Quantum Windbag
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"What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals." --Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1789. ME 7:455, Papers 15:393
You support corporations having rights just like people then, good to know.
Corporations do not have rights. Corporations are legally structured entities for the purpose of conducting business, sometimes providing certain tax advantages, and providing liability protections for the individuals conducting the business.
Corporations, however, are the sum of the people who run them. And the people have rights just like everybody else, yes.
And anybody has the right to form their own corporation.
People have rights, even if they get together and work toward a common goal. Arguing that corporations do not have rights just because they only exist on paper means that the people who get together to work toward a goal don't have rights because they are just meat.