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mk · 3778 days ago · link · · parent · post: 33 Years Ago in America (but not in NYC and not the NYPD...)
Oh, absolutely. We have monied quorums rather than an outlet for thoughtful engagement. The majority of the Supreme Court equates money with speech; however, I honestly doubt this is exactly what they are after. In fact, they have legalized corruption, but in spirit I think they had another goal in mind. IMO they expect that money can be a satisfactory proxy for the value of speech; it's today's landed-gentry exclusion. In a highly improbable future, perhaps those of their mind might be persuaded that channels for productive engagement could suffice far better than a wallet caliper.What we have now, instead of the OP notion are the "lobbies" and that is somewhat broken, don't you agree?