I think it's always important to remember that corporations are legal fictions created by the state, so the state vs. the corporation is in reality just different parts of the state butting up against each other like a kid playing with action figures.
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They are created by the state because without the state saying it shall be so, there is no corporation. For most of history there was no such thing as a corporation, even though there were wealthy individuals or people running what we'd recognize as businesses.
The specific legal construct of the corporations provide special rights and privileges human beings don't have, such as immortality and limitation of liability for stockholders. There's nothing natural about such a situation which is why it didn't exist for most of history. Completely a creation of the state.
It's obvious that corporations thus endowed with special privileges compared to human beings would of course be less inclined to obey the laws of the land, because the human beings that might be concerned are insulated from the effects of violating the law.
The specific legal construct of the corporations provide special rights and privileges human beings don't have, such as immortality and limitation of liability for stockholders. There's nothing natural about such a situation which is why it didn't exist for most of history. Completely a creation of the state.
It's obvious that corporations thus endowed with special privileges compared to human beings would of course be less inclined to obey the laws of the land, because the human beings that might be concerned are insulated from the effects of violating the law.
A exists because B created it.
C exists whether B creates it or not
A looks a bit like C
therefore A is C
Therefore B did not create A
No.
C exists whether B creates it or not
A looks a bit like C
therefore A is C
Therefore B did not create A
No.