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by FrobeniusTwist 3223 days ago
> Actually, the situation i long for is before the creation of the LLC, where shareholders were responsible for paying for the corporations lawsuits. LLCs are fairly recent invention, and also one that hurt consumers a lot.

Er, what? Shareholders are not responsible for paying corporate liabilities (except in rare circumstances where the corporate form is part of a fraud). The creation of the LLC as a new form of business changed nothing in this regard.