alt Hacker NewsThis is being disingenuous. Maybe not deliberately so, but still.
There's a difference between a few people getting together and petitioning the government for redress; versus, a multitrillion dollar corporation (that pays little to no tax, and is the recipient of very generous government contracts) buying its way to the front of the line and whining until it gets its way.
I thought we were talking about free speach? If so, I dont think it is off topic at all. People literally advocate that.
In citizens united, the government’s position was that, under their interpretation of the law, the government had the authority to prohibit a corporation or a non-profit organization of any size from publishing a book or pamphlets if they had political implications.
Where would you draw the line? what does "buying its way to the front of the line and whining until it gets its way" mean in practice?