Dupont, it seems, has been attempting to buy up all recorded copies of the military marching tune "Napalm Sticks to Kids."
Dupont, a maker of napalm, most likely sees this type of song as a
threat to its consumer-friendly image. After all, Dupont has its
fingers in every aspect of our society, and you better believe it's
still profiting on the death of human beings. In 2003, before the U.S.
could "sanitize" Saddam Hussein's report to the United Nations, DuPont was listed as one of the companies that supplied Saddam with materials necessary for his chemical, biological and early nuclear weapons programs.
Why should this bother you? Well, if you enjoy smoking pot and wonder why it's illegal, you can partially blame DuPont.
If you're wondering why hemp is illegal, you can partially blame
DuPont. While FDR was trying to improve working conditions,
DuPont/General Motors was working its employees to death and assembling
a terrorist group known as the "Black Legion" to fight unionization efforts in the American Midwest.
DuPont also helped those nefarious bigots in Germany (I can't actually say the real word, but it rhymes with "hotsies").
Scary? You bet. For more history of the company, click here.
How
does this relate to you? Because this company is so streamlined into
our culture that it's impossible to boycott. How do we quantify or
qualify the positive contributions of a corporation or the negative
contributions? DuPont's war profiteering may be bad, its collaborations
with Germany during and before World War II may be horrendous, but this IS the same company that
gave us Spandex. Sure, DuPont poisoned babies on a regular basis (then covered it up), but they also invented Teflon. Your call.
