sdifox
No Lifer
- Sep 30, 2005
- 95,052
- 15,145
- 126
Don't have an answer for that question, but surely one could equally ask, does it apply to enemy rich plutocrats operating in one's country? I mean, we have a staggering number of "think tanks" (pretending to be 'educational' and in many cases getting classified as 'charities') and media conglomerates pumping out propaganda on behalf of the rich people (mostly, but not exclusively, Americans) who own and fund them. In many cases those people don't even care if their media outlets are commercially viable, yet alone profitable, as long as they get to put their propaganda out there.
What are the limits to 'free speech' that you propose? (I mean, I think the whole concept of 'free speech' is pretty ill-defined, so I don't really know, myself)
Depends on where you are I guess. The biggest issue is black money so the Citizen United case is an absolute travesty. I am not ok with oligarchs.
All funding sources for any lobby or media group should not be hidden. Especially things like PAC. I don't have an issue with people donating to PAC but it should be transparent.