Lawrence Lessig, We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim (corruption in our politics)

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There is a corruption at the heart of American politics, caused by the dependence of Congressional candidates on funding from the tiniest percentage of citizens. That's the argument at the core of this blistering talk by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig. With rapid-fire visuals, he shows how the funding process weakens the Republic in the most fundamental way, and issues a rallying bipartisan cry that will resonate with many in the U.S. and beyond.

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[newthinking]

1. Watched this Ted talk last week.

Hope it motivates some more people to be against big money in politics

[20score]

2. Fantastic speech!

Wish more people would get what he's talking about.

[Dustlawyer]

3. K&R! "There are thousands hacking away at the branches of our problem for every one chopping

at the Root of the problem." This is what I have been saying over and over, and will continue to do so. If you are upset at gun control or abortion, or some other issue that is divisive, you will not really get anywhere fighting for one party or another to enact the change that you think is necessary. You must start at the FIRST issue, campaign finance reform. Lets fight to get our representative government back and the rest will start to take care of itself!

[socialindependocrat]

4. What will it look like?

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and Alan Grayson...

People who do things because they are not afraid of not being reelected.

They do things because they know they WILL be reelected.

Because evolution favors the liberal mindset and the Democratic party.