Corporations are disembodied, cold legal constructs. Despite their alien nature, and their tendency to exhibit
psychopathic behaviour, they are classed as people with freedom of
speech, and even some form of freedom of
religion.
Whereas Chimps are warm bodied, emotional primates who share 98% of our DNA, and like us love, grieve and care for their infirm. They even look like us – yet are have no rights and are often kept in appalling conditions.
Recently there have been signs that as a society we might be ready to broaden the concept of personhood to include our cousins. In a sense this is the extension of civil rights to other entities.
As a Sci-Fi author future developments in this direction are fascinating. A porous boarder between various types of people: human; animal; algorithmic; (and alien), is great world building and back story.
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/chimpanzee-rights-may-become-reality/
Support: http://www.nonhumanrightsproject.org
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