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>Ads are speech. No, they are not. People have been brainwashed and legal systems have been paid and bought for to consider them as such, just like corporatio
by coldtea 9mo ago
>Ads are speech.
No, they are not.
People have been brainwashed and legal systems have been paid and bought for to consider them as such, just like corporations have been whitewashed to be treated as "persons".
In any case, we regulate all other kinds of speech as well: explicit content, libel, classified information, cigarette ads, and so on.
- jimnotgym 9mo agoLet's start there. Corporations being persons is a legal fiction to allow them to consolidate capital. Giving that fictional person human rights is abhorrent to humans. It is a crime against humans. It degrades us.
- zajio1am 9mo agoNo, it just ensures that humans acting through such legal fiction have the same rights as humans acting directly.
- duskdozer 9mo agoWhile granting them protections against legal liability for the things that they do in the name of such an entity.
- BurningFrog 9mo agoCorporations are groups of people working together. I don't see why that makes people lose their rights. If only individuals are allowed freedom of speech NYT, CNN, and other news organizations do not have first amendment rights. Are you sure you've thought this through?