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by jollofricepeas 2173 days ago
Corporations are people too.

Leaving this source and reference to Citizens United to hopefully help lift the conversation and help people understand the rights of corporations within the United States.

https://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335288388/when-did-companies-...

Do corporations have a deeper responsibility besides enriching shareholders?

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> Corporations are people too.

I think it is more accurate to qualify this. Corporations have been ruled by the US Supreme Court to hold many of the same rights as people. It's also important to give that decision some context. Polls since Citizens United have shown a majority of people in the US oppose the Court's decision in that case. Just a couple I found quickly poking around:

- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-28/bloomberg...

- https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4455238/campaignf...