McDonald’s to Exit from Russia

Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by JeromeLon on Monday May 16, 2022 @08:47AM (#31396312)

I would keep the business open, add a 20% Ukraine war fee to all sales (call it special operation fee if needed), and give it to a Ukraine war relief fund.

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Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by ushakov on Monday May 16, 2022 @09:18AM (#31396721)

that’s not how it works

supporting Ukraine = supporting “fascist Regime” (in Russian terms)

you know what Russia does to imaginary “fascists”

they’ll nationalize McDonalds or force sell it to oligarch

same story happened to Tinkoff Bank: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/01/world/europe/oligarch-put...

leaving on your own gives you more leverage than having to leave at gunpoint

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Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by chimen on Monday May 16, 2022 @08:56AM (#31396429)

and have your windows smashed daily. You underestimate the power of propaganda and how people think in Russia in regards to this war.

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Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by ogurechny on Monday May 16, 2022 @02:02PM (#31401180)

It is regular thugs — sent by officials, secret police, mafia bosses, or persons taking more than one of those positions — who smash windows 9 times out of 10. However, your logic takes unwarranted turn to “power of propaganda” and “people of Russia”, probably because there's plenty of stereotypes of how “people” in any country behave to use.

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Re:McDonald’s to Exit from Russia by SXX on Monday May 16, 2022 @09:24AM (#31396806)

Nah. You'll more likely get your window smashed if you gonna put some Z-swastika on it. No doubt a lot of population in Russian affected by propoganda, but primary goal of Putin's propoganda is to make people passive and not to have opinion on anything at all.

But yeah if you put anything Ukraine-related or anti-war related police will come to you immediately.

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