Luke_at_Pillars

Great question and thanks for asking!

Ultimately, yeah, that would be better.

But the Supreme Court has determined that political donations and lobbying (paying for someone to go convince members of Congress for you) counts as "free speech" under the 1st amendment.

So after a lot of back-and-forth in my own head about it and talking with former law school professors, I decided that the answer isn't taking a certain type of speech away from a certain group, but providing access to that type of speech to everyone else.

LMK if you want clarification or I missed anything!

I agree!

Legally it's kinda complex, but the short answer is that the Supreme Court ruled that for purposes of the 1st amendment corporations are "people" because they're owned and operated by groups of people (shareholders and directors), and groups of people still get 1st amendment rights even through the organizations they own and operate.

This is a "laugh because funny but cringe because kinda true" response.

I'm including a link to a study by some professors at Princeton and Northwestern that essentially concluded that the U.S. is an oligarchy, not a democracy.

Would you choose to "bomb foreign countries into oblivion?" My guess is no. But it's good for a lot of companies' bottom lines, so that's what our gov does sometimes. I personally believe that governmental decisions should first serve the will of the people, not corporations. Pillars is what I've built to try and accomplish that change.

Thanks for your question, sarcastic as it was. It's an important topic.

Oh man that's a great analogy! I'm a sucker for a good metaphor.

Kind of - the EU politicians have policies and stances just like US politicians, but my understanding is that they promise an approach and mindset alongside specific promises.

Well thanks! I'd encourage you to do what you can to get support for the proposed Constitutional Amendment going, whether through Pillars or another medium. Democracy only works when people like you (and me) make themselves heard.