New Florida law signed to prevent protection for workers from extreme heat (opens in new tab)

It's not psychotic at all if your moral calculus includes abstract superorganisms like nation states but doesn't include humans.

Of course, is having such a moral calculus psychotic?

So.... what prevented people from dying before I wonder?

Yes, this is a time-tested approach complete with shopworn phrases you have definitely heard from lobbying firms and their boughten politicians.

One day they ominously warn of 'one-size-fits all solutions"; in the very next breath, on a different issue, it's a "regulatory patchwork" that threatens honest capitalist.

Unimportant because voters have negligible per issue power in American politics so "Tough Guy" Ron can do almost whatever he wants. Also, brutality is one of the Six Sigmas[0] and core value of American conservatism.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat_to_Move_Forward

Politics shouldn't be shunned because politics permeate all aspects of life, from individuals to populations, including, of course, business. If we can't have civilised discussions about politics, then it's a different problem.