NEW YORK, NY—Protesters gathered in the streets on Wednesday, clothed in warm coats and mass-produced hats to disparage the practices of a large corporation. These protesters, who arrived at the scene using privately owned automobiles and bicycles made from manufactured steel from other companies, expressed their dissatisfaction with this company's existence. They stated, in part, that the corporation that manufactures cellular phones represents "everything that's wrong with America."
Darrin LaFarve, 27, was the apparent leader of the protest. He said that he coordinated the protest using several social media sites with which he has free accounts and can access literally millions of people around the world using minimal effort, and then also placed several phone calls on his own inexpensive phone that is, by the standards of just a few decades ago, a supercomputer. LaFarve said, "This place is destroying the world. They perpetuate the consumerism that is poisoning our youth, pollute our planet, and sit in their high towers, spitting on the workers. And all just because the things they make are awesome by every measure."
The corporation under protest, which employs more than 6,000 people in the tri-state area, donates millions of dollars each year to charities which feed children, and offers dozens of tech-related scholarships to students that may not have the ability to pay for college, has been under scrutiny since June of 2017, when conditions at their overseas factory were found to be less than ideal. Although the wage they offer overseas workers is above the median income for the area, the company was pressured to improve lighting and ventilation in the building where parts of its phones are assembled. Still, it seems these protesters would rather have the company simply dissipate, remove the jobs they have created for the locals, and send them on their way to seek means elsewhere. "Stop enslaving families!" shouted one demonstrator.
The protesters held signs they had made using poster board, staples, and permanent markers of all imaginable shades and colors; each of which were readily available for purchase at dozens of nearby locations. They read, "Stop the madness," "Shame on you," and "No more products we like!" among others.
LaFarve explained, "Let me put it this way: it doesn't matter that these companies have improved life around the world immeasurably, and made my life and your life inconceivably easier. What matters is that they are not doing it exactly the way that we, the entitled, victim-mentality perpetrating naysayers, think they should be doing it."
The protest dissipated after 3 hours, when the majority of the demonstrators gathered at their favorite specialty coffee chain to consume gourmet beverages for an average of $5.15 a cup.