Will I Ever See the $36MM Oberlin College Owes Me?
I went to Oberlin. Yes it's too 'woke' but this story is actually backwards from my perspective. There's more to this story and unfortunately it has nothing to do with Gibson's.<p>Gibson's is a small business targeting the lower end, with revenue likely in the low/mid six figures per year. It's like a convenience store which sells some groceries and baked goods. Coffee was near $1.00 in the mid 2000's. If someone were to sell Gibson's on a reasonable market, it would sell for less than 1M, I would guess more like 100k if you were to discount physical assets (which could be sold even after boycott).<p>36MM is completely absurd from an economic perspective. Instead, something else is going on here.<p>Conservative news outlets have made Oberlin a punching bag, and that must've percolated to this jury's award. It was meant as a political signal from biased citizens to punish Oberlin for being liberal in a now red-leaning state.