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a bite!
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i feel like people think companies will be altruistic and do the right thing regardless of government intervention. like no, companies are driven by capitalism. to make the most out of the day and money they have and maximize profits, especially fortune 500 companies
like without government intervention, strawberry jam would have wood in it. like it's a thing. food companies realized that they could use less of the expensive strawberries as ingredients and just use wood. there are laws you cannot legally call it strawberry jam if you do this. you have to call it a strawberry product or spread. food companies are always trying to get that shit through. they have lobby groups pushing that all the time
it is more expensive to put metal detectors in a food processing plant. companies want to cut costs. it is a legal requirement in a lot of countries to have them. so it forces companies to install them.
also to do routine inspections. that is a government requirement. so are building codes. a lot of codes are the bare minimum. like some companies will exceed the code and have more protections but a lot don't. like if it is not in the code, they don't do it. so that's why having governing bodies that regulate building safety, worker safety, food safety and product safety are crucial. because without them, your employer will not see the need to have exit doors with quick release handles, or do routine fire sprinkler inspections or have road salt for the sidewalks. some of it is basic fucking stuff.
companies when left alone do not regulate themselves. it's been historically untrue. companies want to give you a product that is cheap for them to make and that they can sell at the highest price so they can get the most profit. for everyone who loves capitalism, that's what it is. the free market will not self-regulate. if you don't have anti-monopoly laws and anti-wage theft laws and workers' protections, the open market will not fix that organically.
when government officials talk about removing protections it is not good. like they were put in place for a reason. like drinking water and food regulations were written in blood. same with human rights and freedoms. like people died for the building code to be written. people died for occupational healthy and safety codes to be written. there is a reason food safety codes are there. companies will look at 100 people dying and say it was the cost of doing business. it is the government's job to say that is an unacceptable and for companies to do better
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phew, made a little ryland grace dress-up doll animation!
twelve outfits in total, and it's not even everything he wore... ryland grace the fashionista!! 💅🏻
the past winter i was like yeah ok but when summer time hits it'll all be ok and the entire year since the end of march has fr been
can we just? chill out? for a second maybe?
i've just been shotgunning the worst of all possible worlds back catalog bc i can't bring myself to listen to news podcasts bc yeah yeah i already know that capitalism is gonna kill us all sooner and sooner why do I have to face The Horror dead on? i already know ok???
my personal preferred flavor of aroace grace is:
a) he has no idea that that's what he's got going on. he knows of the terms but he's got some subconscious queerphobia going on and feels like those words are only for purple haired teenagers. and he's in favor of purple haired teenagers, but that's still for Other People, it would never in a million years apply to him.
b) his "leaf in the stream of creation who just kinda does what other people ask him to" attitude extends to his interpersonal relationships and he very much has always fallen victim to the mindset that he needs a "good reason" to refuse someone romantically or sexually. mostly this means he's had a lot of pretty miserable experiences that were uncomfortable and felt bad but where the other person didn't actually do anything wrong, everything was completely above-board and as it "should" be and he still haaated it. his takeaway is that relationships and intimacy are inherently unpleasant for reasons he can't describe and in a way that he can't alter, so he'll just silo himself away from getting close with people to avoid the risk.
and c) well. that's not quite true, strictly speaking. as I said, he does know of the terms, he could think one step further and fully connect the dots. in the back of his mind he thinks about how there's maybe a version of his life out there where he's Better at everything and is able to voice his feelings and get those intimate relationships without the parts he can't handle. maybe, if he tried, he could find someone who would hear all his little buried thoughts and inadequacies and not immediately kick him to the curb. but that sounds terrifying, so he doesn't do it.
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