SDA #4: An interview with Kasparov

An Excerpt (Interview in its entirety: http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Features/russian_gambit):

GOOD: So you’re running for office. Do you have a slogan?

GARRY KASPAROV: We have three. One is “Russia without Putin,” which is more important than just without Putin—Putin is a symbol. Two is “No to the unfair elections,” and three is “No to monopoly in power.” Of course, we have other ideas about political reform: we want to reduce presidential powers and enhance parliament with new functions, we want the government to be responsible for the parliament, and, most important, we want the entire political system to depend on elections, not on appointments.

ME: Talk about game theory, this guy knows his stuff down to the nuiances in his slogan. His goal he says is "not to win elections, but to have them..." He goes on to say of folk who call him anti-Russian that "I have been playing for Russia for 25 years." He goes on to discuss the rules of a free market economy:

GOOD: Some people argue that Russia, as a fledgling capitalist society, has found a good balance between dictatorship and free markets for now.

KASPAROV: Are they living in Russia? They’re not. I despise people who promote dictatorship for short-term benefit. ... I still believe the strength of the free world is not only the market economy. It’s also moral principles. But the sad irony is that these people can’t see more than one move ahead, because they are making nice money on the Russian stock market and they’re not able to analyze the situation, which is almost disastrous.