Reactions from the usual suspects seem to be that this is some kind of new and unprecedented evil, but in fact it differs only (a little) in scale - but not in substance - from the deeds of many other international capitalist organizations. Remember BigTobacco? And what about BigPesticide and glyphosate, not to mention the Neonicotinoid and other pesticides and that have led to catastrophic declines in insect numbers, not only bees? BigPetroleum? BigYou-Name-It? Are not these examples also a threat to world-wide public health and survivability of life on earth?
There is as little moral responsibility for these companies and their enterprises as there now is for BigPharma.
But until we can accept that these companies are just playing by the rules of the game of capitalism, and until we are willing, determined and capable of attacking the source of the problem, not just its symptoms, we have little chance of guiding the planet into a stable and beneficial-for-all mode.
See my review of Joel Kovel's masterpiece, The Enemy of Nature
Otherwise, we are surely heading into a Red Snow Event:
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