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I can see how businesses and its representatives (the chamber) may make the case that companies ought to have freedom of speech. Just like citizens united, bus
by studentrob 11y ago
I can see how businesses and its representatives (the chamber) may make the case that companies ought to have freedom of speech. Just like citizens united, businesses have lately been able to lobby for certain rights that were originally created for people.
But I disagree. Free speech and the right to vote protections were given to individuals as basic human rights, and corporations are not people. More money should not equal more voting or lobbying power. I realize that is impossible to avoid entirely. Still, the more we let stuff like this happen, the more we dilute the value of our individual democratic rights.