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What's the worst invention of the 21st century? (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 months ago by UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 months ago (3 children)

That's pre-21st century though.

[–] SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago

It’s a bad enough idea we don’t need anymore for the next few centuries.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

According to someone else in here, it was 19th, and that sounds right to me. I'm guessing early 19th.

It's just a neat, tidy legal fiction for some purposes.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

it was 2010

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

Negative. Corporate personhood predates Citizens United v. FCC (which is what I assume you're referring to). IMO: The ruling itself still counts as an answer to the original question though!