StarkRGJun 15, 2023

Megacorprations should be fined $10 bn everytime they suggest poor people should give up or reduce their need for basic necessities of life.

Here's an idea, how about megacorps go without their fucking tax loopholes for a year or two? Use that money to pay for heating and cooling every single home in Australia for a decade.

#FuckNewsCorp #FuckMudoch #LateStageCapitalism #AusPol

Show threadKevin Karhan Jun 15, 2023

@StarkRG +9001%

Also if the penalty for such a crime is just a fine it'll only be illegal for the small / "poor" corporations...

Just like violating #GDPR & #BDSG or even #COPPA...

Show threadStarkRGJun 15, 2023
@kkarhan It could be a progressive fine, similar to the progressive traffic fines they've got in Finland (where your fine depends not just on the amount you were speeding, but also your yearly income). But, you're right, we should just tax them like they're supposed to be.
Show threadKevin Karhan Jun 15, 2023

@StarkRG i mean progressive fines are the only working way to male it an actual penalty...

I.e. $16k in traffic tickets is a bad joke.for #Bezos since he makes that in share value within minutes...
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/3/21120476/jeff-bezos-washington-dc-renovate-apartment-home-parking-tickets

Jeff Bezos paid more than $16,000 in parking tickets while renovating his DC mansion

News organization WUSA9 found that people racked up more than $16,000 in parking tickets on the street outside Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ new Washington, DC mansion.

The Verge
Show threadStarkRG

@kkarhan $16k could be appropriate for *one* parking ticket.

I once wrote a story which involved a small society (11 people) where punishments were decided on almost equally between the aggreived and the griefer. At one point someone winges about a proposed punishment and is reminded that a punishment that doesn't hurt isn't much of a punishment at all.

Jun 15, 2023 at 8:26amWeb
Show threadKevin Karhan Jun 15, 2023
@StarkRG in the case of #Bezos those were > 500 accumutated tickets, so not really a punishment at all...