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s0nicfan posted...

But the decision makers in the Deepwater example COULD have been brought up on charges but weren't. Two BP employees were hit with manslaughter charges, for example, but those were later dropped. Your issue seems to be more with existing enforcement, which doesn't require a massive new government process to fix.

it does, actually, because the basic concept of a corporation shields them. it limits liability for corporate actions from the board, and places that liability on the corporation itself. that means that the most we can do is fine the company.

s0nicfan posted...

But you're still pretending like it wouldn't have catastrophic effects on people who did nothing wrong. We don't punish murderers by tagging the entire block they live on as "murderer territory"

the cause of the catastrophic effect would be the board breaking the law. the net effect would be the board not breaking laws.

also, employees of a corporation are not comparable to people who live in the same neighborhood. they are employees.

punishment still has to fit the crime. and a nationalization would almost certainly be followed shortly by an auction sale of the asset to raise money to fix the problem caused by the corporation.
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