The modern rendition of “Let them eat cake”

So, as the story goes, There once was a French Queen who heard of the Peasants that ran out of bread, and her response was to have the Peasants eat Cake. Not for free of course, as it turns out, cake is more expensive than bread, and obviously this disconnect made it painfully aware that the Nobles were not Obliging their Nobless Oblige, resulting in growing resentment and anger leading to well, red and black flags for -reasons- in history.

The French Revolution Circa 1780s.

Fast Forward to 2024, we have a modern rendition.

The CEO of Kelloggs upon hearing about the woes and starvation of the masses, told the Poors to eat Cereal for Dinner.

“So we got to reach the consumer where they are. So we’re advertising about cereal for dinner. If you think about the cost of cereal for a family versus what they might otherwise do, that’s going to be much more affordable.” -WK Kellogg CEO, Gary Pilnick, on CNBC

He continues – “. . . Cereal for dinner is something -probably more on trend now- and we would expect to continue as the consumer is under pressure.”

This was on February 28th

What eloquent ways to pander to Share Holders while shitting on people for only being able to afford cereal. But oh, it gets worse.

This of course was DURING THE QUARTER that Kellogg raised their prices on virtually all of their products to include their cereal.

Using Gemini;

The Last Quarter of 2023 happens to end in March 2024, because -reasons-.

So, yea.

This has resulted in a massive PR nightmare and a large Boycott of Kellogg brand foods.

Tiktok and other Social platforms like X are taking the Boycott seriously;

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Someone even proposed a boycott for an entire quarter, I’m sure some Gambling Degen is loading their short position,

200k+ likes and 1.4 million views

All of this, is as of writing.

In Closing,

I haven’t ate cereal in like 20 years. It’s a scam and probably filled with cardboard or sawdust.

It’s really not worth it.

In fact, I tend to skip breakfast in the mornings and prefer not eating shitty meals. The whole three meals a day is a scam.

But anyways, Let them eat Flakes as they raise their prices. That’s the message that out of touch CEO’s are responding to Shareholders as the market is being wonky with inflation running amok and the average price of rent being unmanageable for most single occupancy residents. Let’s not even talk about foreseeable home ownership.

*Not Valid Financial, Legal, Life, or Any Advice

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