Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap
by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @09:05PM
(#31149792)
> If that number surprises you, then maybe that's a hint to check your privilege.
Has "check your privilege" become so cliché that it's just spewed out where it doesn't make sense? I'm honestly trying to understand what kind of "privilege" leads to one being unaware of baby formula statistics.
The phrase is idiotic and I hate it, but in this case it's presumably about education level, or the ability to breastfeed a baby without having to go to work and have someone else take care of it.
Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap
by hn_throwaway_99 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @10:17PM
(#31150187)
It's just such a weird statistic to flex on. I'm upper middle class, and I'm honestly surprised the number is that low, because pretty much every mother I know has used baby formula at some point. It's not ever anything I associated with class or education.
>Nestle used the same marketing techniques in every country. In the United States today approx. 70% of babies are fed entirely or partially using formula.
I have 4 kids, the oldest is 7. I can assure you, there was no nefarious formula marketing going on when my wife was pregnant.
Also, there is a really bug difference between what was being described in Africa and "a baby partially on formula". There were times when we leaned on formula - and it was beneficial. There are moms who are dependent on formula and it is a good thing.
But let's not confuse those positive sides of formula from Nestlé pushing formula in Africa.
Check my lactation privilege?
Re:The afterlife of used hotel soap
by jrochkind1 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @05:24PM
(#31148477)
Oh no, it's certainly not unique to European culture. The rich of Europe, and of other settler-colonies set up by Europe like the USA, have just been the most successful at it for the past few hundred years, including at extracting profit from most other parts of the planet to the benefit of the European (and European-founded/dominated) parts. phenomenally successful.
It shouldn't lessen your outrage that Nestle is being horrible everywhere. This is the strangest form of whataboutism I've seen.
Don't forget that one of the major exports of "European cultures"--including European-educated people from elsewhere--is manufactured outrage.
Making a buck off of poor people is hardly unique to European culture.