• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You didn’t think executives would resort to violence?

    Let me introduce you to Coca Cola and Shell. And the East and West India Companies before them.

    These guys approved MCAS knowing it could create situations that were were unrecoverable. They aren’t above killing people for profit.

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      8 months ago

      Let me introduce you to Coca Cola and Shell.

      They’ve been found guilty of killing people on American soil? I hadn’t heard that, do tell.

      And the East and West India Companies before them.

      Yeah, the 1400s are really relevant here.

      These guys approved MCAS knowing it could create situations that were were unrecoverable.

      Yes, white collar crime.

      • So what do you mean by white collar crime? Does it include killing people or not? Because knowingly bringing about systems that result in the death of people, having a private security contractor that you know will shoot striking workers in your third world countries plantation or ordering a hit on someone are all the same. It is decided that people will die for the companies profit and just because the people who order it dont do it directly themselves, doesn’t change the gravity of it.

        Also there os myriads of examples from today, where western companies directly or indirectly order people to get killed, just usually in third countries. The idea that a defense company with billions of profits at stake every year doesn’t have access to hitmen is unconvincing. Why wouldn’t they? Just as the mafia is branching into white business, white business of size are employing criminal means.

        If you still think there is some unpenetrable divide, all you need is a private detective agency that has a history of dealing with problems “reliably” in the past.