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Comment by Intralexical

1 month ago

It's an often used quote, but because it bears keeping in mind: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

A look at data for how many people were aware the whole time during any scandal, and how often abuse and crime gets covered up or exploited instead of reported or opposed, will leave you with a very banal impression of malice. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

…Idk, companies are just groups of people. Maybe people also need stronger incentives to not let the "company" do antisocial things. At least the execs.

Maybe it's the companies that hide it. Maybe it's the people that lie to themselves. I'm sure they're smart enough; they can probably figure it out. At some point ignorance becomes wilful.