Our democracy no longer represents the people. Here's how we fix it | Larry Lessig | TEDxMidAtlantic

By Plicatus EN in Political Affairs 1345 views 13th March 2018 Video Duration: 00:20:54

Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig makes the case that our democracy has become corrupt with money, leading to inequality that means only 0.02% of the United States population actually determines who's in power. Lessig says that this fundamental breakdown of the democratic system must be fixed before we will ever be able to address major challenges like climate change, social security, and student debt. This is not the most important problem, it's just the first problem..


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