| ▲ | In Praise of Vultures(pluralistic.net) | |
| 2 points by hn_acker 9 hours ago | 2 comments | ||
| ▲ | hn_acker 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
The tech section: > Of course, the point of binding arbitration was never to create a streamlined system of justice – it was to bring about a world of no justice, where you have no right to sue. It's part of the decades-old "tort reform" movement that the business lobby has used to take away your right to sue altogether. Any time you hear about a seemingly crazy lawsuit (like the urban legends about the McDonald's "hot coffee" case), you're being propagandized for a world without legal consequences for companies that defraud you, steal from you, injure you, or kill you: > https://pluralistic.net/2022/06/12/hot-coffee/#mcgeico > That's why companies (like Bluesky) are now trying terms of service that also ban you from mass arbitration, while retaining the right to consolidate claims into a mass arbitration case if that's advantageous to them: > https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/15/dogs-breakfast/#by-clicki... > But Keller keeps finding creative ways around binding arbitration. He's currently bringing thousands of arbitration claims against Google, on behalf of advertisers whom Google stole from (Google is a thrice-convicted monopolist, and they lost a case last year over their monopolization of ad-tech, where they were found to have defrauded advertisers). | ||
| ▲ | yepyoukno 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> capitalists really hate capitalism Like conservatives hate conservatism! “One virtue is greater than two, for it is more of a knot for one’s destiny to cling to” - Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche | ||