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[–] [email protected] 121 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Restaurant Brands International owns Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeye's Chicken, and Firehouse Subs

Fuck RBI, they are lying war profiteers putting tax revenue in the hand of the Kremlin which it uses to fund it's war of genocide in Ukraine. Do not eat in any of their restaurants

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 year ago

I thought burger king staying was the punishment

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Capital Scum doing capitalist scum shit.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, they should only operate in good countries, like the US.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (7 children)

They outrage is such a great example of western exceptionalism. The existence of western consumer businesses in the countries of the non-Aryan jungle is supposed to be an immense benefit to these places and their departure must necessarily be disastrous for them. Nowhere is the idea entertained that Russians are perfectly capable of creating their own shitty burger restaurants to replace those if the west.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (24 children)

It's like that 80s news footage of the first McDonald's opening in Moscow where they're like so-true ”finally those filthy commies get to enjoy our superior Western treats”

Then they interview someone who says it wasn't really worth it to stand in line and pay so much lenin-laugh

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

Imperialism: good

Slavery: good (when in prison or countries that I can't find on a map)

Burger King in Russia: moral outrage

Libs rock

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There has been a lot of debate on this. Is it cruel and unusaul punishments. Have the russiand done things so bad to deserve burger king. only time will tell.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

Lmao westerners having a totally normal one over the lack of loyalty of a slop-house to the divinely-ordained imperial cause.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Putin isn't chowing down on BK, neither are the oligarchs, or the heads of the army, the FSB, or so on.

What's the point of making sure BK leaves the market except and ineffectual attempt to hurt ordinary Russians?

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly, BK should just leave. Russians or as a matter of fact no one deserves to eat that "food".

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I remember when the sanctions started and Western fast food, media, and social media were all pulling out. Someome quipped "oh no, Russians will be the healthiest and happiest people on the planet. How awful."

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Mfw when no pizza hut gorby-sad

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Who the fuck cares who is still open in Russia. Theres plenty of companiess still open in Israel where's the outrage over that?

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Capitalists gonna capitalise!

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They didn't change their name like McDonald's? No principles smh

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Continuing to bring the most meh fries in the fast food industry to the fair people of Povarovo

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

when mcdonalds pulled out they just didn't close the mcdonalds. The buildings and people who work in the mcdonalds were already in Russia there is literally no reason they can't just stay open

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Don't like it, don't go there. Tell them why.

Personally I'm boycotting them. Not because of any moral justification, but because they sell overpriced disappointing mulch.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Every hexbear comment reads like AI trained only on the Tumblr accounts of 14 year old boys with Stalin body pillows.

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