The poison part is easier to understand. Even history since the '80s is littered with declassification of company docs which shows they were aware their products caused harm and they kept pushing them, like climate change or asbestos.
If the meat was killing consumers, it would only really matter if it was a short enough timeline to implicate McDonald’s. If poison meat kills them 40 years in the future, they’re likely to have had children already and those new consumers can replace them. Obviously hyperbolic, but they (meaning “corporate execs”) don’t think like normal people. It’s a twisted calculus of short-term gain and “harm” is just a variable that is easy to differentiate out of the equation.
Oh, for sure. I think that there’s a distinction between poison and unhealthy even if it’s a fine line at times. In this case, the previous rumours about McDonald’s using filler was with other food products, not something genuinely toxic when consumed, in moderation. It’s like the aspertame scare saying it leads to cancer. It can if someone consumes an impossible amount of it, but in reality, it’s not dangerous.
Asbestos is a solid example like you mentioned and to an extent, the recent release of the 9/11 documents showing the lies about the dangers to people working at ground zero. Corps definitely lie to increase profits.
The poison part is easier to understand. Even history since the '80s is littered with declassification of company docs which shows they were aware their products caused harm and they kept pushing them, like climate change or asbestos.
If the meat was killing consumers, it would only really matter if it was a short enough timeline to implicate McDonald’s. If poison meat kills them 40 years in the future, they’re likely to have had children already and those new consumers can replace them. Obviously hyperbolic, but they (meaning “corporate execs”) don’t think like normal people. It’s a twisted calculus of short-term gain and “harm” is just a variable that is easy to differentiate out of the equation.
Oh, for sure. I think that there’s a distinction between poison and unhealthy even if it’s a fine line at times. In this case, the previous rumours about McDonald’s using filler was with other food products, not something genuinely toxic when consumed, in moderation. It’s like the aspertame scare saying it leads to cancer. It can if someone consumes an impossible amount of it, but in reality, it’s not dangerous.
Asbestos is a solid example like you mentioned and to an extent, the recent release of the 9/11 documents showing the lies about the dangers to people working at ground zero. Corps definitely lie to increase profits.