Why Corporations Suck
When will people wake up to the fact that corporations exist as agents of the State? Corporate charters can only be issued by governments. Without governments, corporations cannot exist. Ever since the first corporation was ever created, the purpose of these is to perform some act of governance or task in the world that the government (for whatever reason) is unwilling or unable to do. And the stockholders are the ranks and untold countless ranks of minor nobility who profit from these actions.
Because make no mistake, the purpose of Western government is to conquer and exploit. That was the purpose of the Roman government -- whose symbol of the fasces we still carry proudly -- and it remains the purpose of government to this day.
However, the power of government has been reigned in by a thousand chains, from the Magna Carta to the Common Law to jury nullification to the Bill of Rights and countless other checks and balances to control this voracious and malicious appetite.
So the State created corporations in order to fulfill this duty of exploitation. These corporations are largely free from the chains with which we have bound the State. There is no democratic process: only the nobility/stockholders have a voice. There is no bill of rights to force corporations to honor and protect our human rights of speech and self-defense, because the "bill of rights" only applies to the State. If we have a dispute, it is not settled by jury trial but rather private courts which are also State-chartered corporations. Our prisons, our food, our water, our medicine, our sports, our education, literally every aspect of our lives has become infected by this pernicious State-chartered exploitation.
And people wonder what is wrong. Like a fish, you cannot see the water you swim in.
Posted Apr 6, 2018, 11:59 AM UTC
There is a reason why some of the first cases heard in court after the 14th amendment was passed where about corporate personages, and how the corporations would be considered a person in all aspects of the law. Pretty heavy stuff when you really get To reading up on it. This system has been a long time in the works and it's really pay for itself now.
Also the idea that 'corporations are people' is built on an incredible 19th-century lie
Good read, imagine if that had never happened. Have you ever researched the original 13th. It has to do with titles of nobility, no one with a title of nobility( esq, is one there are others) they can't hold public office. Think about that no lawyers in public office.
People can be put in jail for their misdeeds and will also grow old and eventually die one day, not so for corporations that can continue to pile up wealth over successive generations without such obstacles to interfere with it.
They also have been extended the right to to sue for liable if their reputation is damaged although the laws regarding that were established strictly for an individual human being's reputation and character being unfairly maligned.
Somewhere along the line our human equality under the law was given to these non human entities that have numerous unfair advantages over us in any court that we might take any dispute with them to be resolved. Advantages that negate the equality and fairness of treatment we are supposed to be guaranteed between one another.
Have you ever watched the award-winning documentary "The Corporation"? There's no question in my mind that corporations in the U.S. have the legal status of a person. How many times have you seen a CEO thrown into jail after his/her company was found guilty on fraud charges? Almost none, the company pays a fine because you can't jail a company.
A great documentary that is permanently stickied on the sidebar of r/NoCorporations. Understanding corporate personhood (and the lie that it's based on) is essential for navigating today's socioeconomic issues and opportunities.