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Pretty sure in American history there are corporations that have knowingly, literally killed people because they knew the side-effects of their products, if not
by ck2 11y ago
Pretty sure in American history there are corporations that have knowingly, literally killed people because they knew the side-effects of their products, if not immediately, over time.
Tobacco industry comes to mind and lying to congress scott-free. There is also the dumping of toxic chemicals into water sources and rivers, etc. which happens to this day.
So while it was the biggest financial and government oversight failure, credit-default swaps unlikely literally, directly killed people.
What's worse is that little to nothing has changed and it could all happen again given enough time.
- dsr_ 11y agoChiquita Banana, which changed its name from United Fruit, had the CIA train troops to overthrow a democratically elected government. Literally killed people? Yes.
- xacaxulu 11y agoWas that the same operation that used a battalion of US Marines? Might have been Dole, but I think Smedley Butler was the Officer in Charge. See the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars Banana Wars