I've been asked by many people my current position about the US politics. Furthermore, I've been asked whether I support Obama or Clinton (for some reason nobody thinks I can be for McCain... :P). I generally see and hear very superficial arguments and sadly very label-oriented, eventually everything goes down to race, sex, blind political orientation without a real sense of the facts. Democrats are X, Republicans Y, women Z and so on, and the only thing to support their thesis is their personal experience or even their general inclination. No real reasoning takes place, there is no research, global data taken into account. Leave away the moral issues, forget about personal integrity. There are, however, some who really think for themselves and who present their view with intelligence and coherence throughout their career. One of these people is Lawrence Lessig.

Given the fact that Ron Paul is out of the presidential race (the only real republican candidate to this day, BTW) though his revolution goes on at a different level, all we are left are Clinton, Obama and McCain, at least for the moment. After a lot of thinking and consideration I can only hope Obama wins the primaries, as both Clinton and . My view is at some points very different from Lessig's, but generally speaking he sums it up very well.

Go and see the two videos, make up your own mind, vote in consciousness and for the good of mankind, don't think about your little backyard only, you'll be happy afterwards. Really, when you'll see things for what they are you will be happy to have made the right choice for everyone.