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I mean the real mindfuck is how we ended up with money == speech. Like, I think if the founders meant that they would have said that, no? Money existed back the
by pfannkuchen 7mo ago
I mean the real mindfuck is how we ended up with money == speech. Like, I think if the founders meant that they would have said that, no? Money existed back then. English wasn’t that different back then.
I can see applying some interpretation to get at more abstract principles when conditions change, but in this case where are the changed conditions?
- delichon 7mo agoDo we have freedom of press if congress can prevent us from buying a printing press (or spending money to make a movie about a politician as in Citizens United)? If so 1A becomes a weak constraint on government.
- pfannkuchen 7mo agoInteresting, I'm going to have to look into that case more, I realize that I have a surface level take informed by mass media here Clearly campaign material influences voters in a way that is manipulative, and some citizens having more ability than others to manipulate voters is functionally against basic democratic principles, and the current legal setup enables this to happen in a way that obviously (to me) affects election outcomes. But I don't currently have a clear line to draw in this area, I'll have to think about it more.