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In reply to the discussion: I am not posting this for the purpose of getting either sympathy or suggestions. I just think [View all]ancianita
(43,451 posts)subservient to corporate interests.
It's never foolish to refuse to put up with corporations having standing before the Constitution that's equal to the humans it was written for.
Corporations spread the hype that they are 'persons' and their money is 'speech.'
Neither is true under law yet.
No ruling by SCOTUS has ever explicitly stated that they are, though their collective rulings in their favor have come from those pro-corporate arguments. (that they are 'persons' and their money is 'speech.' )
Only a fool will entertain that fictional personhood entities deserve equal standing to determine the governance of humans.
This issue of standing before the law must get explicitly settled once and for all. You can have a constitutional democracy that holds humans above corporate entities, or you can have fascism.
Don't believe the hype. They want you to feel foolish in the face of moneyed powers. They've stealth made their way into Goliath status in the courts, but us Davids can still beat them.