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Restoring Trust in Government and the Internet

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Re: Restoring Trust in Government and the Internet

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The question is then; in a two party system where both offer the blue pill, who the hell do you vote for? Neither Democrats nor Republicans will change this. Due to the way that the political system works, a third party isn't possible. In the UK we have a Conservative/Liberal coalition, where traditionally Liberals were strong privacy advocates, but now turn a blind eye to the massive Orwellian/Huxley-esque society g…

TBH, I just want a political party whose sole platform is fixing corruption, mandating transparency, and putting fixes in place to make sure we don't get back in this place. Think of it as a temporary political party. For every issue that is not core to these changes, the official stance is to defer those votes until the next election when someone from a different party gets into power. Basically, the platform would…

That's essentially what Lessig has been arguing for.

Re: Restoring Trust in Government and the Internet

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post #33

The question is then; in a two party system where both offer the blue pill, who the hell do you vote for? Neither Democrats nor Republicans will change this. Due to the way that the political system works, a third party isn't possible. In the UK we have a Conservative/Liberal coalition, where traditionally Liberals were strong privacy advocates, but now turn a blind eye to the massive Orwellian/Huxley-esque society g…

> Al-Qaeda is a real and present danger to the US at home,

[Ironic AND O/T again] are you afraid in a way like - "The children, the children...": http://i.imagebanana.com/img/zls9q7uh/xmas.2013.jpg or: http://i.imagebanana.com/img/yl4f26zr/SANTA_web.jpg

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