And their planes made with scrap parts are still flying around.
Edit: A lot of new .world users showing up with ChatGPT responses about how this was a conspiracy, reminds me of an article i read this week.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/657978/reddit-ai-experiment-banned
I’d be more likely to believe that Boeing tried to kill him if he didn’t die
The risk/reward analysis goes against assassinating the man. Despite prevailing opinions on executives around here, they’re not fucking stupid, especially at the level of one who could order a hit. Even if several were involved for plausible deniability, they would all foresee the circular firing squad in the event murder came to light.
Seems like the risk paid off pretty well considering he was testifying about scrap parts in their planes and none of Boeings planes were grounded or inspected as a result.
The risk/reward analysis goes against assassinating the man.
You’re assuming reason and logic. Money addicted billionaire CEO’s are about as rational as crackwhores who need a fix.
Yup, what would the executives actually lose if they were found guilty in the court case? They’d need to find new jobs, but would give themselves fat severance packages.
Corporations suck ass, but this is nonsense.
What would they lose? Going down for conspiracy to commit murder for a start. Murder 1 as well.
I think you misunderstood. I mean the repercussions for courts finding the execs guilty of his accusations is a slap on the wrist vs charges for murder.
Sounds like suicide to me. I feel like Boeing is still largely at fault for bringing him to that point though.
I would hope that if I publicly proclaimed, “I have no intent to commit suicide,” before my suicide then people would…
…at a minimum, state, “Brother that guy proclaimed he had no intent to commit suicide,” every time it was brought up.
…then ideally that additional scrutiny would be applied at a law enforcement level and the case would be handled with extra scrutiny.
So lacking the ideal, I’m here to remind you that just before his suicide he proclaimed, “I’m not going to commit suicide.”
I’m extremely puzzled how this isn’t brought up every time, people need to remember.
yeah that’s what they said!
doesn’t look like anything to me
sounds like America
But one ceo gets killed and the polic and fbi go all in
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they’re just doing their job. protecting the interests of big business and the wealthy.
Chiquita overthrew a government and everyone still loves their bananas 🤷♂️
Right!? We literally have a store called Banana Republic.
So what now we like conspiracy theories when they suit us?
Chat,
Did the Boeing whistleblower who deliberately told his family and friends that he wasn’t suicidal commit suicide?
His own family filed a lawsuit against Boeing that they were responsible for his death by causing his anxiety and depression. Is this the moral equivalent of murder? Probably. Is it the same as pulling the trigger? No. Why not? Because truth, and clarity in speech matter.
Do Boeings actions help deter future whistle-blowers? Yes.
Finding the correct label seems irrelevant.
It is absolutely, and I cannot state this enough, NOT irrelevant. Truth fucking matters.
Boeing was complicit in shortening a whistle-blower’s life. FACT.
Suicidal people lie about being suicidal.
That’s like the first thing you learn Suicide Awareness.
Do suicidal people reach out to their freinds and family to specifically tell them they aren’t going to commit suicide and nothing else?
You’re not going to be able to push your narrative here.
Suicidal people lie about being suicidal. And yes, they do reach out to friends and family.
It’s also important to note here, John Barnett was not giving any sort of testimony that could harm Boeing. That’s not what the trial was over,
No, the trial, or rather the appeal, was over Boeing’s retaliation against John Barnett for his past whistleblowing. Whistleblowing that resulted in Boeing receiving a fine.
That particular case was done and over. John Barnett had nothing more to add.
John Barnett sued Boeing for the wrongful termination, and other retaliation including Blackballing him (talking to other Aerospace companies to make sure they wouldn’t hire him), John lost the court case to Boeing’s high priced lawyers.
John then appealed, and gave testimony in court in front of the appeals judge.
I don’t know if you’ve ever been at a low point like that. Where you think you’ve hit rock bottom, and you hinge your hopes on just one thing going right, only for it to go horribly wrong.
I’ve been to that false rock bottom, and found the depths hidden below it.
Boeing didn’t need to hire some contract killer to pull the trigger.
John Barnett was fighting his wrongful termination for seven years. That’s how Boeing got John to pull the trigger. They drove him to suicide, didn’t need to go any further.
That’s what you conspiracy nuts miss. Boeing ruined a man’s life, and that’s the part that you’re ignoring. Or maybe you heard someone rightfully say that Boeing killed a man, and you thought it was meant literally.
Well said thank you.
Do you actually know anyone suicidal? They usually don’t tell people. They often don’t know themselves. They changed their mind. They’re depressed. They’re anxious. They’re not well. They die suddenly. Everyone is surprised. That is how it goes.
How often do suicidal people reach out to a bunch of their friends and family just to specifically tell them they are NOT going to commit suicide?
Literally all the time. Are you some sort of suicide expert?
Are you a bot?
I do have a real hard time picking all the squares with traffic lights in them…
That didn’t happen. One grieving family friend said that he said that. John Oliver would have a field day with you people lol. Boeing has hurt and killed a lot of people. They do this like corporations do - by cutting staff, evading regulation, buying politicians. Boeing is liable for great harm. But focusing on these conspiracies rather than getting to the root of the problem – that capitalism enables great harm by eroding our society – isn’t helping.
These conspiracies come as a direct result of capitalism. Everybody can plainly see when Boeing murders whistleblowers that it is because of money/their image.
Failure to talk about these conspiracies is a failure to point out the specific failures of capitalism.
Also I assume you actually meant conspiracy and not conspiracy theory.
So Corporations will break any law for profit besides murder?
I trust the guy’s family more than the police lol, so do most people
You’re really bending over backwards to push this narrative.
What “narrative”? It’s on the Wikipedia page. It’s not a narrative, it’s what happened. Like… I really don’t care that much about this specific case. It’s more about the principle, the erosion of truth, the meaninglessness of facts. It’s honestly the same type of thinking that makes right wing conspiracists and I don’t want to capitulate to it. Focusing on a a salacious and improbable event downplays the real “evils” of capitalism, the smaller but cumulative things: the selfishness, the greed of everyday people and how profit motivated corporations enhance and multiply that. Contrapoints (Natalie Wynn) just did a fantastic video on conspiracies that touches on all three points. I would recommend it to anyone.
Focusing on a a salacious and improbable event downplays the real “evils” of capitalism
That’s the thing. These events are not just “salacious and improbable”. These events are actually happening in front of our eyes and they need to be taken seriously. These events are happening as a direct result of capitalism, and not calling it out will just allow the right to set the narrative on those issues.
Not telling people is a heck of a lot different from being about to blow the whistle on a major corporation and telling people “if anything happens to me, it’s not suicide”.
How did “one family friend named Jennifer who can’t believe it” turn into “all his family and friends”
What about tha other one a few weeks off from that one?
How are we supposed to keep track of all these Boeing whistleblowers suiciding themselves all over the place?
Let alone the ones they just maim.
So what now we like conspiracy theories when they suit us?
No shit, Sherlock. Always have. How does this surprise you?
who I do remember is Brock Turner, yes that guy… the rapist Brock Turner. who now goes by the name of Allen Turner. that guy
You mean the pathetic rapist Brock Turner, who now goes by Allen Turner (also a pathetic rapist)?
Well I certainly won’t be purchasing any Boeing products in the near future.
I mean, good luck getting across the country without any airplane tickets.
It’s not that difficult. Just takes some extra time.
Just fly an airline that doesn’t use Boeing that much like Frontier, Avelo, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue, Spirit.
I’d rather support murder than fly Spirit.
Ah yes “the country” that everyone lives in
surely by “the country” you mean 1 of the european ones with easy access to a fantastic network of very comfortable and fast high speed rail
Yes but won’t anybody think of Shareholder Value?!!
He wasn’t rich enough for anyone to care about.
I suppose once you’re responsible for hundreds to thousands of innocent people’s deaths, one more kinda fades into the background without much further effect.
That’s one
But what about
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi
And we still deal with the Saudis like it never happened
This did not happen.
Was there ever a credible investigation?
What’s there to investigate? It was just your normal everyday ‘outside a hotel, the day before your witness testimony to expose how a giant government backed multinational corporation is sacrificing people’s lives for profit, suicide’ It happens all the time!
He already witnessed, right? This was a couple weeks later? Anyway, that’s the sort of details that’d be important.
Actually, no! He was only two days in and had a lot more to go.
Yes.
Do you assume guilt in the absence of an investigation?
Not generally.
I remember thinking how much like Russia it would be to try to damage an American companies reputation, especially one that is providing support for their enemy…
Slow down there, Joseph McCarthy. /s
Not everything fucked up about capitalism can be reasonably pinned on the Russians.
