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I forgot about that! What a missed opportunity that was for this country. He's exactly the sort of person we need to see more of in politics.

perardi 5y ago
His campaign was much more about electoral reform than copyright reform. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig_2016_presidential_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig_2016_president... Which is broadly more important than copyright reform…and broadly Americans don’t seem to particularly care about either of them all that much.
- wussboy 5y ago
  Either would have been a win as far as I’m concerned.
- zozbot234 5y ago
  The case for copyright reform is much more clear-cut, though. There's no plausible argument for the current extent of copyright.
  - cogman10 5y ago
    Both are pretty clear cut. Lessig, in particular, doesn't push for throwing out the electoral college all together (to avoid system shock) but rather to move towards proportional representation the state level. That is, if your state has 10 electors and votes 60:40 R:D, then you should allocate 6 electors for R and 40 electors for D (rather than the current "winner take all" method we do). This kills off gerrymandering as a tool and makes it so that rather than appealing to swing states, presidential candidate would actually have to convince every state that they are the right choice (because you don't just automatically get California. The difference between a 55:45 cali and a 90:10 cali would completely change how you campaign). Right now, Presidential candidates campaign to swing states which is why you get weird things like presidents talking solely about auto manufacturing or natural gas extraction.
mfer 5y ago
It wasn’t a missed opportunity. It was intentional. When he became popular enough to get into the main debates the Democrat party changed the rules to exclude him. It has led many to believe the party leaders don’t want his message out there

perardi 5y ago

His campaign was much more about electoral reform than copyright reform. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig_2016_presidential_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lessig_2016_president... Which is broadly more important than copyright reform…and broadly Americans don’t seem to particularly care about either of them all that much.

wussboy 5y ago
Either would have been a win as far as I’m concerned.
zozbot234 5y ago
The case for copyright reform is much more clear-cut, though. There's no plausible argument for the current extent of copyright.
- cogman10 5y ago
  Both are pretty clear cut. Lessig, in particular, doesn't push for throwing out the electoral college all together (to avoid system shock) but rather to move towards proportional representation the state level. That is, if your state has 10 electors and votes 60:40 R:D, then you should allocate 6 electors for R and 40 electors for D (rather than the current "winner take all" method we do). This kills off gerrymandering as a tool and makes it so that rather than appealing to swing states, presidential candidate would actually have to convince every state that they are the right choice (because you don't just automatically get California. The difference between a 55:45 cali and a 90:10 cali would completely change how you campaign). Right now, Presidential candidates campaign to swing states which is why you get weird things like presidents talking solely about auto manufacturing or natural gas extraction.

mfer 5y ago

It wasn’t a missed opportunity. It was intentional. When he became popular enough to get into the main debates the Democrat party changed the rules to exclude him. It has led many to believe the party leaders don’t want his message out there