Lawrence Lessig on Republic Lost to Funders
on Tuesday, July 2, 2013Lawrence Lessig Money Quotation saying during his TED talk quoting Leslie Byrne, a Democrat from Virginia to illustrate the cost to US politics of big money Funders controlling elections. Lawrence Lessig said:
“Leslie Byrne, a Democrat from Virginia, was told by a colleague, ‘Always lean to the green’. … He was not an environmentalist” — Lawrence Lessig
In the context of politics and funding, “lean to the green” means to prioritize the interests of wealthy donors over the needs of the general public. The phrase is used to illustrate the influence of big money in politics and the idea that politicians are more likely to cater to the wishes of their financial backers rather than the people they represent.
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