An excellent thread! I'm delighted to have set the tone for discussion by getting in the first comment.

Yes, I know that by legal tradition corporations are considered citizens since shortly after the Civil War. But that doesn't mean it is right or sensible. We American Citizens need to start challenging this legal travesty.

I know it's politically incorrect to defend the US Constitution these days, but could someone show me where in that sacred document that a corporation has so much as a right to exist, let alone rights and priviliges?

And will someone explain why corporations have rights, but no responsibilities? For example, if a corporation is a citizen, then if it murders a human (or another corporation!) it should be eligible for the death penalty. How would you go about executing a corporation?

Being a citizen means having rights AND responsibilities. If a corporation cannot be punished, like a human citizen, for failing at responsibility, it cannot be a citizen.

By the way, my email got mangled at the first post. Hopefully it's correct here.