https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_Petroleum_Holdings#Paria_Fuel_Trading_Company_diving_tragedy
Of course, there is no direct admittance of “we knew it would be cheaper to let them die.”
Instead, they say “we had no legal obligation to rescue them.” That’s the answer for the people who were born yesterday.
Big oil truly is a disgusting thing.
Well you see, when the people with all the money make the rules, they go out of their way to ensure they never see an inkling of the consequences of their behaviors.
It’s not logical, as so many things in modern society aren’t when you take a step back and think about the Why’s of the way things are. But society at large is beaten down and starved enough to not question it.
“It’s just the way things are”
But it’s not the way things could be