A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage

Bread was solid beer, and beer was liquid bread.

According to Ligon, the resulting drink, known as “kill-devil,”

appropriated.

Stole*

Coca-Cola, consistently one of the world’s most valuable and widely recognized brands,

Is Pepsi ok?

Two other statesman-scientists, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson,

Slave owers*

and the rise of a vigorous competitor, PepsiCo, with its rival drink, Pepsi-Cola.

Hell yeah brother

Nixon joined Pepsi’s law firm and became Pepsi’s ambassador overseas.

Hate this

The result was that Coca-Cola once again found itself aligned with and identified with American foreign policy.

Ew

Pepsi, meanwhile, took advantage of the opportunity to move into Arab markets while staying out of Israel, even though this cost it some customers in the United States, who considered its actions anti-Semitic.

Thats my Pepsi!!!

Antiglobalization activists argue that the United States is intent on invading the rest of world not with soldiers and bombs but with its culture, companies, and brands.

But also with soldiers and bombs...

The Palestinians who live in the West Bank are allotted just 18 percent of the territory’s water; the rest goes to Israel.

Whose land and resojurces were stolen by Israel*