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Yes. To be fair all low value financial punishments are ethically reprehensible on this ground. They don’t dissuade anyone with money because the consequences a

by uuyi 5y ago

Yes. To be fair all low value financial punishments are ethically reprehensible on this ground. They don’t dissuade anyone with money because the consequences are low or easy to appeal and people who are poor are punished harder. This ends up in a situation where punishment causes an even larger cultural divide or pushes people to other crime to make ends meet.

sidpatil 5y ago
Some systems address this by scaling the fines to income. Finland comes to mind.
- uuyi 5y ago
  That doesn’t really work either. I can afford to lose 75% of my income in any month. I have been in a situation where losing 5% of my income is financially crippling.