America, America
During the 2000 U.S. presidential election I joked that if George Bush were elected I’d leave the country. In 2001, we emigrated to New Zealand. When people ask me why I moved to New Zealand I only half jokingly explain that I’m a political refugee.
My engagement with U.S. politics is tending to diminish the longer I’m an expat. Especially after the last fiasco of an election, I’m observing things as an outsider.
Nevertheless, watching this election it’s occurred to me that in some ways 2008 is looking a bit like 1968. America is in the middle of an unconscionable war, meanwhile there are echoes of Bobby Kennedy in the air. Let’s hope that the parallels end there.
Apart from Obama, the leading candidates are the same old charlatans. Puppets. Pandering megalomaniacs, power whores whose only interest is getting their head on the pedestal. Hillary is perhaps the worst of them all.
That’s why I’m really glad that Lessig made this video, it is required viewing…
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