Journal Jeremiah Cornelius's Journal: US Now Legal Oligarchy, Like Russia 21
It is now completely legal, for the rich to buy any government they like, in America.
In his majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts said that the limits, "do little, if anything, to address that concern, while seriously restricting participation in the democratic process."
Where "democracy" is equated with "expendable surplus wealth".
Well, the veil is off this bitch now.
CORPORATION==PERSON
DOLLAR==SPEECH
WEALTH==LIBERTY
Oh for crying out loud (Score:2)
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You live in a fantasy land.
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Is anybody really going to out-buy the labor unions on the political influence market now?
Really? Back to that boogeyman? What labor unions do you think you are referring to? Less than 1 in 10 American workers are in a union. The AFL-CIO and teamsters together have a war chest that is less than what your Koch Brothers will spend just in 2014, but the labor unions have to pay to be heard.
You'd might as well be warning us of the dangers of the CCC.
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Koch and Soros, Koch and Soros,
It's an institution that will make you morose.
Adelson can spend, dollar for dollar,
With change to spare and make you holler.
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Amerika is changing it's name to Waltonland. DC will be re-badged as Pottertown.
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What do you have against unions? They are just another group of traders on the commodities market vying for an advantageous position in the herd. Capitalism baby. It's how things work.
Zing.
(Ahh, my kingdom for a mod point.)
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Jesus, you kids can't even get your propaganda right these days.
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Canadian. So, he uses the proper spelling, not the bastard spelling from Farenheit Land.
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To be specific, this is about single billionaires being able to buy and sell the labor unions like hotcakes.
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What difference does that make? I was told by him that "consent" does not exist. Maybe that only relates to sex, who knows, however his post here is spot on. Unions are traded just like orange or energy futures, or any other commodity. The buying and selling of human resources is big bucks, and everybody wants a piece of the action.
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Plutocracy! Money is speech. Some have more speech than others. Speech is a vote, and wealth is created through application of fiscal policy.
I repeat: wealth is created through application of fiscal policy. If any of our friends here disagree with that, they must explain how any man does 500 million dollars worth of work.
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I don't know if wealth is created by fiscal policy (or any other resource rationing), but it certainly is concentrated that way. That is the purpose of the state/church in serving the plutocrats. They prove the inextricable link in the combination of wealth and power, and public and private into a single unit.
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According to my numerology plug in, apparently the way to do $500 million worth of work is to be a rapper and sell your soul to the RIAA:
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Yeah, right. Consenting adults, the rallying cry of every abuser ever born.
in new soviet america... (Score:2)
scott walker has busted numerous work unions, taken the right to vote away from women and the poor. through unreasonable requirements. before a state id or drivers license was fine, not so anymore. when a person changes their name they need the official marriage or divorce paperwork the certified change documents and that is for every marriage and every divorce no matter when it was. and everyone needs their birth certificate to vote. knowledge of this isn't exactly out there to everyone, and getting repla