Democracy under corporate control
24/01/10 16:27
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the government may not ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections. With the argument that the 5-to-4 decision was a vindication of the First Amendment’s most basic free speech principle, everything they want is control and ironically it is now legal to accumulate the power to control.
Allowing corporate money to flood the political marketplace would corrupt democracy and lead us to the dark future of your favorite cyberpunk movies. Is it really that bad? I don`t know. Maybe, maybe not. Keep thinking critically and your spirit alive.
References:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/news-as-cyberpunk/corporations-are-people-too-according-to-the-us-supreme-court/
Allowing corporate money to flood the political marketplace would corrupt democracy and lead us to the dark future of your favorite cyberpunk movies. Is it really that bad? I don`t know. Maybe, maybe not. Keep thinking critically and your spirit alive.
References:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf
http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/news-as-cyberpunk/corporations-are-people-too-according-to-the-us-supreme-court/