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There is a certain amount of evidence that if enough people start using the arbitration clauses, companies start reconsidering them and returning to standard cl
by jerf 4y ago
There is a certain amount of evidence that if enough people start using the arbitration clauses, companies start reconsidering them and returning to standard class-action clauses. Companies for a long time were using arbitration in no small part precisely because nobody knew how to do it. But every person who goes through the process learns how to do it, and even if they start with Company X, that makes it that much easier to go after Company Y later. So over time knowledge is diffusing out. If the arbitration clauses offend you, you can take concrete action to help getting them out of the contracts by using them yourself.
- glitcher 4y agoAnd imagine if we started teaching high school kids about these types of tools to help them navigate the real world! I barely understood the broad picture of how government was supposed to work, much less offered any "applied" knowledge of the systems I would actually need to interact with as a citizen.