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   D's lack of faith in humanity (denniskoch@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 04:35:06 JST D's lack of faith in humanity

   Make laws where, when people profited from an illegal act, they lose all the money made during that period plus and additional fine that was a percentage of those gains.

   Corporations are people, corporations should spend time in jail (figuratively), pay fines, lose rights if convicted (including the ability to make political donations) until they've paid their dues financially and in time.

   Boards and C-level exec should be held accountable and lose the ability to hold those positions in future companies.

   This applies to price gouging during a pandemic.

   If people really gave a shit about capitalism, then they'd make and enforce laws that reduced the chances that corporations would do anti-consumer bullshit.

   Capitalism won't survive the current state of "profit no matter what". While I'm ok with that to a certain extent, I'm also not ready for the pending complete collapse of the economy because I just don't have enough ammo.

   #capitalismsucks

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 04:35:05 JST fu

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     • Paul Gill Rider
     @denniskoch @smilingheretic or acknowledge that corporations are not people and that limited liability laws should be abolished and the owners of corporations should be fully liable to the extent of which they own it.
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     D's lack of faith in humanity (denniskoch@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 04:35:41 JST D's lack of faith in humanity

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     • Paul Gill Rider

     @fu @smilingheretic Well, I'd definitely agree with you - but it won't happen with this Supreme Court for sure!

     Citizen's United (corporate personhood) and Buckley v. Valeo (the dollar = free speech) both need to be overturned to unfuck the campaign finance side of the equation that is keeping congress beholden to corporations. If that happens, maybe congress will start looking out for people but I'm not holding by breath on any of it.

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     fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 04:35:46 JST fu

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     • Paul Gill Rider
     @denniskoch @smilingheretic in my opinion it's a better solution than the one you offered, and no less likely to get political support.