> Corporations are people This is an interesting usage. The same sentence comes up a lot and normally it is intended to mean "corporations are (legally) people

> Corporations are people This is an interesting usage. The same sentence comes up a lot and normally it is intended to mean "corporations are (legally) people (though they are obviously not literally people)." But you seem to mean "corporations are literally people." I think the distinction normally made is actually kind of important, because not only is a corporation obviously not literally a single person with intentions and agency, but it's also a little different than "a group of people" because of the economic dynamics imposed by corporate law. How about this: Corporations do what their directors (people) order, and directors are ultimately beholden to activist shareholders (also people). The activist shareholders typically want to maximize profits, and believe the corporation can do so by meeting market demand (of people).