I was just reading about a violation of the Canadian fisheries act that has a maximum penalty of $200k, and realized the absurdity of there ever being a maximum fine.

There should be no maximum fine on any corporate penalty given that we do not cap the size of corporations or their bank accounts.

It would be like having maximum jail terms of 25 years for immortal beings that can live to 10,000.

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    2 hours ago

    Hmm. That’s a very good point. And if corporations are “people”, they should be the only people subjected to capital punishment.

    Cause serious enough harm? Fuck you, you’re ALL getting fired. Or at least everyone in management; the ones who actually do the work rarely have any agency in the situation, so yeah maybe don’t punish them. At least minimize harm, maybe nationalize resources and break it up.