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Brian Thill
@brianthill.bsky.social
Author, WASTE (Bloomsbury) | PhD from UCI | Writer @ The Atlantic, Guardian, Salon, UMinn Press &c. | Just finished writing a novel; now writing another one
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People often point out a public figure's hypocrisy ("He said X, yet refused to fund Y! Interesting!"). But I'm reminded of what @mskellymhayes.bsky.social@prisonculture.bsky.social say: it's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. This applies to data like this too. Budgets are ideological instruments.
Last year the NYPD spent $150 Million to catch people who weren't able to afford to pay the subway fare. They collectively owed just $104,000 in fares. Instead of funding cops to shoot people, why not use the money to make public transport free for people who can't afford it?
The NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000 - Hell Gate
The massive increase coincided with just a two percent decrease in serious crime.
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Brian Thill
@brianthill.bsky.social
Author, WASTE (Bloomsbury) | PhD from UCI | Writer @ The Atlantic, Guardian, Salon, UMinn Press &c. | Just finished writing a novel; now writing another one
1.1k followers640 following2.4k posts