Immortal Corporations: Back in 1819 the US Supreme Court, an august group not usually known as a centre of radical creationism, took the unusual step of inventing artificial life. Moreover they then, in a Frankenstein moment, added the proviso that their monstrous offspring should be blessed with immortality.
According to Psyfitec the object of this life-giving largesse was the hitherto humble corporation, which was suddenly invested with superhuman properties. Unfortunately the lawmakers couldn’t artificially imbue corporations with morality or a sense of justice so having made them indestructible they left the rest of the world to deal with an ethical dilemma that sees companies given human rights without needing, or expecting, to behave so as to deserve them…..
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