(1) Does a properly functioning democracy allow for Wall Street firms to be, as you say, “individual constituents” or would it limit constituency status to the actual persons that comprise the firm, applying the Bill of Rights to actual individuals, not also to the ‘corporate person’?
(2) To what extent might the ongoing applications of the Bill of Rights to the concept of corporate personhood infringe upon the rights of actual people?
(3) Through what thought process can you conclude that huge amounts of campaign money, corporate lobbying, and lucrative corporate positions for former regulators leave in tact politicians’ willingness and ability to govern democratically?
(4) Would it be a great service if corporate media used its tremendous talent and other resources to delve into the plausible causes of how our country can allow the likes of someone such as Trump to be the president, or to even be nominated in 2016? How does that happen?
(5) Is outrage and condemnation toward Trump and his supporters a strategy for freedom, wide prosperity, and a habitable planet?
(6) To what extent have you looked into how major donors to the Democratic Party last year said they’d sit it out or support Trump, if either Sanders or Warren became the nominee? Have you considered the likelihood that some of the Democratic kingmakers are ok with Trump beating Biden? How would that square with many rank-and-file and leading Democrats viewing Trump as outrageous, deranged, and dangerous?
Consistent with my blog post from March 2, I wasn’t surprised or disappointed when Sanders dropped out.
Come to think of it, I’d now add to the following notes the additional point that ultimately Sanders’ message doomed his campaign and not the inaccurate reporting from corporate media
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