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If corporations are people, are shareholders slaveowners?

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elshandra@lemmy.world
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They’re not people, they’re cancer to society.

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Lexam@lemmy.ca
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Yes.

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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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🤫 If we don’t talk about it, we won’t start to question other parts of our lives that feel icky.

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notfromhere@lemmy.ml
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What about corporations that own other companies? Or merges/acquisitions (cannibalism)? Maybe we should take the whole corporations are people to the natural conclusion. It would at least make it interesting for a while.

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NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
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They’re only people when it’s convenient for the voting/election rights of the rich people who own them…so actually a lot like slaves.

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haui@lemmy.giftedmc.com
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Amen

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