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Laws are written to protect multibillion corporations and billionaires. Prove me wrong. If we truly lived in a sane society, companies with lax security and go
by xyst 4y ago
Laws are written to protect multibillion corporations and billionaires. Prove me wrong.
If we truly lived in a sane society, companies with lax security and god awful security policies would be punished.
- Scoundreller 4y agoDepends on the country. Mine was founded by some overseas family that can still come over and start telling us what to do as they please. So uhhh, yeah, can confirm, Canada’s laws basically revolve around keeping old money wealthy without providing any value to anyone.
- ThrowawayTestr 4y agoThe British Crown hasn't had real power since 1649, but please continue complaining about nothing.
- notch656c 4y agoNo you just (by constitution) have to swear allegiance to the crown to become a lawmaker, which makes you a perjurer if you don't acknowledge their power. Also is the monarch not commander in chief their armed forces? I thought being under the command of the queen / monarch was part of their oath. If your soldiers are sworn to do what the queen says that seems like a lot of potential power.
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoYeah, it's crazy to me that the UK has no armed forces, the military are all personally bound to the monarch. The king has interfered in politics too, so arguments based on royalty not being active are off to a bad start.
- notch656c 4y agoIt's hilarious that even though I think my comment was misread, it turns out I think we both are right. You read it as me talking about the military in the UK. No I was talking about the Canadian military. They are bound to the queen and swear an oath to such, you know the one that lives in the UK. It really illustrates the absurdity of the situation.
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoAh, I suspected you were talking about Canada, but wasn't sure if it might be Australia. I guess your situation is more absurd.
- int_19h 4y agoThere's still a 10% difference in wealth on average between people with noble Norman family names and everyone else in UK.
- lbwtaylor 4y agoSo if I leave my front door unlocked, I should go to jail when someone steals from me? What nonsense.
- leni536 4y agoProbably not. But if you owned a warehouse and you left it unlocked without security, and someone steels from it stuff that is owned by somebody else, then maybe you are liable somewhat.
- mattmoose21 4y agoYour front door and the items in your house are not analogous to having sensitive information on a machine connected to the internet.
- LinuxBender 4y agoFiduciary responsibility [1] is closer to the concept that applies here in my opinion. Companies have a fiduciary responsibility to protect the company and thus the investment in the company for the investors and shareholders. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiduciary_responsibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiduciary_responsibility
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- aj7 4y agoSo it’s OK for individual vigilantes to punish them, am I right?
- silexia 4y agoYes, punish the victims is the best policy.