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Coke Goes Woke and Broke Brands go woke because they’re going broke
Frontpage ^ | Mar 2021 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 03/03/2021 5:10:13 AM PST by xzins

“Get woke, go broke”, is a conservative meme about the cost of political correctness that has it the wrong way around. Brands don’t go broke because they get woke, they go woke because they’re going broke, and don’t know how to stop the slow but steady collapse of their business.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coke; white; woke
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1 posted on 03/03/2021 5:10:13 AM PST by xzins
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Coke market is disappearing


2 posted on 03/03/2021 5:11:14 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: xzins

Woke is a joke.


3 posted on 03/03/2021 5:22:56 AM PST by HighSierra5
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I am so tired of TV commercials that show gay and interracial couples in numbers that are way out of sync with reality. Yes, I realize both exist, but not to the extent ads are trying to convey. They’re doing the same thing with TV shows. It seems you can’t have a new show without an interracial or gay couple. If they want to show such couples, at lest do it in a proportion that reflects their actual numbers in society.


4 posted on 03/03/2021 5:23:30 AM PST by econjack
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To: xzins

Mexican coke is better


5 posted on 03/03/2021 5:23:36 AM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: econjack

Good point. Haven’t watched the programming in 8+ years.


6 posted on 03/03/2021 5:24:54 AM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: econjack

Add to that any white, presumably heterosexual males are often portrayed as either bad guys or buffoons. I have thick skin, it doesn’t bother me, but current marketing is all about virtue signaling.


7 posted on 03/03/2021 5:25:40 AM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: PGalt

“Mexican coke is better”

Old fashioned Cane sugar. Not the high fructose corn crap.


8 posted on 03/03/2021 5:25:42 AM PST by BBQToadRibs2
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To: xzins
"‘Wokening’ is a social disease"<>

Great T-shirt idea...

9 posted on 03/03/2021 5:29:17 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (The Mob rises; the Monarchy trembles; the blade sings its lone song...)
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I gave up the NFL cold turkey.

WokaCola, no biggie.


10 posted on 03/03/2021 5:29:33 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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Woka-Cola is going to have to choose a color other than white for their logo.

Woka-Cola needs to be less white.


11 posted on 03/03/2021 5:30:15 AM PST by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: PGalt

My son and daughter are poster kids for this article: they won’t let their kids drink soft drinks.


12 posted on 03/03/2021 5:30:17 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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Excellent piece by Greenfield. Thanks for posting.

Big businesses are run very stupidly these days. MBA’s that all learned the same techniques and thought processes abound. Coke is losing it’s market share simply because the market is shifting. Going woke - as Greenfield points out - is a desperate move because the can’t come up with any other good ideas. Coke should of moved into the booze market 20 years ago.

I have been watching the History channel’s series The Foods that Built America (Season 2). I am struck with how many of the pioneers in the food industry were driven by their personality and dedication to their dream - sometimes to failure but often to success. The McDonald brothers sold out for $2.5 mill. A fortune in 1950’s but it is still a question if they would of been successful without the determination and iron fist that Kroc brought to the operation.


13 posted on 03/03/2021 5:30:42 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: PGalt

Cane sugar.


14 posted on 03/03/2021 5:31:09 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: mewzilla

I gave up NASCAR cold turkey. I’m currently on a business trip just a few miles from the Richard Petty Historical Landmark.

I really want to go see it but I’m not going to. His (former) driver was a large part of my final straw.


15 posted on 03/03/2021 5:31:44 AM PST by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: xzins

I do not remember the last time I bought a coke. Whenever I bought it, it was my last one.


16 posted on 03/03/2021 5:32:21 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: rarestia

I record everything on the DVR and buzz through commercials. Although I’ve gone weeks without watching TV. I’ve got better things to do.


17 posted on 03/03/2021 5:33:35 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: xzins

Then explain Apple being so woke.


18 posted on 03/03/2021 5:34:32 AM PST by Codeflier (Covid-19 taught me: Two types of "conservatives", frightened safety seekers vs. freedom lovers)
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To: rarestia
Add to that any white, presumably heterosexual males are often portrayed as either bad guys or buffoons. I have thick skin, it doesn’t bother me, but current marketing is all about virtue signaling.

Straight conservative whites turning the other cheek for the past 20 years has only gotten us punched in the face...repeatedly.

We really need to get a bit more tribal.
19 posted on 03/03/2021 5:38:40 AM PST by farming pharmer (fork you :(){ :|:& };:)
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To: econjack

the same is true with the black population who percent of the population hasn’t changed much in a 100 years (about 13%). But you would think they are nearly 50% based on movies.


20 posted on 03/03/2021 5:39:47 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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