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There's a bit of that in The Unincorporated Man (which at times reads more like an economics paper with a plot than sci-fi). At birth, you're incorporated. In
by shagie 5y ago
There's a bit of that in The Unincorporated Man (which at times reads more like an economics paper with a plot than sci-fi).
At birth, you're incorporated. Instead of getting taxed, the state gets some portion of your shares as do your parents and you. The majority shareholders can make some important decisions. Additionally, if you want to go to college, you sell some shares of you that you own to the college.
That the book won the 2010 Prometheus Award from the Libertarian Futurist Society and a review of it is titled Anti-Corporate Libertarian Futurism in "The Unincorporated Man" ( https://gizmodo.com/anti-corporate-libertarian-futurism-in-the-unincorpora-5179986 https://gizmodo.com/anti-corporate-libertarian-futurism-in-t... )