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0 pointsphilovivero9y ago0 comments

Yes, but it's been around for years.

If corporations are persons, and they can commit felonies, why not give them punishments that are analogous to what you'd give a person who committed a felony?

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dragonwriter9y ago

> If corporations are persons, and they can commit felonies, why not give them punishments that are analogous to what you'd give a person who committed a felony?

Because corporate personhood is a legal fiction, and a corporate death penalty doesn't really hurt the people who a corporation stands in for very much, and hurts lots of other people a lot.

rhizome9y ago

a corporate death penalty doesn't really hurt the people who a corporation stands in for very much

I know, that's why I included prison.

jessaustin9y ago

Corporate death would just be another form of bankruptcy, which hurts shareholders and employees but wouldn't harm anyone else. Actually since this would be a rare form of bankruptcy with plenty of assets, it could be set up to pay restitution to various corporate victims as well.

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