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Re:Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game de... by rightbyte on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:10AM (#28264232)
Is fixing wages illegal, like price fixing?
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Re:Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game de... by Frost1x on Sunday August 22, 2021 @07:07AM (#28264515)
If it's not it should be. You can't push free markets for everyone else then controlled markets for yourself (I mean you can, but it's hypocrisy). I'm tired of the double standards businesses and the capital ownership class have.
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Re:Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game de... by noasaservice on Sunday August 22, 2021 @09:45AM (#28265401)
"If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class."

-Final Fantasy Tactics

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Re:Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game de... by anchpop on Sunday August 22, 2021 @11:12AM (#28266109)
if the fine is the cost of the externality divided by the odds of getting caught, then the incentives are still aligned
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Re:Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game de... by aaaaaaaaaaab on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:34AM (#28264355)
It violates federal antitrust law.
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Re:Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game de... by ClumsyPilot on Sunday August 22, 2021 @06:48AM (#28264421)
Do we have law and order?
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