I'm wondering if where the issue comes from is my choice always being Red
or Blue. I can't help but wonder: If the US somehow were to change over to
a parilimentarysk system would that help


On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densm...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> In comunist America Presidents Choose You!
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> On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote:
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>> Glen -
>>
>>  I don't mind the irony.  In fact, the old saying "fight fire with fire"
>>> wouldn't exist if it _never_ worked.
>>>
>> I agree... I just couldn't leave it unstated.
>>
>>  What I'm interested in, since this is a list presumably about
>>> _complexity_,
>>>
>> I thought it was about coffee on friday mornings?
>>
>>  is the (piecewise) linearity of the proposal.  No comments are made
>>> about the unintended consequences of getting any of these people elected.
>>>  Sure, I want to vote for candidates who support campaign finance reform...
>>> but would I want my donation to fund Sarah Palin's campaign if she promised
>>> to support it?  ... No
>>>
>> Yes, the problem of "single issue" voting which I think is identical to
>> "single-variable optimization" seems obvious to some of us, yet maybe not
>> to the masses?
>>
>>  .  I have the same problem with the claims that the libertarians can
>>> team up with the progressives on some issues.  You can tell a lot about a
>>> person by looking at their friends.
>>>
>> "Politics makes strange bedfellows".   Does that qualify for "wouldn't
>> exist if it never worked!" ?
>>
>>  It seems to me the inherent problem is not the particular issues, nor
>>> the funding.  The problem is the myopic focus... the "single issue"-ness of
>>> most current politics.  And that involves everything from "if it bleeds it
>>> leads" to line item vetos to minimum standard sentences.  It goes way way
>>> beyond campaign finance or even lobbying in general.
>>>
>>> It doesn't seem to me like "out linear the linear" works the same way
>>> "fight fire with fire" works.
>>>
>> Well said.
>>
>>  p.s.  However I approve of almost everything Lessig supports... so,
>>> donating your money here is probably a good thing.  But not because of this
>>> particular issue.  Rather because the people behind it have a decent
>>> _cloud_ of vectors.  Change the people and you change the nature of the
>>> organization.
>>>
>> I respect that way of thinking.
>>
>> - Steve
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