said by Skippy25:Your very first sentence shows exactly why they should not have been ruled as people.
People, can and are held responsible for their actions. Corporations aren't and the people that hide behind the corporate shield (which was created by elitist to protect themselves) aren't.
Listen, if I buy 5 shares of Coca-Cola stock, and management tomorrow decides to put rat poison into it, should I be sued because I owned some stocks, even though I would have no way of knowing that they were poisoning the product? Limited liability makes a lot of sense from the point of view of shareholders (with the exception of very large shareholders) having very limited control over the company's operations.