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Nestlé CEO Says Water Is Food That Should Be Privatized – Not A Human Right (Original Post) Swagman Apr 2013 OP
I'd like to charge him for the air he breathes cali Apr 2013 #1
may he drown then roguevalley Apr 2013 #21
This is an old video and was discussed in depth yesterday: Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #2
By that same reasoning, any air beyond our minimum daily need could be privatized, too Orrex Apr 2013 #4
No, because the distribution of air happens by itself and requires no infrastructure. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #5
Ah. I see the difference. Orrex Apr 2013 #8
And wherever it has been discussed among decent, rational human beings it has been agreed that this sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #7
I will be boycotting Nestle. nt Zorra Apr 2013 #3
Because of an eight-year-old video of a guy who no longer holds that position? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #6
Was he fired? I hope so. sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #9
Yeh, that and other very serious water related reasons ~ Zorra Apr 2013 #16
k&r Starry Messenger Apr 2013 #10
Nobody "owns" water. Quantess Apr 2013 #11
It's not just Nestle, it's the corporate agenda! Duh.... mountain grammy Apr 2013 #12
He needs a short ride in a tumbrel. hobbit709 Apr 2013 #13
Hmmmm... Mr. Evil Apr 2013 #14
He was born in Karnten which is in Austria. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #15
Perverse cvoogt Apr 2013 #17
It should be another Capitalist commodity IOW. lpbk2713 Apr 2013 #18
Nestle is already stealing the water from the Great Lakes and selling it to China.They're trying to judesedit Apr 2013 #19
In the United States, the government, and in California, the state government JDPriestly Apr 2013 #20
Boycott NestleGo to wikipedia for list of all Nestle brands.Hit his pocketbookThats all that matters judesedit Apr 2013 #22
He probably... PopeOxycontinI Apr 2013 #23

Orrex

(63,084 posts)
4. By that same reasoning, any air beyond our minimum daily need could be privatized, too
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 10:23 AM
Apr 2013

All in good time!

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
5. No, because the distribution of air happens by itself and requires no infrastructure.
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 10:27 AM
Apr 2013

A better example is food. But that costs money, too.

Orrex

(63,084 posts)
8. Ah. I see the difference.
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 10:33 AM
Apr 2013

Still, I find the reasoning to be bullshit, but I understand the distinction.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
7. And wherever it has been discussed among decent, rational human beings it has been agreed that this
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 10:32 AM
Apr 2013

moron should be rationed to the amount he would allot to the rest of the human race as a right, then have his bank account closed, and let him fend for himself as far the rest, with zero money to solve his personal water problem.

Water IS a human right and should be freely available to every human being on the planet. This kind of greedy, disgusting, 'money is more important than people' profiteer is one of the main causes of the problems we have in the world today.

Zorra

(27,670 posts)
16. Yeh, that and other very serious water related reasons ~
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:33 AM
Apr 2013
Nestlé S.A., the World's largest producer of bottled water, is frequently criticised for the ethics of its global control of limited water sources, often with the result of limiting access to those resources by local peoples, its high pricing, and as environmental and health concerns. The latter include selling common ground water as spring water and bottling water from possibly contaminated sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_Waters#Controversies


Same old global capitalist shit, different day.

To corporations, limited water supply plus growing demand for water is a recipe for huge potential profits. According to Fortune Magazine, “Water will be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th century.” Corporations are tripping over themselves to stake claims of blue gold. Suez-the corporation made famous by building the Suez Canal-has become infamous for snatching up government contracts to take over municipal water systems. Nestlé is bottling water from springs and local water sources. Coke and Pepsi are bottling tap water and selling it back to the public for more than the cost of gasoline. In the United States there is growing resistance to bottled water.
Water Politics

If transnational corporations control our water, they can determine who gets it and who doesn't. Former World Bank Vice President Ismail Serageldin predicted that wars of the 21st century will be fought over water. People without access to enough potable water will be disproportionately poor. Rather than surrender to dehydration, most will drink unsafe water. And over time, millions and millions of people may succumb to diseases like cholera, typhoid fever, or dysentery.

Corporations have been meeting behind closed doors for more than a decade, vying for control of the world's water resources. Corporations such as Suez, Coke and Nestlé have lobbied officials at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to make industry-friendly water policies a condition of developing countries' debt assistance. They push trade ministers and officials at the World Trade Organization to craft industry-biased trade agreements. And most recently, in March of 2006, Coca-Cola sponsored the World Water Forum, where giant corporations met with representatives of the United Nations, governments and the World Bank, to promote profit-oriented water policies around the world. (See "The Fourth World Water Forum" for more information.)

Supplying water is already a $400 billion a year business, 30% larger than the pharmaceutical industry. Even though bottled water accounts for a fraction of the total volume of water used for consumption, sanitation, manufacturing and agriculture, bottled water corporations currently claim a lion's share of the water industry's profits. To ensure that the profits keep coming, bottled water corporations are trying to make sure that water policies around the world reflect their commercial interests.

mountain grammy

(26,568 posts)
12. It's not just Nestle, it's the corporate agenda! Duh....
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 10:53 AM
Apr 2013

All public utilities should be owned by the "free market." Read the "Shock Doctrine" and you'll get a picture of how "well" this works. Doesn't matter if this CEO is gone, the "free market" lives on and the rich get richer and the rest are rationing water.

Mr. Evil

(2,746 posts)
14. Hmmmm...
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 10:59 AM
Apr 2013

And if it rains on me could I be arrested for stealing water that had soaked into my clothes? Where in the hell do these people come from?

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
15. He was born in Karnten which is in Austria.
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:20 AM
Apr 2013

Despicable man. Sorry to speak of him like that. But he does not know a human from a robot.

Greed incarnate.

cvoogt

(949 posts)
17. Perverse
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:39 AM
Apr 2013

He appears to be making an argument that;

a) Big companies have a role in social responsiblity
b) They must stay big in order to maintain that role
c) To stay bug they have to stay profitable
d) a primary way of staying profitable is to keep expanding into new markets / products
e) and wouldn't you know it, water is such a product, with the developing world as the market.

He made a point about putting a price on water so we all know what it is worth, which (he thinks) would help 'us' manage it better for all, including those without access to it. He never talked about how to get water to those without access to it ... he does realize the poorest among us will not be able to afford their San Pellegrino, I'm sure.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
18. It should be another Capitalist commodity IOW.
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:42 AM
Apr 2013



The one percenters foam at the mouth when they think of the money that could be made here.


judesedit

(4,437 posts)
19. Nestle is already stealing the water from the Great Lakes and selling it to China.They're trying to
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:45 AM
Apr 2013

cover their asses. Greedy bastards.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
20. In the United States, the government, and in California, the state government
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:45 AM
Apr 2013

controls the water.

We have a perpetual drought, and private individuals and companies only have rights to water use that are limited by regulation.

http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/academy/courses/wqstandards/materials/water_us_ca/ca_water_042508.pdf

California Constitution

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 10 WATER


SEC. 2. It is hereby declared that because of the conditions
prevailing in this State the general welfare requires that the water
resources of the State be put to beneficial use to the fullest extent
of which they are capable, and that the waste or unreasonable use or
unreasonable method of use of water be prevented, and that the
conservation of such waters is to be exercised with a view to the
reasonable and beneficial use thereof in the interest of the people
and for the public welfare. The right to water or to the use or flow
of water in or from any natural stream or water course in this State
is and shall be limited to such water as shall be reasonably required
for the beneficial use to be served, and such right does not and
shall not extend to the waste or unreasonable use or unreasonable
method of use or unreasonable method of diversion of water. Riparian rights in a stream or water course attach to, but to no more than so much of the flow thereof as may be required or used consistently with this section, for the purposes for which such lands are, or may be made adaptable, in view of such reasonable and beneficial uses; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as depriving any riparian owner of the reasonable use of water of the stream to which the owner's land is riparian under reasonable methods of diversion and use, or as depriving any appropriator of water to which the appropriator is lawfully entitled. This section shall be self-executing, and the Legislature may also enact laws in the furtherance of the policy in this section contained.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?waisdocid=5577397944+1+0+0&waisaction=retrieve

judesedit

(4,437 posts)
22. Boycott NestleGo to wikipedia for list of all Nestle brands.Hit his pocketbookThats all that matters
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:49 AM
Apr 2013

to him and his cronies.

PopeOxycontinI

(176 posts)
23. He probably...
Sun Apr 21, 2013, 11:53 AM
Apr 2013

has a vision of buying up every body of water on earth for he and his other jagoff exec pals
to use as their personal yacht club. That does seem to be what things are coming down to,
anyway. The rest of us can purchase a few drops for drinking at about $1000/cup.
They are the most disgusting vermin to ever grace this planet.

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