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Close their business, put them in jail.
by otikik 3y ago
Close their business, put them in jail.
- supriyo-biswas 3y agoIn India, it is usually small-time tradesmen that are involved in the act of adulteration, and any action is likely to be considered as an attack on small businesses.
- lakomen 3y agoI don't really care what it's being considered as. They poison people for profit. Atrocious, it's essentially long term mass murder including children.
- alephnerd 3y agoIn India, elections can be flipped by margins of only a couple thousand voters. This is why enforcement might be lax. Local enforcement doesn't want to mess with small businesses or unions (eg. Auto rickshaw unions) lest they lose their seat. Stuff like this will continue to happen for 2 generations (and maybe even longer). Look at China as an example, and even South Korea. They are 15 and 40 years ahead of India respectively and even they have had issues Food and Drug safety to this day.
- otikik 3y agoI am no political expert, but “my opponent is harming your children’s health” seems like it can move some votes.
- alephnerd 3y agoAnd then a week later news comes out that your opponent was implicated in similar dodgy dealings. In a local election in India, you'll be seeing around 7-8 different parties and 4-5 additional independent candidates running for a seat. Generally, a "landslide victory" for a seat might be 30% of total votes at most. With margins so low and elections so expensive (candidates for local elections now spend around $5-$15 million [0]), this means you need to make sure to find a way to not make enemies. [0] - https://theprint.in/opinion/does-india-need-a-ceiling-on-election-expenditure-were-better-off-without-this-fiction/1821260/ https://theprint.in/opinion/does-india-need-a-ceiling-on-ele...
- otikik 3y agoWell if small businesses attack children, I attack small businesses. It doesn’t need to be complicated.