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Brutha · 09-10-2007, 04:25 PM

I don't really think that we need the concept of "blame".

Let's say we have a consensus in our society that those companies cause the cancers.
Now there are a few possibilities:
1) The companies take responsiblity and reduce those effects.
2) The goverment takes responsibility and regulates/bans those chemicals.
3) Some group takes responsibilty and organises a boycot (either peaceful or armed) of those companies to drive them out of business.
In reality it is most of the time a mixture of those. The threat of the goverment taking responsibilty over the problem might drive the companies to take a bit of responsibilty.

That system underlies over democracy and is much more effective than blaming the companies.
In a culture where people blame other people nothing gets done.

09-10-2007, 04:25 PM	#11 (permalink)
Brutha Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 8,749	I don't really think that we need the concept of "blame". Let's say we have a consensus in our society that those companies cause the cancers. Now there are a few possibilities: 1) The companies take responsiblity and reduce those effects. 2) The goverment takes responsibility and regulates/bans those chemicals. 3) Some group takes responsibilty and organises a boycot (either peaceful or armed) of those companies to drive them out of business. In reality it is most of the time a mixture of those. The threat of the goverment taking responsibilty over the problem might drive the companies to take a bit of responsibilty. That system underlies over democracy and is much more effective than blaming the companies. In a culture where people blame other people nothing gets done.