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Drosophila
27th April 2011, 04:51
The 13th Amendment prohibits one person from owning another. If corporations are considered people, under the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, then shareholders, CEOs, and Boards of Trustees are slaveowners!

FREE THE CORPORATIONS!!!



[hyperbole]
psgchisolm
27th April 2011, 05:01
The 13th Amendment prohibits one person from owning another. If corporations are considered people, under the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, then shareholders, CEOs, and Boards of Trustees are slaveowners!

FREE THE CORPROATIONS!!!



[hyperbole]You spelled corporations wrong.
RGacky3
27th April 2011, 06:58
If someone took this to court I would be so happy, even if it was just to make noise.
Revolution starts with U
27th April 2011, 07:04
A recent case (can't remember the name) just did that. Money was declared speech (shaky, but I can see the validity within the context of a monetary society) and corporations deemed people with valid free speech rights (of course this has to be clarified as "legal personhood" compared to "natural personhood"), and as such can donate unlimited amounts of funds to political campaigns.
RGacky3
27th April 2011, 07:41
If money is speech, and we have free speech, should we not have free money? Ok thats pushing it way too far.

But both those concepts, money being speach, and corporations being people, are stupid.
Skooma Addict
27th April 2011, 15:45
Money is speech? I think we can add another lawyer joke to the arsenal.
ZeroNowhere
27th April 2011, 16:25
They do not own the company, they birth it and give it life. It is not so much slavery as a mass orgy.
Revolution starts with U
27th April 2011, 16:27
No, corporations buy other corporations. That, if corporations are people, is slavery. We're not talking about an entrepreneur starting a business. But an existing corp buying out another existing corp.
Sword and Shield
27th April 2011, 18:09
No, corporations buy other corporations. That, if corporations are people, is slavery. We're not talking about an entrepreneur starting a business. But an existing corp buying out another existing corp.

I think that's more akin to paying dowry for a marriage.
Sadena Meti
27th April 2011, 18:28
I think that's more akin to paying dowry for a marriage.
Good analogy!
Revolution starts with U
27th April 2011, 18:35
Well, in the sense of marriage where the man gets absolute control over the woman (that's what happens when a corp buys another corp), I mean... that's just slavery.
So...I agree.
RGacky3
28th April 2011, 07:43
They do not own the company

Yes they do, legally.