Tessa Lena a.k.a. Tessa Fights Robots  ❤️

The underlying problem that aches my heart is that we catch one murderous act of corporate greed—which really is human greed as corporations are just formal shields separating power addicts from responsibility—but a thousand other ones are allowed to be, and even praised.

And furthermore, before it becomes socially acceptable to talk about a particular expression of murderous corporate (human!) greed, the society has to become psychologically ready to comprehend the depth of insanity from which murderous greed grows.

Typically, it takes years or even decades of denial. Then something horrible happens, and then slowly, slowly, the depth of insanity becomes obvious to larger numbers of people.

In the early 20th century, workers at DuPont factories were experiencing strange cases of suddenly losing their minds and quickly dying. It was happening due to inhaling highly toxic chemicals, but the respectable world didn't care, and the cases were played down.

Some 60 years ago, Big Tobacco was able to convince the majority of people that smoking was not only harmless but actually good for you. It went as far as American doctors recommending that pregnant women should smoke. They'd feel calmer ..

As one human being, I feel sad about the power of corporate $$$ over public opinion and our lives. Human nature is such that we typically only pay attention to issues that impact us personally. Until then, it's all a water cooler conversation.

The worst part: Once the society starts realizing that corporate choices in question present an existential threat, clever corporate aristocrats come up with sweetly branded lucrative "solutions" that are even more murderous that the original, already murderous, problem.