I have to share this comment I found on a Citizens United petition. [View all]
It sums up the intent and consequences so beautifully.
"The definition of speech is "the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds." A corporation is a construct of society; not being human, it does not itself have thoughts or feelings, and therefore cannot engage in the speech of Amendment One of the Constitution. The "speech" of a corporation reflects the thoughts and feelings of the individuals that control it.
The Citizens United decision has provided a subterfuge which allows the wealthiest individuals to have an outsized ability to give voice, and therefore outsized influence, to their political interests.
This Supreme Court decision, by allowing unlimited spending to influence the vote, is destroying the one man, one vote concept of democracy, and changing our country into an oligarchy of the wealthiest. "
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