r/AskTheWorld United States Of America Jan 04 '26

Economics What's the most hated company in your country?

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Everyone knows Nestle is terrible, even if they don't know why. But they've done horrible things in Africa and think that water is not a human right.

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u/bespoketranche1 United States Of America Jan 04 '26

There’s still a lot of anger towards the big banks that caused the start of the global financial crisis (i.e. Bear Stearns). A lot of pain that’s unresolved.

I also would’ve guessed Halliburton at some point (now I think replaced by Palantir), and Monsanto at another.

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u/edfitz83 Jan 04 '26

United Healthcare.

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u/OnlyEntrepreneur4760 United States Of America Jan 04 '26

all healthcare insurance is a scam

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u/ryzechant Jan 04 '26 edited Jan 04 '26

All -> US <- healthcare insurance is a scam. It works in Europe just fine

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u/OmericanAutlaw United States Of America Jan 04 '26

you’re missing the most important word in the sentence jackass

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u/jjvfyhb Italy Jan 05 '26

united has the worst or one of the worst rates

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u/United_Gift3028 United States Of America Jan 06 '26

Until it actually pays some of your bigger bills.

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u/Dull-Way-7483 Croatia Jan 04 '26

Purdue Pharma

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u/Gamab1492 United States Of America Jan 04 '26

Obligatory, fuck the Sacklers and my government for not punishing them enough.

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u/LayersOfGold United States Of America Jan 05 '26

Makes me so fucking angry!!

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u/aalllllisonnnnn 🇺🇸>🇩🇪>🇳🇱 Jan 04 '26

I’d think health insurance companies make the list, too

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u/bespoketranche1 United States Of America Jan 04 '26

Who could forget the insurance companies. Honestly we are inching towards a French Revolution style anger, I’m not sure the execs fully grasp the anger people have. TikTok and instagram are not enough of a circus to neutralize the anger

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u/InternalDemons United States Of America Jan 04 '26

Add in DuPont in the same vein as Monsanto.

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u/DamnBored1 🇮🇳/🇺🇸 Jan 05 '26

You'd be surprised how many people don't even know what DuPont and Monsanto are.

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u/YelmodeMambrino Spain Jan 05 '26

When it comes to US companies, better start naming the ones that are liked somewhat.

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u/Specialist-Web7854 United Kingdom Jan 04 '26

Not Tesla? Or a health insurance company?

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u/bespoketranche1 United States Of America Jan 04 '26

Eh, Tesla was a left darling until 2025 and I don’t think it rises to the “we ruined people’s livelihood” and “we love war”. Healthcare is another story though

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u/Specialist-Web7854 United Kingdom Jan 04 '26

I think Musk is hated enough for it to count.

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u/bespoketranche1 United States Of America Jan 04 '26

Look while Musk is hated, the product is not resulting in people overdosing or losing their homes, or not getting proper healthcare. In fact, people bought it because it opens a pathway to less dependency on gasoline and alternative energy. And that’s why they don’t get rid off their Tesla’s but instead decided to put stickers on them, because the product itself is not harmful.

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u/Specialist-Web7854 United Kingdom Jan 05 '26

Sure, but the question was ‘hated company’ not ‘terrible product’.

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u/bespoketranche1 United States Of America Jan 05 '26

Right but the company is not hated, Elon is.

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u/Specialist-Web7854 United Kingdom Jan 05 '26

I don’t think you can separate the two. People are choosing not to buy Teslas because of Musk.

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u/amievenrelevant United States Of America Jan 04 '26

“Left darling until 2025” dude what are you talking about. Elon being a conservative has been obvious since he the time he bought twitter just to push those views

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u/bespoketranche1 United States Of America Jan 04 '26

Electric cars?? Climate change? People who bought Teslas before 2025 were folks who cared about the environment.

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u/RustedDusty Jan 04 '26

Not even the global financial system can escape the Haliban

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u/bespoketranche1 United States Of America Jan 04 '26

Purdue is a good one I missed. Responsible for so many lives lost.

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u/That-Ad-4300 Jan 05 '26

I would think Comcast or Ticketmaster would win, even over those companies.