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People in the USA have both the right speak as they wish and to associate amongst themselves freely for any lawful purpose. A corporation is nothing more than a
by db48x 9d ago
People in the USA have both the right speak as they wish and to associate amongst themselves freely for any lawful purpose. A corporation is nothing more than a group of people who are associating with each other.
If one person acting alone has a right to speak, how can that same right be denied to a group who have decided to speak together? And since “speech” in this context has always been interpreted to mean any act by which a message is conveyed to other people, it naturally includes applause, sitting quietly, donating money, etc, etc.
- Frieren 9d ago> how can that same right be denied to a group who have decided to speak together? Corporations are not people nor behave like individuals. Money is not speech. > “speech” in this context has always been interpreted to mean any act by which a message is conveyed to other people Like a bullet? That explains the high murder rate in the USA. Your argument makes no sense and only works if one does not think too much about it. > has always been interpreted Saying that it has always been like that does not make it so. Because it was not. It has always been agreed by everybody that corporations do not have a right to free speech only individual citizens have it.
- db48x 8d agoNo, no! Corporations are _groups_ of people. _Donating_ money is speech.