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by javajosh
896 days ago
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The idea is just a seed. To make it grow, first you must articulate it, and share it, and - this is important - try to approximate it in your own life. Eat your own dogfood, so to speak. It means ignoring paid-for speech in all mediums in your own life. Find out how it feels, what the trade-offs are. It will also highlight the ambiguities of the rule, something to keep in mind when articulating an actual law (which should be short, like the first 10 amendments.) Changing the law within current bounds will be difficult, because of money. However I believe that the body politic is ready for extreme change, and going against vested interests would be a selling point, rather than a weakness. There should be an organization with a good name, a catch phrase, a logo, a hashtag, akin to, for example, the FSF or EFF, but for speech in general. "Money doesn't speak!" for example. "Hush, money!" is a fun pun. "Get capital out of the capitol!" It's not clear if this could be done at a local level, since opponents can challenge such laws in court and probably win. It may require an actual amendment. Note that, as a happy side-effect, such an amendment would immediately obviate Citizen's United. |
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