This way the wealthy people redistribute those sats to all other users, so that may be an interesting effect... (compared to a national government collecting fines, with sats all of this can happen directly, which is cool...)

It's definitely tricky to predict the actual behavior and it will be also changing over time as the community on SN grows and transforms. 


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It doesn't eliminate it any more than paying a speeding ticket eliminates the need for speed limits. The point is to deter unwanted behavior. 

If you're taking someone to hospital it might be warranted to break the speed limit and you're comfortable paying for the speeding ticket (should you get one).

If there's a problem with fines/fees as a deterrence in general it's that wealthy people will be able to break the rules more.