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merouan | 10 months ago

Governments are pushed to do things to protect people by the people. Seat belts were not a thing (i.e., required by law) until there was sufficient public pressure to make them so. Heard of Ralph Nader? Food is made in unsafe conditions and governments are fine with it until there is pressure - have you ever heard of "The Jungle"?

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imgabe|10 months ago

Yeah, you'll notice that we didn't get seat belts in cars by boycotting car companies until they promised to add them.

merouan|10 months ago

Your point being? There are multiple levers we can pull, sometimes this one, sometimes that one. That is no surprise.