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Right-Wing Rage About 'Wokeness' at Candy Company Known for Using Child Labor Gets Results!

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Right-Wing Rage About 'Wokeness' at Candy Company Known for Using Child Labor Gets Results!

No, they didn't care about the child labor stuff. Yes, this was another freak out about "wokeness" in the company's ads.

Parker Molloy
Jan 23, 2023
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Hello. Welcome to The Present Age. Everything is so dumb.

In January of last year, Mars, Inc., the owner of M&M’s, announced a refresh of the brand’s decades-old “spokescandies.” You know, typical brand stuff designed to give each of the characters a more unique personality in the company’s ads.

“Red, for instance, will be less bossy. Orange will acknowle…

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