[shreezus]

$5.9M is not even a rounding error for a $2T corporation.

[Dylan16807]

The crime was also not even a rounding error.

The important thing is whether the punishment fits the crime.

[anigbrowl]

In terms of profits gained, perhaps. It might have catastrophic consequences for workers who suffered accidents directly or indirectly (eg crashing a car while driving home from an exhausting shift).

[p51-remorse]

The law, wisely, usually doesn’t do the butterfly effect thing. That way lies madness.

[EasyMark]

If the criminal doesn’t even feel it, then it doesn’t fit the crime. $5.9 million is nothing for Amazon to pay in order to avoid unionization

[paulddraper]

How much of that corporation is California?

[givemeethekeys]

You mean the 4th largest economy in the world? I'd imagine it is quite significant.

[lukan]

"If California were a sovereign nation (2024), it would rank in terms of nominal GDP as the world's fifth largest economy" (wikipedia)

Still surprising.

[paulddraper]

Because Google, Meta, etc are based on CA doesn't mean that Amazon does a promotional amount of business or employment there.