• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      That seemed a bit ridiculous, so I checked. You’re right, except it’s not just revenue, it’s profit. They make about $900k profit every minute.

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        It is still insufficient, but it’s also disingenuous to use the profit of their global operations to say the fine is a small cost of doing business to their California warehouses.

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          5 months ago

          Does the fine have to be paid from profits made in California? If not I don’t see why this is relevant, other than semantics.

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            If it costs a company more to do something than not do it:

            Then they won’t do it.

            To make a truly genuine argument you would need to use their profit from abuse in warehouses in California, where they were fined.

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          5 months ago

          That is absolutely insane. Completely bonkers. They’re making more money in one day than most businesses have made over the course of the founder’s entire life, throughout the entire history of the world.