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  • Parking fines follow the costs-by-cause principle. Thus, qualifying them makes their size dependent on their damage.

    Parking in a fire department safety zone resulting in a delayed fire response can be costly, but even if no fire response was delayed, there’s an opportunity cost for the fire department, because they need to buy way-clearing devices or extended fire response tools, if there is high likelihood of blocked zones or passage.

    There is a whole department of economic science dealing with this, the internalisation of external costs into economic activity (carbon tax is an example).








  • That’s a bit incomplete.

    Those who stay back would find cities, economy, infrastructure and culture crumbling and uprooted. Ghost town culture doesn’t exactly inspire hope and confidence.

    On the other hand, there would be somewhat of a plague syndrome benefitting those.



  • that his support can largely be explained by his compelling, if not mesmerizing hold on crowds.

    Don’t forget that there was massive propaganda to create this narrative, especially after the power grab for the NSDAP and Nazi movement.

    I think he was likely good at instilling anger in his temporary audience. There’s a lot of emotion transported.

    Also important to note: The 1933 power grab and the totalitarian regime in the next 12 years wasn’t Hitler’s work alone. The German electorate, Hindenburg and those who followed knew what they were doing.