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Safety is a modern day god. Corporations are invoking its name to justify whatever they want the same way a medieval lord would invoke god in their justificati
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
Safety is a modern day god. Corporations are invoking its name to justify whatever they want the same way a medieval lord would invoke god in their justification for sending a dozen dudes to beat someone up.
"For your safety you need to swipe your credit card before your riding lawnmower will go into reverse."
edit: 'the' vs 'a', modern society's worship of abstract concepts is more akin to ancient polytheistic societies than medieval Christianity.
- sb057 5y ago>Safety is the modern day god. Modern day? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salus Fun fact: the words "Salus" and "safety" are, in fact, cognate!