They Don't Represent Us
by Lawrence Lessig · first published 2019
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"In the vein of On Tyranny and How Democracies Die, the bestselling author of Republic, Lost argues that our democracy no longer represents us and shows that reform is both necessary and possible"--
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on “Ask HN: What book(s) had the most impact for you in 2019?” ↗…Timothy Snyder reading his books and then watch him on YouTube. Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig is also a major academic in this area. Their respective relevant books are "The Road to Unfreedom" and "They Don't Represent Us." Timothy Snyder also wrote "On Tyranny," which is a very quick read which is directly applicable to the question you are asking, he also narrated it in video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tocssf3w80…
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