If corporations are people, then corporations should be able to serve prison time.

Wells Fargo tried to steal my moms house. I almost went to jail preventing it, because the bank immediately started making threats and calling the cops whenever i brought my mother to the bank to deal with their obvious fraud. It was a nightmare, but also a success story in retrospect.

"If the penalty for a thing is a fine, that thing is only a crime for the poor" + "Corporations can only be penalized with fines" = "A sufficiently wealthy corporation is above the law"

The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance. It's obvious we are headed for inflation,it is always the poor who take the hit.

Life begins at incorporation

Corporations and fetuses are people but children and pregnant women are not. Make it make sense.

Ah, Colorado water law - the state where putting a glass out in a rainstorm and drinking from it is illegal but bottling every drop of the one river to an entire community isn't

Lobbying? You mean legalized bribery.

Truly a mystery why more young people are cynical about and skeptical of capitalism. Can’t possibly imagine what could be causing this

The downfall of modern civilization started with the phrase, "Fiduciary duty to shareholders".

Purdue really ruined it for people with Chronic pain conditions. Their negligence and greed caused a lot of good people to no longer be alive. And now those who are in need are looked at like addicts for something a corporation caused.

Cody, you forgot to mention that after PG&E’s oopsie-murder they did nothing to fix the problem that caused it and raised rates on customers to cover the expense!

"Laws aren't real, you see. We made them up, like money and Warcraft." Genuinely such a banger line

Corporations are very eager to identify as people when their rights are under attack, but as soon as it comes to putting people in jail, corporations are suddenly legal entities for which no individual person can be held responsible.

“If corporations are people they should be able to get the death penalty”-Spongbob SquarePants caught on rant after his drug trafficking operation was busted by the feds.

Rental price for a single bedroom on my street went from 1100 just a couple years ago to 2500+ today. It's fucking madness. These aren't even markets anymore, they are fiefs.

What pisses me off is that the media kept blaming Toy R Us' downfall on millennials.🙄

I've had my new landlords try to walk in my apartment while I'm home, without knocking, or texting, twice. I have a door brace under the knob. Also they upped my rent by $300. It's fun when my paranoia is actually right.

I'm consistently flabbergasted that corporate crimes don't fall under RICO

The CEO of Countrywide home loans did end up going to prison after the 2008 crash. Countrywide was one of the biggest offenders in terms of dishing out sub-prime mortgages like depressing slices of deep dish pizza. The CEO didn't go to prison for that though. He went to prison for LYING TO SHAREHOLDERS about whether or not they were signing people up for sub-prime loans......

Citizens United is easily one of the worst things to happen to the US

I can legitimately not comprehend.. How a living breathing human.. Can physically say.. "Corporations are people too.." This shit needs to be psycologically studied..

"I'd light a match to see if he flinched" is the most unconventionally threatening line I've heard.

Yes. the filthy rich man only wanted more money, let's let him off the hook for having a drug cartel. that street dealer though, who is motivated only with wanting some money to feed his family, he should go to prison for life...

“No matter how much corporations break the law, they never lose their right to lobby.” That, right there. That seems like a perfectly reasonably place to start looking into this.

Cody, please don’t get killed by Boeing.

Deferred prosecution is basically restorative justice. It's basically the norm for big businesses and corporations, but very controversial for everyday normal people. Steal some car parts from Walmart so you keep your car working and get to work, go straight to jail. Steal from your employees so you can increase your Q3 earning by 2%. Pay a fine and change your head of HR and it's fine so long as it doesn't happen again.

A corporation could buy your home that your rent from, void your lease, and kick you out with as little as a 24 hour notice posted on your front door. I had this happen to me personally and was literally left homeless with no clue where I could even go. I lost most of my belongings because I simply had no where to put stuff and no plan of what I was to do...all of this as explained by several lawyers was completely legal and the company didn't violate any laws, which is quite messed up if you ask me...

My running joke is "If corporations are people then CEOs aren't. They are a piece of the 'people' and therefore do not count as a person."

Next it will be illegal everywhere to capture rain water because some corporation thinks it bought it.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair (author of "The Jungle", which exposed labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry)

On the bright side, once your landlord owns your water you won't have to deal with two corporations trying to screw you over; it'll be one corporation that's already screwed you over.

I have guinea pigs called Ham Solo, Darth Hayder and Luke Swinewalker so I'm down for pigs in space.

Hording extreme amounts of money and resources should be a crime punishable by jail time.

San Diegan here: I lived in a shitty apartment in a nice area, so we put up with it to be near the various nice neighborhoods and gayborhoods. Idk if we were bought by Blackstone, all I know is our personal building g manager changed so many times we never actually developed a relationship with any of them, but we were run by CalProp management. And in the 6 years I lived there, our apartment was never fixed unless something became a catastrophic issue, they never assigned us a spot, and they raised our rent every 6 months. They weren't legally allowed to raise it above a certain percentage because of renter protection laws but they did it half the amount they were allowed every 6 months to keep us constantly stressed cause they KNEW it was an apartment in a good area and wanted more for it. Rent when we moved in, in late 2016: $1650 for a 750sqft 2 bed. Rent when we quit and left in August 2023: $2300

"Laws aren't real, you see. We made them up, like money and Warcraft." New legal defense unlocked lol

Me: I need to stop doom-scrolling, it's really not good for my mental health. Some More News: (posts video) Me: HURT ME AGAIN NEWS DADDY

That's the most infuriating thing about all these corporations despite all the damage they've done, not a single one of these Corporate ghouls have gone to Prison.

It's a similar story to what is happening in the UK: Fred Goodwin who nearly bankrupted britain during the great recession got millions in payouts along with other bankers. He resigned but managed to keep his enormous pension. Currently, Paula Vennells covered up a story about shortages in cash and blamed postmasters for stealing money and prosecuting them falsely, when it was a computer error she knew about. These fuds are bound to face no jail time, which is sickening.

I reported my old boss for stealing PPP money from us. Small company too in St. Louis. Guy told us that he would give us our first pay check but in order to get our second we would need to give back 25% of our first to him so that he could pay back the load he didn't actually have to pay back. He thought we were all stupid. Some people actually did it and still work there. I think because they were despite and just want to survive. A few of us never went back. They're still there being a shit company to work for or even visit as a customer.

Ah, I remember being a teenager and stealing like a hundred Romney yard signs before that became a felony.

I see the puppet, I click like. That's the deal. Oh and it's nice to see Warmbo, too.

Corporations should not be allowed to buy or own residential homes

Since corporations are people, whenever a corporate merger gets blocked... why don't they just get married instead? If a corporation married a human person, would it gain citizenship and be allowed to vote? These are the questions that my Futurama spec script demands answers to.

“Corporations aren’t Shai Hulud, they’re Immortan Joe” Truer words have never been spoken

my radicalizing moment was when eric holder said HSBC (not even an american bank) was too integral to the US economy for any executive to face criminal charges for knowingly laundering money for drug cartels, al qaeda, iran, and north korea. like the loss of these executives would apparently somehow cause so much turmoil at the bank that it would in turn lead to turmoil in the wider economy, so none of them could be touched.

I keep thinking of that song that got cut from the Lorax soundtrack for being too dark 'There is a principle of nature that most every creature knows It's called survival of the fittest and this is how it goes The animal that wins has got to claw and kick and punch The animal that doesn't winds up someone else's lunch A company's an animal That's trying to survive It's struggling and fighting Just to keep itself alive With the customers all buying And the money multiplying And the PR people lying And the lawyers all denying Who cares if some things are dying? I don't wanna hear your crying This is all so gratifying'

I hate this place.

Pordan J Beterson enters the chat: "Corporations are the manifestation of the deep architypes of humanity and fight against the chaos dragon of femininity..."

I used to believe that if humanty ever entered a "Star Trek" galaxy we would be the Kingons... but no... We're the Ferengi.

Food, Water, Housing, Utilities, Medical Care, Emergency Services and probably more. We have the ability to provide but don't have a structure to facilitate the needs of people (not Companies).

I was born in 1991, and I absolutely hate how much of this happened after I was 10 years old.

"corporations are people my friend" my response: "corporations are tools that are used by people, would you give your hammer a vote?"

Katy's back on her evil corporate overlord arc

Literally the biggest problem not just in America but by extension the world.

I’m never gonna get over the fact that the Koch brothers blew up two teenagers by turning on a gas line they knew was unsafe to make a few thousand more dollars a year, and then got away with just having to pay fines which they never actually paid.

Oh boy, News Daddy, this one is gonna be INFURIATING!

So, there's this serial fantasy fiction author, Garth Nix. He writes for teen to young adult audience, and has several completed book series to his name all set in different universes. One of those series is Keys To The Kingdom. The Architect made the universe, went MIA but left The Will to pick a successor to all that she made. The Will is a document, but also a being... and its easily the biggest pain in the ass in every book because its CONSTANTLY making demands, and near the end of the series is actively lying to the protagonist to get its own way. I read the series when I was 12 and since then I've treated every Business and Contact and Legal Agreement as a threat that must be carefully managed, and its served me more oft than not.

"Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility."- Ambrose Bierce

Part of the reason corporations exist is to limit liability. But that definitely should not include willfully illegal and harmful acts and behaviors.

The best part about the Homelander reference is that there are people who, well into season 2 and beyond, thought he was legit the good guy.

Yeah I didn't start making 24% more money between 2020 and 2023, how come landlords can raise rents this much?

In Kansas City, in both sides which means KCK, KCMO and what's known as the KC Metro area. The rent rate increase for rental properties went up by 46%. It's crazy to know nation wide it was only 25% and that's too much. Just try to imagine 46% increase. That's almost doubled, that happened in one month; it was brutal and still is actually. As a chronic pain patient it's really hard for me to hear stories about Perdue. I get why people are mad at the company, I get the lawsuits. I don't believe that the majority of the population was so stupid as not to know an opioid medication is going to be addictive. That's a bit hard to believe. The thing that's just really hard about it as a chronic pain patient. Was the governments reaction to it. This has left tons of people who are disabled by various chronic pain conditions, as well as any other underlying health condition they may have, medically abandoned. Each state kind of deals with things differently or would seem. I personally am entirely medically abandoned over this opiate epidemic. Not only can I not get my pain treated anymore, last time I went in for a physical they wouldn't even do that. I don't have a doctor anymore, and I can't find one either. The last time I spoke with a doctor of any kind, they said all they could do was write their medical report to help my case in getting disability; which I've been fighting to get for 3 years now. The only reason I'm not homeless is due to my husband and yet we've still come really close to losing everything. Hearing about how evil people think the opioid pharmaceutical companies are. Makes me wonder if they what taking them away entirely, even when someone needs them for a very real medical problem, does to them. Just today I had a flare up, and these flare ups are becoming more intense and more frequent. I lose my ability to understand my surroundings. I don't understand the things people say to me. Eventually I end up passing out, losing consciousness, from too much pain. I broke down in tears because it's been so long since I've been able to tolerate going out and seeing friends and family. It's been so long since I've been able to paint, draw, play music, write poetry. Most of my days are spent struggling to make coffee, brush my teeth, take a shower and put my clothes back on before 7pm. I feel like I'm in a constant state of getting ready. Society does not slow down and accommodate you either. Quite often my best is almost never good enough, but I'm giving all I've got. I get tired and exhausted so easily on top of things I just can't do anymore. Back when I had pain medication, which wasn't acting crazy. It was just Tramadol or 5mg Hydrocodone. I was able to go for walks every now and then...😢 I haven't been able to do that in years. I never abused my meds, I only took them as prescribed. I feel like I'm being punished for something I didn't even do. This isn't fuck'n fair, it feels like being tortured. Being made to endure pain levels that cause loss of consciousness. They can't cure it, but they won't treat the symptoms and I'm just made to suffer. Why? I didn't ask for this nor do I want it. I broke down in tears today after my flare up. Realizing that it's been so long since I've actually been able to go out and interact with other people aside my husband. While my husband's at work, and my world, my social life, friends and family interactions has gotten so small. I have spent so much time in the apartment. I sit on the couch and pretend there's five people in front of me and I have a conversation with them. I know they're not there, that I'm just using my imagination. It's so hard to go out as it's so easy to get exhausted, tired, pain levels that increase and it doesn't take much to cause that. The pain levels can get so bad that nothing makes sense. You smile and hide that anything wrong as you learn quickly people will ignore you if you tell them stuff like what I'm saying here. So, you're smiling and it's not that you aren't actually enjoying your time or their company. It's just that you're so uncomfortable and in so much pain you can really only handle so much; most people just don't and are not going to understand. I wish Perdue never existed. I don't and have never had respect for companies. The reality though is that the only way I can pain relief is to go to the street. Where you have no idea what milligram you're taking. You don't know what's in it at all. You don't know how strong it is or anything. There's no regulations or controls over a street market. That's one of the things that makes going to the street more dangerous. I won't lie, I've gone that route a few times, try to get things done. My grandfather is having his 96th birthday soon and he may not be around much longer. I'm thinking of getting something to make sure I can be there. If anyone's made it this far, I'm venting my vex and sorrow, I'm not looking for pity. Although it would be nice, i won't lie. A lot of people think they have some wonderful pain reduction solution. I've tried a lot of things for pain. Chances are if you mention it I've probably tried it. Including yoga, acupuncture, and meditation. I've tried Kratom, I'm allergic to it, and yes I know about wild lettuce too. My condition is rare, complicated and not just muscle, or bone, or nerve oriented it's all of those things in one package. So, yes my condition is something that can actually be seen. It's not something that produces pain, but we can't figure out why. I just had to vent, yes opioids can be dangerous and you shouldn't take them unless you really need to and don't really have any other choice. They're very addictive, or can be I should say. I just don't like how this Perdue pharma and opiate epidemic thing has led to people who should have access to opioids. Not only to lose access to their opioids, but also lose access to any medical care at all just for being a disabled chronic pain patient. That's a feeling of hopelessness.

If they're people, they should be held accountable for once.

If you want your reason to have it out for Sugar Ray, a teenager once called him Sugar Gay and he absolutely lost his mind in response.

Have we considered having Katie voice warmbo? When she said "this is not a pyramid scheme" she had that insane warmbo vibe

We know the face of our enemy. We know how they operate. We know how they attack. And still we do not fight back...

On lunch/piss in bottle break for a giant corporation that pays me poverty wages. Watching this isnt helping my motivation to finish this day as fast as they expect me to.

25% rent in 3 years is unresasonable? THEY RAISED MINE BY 40% IN BETWEEN LEASES ONE YEAR. From 595 to 833. It was a one bedroom in the middle of nowhere.

This is an important episode that I must, to protect my blood pressure and mental stability, consume in several small bites. Please keep doing what you’re doing, Cody’s showdy. I’ll make do somehow.

I legitimately hate corporate America

i love it when the news literally looks like it's from an on-the-nose opening shot of a cyberpunk flick

Citizens United is great, nothing bad ever came of it!!! *blinks in help*

Chomsky been banging this drum for decades. Good to see more insight on it too

This is disgusting! Great topic!! Pieces of paper shouldn't own housing or businesses to compete with real people.

49:05 This should prove to literally anyone.. That the US legal system isnt made to prosecute criminals.. but to protect the rich from getting prosecuted..

My husband’s work received a PPP loan, he kept working, and only received his paycheck from his commission, not one penny from the PPP loan was given to him. The owner made so much money!!

Fun anecdote: a lot of subcontractors (employees for hire) got their loans recalled with literally no notice or reason. I now owe my state government 20k, and am no longer eligible for any kind of relief. But local business gets notice and is allowed to continue accepting loans, subsidies.... it's great, man.. Thanks, Cody! Banger show

Hi from the UK . We sold off the water boad ,( unfortunate name looking back ) in the 1980s . We now have beaches unsafe to swim in . Rivers with sanitary towels instead of fish , and zero investment in infrastructure. Oh and flooding . People get sick if they swim in our rivers . The French call us a turd world nation . Yet inspite of government subsidies, no tax was paid last year because they say they are 66millon in debt ...but somehow payed in share dividends 1.2 billion .

Citizens united must go

I remember learning about something in elementary school, about the medieval times, or whatever that time was right before we started killing rich people that ruin the lives of everyone everywhere....there was a group of folk called 'absentee landowners.' And then that part where the common folk started beheading all the rich people ruining their lives. I reckon there are no parallels between those times when rich folk were being killed en masse (oops, accidentally went french for some reason there) and our common times.

April fools comming up we better see that star boars episode

I have done sketchy shit in my life. Stuff I'm not proud of. But like. The shit I lose sleep over while these aholes run around. Man. Wow.

Corporations are people but with no soul to save nor body to imprison

I don't know that I've ever gotten his bizzarro style humor. But he speaks on matters and educates better than most.

Citizens United should have never been ruled the way it went. But since Corporations are people, they should have to pay taxes like people.

Very important watch on the day the corporation that scooped up Deadspin and killed it announced they were going to sell off The Onion.

OMG this is so accurate it hurts.

it still absolutely baffles my mind that members of congress can just openly trade stocks... over half of last years political climate in Norway was multiple members of parliament might have accidentally informed their spouses about potential lawchanges that could impact stock prices. and that was a large enough conflict of interest that they had to leave...

Don't you love the knock on effects of the republican bid to allow corporate donation? Free speeeeeech!!!! I know i do, it certainly emboldened the Canadian conservatoves to do the same.

NEWS! SOME MORE OF IT!

Man… feels impossible to fight any of this.

I watch this show and every time I come away with one burning question; How does the US even function as a nation?

We're loving these extra long and information filled videos, News Daddy.

Why do you think you are seeing a bunch of stories of Squatters rights and how they should not exist. They want you to vote against your own interests.

First thing that came to mind was one of the reason the TTIP agreement must never be allowed to become active. Corporations would get to sue governments for damages if a law prevents a business venture they were planning. Considering how much shit US corporations do is illegal in the EU, that would've been like handing them a loaded gun and then turning your back.

Just bought a car at Carmax in Lancaster Pennsylvania. Found out four days later that it was a recall that had problems with power steering and had to go and be fixed four days after I bought it.

Oh man I was JUST hoping to be able to hear some really depressing shit, thanks for delivering, Cody!

idk if this is in the video but i remember having my eyes opened on the issue when the power company chevron straight up just placed a lawyer under house arrest unlawfully because he successfully sued them for (some of) their massive enviromental crimes in ecuador. so they had him placed under house arrest as revenge or something. the judge they used to do it held investments in chevron.

I have worked for two companies that had to deal with leveraged buy-outs after the matter. It's insane how much debt they get straddled with and are expected to dig out. F$%^ private equity.