Corporate personhood was sold to the American public as a great advancement for capitalism. The poor, weak corporations could be sued, but they could not defend themselves as people could do. Since the late 1800s, the movement has given the corporation the same free speech rights as a human being who is a citizen of the United States.
This principle has been called "The corporation as a person" or "Corporate personhood".
The problem is that the corporation as a person needs to be executed and should never be allowed to exist in the future.
It is time to set a goal. It is time to make a plan. It is time to end Corporate Personhood in 2012.
The corporation as a person is truly a destructive, dangerous psychopath, and should never have been afforded enough power, influence, rights and privileges to override the will of human beings.
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anything 'collective', like the state,
as an individual, represented
by the king or whatever.
corporations legally
sprang up
in those
times
of royalty..the whole "god represented on earth' shit
we americans, ironically enough, fought against.
corporation. corporate. corpus.body.
one body to represent.
arg.
:-) / r
http://open.salon.com/blog/toritto/2012/01/28/the_socialist_collective_has_come
But I agree. =o)
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virtual shares.
Screw the mindset with that fine imagination, that would marginalize us all further yet (and has)
Baby steps I think. If they keep personhood, they need to keep it to a set number of years. Right now they are vampires. Undead life that still feeds and take for generations, accumulating and amassing wealth the way a real person (with dependents and less emotional control) could not possibly do.
James: divine intervention? arg arg
toritto: We need a movement! We backed BofA down...Let's go.
Shiral: Montana and some cities are fighting it...we need more cities and states.
tr ig: virtual shares? what what?
ccdarling: even with exculpatory evidence...
Hy: city by city, county by county, state by state...
Did we ever have rights?
Well done..
HUGGGGGGGGGGG
Doesn't anyone read/understand history anymore? We have ALL the ingredients and conditions to fuel a revolution. Yes. Please sign the DNR on Corporate people. ugh. rated
Do write about this and clarify more of this for the people!
I like the idea of revoking corporate charters. The Montana situation really bothered me, because the Supreme Court took it upon itself to override the laws of 24 states at the same time that the Supreme Court loves to invoke state's rights.
What a bunch of crooks.
Sometimes it's overdue. Even long overdue.
Sometimes it's nothing short of absurd.
And carries a not insignificant ratio of five to four.
This is why I research these things and write basic summaries that the average person can digest. If I can't digest it, then I can't help very much.