Post #4012435

@joshbuddy@sfba.social @ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu @tante@tldr.nettime.org @toriver@mas.to @ErikJonker@mastodon.social Not sure about other countries, but the US is composed almost entirely of rules which cost far more to enforce than they save. New York City spent tens of millions on cops to fight tens of thousands of dollars of fare evasion (e.g, turnstile hopping) for the subways. San Francisco routinely spends tens of millions of dollars on cops to harass unhoused people and throw their stuff away, when it would cost less than a tenth of that to simply pay for apartments and social workers for all of them. In this case, the rule isn’t meant to be perfectly enforced.