Of course big oil has its share of immorality, but it's not like we never knew that poisonous smoke comes out of the back of our cars, right? Again, going back

Of course big oil has its share of immorality, but it's not like we never knew that poisonous smoke comes out of the back of our cars, right? Again, going back to forests and trees, one could also say the sugar industry is deceptive, or that big tech is, or that big telecom is, etc. So clearly there's a pattern, and companies are all run by people, who are motivated by accumulation of wealth. In other words, the negative factors of the system are intrinsically a part of the system, because greed is, for better or for worse, built into it (it's quite literally the driving force for capitalist economic activity). What I'm saying is that it doesn't really matter whether "companies lying" or "blaming the victim" is the "correct" position, the crude reality is simply that dishonest things happen as a direct negative side effect of a core principle that we as a society agreed to adopt. Pragmatically speaking, the question then becomes one of: a) what can I personally do to "surgically remove" the negative side effects of this core principle, b) if I can't, to what extent do I "care" in the dilemma between participating in a rotten system vs selfishly enjoying my life or, c) when all hope is lost, how do I take cover when shit inevitably hits the fan It's my impression that most people have lost hope on a), are in denial about b)[0] and have no clue about c). [0] https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/upton_sinclair_138285 https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/upton_sinclair_138285