It also puts access to the law outside the hands of regular people. If you don't understand the law, your choices are:
a) spend money you don't have on a (((lawyer)))
b) embrace a life of criminality and be divorced from the system
c) let people who *can* afford lawyers push you around
A year or so ago, my corporate landlord sent out a notice to all their tennants (probably in the 10s of thousands) asking for a top up on the last months rent deposit. Most people paid it (it was generally less than $50) but I looked into it and it turns out they were clearly calculating the amount incorrectly, based on the law as written. I told them this and they basically replied "nuh uh". I reported it to the Landlord Tennent Board (which governs stuff like this) and they just said "If you don't owe them, don't pay". Nobody cares if the law is broken so scumbags can use incomprehensible laws to scam people with impunity.
I tried to tell my neighbours not to pay but, unfortunately, many already had. Now I just refuse anything my landlord asks of me on principal.
It also puts access to the law outside the hands of regular people. If you don't understand the law, your choices are:
a) spend money you don't have on a (((lawyer)))
b) embrace a life of criminality and be divorced from the system
c) let people who *can* afford lawyers push you around
A year or so ago, my corporate landlord sent out a notice to all their tennants (probably in the 10s of thousands) asking for a top up on the last months rent deposit. Most people paid it (it was generally less than $50) but I looked into it and it turns out they were clearly calculating the amount incorrectly, based on the law as written. I told them this and they basically replied "nuh uh". I reported it to the Landlord Tennent Board (which governs stuff like this) and they just said "If you don't owe them, don't pay". Nobody cares if the law is broken so scumbags can use incomprehensible laws to scam people with impunity.
I tried to tell my neighbours not to pay but, unfortunately, many already had. Now I just refuse anything my landlord asks of me on principal.