• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I was gonna say, $1B for the damage they’ve caused spreading disinformation alone is a bargain.

    • Programmer Belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      The only way to damage the big companies is with proportional fines.

      You destroy the environment? 50% of your income gained in every country goes to those countries. I don’t know why this isn’t being advocated anywhere because measuring income is easy, the company has to do taxes and if they don’t, 75% fine with the profits correctly calculated.

      Just bleed them dry.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Because its much more profitable for the lawmakers to pocket a 150 million donation and leave the law alone.

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    Hope they win. BP alone has $206.042B in revenue just within the last year. It’s going to take a lot of lawsuits to even make a dent, but you gotta start somewhere.

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    Puerto Rico has to be one of the worst victims of the industry with also the least recourse due to a lack of statehood