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Corporations are people

posted by Siedge on Whatever

I own a business, a small business mind you that has yet to turn a profit but I am a business owner and I've been working 60 hours a week trying to build it to be successful.

There is this very negative stereotype about corporations and how evil they are and how we need to regulate them like crazy.

Let's take a huge corporation like google, google is a company I despise. I won't give my reasons here because it's irrelevant. But because I dislike them, I have removed them from my life. I don't use google for anything. I even adblock youtube on my phone and computer. (Sorry content creators)

When google does something bad people want regulations, instead of removing them from their life.

When you have a bad friend you don't ask the government to make them stop doing something. You tell them stop and when they won't you end the friendship. Companies are people the more you support bad business practices the more you will see of them. Regulations just allow bad people to stay in business, when you make it so a business can't destroy itself you ruin the concept of a free market.

My point being corporations are people, and just like people instead of asking the government to make them a good friend, you find a better friend. Theres so many small businesses out there that believe in treating people right, but it's hard for them to grow as we put more and more regulations on things. Where I'm from they've made a new rule on licenses for crane operators over a certain weight limit. It's not some license that you go take some simple test for, it's thousands of dollars per person. This means most small crane businesses won't be afford to run anymore, and definitely new businesses won't be able to be started.

This is sorta just my stream of thoughts on the subject.

I own a business, a small business mind you that has yet to turn a profit but I am a business owner and I've been working 60 hours a week trying to build it to be successful. There is this very negative stereotype about corporations and how evil they are and how we need to regulate them like crazy. Let's take a huge corporation like google, google is a company I despise. I won't give my reasons here because it's irrelevant. But because I dislike them, I have removed them from my life. I don't use google for anything. I even adblock youtube on my phone and computer. (Sorry content creators) When google does something bad people want regulations, instead of removing them from their life. When you have a bad friend you don't ask the government to make them stop doing something. You tell them stop and when they won't you end the friendship. Companies are people the more you support bad business practices the more you will see of them. Regulations just allow bad people to stay in business, when you make it so a business can't destroy itself you ruin the concept of a free market. My point being corporations are people, and just like people instead of asking the government to make them a good friend, you find a better friend. Theres so many small businesses out there that believe in treating people right, but it's hard for them to grow as we put more and more regulations on things. Where I'm from they've made a new rule on licenses for crane operators over a certain weight limit. It's not some license that you go take some simple test for, it's thousands of dollars per person. This means most small crane businesses won't be afford to run anymore, and definitely new businesses won't be able to be started. This is sorta just my stream of thoughts on the subject.

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[–] Siedge [OP] 2 points (+3|-1)

Edited

Well this is a response, honestly regardless if your input is liked or disliked, it's always good to give your thoughts as you never know when someone might see what you've written and go "Wow I've never thought of it that way" and even if you add something to the conversation for one person then you've definitely contributed something

(Plus I wouldn't say it's an echo chamber. The only downvoted views have been a comment saying my views were stupid without adding anything of substance, and one calling people too stupid to decide things for themselves)

[–] zx1 2 points (+2|-0)

Thanks for understanding. In that case, I'll just throw in my two cents to my point of view on the matter.

It may be easy to view corporations as people, however there are a few things that don't add up. First, people are flesh and blood, they have organs and biological components and the ability to think for themselves should they choose to do so. Corporations are structural entities, and while they may have organs for departments, they are not alive so to speak. They are made up of many people at once that can make them seem alive, but neither does it have its own native intelligence, but rather the intelligence of many people congregated together into a morass that represents the company.

Another issue is the precedent set by calling corporations people. Since corporations yield far more power than the average person, this easily leads to a state of corporatocracy where corporations have greater voices than other "people" who then become far more marginalized, and I feel this is not a fair advantage and can lead to abuse. It only encourages the seeking power above all other things, a situation begging for imbalance.

[–] [Deleted] 2 points (+2|-0)

Corporate personhood