it's too bad corporations, unlike individuals, don't die of old age

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@andrewrk Truth of the original statement seems to also suggest more things that might not be too clear at first because so little is said in detail.

For example, could mean:

1/ it's bad that corporations are able to use different people to carry a brand name and not die because of what bad they companies do and use people as replaceable units to keep their corporation going (a virtual entity).

It's not originally said in the short 1-liner but I'm sure many can see different branches of original feeling... that

2/ 1 individual can do bad things to others, but 1 company many can distribute and continue the bad like a vehicle with constantly changing drivers... (continuing same idea all the time or some changing the company even though name is the same)

I liked Marty Fouts response too here is also true that businesses often do die somewhat @MartyFouts

but generally the feeling might also be about corporations themselves being unfair or crappy in some ways like:

1/ corporate groups vs. citizen individuals
The structure IS the inequality and the leverage from governments allowing creation of virtual companies to exist (giving them special powers, benefits, bendable rules / paying fines only/mostly etc)

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