Agartha_Noble on Nostr: I think there's a political-science argument to be made for not using fines as a ...
I think there's a political-science argument to be made for not using fines as a method of punishing bad behavior, because the fungibility of currency provides an attractant for corruption on a scale that isn't really paralleled by power-tripping. The funding creates a perverse incentive, and an alternate avenue for funding. Caning is probably the morally and politically superior method of punishment for misdemeanors.
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