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@Cloudsincoffee @BruceMirken Serious question: even if there wasn't a #boycottusa movement happening atm, why in good conscious would you willingly buy any food and drug made in the USA?
It's like they're *trying* to blow up their own economy.
@ueeu A boycott implies replacing an American product with another product, a European (French in this case) one.
How would this affect the economy negatively?
It's not like shutting the economy down, it's only choosing another product from the very same economy!
Boycott American products or products made in the USA?
Élodie Lapierre argues in this article that we should not boycott USA products made in France, only imported ones, because they employ more than 180,000 people in France. (even more in Europe)
According to her, American products and services keep France working:
in the food industry:
- McDonald's employs more than 78,000 people directly and 28,000 farmers who supply nearly 1,600 restaurants across FR
- Burger King has more than 25,000 employees
- KFC employs 15,000 people
- Coca-Cola has five production plants and 2,500 employees.
- PepsiCo France, owner of brands such as Alvalle, Tropicana, Lipton Ice Tea, 7 Up, Pepsi, Bénénuts, Quaker, Lay's and Doritos, has four factories and 700 employees
- The Kraft Heinz group (Capri-Sun, Weight Watchers, Heinz) employs more than 200 people
In tech,
- Amazon: 22,000 employees
- IBM: more than 3,100 employees
- Microsoft: 2,100
- Dell Technologies: 1,900
- Google: 1,300
- META: nearly 250 people
In hygiene and personal care products:
- Procter & Gamble: more than 2,000 employees and 3 sites.
- Johnson & Johnson: 1,600 employees, 3 production sites
- Henkel: 900 employees, 2 factories (Le Chat, Schwarzkopf, Maison Verte, Loctite etc.)
Do you agree?
https://www.marques-de-france.fr/magazine/appel-au-boycott-des-produits-americains-ou-des-produits-made-in-usa
#boycottUSA #boycottUS #BuyFromEU
Hi! Hang on avoiding American tech, let's use #Dailymotion rather than #Youtube
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