While the free market is the only force in human history to uplift the poor, establish the middle class and create lasting prosperity, capitalism does have its drawbacks.
…like making a mockery out of national tragedies.
Capitalism helped make the United States of America the greatest country known to man, but a photo of a 9/11 tribute made out of Coke products, reportedly on display at a Florida Wal-mart, is proving to be just a little too zealous for some.
Florida c'mon man pic.twitter.com/HU4y2rxgFG
— chip malfunction (@online_shawn) September 6, 2016
We must never forget that 2,606 people died in the World Trade Center on September, 11, 2001, adding to a total of 2,996 overall that fateful day.
And while it’s not entirely clear whether the display is real, the reaction on social media went back and forth between sick jokes and outright disgust.
Here’s a sampling from Twitter:
please be a hoax,please be a hoax, please be hoax https://t.co/gnzSv2LdkN
— A D (@wetblnkt) September 6, 2016
@CraiggyPops @online_shawn @wefail that’s a fucking explosive deal man
— Pat Kiss (@zurilian) September 6, 2016
@online_shawn *I take a Coke Zero 12-pack, tower tumbles, taking out other tower, I stand awkwardly in the rubble getting soaked*
— Near deGrasse Tyson (@DrNeilTyson) September 6, 2016
@online_shawn @Walmart Walmart, this is disgusting and unacceptable. I will not be shopping in your stores again.
— Eric Kabakoff (@erickabakoff) September 6, 2016
@online_shawn @BobbyBigWheel instead of 3.33 they should be 3 for 9.11
— soul cycle survivor (@tsayvs) September 6, 2016
So… @walmart & @CocaCola having “A Sale which will live in Infamy” #NeverForget https://t.co/1EtuOVzDbL
— Jason R Riley (@jasonrriley) September 6, 2016
@online_shawn @BobbyBigWheel Ugh I really want to knock those towers down so basically I’m a terrorist now 🙁
— Kevin Miller (@happywaffle) September 6, 2016
.@online_shawn @catovitch $100 to the 1st person who slams a grocery cart into the soda towers while screaming “Allahu Ackbar” & records it.
— Gary Lazer Eyes (@GaryLazer_Eyes) September 6, 2016
@online_shawn Coke should run a 9/11 marketing campaign with the slogan “NEVER forget (the soda)
— Oat N Meal (@OATandMEAL) September 6, 2016
@online_shawn @Internet53170 Rollback to 2011 Prices! Our prices are falling like the Twin Towers!
— Steve Delfino (@SteveDelfino) September 7, 2016
@online_shawn pic.twitter.com/4WUuwYO6a2
— Fim Oshin (@TheRealOshin97_) September 6, 2016
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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