Materially, they're the exact same. Symbolically though, one is "coffee without cream", and the other is "coffee without milk".
Dervy prefers his coffee without creme!
NeverTrumpers prefer their coffee without milk!
Their "coffee" is global economic Neo-liberalism
A coffee most Europeans now appear ADDICTED to,
No.
ReplyDeleteI LOATHE coffee. I hate it passionately. It smells and tastes terrible. It is one of the more vile substances that many people actually like. I can't comprehend why.
ReplyDeleteI also strongly oppose neoliberalism and AGREE with Bernie Sanders and Thom Hartmann's positions on trade/global commerce. But (in your delusions) you'll continue to believe I LOVE neoliberalism. Of that I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever.
Naaaah! That's just the "cream" talkin'!
DeleteBernie ain't giving up his newly won sell-out-to-neoliberalism profits for no one.
DeleteIt's good to be a 1%er!
He's just another surplus-salaried PMC elite who, like a Harvard Marxist-economics prof, would rue the day when the Marxist Revolution actually happened, and he lost his 400k annual tenured-professor salary.
DeleteDervish drank that monkey poop coffee and thinks all coffee tastes like it. And sadly, his water comes from a sewage filled swamp on his property, making it even worse.
DeleteI've never had that coffee. And there is no "sewage filled swamp" on my property. My water comes from a well and runs though multiple filters.
DeleteNo, Dervy only drinks Fair Trade Leftist coffee's from Starbucks so that his money can support Leftist guerillas and cocaine growers.
DeleteI have never been in a Starbucks in my entire life. I have never in my life paid for coffee, period. That includes the past, the present and the future. You are referring to your delusions again.
DeleteThough I think (without looking it up) that Fair Trade Leftist coffee from Starbucks supports Leftist guerillas and cocaine growers is false.
Starbucks is a Turd anti union company, however.
^^Barrista Bro^^
DeleteMinus: ^^Barrista Bro^^
DeleteThis comment proves you are seriously delusional. Though you might just think it's "funny". Like trump being the pope or reopening Alcatraz. I suspect (but am not 100 percent certain) you know neither will happen. FYI, I'm not lying about hating coffee.
Copilot: The claim that Fair Trade coffee directly funds leftist guerrillas or cocaine growers is false. There have been historical connections between coca cultivation and guerrilla groups in Colombia, but Fair Trade coffee is actually part of efforts to provide farmers with legal alternatives to illicit crops like coca.
In regions where coca production has been linked to armed groups, initiatives have encouraged farmers to switch to coffee or cocoa as a way to break ties with the drug trade. However, the global agricultural market is complex, and some farmers in conflict zones may still face pressures from criminal organizations. ... [end]
How naive... the farmers grow what the cartels TELL them to grow.
DeleteCopilot: ...while cartels do exert influence over certain agricultural regions, it’s not as simple as farmers growing only what they’re told.
DeleteCoffee vs. Cocaine Profitability in Mexico...
Cocaine is far more profitable -- the profit margin on cocaine can be 3,200%, compared to 15% for legal exports like coffee.
Cartels control coca production -- coca cultivation has been spreading into Mexico, but it’s still not as dominant as in Colombia or Peru.
Coffee is a legal trade -- while coffee farming is a stable business, it doesn’t generate the extreme profits that drug trafficking does.
Do Cartels Dictate What Farmers Grow?
In some regions, cartels pressure farmers to grow illicit crops, but they don’t control all agriculture.
Many farmers choose legal crops because they don’t want to risk cartel involvement.
Cocaine production is expanding, but coffee remains a major legal export.
So while cartels influence drug-related agriculture, it’s not a blanket rule that farmers only grow what they’re told. Coffee farming is still a viable business, but it can’t compete with the extreme profits of cocaine. [end]
What coffee do you buy if it's a bigly concern of yours that the drug cartels are getting a cut? Or is it that you're just opposed to free trade coffee?
Wake tfu, Derv. You and your Copilot live in Fantasyland.
DeleteAnd I don't buy coffee, the wife does. I just drink whatever she gets. And yeah, most of the money probably goes to the cartels.
I don't buy coffee at all. I have never purchased coffee.
DeleteCopilot on your argument that Democrats buy fair trade coffee and money from free trade coffee goes to drug cartels and therefore they are hypocrites...
If the blog host is arguing that every farmer in cartel-controlled regions is growing crops under direct cartel orders, they’d need solid evidence beyond a general assumption or a single video. Did they provide any actual sources linking Fair Trade coffee farmers to cartel control, or is the argument purely based on the avocado case?
It’s the kind of argument that doesn’t need facts or solutions -- it just needs a narrative that makes the other side look bad
Like the Russia-Russia story? Where were the facts and solutions in that 3 year long debacle? Please...
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