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rob05c  ·  3785 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: It's business that really rules us now

I feel like SCOTUS has been upholding theory, without regard to practice. Spherical chickens in a vacuum.

Money does equal speech. And in theory, Free Speech should be complete and universal. But in practice, speech = votes. This means the rich candidate has an advantage over the poor candidate. IMO that's logically absurd and morally decrepit.

Again, the Theory of Free Speech is great. But at some point, the real-life practical implications take precedence over the grand theory.