The walls are pockmarked from shrapnel and the golden arches are melted at Ukraine’s first McDonald’s. But the restaurant, a symbol of the country’s Western aspirations, still serves as a refuge in Kyiv.
  • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    If more countries had their “cheap kickoff” instead of the us brands, the us wouldn’t be as powerful and influential as it is today.

    If only people resisted the giant us brands by themselves, as a cultural thing…

    • Mika@piefed.caEnglish
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      1 month ago

      They do want McDonald’s though, it’s not a cultural thing. Kickoffs are made cause the real thing left them, not cause they resisted it.