Your point as I understood it was that the corporations go against the individuals that comprise it.
That is my point exactly. I pointed out that individuals that compose a business often have no say in the direction of the organization. You then used an analogy comparing the individuals that worked for a business to inanimate construction materials composing a house to make the point that being part of a construct does not necessarily imply any control of it. That is exactly what I am trying to point out; if the individuals, the citizens that make up a business do not have a say in how it is run why should the business have any sort of say in how the government should be run?
What stops them? The Constitution did, but we stopped paying attention to that and allowed the Supreme Court...
Justices to the Supreme Court are appointed by the President and approved by our elected officials, so no matter how you feel about a particular set of Justices they got to their positions through the people we elect. This is why I think allowing corporations to participate in elections is bad idea as it allows them influence in the internal mechanisms of our democracy.
...(the Warren Court especially) to shred it. A farmer growing grain on his own land for his own use qualifies as interstate commerce? I beg to differ. States' Rights had already been severely weakened by the example of the Civil War so they provided little resistance to expanding Federal authority.
I'm curious how do you view the Warren Court as shredding the Constitution? History isn't my strongest point so I did a bit of skimming on the Warren Court and nothing really jumped out at me as shredding it, perhaps you could point me to those decisions? Also I couldn't find information on the case you were referring to, could you point me to the information about it as well?
So it ultimately falls on the citizens to keep their government in line. When people fear their government, there is tyranny. When government fears their people, there is liberty.
I don't think anyone would argue that the government shouldn't be beholden to it's citizens but giving influence to entities that aren't people could be seen as a conflict of interest.