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Locrian

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4. if I recall...

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2020, 04:53 PM

May 2020

the original charter of corporations in the US was a limited time deal. They were supposed to fulfill their use then be desolved.

They KNEW they were powerful tools and with that power would get too big if left to their own devices.

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"Zombie Corporations" Are Destroying Our Economy [View all] Celerity May 2020 OP

Cannibalism KT2000 May 2020 #1

Great history of capitalism! Thanks. BComplex May 2020 #2

K&R Bradshaw3 May 2020 #3

Industrial Revolution - the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840 Celerity May 2020 #5

You are using the British model while I wrote about the Founding Fathers view of capitalism Bradshaw3 May 2020 #6

Fair points Celerity May 2020 #7

I always enjoy your posts Bradshaw3 May 2020 #8

thankies! yours as well Celerity May 2020 #9

if I recall... Locrian May 2020 #4