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Band together with other citizens and demand an end of this! Also since we're at it corporations aren't persons. The founders of the US were very vocal about gi
by trompetenaccoun 4y ago
Band together with other citizens and demand an end of this! Also since we're at it corporations aren't persons. The founders of the US were very vocal about giving power to the people, the laws were never intended to grant personhood to legal entities for the purpose of enabling unlimited political lobbying by their wealthy owners.
- erik_seaberg 4y agoWhat kind of organization should citizens be allowed to create to promote a political position, if not a corporation?
- greesil 4y agoIf by citizens you mean citizens with a fuckload of money.
- bobbylarrybobby 4y agoOne with limited spending power appears to be the gist, to everyone but the Supreme Court
- ben_w 4y agoA political party, surely. (Also, despite that I am not much of a fan of the UK political system, I do like that it has extremely low limits on election spending).
- erik_seaberg 4y agoA new political party would itself be a corporation (because if not, who owns its assets?) Running single-issue minor party candidates is also useless unless your issue is important enough to convince a majority of voters to abandon one of the big two parties that have run everything for our lifetimes.
- bandyaboot 4y agoThe non-profit kind for starters.
- erik_seaberg 4y agoCitizens United is a 501(c)4 nonprofit corporation. I think a lot of Super PACs are, but it doesn't seem to alleviate anyone's concerns.
- greesil 4y agoBanding how exactly in a way that would have sufficient impact to change this? It's not trivial to start a massive political movement. I gotta pay my mortgage, etc.
- halffaday 4y agoThere is a significant effort put in by the FBI and others to arrest people who do that.