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This speaks broadly against the nearly unlimited powers of the corporate veil and personhood. This is not the first time Pfizer committed criminal marketing fra
by rms 17y ago
This speaks broadly against the nearly unlimited powers of the corporate veil and personhood. This is not the first time Pfizer committed criminal marketing fraud: see Neurontin, where people suffered lifetime disabilities because they were getting an inappropriate medication. The corporate death penalty was the only appropriate punishment in this case other than holding the individuals responsible accountable.
With some statistics we could calculate how many people likely died unnecessarily because of Bextra. Not to mention all those people that suffered hearing loss because of Neurontin. The unlimited rulebreaking power of corporations is one of the great evils in our society, but I think the corporations have already defeated us. It's amazing how real entities can become once you define them into existence.
- jacquesm 17y agoThis is one of the greatest problems of our time and it will become more so the longer we wait to do something about it.
- anigbrowl 17y agoIn fairness, Pfizer acquired a company that was later found to have violated the law in this area. But on the other hand, they were surely aware of that after performing their due diligence before the acquisition. It's a tricky political issue.