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> When we say a corporation has the right to free speech, we mean that you cannot restrict the right of people just because they’re acting together through a co
by maxsilver 8y ago
> When we say a corporation has the right to free speech, we mean that you cannot restrict the right of people just because they’re acting together through a corporation.
Why not? We restrict the liability of people, just because they're 'acting together' (a corp). To make that trade off fair, it seems like we should limit their 'rights' together as well. Corporations are sort of fundamentally unfair as they exist in the US, because they get almost all of the rights a real person does, but they have almost none of the responsibilities or liabilities a real person does.
Either [a] corporations should be required to be responsible for their actions (eliminate all limited liability, leadership and shareholders should become personally liable for most actions of the corporation they lead/own), or [b] corporations should loose a lot of their rights as a tradeoff for the reduced responsibilities and liabilities (like the ability for a corporation to have 'free speech').