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“@IKillKitten4Fun: When money buys power there is no free speech.” why is that so hard for many people to understand?

11:54AM Mon, June 25 2012

205554_10150554360465268_670585267_17822807_240072_n_normal @Secretoriginz Winston-Salem

Because TPTB have done a great job of equating Democracy and Captialism.

11:55AM Mon, June 25 2012

Redemptionimages_normal @mattob34 Los Angeles, CA

If I knew the answer to that, I'd be a rich man. And then I wouldn't tell you.

11:55AM Mon, June 25 2012

24cf8db8d34cd8a1d1fb0bddbc928fc2_normal @jakeroy Boston

Wrong. We have more free speech than ever before. We have the internet. Plus, money has ALWAYS bought power

11:55AM Mon, June 25 2012

20w58egioeqot97fwmk0_normal @ArtisticWC Down Yander

Ignorance is bliss...we like the illusion that we can make a difference. Lobbyist and Constituents have a lot of pull

11:56AM Mon, June 25 2012

American_flag_normal @dontbefnserious United States

Because most people have no clue what the First #Amendment really says ir means.

11:56AM Mon, June 25 2012

Hz93s0exglg8nlkxjueu_normal @Ruffypup New Orleans

Will you be watching AGT tonight Judd? lol

11:56AM Mon, June 25 2012

Twxkq0kgmimrdem6nvra_normal @krecorr Brooklyn, NY

You mean my Twitter feed is insufficient against Exxon/Mobil?

11:57AM Mon, June 25 2012

Kiw6if6o_normal @JD20012112

. I have no problem with people or corporations giving money to politicians, I have a problem with politicians who take it...

11:57AM Mon, June 25 2012

Sah_stark_normal @shuntera Charlotte, NC

Twitter is free speech, the poorest of us have never had such a loud voice as we have now.

11:57AM Mon, June 25 2012

6d4aeb3649bca37fd542a7e691e2c3ed_normal @DriverLarryinBC

I agree and understand. #systemfail

11:58AM Mon, June 25 2012

Jfn7660vfx4kt4uan6mj_normal @joelhancockjr ÜT: 40.787883,-...

equal speech has nothing to do with free speech. Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, not equality of speech.

12:00PM Mon, June 25 2012

7c3ce7490e6de485b47622bd509f0374_normal @Genevieve0404 Saskatchewan Canada

that concept has no basis of referance to the "common people" can't ever imagine what it would be like to have that much money.

12:02PM Mon, June 25 2012

Photo-4_normal @JCGlucks LA, CA

have faith, Judd. Things'll start trickling down any minute now, just like Reagan promised.

12:10PM Mon, June 25 2012

Image_normal @moemoe763

those who don't understand it are those who have never backed a cause they truly believe in. They're blinded.

12:24PM Mon, June 25 2012

Occupy-london-logo-001_normal @wordsmithward

we could all have it all but it requires a different focus. Not money, universal leisure.

12:30PM Mon, June 25 2012

Backhand__1__normal @pa_tall

I think those people understand they just don't want to do anything about it

12:44PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

we have the internet until corporate interstate take it from us.

1:05PM Mon, June 25 2012

Z_normal @Master_JamJam Mount Forest, ONT

politically there is no speech that is free..... Someone along the shit rungs will get fingered...... IN THE BUM!!!!!!.....

1:13PM Mon, June 25 2012

Image_normal @UndertheMtn ÜT: 29.954833,-...

Without right to publish/amplify/broadcast your speech at your own expense, free speech is meaningless.

1:15PM Mon, June 25 2012

M31mf0hc_normal @JordanDotJosh Pensacola, FL

give the politicians less power and there is nothing to buy. Easier than finding moral politicians.

1:27PM Mon, June 25 2012

Bbc2dc61a217e6c059c85386495ed16a_normal @MaxTwain

So how much power did George Clooney buy himself with that $15million fundraiser?

1:34PM Mon, June 25 2012

Img00854_normal @am123ip Don't remember

in a way, money IS power (and there is real freedom of speech rarely)

1:38PM Mon, June 25 2012

24cf8db8d34cd8a1d1fb0bddbc928fc2_normal @jakeroy Boston

There were always be corporations, the other option is to have no corpos, then you just have a govt to take everything away

2:29PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

campaign finance reform. Or a revolution.

2:36PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

True. The system will Always prop up the wealthy and corporations. Change will not happen. It may for a short time then SSDD.

2:47PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

True. We may have the right to "free speach" but no one is listening or cares. At least no one with power to change it.

2:49PM Mon, June 25 2012

24cf8db8d34cd8a1d1fb0bddbc928fc2_normal @jakeroy Boston

The 1 system that satisfies someone like u is anarchy, which doesnt work. USA is messed but has the best system there is.

3:23PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

They are either blind to the issue, dont care and are content to live in there "own little world" because it "doesn't affect me"

5:06PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

edit to first tweet. Their not there.

5:08PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

I never mentioned anarchy. Don't put words in my mouth. It's not polite. And while not the worst the US is far from the best.

7:25PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

Do not be so idiotic as to think you know "someone like me" based off of a few twitter comments.

7:28PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

What you just described is not "free speech" if it is paid for. One person has no more right to speech than another

7:30PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

Although I can't be sure I would assume that the actions of our forefathers would have been considered anarchy

7:44PM Mon, June 25 2012

187542_100000699367446_8215460_n_normal @IKillKitten4Fun Texas

by the ruling class. Their "anarchy" founded this "great nation".

7:45PM Mon, June 25 2012

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