Comment on Citizens United was never about helping people

CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• OriginalTangle@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I just can’t comprehend how those SC judges were able to justify this to themselves. The reasoning seems absurd.

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  • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Money

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    • MunkyNutts@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      and power,

      “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

      ― Frank Wilhoit

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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Image

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• daychilde@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, there’s so many places where things got significantly worse, but this specific one is quite easy to argue is one of the single worst single points in the downturn towards fascism.

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