[gptgpp]

Yes, in a more practical sense, to quote Liu Cixin, "If I destroy you, what business of it of yours?"

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7216658-if-i-destroy-you-wh...

In a similar sense, can you reasonably object to being eaten by a man-eating tiger?

We create corporations who's utmost responsibility is feduciary in nature, we make capital the lifeblood of our society, and then act shocked and horrified when capital trumps human life, and corporate interests hold similar priorities?

Seriously. How did anyone think gutting the workforce and the ability to do safety inspections in a reasonable manner would turn out in any other way? How did the regulatory agencies think this was acceptable? The quote by Cixin is the only explanation.

That disaster I cited in Quebec was many years ago, yet a scathing report was released that effectively nothing has been done to meaningfully/substantially regulate the railways. An entire town was wiped from the map. What business is it of theirs if they are ground to dust by industry? Ultimately we are all meat for the machine :)