Corporate Personhood Debate

This cluster centers on debates about whether corporations are people, particularly regarding legal personhood, rights, responsibilities, and references to concepts like Citizens United.

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Sample Comments

omnimus Oct 23, 2023 View on HN

No? Because corporations/companies are not individuals? (no matter how they sometimes try to be)

Ygg2 Feb 24, 2023 View on HN

I meant as a person. Corporation aren't people.

itsanaccount Jun 26, 2025 View on HN

you seem to have mistaken corporations for people.

undersuit Dec 9, 2023 View on HN

Corporations aren't people?

jgamman Oct 5, 2017 View on HN

aren't corporations legal 'persons'? ;-)

wavefunction Feb 4, 2016 View on HN

Hey man, corporations are people! Except when it's inconvenient for other corporations, I guess.

jhart3333 Sep 23, 2013 View on HN

In case you forgot. Corporations ARE people.

esarbe Jul 1, 2020 View on HN

Corporations aren't people. (Just to hammer it in..)

anaganisk May 4, 2023 View on HN

I thought corporations are considered people in US.

hef19898 Sep 15, 2023 View on HN

You do know that corporations are not people? Right?