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We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim | Lawrence Lessig
TED · 8 recommenders · 9 months
In this TED talk, Lawrence Lessig argues that American politics is corrupted by Congress's dependence on funding from a tiny fraction of citizens. He uses rapid-fire visuals and calls for a bipartisan push to reclaim the Republic.
Why Hacker News readers recommend it: HN cites it repeatedly as the root-cause argument that money in politics must be fixed before other issues, and as background for his Mayday PAC.
US politics & electionsFree speech, censorship & civil liberties#lawrence lessig#campaign finance#political corruption#lobbying#democracy reform
“This TED lecture[0] is only 18 minutes long and it offers rather a chilling perspective on any sensible reform.”
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