@TDCN@Showroom7561 I really like this law in principle, but without *free* rehab, or really any other drug recovery assistance, and without a good social safety net, it does inordinately punish poor people. Yes, if the person is a rich asshole, 300% take *all* their cars. But sometimes the person is poor and using alcohol to just feel less shitty about their life and need the car to be able to have a job. Not that that’s good, but it *is* a reason to not take their car…
@neonregent@TDCN@Showroom7561 It’s Denmark. Country with functional public transport system. Country, where you really don’t need to own a car to have a job…
@kytkosaurus@TDCN@Showroom7561 and in Denmark, this is an excellent law! In the US, it absolutely isn’t. But people see it working (I assume?) in Denmark and think “yeah,we should do that here!” and don’t think about the disparate consequences for poor people in places where a car isn’t just a commodity but a prerequisite for living on par with (and arguably more so) a house or apartment that often people can’t afford to replace once lost.
@TDCN @Showroom7561 I really like this law in principle, but without *free* rehab, or really any other drug recovery assistance, and without a good social safety net, it does inordinately punish poor people. Yes, if the person is a rich asshole, 300% take *all* their cars. But sometimes the person is poor and using alcohol to just feel less shitty about their life and need the car to be able to have a job. Not that that’s good, but it *is* a reason to not take their car…
@neonregent @TDCN @Showroom7561 It’s Denmark. Country with functional public transport system. Country, where you really don’t need to own a car to have a job…
@kytkosaurus @TDCN @Showroom7561 and in Denmark, this is an excellent law! In the US, it absolutely isn’t. But people see it working (I assume?) in Denmark and think “yeah,we should do that here!” and don’t think about the disparate consequences for poor people in places where a car isn’t just a commodity but a prerequisite for living on par with (and arguably more so) a house or apartment that often people can’t afford to replace once lost.