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The only thing the public wants is a scapegoat. An evil face to jeer at, some one or group of people to blame for a problem before moving onto the next hyperbol
by ManBlanket 6y ago
The only thing the public wants is a scapegoat. An evil face to jeer at, some one or group of people to blame for a problem before moving onto the next hyperbolic issue. Otherwise perception of a problem is too diffuse, complicated, and nuanced to process in an iota of thought. Don't bother considering the fact this company acted in good faith with the law, or the blind faith people put into a medical system fundamentally designed to profiteer from peoples' lives, and dismal support for the mental or physical health of our nation's poor and struggling. Because if you look hard enough for someone to blame and it'll eventually come full circle, because we collectively decided to co-opt a society based purely on self-interest.
- horsawlarway 6y agoI don't want a scape goat. I want a justice system that is capable of approaching some approximation of justice. For me, personally, I don't think it's just to intentionally and knowingly profit off of the suffering and despair of those in pain with a chemical you damn well know is addictive and then walk away considerably richer than you started after "justice" is meted out. Now - I agree 100% that the issue is much more complicated than this one family, and this one company, and I'm damn well on board for pushing to restructure our current for-profit medical system (I believe it's abusive to both practitioners as well as "patients") But we cannot allow criminals to walk into a bank, steal 100 dollars, fine them 10 and call it justice. This ruined disenfranchised families and communities across the country. The least we could start with is some fucking jail time.