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Enforcing such a policy via mass surveillance is a bit Orwellian though isn't it?
by Dig1t 3y ago
Enforcing such a policy via mass surveillance is a bit Orwellian though isn't it?
- hhh 3y agoNo value judgement here, but how else would you enforce it?
- mock-possum 3y agoMore cops! More traffic stops and checkpoints! More inspections and fees! No wait fuck nobody likes any of that. Okay what about buyback programs. What about trade ins. What about tax breaks and government subsidies for buying newer vehicles with less hem fuel emissions? What if instead of paying to enforce a law, you paid to change the conditions that lead to the problems that the law was created to address in the first place?
- hugh-avherald 3y agoEvery tax break is a tax increase for someone else. Buying polluting vehicles would encourage people to buy harmful things because they would expect the government would eventually pay them off (or equivalently would discourage people from buying less polluting vehicles early, lest they miss out on a bailout).
- wcoenen 3y ago> Okay what about buyback programs Already in place. https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/scrappage-schemes https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/scr...
- c4ptnjack 3y agoIs that more Orwellian than say anti-theft camera systems or red light cameras at stoplights?
- Dig1t 3y agoIt depends on who controls the cameras, but yes generally every added means of surveillance by a centralized power takes us closer to an Orwellian society. anti-theft cameras less so, because they are controlled by individual people, but as seen with Ring doorbells, the government can still access them, so it's pretty creepy.
- mock-possum 3y agoSeems about on par to me