February 4, 2011

The “Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission” decision last January, gave corporation the right to free speech. It made corporations the same as people under the U.S. Constitution and this is clearly not what “The Founders” intended. However, the activist and conservative Supreme Court catered to the needs of corporations and in doing so, lessened the protections for all real persons living in the United States.

A person has a conscience, beliefs and thoughts, a corporation does not. A corporation is unfeeling and only owes allegiance to stockholders or owners. It can reproduce, make subsets of itself that are equally irresponsible.

A person can be made responsible for their actions. A corporation cannot. For example a corporation cannot be brought to justice by being jailed or executed for crimes. Its corporate offices are generally immune and are rarely prosecuted.

What we have now is corporate socialism masquerading as democracy.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._Federal_Election_Commission

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood

http://reclaimdemocracy.org/political_reform/proposed_constitutional_amendments.html