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> Who's this "anyone"? Why are monopolies suddenly people?

Corporations have always been legal persons, going back to the Middle Ages (guilds, chartered cities, universities) and even Ancient Rome:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_person




Corporations are legal entities separate from people. They do not have the same rights and responsibilities as humans.


> They do not have the same rights and responsibilities as humans.

Opinions and precedents vary:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_person#Rights_and_respon...


From the article you linked: "There are therefore two kinds of legal entities: human and non-human. In law, a human person is called a natural person (sometimes also a physical person), and a non-human person is called a juridical person"

No where in that article does it cite a jurisdiction where a non-human legal entity has the same rights and responsibilities as a human. My point still stands that a human has a different, albeit overlapping, set of rights and responsibilities in comparison to other legal entities.


What's amazing is how many people misunderstand this, and think the government treats a legal person as a full flesh and blood person.




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