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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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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't drink Red bull but still would like a more thorough article or information about this

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 88 points 1 day ago

Wikipedia provides a starting point!

I don't drink it because it's trash, but I had no idea about any of this. The word needs to be spread.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 21 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Servus TV is a TV station based in Wals-Siezenheim in the Austrian state of Salzburgand owned by Red Bull Media House GmbH, a subsidiary of Red Bull GmbH, which also publishes the magazine Servus in Stadt und Land. The station is the successor to Salzburg TV, founded in 1995 and rebranded in 2009. It is politically aligned with the far right.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ServusTV

C’mon you have the fucking Internet, you can just search this shit yourself if you want more information.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 115 points 1 day ago (10 children)

It's normal to expect from OP to provide source for their claim.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It also tastes like shit and is prohibitively expensive compared to many energy drink brands

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Also has even higher chances of giving you kidney stones than other sodas iirc

[–] StitchIsABitch@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

But isn't that all energy drinks? Not that I have any clue, the only times I ever drank them was when I was 17 and they were mixed with vodka.

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[–] Silk@lemm.ee 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They also support Israel's apartheid and occupation, they are listed on the NoThanks app.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It's also owned by the creator of the original Red Bull in Thailand, which is a different company, but it's named after an extreme right wing paramilitary https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Gaurs

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 46 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

I am permanently banned from making Reddit accounts because I got about 4 of them banned for "promoting violence".

The violence? Telling people it was a good thing to punch Nazis. Reddit is a Nazi safe space.

[–] docfate@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I got a warning for upvoting pro-Canada stuff like "elbows up". That is apparently promoting violence.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Well yeah, you're promoting the same kind of violence that Ukraine continues to perpetrate on Russia.

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, at this point Reddit is a sinking ship. Been using it for so long too. A little sad to see it go, but it's a shell of what it used to be.

[–] androidul@lemmy.ml 7 points 14 hours ago

o Reddit is no place for normal people

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[–] treno_rosso@feddit.org 43 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I try to buy european but i think it's important to remind ourselves that we have shit companies in Europe that don't deserve our business. Red Bull, Nestlé, Müllermilch all these mf can suck it.

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[–] wuzzlewoggle@feddit.org 37 points 23 hours ago

Holy shit what is up with the reddit mods? I posted a screenshot of a Mastodon post there yesterday, that basically said if youre switching us big tech for eu big tech you're not doing enough and that we have to support decentralized tech. Deleted in 5 minutes because it "posts should be relevant to european made products"

[–] renzhexiangjiao@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 day ago (7 children)

idk about r/buyFromEU but r/europe on reddit is pretty right-wing

[–] peto@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (6 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 22 points 23 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.

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[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Right-wing is when not wanting to buy from fascists

[–] peto@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day 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.

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[–] koper@feddit.nl 7 points 23 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 22 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.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 24 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

But also be mindful of the fact that the more rules you add for people to be part of a movement, the less members the movement will have.
The "Buy European" protest is about sending a message of resistance against the current US regime, as well as reducing reliance on US products.
It doesn't require you to only buy ethically spotless products.
That simply isn't possible in our system.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 17 points 18 hours ago

The post is not a "rule". OP didn't even ask people to stop using Red Bull. I'm glad to have more information.

If you really enjoy Red Bull, you're an adult, make your choices. Personally, I can take it or leave it, so I'll choose to leave it.

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[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 19 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Without reading the actual post, and my sole reaction to the thread title is: you can purchase Reddit mods?

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[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

10 to 15 years back when I still watched tv, I loved Servus TV: news, lots of documentaries, reports and some panel shows. Like, TV before enshittification. Absolutely nothing even remotely close to what this post is suggesting. Has it gone down since then, or is this post misinformation? Can anybody who's still watching TV confirm this?

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[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 15 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

Wait really? I live in the US granted but I don't want to support any company that does heinous shit like this.

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Red Bull also tastes like shit.

[–] xav@programming.dev 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This is disinformation at its finest. Red Bull absolutely does NOT taste like shit. It tastes like piss.

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[–] missandry351@lemmings.world 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I didn’t know redbull was European and I didn’t know servus tv belonged to redbull

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[–] brrt@lemm.ee 8 points 18 hours ago

Bullshit they actively promoting anti corona, pro Putin and far right wing plebs for the last 10 years now! I live in Austria and it's ridiculous you try defend them. Yes they were an awesome tv station back then )until 2017. But nowadays it's just a hate tv!

[–] Ashenlux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

Damn, red bull is my energy drink of choice. Anyone got a good alternative that doesn't use alternative sweetener? So many of them use them and I can't stand the flavor they have.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Any off-brand energy is fine. Aldi has a pretty good one though it does use artificial sweeteners instead of, or in combination with, sugar.

Alternatively, give mate a try. Mio Mio has lots of flavours to choose from. The classic Club Mate is also always a gold choice. Pomegranate and peach iced tea are my favourites :)

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[–] OrlandoDoom@feddit.uk 7 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

In the UK, not a fan of tea or coffee. I rarely use caffeine at all, but there are some days where I'm falling asleep at my desk and I need something.

Any recommendations?

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