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Corporations and unions are not sentient beings.
by robotron 17y ago
Corporations and unions are not sentient beings.
- jcnnghm 17y agoNo, but they are composed entirely of sentient beings.
- logicalmind 17y agoYes, but corporations are a way for sentient beings to skirt liability. A corporation cannot go to prison for life. A corporation is designed with the goal of producing profit for its sentient owners/shareholders. It has no interest in leading a "healthy" life, only a profitable life.
- hga 17y agoA corporation can be put to death, and with no due process. See e.g. Arthur Anderson, which was eventually exonerated by the Supreme Court. But long after it was dead. And that threat can get them to do crazy things, e.g. that's what wrecked AIG a few years before the financial crisis.
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- gojomo 17y agoMaybe they're something even more than sentient, just like a brain is more than its neurons.