better society, cleaner air, saving endangered species, or simply that no one should starve in America. These things often cost us money or limit our access to resources. However, we do it because at our core we have a sense of a greater good.
Corporations have only one single purpose, make money for their stockholders. They are not evil, just as a lion is not evil despite the fact that it might kill you and eat you. It is simply their nature. Corporation’s nature is to grow profits by whatever means possible. It is naive of us think otherwise and to grant them an unbalanced voice. Unbalanced in both the sense that a corporation lacks the heart and desire for a greater good and the vast wealth they can spend to essentially drown out the voices of individual citizens.
The Court’s decision this week allows corporations to spend billions to either prop up a candidate they like or shatter the reputation of someone that will not assist them in their goals. Human beings are expected to demonstrate a modicum of restrain and civility towards fellow citizens in their endeavors, but corporations lack such considerations, it is not in their nature. Yet, we just allowed such entities to possess the greatest, loudest voices possible in a society that almost solely depends on costly paid advertisements to deliver political views and ideas to the voting masses.
I’m a great believer in sticking to the law and the constitution. If our current laws state that corporations should be allowed unlimited spending, then the Court did its job. However, it is congress’ job to determine what harms society and create statutes to prohibit such conduct. It may require redefining what a corporation is, but there must be a way to accomplish this. These new rights just bestowed upon corporations will harm society and shame on congress if they do not protect the voices of their citizens.
