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But they all know what’s going to happen when they sell to the scrappers. It’s disgusting and should be illegal.
by Swenrekcah 4y ago
But they all know what’s going to happen when they sell to the scrappers. It’s disgusting and should be illegal.
- e40 4y agoYou build it, you recycle it in a way that isn't detrimental to the health and safety of humans. That should be the (international) law.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoNo profit in eliminating foreign externalities. Your faith in capitalist law and liberal democracy reforming these problems is curious
- Y_Y 4y agoI'm sure you could just contrive an accidental sinking, or even better have the ship taken by "pirates" who happen to leave some cash in the lifeboats with the dispossessed.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoneed to collect that cash as evidence
- refurb 4y agoIt's unenforceable regardless. You think some poor African nation cares about worker safety and environmental issues when half of their population can barely get enough to eat? Hell, they barely have control over their own country let alone enforcing environmental or worker regulations.
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- badpun 4y agoAny long-term commitments can be potentially worked around via bankrupcy. As long as we allow companies to take the full responsibility for consequences of their actions, and completely absolve their owners, the system will not work that great.
- gpm 4y agoSeems like you'd have to just outright ban selling it to foreign owners? Otherwise someone will make a "legitimate" business in a country that doesn't ban selling to (non-compliant) scrappers, whose job in life is to purchase old ships and sell them to scrappers. Maybe hanging on to them for a bit first to make it slightly less blatant...