You claimed: "Either corporations speak on behalf of actual human beings, or they're sentient financial entities."<p>Let's take Exxon. <a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=exxon" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/finance?q=exxon</a><p>Which humans does this corporation speak on behalf of? Are they all American citizens, for example? Do you think that matters if, say, Exxon decides to run for a seat in Congress?