General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Names Names [View all]lastlib
(23,381 posts)....that this corporate personhood and corporate electioneering be ended. Then we hold them to it.
*I know that sounds trite, and maybe it is--but it is absolutely fundamental to achieving the change we desire. Maybe it's unattainable, but **we have to work at it.** The corporate powers are not going to just hand their power back over to us for free. We have to demand it back, and we have to fight them for it. I wish I knew a better way to answer but all I know is--we have to work for it. We got Barack Obama elected twice over the corporate chosen ones, and we need to employ that same effort on an even broader scale to overthrow the Citizens United regime. It won't be easy--hell, it may not even be possible. But as long as we have the right to vote, the right to organize, and the right and the ability to contribute, we CAN do it. The question remains, do we have the will?