So what are they? Aliens? Robots? A front for the dolphins? Sentient paperwork?
Your point is taken that the entity is not literally human—sentient paperwork is a joke but it’s actually not too far off—but your statement is still dehumanizing to actual people. The actions people take acting as representatives of the company are still human actions with human incentives behind them. I was hoping you would take the hint rather than the full explanation.
And if you follow the textbooks all the way, you and I are just electron, proton, neutron, same in the stars and in piles of garbage. The intent behind the corporation/individual matters as much, and otherwise it's just as meaningless to say as a response to GP.
> They're not human, it doesn't matter.
What this and your textbook example share in common is a lack of respect for the human factor. Sony Group Corporation may not be literally human, but to say “they’re not human” is to dehumanize the people the Sony Group Corporation represents because that’s what the actual function of a corporation is: to act as a legal front representing people. I don’t care who anybody boycotts, but I think at a minimum, we can you know, not dehumanize people even if you dislike them.
The sum of the whole does not equal one of its parts.
In fact, it is quite dehumanising to consider a mob's intelligence, agency, and will to be reflective of any individual therein.