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I get the joke, but what we need is a constitutional amendment overriding Citizens United, reigning in the absurdity of "corporations have free speech rights an
by KennyBlanken 3y ago
I get the joke, but what we need is a constitutional amendment overriding Citizens United, reigning in the absurdity of "corporations have free speech rights and thus they can spend whatever they want on political campaigns and PACs, and without even reporting it."
- gosub100 3y agoI agree wholeheartedly. What if one or both political parties spoke out about campaign finance corruption? What if they refuses corporate donations, and made direct appeals to their voters to chip in (YouTuber style). I'm trying very hard to not be partisan here, but why doesn't either party take a stand? Don't they share responsibility for accepting the money?
- wahnfrieden 3y agoWhy would they take a stand against their own interests?
- gosub100 3y agobecause their interests are, ostensibly, with their constituents.
- wahnfrieden 3y agosounds like idealism more than a material analysis
- genmud 3y agoYou must be new to politics, lol. I am not sure if modern politicians even pretend to represent their constituents these days. Special interests first, party second, constituents only during an election, but only if you have a close race.
- gosub100 3y agothats a defeatist attitude. "Oh the windows are already broken, let's spray paint the walls."
- wahnfrieden 3y ago"wait and vote and wait" is the defeatist attitude. "oh my window is smashed, let's put a new one up. oh my window is smashed, let's put a new one up. nothing else to be done about it." you got played by respecting ideals over materialism.