Remember, kids: "Punishable by fine" is capitalist for "Legal if rich enough."

@LexYeen Agreed.

One exception - I’ve heard of countries (I think it was in Scandinavia) where some traffic fines were based off of income. So a $250 fine for one person was bumped to something like $250000 for someone with a much, much higher income.

Unfortunately, I don’t know of other countries where fines are levied that way. And a fine can seriously harm one person is chump change for another.

@DeltaWye @LexYeen
I've heard it claimed about Finland.

It's not the case in Sweden; I do not know the status of Norway/Denmark/Iceland.

@timjan @DeltaWye @LexYeen Sweden absolutely has "dagsböter" for some things but sadly it is not used for e.g. speeding tickets.

@clacke

@LexYeen @DeltaWye

True, but dagsböter are capped: the absolute maximum one can be ordered to pay is 150 000 SEK
(150 dagsböter @ 1000 SEK).

(That's on the order of 15 000 USD).