The American form of government

A selection from "Overview of America", a 29 minute DVD by John F. McManus, President of The John Birch Society.

A marvelous explanation of Democracies, Republics, and why our Founding Fathers were careful not to give us a Democracy.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• democracy
• republic
• tyranny
• liberty
• freedom

[MrRaphiphop2009]

nice video

[Bruce1949919]

Not only an excellent video it's a lesson for us all.

[RaptillaMajor]

@RaptillaMajor All the government types have the effects described in the video because of the quality of the people governed by these governments. Improve the quality of the people governed to improve the quality of the government.

Out of caution, I should note, however, that this can be interpretted as "improving humanity" in which strides are taken to change the species entirely (think transhumanism, master race ideology, "us vs them" mentality).

[RaptillaMajor]

@RaptillaMajor However, overtime, as the people become misinformed and unenlightened, a republic has a decay effect as crooked politicians get the benefit of the doubt under public perception, and slowly but surely replace the mechanisms which have made the republic a republic.

The central pivot point to this is the people's loss of willingness to maintain the republic and "celebrity fever" as people lose their guard as life gets easy and they pay attention to the flashy representatives.

[RaptillaMajor]

Very good video. Another big reason why Democracy doesn't work is because the masses usually aren't informed, or are misinformed. When very few people take the time to study the truths around them in the world they live, and mostly rely on outlets as media and misinformed opinions from others like them, it then becomes obvious that the masses are easily swayed by the perception generated by a few (thus an oligarchy secretly exists). A republic works as long as the representatives are genuine.

[eleanorawaked]

@goldchrist1 True!

[hotrod4you2]

1 loved this video, school kids should be taught this and showed this video and many more of its type, maybe w/ the right type of men and women in office we could chage the way kids are tought from the start before liberal confused them w/ the socialist vison thanks

[raventakayama]

@TheMiamifuentes Affirmative Action, which forces equal opportunity not equal results has nothing to do with the decline in educational performance in America. Fact is, the system is made to make mediocre individuals at best and the truly bright are the ones who excel. Its made like this to keep the class system stable with the poor, lower middle, and middle classes making up the majority. The upper mid making up the view and the rich composed of the 1%. The system is purposely MADE for failure.

[raventakayama]

Lets think critically here. I think libs refer to cons as Nazi due to their social ideologies or what is perceived as their social ideals, views and morals. Nazi Germany wasn't judged by its political system, but by its crimes against humanity. Anyone with half a brain should be able to see that the primary problem the Jews faced in Germany was persecution and extermination, not political unfairness. To say one is like a Nazi isn't the same as saying that person has Nazi political views.

[goldchrist1]

ONLY THEOCRACY (WILL BE ESTABLISH SOON DURING II CHRIST COMING)..we will say god bye to communism (is not existing any-more anyway), capitalism, democracy and republic. ONLY GOD'S SYSTEM NOT PEOPLE

[JusticeVSpropaganda]

one has to understand that the meaning of those terms is different in different nations and cultures. What one calls a national country does not have the same meaning in western countries these days, vs Arab countries for example.

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