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It's like fining Epstein $100.
$500 million dollar fine.
All C level execs caned for 100 strokes publicly. Top investors guillotined in public.
That's how you make this stop.
The government doesn't want it to stop, it's in their interests to keep it going.
$1mil fine sends a message "polluting is fine as long as you cut us, your friendly government, in on the graft."
That may be fheir interest. I only care about my own interest in this case. I want all this billionaire leniency and apologetics to stop immediately.
Frankly the entire business community is begging to be disciplined. This is beyond just the billionaires. The entire business community is drinking some tainted water and is off the chain.
I want so badly for an actual consumer and environmental agency to start laying down the law and shutting things down. I thought public opinion would reach the point of effecting change by now, but instead the sheep are just screaming "baaaaa" and the people who get it are vegging out to a YouTube video about how plastic is killing us or the risks of overfishing. Houseflies are less shortsighted and selfish than a distressing number of human beings. Props to the dedicated MVPs out there networking, shining a light on corruption, protesting environmental racism and classism, etc, especially the independent journalists.
The MVPs get to do what they do because there is enough buzz and energy going the same way in the trenches. You bet those MVPs are reading social media to check the temperature.
We are their environment.
No modern precedent in public awareness yet. Too much opposing precedent in praising and following wealth, power, faith, and confidence. Even if some judge DID push for something like this, and it DID take place, there would likely still be a MASSIVE violent social backlash. Not to say that's not a good idea, because it is and that's how you set precedence, but we either need to work our way there or you need somebody smart, powerful, and wise enough to do it without the resulting backlash ending up destructive to the goal of actually fixing it.
There's no way it would be clean, but I guess we can all hope and just try to get through whatever happens. That's evolution, eh?
Did you forget about Luigy?
Not only was there no backlash, the public was publicly celebrating. Also, United Healthcare was approving every claim for 6 months. Obviously this is the language of the Epstein class. They speak it and they understand it.
No, the public is ready. There is no problem with the public in this aspect at least.