General Discussion

What part of being levied an unpayable (but ultimately non-mandatory) fine isn't meaningless? It's not accountability. At most, it's just a perverse exercise in ambiguity so people can feel satisfied they've done the hard work to quantify...............something unquantifiable. Is the absurdity of "great deliberations to fabricate appropriate numbers" as an exercise in justice not apparent? I think it would be better if we'd all just agree to acknowledge that meaningful justice is difficult. Yet it is impossible without a restoration of balance. The universe demands it, and cultures become lost in the weeds of indistinction without it.

BTW, everyone is followed by their past actions. That's life. If she'd been sentenced to climb a mountain, carrying a crushing weight every day, that would be legendary, even mythical, impossible but not meaningless.