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> special state powers Like the limited liability granted to corporations?
by pdkl95 9y ago
> special state powers
Like the limited liability granted to corporations?
- pathseeker 9y agoI'm not sure you understand what that means. The limited liability applies to the people. The corporation is still fully liable.
- dragonwriter 9y agoThe corporation is a legal fiction created by government to shield the people from liability for harm those people cause through their agents while seeking profits; it's the original (well, at least an early) manifestation of socializing risk while privatizing gains, done through the power of the State.
- knieveltech 9y ago"The corporation is still fully liable." is incoherent. Pfizer (the corporation) is a convicted felon. Whereas this would basically eliminate an individual's access to credit, ability to vote, and a whole host of other rights and privileges, in the context of a multi-national corporation it means literally nothing. They got fined a little money, that's it.
- conanbatt 9y agoUnions also have limited liability.
- dragonwriter 9y agoYes, unions are usually corporations. But it's not the side defending unions in this thread arguing that relying on government-granted power deligitimize an organization.