Rootstrikers
This video pill was created by Notthisbody twitter.com/notthisbody in collaboration with Lawrence Lessig twitter.com/lessig the Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. It is for non-commercial, educational and informational purposes only. Rootstrikers is a non-profit organization that "aims to restore power over American politics and government to 100% of the people. We hope patriots of all political persuasions will join us to help build an unstoppable grassroots movement that demands and delivers lasting reforms." Learn more about them at rootstrikers.org/
3 comments
William WAUGH • about 13 years ago
Influence of money, yes, that's a problem, but also of the essence, US democracy needs:
- accurate vote tally
- Approval Voting (or better)
I contend that the negative advertising comes about because you can't vote for more than one candidate. The oligarchs tell you how bad one candidate is and there is an implicit message that the only way to vote against that candidate is to vote for a specific other candidate, who turns out to be almost as bad in reality. If you are allowed to vote against the bad candidates by voting for several better ones, the campaigns will have incentive to talk up their policies rather than talk down the opposition.
Harlan Johnson • about 13 years ago
I liked your video. Great goal - my entry shows one strategy to help accomplish your goal. Look at my submission. "Elections Clarified" https://vimeo.com/64616892 or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQZSII6C3-A Maybe we can work together some way. I'd love to hear from you.
Harlan Johnson • about 13 years ago
I liked your video. Great goal - my entry shows one strategy to help accomplish your goal. Look at my submission. "Elections Clarified" https://vimeo.com/64616892 or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQZSII6C3-A Maybe we can work together some way. I'd love to hear from you.