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From a US legal perspective on corporate personhood, Capital is free speech. Limits on campaign finance limit a corporate persons' first amendment rights. Lobby
by marnett 7y ago
From a US legal perspective on corporate personhood, Capital is free speech. Limits on campaign finance limit a corporate persons' first amendment rights. Lobbying and campaign finance are not corruption. It is legal, systemic, and operating as intended.
Capital being the true democratic mean in the world's most capitalistic country is not surprising or incorrect. It's intentional.
- deogeo 7y ago> operating as intended. Operating according to the current interpretation of the US constitution. The intentions of its writers are another matter entirely.
- grecy 7y ago> Lobbying and campaign finance are not corruption I pay a politician money, and he does what I want. That is the very definition of bribery and corruption. Just because the people that stand to gain the most from it decided to make it "legal", that doesn't change what it actually is. Call it "legal corruption" if you like. > Capital being the true democratic mean in the world's most capitalistic country is not surprising or incorrect. Of course, there is only one democracy on the planet where that's true. How does that country stack up against all the other OECD countries in terms of quality of life for the average Joe citizen?