This from the slacktivist, whom I haven’t read until today but who has now made it into my RSS aggregator in that short time. I’m reproducing it here because I like his outline curt assessment of why corporations aren’t people.
“Hero Social Worker Barely Survives Tornado, But Workers’ Comp Gets Denied.”
That link takes you to a blood-boiling story of a genuine hero getting screwed over by a big company because it saves them a little money and because they can get away with it. This is the sort of inhuman behavior that clarifies that, regardless of what five Supreme Court justices may say, corporations are not people. They have no soul to save, no body to incarcerate, no heart to break and no ass to kick.
They also have no shame. But they’re capable of a facsimile of it if we’re able to convince them that their despicable behavior may wind up costing them money: “After Media Exposure, Insurance Firm Reverses Claim Denial Against Tornado Hero.”