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Nonsense. Trying to get away with whatever you can, has always existed as a principle. Nowadays, it is easy to forget Dow Chemicals, Philip Morris etc. which we
by sn41 8y ago
Nonsense. Trying to get away with whatever you can, has always existed as a principle. Nowadays, it is easy to forget Dow Chemicals, Philip Morris etc. which were nothing short of nefarious in their pursuit of profits. Bhopal still takes the cake in industrial disasters, not Chernobyl [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
- amrx431 8y agoThe CEO of Dow chemicals was escorted off in Indian Prime Minister's official car.
- nwatson 8y agoIf this refers to Bhopal, Dow Chemical didn't buy Union Carbide Chemical, the perpetrator, till 2001, 17 years after the Bhopal disaster.
- sschueller 8y agoWaiting it out and selling you company does not obsolve you or the buyer from crimes. Same thing is true for Monsanto no matter how hard Beyer will try to say it's not their fault. Dow and Bayer knew exactly what toxic assets they were buying.
- onetimemanytime 8y agoBhopal might have caused the most direct deaths or injuries but opioids have, IMO, surpassed that. Not to mention broken families, psychological problems etc etc. https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html
- apathy 8y agoIndeed, the Sackler family is a scourge. Behind every great fortune lies a great crime...