Sulvor [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agoLA wildfire victims face exploitation as landlords hike rents in violation of emergency lawswww.nationofchange.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down10
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkLA wildfire victims face exploitation as landlords hike rents in violation of emergency lawswww.nationofchange.orgSulvor [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareRedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·4 days agoIf you have no enforcement, you have no laws. Exploit now, slap on the wrist later. That’s the American way!
minus-squareSulvor [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·4 days agoAnd that slap on the wrist is just the cost of doing business!
minus-squareDragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoWhen someone looks at a punishment for a crime and thinks “worth it.” That punishment is not severe enough.
minus-squareRoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-24 days ago“Punishable by fine” just means “it’s legal if you can afford it.”
If you have no enforcement, you have no laws. Exploit now, slap on the wrist later. That’s the American way!
And that slap on the wrist is just the cost of doing business!
When someone looks at a punishment for a crime and thinks “worth it.” That punishment is not severe enough.
“Punishable by fine” just means “it’s legal if you can afford it.”