Another way of viewing "corporations are not people" is the principle, in the American context, that the primary purpose of an organization is maximizing shareh

Another way of viewing "corporations are not people" is the principle, in the American context, that the primary purpose of an organization is maximizing shareholder returns, and more broadly in the interest of shareholders first and foremost (the second of which I think is established legal doctrine in quite a few American states.) You can argue it's questionable from many perspectives – I can be a lot more unfiltered about this – but it tells you how specific of a context large American publicly traded companies work in. If that makes the idea of the large American publicly traded company problematic, that's a reasonable conclusion.