@mral no, that's not what the SCOTUS said.

Yes, special interest groups have made that claim, but they're lying to you.

SCOTUS in fact goes out of its way to try to counter such nonsensical claims, but unfortunately these myths persist.

@mark_ohe

@volkris @mral

Although it's not what SCOTUS said, per se, it is the result of their ruling. Hard to imagine anyone, aside from CEOs and the ultra-wealthy, defending the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision of 2010, aka corporate personhood. But apparently here we are.

@mark_ohe that's the opposite of what SCOTUS said as Kennedy went out of his way in the decision to emphasize that the it is to level the playingfield *against* the ultra-wealthy.

If you think the effect of the decision has been the opposite of it actually said, then that says to me that we should have spent more time correcting the record instead of promoting this misunderstanding of what it held.

The Supreme Court only has the power of its pen. If the rest of us buy into repetition of that opposite holding, well, there's not much the Court can do about it.

The Supreme Court did not hold that corporations are people in Citizens United. If we claim that they did, then we're creating that reality and creating the legal reality that runs counter to our own interests.

@mral

@volkris @mral

Apparently you're highly enamored with Orwellian thinking. Please don't bother me with further communication.