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Seems appropriate here: https://genius.com/Moondog-enough-about-human-rights-lyrics https://genius.com/Moondog-enough-about-human-rights-lyrics In other words,
by joeypickles 11mo ago
Seems appropriate here: https://genius.com/Moondog-enough-about-human-rights-lyrics https://genius.com/Moondog-enough-about-human-rights-lyrics
In other words, why do we have to make something a person in order to give it rights?
- NoboruWataya 11mo agoWe don't have to, that's just the way we chose to do it (specifically for groups of humans acting in a commercial context).
- kerkeslager 11mo agoTo be clear, it's not the way WE chose to do it, it's how CORPORATIONS chose to do it, because it benefits them greatly: corporations can get all the rights that a human can get while being immune to most consequences such as imprisonment and the death penalty. Corporations benefit from this, we humans don't.
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- wizzwizz4 11mo agoCorporations are neither agents nor beneficiaries. They don't take decisions. (That metaphorical abstraction is sometimes useful: here, it is not.) Some people are deciding to do things this way, and are benefiting from it, and those people are humans.
- glitchc 11mo agoBecause it's much simpler to inherit laws than to craft a whole new set. Once an entity is declared a person, the rather complex web of existing legislation that applies to personhood automatically takes effect.
- joeypickles 11mo agoSimpler in the short run, but creates tech debt I think.