Monsanto Pays Out $10 Million For Spraying Toxic Chemicals On Hawaiian Crops

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[–]FormosaOolong 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yes, yes you would. So should the whole lot of them!

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Agreed, everyone who participated in the chain of actions that led to that happening should be held accountable. Not every single person in the company, imo, but the people who did the bad stuff specifically. Even if they each only did 1/10th of it. Those small moral bends for each person can add up to large arcs in a company.

[–]FormosaOolong 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

One tactic corporations use to avoid personal liability is those weird layers of "outsourcing" or subcontracting or whatever it's called.

Everyone can just point the finger elsewhere and shrug it off feigning ignorance/innocence. I agree with you the citizens united bullshit is mockingly one-sided.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, "multiple layers of plausible deniability" is the best way I've heard it phrased. Every person of power seeks to add as many layers as they can, so they can get away with the most