> that freedom of association applying to businesses is incredibly old and consistently reiterated precedent.
I don't know why you bring that up though, as it has no relationship with whether or not the businesses and up having human rights on their own.
> is incredibly old and consistently reiterated precedent.
Again, this is irrelevant, as the age of a practice has no impact on how legitimate it is (slavery used to be incredibly old and reiterated ”).
> and in the case of the US, amend the constitution.
Nah, appointing the right Supreme Court justices is enough to create or destroy constitutional rights.
> Frankly, I have no idea how the world you are envisioning would function
It doesn't take that much imagination though, all you have to look at the real world, especially on the other side of the Atlantic: here businesses just can't put arbitrary restrictions that aren't backed by legitimate interest, and the said restriction must be necessary and proportionate to the achievement of the said legitimate interest. They simply cannot say “I'm free to do whatever I want” because they definitely aren't.
In fact I'm pretty sure that even in the US they cannot either, which is why Visa is framing it in a fraud reduction procedure.
I don't know why you bring that up though, as it has no relationship with whether or not the businesses and up having human rights on their own.
> is incredibly old and consistently reiterated precedent.
Again, this is irrelevant, as the age of a practice has no impact on how legitimate it is (slavery used to be incredibly old and reiterated ”).
> and in the case of the US, amend the constitution.
Nah, appointing the right Supreme Court justices is enough to create or destroy constitutional rights.
> Frankly, I have no idea how the world you are envisioning would function
It doesn't take that much imagination though, all you have to look at the real world, especially on the other side of the Atlantic: here businesses just can't put arbitrary restrictions that aren't backed by legitimate interest, and the said restriction must be necessary and proportionate to the achievement of the said legitimate interest. They simply cannot say “I'm free to do whatever I want” because they definitely aren't.
In fact I'm pretty sure that even in the US they cannot either, which is why Visa is framing it in a fraud reduction procedure.