Not so. America produces a staggering number of lawyers by population each year. This has been the case decades before the coffee thing.
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Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Americans aren’t actually that litigious. This perception was created as part of a public misinformation campaign by McDonalds to try to win sympathy when they made their coffee way hotter than it should have ever been, and were sued when a customer had their labia fused together when the coffee spilled in their lap.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Baaahb@feddit.nl 1 week ago
This is an america vs Americans definition issue. Americans litigate when its useful or required usually. America litigates every chance it gets. The mish derstanding is easy as america is full of Americans, but really america is a collection of wealth holding entities known as corporations that give zero shits about Americans except for when it comes to extracting wealth.
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
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Awkwardly_Frank@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not just McDonald’s, it’s been used by numerous organizations to downplay lawsuits they feel will hurt them with consumers. Tort reform is also trotted out by politicians who want to look as though they’re protecting people from “government overreach” because they know people don’t know what torts are and they can scare them into believing they’re going to be sued if they don’t get outside to shovel their walk early enough after a snow.