NoahFeb 22, 2023
The Mormon Church is being fined 5 million because it hid a 32 billion dollar investment fund. This was not accidental. The SEC proved that both the investment firm and church went to great lengths to knowingly hide these assets. For the folks playing along at home, that’s a fine of 0.016% on the investment. Imagine lying on your taxes and you hid an extra $100K offshore and the IRS said “No sweat, pay us $15.63.” If there are no other repercussions, that’s not a fine, that’s encouragement.
Show threadPhDog 🇮🇪Feb 22, 2023

@monkeyninja

David Graeber got an economist to admit that he was not aware of single case where a company was fined more than the profit it turned breaking the law. He summarized this as the government saying: "Do all the crime you want, but if we catch you, you have to give us a cut."

Show threadsxpertFeb 25, 2023
@dogfox @monkeyninja David Graeber is so dumb (like most rightwing pundits) he doesn't understand that "the government" is not an entity outside of society, but represents the society as a whole.
Show threadPhDog 🇮🇪Feb 25, 2023

@sxpert @monkeyninja

You might want to hit up Google, my guy.

Show threadsxpertFeb 25, 2023
@dogfox @monkeyninja he's a libertarian. nothing good come from them. they're the right-wing side of anarchists
Show threadbusta kittenFeb 26, 2023
@sxpert @monkeyninja @dogfox tankie alert hahaha wtf
Show threadsxpert
@Iguanadelmar dumbass alert
Feb 26, 2023 at 4:44pmWeb
Show threadbusta kittenFeb 26, 2023
@sxpert @monkeyninja @dogfox hey whats up go suck on stalins shriveled balls