Aurelius on Nostr: It’s not about public safety. It’s about an efficient system of resource ...
It’s not about public safety. It’s about an efficient system of resource extraction that maintains fear and compliance among the poor and disenfranchised.
And it’s a greatly regressive tax, those tickets are. A guy who makes 300k a year is barely punished by a $200 ticket. A guy who makes $15 an hour is obliterated. That ticket is designed to put that second man in jail for skipping payment…then he’s a slave of the prison system, netting the corporation that runs his prison $77/day.
And it’s a greatly regressive tax, those tickets are. A guy who makes 300k a year is barely punished by a $200 ticket. A guy who makes $15 an hour is obliterated. That ticket is designed to put that second man in jail for skipping payment…then he’s a slave of the prison system, netting the corporation that runs his prison $77/day.