California just made it illegal to take a shower and do laundry on the same day. $1,000 fine if you go above your allotted 55 gallons of water per day. Utility companies encouraged to spy on you to ensure compliance. Isn't socialism FUN?https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-03/its-now-against-law-california-shower-and-do-laundry-same-day …
Exacting a fine as a means of provisioning a scarce resource and attenuating an associated negative externality in a matter that disproportionately penalizes poor people isn't socialism. It's, like, orthodox, contemporary capitalism... Plus, the article was willfully wrong.