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In reply to the discussion: Just curious about what people believe has to be done to fix anything [View all]CrispyQ
(36,695 posts)54. Revoke corporate personhood.
Make corporations accountable to the communities they do business in, not just the shareholders. This site has lots of great articles on the issue.
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Introduction to Corporate Personhood
Our Bill of Rights was the result of tremendous efforts to institutionalize and protect the rights of human beings. It strengthened the premise of our Constitution: that the people are the root of all power and authority for government. This vision has made our Constitution and government a model emulated in many nations.
But corporate lawyers (acting as both attorneys and judges) subverted our Bill of Rights in the late 1800?s by establishing the doctrine of corporate personhood the claim that corporations were intended to fully enjoy the legal status and protections created for human beings.
We believe that corporations are not persons and possess only the privileges we willfully grant them. Granting corporations the status of legal persons effectively rewrites the Constitution to serve corporate interests as though they were human interests. Ultimately, the doctrine of granting constitutional rights to corporations gives a thing illegitimate privilege and power that undermines our freedom and authority as citizens. While corporations are setting the agenda on issues in our Congress and courts, We the People are not; for we can never speak as loudly with our own voices as corporations can with the unlimited amplification of money.
Read our draft constitutional amendment to revoke corporate constitutional rights, (published nearly a decade before the Citizens United v FEC ruling). See also Move to Amends proposed language.
Introduction to Corporate Personhood
Our Bill of Rights was the result of tremendous efforts to institutionalize and protect the rights of human beings. It strengthened the premise of our Constitution: that the people are the root of all power and authority for government. This vision has made our Constitution and government a model emulated in many nations.
But corporate lawyers (acting as both attorneys and judges) subverted our Bill of Rights in the late 1800?s by establishing the doctrine of corporate personhood the claim that corporations were intended to fully enjoy the legal status and protections created for human beings.
We believe that corporations are not persons and possess only the privileges we willfully grant them. Granting corporations the status of legal persons effectively rewrites the Constitution to serve corporate interests as though they were human interests. Ultimately, the doctrine of granting constitutional rights to corporations gives a thing illegitimate privilege and power that undermines our freedom and authority as citizens. While corporations are setting the agenda on issues in our Congress and courts, We the People are not; for we can never speak as loudly with our own voices as corporations can with the unlimited amplification of money.
Read our draft constitutional amendment to revoke corporate constitutional rights, (published nearly a decade before the Citizens United v FEC ruling). See also Move to Amends proposed language.
Corporate power & influence is out of control & it's going to ruin our planet if we let it.
Getting money out of politics needs to be done, but I don't know how you go about it when those who can change the laws are the ones benefiting from the laws that need to be changed.
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Just curious about what people believe has to be done to fix anything [View all]
marym625
Sep 2014
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Getting money out of politics solves or greatly alleviates most of these issues.
LostInAnomie
Sep 2014
#2
I almost voted for the Vegetable Rights Association as the most important, but thought,
20score
Sep 2014
#19
Until this government is demilitarized, the dog whistle will always bring down everything else.
rug
Sep 2014
#21
That may sound good on the face of it because Scalia, Thomas, Roberts and Alito
20score
Sep 2014
#73
I think liberals have to stop attacking the only party that supports liberal policies: The Democrats
baldguy
Sep 2014
#31
Do you think the GOP would allow any discussion of policies of interest to liberals?
baldguy
Sep 2014
#81
So, Pres Rand Paul is an acceptable alternative to the less-than-perfect Hillary Clinton?
baldguy
Sep 2014
#85
If it's not working, it's only because people are discouraged from getting involved.
baldguy
Sep 2014
#91
The main problem America has is there are too many RW Republicans with power & influence.
baldguy
Sep 2014
#96
Interesting that you've stooped to using RW epithets for those who disagree with you
baldguy
Sep 2014
#100
ETA: even if specific policies are not as liberal as you would like to see. eom.
1StrongBlackMan
Sep 2014
#104
Looks like most everyone agrees that a seismic shift in politics is the way to break things free
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Sep 2014
#33
give every family in the world a laptop and internet access--it'll be fixed in 30 years.
librechik
Sep 2014
#55
It's not something that can be 'fixed' really, only mitigated. Magical, childish thinking.
20score
Sep 2014
#75
None of any of that will make the least bit of difference to any of the real, actual problems...
Spider Jerusalem
Sep 2014
#82
It's bullshit like that which keeps people from voting for their own best interests.
baldguy
Sep 2014
#110
good question. It will be hard to do as long as the two parties who benefit from
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2014
#134