“Nestlé is Trying to Break Us” Town Fights to Stop Bottled Water Megacorp

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49. Advertising works

Shocker, I know! But large corporate interests, which aren't shy about spending a lot of money, can persuade a lot of otherwise canny people to think and do things that aren't in their best interests. People continued for decades to buy and smoke cigarettes: Why was that? For decades, people continued to think that their gasoline had to have lead in it: Why was that? Were they stupid, or were they persuaded by unscrupulous corporations that thought nothing of poisoning people and environments for a heftier bottom line?

Does anyone in Kunkeltown buy and consume bottled water? Probably. Do the citizens of Kunkeltown have even a fraction of the economic might to compete and defeat with Nestlé? I say no. Does that make them stupid or are they locked in an unfair fight with yet another unscrupulous corporation that thinks nothing of decimating a small town for a heftier bottom line? In your eyes, they're stupid. I disagree.