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What's special about "corporations" which makes them "not people"?? Corporations are "not people" because -- because -- uh -- duh -- Yes, the same as millions and millions of NONcorporate businesses which also have all that -- i.e., "its own rights, obligations, and legal identity separate"...

Acknowledgement that "corporations are not people" is a fraud So then, families are people. And Corporations are people. So, Corporations are not people is false. As also Families are not people is false. That's a little progress. This means the popular slogan that "corporations are not...

What makes a corporation "not people"? How is a family people, but a corporation is not?

Corporations initiated their own creation. not a product of government They existed already, so the state did not create them. The state only gave them the name "corporation" and the new corporate status. The State did nothing to improve a corporation other than just granting the new name to...

Should this bad immigrant be executed? Can't we do more to distinguish between the good from bad immigrants? https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/12/us/dallas-motel-beheading-yordanis-cobos-martinez Has this story been discussed here? There are a few extreme cases of a crime committed by an...

Corporations vs. NONcorporations Still no one can say why corporations are "not people" and yet all other groups are "people" And corporations are "groups of individuals" -- so they retain 1st Amendment protections. ALL groups are "people" as intended in the 1st Amendment phrase "the right of...

Referendum vote (give citizens a direct voice) ten million signatures requirement is too high. But there needs to be a new way to have referendum votes ("plebiscite") where we can all vote directly on an issue. This can be done. There are many possibilities, and this should be discussed. A...

There's nothing in the Constitution that requires congressional districts. (including nothing in the 14th Amendment) What's interesting is that everyone wants to have these "districts" (which are not necessary), and they imagine that it's required in the Constitution, which it is not. And yet...

"amateurs" vs. "professionals" It's not a "job" for anyone. There should be no such thing as someone "running a country," unless that "country" is some private fief, perhaps a privately-owned island, or a privately-owned gated community of a few thousand residents who can easily move somewhere...

Hamas is to blame for the slaughter. They can end the whole thing immediately: Surrender unconditionally, totally disarm, and release all the hostages. The Thirty-Years' War was much worse, for atrocities. At this point, there's no limits on either side. Both sides go to the extreme. Hamas is...

translation: only people have social security numbers, so anything that does not have a social security number is "not people." There are some people (U.S. citizens) who don't have a social security number (maybe mostly children). So these citizens are "not people"? Also, what about before...

No, the Constitution says nothing about "districts" or "redistricting." There are federal laws about making the districts equal, but none requiring states to have districts. They all do have districts anyway, but not because any law requires it. In the first elections to Congress, in 1788, some...

"corporation" vs. "community group" Not necessarily. The group might not even have a "leader group," or if it does, the leaders might not be elected by anyone. There's no law saying all groups must have elected leaders. Some groups might not have leaders at all. But assuming most do, the...

Direct Democracy = everyone participates equally vs. Representative Democracy = unequal power elites emerge, dominate and impose their narrow agenda for a select wealthy few They are features of "representative democracy" as it's now practiced. They are the alternative to direct democracy...

step right up -- fresh people for sale! "I'll take a dozen!" It's not true that all corporations can be bought and sold and that people can't ever be bought and sold (legally). These are both incorrect, because there are exceptions to both. Some corporations cannot be bought and sold: Google...