Adam and Jeff welcome Kevin Anderson from the Bleak In Review podcast to talk about all the way McDonald’s and Donald Trump mirror each other on the world stage.
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Reference Links
McDonald’s Is the 2nd Largest Private Employer in the World
They’re Both Owned By the People Who Invest In Them
https://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=MCD&subView=institutional
https://time.com/4433880/donald-trump-ties-to-russia/
At the End of the Day, They’re Both Just Landlords
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s#Business_model
https://www.world-psi.org/sites/default/files/documents/research/en_golden-dodges-final.pdf
#MeToo
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/9/18/17876024/mcdonalds-strikes-walkout-me-too
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52284054
Discriminatory Rental Practices
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/business/mcdonalds-china-coronavirus-sign-trnd/index.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/black-mcdonalds-franchisees-share-experiences-own-words-2019-12
Worker Exploitation
https://www.newsweek.com/fight-15-federal-minimum-wage-mcdonalds-1450033
https://www.salon.com/2014/02/20/mcdonalds_workers_horror_story_25_hour_shifts_and_zero_dollar_pay/
The Government Only Pretends to Hate Them
https://qz.com/533505/how-the-us-government-helped-mcdonalds-climb-out-of-its-sales-rut/
They’re Bad For the Entire World (and Iran Especially Hates Them Both)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521173/
https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-that-have-banned-mcdonalds-2018-1#iran-2
https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-016-0230-4#Sec15
They Both Market Dangerous Products to Their Most Impressionable Followers
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mcdonalds-lawsuit/judge-tosses-happy-meal-lawsuit-against-mcdonalds-idUSBRE8331DX20120404
https://www.houstonpersonalinjury.law/mcdonalds-is-in-trouble-again-for-injuries-caused-by-their-playgrounds-but-are-they-alone/#:~:text=This%20should%20come%20as%20no,the%20nation’s%20largest%20playground%20operator
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