Reply #79: Not the same...

[Mythsaje]

Just not necessarily different ENOUGH. There was a time, long ago, when businesses were licensed to operate for the public good, not just for the bottom line. The founding fathers were actually VERY concerned about the possibility of corporations gaining too much political power while holding very little responsibility for their actions. With the onset of the ridiculous notion of "corporate personhood" this fear became a SERIOUS concern, because people then starting assuming that they possessed the same rights as REAL citizens, including identifying advertising as the same thing as "free speech."

It's not and should never have been.

They need to learn to serve the public good once again. Or lose their licenses and/or assets. Simple as that.