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>>cwwc+(OP)
When did we move to a "do whatever you think you can get away with" model of society?

Maybe I'm naive but I think there used to be at least a modicum of self-restraint on this kind of thing. Sure, people always tried to make as much money as possible, but there used to be some limit somewhere - not because you'll get caught but because c'mon, we just don't do that! That seems to have now been totally lost.

>>llimos+Q7
I think you are painting past very nicely, ie DuPont has been knowingly contaminating whole world since 80s at least. That's my childhood years, for sure I wasn't aware of anything similar happening. That doesn't mean it wasn't, news reel was setup differently these days. In 3rd world countries this would not raise eyebrows at all, there were (and still are) big issues around exactly this with used cars in Eastern Europe.

People got addicted to ever more shocking news, I guess 9/11 in the west helped with that. Once you burn your receptors and they go back to flatline, the next kick needs to be a bit stronger to keep people engaged, and next one even more so. So just consuming news is a never ending progression of bad, amoral and over time progressively worse stuff.