Late Great Planet Earth: E8 - The Frito Bandito Hit-Job: Death of a Corn Chip Revolutionary

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In this transmission of The Late Great Planet Earth, Major X investigates the hit-job on a cultural icon: the Frito Bandito (1967–1971). We’re peeling back the foil on an era where the "Summer of Love" collided with corporate greed and cold-blooded political reality. Who actually pulled the trigger on the Bandito? Major X exposes the shadow war between Madison Avenue and a new breed of activists who refused to be a punchline. While the masses were distracted by the psychedelic haze of Sgt. Pepper and the sugary high of a Hostess Suzy Q, a $100 million cultural execution was being plotted in the shadows. From the "weaponized" metal lunchboxes of Florida to the boardroom panic that gave a cartoon thief a comb-over, Major X reveals why the jingle finally died. It wasn't an accident—it was a reckoning.

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