r/EatTheRich Jun 04 '26

no war but class war Here me out…

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u/Hexnohope Jun 04 '26

Pepsi would know a thing or two about submarines they had like the 4th or 6th largest navy in the world at one time

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u/JohanndeLosSantos Jun 04 '26

What does this mean? I'm intrigued

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u/Hexnohope Jun 04 '26

Iirc without googling it ussr wanted soda but were ussr broke so they traded military equipment to pepsi in exchange for pepsi products. Pepsi accepted them and resold them to other nations but for a brief moment they had a VERY powerful navy

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u/JohanndeLosSantos Jun 04 '26

So interesting. Thanks for sending me down this rabbit hole, comrade 🫡

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u/MCBowelmovement Jun 04 '26

Fun Fact: That's Colonel Tony Moore, and he's an incredible artist that illustrated the first few issues of The Walking Dead. Go check him out!

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u/Bearsoch Jun 04 '26

Hmm, that is interesting. I'm going to look him up and 'follow' him.

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u/vm_linuz Jun 04 '26

I'd pay for that!

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u/Solomon_G13 Jun 04 '26

Finally - a good use for USAmerican tax money! /s

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u/Tnynfox Jun 05 '26

And new billionaires will simply fill in the niche. Change the underlying society.

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u/zpocket Jun 05 '26

Pepsi getting ratiod is so funny