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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by _jal on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @01:16PM (#25931694)
> If you think the fines are not big enough

With crimes like these, it is nearly definitional.

It is trivial to put a price on the value of an action like this; if the fine for the action is less than it grosses, it is just a tax.

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Re:GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine by mLuby on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @02:16PM (#25932543)
> if the fine for the action is less than it grosses, it is just a tax.

And not just the actions regulators catch, but the others too.

    do { new Crimes() } while ( fine(Crimes.detected) < profit(Crimes.all) )
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