Nestlé: "Extreme" to think humanity has a "right" to water

[Green Arrow]

Yes, this is a real thing. (http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/nestle_water_privatization_push)


Across the globe, Nestlé is pushing to privatize and control public water resources.

Nestlé's Chairman of the Board, Peter Brabeck, has explained his philosophy with "The one opinion, which I think is extreme, is represented by the NGOs, who bang on about declaring water a public right. That means as a human being you should have a right to water. That’s an extreme solution."


Since that quote has gotten widespread attention, Brabeck has backtracked, but his company has not. Around the world, Nestlé is bullying communities into giving up control of their water. It's time we took a stand for public water sources.

So, yeah. Every human should be signing this petition and maybe considering a boycott of Nestlé.

[Polecat]

They need to claim our air supply too. Greedy fucks.

[donttread]

Yes, this is a real thing. (http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/nestle_water_privatization_push)



So, yeah. Every human should be signing this petition and maybe considering a boycott of Nestlé.

This is among the singular greatest threats to world wide freedom today. Privitized water makes ALQ look like ten year olds TPing houses. This is so fundamental that if our leaders do not protect us from this evil we will have a duty to do so ourselves.
Consider already the mind numbing situation in Colorado where a home owner cannot collect rain water but Coors can ship millions of gallons clear out of the water table.,

[Rebel Son]

Consider already the mind numbing situation in Colorado where a home owner cannot collect rain water but Coors can ship millions of gallons clear out of the water table.,

I don't think that is the only state where the war on peoples rights is taking place, but you're right, it's absurd to think you can't collect rain water. In OK, the Indians are trying to control water wells you dig as they were given water rights years ago. ( On lakes and streams, not the water table itself) I don't think anyone would ever think it would go this far. Paying 15 or 20 grand for a water well just to have somebody put a meter on it and charge you.. Completely insane.

[Alyosha]

Make dumb laws and people will become outlaws or revolutionaries. They can take their pick.

[Rebel Son]

Make dumb laws and people will become outlaws or revolutionaries. They can take their pick.



Depends on which side wins, George Washington could have been hung for treason had we lost. History makes it's own rules on these things along with msm now days.

[The Xl]

I'm a hard libertarian and I'm all for the market, but I do sometimes ponder if corporations and the like have a right to monopolize natural resources at this level.

In any case, no Nestle for me. I'm not going to buy their products after that.

[Alyosha]

Depends on which side wins, George Washington could have been hung for treason had we lost. History makes it's own rules on these things along with msm now days.

George Washington would not have lost. He pledged to retreat to the Blue Ridge and fight a guerilla war.

[Rebel Son]

George Washington would not have lost. He pledged to retreat to the Blue Ridge and fight a guerilla war.

:) Ok, I concede the GW thing, but I think you get my point.

[Polecat]

I'm a hard libertarian and I'm all for the market, but I do sometimes ponder if corporations and the like have a right to monopolize natural resources at this level.

In any case, no Nestle for me. I'm not going to buy their products after that.
I look at it as a function of size. When ANY entity gets large enough it becomes a threat to us all. This could be an individual like George Soros, a corporation like Monsanto, a government like ours, or a religion like the Vatican. I think I would look long and hard at a system that favored free enterprise until it reached a threshold in size then decisively halted any further growth. This would be applied across the board to individuals governments and religions too. The world should not allow multibillionaires to exist. Or corporations that can buy a government lock stock and barrel. Or a government that can inflict tyranny on its own people. Or a religion that can sponsor atrocities.

[Peter1469]

I'm a hard libertarian and I'm all for the market, but I do sometimes ponder if corporations and the like have a right to monopolize natural resources at this level.

In any case, no Nestle for me. I'm not going to buy their products after that.

Do they make anything that is good to eat anyway?

[Peter1469]

George Washington would not have lost. He pledged to retreat to the Blue Ridge and fight a guerilla war.

That would have been a loss. Washington could not have retaken the colonies from the Blue Ridge with a guerrilla force- guerrillas don't take and hold territory.

Had the Brits won, they likely wouldn't have been interested in moving west anyway. At least for a generation or two.

[Chris]

I'm a hard libertarian and I'm all for the market, but I do sometimes ponder if corporations and the like have a right to monopolize natural resources at this level.

In any case, no Nestle for me. I'm not going to buy their products after that.



Libertarians tend to be pro-market, defined by competition within cooperation, not pro-business, which is in many respects the opposite and leads to cronyism.

Libertarianism also tends to follow law that emerges out of experience and tradition. The US follows two such emergent traditions when it comes to water rights. Eastern US mainly follows British common law riparian water rights where water is not owned and any owner of property adjoining a body of water has a right to reasonable use. Western US mainly follows a prior appropriation rule established by miners where the first use of it establishes rights--you can't deprive prior use downstream. This is all well documented in anarchists Anderson & Hill's The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier.

Nestle would have a hard time circumventing this in England, the US, Canada, Australia, etc without government collusion. --Not sure the rest of Europe, world.

[Green Arrow]

Do they make anything that is good to eat anyway?

Bottled water. That's about it.

[lynn]

This does not surprise me since water level tables all over the world have decreased.

[Common]

Yes, this is a real thing. (http://action.storyofstuff.org/sign/nestle_water_privatization_push)



So, yeah. Every human should be signing this petition and maybe considering a boycott of Nestlé.


The question is should anything that humans must have be controlled by private interests for profit.

Water, oil electricity. Whoever controls the worlds water supply controls the world.
Bottled water and the people that buy it are NUTS. Its been shown time again that bottled water if not any better than tap water can be worse with more contaminants.

I never buy bottled water unless I have no choice. I have filtered water in my house

[Dr. Who]

Do they make anything that is good to eat anyway?Depends on what you like.

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[sachem]

This is something we all need to pay attention to.

[PolWatch]

does this mean no more Nutty-buddies in my future?

[Dr. Who]

does this mean no more Nutty-buddies in my future?
I think you're in luck. Nutty Buddy is made by Purity Dairies which is owned by Dean Foods.