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Re:Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions by pillowkusis on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @10:58AM (#14969661)
Your comparison to "the economy" as some dark being that demands sacrifice has been explored more deeply. It's a good read on why obviously terrible outcomes still happen even though we know it's bad.

http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

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Re:Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions by twoquestions on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:08AM (#14969808)
Not too proud to admit that essay directly inspired my comment, I just wanted to be more concise than SSC (which the opposite of difficult).
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