The concept of limited liability limits this negative scenario. And my limit buy for the entire US stock market @5cents keeps it from going to exact zero
I’m not aware of a recent example of public company shareholders being held liable, but it’s only one Supreme Court decision away.
I can imagine a circumstance where people want to get rid of their stocks because of reputational reasons.
People downvoting can't differentiate what is likely to happen from what is possible to happen.