How did corporations initially come into existence? How did legal language from the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, allow for the birth of the corporation? What/who was this legislation initially designed to protect? Where lies the irony in the manner in which this amendment has ultimately been repurposed? What is ironic about this the early history of the corporation?

How did corporations initially come into existence? How did legal language from the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, allow for the birth of the corporation? What/who was this legislation initially designed to protect? Where lies the irony in the manner in which this amendment has ultimately been repurposed? What is ironic about this the early history of the corporation?