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[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 188 points 8 months ago (10 children)

They make airplanes tf is this mafia shit

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 164 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They also make military equipment, an enormous amount of it

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 79 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Both incorrect, they make money.

[–] Steve@communick.news 5 points 8 months ago

They take money. It's banks that make it.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They also bribe politicians to give them an excuse to sell those weapons. Gulf of Tonkin, anyone? Grenada? Panama? Af-fucking-ghanistan?

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 75 points 8 months ago

They are also involved in the military and aerospace industry. They also practically only have a single competitor in the passenger plane manufacture industry (airbus). So they are rich and powerful and do not shy away from exerting their influence to protect their interests.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

Welcome to capitalism, baby!

[–] ours@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Odds echo in reality. The French thriller "Blackbox" featured a conspiracy around a new aircraft crashing taking inspiration of the MCAS related crashes.

[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Didn't used to be this way till the BAs took over

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

fuck McDonnell-Douglas

[–] antbricks 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Planes crashed more back then. Statistically speaking, safety has still improved over time even after the McDonnell-Douglas merger. Maybe it could have improved faster but commenters in this thread are saying crazy hyperbolic shit like "complete disregard for human life" which just doesn't track with the actual accident rates. But conspiracy theories and corporate malfeasance sure do get a lot of clicks if you're a news site. I'm sure executives were, are, and will continue to be profit-oriented while pretending to be something else, otherwise their business goes under.

[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Fucking corporate shills everywhere.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They are a megacorp, they have enough money to do what they want

[–] chrishazfun@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

When you have enough money you're effectively a god in every way except the omnipotently immortal part.

[–] Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Wait until you hear about the people who make chocolate

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 5 points 8 months ago

Correction: they make money

[–] Kalysta@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

They’re rich enough to easily hire a good hitman.

And have the motivation to silence this guy before the entire country is calling for Boeing to have their corporate charter revoked

[–] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Didn't stop coca cola or the banana companies