Comment on Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that?
How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Good question and good examples. With things like forced arbitration in user agreements I’d love to know more on how to turn things around on this.
Buttflapper@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I spoke to a lawyer about something similar to this recently and he basically just laughed at me. Told me there is no way it’s worth it, would cost tens of thousands of dollars to fight it in court and would basically have no gain to me personally at all. Overturning such a small amount no matter how wrong or immoral it is would be extremely costly on both sides but they have way more money to throw at the issue than I do which I totally agree with honestly. So you can do something that’s totally immoral, just as long as you have tons of money behind you to pay for it
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
And this right here is one of the fundamental injustices of the American legal system. It’s completely fucked that some conglomerate can basically railroad an individual into poverty from a bullshit lawsuit and that private individuals without deep pockets essentially have zero recourse in the legal arena.