Archived If corporations are people, then why can they be bought and sold? (AskVoat)
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Archived If corporations are people, then why can they be bought and sold? (AskVoat)
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[–] Maroonsaint 0 points 31 points 31 points (+31|-0) ago
They just mean people as in all the good stuff. Same way feminism= equality
[–] ThisIsntMe123 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I guess this is why they don't want people to have genders? Otherwise how could a male company have a "merger" with another male company?
[–] OmLiLi ago
Their electricity bill would go mad.
[–] 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
[–] Boris ago
An often over looked invention.
[–] parrygrin 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
This is even better than wondering when they're gonna sign up for the draft.
[–] 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.
[–] 10059962? 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Hey, they're not bigoted or warist. They believe in the equality of war for all.
[–] Marbles 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
To be fair most of those company's do make things meant to kill people.
[–] Mr_Sir 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Because we're all whores in our own way.
[–] RoundWheel 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
The simple fact is, corporations are not people. Corporations are designed to insulate corporate activity and the owners from limited financial liability. It was never designed to provide citizen rights, criminal liability protections, and broad spectrum financial protection. Factually, it does not. But... As with most things fucked in this country, an idiot (corrupt?) judge is behind it. A judge ruled that corporations are people. Then, over night, contrary to law and the US Constitution, legislation from the bench (which is illegal) declared corporations to be people. Our entire country was transformed.
People need to understand we are no longer a country of laws. The rule of law no longer exists in the United States. Well, it does, but only for the middle class and lower. Even the IRS admits there are three sets of tax codes in the Country. There is the congressional tax code. There is the IRS' interpretation of US tax code. And there is the US tax code, as interpreted, bought, and litigated by and for corporations. None of which is constitutional.
One of the indicators we have returned to rule of law is that corporations are no longer protected as people. People are always to be held accountable for financial and criminal wrong doing. Corporations were never intended to provide the broad protection and rights they enjoy today.
[–] wesofx 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
They can't vote either. We need corporation suffrage.
[–] Cat-hax 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
They vote with money
[–] anon9948 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
They can in the City of London.
[–] Chiefpacman 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It would make sense if they could, as an entity, vote. They hold a large stake in this country.
It used to be you had to own land to vote. I'm not sure were better off with the masses voting.
[–] 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.
[–] Cantilever ago
Huh?
[–] Astrotheologist 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
you got it backwards. People are corporations. Meaning they're legal names represents them as a business (person) and not a human being.