Lawrence Lessig Endorses Obama
Lawrence Lessig has endorsed Barack Obama, and I think this post is an interesting analysis of the race.
Even if it is possible that an “experienced” politician could reform the system, the experience of HR “Lincoln Bedroom” Clinton is not likely to manifest that zeal for reform. She and her husband prospered from that system. Why would they ever work to dismantle it? She asks in her final 2-minute plea to Iowa: “Who is ready to be president and ready to start solving the big challenges we face on day one?” That’s not the question. The right question is this: “Who sees fixing the corruption that is government as the most important challenge we face on day one, and who is likely to have the will to do it?”
Lessig is not describing corruption in the bribe sense, but corruption in the economy of influence sense he described here. Lessig argues the most pressing issue facing the US Government is that “our government can’t understand basic facts when strong interests have an interest in its misunderstanding.”
I join Lessig in hoping Obama gets a chance, and can withstand the pressure if elected.
Update:I posted the wrong link at the top of this post. The correct one is there now, and here
politics posted by: dan @ 04 Jan 2008 21:20
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