Ozmd
There is no single person that can be held responsible for the failure of modern products. All modern devices are designed by committee, built by teams, and approved as suitable for sale by a panel of expert testers.
Unfortunately the products are also built using the cheapest materials, for the lowest cost, using the cheapest labour, as quickly as possible, and marketed for the maximum price the market will bear.
The pressure comes from the financiers, who also operate in packs and are answerable only to their investors. Since many investments are made on behalf of pension funds and investment schemes linked to stock market performance, ultimately the pressure comes from members of the public who want to see their savings and pension funds doing well.
So YOU are the root person responsible. But of course you are only one of millions or billions of investors, so it can't possibly be your fault, can it?
99.99% Of savers haven't got a clue how their money is invested after they pay it into a bank or savings scheme. All they care about is how much profit or interest the investment makes and to hell with the consequences.
People need to read the fine print and find out if their savings are being invested ethically, it is all there in the annual reports. If all you care about is maximising your personal return as an individual, then you or others may end up paying for it with their lives.
Last edited by G0ULI; 22nd Mar 2015 at 02:37.
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