Cenk Uygur
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US Controlled By Smaller Cabal Than China
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May 23, 2018
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10:48Now PlayingCenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Alonzo Bodden, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. To get even more TYT in your life, go to and download our free app!
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"Harvard Professor and liberal activist Larry Lessig continued a tour promoting his Mayday PAC at the Nantucket Project on Friday, suggesting America’s democracy is about as open and fair as that of Hong Kong.
Lessig is creating what he calls “the super PAC to end super PACs,” and hopes to raise millions of dollars to promote eight pro-campaign finance reform candidates (five announced, three still to come) in this year’s midterm elections.
Lessig compared the current state of voting in America to Hong Kong, where students have been protesting a new policy that will allow a small fraction of the population to choose the primary candidates in elections, after which point the general population will be able to vote. In other words, as Lessig put it, “it’s a two-stage process with a filter at the first stage.” The same was true, he says, in the American South after the Civil War, when black citizens could technically vote—but not until after the white primaries determined their options."*
Hosts: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Alonzo Bodden
Cast: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, Alonzo Bodden
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Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. A young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations.(American Heritage Dictionary)
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