Oligarchy vs Republic (Part 1 of 2)

[Scattnam]

Republic is another way of saying oligarchy retards

[romanophile1]

republics tend to be elitist

[epsilon8998]

The distinction between a Republic and a Democracy is pretty stupid. The Framers considered both to be indistinguishable and one was only another version of the other.

[robertlindsay2]

Monarchy is now synonymous with a dictatorship, posh! While this is true by the strict definition of the terms, there is now a historical overlay on the two. The modern mind equates a dictatorship with Hitler, and I don't think that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II or His Majesty Louis XVI (the man who is to thank for the winning of the American Revolution, through both monetary donations and the sending of troops) can be rightly equated with Hitler.

[Etular]

I enjoyed the video up until around about 1:11, in which it turned into right-wing political propaganda seeking to do nothing other than slander the left-wing - comparing them to Nazis and Fascists (despite the fact that both ideologies are, undoubtedly, extremely right wing and Nationalistic).

On the plus side, comparing the right wing to having a lack of government must be just as humiliating to them.

If it referred to the economic control of both wings, it would be fine, but it didn't.

[maxime32]

how stupid! The far Left, to be associated with the FRENCH REVOLUTION (the origin of Left/Right) are the monarchists, and the far Right, associated with l'ancien regime, is anarchist?!?! So most social conservatives are centre-left and hippies centre-right? Idiots!!!

[ThePatriot1123]

@maxime32 you didnt watch it all, obviously. anarchy is almost always a temporary condition. hippies would use anarchy to shift the government. social conservatives would try to keep government within the confines of 20-50%.

[1Bircher]

This excerpt from "Overview of America" is one of the best videos produced by The John Birch Society.

[arescraft]

Anarchism doesn't have to be violent, in fact original anarchist are all for freedom and peaceful demonstrations. Even now, there's a big debate among anarchists about using violence. Best I direct you to an expert called Noam Chomsky, a professor at MIT and his video: /watch?v=2G6kf7XM9Nk

[lordangelic]

@arescraft Yes it doesnt have to be. But you're assuming that everyone in our society is law-abiding, rationale and peaceful beings, which clearly isnt the case. Without the limitations of law, all the murderers, rapists, molesters can run amok without repercussions.

[arescraft]

@lordangelic

Obviously you never read any anarchist work......read some before talking about it......

[NOSFERATUalu]

Take the red pill... very tempting...

I want to know more of this. Great cause, good call. MORE!!!!! LET PEOPLE OPEN THEIR EYES

[gruicix]

hitler did not got power by chaos he was elected by the ppl willingly with their permision .

yes ther was termoil but not chaos and anarchy

[professornuclearbomb]

@gruicix No, President Hindenburg was pretty much forced to make him chancellor after gaining the support of many of the upper class

[tombeckis]

"anarchy for revolution" it has to be part of the solution. 3:56 but do it right.

[shreddedmeat]

It's supposed to be a Secular Democratic Republic. That is the middle. Too bad it's a Corporatocracy. It's way too far towards right-wing fascism, whatever it is now. Even the Communists that were called "leftists" were not "left" at all given the total control by the gov't and dictatorships. Governments job is to regulate for "the people" and their benefit not the Corporation and the wealthy.

[elpidoforos19]

presidents like kissing babies in public then deciding their future in private

[elpidoforos19]

Above all things good policy is to be used that the treasures and monies in a state be not gathered into a few hands

[eugeneedwards]

Those who claim nazi's and fasists never define their terms?? again nonsens..... Mussolini defines fasism as the merger of stae and corporate power.

Theres no confusion.

The maker of this film needs to learn what totalitarianism is and realise it has nothing to do with left and right.

Go back to school!

[eugeneedwards]

the documentary falsely claims that law and government are the same thing.

law is supposed to be seperated from govt and upheld by courts.

government is not required to uphold law! in fact the opoosite..... government constantly fights being restrained by the law.

reference to a civilised orderly society; the problem his who gets to decide what the order is!

this is conformist propoganda!

[eugeneedwards]

Nonsense!

communism is left, fascism is right. However to get to the extremes, you need a totalitarian government, so really the political spectrem is not really a straight line, but can be folded up into a circle. totalitariansim at the top of the circle.

the middle or bottom of the circle is moderate/centrist or anarchist, where a group ideology doesnt dominate everyone in society.

a dominant ideology goes to totalitarianism regardless of left right

right is not anarchy

[dunngar]

You clearly defined some terms which make sense.. However, you're sorely uninformed on anarchism. You focus way too much on history to identify what you think you know about anarchism, and only assume that anarchists wish to create their own government.

Most anarchists don't want to erase the whole government, they just want to have small groups of people live by their own rule on their own land..living outside government rule.

Anarchism isn't only a theory, but is very complex and realistic

[171IQ]

Anarchy (From Greek αναρχια meaning "without archons") is a word that has more than one use. Some of its uses are: 1. When there is no leader, or when nobody has power over everyone (used just in the anarchist movement). 2. When there is no political order, and there is confusion (used often from mass media) 3. When persons do not have any reason to work together, or do not have anything that makes them feel like a group.

[dunngar]

anarchy means that.. now do some research on anarchism, and then define that out for everyone..

[Alvarado68]

Read more. This is dis-information. Half truths. and extrememly biased. Some, i repeat some of this is true. This is nothing new. If you just found out, its been like this for over 125 years.

[TheObummer]

I don't care what they were protesting its their right to do so go back to sleep please

[corncat]

"fascists are different than communists. communists rob the rich and give to the poor, where as fascists, somtimes tax the poor to give to the rich"

Nonsense.

Sorry, but the people at the top of the Soviet pyramid were "rich" not "poor".

[corncat]

The problem seems to be that some folks fall into the trap of comparing Communist **theory** with Fascist **practice**.

[dunngar]

Hey corncat, you're right.. but why would you think that the soviets were working in the best interest of the people? They weren't, because they were a large state, they used violence against people, and they shared power at the top. No ordinary person who wasn't associated with the kremlin was a nobody, just like everyone who isn't associated with Washington's elite are also nobodies. You are trained how to think via media, and should you decide to vote, it will be only who they decide for you

[americadashi]

actually i think monarchy is autocracy

[warisbs]

It is amazing how stupid people are these days.

Some of you need to learn something about History which always repeats its self when you have not learned from your past mistakes!

Retards of America!

[SurvivalWithBushcraf]

@warisbs I am an American. Its sad for me to agree with you. I truly do not know my full history and I have been researching for years. So much of what we were was false. Entire lives wasted. Dreams crushed.  Truly sad.

[eleventhsun]

@warisbs It really is amazing. It's like the idea that some people want control of the world is a modern idea of conspiracy theorists. And the people these days can't be the same as EVERYONE in history because they wear suits!

[cardcollector6794]

@warisbs History does NOT repeat itself, it RHYMES. Similar situations, different circumstances.

[longinusmaximus]

but no, we must protect the cowardly, and those who do not properly guard their property. but when it comes to those who spend their hard earned money on gambling and booze, and who borrow more money than they can repay, well, fuck em. it's only survival of the fittest when it serves you.

[longinusmaximus]

i like how some capitalists say that competition promotes growth, survival of the fittest, etc. but when it comes to violence, they feel they need to protect themselves from those who are more powerful, more courageous than they are. but perhaps we should have anarchy, and put the warrior and the theif, on an equal playing field with the capitalist, and the banker.

[longinusmaximus]

fascists want to preserve their ethnic and racial heritage. communists, and most capitalists, want all the races to fuck each other until the human race becomes diluted, and homogenized.

[longinusmaximus]

this video tries to simplify things too much. their trying put everything into two categories, the american way, which is good, and the other way, which is of course, evil. fucking pathetic. and another thing. fascists are nationalists, communists are internationalists. fascists believe in preserving our present culture, or reviving our past culture, where as communists belive in erradicating culture, much like some capitalists.

[longinusmaximus]

fascists are different than communists. communists rob the rich and give to the poor, where as fascists, somtimes tax the poor to give to the rich, and sometimes tax the rich to give to the poor, depending on which class is doing worse. communists belive in class warfare, fascists believe in class cooperation. communists believe in creating a classless society, fascists believe in maintaining the present social and economic hierarchy.

[DanzHanzen]

This is one of the best descriptions of government I have ever seen.

[o0oTintino0o]

this makes perfect sense, I long have thought of America losing its freedom and I now know why, I have always known, Britian to be a dictatorship ruled by the elite, say anything against the king or ruling power and get hung for treason! Democracy also good explanation, I can see the transition here in New Zealand, democracy is a good idea it doesn't work in practice though.

[warisbs]

Amen to that!

[TopKat17]

So monarchy doesn't exist anywhere?

F**ing bollocks

Anyone who believes this crap is a moron or a retard

[TopKat17]

So Britain, under CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY is a dictatorship?

What a crock of propaganda shit!

[Kwasimitsu]

Good post. Interesting. I would offer that your characterization of anarchy is biased, however. It presupposes that the natural state of man is chaos and without law men will savage one another. Though possible, this is not guaranteed. I would posit that the natural state of man is not aggressive chaos, and that this state is observed only when there is a disparity of access to the blessings of the land. It would have been nice to see a fairer explanation of anarchy, but great vid :)