmas altruism as a conspiracy theorist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752927&forum_id=2)#49121356)