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> The poorest often don't own a car. The poorest may not, but the working poor are likely to be highly dependent on some cheap, old vehicle. > Yes, some laws
by lamontcg 2y ago
> The poorest often don't own a car.
The poorest may not, but the working poor are likely to be highly dependent on some cheap, old vehicle.
> Yes, some laws disproportionately hit certain demographics, but not speeding is not one of those.
WFH software developers are probably going to be hit a lot less than someone who needs to drive from where the cheap rents are to the job site every day.
And that was a comment on performative liberalism.
And the "if the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class" aphorism applies.
- astrange 2y ago> And the "if the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class" aphorism applies. This is the kind of thing that's only repeated by slumming upper-class children, the same ones who live in Brooklyn, have leftist podcasts, and think it's actively good when you see someone smoking crack on the subway because it's "cool". Actual working class people don't like it when other working class people speed near them or commit crimes! (It's also a very American statement, because in other countries the upper class is not the people with the most money, it's the people with the most tradition and social status. Or they own a lot of land but are cash poor.)
- sokoloff 2y ago> Actual working class people don't like it when other working class people speed near them Survey 100 working class Americans and ask if they think another working class American should receive a ticket for driving 65 in a 55 on an Interstate. I’d be shocked if even 5% of them wanted that outcome. 50 in a 25? Sure. 100 in a 55? Sure. But I doubt they want perfect enforcement, which is the topic being discussed here.