Gotta Break a Few Eggs

Tis the season for…fires. Lots and lots of fires along the west coast, and we start out this episode getting caught up on the season. One of the said fires was the result of corporate malfeasance (alleged). Is anyone being held accountable for that? Well…no. However many people are killed due to these fires, nobody in the company (name intentionally withheld) will be held accountable. Let’s look just a bit to the east: Texas. In Texas, the electricity outage during a severe snowstorm led to between 264 (official number reported by the state) and 700 (outside experts have said). Who was held accountable for that? Not a single damn person. Nobody was fired, and in the meantime, Texas folks were price gouged for whatever electricity they did get. You might think we’re complaining about Abbot again. We’re not. This week, we discuss how corporations don’t pay consequences, regardless of the fact that they kill people. Got to break a few eggs to make a healthy profit, amirite?

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