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minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·6 months agowouldn’t it be funny if tiktok ended up overturning citizens united. infinitesimally small chance of it happening, but it would be fucking hilarious.
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoWhy would it? The US is well able to ban flesh and blood people from the country so the idea that “Corporations are people” fits perfectly well with the ban. In fact it’s entirely consistent behavior.
minus-squareInfynis@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoNot the hero we needed, but the one we deserved
minus-squarethemadcodger@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoWith the way this timeline is shaping up… it wouldn’t surprise me anymore.
wouldn’t it be funny if tiktok ended up overturning citizens united. infinitesimally small chance of it happening, but it would be fucking hilarious.
Why would it? The US is well able to ban flesh and blood people from the country so the idea that “Corporations are people” fits perfectly well with the ban. In fact it’s entirely consistent behavior.
Not the hero we needed, but the one we deserved
With the way this timeline is shaping up… it wouldn’t surprise me anymore.