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Re:Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement by micromacrofoot on Friday June 28, 2024 @11:06AM (#40821361)
There's no strong legal structure to allow it, the US justice system strongly favors the rich and corporations. Loose consensus isn't enough if there's no legal mechanism to do so.

The deal was pragmatic in the absence of a clear path for actual consequences.

It would be easier to rally an angry mob at this point.

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Re:Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement by BugsJustFindMe on Saturday June 29, 2024 @02:51PM (#40832639)
It sounds like you agree with me, since this is exactly a variation of it being hard to claw back, which is annoyingly analogous to letting rich people get away with whatever they want including theft and murder because trying is hard.
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Re:Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma opioid settlement by micromacrofoot on Sunday June 30, 2024 @09:01AM (#40836925)
"Trying is hard" is kind of an edge-lord take on an incredibly complicated problem. People have been trying to fix this longer than we've been alive.
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