Lots of people here are ok with being abused by rich and powerful aasholes if it gives them the opportunity to become rich and powerful aasholes themselves.

It's the whole "I want corporations to do literally whatever they like with no oversight, because when I run a corporation one day I want to be able to do whatever I want with no oversight".

HN commenters see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed CEOs.

Good one. I see what you did there!

I wouldn't describe people working at Big Tech making $12,500 per month gross as "exploited proletariat"

The corporate bootlickers posting certainly see themselves as temporarily embarrassed CEOs

I'm writing this out of pure curiosity - if you were to discover that the vast majority (more than 90%, say) of human beings that have ever lived in Human history are quite well described by what you just wrote, would you reconsider your worldview?

What world view is there to reconsider? They are pretty much stating the fact, unless we're revising facts now.

imagine thinking breaching contract is illegal.

I mean, the wording is shady, but exiting contracts isn't some end of the universe event, you pay whatever penalty are present for the contract termination and that's it.

People are also free to sue for monetary damages incurred from having to pay upfront whatever work they had to do to prepare their roof, and again, doesn't make exiting a contract illegal.

Parent is right in not jumping the shark and branding things names they aren't.

breach of contract is not a criminal offense, but very likely to land you in a civil suit on the losing side.

and? that's beyond the point being made. a tort gives the other party a legal liability, and still is not necessarily deriving form an illegal practice.

heck, it's not even clear if it's actually a breach of contract since they were willing to return deposits etc.

So, you think breaching a contract isn’t illegal, yet people can go to court and win?

What rules do you think courts use to make judgements?

absolutely. court will do enforcement of the clauses and will apply remedies for damages if a tort is found. doesn't make breaching contract against the law, unless a law is violated while breaching the contract (i.e. fraud)

so by contrast you think the ever given being late against their delivery contract is illegal?

Mate, what do you think 'contract law' is?

what controls what thing can and cannot be in a contract