Bernie is a template, we need a young aggressive what’s the word, ambitious leader that knows how to build and run a political machine.
As to the Ubi, get the fuck out of here, what world do you think we’re living in that that would be possible and remain viable even if it was implemented.
Do not let the D next to the name fool you, New York is the beating heart of the capitalistic hellscape, they are the worst amongst us you better believe it.
Most of such terms were unenforceable in the US too, until around 2001 or so, and it just got worse from there. The supreme court made it official in the 10’s sometime if I recall, endorsing even making consumers or employees sign away their rights to sue to either buy something or get hired.
All that wage theft from minimum wage workers, which exploded in the bush years, happened with employees unable to sue, instead only being able to bring a binding arbitration suit of the employer’s choosing. And knowing them they would make the claimant pay a big filing fee to start the process.
It also used to be that if one part of such a contract was found to be illegal, the entire thing would be thrown out, not any more.
The problem is companies like docusign you might not have a choice not to use it, for a job for instance. This is pernicious, and will force us to hand over even more of our information, accepting a thousand page terms of service to do necessary tasks, with no government protection (none enforced even when there,) to any significant degree.
Sure, but it’s not going to happen, and if it did it would quickly devolve into shutting undesirables out. Maybe we should work towards achievable goals first.