Middle ground in inherently non-equal relationships (employer-employee, landlord-tenant, etc) doesn't usually work because the areas close to the line need cour

Middle ground in inherently non-equal relationships (employer-employee, landlord-tenant, etc) doesn't usually work because the areas close to the line need courts to sort them out, and courts cost money, which one side of the relationship doesn't have, so what happens instead is that the line inches slowly but surely in favor of the powerful side of the relationship because no individual can afford to challenge it. There are some ways to combat those effects - for instance, large statutory damages make the reward larger, and unionization makes the individual risk lower - but by far the simplest and most direct is to sacrifice nuance to at least avoid a worst-case option.