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It's truly surprising to me how cartoonishly evil everybody in the tobacco / nicotine industry seems to be.
by keithwhor 4y ago
It's truly surprising to me how cartoonishly evil everybody in the tobacco / nicotine industry seems to be.
- xtracto 4y agoI think it is a matter of "optimization" ... Private companies are known to be relentless optimizers. A company that sells substances/products that do not have any objective whatsoever other than generate addiction, will attract the worse kind of people. Like, people who are in "known" Evil companies like Oracle, Nestle, Northrop Grumman, and others, can find a "good light" justification/spin to what they are doing. We make databases, we bottle water to send to people, we sell Freedom. But tobacco/nicotine? There's no other reason why someone will get a job in that supply chain other than "I want to make money while fucking up people's lives"
- ausbah 4y agorepeat customers are a highly sought after business outcome, users that are literally addicted to your product seems like something every business would desire