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It enabled corporations and other entities to freely dump almost unlimited money into politics. The capital a mega-corporation like Google, or ByteDance, trounc
by zer8k 3y ago
It enabled corporations and other entities to freely dump almost unlimited money into politics. The capital a mega-corporation like Google, or ByteDance, trounces what citizens can do by an order of magnitude. These entities were always allowed to donate, but in a very limited way. That limitation was ruled unconstitutional.
The decision created a political class openly controlled by corporations. The lobbying you and I could do (or even 1,000,000 of us) will never amount to what ByteDance could do consistently over time.
- boeingUH60 3y agoYeah, but lobbying was always allowed before Citizens United.