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I think the archaic idea is actually winner take all, because the principle of one person, one vote is a principle that was introduced as a fundamental principle in American law in 1962, long after states had moved to one person, one vote.

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Lawrence Lessig
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 3
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I am a big supporter of experiments to complement representative gov't with randomly selected representative bodies of citizens, sure. I think most Americans would be surprised to learn just how much better we are at gov't than our gov't.
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If there were two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican, who each committed to the same kind of fundamental reform, then the election would be an election between the vice presidential candidates. It'd be just like the regular election, except it would be one step down.
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A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
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There are very few people in our society who are actually free to say what they believe. I am in an extremely fortunate position in having this enormous gift of freedom and believe I should try to use it to do something useful for society. As long as I feel as if I have something to say, I’ll continue to try to do that.
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Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last.
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We established a regime that left creativity unregulated. Now it was unregulated because copyright law only covered printing. Copyright law did not control derivative work. And copyright law granted this protection for the limited time of 14 years.
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Some may not like the Constitution's requirements, but that doesn't make the Constitution a pirate's charter.
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This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does mean that every system or category of copyright or patent should prove its worth.
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I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems.
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I'm a lawyer. I make lawyers for a living.
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The popular choice, by more than 2 million votes, is a completely qualified candidate for president.
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I'm all for experimenting with sortition - randomly selected representative bodies of citizens. But I don't favor direct democracy. We're busy. We have lives. There is reddit. Who has time to work out the right answer to the thousand policy choices a gov't must make all the time?
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The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.
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