How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune built on OxyContin

Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by Dirlewanger on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:52AM (#24282988)

Interesting take. I've always held that Americans only care about those that they can see from the edge of their property line (neighbors and whatnot). Everyone else? Fuck em. Distrust of all forms of government is practically bred into us, and it shows at all levels. Corporations have pretty much filled that power vacuum.

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Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by ryandrake on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:57AM (#24283029)

Plus, we Americans embrace or at least excuse this corporate power. Elected government tries to control what we can say online? Censorship! Overreach! Unaccountable Facebook and Twitter try to control what we say online? Yes, please! No problem! If you don't like it, leave! It's not censorship because corporate power is doing it rather than government power!

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Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by cooljacob204 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @11:00AM (#24283058)

While I somewhat agree with the sentiment, there is a big difference between our government which has the power to take away our rights and a corporation censoring us.

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Re:How the Sacklers shifted $10.8B of an opioid fortune buil... by bluntfang on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @11:11AM (#24283150)

Is there a big difference though? Especially considering we got Zucked into believing that TikTok needs to be banned/sold to an American company?

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