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[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 188 points 2 years ago (10 children)

They make airplanes tf is this mafia shit

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

They also make military equipment, an enormous amount of it

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

Both incorrect, they make money.

[–] Steve 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Welcome to capitalism, baby!

[–] ours@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

fuck McDonnell-Douglas

[–] antbricks@lemmy.today 0 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Fucking corporate shills everywhere.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] chrishazfun@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

Correction: they make money

[–] Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Wait until you hear about the people who make chocolate

[–] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Didn't stop coca cola or the banana companies

[–] Kalysta@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years 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