• @MrVilliam@lemmy.world
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      667 months ago

      And the one thing they want is to maximize profits. It’s not that they want rivers and lakes to be polluted, it’s that not polluting rivers and lakes costs more money than polluting rivers and lakes. And if the fines aren’t higher than the difference, then they’ll just keep doing it and pay their subscription fee.

      • themeatbridge
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        347 months ago

        Polluting natural resources is a violent crime against all of humanity. It should not be a fine.

          • @MrVilliam@lemmy.world
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            67 months ago

            Corporations are people, last I heard. Sounds like board members and executives should split prison time between them based on percentage of culpability.

      • 100% agree, however it is also important to keep in mind the many other decisions made by corporations explicitly to cause pain at the cost of less profit.

        In capitalist society, cruelty is the point. Happy workers are proven to be more productive and care more about the company’s well being.

        The whole return to office debacle proves executives care more about power and abuse than profit.

        In conclusion, corporations are people and that means their executive boards should be sentenced to [this comment was removed by Lemmy].

      • @AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Externality: Noun - Capitalist term for “I already got your fucking money, so my mess is your problem you fucking sucker peasants 🖕🤑💰”

    • @kozy138@lemm.ee
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      They’ll even do things like paying off regulators so that they repeal laws that limit profit