Corporations with stock that are legally treated as people didn't come into existence until Andrew Jackson was prez. It was at that time the soulless and immortal company came into existence. Until then, companies were privately held and under the ownership usually of one person or a family that had a human stake in the concern and people working for it. This is still very much the norm in Europe. But not here. There is no real reason why we should put the rights of companies at the same level as people.