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Could CEOs of big corps get long jail terms for environmental destruction? π
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Betteridge's Law says no. Should they though? Hell yeah!
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2024
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Yeah they need to remove the question mark, of fucking course they do. Any meaningful question should be is it "cruel and unusual" to force these environmental prisoners to clean up toxic environmental waste for the rest of their lives?
Never heard of it happening, so I'm going to go with "no". Whenever it comes up, it's always just a "cost of doing business" type of scenario where the eventual fine and damages don't outweigh the potential gains, which means they all do it and will continue doing it.
Have a listen to the podcast .. youβll be surprised as to how much traction itβs getting.
Cool stuff, I'll start using "ecocide" in the wild. Or rather, on concrete.
You can make it wild as well, with a moss graffiti: https://thursd.com/articles/the-art-of-moss-graffiti-and-how-to-do-it-yourself
Capital protects capital.
Technically the various local, State, and Federal police forces do that, but it's semantics.
I would say they're captured by capital. But yea. The enforcers of the ruling class.
Lol! Good one
Laws do not apply to the rich.
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