If you’re a citizen of the USA you should spend the minutes to listed to to Lawrence Lessig’s TED talk, “We the people and the republic we must reclaim.” This is completely bipartisan, spans liberals and conservatives, and addresses problems that affect all of us, regardless of views on any specific issue.
I’m embedding it here, but if you don’t see it, please click this link to watch it on YouTube instead.
Thanks for sharing this, Tim. Striking at the root of the problem requires an informed and motivated citizenry. It all starts there. Time to write my representatives.
I am a Canadian. I love my country but I love the world even more. This problem is universal and effects all of us. Corporations and big money have no concience. The only hope for our home, the earth, is that the people regain control. I promise to try to accomplish this.