• iguessimlemming@lemmy.ml
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    14 天前

    I get your point. I’m thinking more generally - damages, disruption, distress. Those can’t be questioned IMO. Why not a general lawsuit? Make them pay to build better infrastructure to survive the mess they made (and made us buy into)

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      14 天前

      In principle you’re quite correct

      The legal system, in most countries, was never designed to accommodate such a plan sadly.

      You’ll run into issues proving both forseeability and causation from specific acts to specific outcomes.

      There’s so many factors and an interdependent system, allocating burden is a challenge for a jury.

      It can be done, it has been done in specific cases, but a general attribution of blame is going to struggle