We'll see how this actually plays out, but it looks like Purdue Pharma is going to take baby steps toward limited their role in the opioid crisis. Don't be fooled by their fake concern for the thousands of people they've sent to the hereafter. This move is mere preparation for the massive onslaught of city/state lawsuits about to land on Purdue's lawyers' desks. Too little, too late Purdue. Hopefully bankruptcy and executive jail time is in your future (ha! yeah right, not in America!)
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/11/17001926/oxycontin-purdue-opioid-drug-marketing-doctors
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STOPlet's bring these bastards DOWN!
I couldn't possibly agree more. That being said, considering just how corrupt the politicians are, it is difficult for me to be optimistic. I imagine Purdue will use it's political influence to diminish any consequences they face down to a point where it is basically just considered a "cost of doing business". Their opioid scheme has been so incredibly profitable that if they are forced to give some of the profits back in the form of a fine, no big deal for them, just a slap on the wrist. There will be no jail time for executives.
My approach. We focus on fixing our social operating systems and heal. Don't think for a second (im talking primarily to the cunts of the world) that anyone will forget anything. Everyone will get what they deserve in time..
Yeah, people won't forget, just the way that most don't forget how corrupt corporations have screwed them out of many, many things year after year. I too believe in karma, reckoning arrives in myriad ways and the pain of it is only something that can be calculated by its recipient.
But you touch on the big idea here, fixing our social systems. I'm still of the belief that true change may only come by way of a revolution of sorts. Inertia is an incredibly strong force. Most people are not willing to act on their own behalf until their situation becomes intolerable, then they get up off the couch. Small scale movements are usually coopted which is why I think shit actually needs to get very uncomfortable for the mass of people before people are willing to put their neck on the line and go for the big change. I hope I'm wrong, I hope incrementalism can inch us toward a more just, egalitarian society. But, I'm hopefully skeptical
I agree. 100%. well if there is one thing I am good at. It's making people uncomfortable ;) I have seen a remarkable, noticeable change in most of the people around me over the last year. Strangers included. I gotta say. Even though it is too earlier to get comfortable this brings me much relief. I am no longer really concerned about our faith like I used to be. Despite the state of our world rn.