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Larry Lessig sounds Libertarian; says it's time to "strike at the root" of evil of a corporate-funded "marionette government"

I’ve discussed previously other pieces of commentary by Harvard Law professor Larry Lessig (now director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard; formerly internet guru at Stanford Law School). Lessig is now focussed on how corporate influence is skewing our reporesentative democracy. 

This time I note his October 16, 2010 presentation at TEDxSan Antonio, which was recently posted on YouTube; I recommend it to readers:

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz3RdkO824A:550:0]

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  1. TokyoTom
    January 6th, 2011 at 00:34 | #1

    Thanks for the comment, Dumky. I share your partial disappointment with Lessig, even as I think he’s doing us all a valuable service in exploring aspects of what is wrong with US government.

    I think he should be focussing more on federalism and or corporation limited liability status as a way to rein in the statists and increase responsibility.

  2. Dumky
    January 5th, 2011 at 22:50 | #2

    Lessig does sound libertarian at times. He definitely recognizes deep problems with the government and legal system. But I often find myself disappointed with his conclusions.
    He attempts to fix big government, as opposed to shrinking it to avoid the unavoidable corruption.

    I’m still hoping he’ll see the light, as he otherwise is a great speaker.

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