How can we save our Democracy from the corporations?
The Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. the F.E.C. is a death blow to Democracy as we know it. The court has already found that the 14th amendment grants corporation personhood. Now laws prohibiting corporations from using money from their general fund for political speech is expanding on of the last holds we had between our system and facism. There will be nothing to stop Mobile from spending a $100 million dollars on television commercials endorsing candidates who do not believe in climate change.
If corporations are people, will they go to jail when their product kills someone? If money equals speech, do those with the most money get to speak more and have their voices be louder?
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