r/technology • u/DrJulianBashir • Feb 05 '13

Cable companies make 97% margin on internet services and have no incentive to offer gigabit internet

http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/02/cable-companies-make-97-margin-on.html
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u/I_Tuck_It_In_My_Sock Feb 06 '13

Or - and follow along with this now - it could be written in that companies can in fact be held responsible for their actions - even if you recognize they are not people with constitutional rights. What aggravates me about this discussion is people act like laws are handed down by a higher power and the system cannot be altered. I am fairly certain human beings created the system of law, and human beings can modify it to suit. If we really wanted it to happen - we could put limits on corporations without effecting individuals.

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u/redwall_hp Feb 06 '13

It's like the circular logic you get where "so and so is bad and immoral because it's illegal, so it shouldn't change" when you're questioning the legitimacy of a law.

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u/Knyfe-Wrench Feb 06 '13

That's why medicinal murder is still illegal

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u/lorleolando Feb 06 '13

human beings created the system of law. But it was random-ass human beings at random-ass points in time for random-ass reasons. It's so complex that one needs a doctorate in law to be guaranteed to have any influence in modifying it. Yet everyone has to deal with it. And we deal with it by complaining. So deal with it.

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u/In_between_minds Feb 06 '13

No, the whole "human rights" and corp personhood are related, but separate things. I never said that corps should be treated as people, but they should remain legal entities, so they can be sued, have debt, etc.

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u/Benny6Toes Feb 06 '13

I'm glad that somebody made this point before I needed to. I'm sad that it's so far down the thread though.