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by arnarbi 2990 days ago
My point is that you can't blame companies for protecting their business. Their boards wouldn't be doing their jobs if they didn't.

The system where money translates into such disproportionate control over the law is broken. Two cultural aspects in America are also factors: 1. Corporations are in many aspects viewed as persons (e.g. they're afforded human rights such as freedom of speech), and 2. half of the voting population doesn't vote.