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If corporations effectively become governments, then the amendment should apply.
by netr0ute 5y ago
If corporations effectively become governments, then the amendment should apply.
- junipertea 5y agoIf corporations become governments, they can make their own laws?
- netr0ute 5y agoThey already do, just hidden under the guise of lobbying and marketing.
- clucas 5y agoWhat are the criteria for determining if a corporation is "effectively a government"?
- netr0ute 5y agoMaybe if their revenue exceeds those of many governments.
- clucas 5y agoThat really doesn't seem like a good test for determining whether we remove a company's first amendment right not to distribute speech it doesn't want to. The New York Times has revenue greater than the tax revenue of a few dozen nations. Should the government force the New York Times to carry any editorial anyone submits?