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by andars 10y ago
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- M_Grey 10y agoCitizens United.
- morgante 10y agoThis election offers abundant evidence of how overemphasized Citizens United actually is. Clinton vastly outspent Trump, but still lost.
- nostrademons 10y agoCitizens United has had basically zero effect on my life. Before it, rich folks controlled politics. After it, rich folks controlled politics. The only difference is that now they can do so more overtly, and everybody knows that's how the system works.
- Kadin 10y agoCitizens United is not the example I would have gone with. It really only effects the ability of corporations to influence politics, so its effects on citizens are indirect at best. Roe v. Wade and its predecessor cases (Griswold et al.) which legalized contraception and abortion across the US have had an obvious and direct effect on many people.
- vintageseltzer 10y agoAre there female and / or gay people in your life whose rights matter to you?
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