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>this attitude is being deliberately nurtured by big businesses to erode support for class-action lawsuits While this may be true that's not my issue with this

>this attitude is being deliberately nurtured by big businesses to erode support for class-action lawsuits While this may be true that's not my issue with this. I know that class-action suits are not meant to make injured parties whole but that's exactly what I take issue with. The fact that a company can essentially pay away its mistakes, when most are knowingly made, is a direct result of the lawyers. I can't help but think of Fight Club - if the cost to change the offending process/product is more than the cost of potential lawsuits, the change isn't made. While that's good business, it's immoral and wrong.

labawi 6y ago
> a company can essentially pay away its mistakes It would be hard to find a company or person that actually does something without breaking any laws. Not caring about less relevant things and then possibly paying some fines seems an integral requirement of current legal and social systems, not a result of lawyers or courts. Mistakes, omissions or wilful ignorance w.r.t. less serious matters - not immoral or wrong IMO. Knowledgeable intentional transgressions (not a mistake) or mistakes with serious, dangerous matters - bad, sometimes very very immoral and wrong.