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Stan at 06:28, 19 February 2020

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	*[[Cognitive Bias and Democracy]]		*[[Cognitive Bias and Democracy]]
	*[[Move to Amend (MTA)]]		*[[Move to Amend (MTA)]]
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	== Introduction To Personhood Event ==		== Introduction To Personhood Event ==

Stan: /* The Louis Powell Memo */

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The Louis Powell Memo

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	*[https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/greenpeace-analyzes-the-lewis-powell-memo-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/ Greenpeace Analyzes the Lewis Powell Memo: Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy]		*[https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/greenpeace-analyzes-the-lewis-powell-memo-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/ Greenpeace Analyzes the Lewis Powell Memo: Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy]
	*[https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/ The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy]		*[https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/ The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy]
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Stan: /* The Louis Powell Memo */

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The Louis Powell Memo

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	== The [[Louis Powell]] Memo ==		== The [[Louis Powell]] Memo ==
			*[https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/greenpeace-analyzes-the-lewis-powell-memo-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/ Greenpeace Analyzes the Lewis Powell Memo: Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy]
			*[https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/democracy/the-lewis-powell-memo-a-corporate-blueprint-to-dominate-democracy/ The Lewis Powell Memo: A Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy]

Stan at 03:10, 19 February 2020

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	So, who finally gave the Supreme Court the right to create a new class of citizens?		So, who finally gave the Supreme Court the right to create a new class of citizens?

	== The Louis Powell Memo ==		== The [[Louis Powell]] Memo ==

Stan: /* Introduction To Personhood Event */

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Introduction To Personhood Event

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	*Climate change, air and water pollution, warfare, economic distress, homelessness, lack of health care, world wide population displacement, the school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration, gun violence, corporate/government takeover of land for pipelines.... The list goes on and on.		*Climate change, air and water pollution, warfare, economic distress, homelessness, lack of health care, world wide population displacement, the school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration, gun violence, corporate/government takeover of land for pipelines.... The list goes on and on.

	And the people's attempts to deal with all of these issues and more through legislation and regulation, have run into obstruction by the ~~nulification~~ of the ability for government to regulate industries by the courts. Lawsuits by commercial interests ~~that~~ have ruled against the interests of people and have created a mess of our democracy.		And the people's attempts to deal with all of these issues (and more) through legislation and regulation, have run into obstruction by the nullification of the ability for government to regulate industries by the courts. Lawsuits by commercial interests have been ruled against the interests of people and have created a mess of our democracy.

	Every aspect of our economy and our democracy is impacted by the growing hegemony of corporations. Nothing in our society is as consequential to our lives and our ability as a free people to control the world we live in as is the doctrine of '''Corporate Personhood''' promulgated by the Supreme Court.		Every aspect of our economy and our democracy is impacted by the growing hegemony of corporations. Nothing in our society is as consequential and detrimental to our lives and our ability as a free people to control the world we live in as is the doctrine of '''Corporate Personhood''' promulgated by the Supreme Court.

	And, you probably don't believe that this is true.... yet.		And, you probably don't believe that this is true.... yet.

Stan at 20:00, 18 February 2020

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	== Introduction To Personhood Event ==		== Introduction To Personhood Event ==
	You probably know or at lease suspect that there is something wrong in the world today... But, it's not easy to know just what.		You probably know or at lease suspect that there is something wrong in the world today... But, it's not easy to know just what.

	*Climate change, air and water pollution, warfare, economic distress, homelessness, lack of health care, world wide population displacement, the school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration, gun violence, corporate/government takeover of land for pipelines.... The list goes on and on.		*Climate change, air and water pollution, warfare, economic distress, homelessness, lack of health care, world wide population displacement, the school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration, gun violence, corporate/government takeover of land for pipelines.... The list goes on and on.

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	== History of Corporate Personhood ==		== History of Corporate Personhood ==
			The idea that corporations ought to have "Rights" has been brewing for a long time.

	* [http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/how-supreme-court-turned-corporations-people-200-year-saga/ How Supreme Court Turned Corporations into People - Mother Jones 2014/07]		* [http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/how-supreme-court-turned-corporations-people-200-year-saga/ How Supreme Court Turned Corporations into People - Mother Jones 2014/07]
	* [https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/citizens-united History.com on the effects of Citizens United]		* [https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/citizens-united History.com on the effects of Citizens United]
	*[https://celdf.org/2019/09/thom-hartmann-book-club-how-wealth-rules-the-world/ Listen to commentary on the Thom Hartman Book Club] The first 5 minutes says SO MUCH.		*[https://celdf.org/2019/09/thom-hartmann-book-club-how-wealth-rules-the-world/ Listen to commentary on the Thom Hartman Book Club] The first 5 minutes says SO MUCH.

	~~Who~~ gave the Supreme Court the right to create a new class of citizens?		So, who finally gave the Supreme Court the right to create a new class of citizens?

	The ~~idea that corporations ought to have "Rights" has been brewing for a long~~		== The Louis Powell Memo ==

Stan: /* History of Corporate Personhood */

2020-02-18T19:47:54Z

History of Corporate Personhood

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	== History of Corporate Personhood ==		== History of Corporate Personhood ==

	*[https://celdf.org/2019/09/thom-hartmann-book-club-how-wealth-rules-the-world/ Listen to commentary on the Thom Hartman Book Club] The first 5 minutes says SO MUCH.
	* [http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/how-supreme-court-turned-corporations-people-200-year-saga/ How Supreme Court Turned Corporations into People - Mother Jones 2014/07]		* [http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/how-supreme-court-turned-corporations-people-200-year-saga/ How Supreme Court Turned Corporations into People - Mother Jones 2014/07]
	* [https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/citizens-united History.com on the effects of Citizens United]		* [https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/citizens-united History.com on the effects of Citizens United]
			*[https://celdf.org/2019/09/thom-hartmann-book-club-how-wealth-rules-the-world/ Listen to commentary on the Thom Hartman Book Club] The first 5 minutes says SO MUCH.

	Who gave the Supreme Court the right to create a new class of citizens?		Who gave the Supreme Court the right to create a new class of citizens?

	The idea that corporations ought to have "Rights" has been brewing for a long		The idea that corporations ought to have "Rights" has been brewing for a long

Stan: /* History of Corporate Personhood */

2020-02-18T19:43:41Z

History of Corporate Personhood

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	*[https://celdf.org/2019/09/thom-hartmann-book-club-how-wealth-rules-the-world/ Listen to commentary on the Thom Hartman Book Club] The first 5 minutes says SO MUCH.		*[https://celdf.org/2019/09/thom-hartmann-book-club-how-wealth-rules-the-world/ Listen to commentary on the Thom Hartman Book Club] The first 5 minutes says SO MUCH.
	* [http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/how-supreme-court-turned-corporations-people-200-year-saga/ How Supreme Court Turned Corporations into People - Mother Jones 2014/07]		* [http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/how-supreme-court-turned-corporations-people-200-year-saga/ How Supreme Court Turned Corporations into People - Mother Jones 2014/07]
	* [http://www.nancho.net/corperson/timelin2.pdf Timeline of Personhood Rights and Powers - WILPF]
	* [https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/citizens-united History.com on the effects of Citizens United]		* [https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/citizens-united History.com on the effects of Citizens United]

Stan at 19:40, 18 February 2020

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	Who gave the Supreme Court the right to create a new class of citizens?		Who gave the Supreme Court the right to create a new class of citizens?
	~~You probably know or at lease suspect~~ that ~~there is something wrong in the World today... But, it's not easy~~ to ~~know just what.~~
			The idea that corporations ought to have "Rights" has been brewing for a long

Stan at 19:35, 18 February 2020

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	*Climate change, air and water pollution, warfare, economic distress, homelessness, lack of health care, world wide population displacement, the school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration, gun violence, corporate/government takeover of land for pipelines.... The list goes on and on.		*Climate change, air and water pollution, warfare, economic distress, homelessness, lack of health care, world wide population displacement, the school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration, gun violence, corporate/government takeover of land for pipelines.... The list goes on and on.

	And the people's attempts to deal with all of these issues and more through legislation and regulation, have run into obstruction by the nulification of the ability for government to regulate industries by the courts. Lawsuits by commercial interests that have ruled against the interests of people and have created a mess of our democracy		And the people's attempts to deal with all of these issues and more through legislation and regulation, have run into obstruction by the nulification of the ability for government to regulate industries by the courts. Lawsuits by commercial interests that have ruled against the interests of people and have created a mess of our democracy.

	'''Corporate Personhood''' is the ~~most significant legal term that nobody knows~~.		Every aspect of our economy and our democracy is impacted by the growing hegemony of corporations. Nothing in our society is as consequential to our lives and our ability as a free people to control the world we live in as is the doctrine of '''Corporate Personhood''' promulgated by the Supreme Court.

	*<small>Every aspect of our economy and our democracy is impacted by the growing hegemony of corporations. Nothing in our society is as consequential to our lives and our ability as a free people to control the world we live in as is the doctrine of '''Corporate Personhood''' promulgated by the Supreme Court.</small> And, you probably don't believe that this is true.... yet.		And, you probably don't believe that this is true.... yet.

	=== Definition of Corporate Personhood ===		=== Definition of Corporate Personhood ===