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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Corporations should only be allowed to exist as long as they're doing more good for society than the damage they do. Businesses should either be a net positive or run by people who are individually and jointly liable.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

as long as they are doing more good for society than the damage they do

Isn’t that what profit is?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

How exactly would you define such a law? “Doing good” is extremely subjective.