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In that article it was locals who got the witch doctor frauds to switch from bootleg alcohol to cola in their cermonies, so no direct link from that plant to th

In that article it was locals who got the witch doctor frauds to switch from bootleg alcohol to cola in their cermonies, so no direct link from that plant to them. It's local middlemen screwing over their own people and those criminal "healers" who now make more money from patients because it's easier and cheaper to obtain sodas than it is to make and sell alcohol. For sure a bad situation but if sodas weren't around they'd be drinking booze again and milk would still be too expensive, the water still undrinkable. If you want to hold somebody accountable start with the guys peddling phony healing for dollars then move up from there to whoever is politically in charge of that region letting it go to shit, not hiring engineers and planners but instead cronies, and pocketing the rest of the federal money transfers. https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/why-chiapas-poor https://growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/publications/why-chiapas-p...

panarky 9y ago
Organized crime networks also like to hide behind shell companies, contractors and legitimate businesses. Investigators use the concept of cui bono to figure out who is ultimately responsible. Who benefits? Just because local distributors are doing the bribing doesn't insulate the megacorp from moral culpability for their actions. By the way, the bribes often aren't in cash, they're free cases of Coke.
- hackermailman 9y ago
  True, but the real problem is obviously the money taken from Coca-Cola having a plant in Chiapas is not reaching the poorest inhabitants through urban planning/economic long term strategy and instead going into somebody's pocket. This is a political problem and nothing Coca-Cola can do will change that. Any attempt at companies getting involved in local activism will just put those people at even more risk. For the water problem they could attempt to fund the building of wells in these communities affected but this will of course be a corrupt money pit, tons will be spent and nothing done so really all they can do is leave the state, then Chiapas is even more poor and desperate.
  - vikiomega9 9y ago
    So at what point does a megacorp, with all of its power and wealth, decide to do something good? Will we ever get to a point where we can we at least try to evolve towards sustainable capitalism?

panarky 9y ago

Organized crime networks also like to hide behind shell companies, contractors and legitimate businesses. Investigators use the concept of cui bono to figure out who is ultimately responsible. Who benefits? Just because local distributors are doing the bribing doesn't insulate the megacorp from moral culpability for their actions. By the way, the bribes often aren't in cash, they're free cases of Coke.

hackermailman 9y ago
True, but the real problem is obviously the money taken from Coca-Cola having a plant in Chiapas is not reaching the poorest inhabitants through urban planning/economic long term strategy and instead going into somebody's pocket. This is a political problem and nothing Coca-Cola can do will change that. Any attempt at companies getting involved in local activism will just put those people at even more risk. For the water problem they could attempt to fund the building of wells in these communities affected but this will of course be a corrupt money pit, tons will be spent and nothing done so really all they can do is leave the state, then Chiapas is even more poor and desperate.
- vikiomega9 9y ago
  So at what point does a megacorp, with all of its power and wealth, decide to do something good? Will we ever get to a point where we can we at least try to evolve towards sustainable capitalism?