Reclaim Democracy
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- čas přidán 21. 10. 2014
- Larry Lessig's MayDay Super PAC is funding candidates in this year's midterm elections who have pledged to support campaign finance reform. Lessig is not attempting to change the system overnight. Instead he hopes to translate limited electoral success into a movement that will be a major force in 2016.
It is somewhat comforting to see there are people in this world that are still naive enough to think they can control the oligarchy that rules any given country with the passing of a simple law here and there, People that wield the level of power that the professor is speaking of wont be hindered by one statute or one hundred statutes. They will continue to rule and they will use the laws that they tell elected officials to enact to do so.
Ummm... We aren't a democracy. We are a Republic that employs democratic processes.
A pure democracy would fail, I'm not sure everyone understands the clear definition. He is speaking to the general understanding that we have of being in a constitutional republic. I think he's really saying that the people need to take back the power we have/had to select, elect and vote. Eliminating super pacs, lobby money and private funding as well passing term limits would go a long way towards doing that. The problem is that the people who can make those changes are the ones most impacted by them. It will be a battle but it needs to be fought.
First, you'd have to make people stop WANTING the Cool-Aid.
How long has this been up,it should have millions of views. I will do my part and link it forward. How about you?
Millions of views for what? There are only two specific proposals in this video that have any substance and they are both questionable (see my comment above). The rest is fluff, kinda cool art, annoying music, people nodding their heads, an enthusiastic speaker, and a bunch of nice sounding rhetoric.
Question: Is it only our campaign finance that we have a problem with, or is it the background of the people elected to office (lawyers)? Is there a feeling that other professions are underrepresented, or do people not see that as much of a problem?
Everybody can fund an election? No, only people with dollars can fund an election. Politicians still won't care about the poor and especially the homeless, the numbers of which are growing every day. And all we need is ten votes in the Senate? Please explain how that would supposedly work.
Where is the music from?
#Lessig2016
has this group thought about joining with Wolf-Pac or other campaigns with similar goals?
joining together might create synergy,
wright gregson or #MarchAgainstCorruption!
Mic Drop
Could someone explain the reasoning behind needing 10 votes. Are you inciting that the Democrats will go along with systemic change?
The background music is annoyingly *loud* - please redo.
It did go up in the second half.
CT Perez
Yes, esp. starting around 3:05 - with the "techno-thump" it becomes hard to follow what he's saying.
Actually, I like this kind of music - but not while trying to hear someone speak!
OR how about we try to act civilized and NOT force our ideas onto other people? could we grow up and try that for a change? or........
what the actual fuck are you talking about?