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In the US, the courts have declared corporations are people for all intents and purposes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood?wprov=sfti1 https:
by voakbasda 4y ago
In the US, the courts have declared corporations are people for all intents and purposes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood?wprov=sft...
- pie420 4y agothat doesn't answer his question on why it should be that way. Courts have said many things over the years, doesn't make it any less of an appeal to authority logical fallacy.
- voakbasda 4y agoThe Wikipedia page that I linked provides a thorough explanation as to why corporations are considered citizens, so I do believe it directly answers the question. In this light, it was not intended as an appeal to authority. Personally, I think the status quo is entirely and grossly unjustifiable. Citizens United needs to be overturned; corporations are not people and do not deserve the same rights as individuals. My opinion on that matter does not change the reality that they are considered such and only serves to confuse the matter.
- thfuran 4y agoNo, they really haven't. Corporations are afforded only some of the same legal status as actual people are.