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The only way to damage the big companies is with proportional fines.
You destroy the environment? 50% of your income gained in every country goes to those countries. I don't know why this isn't being advocated anywhere because measuring income is easy, the company has to do taxes and if they don't, 75% fine with the profits correctly calculated.
Just bleed them dry.
Because its much more profitable for the lawmakers to pocket a 150 million donation and leave the law alone.