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> Free speech sometimes applies to things you don’t like. ...and in the United States we've defined down "free speech" to include "monetary donations."
by justin66 2y ago
> Free speech sometimes applies to things you don’t like.
...and in the United States we've defined down "free speech" to include "monetary donations."
- fsckboy 2y agosomebody needs to pay for the billboard, or rent a hall to give a speech, or printing the flyers for your lost cat. How is money not essential to speech? Your proposal is that to support a cause, one should only be allowed to go outside and yell, because that's purer than the corrupting influence of money?
- pnut 2y agoOnce money gets involved, you inherently have a commercial interest. What's the ROI? I personally think people misunderstand to whom "freedom" is granted and defended in the US, it is demonstrably not freedom of the individual, but of the powerful.
- fsckboy 2y agomoney is quite simply not inherently commercial free speech is a legal concept, and ROI is not a legal concept; when debts are enforced by courts, they frequently don't even enforce interest as if time value of money doesn't exist.
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- justin66 2y agoThe nature of the strawman you've stood up to to represent my "proposal" (who knew I had a proposal?) suggests you're not even familiar with the history of the legal debate in the United States surrounding the 1st amendment and political donations. So I guess I would propose you read up on that.