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by littlestymaar 1064 days ago
> The assets get stripped and sold off to the next company who can just continue to do the same thing.

But the shareholders of J&J lose everything, making the ones of the next company think twice before doing the same… Whereas with the shell company bankruptcy, J&J shareholders losses are limited, and they still own and run the company that killed thousands of people.