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But the point of the fine in this case is clearly not restitution, but disincentive. Justice in this case is ensuring everyone is equally incentivised to follow
by _benedict 2y ago
But the point of the fine in this case is clearly not restitution, but disincentive. Justice in this case is ensuring everyone is equally incentivised to follow a law that society thinks everyone should follow.
If the goal were only to ascribe economic harms to certain actions and reclaim those costs, it would be called a tax or a fee, not a fine.
- beaglesss 2y ago[flagged]
- gordyf 2y agoGood -- such a person doesn't deserve luxury waiters and servants.
- milch 2y agoInstead of being the discretionary income of this philanthropic rich guy who would graciously give it all away to his servants, those 100k go to the Swiss government, which famously provides no public benefit or services and in fact just sets the money on fire
- illiac786 2y agoAh, the trickle down economics, debunked many times, never dies off. https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/to-put-trickle-down-economics-to-rest/ https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/to-put-trickle-d...
- me_me_me 2y agosome people will never understand and at this stage i think its pointless. Lets have a look at two examples of parking in a disabled person space if you make 30k a year, have no savings, $100 is major expense. if you make $1m a year, $100 is just a vip parking space. Both people should be equally de-incentivized to illegally park in a disabled people parking spots. The proportional fines are the only way to get close enough to that state.