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U.S. Chemical Safety Board could be eliminated

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386 points z991 | 5 comments | 23 Jun 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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drjolly ◴[24 Jun 25 01:15 UTC] No.44361936[source]▶
I think this is pretty consistent with the old school 1950s views of the current administration. Companies can prioritize profits over people again. Yeah, dump in the rivers, dump in the woods, just drive around in circles dumping in an empty lot. You don’t need masks- give everyone cancer and blow some shit up, maybe get some acid burns. Super-fund sites? When was the last one we had anyway- we need more of ‘em- lots more! Let’s let the kids eat the lead paint and complain of the smells wafting into their cars from the chemical, paper, etc. plants on road trips, just like the olden days!
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heavyset_go ◴[24 Jun 25 01:48 UTC] No.44362130[source]▶
> I think this is pretty consistent with the old school 1950s views of the current administration.

The effects are functionally the same, but I think the ideology and rhetoric behind then and now have changed.

There really isn't a purportedly "principled" system of logic behind these decisions, in the past these decisions would be dressed in principled rhetoric no matter how heinous they realistically were.

They aren't even bothering to dress it up in rhetoric that says there is something noble behind these decisions.

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1. tehjoker ◴[24 Jun 25 02:11 UTC] No.44362264[source]▶
The principle is the rate of profit is falling, competing countries are rising, and they want to unleash the private sector in the hopes of raising GDP growth significantly enough to retain hegemony. This won't work, because they're fucking stupid, and they'll damage the health of the population and the productivity of the land and waters going forward, but there is a logic to it.
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2. heavyset_go ◴[24 Jun 25 02:18 UTC] No.44362313[source]▶
I agree, I'm commenting on the outward justifications that are used to placate the public.

In the past, a mountain of ideology and rhetoric would justify these decisions to the common person in an effort manufacture consent. They aren't even bothering to do that.

3. atmavatar ◴[24 Jun 25 03:01 UTC] No.44362528[source]▶
It's more like the current administration and the billionaires behind them are acting like private equity. Now that they have control of the government, they'll dismantle anything they can and set us on a path to destruction to squeeze out every bit of value they can for themselves.

Those most responsible are either betting they won't be around long enough to deal with the smouldering wreckage or planning to ditch before the country hits rock bottom.

4. Euphorbium ◴[24 Jun 25 06:08 UTC] No.44363281[source]▶
Remember when putting lead into atmosphere made entire gnerations stupid by lowering IQs? Maybe that is the goal.
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5. potato3732842 ◴[24 Jun 25 17:54 UTC] No.44368876[source]▶
In a kind of ironic way, if those people hadn't been so goddamn stupid maybe the government institutions they created and expanded wouldn't all be reputationally bankrupt and subject to dismantling by populist billionares.