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by SuoDuanDao 1645 days ago
One thing that occurs to me is that the 'jungle law' is fairly one-sided in who can predate upon whom. We all laughed at the lady who won a big settlment for being burnt by coffee she spilled, or the people sueing Mcdonald's because they were overweight. But maybe those were opening salvos in a war that currently has the megacorps winning more ground than they should. Perhaps the parents of the next radicalised young person should sue Meta, and perhaps the jury should help take them to the cleaners. It seems to be working against Monsanto. Perhaps we need to recognise that we don't care nearly as much about how protective the megacorps are as we care about our ability to turn the tables now and then.