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Nintendo sued by players who say they should get any tariff refunds received by the US government (www.gamefile.news)

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Two gamers have filed a class action lawsuit against Nintendo, alleging that the company will be unjustly enriching itself with any refund it secures from the U.S. government over widespread tariffs last year that, among other things, hiked the prices of Nintendo hardware and accessories.

“Unless restrained by this Court, Nintendo stands to recover the same tariff payments twice—once from consumers through higher prices and again from the federal government through tariff refunds, including interest paid by the government on those funds,” the suit states.

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 75 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

This is America. You’re not a person unless you’re a corporation.

[–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It didn't take long to go from "corporations are people" to "the only people that matter are corporations"

[–] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 3 hours ago

And everyone who cried out a warning at the first step was ignored.

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Is it expensive to file corporate taxes in the US? It really sounds like if everyone represented themselves as a corporation they would have more rights.

[–] forty2@lemmy.world 27 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

If you're looking for a new rabbit hole to explore...theres an entire crowd of people who firmly believe that the government creates a corporate version of you when you're born, and that your name in CAPS on the birth certificate is evidence of this.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

the birth certificate

Berth certificate, making us all boats and therefore subject to maritime law.

It sounds like a stupid joke because it is but also one of their things.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

I want to believe you're joking, I really do...

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Me too. Reality is dumber than fiction.

Many freemen beliefs are based on idiosyncratic interpretations of admiralty or maritime law, which the freemen claim govern the commercial world. These beliefs stem from fringe interpretations of various nautical-sounding terms, such as ownership, citizenship, dock, or birth (berth) certificate. Freemen refer to the court as a ship and the court's occupants as passengers, and may claim that those leaving are "men overboard".

From the Wiki article about Freemen on the Land, a SovCit offshoot.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 17 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

There's also endless content of them confidently presenting these arguments to judges when they've broken laws and being immediately shut down by said judges.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

The whole thing is a scam by Big Driver-Side-Front-Window to boost their sales.