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Freedom of Contract: Help divest me of this brainworm
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Our existing frameworks for consent aren't very good, probably for these reasons. It's tough to draw the line between inducements and coercion. Contracts are OK if they're a fair agreement, but unless the two agents have an equal power balance they're not going to sign a fair contract. For instance, a job contract will take surplus value for the employer. Presumably, it's better to approach this by eradicating class than at the individual level of tweaking how contracts work.
Absolutely. I think this is the core of what I need to take from 'here's a thing I understand intellectually' to 'this is how I feel about the world on a gut level'