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> This is the most wildly dangerous threat to liberty in this nation's history. You better sit down before you look up “citizens united."
by GLGirty 5mo ago
> This is the most wildly dangerous threat to liberty in this nation's history.
You better sit down before you look up “citizens united."
- akramachamarei 5mo agoIIUC Citizens United basically defended the freedom of people to donate anonymously to political campaigns. Do I have that wrong, or could you explain what liberties trampled by C.U. outweigh those it maintained?
- GLGirty 5mo agoIn practice, it opened the flood gates for corporations and oligarchs to pour money into the electoral system. [1] Do you like technocracy? Because this is how you get technocracy. [1] https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/citizens-united-15-years-later/ https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/citizens-united-...