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They weren’t just involved. They were the brains behind some evil moves such as giving bonuses per opioid OD rates and bribing the best pill pushing doctors wit
by mateus1 2y ago
They weren’t just involved. They were the brains behind some evil moves such as giving bonuses per opioid OD rates and bribing the best pill pushing doctors with bribes disguised as speaker fees.
- autoexec 2y agoDid anyone at McKinsey & Co ever see a day in jail for it? Last I heard they didn't even have a conviction for anything, just settlements in which they agreed to a fine while they still insisted that they didn't do anything illegal.
- smt88 2y agoIt takes a lot to go beyond the corporate veil and hold individuals criminally liable. I think prosecutors rarely try unless it's a slam dunk.
- soraminazuki 2y agoI still can’t wrap my head around the fact that causing hundreds of thousands of deaths for profit doesn’t result in a swift conviction.
- moshegramovsky 2y agoI think it's more a case of "where there's a will, there's a way".
- maeil 2y agoNo, hence we're now seeing cases like Brian Thompson's where citizens rightly take law enforcement into their own hands because the actual judiciary has been completely captured by the wealthy class.
- moshegramovsky 2y ago100% hard agree.
- whatshisface 2y agoBefore we go too far down this road, post revolutionary France had the terror and produced a dictator that swept over Europe.
- maeil 2y agoWe're hundreds of miles off from going too far down this road. This is taking one step on a road that spans the globe. It's about as relevant to bring this up now as it would have been to do so when people celebrated the death of Bin Laden, and I'm sure you didn't at the time. The latter even had an arguably better reason behind his acts that wasn't solely personal greed.
- bobs_salsa 2y agoThat’s a great point, and if that comes to be, that burden shall lay with the rich. This should all serve as a warning to the wealthy on what will happen if they continue distancing themselves from accountability. It’s a zero sum game.
- fakedang 2y agoA dictator, sure, but also a breath of fresh air from the previous regime that went on a mass-murdering spree.