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by postingawayonhn 1018 days ago
Corporations are just collections of people working together. Why would they not have freedom of speech?
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Freedom of speech should only be given to those people and/or collections of people the parent already agrees with, of course.

And only the good guys should have guns (as determined by an Expert’s “mental health” assessment).

And of course the state is free to seize funds from criminals.

Oh and while “our guys” are in federal power we’d better create a bunch of new rules and regulations, that way we can coerce all those states filled with idiots into our hightened moral ground.

There is a difference - collection of people is not a person, at least not for all cases.
Corporations are not just collections of people. If that's all they were you wouldn't have to incorporate and there would be no concept of "piercing the corporate veil".
Because they are not "just collections of people", corporations are a legal fiction meant to be a handout to a group of people for investing in the economy.

It's insane. If you just get five people in a group and start selling lemonade that hurts someone, you do not get limited liability protection! You only do that if you file some legal paperwork. That legal entity, separate from any of the individuals involved, is what a "Corporation" is.