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[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 66 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Metric system, right-hand traffic, ISO 8601, high taxes on the rich, someone's power being used as a multiplier in punishment.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

"I'm afraid you formatted the date incorrectly on this birthday card. Any last words before we hang you?"

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

This is not 'Nam, there are rules.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would like to add free/accessible healthcare for all

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I like the Scandinavian system of fines for breaking the law. They're scaled based on your annual income so a speeding ticket isn't just a fee for the wealthy.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Still a fee for the wealthy. If I earn a million a year I can easily give up 90 % of that and still live comfortably. That's not the case for someone who earns 100,000.

Still better than a flat fee.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

($93k vs $9300 for those who prefer USD)

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK, of the Scandinavian countries it's only Finland that has that system.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

In Denmark if you are charged with hazardous driving the police can confiscate your car. A Norwegian who had bought a Lamborghini in Germany took the trip through Denmark back home and hit 228 ~~km/t~~ km/h. He lost the car and will never get it back.

Source (in Danish): https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2023-12-25-nordmand-fik-beslaglagt-sin-nye-lamborghini-efter-vanvidskoersel-men-naegter-at-acceptere-dommen

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Sure, and while I think that's a good idea, it's not really the same thing. Even though a rich person is more likely to drive a more expensive vehicle, you can have wealthy people driving sensible cars (especially the really wealthy) and lower income idiots, I mean people, having saved up and taken out ridiculous loans to get their expensive dream car that they can't afford. Confiscating those two vehicles would be the complete opposite of equality in terms of financial pain.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Good choices. Fixed-rate fines are unfair. To someone living on minimum wage, a $500 fine can be devastating. To someone pulling down a huge salary, not so much. They’re essentially unequal punishments for the same violation.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yup. And not just fines imo. For instance, a cop who rapes or blatantly assaults someone, especially on duty, should have their sentence at least doubled due to the power dynamics.

[–] finley@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If the punishment for all of those is death, and one’s power is a multiplier in punishment, one must reasonably assume that everyone has the same level of power.

[–] BastingChemina 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget ISO216 for paper size. It does not make sense that the US is still using "letter" and "legal" paper size.

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why does it matter, just print stuff, supply the correct paper or material for your project, then move on.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

We need one more rule: can't defend cluster fuck murican paper sizes

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Metric system comes with metric (decimal) time and republican calendar