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It wasn't exactly successful in silencing the victim but one of the car companies did this to Ralph Nader when he was investigating their products for Unsafe at
by bdw5204 5y ago
It wasn't exactly successful in silencing the victim but one of the car companies did this to Ralph Nader when he was investigating their products for Unsafe at Any Speed.
I'm honestly surprised that any company would still do this sort of thing to critics after how that turned out back in the 60s. When the harassment of Nader was discovered, it put extra momentum behind the push for car safety legislation that cost the car companies lots of money and saved countless lives. Nader was then able to get lots of additional consumer safety laws passed in the 70s. Maybe they just think themselves so powerful after decades of successfully buying politicians that they think they can now get away with this kind of thing.
- spoonjim 5y agoIt is a different time. CEO malfeasance was not tolerated nearly as much: when it was clear that he would be caught for paying a bribe to the Honduran President, the Chiquita CEO jumped to his death from his office in a Manhattan skyscraper. Nowadays, what drove Eli Black to his suicide is considered “business as usual” and is no bar to someone being CEO, staying out of jail, or even elected President. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_M._Black#Personal_life_and_death https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_M._Black#Personal_life_a...
- seph-reed 5y agoThis is the unfortunate truth. There's not a single aspect of social opinion that can't be turned into a heated flame war, and stoked for what it's worth. Be that external powers getting this country to consume itself, or internal ones avoiding the formation of a coherent mob.
- chaostheory 5y agoMonsanto, now part of Bayer, was another company known to engage in unethical tactics against farmers who don't use their products.
- JohnClark1337 5y agoI didn't realize they were a part of Bayer now. I was wondering where they disappeared to.
- Animats 5y ago"I'm honestly surprised that any company would still do this sort of thing to critics after how that turned out back in the 60s." That's famous. GM had a private detective follow Nader around. He followed Nader into the US Capitol. (Anyone could walk in back then.) Private detective discovered by Capitol cops. CEO of General Motors subpoenaed to appear before Senate committee on national TV.
- ribosometronome 5y agoSounds like Wenig is a great fit for their board, then.
- fgdhgjedfnngf 5y agoYes. In case anyone missed it: Wenig is on GM's board. You just can't make this stuff up.