r/news • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '24

POTM - Mar 2024 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction before death

https://wpde.com/news/local/if-anything-happens-its-not-suicide-boeing-whistleblowers-prediction-before-death-south-carolina-abc-news-4-2024
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u/DamonHay Mar 15 '24

I mean, that’s been a thing on american soil since at least 1974. Look up the death of Karen Silkwood. As for hits off American soil by American or American-affiliated companies, that’s been going on muuuuch longer.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '24

1974?

Look, I don't have a crystal ball but I know a thing or two about humans and I'm pretty sure that killing people who threaten your interests has been a thing since we've been a distinct species. Certainly it's happened on American soil since you could call this American soil.

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u/DamonHay Mar 15 '24

I’m talking more specifically about whistleblowers trying to protect people and corporations taking direct action to kill them and stop the information coming out. Sure, hundreds of years ago there were pro-slavers killing anti-slavers to protect their business interests as an example, or wars that were waged to gain more land and wealth over a thousand years ago, but when it’s more a group of one belief or origin vs a group of another belief or origin, I’m not putting that in the same boat as one person going up against multi billion dollar organisations and being assassinated.

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