Comment on The European Commission Re-Imposes €376.36 Million Fine on Intel for Anticompetitive Practices in the Market for Computer Chips

sadreality@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• jay9@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This seems pretty reasonable to me - just because someone gets a parking ticket doesn’t mean they should get their government benefits cut off

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  • BloodSlut@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes, but fines for financial crimes should be greater than, or at the very least, equal to the money gained from said crimes.

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  • sadreality@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I guess once you accept that legal entities are people subject to preferential treatment by the state, this logic checks out.

    Money for buy backs of shares does not come from no where, taxpayers got to pitch in.

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• irmoz@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Really??? Ah, why am I surprised…

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