End of US Democracy/2of2

Interview with "Nemisis: Last Days of the American Republic" author Chalmers Johnson; CIA analyst, scholar and author of best-selling "Blowback" and "Sorrows of Empire", gives as somber lesson on the problems with US democracy and Empire. 2of 2 parts

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[musolinilampost]

....."Military Keynesianism.........."

Brilliant Chalmers.

Impeach, try and convict then hang 'em.

300,000,000 citizens must rise up against this Secret Government.

[memalley]

its not youtube. its the freedom of the internet.. the internet is under attack as the last bastion of free speach.

[wozzek22]

10,459 views in 4 years. I fear to check how many views Lady Gaga had in 4 days. Americans are those who condone their fascist country and its murderous regime, and therefore guilty for its never ending crimes against humanity.

[twiztidsnooky]

This looks like it was recorded on a calculator.

[amareto35]

@gurumagoo WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PRESENT, NOT THE PAST. WHO BRINGS PRISONERS TO THEIR COUNTRIES AND KEEP THEM WITH OUT A TRIAL.

Don' t bring me ex empires. Who attacked Iraq, and avoided the whole world condemnations?

Let me put it this way..Who is the Evil Empire in 2011?

[gurumagoo]

@amareto35 "Educate us, name one European country who over threw a Government and put another."

Very well, here goes.....Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Russia. Maybe I missed one but that should do. You didn't pay attention during history class did you?

And you're pointing out that the US government is corrupt? Duh. You're not too quick are you?

[amareto35]

@gurumagoo Educate us, name one European country who over threw a Government and put another.

Any move they are making, they have to tell big poppa (USA) first. You think France can attack Morroco, because they are devoloping WMDs? The United States opposes new settlements in Palestine and yet they don't want to punish the Israelians in the UN, and the Europeans and the rest of the world are saying if you disagree why don't you punish them. That's the power the EU have, just CONDEMN, and vote.

[LockupSean]

@gurumagoo Republic and democracy are not opposed to each other. Check Socrates who invented the republic and democracy for that. Now tell me where the republic gets it's power from if not the people? International banksters? The constitution has become a scrab of papers and people in favor of the constitution or the bill of rights are considered a threat by the authorities today. Both terms: democracy or republic are ridiculous because they are just propaganda.

[gurumagoo]

@LockupSean The whole world is run that way. If you think that crap is limited to the US then you're sadly mistaken. Perhaps we don't have an independent media over here but I would say such a think does not exist anywhere. Europe is every bit as corrupt and controlled if not worse; and socialist ideas are far more deeply rooted there than here.

[LockupSean]

The USA is not a democracy, people and votes mean nothing. It is a republic ruled in theory by the constitution but in reality through criminal banksters.

[LockupSean]

@gurumagoo Fact is wallstreet is running the USA hoe ever you please to call the USA and fact is the federal reserve is not federal but owned by private banksters who are running the show. The corporate media is owned by the corporations and you don't have and independent media in the USA. The main stream media anyway is not independent. So however you choose to call the USA "republic" versus "democracy" to me it's just semantics. 911 was an inside job and criminals are running the show.

[gurumagoo]

The fact remains, use of terms like "representative democracy" is ridiculous in the extreme. Such a thing cannot exist. Interchanging republic and "representative democracy" is like saying that something is damply dry, pleasantly painful, or intelligently stupid. The words democracy and republic are diametrically opposed to each other in their ultimate meaning. A republic protects the individual from the majority while a democracy subjugates the will of the individual to that of the majority.