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I think it's even more systemic. The public knows about the harm and they are ok with it. They think the benefits outweigh the risks.
by im3w1l 1y ago
I think it's even more systemic. The public knows about the harm and they are ok with it. They think the benefits outweigh the risks.
- myrmidon 1y agoThis sounds bleak, but I'm pretty sure that any improvement (more justice/corporate responsibility) would at least not be free: It would also have chilling effects on research/innovation from perceived legal risk and higher costs (because the customer always pays in the end, which also applies to indirectly legally prescribed risk mitigation). It is plausible to me that the public is "close to correct" in its current stance, and I would at least not dismiss that notion out of hand!
- pengaru 1y agoThe public is driven by convenience, and it's extremely convenient to prefer believing purported long-term harms are fake news, when that belief enables enjoying practically every other short-term convenience available to them