• Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Exactly. Fines don’t work for corporations or the mega wealthy because they don’t have teeth. Pegging the fine to the actual income earned from the crime, and ensuring it’s no longer more profitable to just pay the fine and continue doing what you’re doing, is like, the only way to continue if we want to use fines as a deterrent.

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      6 months ago

      Pegging the fine against the personal assets of the executives/board responsible for the crime would be more effective.

      Fining a corporation just hurts the the employees.

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        6 months ago

        I mean, that’s fair. We can talk specifics, just something to make sure the fine has teeth. How we decide to do that is another topic.