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it's weird that we are prepared to die for democracy, yet willingly enter dictatorships daily for work and spend the majority of our waking lives with people we vaguely know (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is true. On the other hand, it is the government's job to uncover and persecute this. Obviously it could do a better job of it, but OSHA and the EPA actually do police employers for exactly these sorts of violations.

[–] Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah if departments like OSHA and the EPA didn't enforce safety laws and shit there would be a lot more industrial death videos on LiveLeak than there is now

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

not feasible when those same bosses lobby to keep those institutions toothless