1/... "What’s so jarring about all this is not simply the laughable insignificance of the fines in all of these cases, but the fact that every single data point we have points to the same picture: #Tesla is a routine, systemic polluter that ignores environmental laws across every aspect of its business..Tesla knows the cost of violations is so low, it makes effectively no effort to meaningfully comply with any environmental law."
2/ "If you’ve ever wondered how Tesla makes money on EVs when nobody else can, the fact that it has a free pass to violate every environmental law on the books while receiving unprecedented subsidies for its ostensibly positive environmental impact should clear up any confusion" https://niedermeyer.io/2024/02/02/its-the-impunity-stupid/
3/ "The monster turning Twitter into a Nazi CSAM hellscape, like his monstrous car co that is wantonly polluting...
This is the one thing scarier than Elon #Musk..they exist in their current monstrous states precisely bc we can no longer summon the polit will to do anything hard. Musk is the ugly reflection of our collective ineptitude, apathy, stupidity& as long as he goes unpunished he will cont to pollute our phys &mental environ in ever more grotesque ways"
@zdl@octothorpe@GottaLaff@lolgop@lisamelton it's a good idea, but the details get annoying. Doing it on gross turnover it too easy on high margin industries, but doing it on profit has trouble with all the barely profitable companies getting off easy.
I like fixed fines for smaller businesses, they are just easier to administer. But big ones and publically traded ones should have all fines levied as a percentage ownership is given to the government. Too many and the gov now runs it.
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