I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. This has to be nipped in the bud IMMEDIATELY. Can’t be giving them ideas.
It’s funny because of the idea that corporations are people and deserve rights, but it would be instantly shot down if I set up way too many corporations to get communists elected to all the positions
I’m not too surprised. The City of London does the same.
For clarity’s sake, I think it’s worth pointing out that you’re talking about the City of London, the 1 square mile with a population of under 10,000.
And Seaford, Delaware also has a population less than 10,000.
But I agree it is important to clarify which of the two Londons I’m talking about.
We continue to inch closer to full-blown corporatocracy. We’ve all watched and read enough cyberpunk to see where that leads.
With Keanu Reeves blowing up a skyscraper?
Hopefully, but sadly no. At least not yet.
This’ll end well, I’m sure…
This is just about the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. Corporations should never have been granted any rights in the first place, and here’s Delaware, already giving corps a vote and trying to expand it. This is pants on head level stupidity.
Democracy is hanging by a thread and this is essentially a diamond tipped blade heading straight for it
Well, time to register 5000 new corporations in that town.
So if corporations are people and can vote, can they be charged with crimes like murder?
No, don’t be silly. Only poor people can commit crimes. ^/s
Seaford, Delaware, is so open-minded, their brains have fallen out.
What a stupid idea. Welcome to the neo digital feudalism age. We need to make proprietary goods illegal and start a jihad level campaign against corporate participation in politics.
Sounds about right for Delaware. There’s literally more corporations registered there than people.
Until corporations can be incarcerated or sentenced to death, they should not be given the right to vote.
When corporations get inprisoned for commiting crimes maybe then i would think let them voting could be good.
Not American, but is that even constitutional?
It doesn’t feel constitutional, but you can make any law as long as no one takes you to court.
From the article:
A handful of other Delaware towns, including Fenwick Island, Henlopen Acres and Dagsboro, already allow corporations to vote
So what you’re saying is that I can already spin up extra LLCs and get extra ballots?
The corporations themselves cannot vote. This law allows the owner of the corporation to vote even if they do not live within the city proper. No one can vote twice - whether you live in the city and own a corporation or own multiple corporations. And it’s only for corporations that own property. While it’s easy to imagine this backfiring, the steelman position is - you own a small business one town over, you have a significant role in the local economy, giving you one vote the same as any resident sounds pretty reasonable. Rich folk who own a house and live their 2 months out of the year are potentially eligible to vote as well, so it’s potentially more justified that the owner of the local bakery gets to vote too. Could this end up being horribly abused? I don’t know that there are enough safeguards against it. But this doesn’t immediately scream the end of democracy to me.
I guess my main concern would be, are these owners or part-time residents voting elsewhere also? Would give new meaning to “vote early, vote often” if so.
But it definitely screams the death of a town when corporate find a way to game the system.
With this SCOTUS constitutionality no longer matters.
Not American, but wondering how easy it is for foreigners to control US corporations.
It’s extremely easy, and I believe this bill also allows for them to vote by proxy, which exacerbates that concern. But on the other hand, they do need to own property, so it isn’t a totally costless endevour.
Wow I really hate living here.
