sole proprietorship also have personhood....though it's tied directly to the proprietor.( the business and owner are one "person")
but it's false to assert sole proprietorship are a valid alternative to corporations...SP's are very good for very small operations, anything beyond that, and they cannot operate.
without corporations, you wouldn't have cars, computers, most homes, smartphones, technology... none of it.. sole proprietorship can't operate in the same capacity corporations do... not even close.To the bolded
in a very real sense, those whom advocate we rid ourselves of corporations are saying " let's completely destroy the US and world economy ...on purpose".
that's not to say the government can't be more discerning in incorporation standards though... I too have a problem with corporations being allowed to exist as paper entities.
I think it should be required of a corporation to provide a good , service, or product
those that are Incorporated should most definitely have personhood, though... they can't exist otherwise....and yes, that allows for free speech rights to be exercised, as decided in CU.... the most important reason for this is if you have a company, the right to advertise your wares is fundamental....
one might not like other legal entities exercising their free speech, but this is America, they'll have to get used to not persons exercising their rights... or more accurately, they'll have ot get used to the government not being able ot stop them from exercising them.
CU was a case that was decided upon correctly if, in fact, you don't want the government to have the power to violate free speech at will.