I recently read almost exactly this talking point earlier today, about Exxon’s lies. Almost word for word. 1) that’s weird. 2) we make trade off choices all

I recently read almost exactly this talking point earlier today, about Exxon’s lies. Almost word for word. 1) that’s weird. 2) we make trade off choices all of the time, it’s what society does. However, when one side argues that the trade offs don’t exist, or lie about them, that’s deeply immoral, especially when it is such a pervasive, existential threat. “If you work this job I have for you in my mine, I know for a fact you’ll get mesothelioma, I won’t tell you, and in fact fight tooth and nail to convince you and everyone else that it’s perfectly safe. But now that you have mesothelioma, why don’t you think about the salary we paid you? How it supported your whole life? Maybe have a bit of perspective, huh?”