Summary
The family of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, who died by suicide in 2024, is suing Boeing, alleging that harassment and intimidation after he raised safety concerns about the 787 Dreamliner plant in Charleston, South Carolina, led to his death.
Barnett, a quality manager for nearly 30 years, reported safety issues such as metal shavings near control wires and faulty oxygen systems.
The lawsuit claims Boeing’s conduct caused severe mental distress, including PTSD and depression, resulting in his suicide.
Boeing expressed condolences but has not commented further.
i hate being stuck in a country that pardons literal insurrectionists and condemns whistleblowers. even before the magatrumpistan takeover, it was the same shit when edward snowden spoke up
It tells us that, we live in a country and a world, where evil entitled assholes, drastically outweigh the people doing the right thing.
In a perfect world, Whistleblowers would be praised, Snowden would get a Medal of Freedom and insurrectionists would be jailed or put to death for traitorous crimes of old.
But, reality doesn’t agree with that, whistlerblowers are committing suicide, Snowden is permanently in Russia because he’d likely be in prison by the US and insurrectionists are pardoned.
Where and when did we fucking go wrong?
Capitalism is a worldwide problem, but in the USA Citizens United was a significant step. When it happened everyone said that it was only a matter of time before democracy collapsed in the USA and the billionaires had complete power. It seems the predictions were right.
it’s a story of corruption, cults, and mind control
https://harvardpolitics.com/in-god-we-trust-how-american-christianity-became-republicanism/
https://newrepublic.com/article/188337/cultural-christianity-taking-conservative-movement
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156642544/more-than-half-of-republicans-support-christian-nationalism-according-to-a-new-s
no, religion didn’t cause this, but the capacity to believe something to be true just you want it to be true (faith)–and no one’s allowed to criticize your “sincerely held religious beliefs”-- 100% allowed this to happen
edit: finally found the quote i was looking for by barry goldwater:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/5/19/1385982/-50-Years-Ago-Barry-Goldwater-Saw-the-Future
unfortunately, as of now, that fight is lost
Lack of and/or the dumbing down of education, and a huge dose of propaganda.
we keep voting for the lesser evil because we keep swallowing propaganda like “voting 3rd party is unrealistic” and “we have the best system in the world”.
Oh, we earned Trump alright.
Yep, it’s why gullible people fall for con artists that play off the truth you are pointing out