So... this is an old thread that I linked through to but figured i would add my two cents;
I also saw MM's film about dead peasants insurance and after reading again about it just now I cannot help but think that there is a sinister incentive for corporations subscribing to this form of insurance to actually cause employees harm.
What is preventing a corporation that is experiencing economic troubles from 'cashing in' on employee 'misfortune?';
There have been a statistically unnatural number of deaths and suicides in the banking sector of executives - ones who apparently can be linked to criminal activity from 2008 forward - in another recent article I read in the Guardian and reading about this got me wondering how many of these dead bankers had this sort of insurance against them? What a perfect crime - steal money from the public via massive fraud (CDI's) and then kill the 'middle management' who had knowledge of criminal wrongdoing and might point the finger at the top execs, all while making millions off their deaths via collection of insurance policies - that those employees might not even know were ever even taken out on them.
I wish that this didn't seem like such a real possibility but when it comes to money, and the things that people will do for large amounts of it, this seems all too possible.
We all know that there is no 'social contract' any longer with corporate America and that CEOs and executives are general clinically 'psychopaths' who will do whatever they want at whatever cost to enrich themselves - even destroying their own companies. So is it a stretch to surmise that there might be some dark forces out there being employed to 'off' employees who might be whistle blowers -- or just for the money?
Something to chew on...
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