Our Traffic Light Hero

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I think lobbyists from tech companies talk cities into this, and once they get 1 month of increased revenue, there's no going back. The tech companies have very slick sales pitches- costs you nothing, we'll do all the work, it makes your city safer, etc. etc.

And they're all connected to the Military Industrial Complex, so this is the militarization of cities, like the militarization of police.

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    I got a red light ticket a few years back... $550 or so, and it costs more for poor people who need a payment plan! I was mad, but it was justly my own fault and the yellow was plenty long, so I didn't try to fight it.

    Why the city thinks that much money is an appropriate punishment though, that's the question.

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      [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

      Oh, that'd be a dirty trick, random times for the lights. I think it's all about generating revenue for the city, which is a perversion of criminal justice.

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        I want IRC back too.. maybe I'll get around to it this weekend. These new features sneaking in like sub muting were not part of the plan.

        [–]FormosaOolong 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

        Yet I cannot bow low enough, or enough times, in gratitude for the bounty that is Mute Sub. My whole experience of Saiddit is expanded and uplifted and I thank you for making this happen.

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        Thank you. Yeah it was super hard and took forever, but I imagine that this site might have died without it.