Aug 19, 2026, 11:58 AMretooted Emeritus Prof. Christopher May
And the Grenfell disaster still has the power to shock:
The cladding company Arconic paid more to shareholders for the financial damage caused by their role in the fire than they paid to the actual victims....
Given that the insurers paid out most of the money, it makes it all the clearer that investors' economic welfare is regarded as more costly than the loss of real lives.
This is capitalism at its sociopathic worse!