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Originally Posted by roachboy
since this is ostensibly a thread about the transformations on the right reflected through the rise of neo-fascist movements like the tea party, new astroturf actions that accompany and gloss over the rearrangements in political power triggered by last year's supreme court decision thanks to the conservative-stacked court that found corporate persons freedom of speech rights to be just like those of actually existing human persons and following on that logic lifted restrictions on how much money they could pump into the system.
and they're doing it.
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Well, the one thing this does is increase the importance of unions, and perhaps the passing of the Employee Free Choice Act. If both corporations and unions may be considered persons, then surely they should be treated equally in terms of the right to associate without prejudice.
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