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[–] 58 points 1 month ago (5 children)

And this is precisely why every country needs a maximum contribution per person per year AND a ban on corporate lobbying.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Didn't you hear?, companies are people in the US

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  • [–] 41 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    Corporations are people will go down as one of the stupidest, most destructive rulings of any court.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 month ago* (8 children)

    It's even worse in that they are apparently only people when it comes to donations. When the company does something criminal, they are suddenly entities that cannot possibly be punished beyond a fine for less than the crime committed.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (7 children)

    You could put the articles of incorporation in a jail cell but I don't see what that would accomplish...

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (5 children)

    They used to tear up corporate charters of criminal corporations.

    The problem was that it was effective.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

    lmao how is that effective? "oh no, we'd better write the charter out again boo hoo"

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  • [–] -1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    Yeah I did google it and you know, none of the sources said that the practice was abandoned because "it was effective" 🤔

    They do talk about how the law around incorporation was changed, making it ineffective. Because the company officers could just recreate the company.

    Which is what I said... but sure, be snarky about it if you like!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    So, they changed the laws and made it ineffective, implying it was effective before?

    Or you’re saying the incorporation laws were always ineffective against the corporate death penalty, then they changed them to make it.. extra ineffective?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The campaign finance section of ballotpedia is pretty telling too. The R candidate for my district has over a million dollars in reported cash to the D candidates 150k, which is just mind blowing to me...

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    they try to donate to both, to curry favors from either one if they win, if they only donated solely to Republican they wil face reprisal from a dem if a dem wins. betting on r guaranteeds unregulated "businesses" in that state.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    there really needs to be limits and caps on this kind of thing

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    [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    Dataisdepressing

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Why is Crypto.com listed as a Republican donor but Coinbase is a special interest donor? Is Crypto.com only donating to Republicans but Coinbase is donating to both parties?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    "Special interest" is usually for contributions to campaigns in favor of (or opposing) ballot measures, in contrast to individuals running for office that have registered with a particular political party.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I would like to see a top 100 by percentage of wealth. sorry top 100 largest donars but then see what the percent of their wealth that donation is. I bet musks is a drop in the bucket

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Jeffrey Yass likes to keep his name out of the headlines for some reason.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    Which goes to show that the USA almost always has been for sale

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Lol everyone cheered when Sheldon died and forgot about him. Meanwhile his estate/wife has doubled down on contributions.

    So much wealth that long after they have died they still control us.

    It's time to start murdering these people folks.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago

    Can someone explain to me what the special interest group is?

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago

    SI, stop using slurs like *I

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago

    George Soros betting against AI 💪💪💪

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