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Corporate personhood is a legal fiction that allows corporations to own property and be sued. It dates back to craft guilds in the bronze age. I'm not sure wh
by PixyMisa 3y ago
Corporate personhood is a legal fiction that allows corporations to own property and be sued. It dates back to craft guilds in the bronze age.
I'm not sure what alternative you envision.
- logicchains 3y agoCorporate personhood is used to shield people from persecution for things they'd be persecuted for doing as private individuals. If there was no corporate liability shield, every single drug company employee involved in knowingly marketing and distributing harmful opiates could potentially be sued; no longer could people use "I was just following orders" as an excuse.
- BirAdam 3y agoSue the owners of corporations when they break laws. That’s my alternative vision. Why did no board members of major tobacco companies have to face the consequences of their actions when they knowingly falsely advertised their product? Take away corporate personhood and make the owners face the music.