It is, the single largest corporate fine in American history, and it's $40 million less than what this jury gave Alex Jones.
Honestly, this judgement is so astronomically, ludicrously, insanely, high that it probably won't stand in appeal, even though "Alex Jones". When you add that this is the result of a default judgement, this basically makes the Connecticut courts look entirely illegitimate. The only reason courts exist is to exude legitimacy. This level of stupid in the jury's decision actually can't stand. Even if it has to be reduced to $500 million dollars, it genuinely can't stay at just under $1 billion.
If you seized every asset he has ever owned, and ever will own, in his entire life, and then seized his entire direct and indirect family and made them work as slaves until they died, and then did the same with all of his employees and all of their families, you still probably wouldn't get anywhere near $965 million dollars. Most people have a gross lifetime income of just above a million dollars.
For contrast:
JP Morgan Chase was given $925 million in fines ($40 million less) for having explicitly manipulated the entire global financial trade on precious metals for 8 years while having a near monopoly on the global supply of silver.
It is, the single largest corporate fine in American history, and it's $40 million less than what this jury gave Alex Jones.
Honestly, this judgement is so astronomically, ludicrously, insanely, high that it probably won't stand in appeal, even though "Alex Jones". When you add that this is the result of a default judgement, this basically makes the Connecticut courts look entirely illegitimate. The only reason courts exist is to exude legitimacy. This level of stupid in the jury's decision actually can't stand. Even if it has to be reduced to $500 million dollars, it genuinely can't stay at just under $1 billion.
If you seized every asset he has ever owned, and ever will own, in his entire life, and then seized his entire direct and indirect family and made them work as slaves until they died, and then did the same with all of his employees and all of their families, you still probably wouldn't get anywhere near $965 million dollars. Most people have a gross lifetime income of just above a million dollars.
Communists love generational punishments.