Its not often I come across a situation worthy of the word diabolical, but, this would certainly be that.
It's ok to be angry about capitalism
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It's interesting. In terms of PR, it's a horror show, although perhaps Disney is almost unassailable in that regard. Given the sum of money involved (tiny, for someone's death), the case is probably more expensive to fight than to just make the payout, so I would guess Disney wants to test the point.
However, the idea that you can sign up to a Disney product and forgo any ability to bypass arbitration to sue them seems absurd and outrageous, particularly when extending from one area of delivered service (e.g. streaming) to another (visiting a park). One the other hand, legal commentary seems to think the courts will close that argument right down, or at minimum severely constrain it in some way.
It’s probably one of those ideas that when said to a lay person sounds incredibly stupid and that the difference should be self evident. Then people with actual legal education start making funny noises and flicking through books and realise that if someone smart enough makes a compelling enough argument, it might stand.
Honestly, I don't think a company should be permitted to put that sort of provision (waiving a right to sue) in the small print to customers under any circumstance.
I would take the view that for small purchases by the general public, the expectation can be made that a customer will not read the small print, and therefore a legal onus must lie with the company to be reasonable. In a court case, the burden lies on the company to demonstrate that whatever item that they wish to enforce is reasonable, proportionate, and relevant. So for instance if they want to slip in a measure that they think is not, they would need to do something to draw specific attention to it (e.g. a tick box).
Pluralistic has a load of great articles about the intense shittness of capitalism's worst abuses.
leading to...
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At this point, I don't think capitalists know what capitalism is
Shapiro is a smart enough grifter to know what he says doesn't need to be true or make sense, it just needs to make the plebs listening think what he wants them to.
So, not exactly the ideal thread, but...
Mike Lynch is (was) a British tech entrepreneur who created a company called Autonomy, which way back when was bought by Hewlett-Packard for ~$11 billion. However, HP shortly after had to write down $9 billion on its new purchase due to alleged accounting irregularities. Lynch was later extradited and tried for fraud, being acquitted in June 2024. Then...
www.theguardian.com
And then it also turned out:
www.theguardian.com
Sure, this is almost certainly coincidence, but it's the sort of thing that can't help but make you wonder...
Mike Lynch is (was) a British tech entrepreneur who created a company called Autonomy, which way back when was bought by Hewlett-Packard for ~$11 billion. However, HP shortly after had to write down $9 billion on its new purchase due to alleged accounting irregularities. Lynch was later extradited and tried for fraud, being acquitted in June 2024. Then...
UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch among missing in Sicily yacht sinking
One man dead and six people missing including Lynch and his daughter after superyacht carrying 22 sank in storm
www.theguardian.com
And then it also turned out:
Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in US fraud trial ‘fatally struck’ by car while jogging
Stephen Chamberlain was VP of finance for Autonomy, the firm co-founded by British tech tycoon missing in Sicily
www.theguardian.com
Sure, this is almost certainly coincidence, but it's the sort of thing that can't help but make you wonder...
To be fair, they just didn't want to spend the lawyer money to be involved in a trial that they'll probably win because they don't own or control the restaurant in question. They dropped it because of the bad PR. They're being sued because of three things:
- They're the landlord for the restaurant.
- They advertise the restaurant on their website, including that it claims to be able to accommodate allergies (and they'll likely claim that that information was supplied to them by the restaurant).
- They have extremely deep pockets.
Yeah, that was a spectacularly bad PR move to even caught considering.
Very informative clearly communicated interview. Educated British lady voice may help too, is not often I hear such issues laid out so matter-as-factly (factly is word now, shuddup!)
If it don't start at intended intro of interview, then 25th minute is the stamptime
