Ben & Jerry team with MoveOn to Stamp Out Big Money - Polidicks

https://www.mrctv.org/blog/multi-millionaires-ben-jerry-send-out-moveon-email-stamp-out-big-money-politics Received an email from Ben & Jerry on behalf of MoveOn. The email is as follows: Hi, fellow MoveOn member! This is Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, but you probably know us better as Ben and Jerry, the ice cream guys. Our country is in a sticky situation. And let us tell you, being in the ice cream business for 40 years now, we know sticky. And we know how to deal with it. Citizens United, which opened the floodgates to money in politics, was one of the most cone-headed Supreme Court decisions in American history. You can see the corrosive effects in Donald Trump's billionaires-only White House today—including the horrific tax scam, the nomination of corporate crony Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court, and, now, threats to kill off the Endangered Species Act so that oil and gas companies can rake in bigger profits. Now more than ever, it's Big Money vs. the rest of us. So we're partnering with MoveOn again and asking you to join over 100,000 of us who are protesting the sugar daddies' buy-off of our democracy by rubber-stamping dollar bills with the message, "Resist Big Money in Politics." It's totally legal. And the act of stamping is actually cathartic—you can stamp pretty hard and get some of your frustration out! So come join us in this slightly subversive activity. Click here to chip in $15 or more to MoveOn and get your very own "Resist Big Money in Politics" self-inking rubber stamp. One lucky stamper will even win free Ben & Jerry's ice cream for a full year! Each stamped bill is viewed on average 875 times. This is a protest that will live on, because these mini billboards stay in circulation for two and a half years. Together, we've already stamped millions of bills with our message. Haven't seen one yet? Help us stamp the bills in your pocket! We are just 93 days from the most important midterm elections of our lives, when we will either scoop up progressive victories and cream Republicans, helping to stop Trump from melting down our democratic institutions—or go down a rocky road of even more revolting decisions by Trump and his half-baked colleagues. That is why it is more important than ever that we stand up for (and stamp!) our beliefs, visibly and often. There's no fudging the facts: Getting Big Money out of politics is the first step to achieving so much of our progressive agenda. It's Big Money that led Republicans to begin dismantling the Endangered Species Act, a piece of legislation that has saved countless animals—including the symbol of America, the bald eagle—from extinction. It's Big Money pulling every string to make sure Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court. It's Big Money that will watch the president of the United States praise a dictator and call our country "foolish" and still stand behind him, all to protect their cherry-on-top tax cuts. We need to get Big Money out of politics. Can you help us make this message reverberate more powerfully than ever before, all the way through the midterms? Chip in $15 or more to MoveOn now to receive your stamp and join the movement! And remember, one lucky stamper will win a year's worth of free ice cream! Now, if you'll excuse us, we've got a chocolatta stamping to do before Election Day. Thanks for all you do. –Ben & Jerry P.S. Here's a picture of what a bill looks like after it's stamped! Sweet, right? Click here to get your stamp, help stamp money out of politics, and be entered to win a year's supply of free ice cream!

Ben and Jerry actually got arrested protesting in DC in 2016. Even if Citizens United is overturned tomorrow I feel like the rich dudes will never stop even if it's illegal or not.

It's still a good thing to do regardless, the fact that people commit crimes is no reason to engineer loopholes

Also their icecream parlors have proportional pay for their workers. The more money the CEO gets, the more money the workers under them gets.

and be entered to win a year's supply of free ice cream! Jesus christ, a years supply Ben & Jezza's, that'd be fucking filthy.

Should've elected these guys president if they wanted the country ran like a successful business, dang.

I, uh... had no idea that Ben & Jerry were so progressive.

They might be campaigning for a good cause but sorry I find that giant icecream ad they've posted to be in very shitty taste.

resist big money in politics BUY OUR SHIT

Ben Cohen has always been socially active. They've been perusing this cause for a few years now iirc

Its to get people to become active. Ben has always been politically active for fair pay and human rights. Hes just using his platform to entive people to join up with the cause.

It's always a bit dubious when wealthy people start supporting lower class issues because of the risk of it just being exploitation under the guise of assistance. But I have to admit these guys seem genuine from all the stuff they do. Also for a moment I confused them with Tom and Jerry and it was very weird.

I'm sure they have some genuine political will behind it, but that letter is far more of an ad campaign than a political one. Read that copy and tell me it wasn't touched by someone in marketing. This does far more to help Ben n Jerry sell icecream and promote their business image than it does to actually effect any change in politics, and I don't see why such a huge coorporation deserve the benefit of the doubt when this is so 'conveniently' a sales tactic that 'just so happens' to 'align' with their political views. Here are the passages that have me cringing: 'We are just 93 days from the most important midterm elections of our lives, when we will either scoop up progressive victories and cream Republicans, helping to stop Trump from melting down our democratic institutions—or go down a rocky road of even more revolting decisions by Trump and his half-baked colleagues.' 'It's Big Money that will watch the president of the United States praise a dictator and call our country "foolish" and still stand behind him, all to protect their cherry-on-top tax cuts.' 'And remember, one lucky stamper will win a year's worth of free ice cream!' 'Now, if you'll excuse us, we've got a chocolatta stamping to do before Election Day.' 'P.S. Here's a picture of what a bill looks like after it's stamped! Sweet, right?' This is pure marketing copy, with a call to action and everything. It's advertising dressing itself up as a moral cause. Don't swallow it.

Also this source is borderline infowars level garbage Media Research Center (MRC)

All there political movements are full of icecream puns. Its their schtick as a company.

That doesn't make them hypocritical at all. In the current system the only way to get people in office who are willing to implement campaign finance reform is to fund their campaigns.

Well it's down to personal taste, I like my political movements not to also be using sales tactics to make me their customer, and I think it's disingenuous to mix campaigning with your marketing. I can see why someone would say, well, they have a platform and it's good they're using it, and they've shown in the past that they do care about politics, that's great, and it comes down to you how much you're ok with that. To me this idea for a campaign just reeks far too much of a branding boardroom meeting than any actual high ideals. I think they should use their platform without also so overtly trying to sell icecream and be seen as a 'good guy' coorporation.

lmao big money sounds like a rapper name

The whole article is just this Bors comic https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/110207/35b4901f-d8c4-4f6e-b8c3-a89a9e9d0b75/we-should-improve-society-somewhat-yet-you-participate-in-society-19213023.png

They put information on their product to tell an movement while having icecream puns. Must be using the movement to cash off of ofcourse. Ben and the company have had plenty of progressive agendas put on their products, and have had charity donations to said programs. Their entire business structure is focused on it too with proportional pay. It doesnt reek of marketing, its literally puns. Look at all their flavors, every single one is a pun. When gay marriage was legalized, they had a special flavor to commemorate called "I dough, I dough", or "one sweet whirled" where proceeds went to a enviromental organization for climate change. It seems you don't know Ben and Jerry's gimmick and think its just selling out.

I think the kicker is that they'd be suddenly for big money in politics if their parent company (Uniliver) was on the take.

Man after 30+ years of progressive politics attached to their product, you'd think they would flip on a dime.

it's the most transparent attempt to put progressives in a catch-22 where no one can criticize the system. If you're lower class, you're just envious of the wealthy and need to work harder. If you're upper class, then you're a hypocrite for criticizing a system that benefits you. You can't have a discussion of progressive ideas in this country because the discourse is a mindfield full of these kinds of defense mechanisms, and I have to wonder how people became this deluded.

It's a shame that they have an ice cream factory in Israel and they sell it on Israel's illegal settlements. Resist big money my ass.

Hey man, just cause you want to improve Wealth Distribution doesn't mean you want to stop making money.

Well I guess if one of the government controlling megacorps gets to be the good guy in this cyberpunk dystopia, the ice cream people are at least an interesting choice.