• acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Practically speaking, what is supposed to be done about it? It’s all protected by the first amendment. Even if they were to somehow pass a new kind of “fairness” legislation in a future blue wave, the stacked SCOTUS will strike it down.

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      16 days ago

      They could at least try to end corporate personhood… make it so that corporations are not protected by the 1st amendment and don’t get free speech… Anything they blast out needs to be scrutinized and any misinformation needs to have heavy penalties… Sure the actual person saying the thing is protected, but the corporations pushing it out or allowing it to go out through them get crushed under fines… This would require a party that is not working for the oligarchy/donors though

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        16 days ago

        They could at least try to end corporate personhood… make it so that corporations are not protected by the 1st amendment and don’t get free speech…

        You’d need a supermajority to amend the constitution, and that is completely unrealistic.

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          16 days ago

          It wouldn’t be easy, but I think people, especially young people, want to vote for people who will actually fight… Over and over as long as it takes