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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by trompetenaccoun on Thursday November 24, 2022 @03:24PM (#33735813)
Band together with other citizens and demand an end of this! Also since we're at it corporations aren't persons. The founders of the US were very vocal about giving power to the people, the laws were never intended to grant personhood to legal entities for the purpose of enabling unlimited political lobbying by their wealthy owners.
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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by erik_seaberg on Thursday November 24, 2022 @04:16PM (#33736324)
What kind of organization should citizens be allowed to create to promote a political position, if not a corporation?
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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by greesil on Thursday November 24, 2022 @04:27PM (#33736419)
If by citizens you mean citizens with a fuckload of money.
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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by bobbylarrybobby on Thursday November 24, 2022 @05:03PM (#33736731)
One with limited spending power appears to be the gist, to everyone but the Supreme Court
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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by ben_w on Thursday November 24, 2022 @05:54PM (#33737139)
A political party, surely.

(Also, despite that I am not much of a fan of the UK political system, I do like that it has extremely low limits on election spending).

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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by erik_seaberg on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:42PM (#33738946)
A new political party would itself be a corporation (because if not, who owns its assets?) Running single-issue minor party candidates is also useless unless your issue is important enough to convince a majority of voters to abandon one of the big two parties that have run everything for our lifetimes.
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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by bandyaboot on Thursday November 24, 2022 @09:14PM (#33738440)
The non-profit kind for starters.
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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by erik_seaberg on Thursday November 24, 2022 @10:36PM (#33738907)
Citizens United is a 501(c)4 nonprofit. I think a lot of Super PACs are, but it doesn't seem to alleviate anyone's concerns.
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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by greesil on Thursday November 24, 2022 @04:26PM (#33736407)
Banding how exactly in a way that would have sufficient impact to change this? It's not trivial to start a massive political movement. I gotta pay my mortgage, etc.
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Re:Crypto Firm FTX’s Ownership of a U.S. Bank Raises Questions by halffaday on Thursday November 24, 2022 @06:11PM (#33737267)
There is a significant effort put in by the FBI and others to arrest people who do that.
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