25 years from now historians may mark Citizens United as the death of America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
“-Stevens argued that the unique qualities of corporations and other artificial legal entities made them dangerous to democratic elections. These legal entities, he argued, have perpetual life, the ability to amass large sums of money, limited liability, no ability to vote, no morality, no purpose outside profit-making, and no loyalty. Therefore, he argued, the courts should permit legislatures to regulate corporate participation in the political process.”
“Full Orwellian Inversion” is a good term to describe the revisionism being attempted. What Mika’s father talked about long ago was “Balkanization”, and every day I am more and more afraid of America melting down. Very few people believe it can happen but some millions want it to happen and that is incredibly dangerous.