Despotism (1946)

A Democracy cannot operate with Censorship. The Office of Censorship, an emergency wartime agency, heavily censored reporting during World War II. On December 19, 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8985, which established the Office of Censorship and conferred on its director the power to censor international communications in "his absolute discretion.

"From this day forward, the millions of our school children will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our Nation and our people to the Almighty." President Eisenhower (1954) after signing into law a bill to have "under God" added to the original pledge.

This video shows the pledge that was the one WITHOUT the reference to god... which would be later added in the 1950's, as well as language on currency.

Great video. Our results since 1946 are a mixed bag. Mostly, there has been less despotism, but it hasn't reached become as free as the film shows is possible. One thing that happened after this film was made, was McCarthyism. Notice that "under God" is nowhere to be seen in the Pledge of Allegiance in this video. It was only added in the 1950s. This film is validating to an atheist like me, because it shows that religion has crept into law over time, and not to trust books on faith.

If as described here, I would say that "depotism stands a good chance" today.

socialist propaganda

I'm the law here, kaaa ka ka ka.

well not really.

the two contradict each other in a way..

The whole nature of a plutocracy is the wealthy dictating over the lower class. voting doesn't exist under one, or atleast legit voting systems don't. In a sense, there's a world Plutocracy governing many nations, since the Royals really do own the U.S.

However, it is useless to concentrate on labels of government types; it's all subjective. Things rarely follow what defines a particular term.