Prof. Lessig: What Are You Saying, Man?

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Prof. Lessig: What Are You Saying, Man?

 

Posted on | December 7, 2012 | 0 Comments and 0 Reactions

 

by Smitty

 

We Americans are not easily inspired. Forty years of reform have left us more cynical, not less — and not just about Congress but also about the very idea of “reform.” Eighty percent of Americans surveyed by Clarus believe that the reforms Congress has passed “have been designed more to help current members of Congress get re-elected [than] to improve the system.” The biggest challenge for the next reform is not just substance but also believability: It must convince America that it, finally, offers real change.

 

WHAT. REFORM. SIR?

 

· Incumbency is up.

 

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· The ruling class is up, and the people are down.

 

European-style, unaffordable entitlements are up. Are THESE intellectually insulting, Constitutional-rights-crushing vote-buying schemes the “reform” you’re on about?

 

Barack “#OccupyResoluteDesk” Obama has been pissing down your back and telling your it’s raining for years. When was the last time Captain Superior signed a budget into law? I know, bad news is always somebody else’s fault, isn’t it?

Prof. Lessig, you’re not a dummy. Stop acting like one.

 

This is not reform; it’s collapse!