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Spain's Hologram Protest: Thousands Join Virtual March In Madrid
An anonymous reader writes Thousands of people marched past a parliament building in Madrid to protest a new law that they say endangers civil liberties. But none of them were actually there. From the article: "Late last year the Spanish government passed a law that set extreme fines for protesters convening outside of government buildings. In response to the controversial Citizen Safety Law, which will take effect on July 1, Spanish activists have staged the world's first ever virtual political demonstration. After months of massive flesh-and-blood protests against the so-called 'gag law', thousands of holograms last night marched in front of the Spanish parliament in Madrid."
This ranges from corporations having many/most of the rights of humans in many countries, while at the same time only having to pay fines for crimes where humans would be put to jail.
I have to state the obvious here. Corporations are granted these rights because otherwise the people involved with the corporation have their rights abridged, owners, employees, customers. And while legislatures in various countries occasionally disagree, corporations can't commit crimes. The people who make up the corporation commit the crimes.
At least you recognize that the US isn't the sole country which has done this. That indicates that ignorance need not be permanent.
I have to state the obvious here. Corporations are granted these rights because otherwise the people involved with the corporation have their rights abridged, owners, employees, customers.
Corporations are legal fictions, and the "rights" they have been granted are to shield employees from legal responsibility, which is the opposite of their purpose.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
That's interesting, since there's an entire new breed of college and university kids that are left-authoritarians and believe that your rights should be restricted in order to protect their feelings from being hurt.
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