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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
actually the fact that you have the ability to go to a court system is in itself a remedy. Just like you can sit and do nothing about it. These are called choices. You have choices, unlike in some countries where you don't have any remedy to cure the situation.
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Nope. That's not what I'm saying at all. You're not in a position to lecture me about choices. I'm glad that I have choices, and I am willing to exercise them strategically to achieve the outcomes that I find the least unacceptable.
What I'm saying is that the existence of those choices is directly attributable to living in a country whose government is willing and able to tell private businesses what they can and can't do. If I lived in a "free market" I wouldn't necessarily have those choices and that would be a shame.
Or the short version: unregulated capitalism is bad idea.
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You're calling a system broken wherein you actually have to take action and be responsible for taking that action. You basically are saying that the system is broken because you have to use it.
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The system is broken because all systems are inherently broken. Systems are broken because they actually exist.
What I am saying is that a broken system which at least attempts to account for the well being of people is better than a broken system whose only concern is the production of capital.
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I'd agree with you if the system was broken where in you had no ability to take the landlord to court. That is a broken system, but here you've outlined a system that compels some sort of relief. It may not be immediate, it may not be instant, it may not be simple. But you do have recourse.
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I know I have recourse. The fact that I have recourse is a good thing. If our system was a pure free market system I wouldn't have a recourse. That's the whole point of what I have been saying. Regulation is necessary and good in moderation.