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It would be nice if everyone did that, but I don't actually believe that they will. Oh well... It would be nice if everyone had the wherewithal to. It would be
by dfxm12 8y ago
It would be nice if everyone did that, but I don't actually believe that they will. Oh well...
It would be nice if everyone had the wherewithal to. It would be nice if they did that it would have a lasting impact. There are a few problems though.
"The Machine" is set up so that we don't have the time or money to actually fight these claims. I certainly can't miss time from work to deal with much of this. Maybe if it'll bankrupt me either way, but for every little error I've come across, the lost time and wages aren't worth it financially. Am I going to go into debt to sue someone just to prove a point? No. That would be a terrible use of my resources.
Also, these agreements we enter into are written with technicalities built in. To expose them would take an intricate knowledge of contract law. Companies rely on this imbalance of knowledge and power to take advantage of us. Even if there is a successful claim it's not like it would automatically set a precedent or retroactively void existing contracts or prevent new loopholes to be written into new contracts.
Action from private citizens is a band-aid here. Something needs to come from a higher power. It would be great to have a government that works for us in this regard, but they side with big business here. It sucks, but it's a reality of the machine.
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