Economic values have replaced democratic values. Democracy is about the Freedom and Equality of each individual. The economy is about making profits. The acquisition of money and possessions has become the goal of many individuals. There is no harm, per-se, in persuing the holy-dollar, so long as there is healthy democratic competition between individuals. That would be a matter of choice. But, that can no longer be the case. The economy has removed itself from government control by creating a fiction called "the Market". In a Capitalistic economy; one which hampers competition by individuals by creating "legal fictions", there can no longer be any democratic competition. Legal fictions don't really exist, yet they have been given a massive grasp over economic activity. The political problem arises when democratic values become dependent on economic values, or simply put, when money permeates every level of the governing process. Today, even the corporation( the richest, non-human, legal fiction ) has a grip on the political process. This "fiction" can now contribute to its favorite candidate. But how? The 'learned members' of the Supreme Court say, "because, although a fiction, it 'speaks'. Wow, democracy is rapidly becoming an "Alice-in-Wonderland" affair. Real humans are being ruled by artificial "persons" and "legal fictions". At the top of the economy are a few huge corporations. Its no longer a democracy, its an Oligarchy; or maybe a Plutocracy. Whats the difference? Well, it all revolves around money. A few corporations at the top of the social get together with a few rich individuals and together form a moneyed elite. Whatever the difference, if there is one, its not a government based on the freedom and equality of all real human beings. I keep using the word "real" because corporations are unreal; they're fictions; they don't exist. Yet, they are created by government. The real individual is replaced by a "fiction"; the economy distances itself from government control by another fiction called "the Market"; and polititians, including the Supreme Court, 'respond' to organized lobbyists or money. Does democracy have a chance in this political Alice-in-Wonderland? The Founding Fathers foresaw 'similar conditions' at the Top and crafted the First Amendment. The People have a Constitutional Right to "...peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances". Its time for real people to stand up.