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by f38zf5vdt 1544 days ago
There are some optimists here.

- Pharmaceutical companies trash generics and lobby both directly to doctors and governments

- The sugar and food industry has had a significant role in informing consumers that their obesity was their fault and not the fault of their products

- The oil industry has had a significant role in informing consumers that climate change was their fault and not the fault of their products

- Fruit/vegetable companies I don't even want to get into (look up Chiquita/United Fruit Company)

- Anything to do with any major retailer/distributor and unions

They aren't "dirty" tactics so much as "profit maximizing tactics" and they are inherent to capitalist mega-corps.