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Red Bull - European but Far right

Buy European but ... Also with ethical considerations.

Red Bull might sound cool, but they have their own TV station in Austria. (servus TV) And that station js beyond far right. Spreading disinformation, and Russian propaganda, Corona Bullshi, Ivermectint, cleaning stuff with chlorid, climate change deniers, ... If there is a conspiracy they support it ...

(And it's also not very healthy,....)

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[–] peto@lemm.ee 7 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

I think the buy EU thing (and for that matter, all this trade war bullshit) is one of those things that claims to be apolitical but is inherently nationalistic and so massively popular with/supported by/in support of the authoritarian right.

One of those salt of saturn political things that lets people pretend they aren't right-wing.

[–] renzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

we shouldn't dismiss the movement as a whole just because some rightwingers are a part of it, but our choices with regard to consumption should be more nuanced than America bad, Europe good.

[–] peto@lemm.ee 3 points 21 hours ago

True. If the movement was called boycott facists, or even buy local I don't think there would be the same problem.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

The idea of buying something only because it's made in a certain country is nationalistic on its own

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 12 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Right-wing is when not wanting to buy from fascists

[–] peto@lemm.ee 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly what I am talking about. Plenty of facists in the EU, plenty of non-facists outside the EU. Make your decision based on the politics of the people you are buying from, not what flag they wrap around themselves.

[–] Comtief@lemm.ee -1 points 9 hours ago

That's not really how it works.. I mean sure, avoid nestle and red Bull, but that's a separate decision

[–] koper@feddit.nl 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The point is that fascism is not unique to the US, i.e. not everyone from the US is fascist and the EU also has fascists. To imply that universally EU=good and US=bad is nationalistic. Just be aware thay this sentiment may also attract people who join out of a sense of national pride rather than anti-fascism.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 8 points 20 hours ago

The US is lead by a fascist and a fascist party. Most of the EU isn't. I also don't buy stuff from Italy for the same reason.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

So you don’t buy anything from Italy?

[–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

You can't take things out of context. There's currently a far right US presidents creating an economical war with the historical allies and economical partners of his country. The point of boycotting is to try to prove him wrong about thinking that he can impose his wishes by force, the target is him and his government, not the US people in general. There's also the hope that weakening him could allow a political change next term, which would make things better for our American friends. Of course it is political, but it's against Trump, not the people.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

There are countries that arent in Europe

[–] Comtief@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago

If it's not from USA (or sometimes China), it's fine.. Idk why they didn't name it avoid Usa Products or sth

[–] Comtief@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I thought BuyFromEU was more about avoid US products.. You know, because the Trump antiques and the corporatism there