Oh well, guess we'll all burn to death, thanks for trying anyway!
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2024
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More that we need to use legal mechanisms to force companies to do the right thing, rather than depend on the good will of inherently amoral constructs.
Yeah obviously, we need to get some powerful political violence against these practices. It's insane that we leave our future between the hands of people that literally can't see further than their quarterly bottom line.
Their promises are just empty words? 🥺
Corporate promises which don't have legal enforcement behind them generally are
Good thing law enforcement is only for us at the bottom.
Live like there is no tomorrow.
Or..work to make sure there is a tomorrow.
"We made a promise we had no idea how we were going to keep. But it seemed like good PR at the time. And people kept flying in our planes."