Reply #22: It's a direct attack on the First Amendment

[teryang]

...right of association, "the right to peaceably assemble" in groups to advance their mutual interests.

Any group or association other than a corporation is not entitled to status in bushworld. They play lip service to the pulverized American family and the individual as if those alone were enough to ensure the welfare of the people.

Corporations and their endless progeny of trade associations, think tanks, and political action committess are entitled to the special treatment, subsidies and favoritism under the law that they very obviously have.

But demographic groups, grass root organizations, unions, classes of the injured under civil law, are groups which are not entitled to anything under this view (because it puts them on a more level playing field with the almighty corporation). Demonstrating a disturbing blind spot characteristic of arbitrary rule, these are "special interests" not entitled to any rights.

Next we'll be hearing about the inviolate "right of contract" to undermine all public safety, labor laws, and industry regulation instituted in the last hundred years.