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Lobbying; at least in its current form. Corporations being treated as people when it benefits them, but not when it would hurt them. Executives not being held legally accountable for the harm they inflict. SJC-Legalized bribery (as βspeechβ). HOAs. The Bail system. Legislatures redistricting themselves. Racial profiling. ICE. For-Profit prisons. For-Profit Healthcare. Destroying our ecosystem for profit.
Attempting to mislead a person for financial gain.
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"ask me later" on phone apps. No means no!
Fixed prices for fines. These should be based on a fixed percentage, not fixed dollar amount, of a persons overall wealth. None of this bullshit that can bankrupt a poor person but be the price of admission for the rich.
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Being cruel to other people by hiding behind some power imbalance.
I don't want to live in a society where the consequence for this behavior is a meaningless fine.
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Having wealth over 1000 times the median family income.
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Circumcising a child.
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Private financing of political campaigns, lobbying, billionaire tax evasion, corporate personhood, corporate tax evasion, wealth over 100 million, private equity in housing or healthcare, employment dependent health insurance, misinformation presented as news, not enforcing laws on the wealthy, corporate subsidies, big farm subsidies(small community farms only), gerrymandering, for profit prisons and felons running for office.
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Companies reporting price increases as "adjusting for inflation" when the price hike does not match inflation should have the entire C-suite going to the gulag. We need to unironically do what China does with its rich, terrorize them and make them walk on eggshells and hand out ridiculously harsh punishments to management when a business commits a crime.
Also, campaign promises made by politicians running for office should be legally binding. If something they said would happen did not happen, they should be tried for treason and the burden should be on them to prove beyond reasonable doubt that they tried everything they possibly could to keep the promise but forces they could not possibly overcome prevented them from succeeding. Maybe then they'll only promise things they actually intend to do.
Willful violations of the Constitution. Right now, elected officials can brazenly disregard the Constitution and the worst that happens is they are told not to do that again in the future, pretty please.
Capitalism
Leaving a shopping cart in a parking space instead of bringing it back to the cart shelter.
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Political lobbying and lifetime politicians.
Generally think mandatory minimums are unjust, but political corruption. It's wrong per se but also has downstream negative effects on society.
Lying as a politician.
Maybe you shouldn't be chomping at the bit to kidnap people and lock them in cages.
Advertising.
earning more than 360,000 usd per year.
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Anytbing that annoys me personally.
A lot of very important things have already been suggested and I agree with most. I won't just re-state what others have said, instead I'll suggest a pet peeve of mine.
People who say "I love that for you". It's like nails on a chalkboard to me, it's always said in such a condescending and disingenuous way by every person I've ever heard say it, I just can't stand hearing it now.
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Telling any support staff individual
"It just says error."
Punishment compounded based upon the degree of detailed information you simply decided to not bother reading before seeking assistance.
Lol
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Kittenhood. The minimum sentence: lifetime of cuddling, free food and play.
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Advertising, political parties and religions. All of them.
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Noise making that disrupts other people's tranquility.
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Neighbors with dogs that bark all the time.
Transphobia
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Not raising your children.
capitalist relations
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