There's a sentence in the 3rd paragraph talking about what people are calling, "money in politics". He says, "They therefore don't point us to a plausible solution to the problem of our political system today.".
I figured I'd read through the article to get the solution. This is how it ends, "We need to find a way back to Madison's original design, so that we can find a way to restore again a government that works. Leaving Lesterland is the critical first step." Thanks Mr. Lessig.
Watch the video. He endorses many different plans which tackle the same issue. This is not a new idea - he is just ratcheting up the urgency and quite successfully so:
"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." - Henry David Thoreau
Lessig endorses the idea that this is the root issue of modern (US) times.
I figured I'd read through the article to get the solution. This is how it ends, "We need to find a way back to Madison's original design, so that we can find a way to restore again a government that works. Leaving Lesterland is the critical first step." Thanks Mr. Lessig.