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I don't think Boeing killed those guys
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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They didn't kill anybody. The risk/reward calculation is out of the park.
Really? Let me introduce you to the Firestone Tire Controversy, where executives knew their tires were responsible in the auto accident deaths; they calculated the cost of doing a recall was more expensive than paying out compensation to families and decided to not do a recall, resulting in even more deaths - until they were finally found out.
Companies will abso-fucking-lutely murder and let/or let people die preventable deaths for profits. Sometimes, executives even go to prison for it (3 confirmed deaths in that case).
I don't know about the Boeing cases, but I do know you're naïve if you think executives won't murder people for profits.
That's nothing compared to some of the examples you could've given, ranging from various corporations contracting with Pinkertons to attack trade unions, to Coca-Cola assassinating union leaders, to Chiquita and Dole's various atrocities in central America (which is where the term "banana republic" came from) that included fielding private armies and engaging in multiple coups d'etat.
A lot of those examples are murdering foreign nationals, which is far less likely to get them in trouble with US law enforcement. But you're absolutely right: trying to make an exhaustive list of proven cases of corporations killing or knowingly allowing preventable deaths in favor of profit would require more of a book than a Lemmy comment.