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Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by ttfkam on Sunday April 24, 2022 @03:58PM (#31147738)
Not just in Africa. There was a huge ad campaign in the US a few decades ago implying that Enfamil and Similac were healthier options than breast feeding. This was pushed especially hard in economically depressed areas that could least afford it.

Not altogether unlike the ad campaigns convincing folks that (free) water with a meal was vaguely wrong. "By they way," they said, "we've got some special brown water with a fukton of added sugar and CO2 for sale instead!"

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Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by rootusrootus on Sunday April 24, 2022 @06:15PM (#31148824)
> This was pushed especially hard in economically depressed areas that could least afford it.

An interesting choice for a company trying to maximize profits.

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Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by azemetre on Sunday April 24, 2022 @07:14PM (#31149161)
It's not hard for these companies to bribe politicians to allow welfare recipients to buy their products through snap/food stamps/ebt by getting exemptions. It's very devious and wrong.
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Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by Cerium on Sunday April 24, 2022 @07:06PM (#31149108)
Likely the campaign was found to be most effective against a less educated population that wants to give their children opportunity they didn't have.
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Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap by selcuka on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:07PM (#31163213)
Also the most logical choice given that it's a hard sell for wealthy, stay-at-home moms rather than women who need to work and don't have the necessary time to breastfeed.
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