I appreciate your setting the attestation straight, but I would call the "ultimate (and misguided) form of personification" the 19th century decision to give corporations the status of persons under the law. I saw the attempt to personify other non-humans as an effort to level the playing field. I believe it was Douglas who criticized the personification of corporations as without reason, logic, or precedent. In this issue of privacy as well as many others, we see the protection of the rights of the most powerful citizens (i.e. the corporations) running roughshod over the rights of anyone else.
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I appreciate your setting the attestation straight, but I would call the "ultimate (and misguided) form of personification" the 19th century decision to give corporations the status of persons under the law. I saw the attempt to personify other non-humans as an effort to level the playing field. I believe it was Douglas who criticized the personification of corporations as without reason, logic, or precedent. In this issue of privacy as well as many others, we see the protection of the rights of the most powerful citizens (i.e. the corporations) running roughshod over the rights of anyone else.