When corporate ex-executives are absurdly hypocritical, yet so obtuse that they donât even realize it, is it still hypocrisy⦠or are they just dimwitted? Consider the histrionics emanating from corporate bunkers over rising public approval for the idea that nature be given legal rights that are enforceable in courts. The Rights of Nature movement argues that if, say, a mining conglomerate decapitates a mountain, that injured citizen of our natural world ought to have its day in court. âOutrageous,â shriek the honchos of Corporate America â the courts are for people¸ not for pieces of property! Hello, hypocrisy. After all, a corporation is not a person â it has no brain, no pulse, no soul, no life. Itâs not even a real piece of property, just an inert document printed by a state. Yet, the owners of that piece of paper claim that it magically bestows âpersonhoodâ on their syndicate, giving it the legal and political rights of real people. Yet, these âpaper peopleâ now cry that Earthâs actual living creatures canât have any legal rights because they are just property. Excuse me, but a single drop of water has more life in it than all the corporations in the world.