Aberfan: The mistake that cost a village its children

Re:Aberfan: The mistake that cost a village its children by arjie on Saturday October 22, 2016 @01:15PM (#12769519)

Because distance reduces disaster's cost, and in every industry the guys who operate on luck can deliver cheaper and faster than the guys who do it right. One of those groups will kill someone eventually, but until they do they'll out compete everyone.

Everything that can go wrong will go right, and you'll take more risks every time, winning every time, until you experience catastrophic failure.

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Re:Aberfan: The mistake that cost a village its children by Someone on Sunday October 23, 2016 @03:13AM (#12772406)

I know it is cynical, but a part of it also is because it isn't worthwhile for them yet.

If large numbers of people cannot afford to say "I won't work/live there because it is too dangerous", a capitalist doesn't need to work on safety.

That's why, for example, clothes factories can get away with counteracting the "employees may steal stuff" risk by locking down windows and emergency exits or why coal mining companies can ignore all kinds of warnings of upcoming disasters, even if similar warnings have been followed by deadly 'accidents' recently and in the same company.

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