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by 0110101001 1299 days ago
"Corporations are people and money is speech" was just Stephen Colbert's in-character strawman summary of the Citizens United decision.

A better summary is that restrictions on money being spent on speech are effectively restrictions on speech, itself, and the freedom of speech is not limited to individuals.
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foobarbecue 1299 days ago
Right. Citizens United used those two ridiculous arguments (spending is speech, corporations should have rights intended for individuals) to allow corporations to ignore corporate campaign contribution limits.

I didn't know Colbert coined "corporations are people" -- TIL.

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foobarbecue 1299 days ago
Ok, he didn't. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood

And https://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335288388/when-did-companies-...

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