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Entry: All Your Thoughts Are Belong To Us Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/all_your_thoughts_are_belong_to_us#14337 Post contents: As an addendum to my previous post, I am a libertarian and have argued this point many times. 1) People have rights, things do not. Corporations are things, not people. 2) Corporations, as creatures of the State, are extensions of the state and are de facto agents of the State. Corporations, on behalf of the state, collect personal data, collect taxes, etc. Without the active assistance of corporations local, state and federal tax and Socialist Security income would soon slow to a trickle. Since corporations are in fact agents of the State, people should be afforded constitutional protections against the actions of corporations, just as they should be (at least in theory) against violations of their rights by any other State Agent or agency. Sent at: 2008 10 12