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I don't understand the difference between forced arbitration and sharia law. I don't think the courts do, either, seeing as they've ordered raped/stalked women
by pessimizer 2y ago
I don't understand the difference between forced arbitration and sharia law. I don't think the courts do, either, seeing as they've ordered raped/stalked women and labor-trafficked children into "spiritual arbitration" through the Church of Scientology.
In a future so near as to have happened a few years ago, monopolies and near-monopolies can force people who use their services to submit to arbitrary private legal codes and systems of judgement. It's almost like giving up your citizenship. It's like how the US government doesn't have to follow the law in Guantanamo, except Guantanamo is Walgreens, or Amazon.
edit: I just had a 10-second nightmare where giving Walgreens my phone number and hitting "I accept" on the screen at the checkout, in order to get the sale price, somehow prevents me from suing my doctor for malpractice after a horrible medical accident. I thought I was just selling my privacy, but I was actually selling my rights as a US citizen.