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Japan is similar. I keep marveling at the stories about the US system and wonder how it is supposed to be considered friendly for businesses...

• xwdv 4y ago
  Does the example not make it obvious? Imagine your business doesn’t want to pay a bill from some douchebag business you hate.
  • simonh 4y ago
    It’s not a case of a simple disagreement though. In this situation there’s a court order requiring you to pay the bill. Not wanting to doesn’t cut it.
    • lazide 4y ago
      You’d be amazed how long someone can go in open defiance of a court order before something concrete actually happens. It usually requires going back to court for the concrete thing to actually happen too; and it’s rarely all that catastrophic. Judges are surprisingly willing to give folks more rope to hang themselves with later.
  • Archelaos 4y ago
    I think the parent means that a system in which anyone can delay the payment of otherwise legitimate financial claims through an extremely protracted legal process is generally not very business-friendly. Of course, it is friendly to businesses that do not want to pay their liabilities, but on the cost of all the others. What good is a legal system if a company cannot enforce its rights in practice?
    • mkr-hn 4y ago
      The same way any human system works: people mostly want to do the right thing, so they do.