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Hey tech billionaires, if you want to talk about radical change, let’s abolish venture capitalism (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Fines should scale with wealth. If a billionaire gets a parking ticket, the fine should be tens of thousands of dollars.

Fun side effect is this might encourage the cops to bother the wealthy instead, which might lead to police reform.