Loss of Privacy

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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Lawrence Lessig explains why political transparency, while necessary, is not enough to fix America’s government, in this unedited, extended interview.

While promoting his book, Republic, Lost, Lessig discusses how certain bills are paid more attention to than others. The fact is that money buy attention and access. It’s not about what’s best for American citizens. It about what’s best for filling the re-election coffers.

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PART II

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Lawrence Lessig discusses how to fix the problems of our shitty government by eliminating corporate donations and electing a government that actually cares about its citizens.

July 29, 2010, TEDxBoston talk, an attempt to distill further this plea that activists recognize that until we fix this problem, no other problem gets fixed. Comments and suggestions welcome at comments@lessig.org.

There is a bill currently in both houses of Congress, called the Fair Elections Now Act, that is supported, so far, by over 100 Representatives and Senators. If your members of Congress aren’t supporting this, consider writing to them to urge them to support it.

Another bogus claim has left Lawrence Lessig without his video on YouTube. Thankfully, the video is available on bliptv. While the video is back up on YouTube, watch it here, embedded from bliptv, where there aren’t any problems or questions of fair use.

And here is another talk on said values in response to the takedown.

You can see it here, here, here, here, here, or here.

Remixes here, here, and here.