Ideas worth spreading

Equal Citizens

Larry Lessig • TEDxBeaconStreet

At the core of our constitution is the ideal of equality. Two centuries of compromise has let us forget that. If we’re to recover a representative democracy, we must defend again its simple ideal — that all citizens are equal.

At the core of our constitution is the ideal of equality. Two centuries of compromise has let us forget that. If we’re to recover a representative democracy, we must defend again its simple ideal — that all citizens are equal.

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