Tuesday, May 1, 2012

In spite of the questionable practices of corporations, we must
understand that the law was right to initially protect them. At that
time their existence was important to the economy. But, now, is their
greed necessary? Their economic grasp is without rival and they have
become an important part of the economy. But, we must also
understand that they are fictions and their sole purpose for existing
is to function in the economy. They have tremendous power. They
have the power to voluntarily end their existence, to re-emerge again
under a different name, to decide how long they will exist or to
perpetuate themselves eternally. No human being can do these things,
because human beings are real. Should being human have less attributes
or less value than a fiction? The Constitution states we are a Nation of
people, that means real people, not fictions. Yes, real people have
Constitutional rights, but they also have obligations, duties, and limitations.
      Government creates corporations, its time to give them duties,
obligations and limitations within the communities in which they exist,
and also to the government that gave them that unrivaled economic grasp.
Instead of increasing their rights, like the previledge to contribute to
political campaigns, give them duties and obligations or punish them
for non-compliance. A question just occurred to me, can a fiction acquire a
real right, or is their right as fictional as their existence?  This latest
right is only going to increase the struggle for the top tier of power.
After all, they owe their existence to the government. Human beings
do not owe their existence to the government. Human beings crafted
Government and that government owes the Many at the bottom,
democracy.

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