[mikem170]

Maybe part of the problem is that the limited liability companies enjoy is no longer descendant on them performing a public good [1].

I'd add that we also enshrined money as equivalent to speech, effectively allowing corporations and the rich to run much of our politics [2].

[1] https://ptolemy3.medium.com/but-corporations-are-private-com...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_united