Lessig: US Could Fall Like Rome

[jakeXT]

Run time: 10:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnCbljenQSo   Posted on YouTube: October 28, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheAlyonaShow Views on YouTube: 997   Posted on DU: October 31, 2011 By DU Member: jakeXT Views on DU: 789

 
At the heart of the Occupy Wall St. movement, is discontent over the corruption in our political system. And the fact that it's money and it's tight grip over the government, that keeps Wall Street bankers out of jail, while Americans keep losing jobs, homes, and struggle to pay off their debts. The CBS/New York Times poll that came out this week showed that 89% of Americans don't trust their government. And 43% now agree with the Occupiers. Lawrence Lessig, author of "Republic, Lost" discusses.

[RKP5637]

1. Most empires eventually fail. The handwritings on the wall and our congress critters

can't read.

[jakeXT]

3. I think they believe it will go on forever as long as they close their eyes /nt

[tblue]

2. Gonna watch it but first I wanted to say

Nothing has summed up my feelings better that paragraph.

If I hear another politician say, "I understand people's frustration," I will scream, "I'm not frustrated. I'm PISSED! Understand that? No. If you did you'd never have called it 'frustration.' A bad hair day is frustration. Being used and abused by an oligarchy is OUTRAGE!"

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Fall from Empire, we are almost there

anyway