> I don’t think punishing stock holders makes any more sense than punishing all of Germany after WW1 did. Come on, stockholders are nothing like the subjects o

> I don’t think punishing stock holders makes any more sense than punishing all of Germany after WW1 did. Come on, stockholders are nothing like the subjects of a hereditary monarch. > You need to cut the head off the snake, not nibble at the tail. A hypothetical corporate death penalty should start at the top, then cascade down some amount of “tiers” down the executive chain. You need to do both: punish the owners and their agents. What you're proposing is akin to punishing the generals and general staff, but letting the Kaiser get off scot free (including keeping his position).