Massive conglomerates pose a number of threats to our survival in their pursuit of maximizing profit. One of the more egregious examples of this is the buying of rights to natural resources one would expect to be publicly owned.
Nestlé, for instance, the main target of Take Back The Rains, has argued in court that unlimited access to water is not a basic human right, and therefore sees fit to buy up water rights worldwide, bottle the water, and sell it for a huge profit: Nestlé Water alone makes $8bn/year.
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Massive conglomerates pose a number of threats to our survival in their pursuit of maximizing profit. One of the more egregious examples of this is the buying of rights to natural resources one would expect to be publicly owned.
Nestlé, for instance, the main target of Take Back The Rains, has argued in court that unlimited access to water is not a basic human right, and therefore sees fit to buy up water rights worldwide, bottle the water, and sell it for a huge profit: Nestlé Water alone makes $8bn/year.