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The most money winning (and using lawsuits to stifle criticism) is very much a part of how society works these days (and arguably always has). See, for example,

by dhosek 4y ago

The most money winning (and using lawsuits to stifle criticism) is very much a part of how society works these days (and arguably always has). See, for example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ... Money might not buy happiness but it buys an awful lot of power.

throwaway290 4y ago
SLAPPs are bad, but Google any company + settled or lost lawsuits. For example, here're some I could find on McDonalds: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/16/mcdonalds-settles-discrimination-lawsuit-with-herb-washington.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/16/mcdonalds-settles-discrimina... https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/mcdonalds-settles-one-its-discrimination-lawsuits https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/mcdonald... https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/former-mcdonalds-workers-win-15-million-class-action-sexual-harassment-lawsuit https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/former-mcdonalds-workers... The oldest of these is from end of last year. Edit: tone down phrasing