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It is terrifying that this is happening in our country, and that our likely next prime minister supports it.

"More than the entire world's GDP" is just a massive understatement here.

Let's put this number in context. The highest estimate for the number of planets in our galaxy is 8 trillion. If we terraformed, settled and developed every single one of those planets, to the point where every last one had the same total GDP as Earth today, it would still not be enough to pay this fine.

How far short would we be? Would we need to settle and develop two entire galaxies worth of planets? Ten? A hundred? A thousand?!

Nope. Twenty million. We would need to settle TWENTY. FUCKING. MILLION. GALAXIES. Each containing 8 trillion planets. Each planet containing about 8 billion humans.

That's how comically, ludicrously, impossibly large this fine is.

Well, can't say fairer than that.

Yeah, I did try to stress that just because I can't envision a use for it, doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. I'm totally OK with that. My question was more "Am I the idiot here for not being able to see what the use is?"

Both of the recent Japanese Godzilla movies (Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One) actually do an excellent job of neutralizing the military factor.

Conventional infantry tactics from 1945 certainly don't work. We haven't fought like that in forever.

Modern infantry tactics would be "Sit inside my nice warm armoured vehicle while the gunner shreds everything with a 25mm autocannon." And I think that would work just fine against zombies.

Also any competent military shouldn't have the slightest difficulty getting headshots on a slow moving target that isn't trying to evade or use cover.

I mean it with 1000% seriousness when I say that it took an actor of Tim Curry's calibre to let that pause drag out that long.

They could start by upping wages. It takes a year or more of the most brutal training for can imagine just to get into some of the trades in the military, and they get paid peanuts for it. Some of that training can literally kill if you fuck up. Yet there are service members living in tents or out of their cars because they can't afford rent.

Obscurity is not the same thing as security.

Yup.

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/billionaires-emit-more-carbon-pollution-90-minutes-average-person-does-lifetime

You know those can be self hosted, right?

And yes, by all means just set up your own Wireguard or OpenVPN access if that's what you prefer. You do you bud.

Also, all these people are climate wreckers.

The average billionaire emits more CO2 in 90 minutes than you will in your entire life.