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Democracy will not survive as long as corporations have personhood rights. Because they do not need clean air, clean water, health care, vital communities, all the things that living beings need, I believe our planet is at great risk. A corporation's only goal is profit.

Because corporations have accumulated wealth, because they never die, because they can split themselves into two or more entities, because they can change their nationality in the time it takes to file a legal paper, & mostly because (due to their personhood rights) they are able to get involved in our political process, corporations have unequal influence, unequal rights & unequal protections.

What's really a pisser is the Supreme Court never ruled that corporations have personhood status. Instead, the declaration of personhood rights was made in the header notes of the case by an overzealous court clerk who was devoted to the interests of the railroads. Now it is taken as law.

Below is a link to an excellent book on the topic, although it made my blood boil! WE THE PEOPLE need to be made aware of the travesty to democracy that is corporate personhood. Most people I mention it to have no idea what corporate personhood is & how it has impacted our lives.

"Unequal Protection : The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights" by Thom Hartmann

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1579549551/qid=1129999835/sr=8-8/ref=pd_bbs_8/104-5792740-7358366?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Also, the link in my sig has a great corporate personhood section!