Chapter Ten – R(W)e-create our social story Pt II
Law
Human beings and corporations must have two separate laws. Corporations (which are legally dead entities) can never be elevated to the status of human beings (obviously). So to treat human beings and corporations under the same law, presumes that those human beings treated in this way are operating under the same status as corporations – dead entities (kind of like slaves, but instead of being physically bonded mental chains are used – a ‘dead’ entity is one that exercises no creative power itself, it must be moved by the will of living entities). Living beings (presumed as, and thus being) treated as dead entities in law, and the resulting bullying by police who are specifically educated so as not to know the difference between legally dead entities and living beings, is an abomination of life and must immediately cease!
There is only one Law fit for living beings such as those which make up humanity, some call it the non-aggression principle, or the golden rule; it is – do not steal (life, liberty, property, etc). This is a universal principle, or Natural Law; kind of like gravity, it is a law which exists regardless of our thoughts or opinions about it. Unlike gravity though, the golden rule does not physically shape (in itself) the world; it is more like the one idea a wise species will glean from the universe so as to co-exist peacefully (with each other, and the rest of life sharing this planet). So as the non-aggression principle is inert, changes nothing by itself, it is up to us, as creative, intelligent, individual humans, to discover and then enforce (stand up for our rights derived from) this universal Law.
Do understand that the non-aggression principle is how I will ordinarily interact with other humans, and is part of the basic respect I should expect from other humans. If someone is to use aggression upon me, attempting to steal my life, property, time, body, or mind; well, then reasonable force should be expected to be forthcoming in order to protect my being and property. If I am unable to protect myself against my attackers, then I have the right to ask for support from the community (either family/friends or some designated support group – like what the police could/should be). If I am to break the non-aggression principle, then I am to accept full responsibility for my actions, and make atonement, for I have wronged others. If there is dispute between those involved/accused, then we have the right to a trial judged by a jury of our fellow humans who will consider evidence pertaining to a breach of the golden rule.
Our most basic, really only, human right is essentially to do as we please, while harming non, and use whatever force is necessary to protect ourselves from those who would use unprovoked aggression against us or other members of our community (note: ‘force’ in this sense should be viewed in relation to the universal forces acting upon and through our lives; and as such, force which maintains or brings harmony from disharmony is a wiser path then force which creates disharmony or clashes with universal principles/forces).
Corporations are not living beings, and so are therefore fit for regulation/legislation beyond the golden rule. As corporations are not living beings they do not deserve the right of free speech (equal to human beings), or the legal status of ‘personhood’. Why should corporations be allowed to use their wealth to influence politicians to make laws which effect human lives? Why should corporations (government/political organisations, and NGO’s, included) be allowed to use their wealth to employ people with knowledge of psychology (public relations and advertising firms) to manipulate other humans into behaving/thinking in ways they otherwise wouldn’t?
The easiest way to sort out this abhorrent state, of corporations having the same legal status as human beings, is to leave all the legislation for the corporations, and have a distinct, and separate system of law for humans (based on, and limited to, direct derivatives of the principle ‘do not steal’). Obviously changes are also needed to limit the influence of concentrated wealth on social decision making; this will be addressed through some small changes (based on systemic thinking and lateralisation) in the areas of economic and politics.