alphanerd4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoThe NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000hellgatenyc.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1505arrow-down124cross-posted to: usauthoritarianism@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1481arrow-down1external-linkThe NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000hellgatenyc.comalphanerd4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square53fedilinkcross-posted to: usauthoritarianism@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down6·8 months agoSaving money is just an excuse: The cruelty is the point.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoThe point is to blindly enforce the law. That is cruel, and we need to rethink it, but there’s a degree of separation between that and being purposefully cruel.
Saving money is just an excuse: The cruelty is the point.
The point is to blindly enforce the law. That is cruel, and we need to rethink it, but there’s a degree of separation between that and being purposefully cruel.