OSHA levies $1.4M fine in death of teen worker at lumber mill

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3. Occasionally...

... a corporate spokesweasel will accidentally say the quiet part out loud, as when one recently described employees rather dismissively as "human capital", which reduces working people to expendable data points.

Predatory capitalism in lockstep with ruthless corporatism are the most dangerous existential threats humanity faces. They are the root causes of all the other ills that beset us. And before the apologists start screeching, neither of those economic models are synonymous with free enterprise. And really, freedom isn't free at all. Total freedom demands commensurate responsibility, and " our first responsibility is to our stockholders" doesn't precede one's responsibility to be a decent human being. Forcing a minor to undertake a potentially lethal task is about as far from decent as it's possible to get.