Once upon a time, people saw that the First Amendment read, “Congress shall make no law ...”.
But then it became interpreted more broadly, and people decided that no level of government should censor Free Speech.
But the whole game fell part when the Authoritarians realized that private entities could freely punish any speech or religious feelings. All dissent can be silenced, if you can get companies to do it.
A fatal flaw.
A fatal flaw.
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Speaking of...
Giving corporations the legal fiction of personhood
was another.
Corporations were then able to gain.
the financial edge over human citizens.