Finally, Citizens United comes to its logical conclusion.

A judge in Delaware, where many big U.S. companies are incorporated, ruled ‌on Tuesday that a small town that allows corporations to vote in municipal elections was not violating the state's constitution.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/delaware-court-upholds-voting-by-companies-small-towns-election-2026-05-26/

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@FritzAdalis

seems like if a corporation can vote, it should be paying the same tax rate as any other voter...

@paul_ipv6 @FritzAdalis

And be subject to the death penalty if they kill someone

@johntimaeus @FritzAdalis

i am no fan of corporal punishment but i do think that if corporations try to claim that they are "persons", they need to accept all responsibilities and punishments. not sure exactly how we would give life imprisonment to corporations but i'm willing to figure out how we hold them just as responsible as anyone else for any illegal acts they perpetrate.

if they kill, they should be held fully accountable under the law.

@paul_ipv6 @johntimaeus @FritzAdalis my ideas: prison = company is temporarily halted from conducting business. Death penalty: closed and liquidated.

Shareholders and employees suffer. But we utterly disregard fam/coworkers’ suffering when a Real Person is arrested.

@InkomTech @paul_ipv6 @FritzAdalis

The only problem with killing a company is the impact on workers.
I've long advocated that corporate fines should be much larger. And then doubled, with the second half taken directly as shares from the C-suite and board and given as equal shares to the employees

@johntimaeus @paul_ipv6 @FritzAdalis yeah, that really bothers me, too. But when someone crimes, we don’t consider their jail sentence’s impact on their dependents. And if CompanyX closes abruptly, employees might (a) stop tolerating coworker / boss criminal behavior and (b) start a replacement company.

As for huger fines, A few countries adjust fines based on income or family net worth. https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/europe/switzerland-speeding-ticket-wealthy-fines-swiss-latam-intl. $90,000 Swiss francs for 17 mph over the speed limit.

A driver faces up to $110,000 in fines for speeding on a Swiss street. But he can afford it

Why the eye-popping penalty? Because the speedster, a repeat offender, is one of Switzerland’s wealthiest people, and the Vaud canton, or region, serves up fines based on factors like income, fortune or general family financial situation.

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@johntimaeus @paul_ipv6 @FritzAdalis also, merchant ships were incorporated entities. And a ship lost to pirates was often ordered to be scuttled. So, there’s plenty of precedent.