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@liztai An interesting one. Both companies have bad reps in leftist circles. Starbucks both for bad treatment of coffee growers and for using sheer corporate power to put local cafés out of business. McD for poor treatment of employees including antiunion stuff, and a big lawsuit against those who dared say it wasn't healthy food.

So I don't feel sorry for the companies, or large corporations in general, when they lose money. The question of employees losing out is a difficult one, though. When corporations take over from local businesses, it's a complicated one.