[–] Dumpsterjuice ago
Because people have been bought and sold long before there were corporations.
[–] JohnPaulJones 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
They aren't people in the same sense that you or I are people. It's an odd legal distinction but corporations have corporate personhood. This allows corporations to bring suits, be sued, pay taxes, etc. All the legal things that would become necessary to extend corporations beyond single owner or basic partnership.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood
[–] cynicaloldfart 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago (edited ago)
No need, they've freely volunteered.
Lockheed Martin Corporation.
The Boeing Company.
Raytheon Company.
General Dynamics Corporation.
Northrop Grumman Corporation.
United Technologies Corporation.
L-3 Communications.
BAE Systems.
are heavily involved in all wars, not even just ours. Sometimes against us.
[–] Cantilever 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I think you just won the game
[–] ImmortalCommunity ago
I told you, you were an engineer.
[–] emptygoldframes 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The more things change the more they stay the same.