Why haven't you pledged to abolish corporate personhood?

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The U.S. Constitution, which defines our nation of popular sovereignty, boldly begins with three simple words, written large, "We the People." These three famous words convey responsibility equally to all people to make our own laws.

But "We the People" have never included all the people. Those in power always try to maintain power. Initially, only land-owning white men voted. It took a century, the Civil War and three constitutional amendments to abolish slavery and let black men vote. The 19th Amendment ratified in 1920 let women vote. In the 1960s, amendments eliminated poll taxes to protect poor, mostly black voters, and allowed Washington DC voters to participate in presidential elections. In 1971, the 26th Amendment established a consistent national minimum voting age.

But as soon as freed male slaves were allowed to vote, the wealthiest white men created a better way to maintain control. Starting in the 1880s, ironically using the 14th Amendment, one of the Reconstruction Amendments that abolished the legal fiction that a person was property, corporate attorneys convinced a few judges (who were previously corporate attorneys) to create corporate personhood, the legal fiction that property is a person. This gave corporations, which are non-human, artificial legal entities for owning property, some of the rights intended for freed slaves. Toiling another century, more attorneys convinced more judges to expand corporate rights to add protections from the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments. (Legislators who were elected through the largesse of corporations shoulder the blame for allowing these decisions to stand.)

Today, corporate personhood is fully mature, giving corporations all the rights necessary to combine with their wealth to control our governance. Using modern media and marketing science, voters are persuaded which candidates to elect. With gifts, campaign contributions and no spending limits on lobbyists, lawmakers are influenced. "We the People" are not in control; instead, non-humans dominate the process of making laws that control humans!

Don't be fooled into believing that corporations are controlled by humans. Although corporations were initially created centuries ago by lawmakers for the purpose of serving the public good, they now must obey legal obligations to strive for profit, not public good. Corporations are not human, they simply don't share our morality or mortality and they have no business participating in the process of making laws that govern people. Democracy embodies the ideal of one person, one vote, but corporations have hijacked democracy by diminishing the power of all our votes below the influence of their wealth.

To gain control, humans must ban corporations from politics using a constitutional amendment that abolishes corporate personhood. Corporations serve a vital function in our society; they allow capital to be combined to accomplish amazing things. They drive our glorious way of life and prosperity. We must provide corporations with the rights and tools they need to thrive while serving the public good; we can do that without letting them participate in our law making process. But they'll use their persuasive powers to disagree. They'll vilify candidates who promise to limit corporate influence. We must be strong and ignore their deluge of ads and pundits, and only vote for candidates who put "We the People" above "We the Corporations."

If you believe in America's ideals for democracy, that all people are created equal and have an inalienable right to govern themselves, then you have a civic obligation to understand how corporate personhood nullifies democracy.

Watch the documentary ~The Corporation~ on YouTube at http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pin8fbdGV9Y&feature=PlayList&p=FA50FBC214A... to learn more about the nature of corporations and corporate personhood.

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This video was rejected by CNN for consideration for the debates because it is more than 30 seconds long.

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[Juxtaposed1Nmotion]

LOL you don't even know what kind of government America is supposed to be.

America is supposed to be a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, come on man its like grade 9 civics.

[MikePryslak]

Webster defines DEMOCRACY as:

1 a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

[Juxtaposed1Nmotion]

Oh thanks for the definition, so? Yes America is a democracy, but its NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ONE. According to the constitution and bill of rights and the declaration of independence. No where does in the D.O.I. does it say "democracy".

Democracy is a very bad from of government, where 51% of the population controls the other 49%. In a Constitutional republic you have your rights and nobody can take them away from you for anything.

You couldn't even provide a proper rebuttle.

[MikePryslak]

So, what's your point? My video is about corporations (pooled capital controlled by one or few people) dominating our elections and government. Do you think corporations should be able to dominate our elections and government, and if so, why?

[MikePryslak]

CNN rejected this video for consideration for the debate because it's more than 30 seconds long.  My bad. So, I submitted a 30-second video that hopefully will get accepted. Look at the list of my other videos to watch the shorter version.

Mike Pryslak

[jeremy001001]

wow his so not reading off the computer, look at his fucking eyes. (wiki)

[DeepMindzMinolta]

A PERSON "is" a CORPORATION!!! A Corporation is FICTION!! It does not exist in Substance (Active Reality)....ONLY on paper. This is why MOTIONS have to be filed in COMMERCIAL COURTS!! Because the "CORPORATIONS" (THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. BENJAMIN FREEDOM FRANKLIN) don't have any Energy of Their Own.

Your NAME (Title) spelled in ALL-CAPS is your PERSON. (CORPORATION)

Separation of the Real (Flesh & Blood) Man from the STRAW (Juristic Person) MAN is done via UCC-1 Financial Statement.

[SoCalAries]

Amen!

[rich2rock]

Our Constitution should protect me in and outside of a building, in America. Otherwise where does it count? Stop fighting and start uniting, we the people.

[loopholezz]

Thank you for this man. You are completely and ABSOLUTELY correct. Corporates should NOT be allowed to control our democracy, exactly!

[deb5561]

The best question I have heard so far. The concept of corporate personhood stems from an 1874 Supreme Court case (Santa Clara Railroad). It is at the heart of the rot of our system of government. Only 5 corps control 90% of our newspapers, radio and television.

[sirwizardoflight]

If there is another democratic candidate debate, this would be a good one for them to answer too.

[Juxtaposed1Nmotion]

I never attacked your video 1st off. 2ndly I think your asking the wrong question. The answer to "Do you think corporations should..." is an obvious NO. What were you expecting someone to say "Oh well yes of course they should dominate our elections and government blarg blarg blarg"

I think your asking that question under the presumption on which I agree that these corporations are in fact "dominating" the elections and government.