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> In the context of this thread, how are those other rights relevant?

That a company isn't a person. We know this because a person has rights a company doesn't.



> That a company isn't a person. We know this because a person has rights a company doesn't

It would appear that this view is not widespread:

"In law, a legal person is any person or 'thing' (less ambiguously, any legal entity) that can do the things a human person is usually able to do in law – such as enter into contracts, sue and be sued, own property, and so on. The reason for the term "legal person" is that some legal persons are not people: companies and corporations are "persons" legally speaking (they can legally do most of the things an ordinary person can do), but they are not people in a literal sense (human beings)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_person




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