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The tobacco company formerly known as Philip Morris. (Altria)

• asdff 7y ago
  They are mutually exclusive. Altria is the parent company. Like Alphabet and Google.
  • catalogia 7y ago
    > Altria Group, Inc. (previously known as Philip Morris Companies, Inc.) The distinction you're making is meaningless because it's all the same group of assholes. They decided to play cute tricks with their branding because the general public came to recognize them as assholes. It's no different than the mercenary company 'Blackwater' rebranding itself to 'Academi' after it became notorious.
    • EForEndeavour 7y ago
      > It's no different than the mercenary company 'Blackwater' rebranding itself to 'Academi' after it became notorious. Wow, I'd totally missed that. Going full 180 from the comically evil-sounding Blackwater to the modern and vaguely nerdy Academi, complete with hipster-friendly spelling variant, sounds like something straight out of a comedy sketch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academi
    • dredmorbius 6y ago
      Do you remember "Xe"?