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>However, the judge is punishing Elon (the person) via collateral damage to his other businesses

How else is the judge supposed to punish Elon then, if he doesn't live in Brasil? All the judge can do is go after his assets in Brazilian jurisdiction. Yes, 40% of a company is also an asset in many jurisdictions.

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Why is he supposed to be punished personally tho? The matter is with the company, the company should be punished.

Because I think CEOs should be held accountable for their companies not complying with laws.

you are the CEO of ACME company, one of your employee broke a law but in the name of your ACME company, you are going to jail.

very shortcoming rhetoric

You're conveniently leaving out the the part where the CEO is not complying with the court ruling before being sent to jail. Employees, companies and CEOs making mistakes is not the problem, not complying with the court ruling is, that's what tends to get people in jail.

Are you incapable of differentiating between X (Twitter) the corporate and Elon Musk, the human entity?

You can differentiate them and still see the relationship. Musk has businesses in Brazil, and needs to comply with local laws. You may agree with the law or not, but you may not claim ignorance of it in order to get away from punishment.

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