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Political lobbies can be more powerful than citizens Political lobbies and Super PACS are made up of citizens, as are corporations and trade associations. For
by dwdd3 12y ago
Political lobbies can be more powerful than citizens
Political lobbies and Super PACS are made up of citizens, as are corporations and trade associations.
For legal reasons, some of these are entities regarded as people, but there is absolutely no reason for the public to buy into that narrative. Society shows too much deference to the legal fiction that these corporations are living entities.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if the people behind these moves were exposed. I'm not advocating harassment, but having the specific names of the corporate officers disclosed as part of campaigns may help them to understand that their actions can't be shielded behind a corporate identity, and may level the playing-field between "faceless corporations" and the common man.