Overview of America 2 of 4

John McManus narrates a moving tribute to America and discusses the history of what makes America great and how only we, as informed citizens, can keep the timeless concepts of Americanism alive in our
Constitutional Republic.

Part 2 defines the difference between a
Republic and a democracy and where each falls within a political spectrum.

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[GuitaristInProgress]

Uh, respectfully, I found three falsehoods in the first minute of that video alone... they start off by claiming "right" and "left" on the political spectrum mean something unrelated to what they actually do. If this video was true, "left libertarianism" and leftist anarchism could not exist. I think I would consider the John Birch Society not to be a good source of reliable facts. Just my humble 2¢.

Anyone viewing this, please take it with a huge grain of salt, and do your own research.

[TheJohnBirchSociety]

@GuitaristInProgress We certainly hope people do undertake their own research. Time and time again, the differences between both major political parties have gotten smaller. The left/right paradigm isn't what folks are led to believe it is. Read "Bush and Obama: Standards & Similarities" at TheNewAmerican web site.

[Acrinimiril]

That's why most people are confused.

This video does a good job of untangling the deceit.

[yeshua2come]

@GuitaristInProgress the Republican party, which is the conservative party of today because of the effort to retain the traditional American ways, was the liberal of the day. They were the party trying to unseat that "peculiar institution" of slavery deeply seated and defended by the democrats- the conservatives of the day.

The point, John Birch is accurately representing the facts despite the subjective evolving nature and usages of terms.

I am satisfied with Birch's synopsis.

[yeshua2come]

@GuitaristInProgress Whom would you recommend for a more accurate glimpse into the players contending for our freedoms?

The right and left reality is a changing one. The Nazi's are considered by the leftists of our day "conservatives". Of course, this has utility for their propagandist mis-information purposes to deceive. They only resemble a traditional definition of conservatism in that traditionally conservatism has held on to status quo.

In the American Civil War, for example...........

[Medeasbiggestfan]

Why is there a picture of Winston Churchill as an example of Oligarchy (at 02:32)?

He was the leader in a representative democracy!

Parliamentary democracies seem to have been airbrushed out of this video, despite the fact that most free countries in the world use it as their system of government

This video seems to suggest the the US system is the only way to avoid anarchy and oligarchy. The world's successful parliamentary democracies (many of which are not republics) shows that this is untrue

[JaredThaJa]

"There cna be not Freedom without The law" Moses-The Ten Commandments

[shoneyluvsAmerica]

Great video! This should be shown in every high school and middle school. Beautiful. Thanks for making it.

[TheForwardGaze]

All polls show that the Tea Party is NOT supported by a majority of americans. Sarah Palin is especially disliked. And you can't call yourself a christian and also believe that "people are good;" that's a contradiction. If you don't think that we need gov. to enforce goodness then why would we need the laws of the bible to do the same thing? Fact, progressive socialist policies of the early and mid 20th century directly led to the great expansion of our civil rights and middle class.

[Jaabyourface]

@TheForwardGaze bottom line: your the first person to mention anything to do with race, and you know what that makes you? a rascist hatemonger. and a BIGOT! the majority of people do not agree with your screwed up radical view, the "tea baggers" represent the majority of the population, Capitalism has prospered while statist systems have brought nothing but misery and slavery. you fail. "progress" sucks.