Leading political analysts no longer go with a single line exmple of government, They tend to go for the two way, Conservative or liberal, and athoritairan or libertarian. There are right athoritarians and left athoritarians. Interesting video thoug.
This is the problem with americans: they see it all unidimensionaly. You have to add other vectors to that, such as traditionalism vs progressism, and not only totalitarianism vs anarchy.
Also you have to remember how these movments aligned historicaly in the past.
So if nazis ar extreme right but aligned on top then libertarians are also extreme right but down. On extreme left you have anarchy and communism on oposite poles.
This is the problem with americans, the see it all unidimensionaly. You have to add other vectors to that, such as traditionalism vs progressism, and not only totalitarianism vs anarchy.
Also you have to remember how these movments aligned historicaly in the past.
So if nazis ar extreme right but aligned on top then libertarians are also extreme right but down. On extreme left you have anarchy and communism on oposite poles.
Anarchy and communism aren't opposites. Because anarchy merely denotes the absence of governance, whereas communism is an economic system that can be set in any type of governance, form big (Stalinism) to completely absent (anarcho-communism). Furthermore anarchy can also feature a wide variety of economic systems from anarcho-capitalism to libertarian socialism and anarcho-communism.
I'm a little confused. The Roman Republic was established by the oligarchs after they chased out their last king. They only grudgingly conceded privileges and even the right to enact law to the plebs over several centuries of class conflict. In our modern democracies, the majority does not have absolute power over the minority. They are restrained by the law. Surely the most important protection from tyranny is the separation of power by the three arms of government, and the ability to impeach.
@crzune no its not dangerous because i can carry a firearm to protect myself. i can not carry a firearm to protect myself in Los Angles, which has gov. if we did not have gov. then everybody would be safer because everybody would be armed to protect them self's. question would you attack a person who might be armed? i would not.
@crazyinsane1495 What about when a group of say 100 people with guns go house to house looting and raping? Would you rather have some form of government protection or nothing at all? I'm all for firearms, but its not like if everyone had them it would solve every potentially violent situation. Minimal government almost always wins.
@itsahatch i do support minimal gov. because i do believe that we the people can achieve minimizing gov. the question about 100 ppl. robbing well lets say they rob a few people. those people can form a larger group of people to stop this gang because the decent people do not want to be robbed and raped. so they will join together and kill the gang. and if you say nobody will join, they will if enough people are harmed or scared.
@crzune also this video is wrong about anarchy. have you ever learned about the wild west. that was an anarchy and it was not complete chaos because anybody who murdered raped stole was killed. they did not call the police to handle things.
@crazyinsane1495 I would rather have the government protect our lives and property then have to live every day in fear of having to fight every day. so if someone wanted to buy an itme from a seller and they didn't agree the price is cheap they can just kill them and take want they want. It so easy for a country without government to take control. you know why ? they join groups for security and eventually the strongest will rise and take control
@crzune what your thinking of is if we have anarchy, we will all turn into mad max scenario but the truth most people are civilized. my favorite example is the wild west. that was anarchy. dozens of people were not being killed every day. very few people were killed back then because people knew to behave theme self's. the reason why billy the kid was popular is because he was 1 of the few people brave enough to commit crime.
@crzune another thing if you want to live in a safe society than move to a place like USSR where if you break any laws you are killed. during the USSR time period there was almost no crime but they had no freedom at all. you went to work came home and ate dinner then did it again. i would rather live in a free society with danger than a safe society with no freedom. its all about how you want to live your life.
@crazyinsane1495 depends on what country you live in really but absolute freedom is impossible because you have the power to violate other peoples freedoms and that's not fair. I agree there places where no government worked but for such a change to happen today would be terrible, their is no such thing as a perfect government but I think minimal government is the best
@crzune i do agree on min. gov. because i think it achievable. the problem is most people think that nobody can take care of themselves which is false but if tomorrow we turned into an anarchy i do not think there would be chaos, i think it would be more peaceful than today.
democracy and republic are not different things.... democracy is not a form of government, it's a political system. a republic is the form of government in which democracy can thrive.
Socialism has never been 100 % government. This video is total bullshit and clearly made by an American.. Google "Plaid Avenger" to see a truer definition of types of governments.
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. There is no form of government where the people in power aren't trying to get more power. So the argument can be made that all government is in some stage of becoming an Oligarchy. People who support a Republic are just trying to use the LAW to gain political control... Who writes the laws?
monarchy and anarchy can exist monarchy is unlikely but possible and if the leader was smart and cared about the people it would be a good way of life and anarchy has been around a long time and stayed around throughout history as long as any goverment but for it to work the people have to be smart and ban together when someone trys to take over and that can go wrong someone can succeed at makeing the strong majority take over but all governments can end the same way so thats a invalid argument
Democrat does not equal Democracy, in fact Democrats lean toward a Republic system more than Republicans do. Republicans favor pure Democracy more and resent when law comes in and protect the rights of individuals to do what they want. Prop 8 in California is a prime example. Also, republicans like to talk about Freedom as if they mean it to apply to individuals. They mean freedom as it applies to enterprise or the wealthy. Not to everyone.
It is just like finding reasons to eliminate other systems, without looking at its pro's and cons's and the outcome, surprise surprise, is the republican system -.-
only problem is that in monarchy the leader has a group but the leader can order the group around so the leader the goverment but in Oligarchy the group is a democracy.. if you know what i mean....
@codmod55 That was my point bro. Then all the republicans thought I meant that was a good thing and voted me up. The irony of living bro, the irony of living. Got to love it.
@Slavko961234- I seriously doubt that our President is a "commie" (whatever that is supposed to imply), regardless, the anticipation or suggestion that he should be assassinated is not only preposterous, it is actually criminally treasonous in intent.
On the other hand, although this may not be worthy of a 'bj', I did not vote for his instatement. In recognotion, might this possibly be worthy, at least, of a lascivious lick or two in an errogenous zone?
Says socialism on the far left is 100% government. Absolute ignorance. Socialists are all involved in the choices made in society and it's fair operation. So everyone can be involved in the greater good - the fairness of their society- and hence their governance. The people own their governance for the common well being of all.
at 3:05 it sounds like the founding fathers were driven by greed to confidently say that all people in the world lack morality that all humanity is just as greedy as their pursuit of establishing limitations for a set number of people
Whoa, you saying Hitler or Lenin rose to power promising anarchy? Ah, the "wild west" thing eh? Study some real history, for things were pretty peaceful. Overall this is a good explanation of why a republic is better than other forms of government but you glossed over the anarchy alternatives, WITHOUT a monopoly on law 'services'.
@syngar99 It's wrong for an individual to put his own needs first at the expense of society. And we're not dogs. There's no standard human behavior. It's not that far-fetched of an idea to give the state the authority to put parasites to work.
@michaelwuzthere what expense? you are falsely describing the situation. me feeding my children versus depriving them because of some selfish trash is not immoral.
the ones choosing not to work and instead sponge are the ones putting themselves first.
and actually on a grand scale human are predictable and like dogs. regardless it was an analogy.
i would love to see the state put people to work, but they will resist it and cry it encroaches on their rights. NAACP will have a field day.
@syngar99 I'm not saying you shouldn't feed your children, I"m saying one shouldn't look out for his/her own interests in a way that takes away from others, as is what happens on a regular basis in capitalist society. Democratic socialism means putting all parasites - rich and poor - to work. This would make every working person's load lighter and would make society more productive and responsible. Ayn Rand self-centredness is childish and makes the world worse.
@syngar99 There has only been one global wave of socialism in the past, and it failed because of totalitarian bureaucracy. Democratic socialism, Noam Chomsky style, is much different and is still yet to be achieved. China isn't communist or socialist, it's state controlled capitalism, i.e. fascism.
@michaelwuzthere Communism is, to put it simply a classless state where everyone is working class . The problem is, who makes sure that everyone is treated the same ? wouldn't there have to be someone that had more power to ensure that equality is maintained ? this is why a communist state can easily turn into a dictatorship.
@crzune That's because you're looking at things from a capitalist perspective. Dictatorships in communism only arise by those who are impatient, it's not a natural phenomenon. Communism is a phase of society not likely to be seen for a thousand years. Once that time has come, and communism has been achieved, there will be no living person on earth who ever experienced a time of exploitive capitalism. By then, everyone will be in the nature of socialism. It's like we view feudalism today.
@ComicallySanePolitic the republican party today is just the other half of the democratic party. Both parties are just one hybrid party that switches power every 4 to 8 years without problem because their goals are all the same, control of the people in order to extract more wealth from our pockets.
You need to go back to a republic, the republican party won't get you there.
Just look at ron paul, a true republican, yet his republican partners keep him in the shadow so he isn't noticed.
The Republican Party in America arent Republicans in the truest sense of the word. They want to control people. True republicans look after themselves and let other look after themselves!
@ComicallySanePolitic Only if they are constitutionally and fiscally conservative republicans. That excludes the so-called Neo-Conservative and Moderate factions of the GOP. I am Libertarian Republican, and I believe we must depose all big government/Authoritarian elements within the GOP. Then we can take over the country and ensure freedom for future generations of Americans.
@ComicallySanePolitic American republicans are a complete corruption of the true term. They serve their own interests, not the interests of the people.
How easy is it to Herd the Increasing number of people with Little if any Safety Net into a Church or a Fraternity of some type that can Indoctrinate them with Propaganda that serves their Masters?
How Easy is it for the Powers that OWN the Media to Sell a LIE to Under Educated and Complacent Sheeple through the Manipulation of the most Basic Passions of people? How easy is it to USE Religion and people that are already Predisposed to drink the Kool Aid?
This is a cool presentation. I would like to ask; How do we prevent Property Rights from allowing the Exponential Hoarding of Vast Holdings and the Inevitable Exploitation/Oppression of the Majority of The People?
How do we not End Up with a...n Oligarchy by Corporations in the Direction we seem to be going?
This video is not that great: there is some error on terminology and it is over-simplistic. The first one behing: "Those who say that nazism and fascism are right wing never defined their term"- They define right-wing as A party that is advocating a traditional social order and hierarchy, rejecting egalitarian point of view (going as far as saying that the weak and helpless peasant need to get over themselves) and supporting social-order.
@therrydicule The standard left-right way of looking at the political spectrum is not valid. Also considering this is only 10 minutes long, how can it be anything but simplistic?
@Aryaba And what are your credential or your source for such a claim?
I am not an advocate of the 1D political-spectrum, not at all; not because it is not valid, because it is simplistic in our actual world and outdated by the complexity of the modern world - we are not in the 18 century's France!
What I am saying is this is as invalid, since it is looking only at 1D as well but a different dimension. When I am studying politics in a Cartesian framework, I'm looking at 9 dimensions.
@Aryaba Rational or Irrational, Theoretical or practical, social freedom, economic freedom, secular vs "spiritual", short term vs long term, level of change (reformist, progressive, conservator or reactionary), openness on free-trade vs local market, moral rule and order.
@therrydicule Your first two metrics are highly subjective, social and economic freedoms I'm with you. It is assumed in American politics that we begin from a secular point of view (separation of church and state). "level of change" is again subjective. Free-trade vs. local market; what does this even mean? Or do you mean level of protectionism? Moral rule and order? What do you mean here? All of these metrics you mention could all be represented on the scale presented in this video.
@Aryaba Well, on the first 2, nobody goes all the way on one side or the other... But I try to note these factors: for instance Kim Jong Il, not really rational ;)
For free-trade and local market: yes, it is protectionism but protectionism is not always limited to a state, sometime it been limited to small area like a county.
And by more rule and order, it is how much the government act to encourage what they defined as good behavior, even if the good behavior as such is subjective.
@therrydicule LOL on Kim Jong Il. OK, I see the points you are making. Try to generalize them into the scheme of government control (federal/state/county) vs. individual (which was the scale presented in this video). All of these things can be represented on that scale. I admit it is somewhat simplistic and can be broken down into your categories, for greater granularity, but essentially we are just measuring on all of these scales the degree of government intervention.
@Aryaba Well, it is like if it is possible: at the end, when we are talking about politic we are talking about humans... At least a bunch of them trying to decide themselves to do something. And, I am forced to recognize that we are a complex social-animal.
Also, this spectra is not that simple: it is the same one from Montesquieu...There is some twist in it, if you studying many constitutional monarchy this is important.
"Left" means total control and "right" means no control? No. Just no. The terms stem from the English parliament, where the progressive faction was seated to the left of the chairman and the conservative faction to the right. Both progressive and conservative politics can lead to total control.
@MomoTheBellyDancer A agree that both progressive and conservative politics can lead to total control. But I think the author of this video does a good job explaining some misconceptions about the various forms of government.
Instead of left versus right, I like the Nolan Chart as a way of portraying political ideology. It's a diamond, where left is liberal, right is conservative, down is statist, and up and libertarian.
@MomoTheBellyDancer Are you serious?? After watching the video I didn't get a sense that I had to go join the GOP, but maybe I wasn't looking into it as much as you were. If you were to make a video on the various types of government, what would an unbiased perspective look like in your humble opinion?
democracys also have laws,our society isnt based on angry crowds destroying everything as in the video;cant the americans have an objective view instead of thinking that every nonamerican is a barbarian and they are the chosen ones of god
This is ridiculous. Sweden is a "unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy". What this means is that Sweden is a constitutional monarchy, we have a king, our king has no political power however, he only represents our country. We also have demoracy, but our democracy is also constitutional and therefore all people are protected by the law and the majority cannot rule above the law.
also, if communism is in the same category as fascism then how do you explain the communes back in the 60's and in smaller countries? they didn't have a leader or government and yet they had a set of rules that people applied to. granted they didn't work out well but you can't possibly suggest that those are the same thing as a fascist over-rule can you...?
except that in a ture communist society there is no government as everything is run by the people. there has never been a true communist society so in fact communism is alot closer to anarchy than you think. nice job trying to brain-wash people though.
Nice brainwashing! This is a fantastic exemple of forged ignorance, people who belive this video think they understand politics, while they are just having their strings pulled by the very oligarchs who made this video.
Check out:
-Commune de Paris
-Marx in Soho
-Spanish Civil war anarchists
-Anarco -Communism
And you'll see how ridiculous is this video on "ALL forms of government"...
This is a Well made video but the content is very bias and to my knowledge some of the information is incorrect, I'll point out one example here. In the video it states that Hitler's brown shirts created a state of anarchy that allowed Hitler to come to power, which is incorrect. When Hitler staged the Beer Hall Putsch and it failed (please look it up), he learned that using force/chaos was not the right way to gain control and shortly after he used Democracy to get voted into power.
The explanation of Anarchy here is very poor and arguably completely wrong. Anarchy doesn't preclude law, and it's often slandered as something that means "chaos."
We aren't against law, we're against the idea that any person should have the power, right, and chance to rule over others. Because, as you state, Governments have committed the worst of crimes. If you want to understand anarchy better, pick up "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson.
1. anarchy is NOT equal chaos. hitler was democraticly electec btw.
2. read into spanish anarchism. it was a well oganised anarchosyndikalistic state. if your understanding of anarchy is simply that rules are ignored, you really don't know much about the subject
3. it's not surprising the cnt felt. it had italy, germany, the sowjet union and the fascist parts of spain against it
4. have you red my comment? i never said that the stuff claimed in the video was true
he starts talking about anarchism and within seconds a picture of hitler appears.
also anarchism is not about chaos; it means order without leadership. the narator is basicly saying that anarchist are creating chaos to gain power, which is a bold contradiction
neither guevara/castro nor the bolschewiks were anarchists btw
trotzki gave orders to wipe out kronstadt because they were trying to set up anarchy.
Freedom isn't limited government, it's no government. This video strawmanned anarchy entirely, then credited a few people "founding fathers" as "give people law"... lol
Infantile and clearly capitalist influenced video. The United States is NOT a republic, it is an oligarchy guys. 5 or so percent of the population control 92-94% of the wealth in that country, and therefore the power..... Hmmm there is something fishy about this
This video is very bad. The guy doesn't understand at all what left and right mean, and what republic, democracy, communism and anarchism are. And he displays a mind-boggling lack of knowledge about the Russian revolution and the coming to the power of the Nazis in Germany.
The misconceptions are so many that I don't have the courage to tackle them one by one.
@PavedStones Actually he is correct about the Russian revolution and the Nazis. Both nations were in a state of turmoil and looked to new ideas to try and save them, but it didn't work out for either.
@893160007 No, the U.S.A. is a Republic. Even in the pledge of allegiance... which word is used? "...and to the the Republic for which it stands..." There is still hope my friend. Read the 5,000 Year Leap. It is an excellent book to help you better understand what the Founding Fathers were thinking when they laid the foundations of this great country. It is a bi-partisan book. It explains so much.
@893160007 I think family ancestry is interesting, apparently, if you look in to the blood lines of the presidents, it is more likely these people have been 'selected' rather than 'elected', These types of 'power through blood' are clearly apparent in the British Monarchy. If these rumors of political/presidential blood lines turn out to be the truth then surely this would mean the usa is an oligarchy, not a republic as it we are lead to believe.
@893160007 I think on a small scale some of the political ideologies would work, but not where globalism is concerned, you only have to observe group mentality to see what happens when people fuel fires with emotional and passionate speeches, and as the group increases in size so does the confusion.
@893160007 I would never like to be labeled party to any ideology or stern political stance, whether it be as a communist, capitalist, socialist, anarchist or whatever, to do so would just be limiting oneself and be very closed minded! I really am just beginning to think people should stop being dicks!!! Then there would be no problem. Is there a place somewhere where greedy, dishonest, selfish and manipulative people are put to justice (not in to positions of power!)?
@alyncurtis NO, there isn't a place like that and the framers of the US Constitution knew that. That's exactly why they chose a Republic, but sadly you never hear that word used here anymore. As a matter of fact, civics teachers here in the US prbably don't even know the difference anymore cause they were educated in some left wing State University by a lib left wing prof. who would rather move to Democracy cause it's the quickest way to Obama's type of Socialism, where the govt. runs all
I'm going to let you in on a secret. No one will take you seriously, if you don't know what the terms ,socialism,democracy, & republic mean, nor will they if you think they're proper nouns.
A system where laws are voted on by the people, or are chosen by elected representatives is a democracy. Any system where the people (or a portion there of) rule & the exec officer is not a monarch is a republic. The USA meets the criteria for both definitions, thus it is both.
@893160007 Why can't people just try and get along and realise that all this stuff is just bullshit anyway and a way for a minority of people to control the masses so they can be the richest most powerful dickheads! I'll step down from my soapbox now, let's get back to living decent, honest, humble, lives, self sustained and unadulterated, where real justice is experiencing the true fruits of our labour.
What's really amazing about this video is everytime I watch the history channel about something on Hitler and the Nazi's I always laughed cause they would call them right wing. I always thought bullshit. They're very left if you know anything about how their government and different governments work.
nazism and facism are right wing due to restrictive social factors, and very free economic factors, Socialism isn't total government either, Socialism is a democracy and has it's limits, plus it is a direct democracy, allowing people to have a better handle on what goes on
I disagree. The whole left-right dynamic seems very arbitary and, well, one dimensional and non applicable to all cases. What about a state that has both economic and social freedoms?
I also disagree with your definitions. The fascist notion of corporatism seems contrary to true economic freedom. Also socialism is an economic system, so it is not necessarily democratic.
" What about a state that has both economic and social freedoms?" Answer..That would be a libertarian government like the founders intended.
Both parties want to restrict your freedoms... But the Democrats can't do math so they are going to bankrupt us while they are stealing both your social and economic freedom.
Socialism is not an economic system, it is government perverting and attempting to control an economy and social policy.
I know you are a socialist and don't want to admit it. I know that socialist governments have killed more of their own people than all wars. I bet you have a George Soros talking points paper you blog from. Leftists just want to force others to take care of them
Leftist just don't understand that the right doesn't want anything from you other than to be left alone. Just leave us out of your nanny state plans and don't steal what we have acquired by the fruits of our labor.
I know you are a socialist and don't want to admit it. I know that socialist governments have killed more of their own people than all wars. I bet you have a George Soros talking points paper you blog from. Leftists just want to force others to take care of them
Leftist just don't understand that the right doesn't want anything from you other than to be left alone. Just leave us out of your nanny state plans and don't steal what we have acquired by the fruits of our labor.
Your a dumb ass that probably never lived in a foreign country nor know what we have here. I am sick of you whiny socialist retards. FYI I have a graduate degree in Econ and Accounting ( Cum Laude too ) History is a hobby for me and I have lived in a socialist country... I could go on
If you are so fucking smart google americancivicliteracy resources/quiz.
take the test
if you score less than 80%.... which you will.... 55% most likely.... Proves my point
I know you are a socialist and don't want to admit it. I know that socialist governments have killed more of their own people than all wars. I bet you have a George Soros talking points paper you blog from. Leftists just want to force others to take care of them
Leftist just don't understand that the right doesn't want anything from you other than to be left alone. Just leave us out of your nanny state plans and don't steal what we have acquired by the fruits of our labor.
I know you are a socialist and don't want to admit it. I know that socialist governments have killed more of their own people than all wars. I bet you have a George Soros talking points paper you blog from. Leftists just want to force others to take care of them
Leftist just don't understand that the right doesn't want anything from you other than to be left alone. Just leave us out of your nanny state plans and don't steal what we have acquired by the fruits of our labor.
germany wasn't an anarchist state when hitler came to power. the reichstag created the enabling act 1933, which gave hitler's cabinet the power to create laws and sign them into law without consulting the reichstag. from there, he had he power to create any laws he wanted. he was granted those powers through government, not anarchy.
I lost interest when he said "looking first at monarchy, or dictatorship". They are not the same thing at all.
HeartSpeaksToHeart 2 weeks ago
Their are so many errors in this video.
Leading political analysts no longer go with a single line exmple of government, They tend to go for the two way, Conservative or liberal, and athoritairan or libertarian. There are right athoritarians and left athoritarians. Interesting video thoug.
pcgamernum1 2 weeks ago
i think ben first line sounded menacing.
Johndoe2point0 2 weeks ago
You are wrong about anarchy. Read some Murray Rothbard
XAlejossX 1 month ago
We are in a democratic republic. We, as people, vote on things all the time which only require a majority rule. This is Propaganda.
Proteus311 1 month ago
its funny because this is inaccurate as hell
nekocekoBiH 1 month ago
1. A Republic and a democracy aren't opposed, a Republic is generally a democracy, a monarchy can be one too.
2. the government power thing concerns the economy, not the political system. there are more than one left-wing and right-wing definitions.
energiesoler 2 months ago
I feel that this is slightly biased... Anyone else?
NorwegianPotato 2 months ago
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This is the problem with americans: they see it all unidimensionaly. You have to add other vectors to that, such as traditionalism vs progressism, and not only totalitarianism vs anarchy.
Also you have to remember how these movments aligned historicaly in the past.
So if nazis ar extreme right but aligned on top then libertarians are also extreme right but down. On extreme left you have anarchy and communism on oposite poles.
Egitaniense2 3 months ago
This is the problem with americans, the see it all unidimensionaly. You have to add other vectors to that, such as traditionalism vs progressism, and not only totalitarianism vs anarchy.
Also you have to remember how these movments aligned historicaly in the past.
So if nazis ar extreme right but aligned on top then libertarians are also extreme right but down. On extreme left you have anarchy and communism on oposite poles.
Egitaniense2 3 months ago
@Egitaniense2
Anarchy and communism aren't opposites. Because anarchy merely denotes the absence of governance, whereas communism is an economic system that can be set in any type of governance, form big (Stalinism) to completely absent (anarcho-communism). Furthermore anarchy can also feature a wide variety of economic systems from anarcho-capitalism to libertarian socialism and anarcho-communism.
SSTTEEAALLTTHH 3 months ago
I'm a little confused. The Roman Republic was established by the oligarchs after they chased out their last king. They only grudgingly conceded privileges and even the right to enact law to the plebs over several centuries of class conflict. In our modern democracies, the majority does not have absolute power over the minority. They are restrained by the law. Surely the most important protection from tyranny is the separation of power by the three arms of government, and the ability to impeach.
ByronicTragiHero 3 months ago
@ByronicTragiHero That is called the rule of law.
ExZonie 2 months ago in playlist Types of Government
this is pure propaganda, the far left comes from the poor working class, who have never really had power
aelneo 3 months ago
@aelneo This isn's an economical system, its a political system.
AntiTroll101 2 weeks ago
BULLSHIT
aelneo 3 months ago
Good video :).
EnChristosEime4life 3 months ago
Republic - Democracy = Fascism
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
Republic - Democracy = Fascism
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
without government or law there is freedom
crazyinsane1495 4 months ago
@crazyinsane1495 weren't you paying attention to the video ? anarchy is dangerous
crzune 4 months ago
@crzune no its not dangerous because i can carry a firearm to protect myself. i can not carry a firearm to protect myself in Los Angles, which has gov. if we did not have gov. then everybody would be safer because everybody would be armed to protect them self's. question would you attack a person who might be armed? i would not.
crazyinsane1495 4 months ago
@crazyinsane1495 What about when a group of say 100 people with guns go house to house looting and raping? Would you rather have some form of government protection or nothing at all? I'm all for firearms, but its not like if everyone had them it would solve every potentially violent situation. Minimal government almost always wins.
itsahatch 4 months ago
@itsahatch i do support minimal gov. because i do believe that we the people can achieve minimizing gov. the question about 100 ppl. robbing well lets say they rob a few people. those people can form a larger group of people to stop this gang because the decent people do not want to be robbed and raped. so they will join together and kill the gang. and if you say nobody will join, they will if enough people are harmed or scared.
crazyinsane1495 4 months ago
@crzune also this video is wrong about anarchy. have you ever learned about the wild west. that was an anarchy and it was not complete chaos because anybody who murdered raped stole was killed. they did not call the police to handle things.
crazyinsane1495 4 months ago
@crazyinsane1495 I would rather have the government protect our lives and property then have to live every day in fear of having to fight every day. so if someone wanted to buy an itme from a seller and they didn't agree the price is cheap they can just kill them and take want they want. It so easy for a country without government to take control. you know why ? they join groups for security and eventually the strongest will rise and take control
crzune 3 months ago
@crzune what your thinking of is if we have anarchy, we will all turn into mad max scenario but the truth most people are civilized. my favorite example is the wild west. that was anarchy. dozens of people were not being killed every day. very few people were killed back then because people knew to behave theme self's. the reason why billy the kid was popular is because he was 1 of the few people brave enough to commit crime.
crazyinsane1495 3 months ago
@crzune another thing if you want to live in a safe society than move to a place like USSR where if you break any laws you are killed. during the USSR time period there was almost no crime but they had no freedom at all. you went to work came home and ate dinner then did it again. i would rather live in a free society with danger than a safe society with no freedom. its all about how you want to live your life.
crazyinsane1495 3 months ago
@crazyinsane1495 depends on what country you live in really but absolute freedom is impossible because you have the power to violate other peoples freedoms and that's not fair. I agree there places where no government worked but for such a change to happen today would be terrible, their is no such thing as a perfect government but I think minimal government is the best
crzune 3 months ago
@crzune i do agree on min. gov. because i think it achievable. the problem is most people think that nobody can take care of themselves which is false but if tomorrow we turned into an anarchy i do not think there would be chaos, i think it would be more peaceful than today.
crazyinsane1495 3 months ago
democracy and republic are not different things.... democracy is not a form of government, it's a political system. a republic is the form of government in which democracy can thrive.
this video is bullshit.
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
Socialism has never been 100 % government. This video is total bullshit and clearly made by an American.. Google "Plaid Avenger" to see a truer definition of types of governments.
Dahoon 4 months ago
The only way to be free and to have a stable government is: Having a civil war were all power hungry people be killed every 20 or so years.
Paraphrasing Georg Washington .
the US to day is an oligarchy and any one whit half a brain can see that.
Partyffs 5 months ago
Anyone who call anarchy far right doesn't know anything about politics
JohnBryansFontaine01 5 months ago
@JohnBryansFontaine01 Based on the scale he gave us now every one whit a brain will know that Anarchy was on the far right.
And apposing that is stupid, because it is the way he scaled it. 100 to 0% government.
But i bet you are an citizen of the US there by make my effort to explain this useless.
Partyffs 5 months ago
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. There is no form of government where the people in power aren't trying to get more power. So the argument can be made that all government is in some stage of becoming an Oligarchy. People who support a Republic are just trying to use the LAW to gain political control... Who writes the laws?
SrgGoofy 6 months ago
Actually Monarchys are ptactical ever hear of Ceaser, Napolean , or Hitler.
johnthesencond 6 months ago
monarchy and anarchy can exist monarchy is unlikely but possible and if the leader was smart and cared about the people it would be a good way of life and anarchy has been around a long time and stayed around throughout history as long as any goverment but for it to work the people have to be smart and ban together when someone trys to take over and that can go wrong someone can succeed at makeing the strong majority take over but all governments can end the same way so thats a invalid argument
jameshoodlum 6 months ago
The confusion about this video is language.
Democrat does not equal Democracy, in fact Democrats lean toward a Republic system more than Republicans do. Republicans favor pure Democracy more and resent when law comes in and protect the rights of individuals to do what they want. Prop 8 in California is a prime example. Also, republicans like to talk about Freedom as if they mean it to apply to individuals. They mean freedom as it applies to enterprise or the wealthy. Not to everyone.
YouSeetheMan 7 months ago
Excellent video, factual and well presented.
originalscottfree 9 months ago
yeah try distancing yourself from fascists... right wing pricks
hailantifa 1 year ago
@hailantifa ur a dumb ass lazy lib arnt u
aidsat41180 9 months ago
@hailantifa I agree.
TehFunnehMann 7 months ago
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alucardthealchemist 1 year ago
Start at 9:00 it sound like what going on in US today. Our individual rights, education, and freedom being taken away.
LC1MNP1 1 year ago
It is just like finding reasons to eliminate other systems, without looking at its pro's and cons's and the outcome, surprise surprise, is the republican system -.-
renseks 1 year ago 6
This excerpt from "Overview of America" is one of the best videos produced by The John Birch Society.
1Bircher 1 year ago
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We must cease to be selfish and we then will undersatand that we are all one. ..."Where there is no vision, the people perish". - Proverbs 29:18
Conservatives need to see beyond today.
1macboo 11 months ago
only problem is that in monarchy the leader has a group but the leader can order the group around so the leader the goverment but in Oligarchy the group is a democracy.. if you know what i mean....
J0rg3j 1 year ago
cite All your sources please
thanks!
nymph62442 1 year ago
HOW REPUBLICAN IS THIS??!?!?
codmod55 1 year ago 6
@codmod55 That was my point bro. Then all the republicans thought I meant that was a good thing and voted me up. The irony of living bro, the irony of living. Got to love it.
ComicallySanePolitic 1 year ago
@ComicallySanePolitic republicans smell
codmod55 1 year ago
@codmod55 Like astroglide.
ComicallySanePolitic 1 year ago
@ComicallySanePolitic yeah astroglide! whatever that it i bet it smells like shit xD
codmod55 1 year ago
Obama is a commie, if someones assasinates him, I'll give bj to that person.
Slavko961234 1 year ago
@Slavko961234- I seriously doubt that our President is a "commie" (whatever that is supposed to imply), regardless, the anticipation or suggestion that he should be assassinated is not only preposterous, it is actually criminally treasonous in intent.
On the other hand, although this may not be worthy of a 'bj', I did not vote for his instatement. In recognotion, might this possibly be worthy, at least, of a lascivious lick or two in an errogenous zone?
tracer740 1 year ago
Says socialism on the far left is 100% government. Absolute ignorance. Socialists are all involved in the choices made in society and it's fair operation. So everyone can be involved in the greater good - the fairness of their society- and hence their governance. The people own their governance for the common well being of all.
ronaynec 1 year ago 2
you are wrong. Nazi's are far right Commies are far left, this is crap. Lies.
Danesland 1 year ago
@Danesland
Communists already are on the far left, and how do you think that Nazism has zero power, the government under Hitler had total control?
xGubXGubx 1 year ago
@xGubXGubx So what about Anarcho-Communism? Huh? This political scale is incorrect. This is only a theory, that is quite frankly, incorrect.
Danesland 1 year ago
at 3:05 it sounds like the founding fathers were driven by greed to confidently say that all people in the world lack morality that all humanity is just as greedy as their pursuit of establishing limitations for a set number of people
ggnore1358 1 year ago
or we can abolish government on an earthly scale to achieve universal anarchy
ggnore1358 1 year ago
Whoa, you saying Hitler or Lenin rose to power promising anarchy? Ah, the "wild west" thing eh? Study some real history, for things were pretty peaceful. Overall this is a good explanation of why a republic is better than other forms of government but you glossed over the anarchy alternatives, WITHOUT a monopoly on law 'services'.
Capnwabbit 1 year ago
Moral of the story, vote Republican.
ComicallySanePolitic 1 year ago 2
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ZeroDownHM 1 year ago
@ZeroDownHM im all for helping all people, but not at the expense of my own.
you dont give the kid down the street dinner and let your own eat a lunchable instead.
syngar99 1 year ago 7
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kenan6346 1 year ago
@syngar99 We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
@michaelwuzthere thats a nice statement, but can you elaborate on how it relates in something more than vague general terms?
we should all live together blah blah blah, but some choose to not be helped /APPROPRIATELY/
If Joe Blow, or Jerome Jones or Juan Gomez would rather be a ne'er do well, leech off the system and generally pollute humanity, cliches don't work.
Some dogs can;t be trained not to piss inside, and will NEVER stop doing it.
syngar99 4 months ago
@syngar99 It's wrong for an individual to put his own needs first at the expense of society. And we're not dogs. There's no standard human behavior. It's not that far-fetched of an idea to give the state the authority to put parasites to work.
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
@michaelwuzthere what expense? you are falsely describing the situation. me feeding my children versus depriving them because of some selfish trash is not immoral.
the ones choosing not to work and instead sponge are the ones putting themselves first.
and actually on a grand scale human are predictable and like dogs. regardless it was an analogy.
i would love to see the state put people to work, but they will resist it and cry it encroaches on their rights. NAACP will have a field day.
syngar99 4 months ago
@syngar99 I'm not saying you shouldn't feed your children, I"m saying one shouldn't look out for his/her own interests in a way that takes away from others, as is what happens on a regular basis in capitalist society. Democratic socialism means putting all parasites - rich and poor - to work. This would make every working person's load lighter and would make society more productive and responsible. Ayn Rand self-centredness is childish and makes the world worse.
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
@michaelwuzthere sorry but the inherent flaws of communism rear their head time after time- including in china.
syngar99 4 months ago
@syngar99 There has only been one global wave of socialism in the past, and it failed because of totalitarian bureaucracy. Democratic socialism, Noam Chomsky style, is much different and is still yet to be achieved. China isn't communist or socialist, it's state controlled capitalism, i.e. fascism.
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
@michaelwuzthere sorry i dont equate capitalism with fascism
syngar99 4 months ago
@syngar99 capitalism, when controlled by the state, is what fascism is.
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
@michaelwuzthere I dont equate regulation with control necessarily.
controlled finance, supply and dispersion of goods is called communism.
syngar99 4 months ago
@syngar99 no, that is not what communism is. in fact, i have a video uploaded that explains this.
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
@michaelwuzthere Communism is, to put it simply a classless state where everyone is working class . The problem is, who makes sure that everyone is treated the same ? wouldn't there have to be someone that had more power to ensure that equality is maintained ? this is why a communist state can easily turn into a dictatorship.
crzune 4 months ago
@crzune That's because you're looking at things from a capitalist perspective. Dictatorships in communism only arise by those who are impatient, it's not a natural phenomenon. Communism is a phase of society not likely to be seen for a thousand years. Once that time has come, and communism has been achieved, there will be no living person on earth who ever experienced a time of exploitive capitalism. By then, everyone will be in the nature of socialism. It's like we view feudalism today.
michaelwuzthere 4 months ago
@ComicallySanePolitic the republican party today is just the other half of the democratic party. Both parties are just one hybrid party that switches power every 4 to 8 years without problem because their goals are all the same, control of the people in order to extract more wealth from our pockets.
You need to go back to a republic, the republican party won't get you there.
Just look at ron paul, a true republican, yet his republican partners keep him in the shadow so he isn't noticed.
ZeroDownHM 1 year ago
@ZeroDownHM ... Ron Paul is the biggest moron in the House. He's a complete lunatic with no concept of democracy.
ComicallySanePolitic 1 year ago
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Capnwabbit 1 year ago
@ComicallySanePolitic
The Republican Party in America arent Republicans in the truest sense of the word. They want to control people. True republicans look after themselves and let other look after themselves!
antoconno 1 year ago
@ComicallySanePolitic Only if they are constitutionally and fiscally conservative republicans. That excludes the so-called Neo-Conservative and Moderate factions of the GOP. I am Libertarian Republican, and I believe we must depose all big government/Authoritarian elements within the GOP. Then we can take over the country and ensure freedom for future generations of Americans.
NABegley 1 year ago
@ComicallySanePolitic American republicans are a complete corruption of the true term. They serve their own interests, not the interests of the people.
mushroomz88 1 year ago 2
@ComicallySanePolitic hahahah not in one zillion years , and that still isnt enough
codmod55 1 year ago
Great overview.
The USA has been struggling with oligarchies since day one. In fact, I think the USA *is* an oligarchy with a republic fascade.
TheGoalSetter 1 year ago
Scary to realize that our current government along with so many Americans think that Democracy is a good thing.
adamandalyssa 1 year ago
How easy is it to Herd the Increasing number of people with Little if any Safety Net into a Church or a Fraternity of some type that can Indoctrinate them with Propaganda that serves their Masters?
tainoaz 1 year ago
How Easy is it for the Powers that OWN the Media to Sell a LIE to Under Educated and Complacent Sheeple through the Manipulation of the most Basic Passions of people? How easy is it to USE Religion and people that are already Predisposed to drink the Kool Aid?
tainoaz 1 year ago
This is a cool presentation. I would like to ask; How do we prevent Property Rights from allowing the Exponential Hoarding of Vast Holdings and the Inevitable Exploitation/Oppression of the Majority of The People?
How do we not End Up with a...n Oligarchy by Corporations in the Direction we seem to be going?
tainoaz 1 year ago
This video is not that great: there is some error on terminology and it is over-simplistic. The first one behing: "Those who say that nazism and fascism are right wing never defined their term"- They define right-wing as A party that is advocating a traditional social order and hierarchy, rejecting egalitarian point of view (going as far as saying that the weak and helpless peasant need to get over themselves) and supporting social-order.
therrydicule 1 year ago
@therrydicule The standard left-right way of looking at the political spectrum is not valid. Also considering this is only 10 minutes long, how can it be anything but simplistic?
Aryaba 1 year ago
@Aryaba And what are your credential or your source for such a claim?
I am not an advocate of the 1D political-spectrum, not at all; not because it is not valid, because it is simplistic in our actual world and outdated by the complexity of the modern world - we are not in the 18 century's France!
What I am saying is this is as invalid, since it is looking only at 1D as well but a different dimension. When I am studying politics in a Cartesian framework, I'm looking at 9 dimensions.
therrydicule 1 year ago
@therrydicule Oh, do tell. On which 9 dimensions?
Aryaba 1 year ago
@Aryaba Rational or Irrational, Theoretical or practical, social freedom, economic freedom, secular vs "spiritual", short term vs long term, level of change (reformist, progressive, conservator or reactionary), openness on free-trade vs local market, moral rule and order.
therrydicule 1 year ago
@therrydicule Your first two metrics are highly subjective, social and economic freedoms I'm with you. It is assumed in American politics that we begin from a secular point of view (separation of church and state). "level of change" is again subjective. Free-trade vs. local market; what does this even mean? Or do you mean level of protectionism? Moral rule and order? What do you mean here? All of these metrics you mention could all be represented on the scale presented in this video.
Aryaba 1 year ago
@Aryaba Well, on the first 2, nobody goes all the way on one side or the other... But I try to note these factors: for instance Kim Jong Il, not really rational ;)
For free-trade and local market: yes, it is protectionism but protectionism is not always limited to a state, sometime it been limited to small area like a county.
And by more rule and order, it is how much the government act to encourage what they defined as good behavior, even if the good behavior as such is subjective.
therrydicule 1 year ago
@therrydicule LOL on Kim Jong Il. OK, I see the points you are making. Try to generalize them into the scheme of government control (federal/state/county) vs. individual (which was the scale presented in this video). All of these things can be represented on that scale. I admit it is somewhat simplistic and can be broken down into your categories, for greater granularity, but essentially we are just measuring on all of these scales the degree of government intervention.
Aryaba 1 year ago
@Aryaba Just happen that I need this granularity on my studies and that I am looking some video to study a bit...
therrydicule 1 year ago
@therrydicule One of the greatest signs of understanding a subject is to break it down into its simplest components.
Aryaba 1 year ago
@Aryaba Well, it is like if it is possible: at the end, when we are talking about politic we are talking about humans... At least a bunch of them trying to decide themselves to do something. And, I am forced to recognize that we are a complex social-animal.
Also, this spectra is not that simple: it is the same one from Montesquieu...There is some twist in it, if you studying many constitutional monarchy this is important.
therrydicule 1 year ago
@therrydicule Oh and nice ad hominem.
Aryaba 1 year ago
"Left" means total control and "right" means no control? No. Just no. The terms stem from the English parliament, where the progressive faction was seated to the left of the chairman and the conservative faction to the right. Both progressive and conservative politics can lead to total control.
MomoTheBellyDancer 1 year ago
@MomoTheBellyDancer A agree that both progressive and conservative politics can lead to total control. But I think the author of this video does a good job explaining some misconceptions about the various forms of government.
Instead of left versus right, I like the Nolan Chart as a way of portraying political ideology. It's a diamond, where left is liberal, right is conservative, down is statist, and up and libertarian.
bandito707 1 year ago
@bandito707
"the author of this video does a good job"
Yeah, of providing a good example of right-wing Republican propaganda.
MomoTheBellyDancer 1 year ago
@MomoTheBellyDancer Are you serious?? After watching the video I didn't get a sense that I had to go join the GOP, but maybe I wasn't looking into it as much as you were. If you were to make a video on the various types of government, what would an unbiased perspective look like in your humble opinion?
bandito707 1 year ago
@bandito707
"what would an unbiased perspective look like in your humble opinion"
At least I wouldn't stress that government control is bad from the outset. I also wouldn't misrepresent anarchism.
MomoTheBellyDancer 1 year ago
Shone of a gene.
Prisoner7777 1 year ago
This video was clearly made by a Republican. Hence the ignorance, especially about Anarchism.
bloodystain 1 year ago
You obviously don't understand anarchy.
rotpada 1 year ago
democracys also have laws,our society isnt based on angry crowds destroying everything as in the video;cant the americans have an objective view instead of thinking that every nonamerican is a barbarian and they are the chosen ones of god
Matapavosproductions 1 year ago
This is ridiculous. Sweden is a "unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy". What this means is that Sweden is a constitutional monarchy, we have a king, our king has no political power however, he only represents our country. We also have demoracy, but our democracy is also constitutional and therefore all people are protected by the law and the majority cannot rule above the law.
Am I missing something here?
Paddis92 1 year ago
@Paddis92
Same in the UK.
I call the system crowned republics.
sketchydc 1 year ago
also, if communism is in the same category as fascism then how do you explain the communes back in the 60's and in smaller countries? they didn't have a leader or government and yet they had a set of rules that people applied to. granted they didn't work out well but you can't possibly suggest that those are the same thing as a fascist over-rule can you...?
i9incher 1 year ago
except that in a ture communist society there is no government as everything is run by the people. there has never been a true communist society so in fact communism is alot closer to anarchy than you think. nice job trying to brain-wash people though.
i9incher 1 year ago 2
That Vid is another Kind of Republican Propaganda, nothing realy else. The US is already an Oligarchy.
Use your Brain and think about it. Think by yourself!!! And don`t believe some stupid vids on the internet ;-)
GotikusIndustrialis 1 year ago
ok, no one refers to mob rule as "democracy" anymore
Kalahridudex 1 year ago
"ALL forms of government" - hahaha
Nice brainwashing! This is a fantastic exemple of forged ignorance, people who belive this video think they understand politics, while they are just having their strings pulled by the very oligarchs who made this video.
Check out:
-Commune de Paris
-Marx in Soho
-Spanish Civil war anarchists
-Anarco -Communism
And you'll see how ridiculous is this video on "ALL forms of government"...
MarxistStudant 1 year ago
The propaganda in this video is painful and dense.
ErrolSaid 1 year ago
Very well done. I enjoyed this quite a bit.
danielweber2009 1 year ago
This is a Well made video but the content is very bias and to my knowledge some of the information is incorrect, I'll point out one example here. In the video it states that Hitler's brown shirts created a state of anarchy that allowed Hitler to come to power, which is incorrect. When Hitler staged the Beer Hall Putsch and it failed (please look it up), he learned that using force/chaos was not the right way to gain control and shortly after he used Democracy to get voted into power.
iWatchVids4 1 year ago
The explanation of Anarchy here is very poor and arguably completely wrong. Anarchy doesn't preclude law, and it's often slandered as something that means "chaos."
We aren't against law, we're against the idea that any person should have the power, right, and chance to rule over others. Because, as you state, Governments have committed the worst of crimes. If you want to understand anarchy better, pick up "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson.
TheLxxy 1 year ago
not to mention the whole fascist=communist=left wing. it's called propaganda
FOIIAD 1 year ago
spanish anarchism was working great before it got flatened by general franco with
backup by hitler and stalin.
sorry for my pathetic english
FOIIAD 1 year ago
@FOIIAD the example of Spain is proof that your wrong.
What happened there is exactly what will happen every time the rule of law is ignored
You say Spanish anarchism was working but if that were true it wouldn't have fallen to the first challenge it faced.
sirhcskoorb 1 year ago
@sirhcskoorb
@sirhcskoorb
1. anarchy is NOT equal chaos. hitler was democraticly electec btw.
2. read into spanish anarchism. it was a well oganised anarchosyndikalistic state. if your understanding of anarchy is simply that rules are ignored, you really don't know much about the subject
3. it's not surprising the cnt felt. it had italy, germany, the sowjet union and the fascist parts of spain against it
4. have you red my comment? i never said that the stuff claimed in the video was true
FOIIAD 1 year ago
3:00 generic capitalist propaganda.
he starts talking about anarchism and within seconds a picture of hitler appears.
also anarchism is not about chaos; it means order without leadership. the narator is basicly saying that anarchist are creating chaos to gain power, which is a bold contradiction
neither guevara/castro nor the bolschewiks were anarchists btw
trotzki gave orders to wipe out kronstadt because they were trying to set up anarchy.
FOIIAD 1 year ago
@FOIIAD you clearly don't understand the video.
Hitler used anarchy and chaos,as did Castro,history is very clear.
Nobody is saying that they were anarchists,just that they use anarchists to their ends.
Statists use gullible people to create disorder making it easier for the to grab power.
Lenin called these people useful idiots.
sirhcskoorb 1 year ago
Freedom isn't limited government, it's no government. This video strawmanned anarchy entirely, then credited a few people "founding fathers" as "give people law"... lol
davyjames 1 year ago
Superb!
mangoswiss 1 year ago
Infantile and clearly capitalist influenced video. The United States is NOT a republic, it is an oligarchy guys. 5 or so percent of the population control 92-94% of the wealth in that country, and therefore the power..... Hmmm there is something fishy about this
xtremo75 1 year ago
@xtremo75 It is *supposed* to be a Republic. That doesn't necessarily mean it still is.
theweirdguy41 1 year ago
This video is very bad. The guy doesn't understand at all what left and right mean, and what republic, democracy, communism and anarchism are. And he displays a mind-boggling lack of knowledge about the Russian revolution and the coming to the power of the Nazis in Germany.
The misconceptions are so many that I don't have the courage to tackle them one by one.
Terrible video! :)
PavedStones 1 year ago
@PavedStones Actually he is correct about the Russian revolution and the Nazis. Both nations were in a state of turmoil and looked to new ideas to try and save them, but it didn't work out for either.
theweirdguy41 1 year ago
a democracy can be a republic
in simple terms a democracy is where citizens vote on issues or elect people to vote for them
a republic is where the leader is elected (usa-president) (not canada the parties choose their leaders who run like everyone else)
893160007 1 year ago
@893160007
yes but democracy itself is a barbaric system
YESobamaCANfuckupUSA 1 year ago
@YESobamaCANfuckupUSA
i am just saying the usa is still a democracy even though this video is like (no it's a rebulic)
893160007 1 year ago
@893160007 No, the U.S.A. is a Republic. Even in the pledge of allegiance... which word is used? "...and to the the Republic for which it stands..." There is still hope my friend. Read the 5,000 Year Leap. It is an excellent book to help you better understand what the Founding Fathers were thinking when they laid the foundations of this great country. It is a bi-partisan book. It explains so much.
jinalpa64 1 year ago
@jinalpa64
a republic can be (and in the case of the USA is) a democracy
democracy just means elected officials
republic is the head of state is also head of gov
893160007 1 year ago
@893160007 I think family ancestry is interesting, apparently, if you look in to the blood lines of the presidents, it is more likely these people have been 'selected' rather than 'elected', These types of 'power through blood' are clearly apparent in the British Monarchy. If these rumors of political/presidential blood lines turn out to be the truth then surely this would mean the usa is an oligarchy, not a republic as it we are lead to believe.
alyncurtis 1 year ago
@893160007 I think on a small scale some of the political ideologies would work, but not where globalism is concerned, you only have to observe group mentality to see what happens when people fuel fires with emotional and passionate speeches, and as the group increases in size so does the confusion.
alyncurtis 1 year ago
@893160007 I would never like to be labeled party to any ideology or stern political stance, whether it be as a communist, capitalist, socialist, anarchist or whatever, to do so would just be limiting oneself and be very closed minded! I really am just beginning to think people should stop being dicks!!! Then there would be no problem. Is there a place somewhere where greedy, dishonest, selfish and manipulative people are put to justice (not in to positions of power!)?
alyncurtis 1 year ago
@alyncurtis NO, there isn't a place like that and the framers of the US Constitution knew that. That's exactly why they chose a Republic, but sadly you never hear that word used here anymore. As a matter of fact, civics teachers here in the US prbably don't even know the difference anymore cause they were educated in some left wing State University by a lib left wing prof. who would rather move to Democracy cause it's the quickest way to Obama's type of Socialism, where the govt. runs all
kandy1958 1 year ago
@kandy1958
I'm going to let you in on a secret. No one will take you seriously, if you don't know what the terms ,socialism,democracy, & republic mean, nor will they if you think they're proper nouns.
A system where laws are voted on by the people, or are chosen by elected representatives is a democracy. Any system where the people (or a portion there of) rule & the exec officer is not a monarch is a republic. The USA meets the criteria for both definitions, thus it is both.
Fuctmentality 1 year ago
"Is there a place somewhere where greedy, dishonest, selfish and manipulative people are put to justice (not in to positions of power!)?"
Antarctica...
HardBodyNyC 1 year ago
@893160007 Why can't people just try and get along and realise that all this stuff is just bullshit anyway and a way for a minority of people to control the masses so they can be the richest most powerful dickheads! I'll step down from my soapbox now, let's get back to living decent, honest, humble, lives, self sustained and unadulterated, where real justice is experiencing the true fruits of our labour.
alyncurtis 1 year ago
What's really amazing about this video is everytime I watch the history channel about something on Hitler and the Nazi's I always laughed cause they would call them right wing. I always thought bullshit. They're very left if you know anything about how their government and different governments work.
Frito48047 1 year ago
@Frito48047
right wing is patriotism, nationalism and free market..
hitler was a national capitalist.. he was supported by businessmen ( also british and american ) and he killed all communists and unobdient workers..
left wing is always international, tolerant and for controled market
so please dont lie my bourgeois friend
R3dSt4r90 1 year ago
@R3dSt4r90 you soundvery tolerant.
syngar99 1 year ago
Laws are made by the majority of the people in a representative democracy... republic and democracy complement each other.
claudiocarvalho 1 year ago
Scary to see that most states in the UN are actually oligarchies...
USCombine 1 year ago 11
@USCombine including the US
TheA340guy 1 year ago
nazism and facism are right wing due to restrictive social factors, and very free economic factors, Socialism isn't total government either, Socialism is a democracy and has it's limits, plus it is a direct democracy, allowing people to have a better handle on what goes on
lovetohate028 1 year ago
I disagree. The whole left-right dynamic seems very arbitary and, well, one dimensional and non applicable to all cases. What about a state that has both economic and social freedoms?
I also disagree with your definitions. The fascist notion of corporatism seems contrary to true economic freedom. Also socialism is an economic system, so it is not necessarily democratic.
Albyiscool 1 year ago
@Albyiscool
" What about a state that has both economic and social freedoms?" Answer..That would be a libertarian government like the founders intended.
Both parties want to restrict your freedoms... But the Democrats can't do math so they are going to bankrupt us while they are stealing both your social and economic freedom.
Socialism is not an economic system, it is government perverting and attempting to control an economy and social policy.
cowboyjim8 1 year ago
@lovetohate028
OK Fidel, just make up some crap.. that makes it true
you weren't even listening ... the Nazis, Communists and Fascist are all socialists all leftists You want to be brainwashed by the left
cowboyjim8 1 year ago
@cowboyjim8 you really have no idea what your talking about do you?
lovetohate028 1 year ago
@lovetohate028
I know you are a socialist and don't want to admit it. I know that socialist governments have killed more of their own people than all wars. I bet you have a George Soros talking points paper you blog from. Leftists just want to force others to take care of them
Leftist just don't understand that the right doesn't want anything from you other than to be left alone. Just leave us out of your nanny state plans and don't steal what we have acquired by the fruits of our labor.
cowboyjim8 1 year ago
@lovetohate028
I know you are a socialist and don't want to admit it. I know that socialist governments have killed more of their own people than all wars. I bet you have a George Soros talking points paper you blog from. Leftists just want to force others to take care of them
Leftist just don't understand that the right doesn't want anything from you other than to be left alone. Just leave us out of your nanny state plans and don't steal what we have acquired by the fruits of our labor.
cowboyjim8 1 year ago
@cowboyjim8 nothing prompted that. Everything here is from Glenn beck and you really havnt a shit of knowledge what your saying
you have no fucking clue what Socialism or what true Communism is and you just listen to an ass just cause you cant get over loosing an election
lovetohate028 1 year ago
@lovetohate028
Your a dumb ass that probably never lived in a foreign country nor know what we have here. I am sick of you whiny socialist retards. FYI I have a graduate degree in Econ and Accounting ( Cum Laude too ) History is a hobby for me and I have lived in a socialist country... I could go on
If you are so fucking smart google americancivicliteracy resources/quiz.
take the test
if you score less than 80%.... which you will.... 55% most likely.... Proves my point
cowboyjim8 1 year ago
@cowboyjim8
>I have a graduate degree in Econ and Accounting
>Cum Laude too
>I have lived in a socialist country
yeah right faggot
i got a 90% on that test
lovetohate028 1 year ago
@lovetohate028
There are only two kinds of leftists. Those who spread the lies to gain thier own power and those dumb enough to believe that crap.
You seem to be in the latter group. It's not my fault you are retarded so don't hate.
cowboyjim8 1 year ago
@lovetohate028
There are only two kinds of leftists. Those who spread the lies to gain their own power and those dumb enough to believe that crap.
You seem to be in the latter group. It's not my fault you are retarded so don't hate.
cowboyjim8 1 year ago
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@lovetohate028
I know you are a socialist and don't want to admit it. I know that socialist governments have killed more of their own people than all wars. I bet you have a George Soros talking points paper you blog from. Leftists just want to force others to take care of them
Leftist just don't understand that the right doesn't want anything from you other than to be left alone. Just leave us out of your nanny state plans and don't steal what we have acquired by the fruits of our labor.
cowboyjim8 1 year ago
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@lovetohate028
I know you are a socialist and don't want to admit it. I know that socialist governments have killed more of their own people than all wars. I bet you have a George Soros talking points paper you blog from. Leftists just want to force others to take care of them
Leftist just don't understand that the right doesn't want anything from you other than to be left alone. Just leave us out of your nanny state plans and don't steal what we have acquired by the fruits of our labor.
cowboyjim8 1 year ago
germany wasn't an anarchist state when hitler came to power. the reichstag created the enabling act 1933, which gave hitler's cabinet the power to create laws and sign them into law without consulting the reichstag. from there, he had he power to create any laws he wanted. he was granted those powers through government, not anarchy.
Fernoe 2 years ago
What the fuck is "Americanism"?
MazdakTV 2 years ago
Propaganda.
calliph 2 years ago