Democratic principles and economic principles must be kept separate. Both are important to any Nation, but democratic principles apply to the governmental form and to all the people. Economic principles apply to the economy, capitalization, production and consumption. No corporation or industry follows democratic principles in its operational mode, i.e. in its goal to make a profit. Corporations and small and large business entities follow economic principles dealing with their own organization, capitalization, production, consumption, etc.. Democracy has no meaning in economic sustainability and economics should have no meaning in democratic governing. Of course the two theories overlap because its human beings who are engaged in economic activity and it is they who are governed. So, questions of fairnes, wages, work hours, job availability, etc arise. Nevertheless, each discipline functions within its own paradigm and should remain there. That's why no one agrees with the Citizens United decision. The entanglement between government and economics was already complex without the extension of individual Constitutional freedoms into the economic sphere. Corporations were already protected under the 14th Amendment and they were already involved in political matters without any further unnecessary injection into the political framework by attributing to them Constitutional freedoms that only real individuals enjoy. A corporate freedom of speech is completely unjustifiable. Any move in that direction has to be perceived as a move by the rich to solidify their economic position. The final note is that corporations are recognized by law as being "legal fictions". They are not real and hence cannot possibly have a Constitutional freedom of speech. When the Courts start to play party-politics we're in trouble.