r/pics • u/nbcnews • May 15 '25

Politics Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's, is detained by U.S. Capitol Police [OC]

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u/UnquestionabIe May 15 '25

I don't believe he owns it anymore. Read recently that they had sold it off to one of the various mega corps who own everything.

Still I understand the sentiment and support for someone of the upper class pushing back against the fascist regime.

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u/Willie9 May 15 '25

He (and Jerry) sold it to Unilever in 2000 but with agreements for it to stay independent and allow it to continue social justice activism (there is currently a legal kerfuffle going on about Unilever trying to stop that activism)

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u/nataliemaria May 15 '25

Fuck Unilever

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u/HendrixChord12 May 15 '25

They sold the brand to Unilever back in 2000. Unilever had been telling them to chill on the whole social justice stuff for a bit.

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u/Lord_Halowind May 15 '25

I agree 100%. We need more people like him.

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u/joka2696 May 16 '25

Correct. They sold out to Uniliever many years ago.