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The most money winning (and using lawsuits to stifle criticism) is very much a part of how society works these days (and arguably always has). See, for example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_publ...

Money might not buy happiness but it buys an awful lot of power.



SLAPPs are bad, but Google any company + settled or lost lawsuits. For example, here're some I could find on McDonalds:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/16/mcdonalds-settles-discrimina...

https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/operations/mcdonald...

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/former-mcdonalds-workers...

The oldest of these is from end of last year.

Edit: tone down phrasing




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