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TygrBright

(20,758 posts)
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 06:10 PM Feb 2014

Coca-Cola Writes On The Wall

Do I like Coca-Cola?

About as much as I like any other capitalist mega-glom.

They produce health-damaging products via grotesquely unfair labor practices, at appalling environmental cost, and use predatory methods to market them, raking in obscene profits in the process.

In other words, they are The Man. They exemplify The Problem. They represent The System and they benefit thereby.

Their business model depends on vast sales units at a small margin per unit.

Any business analyst will tell you: When you're marketing to the vast number/small margin model, you go straight for the Lowest Common Denominator. That is, you find the "sweet spot" in your gigantic market's perception of itself, of its values, coolness, etc., and park yourself and your marketing strategy there and you don't move unless/until that sweet spot moves.

Yesterday this enormous capitalist mega-glom, run by human calculators that listen only to the top-rank predatory marketing consultants, moved.

That is all.

interestedly,
Bright

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Coca-Cola Writes On The Wall (Original Post) TygrBright Feb 2014 OP
We know this already. Doesn't mean we can't like the commercial. liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #1
What bullshit... lame54 Feb 2014 #2
Yup, it is exactly that, a remake of the "Teach" commercial. TygrBright Feb 2014 #3
We can celebrate the multicultural message of the commercial... PoliticalPothead Feb 2014 #4
And having wrote moves on dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #5
Just so. TygrBright Feb 2014 #6
I did mention elsehere here in another post dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #7

lame54

(35,284 posts)
2. What bullshit...
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 06:14 PM
Feb 2014

This is a remake of their "we like to teach the world to sing" commercial
Meanwhile behind the scenes they are acting reprehensibly
Commercials are designed to sell an image - or damage control

Walmart ads do the same thing

TygrBright

(20,758 posts)
3. Yup, it is exactly that, a remake of the "Teach" commercial.
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 06:16 PM
Feb 2014

Remind me again, when did the "Teach" commercial air.

How many years between that and this?

affirmatively,
Bright

PoliticalPothead

(220 posts)
4. We can celebrate the multicultural message of the commercial...
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 06:16 PM
Feb 2014

While still acknowledging that Coca-Cola is an evil corporation.

TygrBright

(20,758 posts)
6. Just so.
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 06:25 PM
Feb 2014

But when part of The Problem, a player in The System, decides it's time to give the nod to multiculturalism, however cynically and/or commercial their motives-- that says something significant about their view of what is acceptable to the largest share of market.

hopefully,
Bright

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
7. I did mention elsehere here in another post
Mon Feb 3, 2014, 06:41 PM
Feb 2014

that the content, other, than the music, is totally lost on me because I don't "watch" commercials , just listen. In the UK we get some great music backing using old tracks.

Example here :

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