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  • Thank God for the John Birch Society

  • what is america? a nation( The U.S.) or a Continent (Mexico, Canada, Brazil etc)?

  • I also have a question. This is all basically economics right? So if the members of the Constitutional Convention agreed with the revolutionary idea that being economically tied to England was detrimental to the standard of living within the Colonies, then how come the Federalists pushed so hard to secure economic ties with England during the negotiations for Jay's Treaty? How come the most well known and respected Federalist of them all, George Washington championed the cause?

  • I see a common error in this video. People equate the Constitution with the founding of the U.S. The Constitutional Convention were not the founding fathers and their ideology was fought against by people such as John Paine and Thomas Jefferson. The Revolutionary war was not fought on the principles of the Constitution. It is disinformation to present history in such a light.

  • @Mortonc3 I'm being a little unfair I guess, they don't equate it in this video, but there is still the insinuation that the Constitution was written with the same principles which lead to the Revolution. If you read revolutionary documentation its opposed many of the ideas incorporated into the Constitution under the Convention, such as a single executive head, taxation, the mode of election and the absence of a bill of rights.

  • @Mortonc3 It is true that Paine and Jefferson worked to provoke the Revolution prior to the Constitution. But the Constitution couldn't very well have been written before freedom had been won. So while the US celebrated 4 July 1776 as its birthday, it took some time to establish exactly how government was to function - AND WHAT ITS LIMITATIONS WERE.

  • I find it funny how this video constantly compares the Constitution with the 10 Commandments. Especially since the Constitution contradicts the majority of the 10 Commandments.

    For example; You shall have no gods before me.

    The Constitution guarantees the right to freedom of religion, so one can worship whatever god he or she chooses. Which is in direct opposition to the 1st Commandment.

    Stop comparing the two documents they serve entirely different purposes.

  • @cptnoob92 Did you watch this entire video? If you did you would know that history always repeats itself. There are but two forms of government Dictatorship and Republicanism. The founding fathers understood RULE BY LAW not by majority was the right way to go. Rule by majority creates all kinds of problems because if one wants to take away property, money, or land all he has to do is get the majority to agree. Ever heard of Imminent Domain? We are losing our freedom because of people like you.

  • @4lifeReagan Yes I did watch the entire video, and I fail to see why you are bringing up an argument that has nothing to do with my comment. We me be loosing our "freedom" thanks to people like me, but we are loosing our future thanks to gullible, pessimistic, ignorant people like yourself.

  • @cptnoob92

    That's about as ignorant of a statement as ever there was.

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  • USA IS DOMINANT!

  • You're right, "honest Competition" is very hard to define. However, can we all agree that when a market starts getting taxed heavily by a government, there's very little honesty left in the system? The government will never openly tell you that it forces money out of people's pockets in order to control trade.

  • @franciscolopezus You left out truth...beautifully done truth.

  • @TheJohnBirchSociety

    have no question, is beautiful done, very well produced. I like most of the truthful content, which is most. Is the subtle editorial position that I question. with an increasing disparity of wealth and income, thus, power, is part of the government duties to fill the vacuum as the ultimate risk manager. Otherwise, the disparity is just feeding ground for the anarchist...

  • @TheJohnBirchSociety Great video, thanks for posting! I should join the John Birch society. Yes, the truth...the beautiful truth!

  • @franciscolopezus Care to explain what part of this is "deceptive propaganda" or you're too scared to do so?

  • No political or religious jargon required.

  • Pure propaganda - How is it that the Republic outlined by this film is the only model of government that doesn't invite oligarchy? What about Walmart, Bank of America, Time Warner etc?

    Indirectly, our "free-market" worshiping republic has invited oligarchy in the form of corporate rule to which our political "leaders" are subservient. There really is no "honest" competition between, say, a locally owned market and Walmart.

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  • @staropaamari and you are the decider on whats "honest competition" right? China may not allow a free exchange rate for their currency, but then its up to the People to elect politician that favors "duties and tariffs" on chinese imports in accordence with the Constitution. There is still free enterprise even though the competition may be unfair in some perspectives. What is illegal is politicians subsidizing corps like Walmart, but thats Democracy for ya, like in my country.

  • @killerbee2k And on the other side of the argument...who is the government to decide rich, middle class, and poor? By what standard is THAT based on and who decided what is "too" much?

  • Thank god there is some sense still out there...

  • Our current government has done more to destroy this nation than all previous governments combined. We have the states suing the federal government. We have the federal government suing the states. We have the federal government governing AGAINST the will of the people. We're bogged down in two unnecessary wars and trying to start a third. We're totally bankrupt and the worst environmental disaster ever is currently underway in the Gulf. At this point IMPEACHMENT is the ONLY ANSWER.

  • the US has indeed the finest constitution and bill of rights, although not perfect.

    It should have stated that congress MUST NOT GIVE AWAY THE RIGHT TO CREATE MONEY to a private banking cartel which calls itself fraudulently federal reserve.

  • This is why Socialism sucks, Capitalism is the way to go!

  • @r2d23678 Environmental laws & workers rights & I'm with you all the way.

  • coooooooooooooooooooooooooool

  • James Madison: "The moral character of a people, molded through education, is most essential in a nation where the people rule." Our government schools appear indifferent, or even hostile, to the kind of education America's Founders thought vital to preserving liberty. Our government is intentionally embracing an oligarchy by reducing the people's rule via dummying them down, in subjects critical to preserving Americanism by supporting: diversity, socialism, and putting condoms on pickles.

  • i once was a member. But now I can only scratch my head and wonder why?

  • fault of evil this and that... NO NO NO Once you get the greencard, your determined to succeed in a wonderfull place like the United States of America.

    I don't even mention anchestor native Americans who screwed themselves.

    No, all mature people in a country of possibilties and you got to work for each of them. Look in that mirror, wothout thinking how you look this day, but what you are going to win today. Haters: every country has this so called problems. Peoples own problems! GOD bless!!!

  • WTF other countries try to fix there problems we see how we can get money from them.

  • Did you mean why fix other countries problems? Us as NATO countries?

  • No, we other countries like Guatemala or el Salvador try to fix there own problems we go in there and make it a lot worse.

  • That's 100% true. It also cost an awefull lot of money and the worst it cost more lifes. There must be people getting very happy because of it.

  • The Guatemala government was going to take land from the rich greedy banana corporation, and give it to the poor, instead corporations in the US mad the government go in there and get it back.

    I've talked to people in a lot of countries and all have said America is controlled by corporations, I already knew that but most American s don't

  • @TheDutchways

    Dear, what you wrote made absolutely no sense. Could you please rewrite it so that I understand your opinions? Otherwise, I'm forced to judge what you have put up, which largely contradicts itself.

  • Sorry but then you really can not read , missi Judge what you want to judge and I will let the real judges (education) do their work. Contradict? There's none single contradict inn the whole comment, but you didn't understand so I consider you to try and read ii again. missi....

  • I wasn't commenting on the theme of what you said. I was commenting on the grammar. I literally had no clue what you were trying to get at because your grammar and writing is so terrible. I would be more understanding if English was not your first language.

  • LOL people from GB nativbe English speakers want me to work in their country, because I can participate really good.... Now a 18 year old thing comes and complain about it...

    Weird

  • that he's half retarted?

  • I disagree on your point of the Native Americans. Their only fault is is that they took the word of the lying representatives that they would get a fair deal. As we NOW witness the exact same LIES being used again by the same TYPE of greedy, self serving THIEVES that we voted to take control over our lives. We are now getting the SAME DEAL as the Natives and if we don't FIGHT BACK NOW, will find ourselves on a smaller reservation !

  • too bad the corporations bought em out.

  • This is an excellent piece of work done by JBS!

  • Really? I thought it was pretty good.

    What are the issues you have with it?

  • Doc418 his is the best piece of history because G'd given rights does not necessarily mean church. What it means is that you have right that NO government can take away, G'd given rights means, these rights are not granted by government, thus can not be taken away by government. So dont get lost in this concept

  • we are a FREE REPUBLIC! WE THE PEOPLE LOAN THE STATE OUR GOD GIVEN POWER ! THEY WORK FOR US! IF WE LET THEM ! PERIOD! READ THE CONSTITUTION ! LEARN WHAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS REALLY MEANT! REJECT SOCIALIST AND PROGRESSIVE IDEOLOGY ! RETURN TO A CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT NOW! STAND UP! BE HEARD!

  • God is rejected, immorality is rampant, the family is crumbling and the government is corrupt...A recipe for disaster. America will fall is she continues on the present path. It is no accident that America was and still is in some ways the greatest nation on earth. We must turn back to God for our survival.

  • very good comment TRLJ...... it's so awfully sad to see such a godless world eroding.... unfolding.. around us all.

  • And it's ALL the fault of those evil LIBERALS & Obama!!

  • happy 233 rd birthday America !

  • You are so, so wrong my friend, you might want to actually research some good accurate books before making such a terribly inaccurate statement. It is obvious you have been brainwashed by communist type propaganda.

  • "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was like in the United States where men were free."

    The Late Great Ronald Reagan

  • "Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man." - Ronald Reagan

    "Great nations of the world are moving toward democracy." - George Bush Sr.

    But we have a war of ideals and ideas, and that is to sell democracy..." - John McCain

    "We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force." - Barack Obama

    You are not alone in your reasoning.

    Great Liars are also Great Actors

  • Words sound great but actions speak louder..... you CONservatives quote your idols -- some of the biggest globalists ("new world order"--ekk!!) who accerlated military/industrial complex spending & power & corporatization/fascism of our nation..... doesn't sound much like your JBS "limited government" model!

  • um I'm not sure what your trying to tell me.

    but

    I was trying to show that democracy is used as a trick by the elite/globalist. It doesn't matter who its said by. Democracy doesn't work. u might like these better. (I like em too)

    "A Republic, if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin - When asked by a woman while he was leaving the Constitutional Convention what kind of government they had given us.

    I asked another guy would you rather like

    the wild west or a one party government?

  • Why do you lump all conservatives into the same group?  This is called collectivism and also prejudice. There are many conservatives who don't believe in the neoconservative philosophy of imperialism and a strong central government.

  • @Hashishin13 Agreed. By the way, nice old school assassin name.

  • @MrPorterhouse Reagan had a good speech writer no doubt. Unfortunately, as true as they may be, the words when coming out of Reagan's mouth aren't worth a red cent. Just lip service. His policies clearly show that he wasn't interested in serving the public at large. He was an elitist tool with one foot in senility and his lips firmly planted on the asses of his masters.

    I don't know whether to laugh at or pity people like you who make up the caboose on the ass-kissing train.

  • @MrPorterhouse Ronald Reagan was a B movie actor and a NWO shill who attended places like Bohemian Grove along side Nixon and George Bush Sr....I can almost guarantee he didn't write that quote.

  • There's no better country like the USA. Unfortunate money and power has corrupted yet those that supposed carry on the american dream, liberties and freedom. Bye bye my america!

  • Great video.

    Thanks

  • The overthrow of free market capitalisim does not produce collectivisim, but anarchy. Those that fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it.

  • You are obviously very uneducated. You have no concept of what redistribution of wealth is. Did you know that this year, even those making 20K will not get there whole tax refund? You have to understand that Socialism means government control over your entire life. I don't believe in the 2 party system, but I have to say that I do lean more the right-If anything I'd call myself Libertarian. Go DR. Paul!

  • um, actually i made just over 18k for the 2008 year. out of $3,000 taken in taxes, i would be getting $145 back.

    $1400 in medicare, SS, etc. This is forever lost.

    $1600 in fed withholding.

    $1480 in actual income taxes.

    The ONLY reason i get the withholding back is because of the Hope Credit, which gives me a tax credit up to $1800.

  • Read The Bill Of Rights and learn.

  • Another poor indoctrinated product of the current school system. This folks is why you home school. Some humans don't deserve to propser when they live off the sweat of others. Yep, they did a good job on you....

  • "The decline and eventual failure of a free market society will be anarchy, not collectivisim" - Brooks Adams (grandson of John Quincy Adams)

  • The government no longer adheres to the rules that govern them.  (The Constitution) That's anarchy to me.

  • Or soon will be.

  • Aye. Yet, this isn't a problem that just sprang up in the last decade - ignoring the Constitution has been going on since shortly after it was ratified.

  • Oh yes that is true. It seems that there is a group of people are out there that want to destroy success of any kind.

  • This is a film that makes me actually feel patriotic about my country, even during a time when I disagree so much with what our government has become. This video does a great job of showing how America set out to be such a great thing--a bastion of freedom. And that is what the idea of America and it's Constitution still represents. We just need to care enough about this to show others how the US has strayed from what it was.

  • "Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." —Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President & Founding Father.

    "All might be free if they valued freedom and defended it as they should." —Samuel Adams, U.S. Founding Father.

  • "USA cant produce enough because for ONE" That is because we outsourced everything to save cash to avoid taxation...something Obama is cracking down on.

    One child policy? WTF is that? This isn't China smart guy, we don't have limits for children- Look at the idiot who has like 16 kids!

    I DONT believe you, you believe that America is nothing without China, UK, Russia and other powers, Guess what buddy, ever since our economy has been going down...UK has resorted to printing money like us!

  • oops, lol not one child policy hahaaa, i mean no child left behind LOL

  • That program was a joke and didn't do anything. It was just something for the Bush's wife to do.

  • you dont have to believe me, i dont intend you to believe anything, all i am saying is, you can just look around and see what has the young american generation become.  I am not going to go any furthur, you know what the young american generation acts like and i dont even need to tell you.

  • I already know what they look like and I agree. Either wanna be gangstas, emo, or dressed up as cowboys.

  • You haven't served in a foxhole with my Marines at 0330! That is another face of American youth. I damb proud of them!

  • Didn't have to, but I was on a floating jail cell for 4 years.

  • go google and search for all kinds of stuff, but of course the information i get are from well trusted sources, so go do your research, USA is scouring Asia for geniuses to go to its university so that it can still be on top.

  • The Full Top Ten Universities List 1 Harvard University, USA 2 Yale University, USA 3 University of Cambridge, UK 4 University of Oxford, UK 5 California Institute of Technology, USA 6 Imperial College London, UK 7 University College London, UK 8 The University of Chicago, USA 9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 10 Columbia University, USA 6/10 INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES!!! Yes, we can do just fine. You fail.
  • Where are your sources for "scouring geniuses" in Asia? Last I checked, people APPLIED to go to our colleges!

  • One good way to make America better? Deport all illegal aliens and their anchor babies.

    :D

    If you respond with bla bla we are built off immigrants bla bla" GUESS WHAT, that was back then and before such immigration laws came into play.

  • America will never do that, because americas Science and Technology is driven heavily by students from Asia that come to America and run its Institutes in the background, of course these informations are eluded from the public. Without immigrants, USA would fall way behind China and Japan in technology, seriously, you think that America will be #1 University? from the look of americas Public School? you think Americas Home Grown Students is determine enough? or enjoying their Entertainment Tech

  • Without immigrants, USA would fall way behind China and Japan in technology

    Considering we have 6 out of 4 of the top 10 universities, I doubt that. Where is your proof. You think we NEED Japan and China to advance in technology? You are mistaken, we are already ahead of the in aircraft and ships that are not made in those countries.

    USA can do just fine without immigrants now.

  • without immigrants USA cant do fine, how can american Public school which is ranked very very low compare ot other countries, but yet your universities is ranked on top, wierd isnt it? American Universities has to recruit from other countries to stay on top, proof? ill give you proof

    w w w . huffingtonpost . c o m /2008/11/09/americas-top-unive­rsities_n_142508. h t m l

    USA is not able to produce enough home grown geniuses, many US students are too busy with their IPOD, Internet, and PORN

  • Your proof is with the Huffington Post!

    LMFAO.

    Get a clue man.

    If your going to name drop and call it proof, Huffinton Post isn't your man! LOL

  • I'm American and you are dead right.

  • Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges... which are employed altogether for their benefit.

    Andrew Jackson

    Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

    Thomas Jefferson

  • I must argue against one point stated in this video. The video is meant to imply that the Federalists' views and ideas were the ones used to frame the Constitution.

    The fact is that the Federalists' (nationalists) ideas were REJECTED at the Constitutional Convention. The Republicanists' (Anti-Federalists) ideas were the ones chosen.

    The Constitution was written to "form a more perfect UNION" of states, not to create a new mega-state, it was supposed to be something like the EU of today.

  • Typical John Birch BS. God did not give us our rights, we gave them to ourselves! We wrote a contract with the government, and the ten commandments are NOT in our constitution. Nor are we a country founded on christian principals. We are a people who do not follow any one religious creed, nor do we believe everyone should.

  • You don't have to believe in God or be a Christian to understand what the JBS is saying. When the JBS refers to our "God-given rights" what they are saying is that man does not derive his rights from other men. If you want to use the term "natural law" instead, that's fine.

    The JBS is 95% on target on so many things (ie the NWO). Yes, they are a little old school "God and Country" and I don't think they should be down on pot. But they are a good group with great info!

    I don't think they

  • well u cant exactly say we werent founded on christianity, in ways we were thats one of the reasons for the founding of america freedom of religon

  • A great video on the basics of our government and our freedoms. If you have not yet done so, check out the other 3 videos in the series. Thank you to John McManus for writing and producing this wonderful series of videos! Bravo!

  • Life, Liberty and the Persuit of Hapiness!

  • It's pursuit.

  • An inspiring presentation. I hold Objectivism as my moral code however -- the true foundation of individuality.

  • 'Its funny that they forgot one word.'

    That they broke free from religion based country to live in a religion free government. Most of are for fathers were not religious.

  • too bad it's not like that nowadays (:

  • I'll take the Founding Fathers over the gang of tyrants that are in control of our government.

  • An Ode to Ignorance? This is just another video made to blind us from Americas true intentions. People of America: Stop allowing the richest 1% to run your daily life, you are a free thinking person so think for gawds sake! If we are truly free then why are we not allowed to cuss on television? Why does the press use sensationalism to keep sponsors? Why do we all dress alike? Revolt, we have nothing to lose but our chains! We have a world to win, and freedom to gain.

  • Comrade, Communism has executed over 250 million people. Lets try it again! You probably would want that, commies are sick anti-moral, anti-God, anti-....

    Modern commies are usually lazy, poor, losers, like your leader Nobama.

    Real freedom would mean getting rid of the Federal Reserve, fiat money and shrink the government.

    No, but you want more government to control you more.

  • Argentina is a beautiful country, and I'm sure a wonderful place to live now. But the Marxist regimes of the past have brought great instability to Argentina and ultimately hyperinflation a couple times. Argentina cannot truthfully ever be considered a "banana republic" but times in its history it has come very close.

    But you don't have to worry now! Our new fearless leader Nobama is a Marxist, and we will possibly suffer the same pain that Argentina has had to go through.

  • Tim, what the world wants, is for the US to stay in the US. But i get it, it's not in the interest of US and capitalism in general, to stay out of others' business. ("THERE'S MONEY TO BE MADE!")

    Did you know that the US has a bigger military spending than the rest of the world combined? (see "Military budget" in wikipedia)

    This is why everybody hates you. You control the whole world, and then mock us by saying we're jealous of you.

  • Ok. We will leave. No more foreign aid. zero. no more foreigners coming to the US for education. No more foreigners coming to the US for medical attention. No more foreigners coming to the US to work. If your neighbor attacks you. Don't call us. If you have a natual disaster. Don't call us. And lastly, keep your cars, TV's chocolates, diamonds, clothes etc, etc, etc and especially your people in your own home country.

  • wow sarcaz,

    Things are REALLY black-and-white for you huh? You wanna go from "aggressive world manipulator" to "north korea style isolation"?

  • So now you know why everybody hates you. You do what you want and don't care about anyone. You said it yourself

  • Wow I agree with sarcaz101. We are the wealthiest nation on the planet and have given and continue to give as not other nation on the planet. Ask yourself why so many risk coming here! The most important of things brings people here like opportunity and freedom!

  • the envy of the world?

    sure...

  • Hey, Juan, what backward, latin America, banana Republic are you from?

  • Wow, brilliant answer, that's why the world hates you.

    Peace

    PS: I'm from Argentina, guess you don't know nothing about my country, you are another ignorant person after all.

  • HAHAHAHA! I was just guessing, but I didn't actually believe you were from one of those backward, latin America, banana Republics. So tell me why does the world "hate" me (America)? First of all I'll correct you, you're not using the right word you mean "jealous of" not "hate". The world must "hate" are amazing capacity to create wealth, they must "hate" we are the most free society ever created, they must "hate" ...

    Argentina is a beautiful country.

  • you need to turn the sound on sound check please

  • A bit propagandist but a good video.

    The old US was pure capitalism and it worked.

  • I don't know why you have all those thumbs down because what you speak is the truth. Ah, that's it! It was the truth that aggrevated them...

  • That is the point of this whole program. You need to watch all of it before commenting. His point was that America IS a great Nation when it is run by the Constitution as set forth by our Fore Fathers. He later shows how America has declined to a Government ruled by Business Interest and whatever else motivates the select few who rule it and not by the Constitution.

  • Pay a little closer attention, He's talking about back BEFORE the government had such power.. back when we each still had our individual liberty and the government followed the constitution. And now there is far too much government and they have passed their constitutional threshold, I'll admit America has become a mess thanks to our government.

  • America is a mess because WE allowed a few idiots to lessen the power of our government. Look at the wall street mess, the contamination of peanut butter, spinach and tomatoes. Without our government, the little piggys that run Americas corporations will kills us all.

  • "How would people survive without government support and protection?"

    "Like free men, like free men."

  • David Rockefeller (CFR founder), page 405 of his 2002 book Memoirs: "Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as 'internationalists' and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it." ISBN-13: 978-0812969733

  • "The finest governmental system ever devised by man"? Says who?

    Most constitutional scholars describe the US system of government as profoundly dangers, as it has a joint head of state and head of government in the form of the President, who has little accountability to the legislature.

    The Westminster system (which the American colonists broke away from) is considered to be the best and safest form of government as there is systemic accountability.

  • SEZ WHO???

  • Most constitutional scholars. Who says the US has the best system of government - apart from the guy in this video.

  • Fair enuff! Now, give an example of this "Westminster system", in action in the real World

  • Countries which use the Westminster system: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Israel, India, the Republic of Ireland, Jamaica, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom.

  • this video is great

    GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    greatest country ever in the history of man

  • yeah you guys invented america to be britan junior

    but we broke off and started a new country on our own

  • What a beautiful video. This should be shown in schools.

  • these were awesome. downloaded them all and burned them to DVD and now i will make everyone learn of the freedom they are losing.

  • I recommend searching Youtube for "the Philosophy of freedom" to learn the nature of freedom.

  • sry, I meant Philosophy of liberty

  • I'm not sure I want to vote for Obama anymore...but it seems that he's taking away less rights than the so-called "Republicans". The Republicans want to tap our phones and make war with every other country in the world...the Democrats merely want to redistribute the rich's wealth to the poor. I'd say Obama is the lesser of two evils.

    It's a shame, really, that Ron Paul never stood a chance.

  • It is so very true, history repeats itself.

    I'm not American but I really do hope those such as Ron Paul gain more attention.

  • haha, "if we forgot anything, you can't do that either."

  • it is discouraging to see the difference in number of views between the 1st and 4th videos. the short attention span and apathy of the average american are reflected in these numbers. it's a shame because every american should know this stuff, but most don't and refuse to take the time to learn it. oligarchy, here we come.

  • I think this video series lays out more than most Americans know about their own government, even if they graduated from high school.

  • Yes, you're totally right. Very sad.

  • I really enjoyed this series and will share it with others! Thank you!!

  • One fundamental reason why America is collapsing,is because of television and radio. Back in 1776,most people got their news by newspapers.People sometimes created their own newspapers and voiced their opinions. Today, a few powerful people control everything we see on tv news media. Stalin and hitler used radio to subdue their people and remove their freedoms. The same is true today,the average person can't afford television time.However,a new hope is here,its called the internet,it is the key

  • Ah, yes - but you fail to mention the internet, the newest and biggest form of media, a place where anyone can voice their opinions. Provided net neutrality stays, and the web isn't censored, it will be the preferred outlet of the public.

  • First, I did mention the internet, and second, we dont need net neutrality. Hillary Clinton supports Net Neutrality. Net Netrality is just a set a laws that forces everyone to use the same line of internet. This will clog down and slow down the net. Yes, you may have to pay for it, but Verizon, at&t are gonna spend billions on fiber optics and all they want to do is make some profit from it.

  • You are an unacceptable, completely misinformed individual. You have been fooled by the lies of corportations on the topic of net neutrality, which is about as far from your ridiculous claim as breakfast cereal is from Mars.

    Net neutrality is one thing, and one thing only: Your right to not be influenced in the sites you view by any Internet Service Provider, anywhere. Without net neutrality, the internet would become cable television, nothing more. And nothing more intelligent.

  • Lol, im amazed at the propaganda your spewing. Your the one who's been misinformed about "net Neutrality." Tell me, why do you think ISPs want to control what you see? ISPs dont have the power to force you to do anything, only the government has that power.

  • I could go for another ad hominem attack, here. Wouldn't be hard, no sir, given your paranoid theories, barely intelligible grammar, or willingness to learn anything about corporate business structure.

    But I assume you're Libertarian. Big Business = GOOD FOR LUNKHEAD LIKE ME! YEAH!

    Wrong. Why would ISPs want to control what you see? Easy. Keep you from seeing competitors' information. Keep you from visiting sites without paying extra cash to do so. Subscription to view sites, an HBO deal. Ass

  • Lets say if KFC decided to make a exclusive deal with pepsi that said KFC would only serve pepsi as drinks. If you wanted another drink, you could go a competitor that offers more drinks and KFC would lose business as a result. The same thing applies to the internet, a couple of years ago, Lycos tried to do the same thing, however, lycos lost a lot of business and they got attacked a lot, and they lost business, they have never recovered since then. So, basically competiton prevents it

  • It should, yes. I wouldn't worry much about it if your hypothetical example was more fitting to what ISPs are interested in doing.

    However, let's say that Pepsi talked to all the fast food joints, making deals with every single one of them to sell only Pepsi products. Where's the competition, now? There is evidence showing that ISPs have communicated about the elimination of Net Neutrality without this new object of competition that would keep things running smoothly. A monopoly would result.

  • first off, your theory on pepsi is simply baseless paranoia. First off, your exaggerating pepsi's power. Pepsi doesnt have enough money to buy off its competition. Why would Mcdonalds and kfc both agree to sell pepsi? If either company was smart, they would reject the deal and offer more drinks. This would give them a better edge and kfc would eventually reject thd deal too. Think about it, if you had a choice, would u go to a kfc that just sold pepsi or one with more choices?

  • This has nothing to do with Pepsi, Raynor. This was only following along with your example. Look at cable television. All offerers of cable and satellite secondary network services(that beyond what you receive locally) have few channels, price hikes for more channels, and larger numbers of pay-per-view material than what comes along with your service package. The internet could easily become this way as well. That is what ISP companies want. No "Pepsi" would have to buy them off.

  • lol, cable television is a government created monopoly. In fact, if you passed net neutrality, the internet is guranteed to become like cable television. Due to various regulations, prices are high for cable television, its all the government's fault. Monopolies cannot exist a true free market. The free market solves all problems or at least does a better job than the government.

  • Your most recent comment was the last straw. You have shown again and again that you have no idea what Net Neutrality is, or how it protects you.

    Yes, the government has caused the television monopoly. This is true. However, we are not about to PASS Net Neutrality. It has been in use since the internet began. It is up for renewal; it is not a new law. It is the reason why you have complete freedom on the internet, today. A REAL free market.

    Go read about it.

  • Lets imagine for a moment if the government built 1 huge highway across america that everyone was allowed to use and only 1. At first, it would be great, because not many people would use it, but over time more cars would get on, bigger more advanced cars and soon it would get very crowded and travel would become very slow. But Then one day, a company offered to built more highways. These highways would be faster, bigger and more efficient.

  • All the company wants to do in exchange for building these highways is to charge a small fee, afterall, they are spending billons to build them. But some people dont want to pay these fees because they like to use a lot of cars, on the internet, the example of these are torrent users and google. These are the people, net neutrality protects. So, all net neutrality does is force everyone to use 1 highway. If net Neutrality passes, it will slow and clog down the internet. look into the future.

  • best documentary I have ever seen. If we dont go back to a Republic, we are doomed to fail and repeat history, like the Roman empire.

  • This is a good series. The system has a few flaws. You need a new system that allows criminals to get into office. One that prevents them from killing the voices and stealing the power of the people.

  • Nice video, and you even know we are a Constitutional Republic, congratulations.