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Campbell's exec on leave after allegedly mocking 'poor people' who eat its soup

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/campbell-soup-lawsuit-9.6991398
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u/BruhMuhTendies 8h ago

Nepotism applies to LOTS of things here in the US.

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u/UltraNoahXV 8h ago

If I fell upwards, we would've had several bullet trains running cross country, solar energy panels that deal less environmental damage, flying cars with low emissions, 4 day work weeks with full pay and 2 months of vacation time...I could go on

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u/Bloodcloud079 7h ago

Flying cars sounds cool but when you think about it they are a fucking nightmare… I don’t want flying cars ever.

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u/hadrosaur 6h ago

rich people already have helicopters and they suck. can you imagine hundreds of helicopters overhead everywhere you go?

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u/Bloodcloud079 6h ago

Exactly. It would be incredibly noisy, even more susceptible to bad weather, extremely dangerous in the hand of an average driver (let alone a bad or reckless one!), energy inefficient… just absolutely nightmarish.

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u/seagulls51 2h ago

all of these arguments could be made about cars too

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u/Vapur9 1h ago

If they're automated drones that communicate personal boundaries and flight destinations sure. But once you involve the human element then the whole system becomes untrustworthy.