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How about just letting people opt in / out of legal interpretation? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11940771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11940771
by Natanael_L 10y ago
How about just letting people opt in / out of legal interpretation?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11940771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11940771
- Dylan16807 10y agoThere are good reasons you can't waive away certain rights, especially seen in the areas of employment and rent.
- roywiggins 10y agoYou can't sell yourself into chattel slavery even if you are an "expert." For good reason. Either you allow those sorts of contracts or you acknowledge that some contracts are unconscionable. Being able to opt out of the legal system would result in private "security" forces with the legal right to hold you upside down by the ankles and shake until you pay up (but, hey, the interest rate was better than the payday loan company that didn't make you sign away your rights, so you took the one with the opt-out). The result would be something out of "Snow Crash." Or a TV sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLfghLQE3F4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLfghLQE3F4