Like at London 2012 where there was a ban on chips (fries for our US friends) from anywhere that wasn’t McDs until backlash got strong enough. Imagine granting a single company the sole right to chopping potatoes into long sticks and putting them in hot oil for a few minutes. Even in the glorious 2010s and the days of the “millennial lifestyle subsidy” our ugly late stage capitalism was showing.
Sounds like what happens with the Olympics and Commonwealth Games.
Like at London 2012 where there was a ban on chips (fries for our US friends) from anywhere that wasn’t McDs until backlash got strong enough. Imagine granting a single company the sole right to chopping potatoes into long sticks and putting them in hot oil for a few minutes. Even in the glorious 2010s and the days of the “millennial lifestyle subsidy” our ugly late stage capitalism was showing.