The biggest dangers to the 'democratic' spirit are "profits".

The biggest danger to the democratic spirit are "profits". Profits by Individuals and profits by Corporations are the result of 'economic principles' and not 'political principles'. To be sure, the economy needed democratic principles so that it could thrive. But, there are huge differences in the two basic principles. A democracy cannot function without the 'Freedom and Equality' of the individual. To the contrary, an economy cannot function without competition and profits. When government created the corporate 'person', it created a "fiction" that was subsequently protected by Law. Its a pure 'abstraction'; one that can be put in a "frame" alongside any other document. By the Supreme Courts own decisions, its a "legal fiction". To put it a little differently, its a legally created "person"; created by the filing of Articles of Incorporation and the subsequent issuance, by Government, of a Charter. That Charter can be framed and hung on the office wall. In simple language, its not real! You can't touch it; you can't kill it; it doesn't have to serve in the Military like you and I; it doesn't get sick; hence, it doesn't need medical insurance; you can't even point to it! ( only to the huge building where its main offices are) If it should do something illegal, you'll never locate it, and the 'real' incorporators and owners are shielded by law. ( its called, "the corporate veil") and hence, you can't punish it. But, its also a fact, that they can't function without 'real People', hence they are populated' with 'real employees'. Well, it would seem that if corporations are to be protected by the Constitution, they should also have Constitutional duties, especially to the 'real people' they employ; the People who 'allow it to function' in the economy. Real People have duties; try violating a simple traffic law. Of course, corporations are not real, and hence don't have to worry about those little things. Corporations do not 'express' a 'life', or any, 'principles of living', as do 'real people', living in a 'condition of togetherness'. Yet, they live among us in all their 'abstract glory'. When 'money' takes over government, or "the democratic spirit", we will have entered the era of Plutocracy. When a corporation won't even provide for the 'Health an Welfare' of its own 'real employees', or when it tries to place 'limits' on a 'real' employees health insurance, and when the Supreme Court protects a "fictional persons" right, as against a 'real persons' right, Democracy is in trouble. Sometimes, its better and more informative to read the Dissenting Opinions of the Court. They're more honest.