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It may reach the point of fixing the court process eventually, but understanding why it's an issue is also an important first step. The how this issue is going
by bduerst 10y ago
It may reach the point of fixing the court process eventually, but understanding why it's an issue is also an important first step.
The how this issue is going to be fixed will probably be a long time coming, unfortunately. Give it time.
An interesting first step would be to include more transparent disclosure of the third parties who speculate on these court cases. Thiel very obviously knew this would backfire if it became public, which is why they kept it secret for so long.
- csallen 10y agoI hope you're right, but I'm not so confident. People as a whole are not systems thinkers. We tend to take systems for granted, and assume they are eternal and unchangeable. I think this case is a perfect example. It's hard to mobilize the masses behind something boring and complex like court reform. It's easy, however, to incite them to hate an individual person, especially if he's a billionaire. Even on HN, it's mostly people attacking/defending Thiel himself. Also, for what it's worth, the fact that something backfires in the court of public opinion doesn't mean that it's bad. It could just mean the public is under-informed or easily deceived.