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[-] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

The checks and balances that were designed to protect ordinary citizens from government also protect large multinational corporations and ultra rich families and individuals.

How do you figure?

[-] nednobbins@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The constitution doesn’t recognize groups of people as anything more than a group of people. Even if they’ve set up mechanisms that greatly magnify their power. It also doesn’t recognize any power imbalance. It just lumps everyone together and treats everyone as equal. (Some exceptions may apply)

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's a good thing not a bad thing.

[-] nednobbins@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

It's both. Any policy has downsides.

I'll use one of the internet's current favorite villains as an example. If the Lemmy admins decide to kick out some set of users, it won't have much effect on the world. When Elon decides who is and isn't allowed to have an account on his servers, it can have a massive impact on legislation and public behavior. Our laws mostly treat those the same.

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