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Meanwhile, in America, a drug manufacturer sold tainted eye-drops that killed and seriously maimed people, and not one exec has faced consequences. There's barely been any media scrutiny, just boilerplate articles that refuse to name names or even attempt to explain what the fuck went wrong. As for the FDA, I've given up on them. They're fucking useless.

I'm against the death penalty, but at the same time I can't stand lib orgs like Amnesty who screech about how DYsTOPiAn the death penalty is in China when we have the exact same system here in the States except worse because it targets poor and non-white people exclusively.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You should repost this but instead of eyedrops compare it to the recent incident in 2021 when Abbott, the largest manufacturer of baby formula in the US, sold tainted formula that caused hundreds of infants to become ill and resulted in at least 9 confirmed infant deaths.

The US media didn't say shit about the deaths and failed to mention that the FDA only discovered the issue from the findings of a CDC investigation of a string of infant deaths across the US. At least 9 infants died but none of the company leadership faced any criminal charges. Instead the CEO of Abbott received a 20 million dollar bonus that year.

"We now know that contrary to initial reports, nine babies who were fed Abbott powdered infant formula manufactured in their Sturgis, Michigan facility have died," said Congresswoman DeLauro. This is heartbreaking and shameful. Many of these deaths could have likely been prevented if Abbott Nutrition and the FDA did not drag their feet to investigate credible allegations of substandard food safety practices at the plant. And what is deeply disturbing is the timeline in which these events unfolded.

"In February 2021, an entire year before the voluntary recall, Abbott and the FDA were alerted to allegations concerning problems at the Sturgis, Michigan manufacturing facility through a complaint filed by an employee. The problems included failing equipment in need of repair and formula released without adequate evidence that it was safe for consumption. Abbott confirmed receipt and submitted a formal response to the complaint two months later.

"Despite knowing this information, it was not until September 2021 that the FDA conducted a routine inspection of the facility and learned of the potential link between a specific rare and deadly foodborne pathogen and powdered infant formula manufactured by Abbott. At the same time, an infant in Minnesota given formula manufactured in Abbott's Sturgis, Michigan facility was diagnosed with Cronobacter sakazakii. This was the first case reported

http://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-statement-additional-infant-deaths-and-hospitalizations-1

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (4 children)

tobacco companies in China remove nitrosamines from their tobacco, while amerikan companies dont. this makes Chinese cigarettes considerably less carcinogenic than amerikan cigs

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

Peak. Performance.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

This is what i aspire to be on my morning jogs.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Thats coz uhmrica is the so called free market !

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

B U T A T W H A T C O S T ?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

not that I don't believe you, but do you have a source on this? I wanna save it for libs

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this study shows the average nitrosamine concentration in Chinese cigarettes is 70 ng/cigarette, with the lowest at 10. this study shows that only 2 of the tested amerikan cigarettes contain less nitrosamines than the Chinese average, at 55 and 66 ng/cigarette. and there are 10 that exceed 300, with a high of 460! the most dangerous Chinese cigarette was at 261

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nooooo, you can't just execute the people responsible for multiple infant deaths as if they were poor people

They should get house arrest, maybe a couple months of white collar prison. Then they can't lobby for laws to be changed to make their actions technically legal.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Woah Woah, prison time? That’s way too draconian, a fine equal to 2% of their monthly profits should suffice.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

A fine?! What is this? Soviet North Korean Gestapo? These people are job creators and those money you want to confiscate is their private property. No, the responsible and adult thing to do is to look forward and allow them to grow and learn from their mistakes, without wasting our time in petty grudges.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

The crimes of capital deserve capital punishment.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ypg-brace Look, I’ve got some opinions about the death penalty…. But if you are involved in some libertarian shit that results in the deaths of 6 children, we’re gonna have to take you out. brace-cowboy

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thing is with crimes of capital it's very easy to measure who did the fucked up shit. And if you made a mistake, odds are you merced a guy down with starving kids in Africa or something

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

So in conclusion, death penalty for capitalists and fascists, no one else.

I think thats something we all can agree on

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

no more half measures, walter

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Pretty soon it'll be illegal to sue corporations. I give it five years, maybe less given how reactionary the Supreme Court is.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty soon corporations will be suing random commenters on the internet for defamation whenever they say anything negative about them

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except they already do that now. Companies have abused the legal system to go after negative Yelp and Glassdoor reviews.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

Abused? Working as intended

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

How much is it to found a company in Delaware and how many do I have to found to get 50%+1 of the vote?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm against the death penalty in the majority of cases because it is not a solution to the causes of crime and mainly targets poor people/minorities in capitalist nations. This is different; there can be no mercy for the capitalist class in socialist-oriented society, they will be used only for development and within the confines of laws oriented towards development (and motivated purely by personal enrichment of course, because they are soulless ghouls). The second these laws are broken (or the masses are harmed thereof), life in prison or execution should be the norm.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I mean, the problem is their access to power. If these dudes were working class they'd have never killed 6 children. Their bodies aren't irredeemable, only their relationship to capital. We don't need to destroy the body, only the relationship.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you take everything from a capitalist short of their life, you have created a fascist radical. People are not just their mechanical body and current social standing but also a psychology built upon past experiences

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

Again the CCP shows its authoritarian streak by using violence against an oppressed minority (libertarian capitalists).

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

sometimes wonder if my eye sensitivity is from my parents using eye drops on me as a kid tbh 🤔

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I want off of Mr Fun Facts ride

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

BUT WHO WILL INNOVATE liberty-weeping

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Call me an idealist but, the death sentence is murder regardless of what colour is on the murderer's flag.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

Eh, I don't have sympathy for people who caused the deaths of children due to their greed.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

On the one hand I agree with you in principle and I want there to be a path of reform and redemption even for the worst of the worst — but on the other hand I'm never going to feel sorry for Nazi war criminals or child murdering profiteers who ends up with a bullet in their heads.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I will take your offer and call you idealist. In a utopia, no one is killed, but while we work to build socialism, the deaths of capitalists culpable for crimes like this are the last deaths to cry over. The purpose of the socialist state is to suppress the bourgeoisie, and it is the evidence of this in how people of different classes are treated that socialists are interested in, not the "color of the flag" like a puerile Bakuninite might suggest.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Unless you have a serious or diagnosed eye condition that benefits greatly from eyedrops - why have them? They seem like a thoroughly unnecessary product to me.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Contact lenses often benefit from eye drops, however plenty of people, especially workers who look at screens for long times develop conditions that can be somewhat managed by eye drops (or by changing the work place).

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Itchy eyes get not itchy

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I do rarely get really dry or itchy eyes, normally if there's a lot of dust or pollen in the air.

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