oh, just finished reading the "article". It's kinda just an ad for Hartman's new book, this has been going on for 140 years. There was just a recent ruling upholding it is all, Reuters has the actual article. Used to listen to Hartman a lot back in the day, sad to see him using a clickbait-inaccurate title.

Delaware court upholds voting by companies in small town's election (actual correct article title)

The American Civil Liberties Union ​of Delaware sued the town, arguing it violated the elections clause of the state ⁠constitution. The group sought a court order blocking Fenwick Island from counting votes by "non-human artificial entities" in future elections. Nonresident voting in local elections has been permitted ​in Fenwick Island since it was incorporated in 1953, according to the court ruling. In 2008, Delaware's General Assembly amended ‌the charter ⁠to allow non-resident voting by artificial entities, including corporations, partnerships, trusts and limited liability companies, which must be chartered in Delaware.

Definitely shitty situation, but wtf Thom? From his opinion article:

Seriously. Not dystopian science fiction or a new novel by an AI version of George Orwell. Actual corporations

From the reuters article:

Karsnitz said he appreciated that the ACLU of Delaware might disagree with ​corporate voting. "Visions ⁠of faceless large corporations or even HAL controlling a small town are frightening and the stuff of science fiction," he wrote

Is this just AI eating itself or like blatant lazy-plagiarism style writing to make an ad?