Re: [tlug] Pretending to be outside Japan?

[Benjamin Tayehanpour <benjamin@example.com>]

On 18 January 2014 16:28, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
>
> And they'd make a lot less money.  That may not bother you, but I
> assure you it bothers them.

Well, if they feel that they don't have anything to gain by catering
to me, that's their decision. I'll make mine accordingly.

> Larry Lessig has a good book on the subject of what chains American
> legislators, _Republic Lost_.  The main point relevant to this
> discussion is that even an "honest" politician gets corrupted by the
> need to be continuously raising funds, and he doesn't really offer a
> solution.
>
> But I don't think the "first world" governments you speak of are
> actually any better.  The elites there have different ways of keeping
> their politicians in line, that's all.  And in the end, it comes down
> to "democracy is the worst form of government...".

Actually, that's more of a flaw in the implementation rather than in
democracy itself.