In my life, we went from corporations not being people, to corporations being people, to corporations being too big to fail, to corporations being flat out above the law.
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Meh, corporations have gotten away with committing crimes for a long time. DuPont knowingly used harmful chemicals in their products for half a century and got a slap on the wrist for their actions.
You were born in the 1800s?
Nah, then they'd remember the East India Company.
It just takes enough time to go by that society forgets about this kind of thing and it can rise up from the ashes again.
The Pinkertons or military being deployed on strikers wasn't all that long ago historically, but long enough that most of us don't feel it could happen now.
Last year, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to criminal fraud in a settlement to avoid trials, but the agreement was rejected by a federal judge who cited concerns that race-based considerations under Biden -era DEI policies would be used in selecting an independent monitor in charge of overseeing Boeing's compliance.
Umm... What?
Can't let a "colored person" tell them what to do, now...can they? That'd just be "unnatural". /s
What about the whistleblowers that they killed?
How much will the families receive?
A handful of travel vouchers.
*not redeemable on weekends, holidays, or during the Summer.
Must only be used on 737 Max planes.
Just the cost of doing business, fellas
346 people cost 1.1 billion dollars. Thanks for clarifying.
How much would it cost to blow up 346 Boeing 737 before they could fly?
How much you got? Just empty your pockets there on the table, and we'll see what that gets you.
A couple hundred grand maybe? It doesn't take much to make a plane non-airworthy, but after the first two or three you'd definitely have the attention of law enforcement. You'd have to do all of them at once if you wanted to get them all, and that's going to be significantly more expensive.
I would like to commit some enormous crimes and avoid trials and convictions as well.
I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds.
What...did they have to donate a couple million to Trump's birthday parade fund, or something? All's forgiven, as long as you give us all your money?
BOEING KILLED JOHN BARNETT