Even though I disagree with the statement "capitalism breeds innovation", this is poor way to demonstrate that it's bullshit.
Of course a chicken sandwich isn't going to appear fundamentally different from Popeyes to KFC. They're also not the only items that these restaurants sell.
The idea is that these restaurants exist as some kind of better option over a local mom & pop sandwich joint with higher unit overhead. Whether or not the value proposition is sufficient for you is personal.
See, unfettered capitalism is completely fucked, but this is a bad example. It would be like getting a bunch of different coffee brands and putting them together like this and saying the same thing.
Coffee is coffee.
Chicken Sandwiches are chicken sandwiches.
There are bigger issues with capitalism that are worth discussing instead
They taste distinctly different. I like spicy chicken sandwiches so I've tried a couple of these. Burger King's tastes like they just slapped a bunch of ingredients together and wrapped it up. McDonald's actually tastes and feels like a chicken sandwich. Popeye's has a very buttery mouth feel, and the bun is a lot more flavorful and rich.
I get what the meme is trying to say, but this is a poor example of it.
Capitalism is when burger
Capitalism (here meaning a market economy dominated by a powerful investor class) breeds a dozen different companies trying to differentiate themselves with minor variations. Sometimes those variations lead to actual, legitimate improvements that are then spread throughout the industry.
Most of the time it just leads to one wondering what the fuck the difference is between 'Cheerios' and 'Cheery Os' in the cereal aisle at the grocery store.
Maybe it's because this is posted in c/politicalmemes but I think y'all are thinking to deeply about something that should be a mild chuckle and then moving on.
I think you're all missing the point, half of these places were known for hamburgers, the other half for whole pieces of fried chicken. They all ended up with slight variations on the same product. The point isn't that they should've innovated the chicken sandwich it's that they all ended up with the same product, the opposite of innovation in a market full of restaurants.
Capitalism takes innovation and beats the life out of it to flog the corpse for a quick buck. The thing that made KFC special wasn't the blend of herbs and spices (that they don't even fucking use anymore and you used to be able to buy ready mixed at the shops) it was the new innovative cooking technique that they immediately tossed in the trash because it was cheaper to just throw it all in a deep frier like everyone already did.
Popeye's blackened spicy is by FAR the superior spicy chicken sandwich.
It breeds it in the same way breed means to consumate offspring i.e. to have sex, wich is coloquially know as fuck
Ergo: Capitalism fucks innovation
Am I the only one who thinks the Popeyes sandwich is the greasiest fuckin thing ever? Everyone raved about it but I couldn't finish it, I really gave it an honest try. It was gross.
That Popeyes sandwich is lit tho...
The only thing this post did was make me hungry.
This capitalism is making me hungry.
This is a bad example. Each of them taste different. I would prefer KFC than McDonald's burger any day.
Some have pickles. Others have lettuce. The system works. /s
The KFC Double Down exists though
I can only imagine how delicious some current fast food was at their original store locations before being chained out and degraded in quality.
You could easily make a similar meme using cell phones and the "innovations" of everyone copying Apple (which often just copied someone else), especially on stuff that's stupid, like removing the headphone jack, gluing the back to make changing battery a hassle, thinness being good for whatever reason.
Are you ok, Spongebob?
How are you support to innovate a sandwich? The only diffrence is the quality of taste, and even then it's still all fast food, so it's no less good/bad than the others.
Chicken is life.
Pelicana missing
I love the mobile game version of this because it shows how everyone just rips each other off. This is more of an example of food companies optimizing a tried and true formula.
I thought it was a joke, because “liberal college indoctrination” is such a ridiculous concept. Then I looked at their post history. I think they’re serious. Yikes.
So multiple companies selling their own version of a chicken sandwich = capitalism bad?
And only like two or three are even remotely good tasting.
I swear to god the homophobia makes the chicken hit better at Chick-fil-A
I once ask my doctor how many times a week it would be ok to eat fastfood and the answer was never. Like seriously. I still eat some like once a week and those days most always turn out to be my least productive days, by far.
So the general vibe I'm getting from the comments is that Pope's chick is simultaneously the best and worst chicken.
Having lots of options for chicken sandwiches doesn't seem to be a problem with capitalism, and one could always decline to eat a chicken sandwich, or make your own. Wealth inequality and special interests controlling the government are much more of a problem.
Listen, on the one hand, yes. On the other hand, I believe that Chick Fil A originally commercialized the fast food fried chicken sandwich, and their chicken sandwich sucks. So in this one specific instance, I am grateful.
