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The real tragedy is that many industries have become so monopolized (due in a large part to government-created systemic issues; regulatory capture, reserve banking, etc...) that we need bans on such clauses because otherwise, corporate monopolies could dictate essentially any terms and they would become standard throughout the entire economy within a decade. It would speed up systemic enslavement of the population.

I think legally, such bans can easily be justified by the fact that a corporation is not actually a person. Corporations do not have the constitutional right to free speech as people do.

Personally, I tend to lean much further on this issue as I believe that corporate personhood and limited liability are unethical, socially harmful and economically inefficient (in the long run).




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