That is definitely not true of people who drive at 60 mph on 25 mph roads, people who rob banks, and people who sexually abuse children. Law enforcement officers usually find out about these crimes, they make vigorous efforts to arrest such people, and they usually succeed. People only get away with things when nobody notices. That is why drunk drivers often continue for years without being arrested.
I do not think the conscience prevented people from committing crimes in the past more than it does today. I do not think people were more moral or decent in the past. They were about the same. Law enforcement and social standards have more of an effect on behavior than people's own personal morality. KKK terrorism in the south was much worse than anything we have nowadays. It was sanctioned by the states and by law enforcement, so the criminals had nothing to fear. If police officers were to look the other way and ignore bank robbers, many more banks would be robbed.
For 20 years or so, political leaders decided it was okay to let the Sackler family kill 500,000 people for profit. The Sacklers had billions of dollars giving them political influence. They could hire so many hot shot lawyers they could not be touched. They never will be. The $4 billion fine is a minor annoyance for them. The Sackers are homicidal sociopaths, as I said. There are thousands, probably millions of other homicidal sociopaths in the U.S. and everywhere in the world, but they hardly ever manage to kill hundreds of people, never mind 500,000. The Sacklers are right up there with Pol Pot and Nazi regime in the annals of 20th century genocide. Millions of other people would love to do what they did, but law enforcement, courts, and other institutions usually prevent them. People here rail against Big Pharma, claiming it kills for profit, and it lies. Obviously some Big Pharma companies do that! The Sackler's company Purdue Pharma did. Many other pharma companies would do that, if they thought they could get away with it. Some of the CEOs are sociopaths. We know this because sociopaths are everywhere in society. But the CEOs know they cannot get away with murder. They would probably be caught and punished, unlike the Sacklers. So they abide by the law. No doubt they are jealous of the Sacklers, just as many people envy the Mafia.
A point by point reply would be long winded, I'm not much into debaters.
But if every time someone broke a rule and it was of consequence to step in to change things it would be rude to just kill them without knowing why. or who" did it. like whats going on now.
an attempt to stop all this gets deleted,
Warning sent are twisted
Again, starting a fight with Satin -Some call Clayton
This is going to end one way or another.
but its best to know who' is not the boss.