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Almost all the humans you deal with are trying to be be morally acceptable in the tiny domain over which they have direct control while interacting with a varie
by michaelmrose 6y ago
Almost all the humans you deal with are trying to be be morally acceptable in the tiny domain over which they have direct control while interacting with a variety of actors including corporations that the market selects for their willingness to screw the entire human race as hard as possible in pursuit of naked greed. When they don't directly do wrong they tell themselves they aren't culpable because they didn't do the harmful act. When they do they tell themselves someone else would have.
People aren't liable to become more aware any time soon. We need to build better structures to demand better behavior and punish bad behavior. The behavior described doesn't merit a fine. They killed people it would more properly be punished by executions of those most directly responsible and prison for those complicit after the fact. This to be followed by the complete liquidation of the entire value of the company with zero dollars and the cancellation of all securities including employee pensions.
This pain will prompt risk avoidance by those who don't want to lose their investment, their pensions, or their heads.