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Comment by etripe

> You can't put Exxon in jail.

If a corporation is a legal person with inalienable rights (as the SCOTUS seems to have decided on), but is intangible and immortal at the same time, what can you do? Any of the below:

* freezing assets (=~ reclamation)

* seizing accounts (=~ civil forfeiture)

* suspend a business license (=~ locking them up)

* introduce a revenue cap (=~ prison labour)

* remove lobbyists (=~ losing voting rights)

* dissolve or nationalise the company (=~ death penalty)

This is by no means an exhaustive list.

parent etripe 5 years ago

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