America, The Republic
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- Why the Founders chose to design America as a republic, not a democracy and the compelling reasons why a republic must be maintained if individual liberty is to be preserved.
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Wow, historical education is a wonderful thing.
Fantastic video. I’m tired of hearing people say democracy when we live in a republic
Well, democracy has nothing to do with whether the country is a republic or not those are two different things. The U.S. is generally considered a democracy, the fact that it is a republic in no way removes democracy. A country can be a republic and a totalitarian dictatorship, a country can also be a kingdom and a democracy. Democracy simply denotes freedoms, such as free speech, freedom of movement, the right to vote and openness. This video is basically a propaganda piece pushed by special interest - largely corporate - that wants to justify people not having as many rights or any at all. So watch out for the people calling themselves ”libertarian” because the people funding them tell a very different story when it comes to ”freedom”. When people start to say that we don’t live in a democracy and then talks about how the country was founded as a republic to justify anti-democratic measures, you better quadruple check their facts because something wacky is going on. The U.S. is a democracy, it's certainly not a perfect democracy and it is being threatened by corrupt politicians that serves special interest rather than the people voting for them, so it could be improved, but to say it's not a democracy is just a straight up lie pushed by people who would benefit from it not being a democracy.
We are an oligarchy
@@RIP-fiat Sure, it can be an oligarchy and a democracy at the same time, at least a flawed democracy.
@@earl_Feather I like your name Earl. You are right.
This needs to be shown in all schools.
now we are down the same path as Rome
Finally, the proper political spectrum! This needs to be taught in schools. Though conventional writing from left to right would have an absence of government on the left and total on the right I understand the need to align with conventional norms in today's political spectrum to make the understanding easier.
Great presentation.
Please share more about the moment and events that started turning Rome away from being a Republic. Everyone in the US needs to understand what happened then so we can see what is happening now.
Fantastic breakdown of a complicated political environment 👍
Quite possibly the most clear and concise video you've ever released. Fantastic
ive always loved Your work.
im am glad This Got re-upload!
Superb video, thank you sir 🇺🇸
This was yet another EXCELLENT selection
Your channel is wonderful
Thank you for what you do!
I will pray for America. Please pray for me. God Bless you.
Trump 2023! 🇺🇸
Steve Bannon for Vice President!
Awesome LibertyPen
Love your work. People should read history
I agree with this video
I think the real source problem here is the unknowing of individual rights.
The most important thing to know in the political realm and nobody knows what they are. How they work or where they come from
This is the true problem
Facts!
Great video
I like how this guy thinks
Wow! What a great video. Right away with the smack down of leftists. Love it!
Uhhh, no. It's actually a smackdown of totalitarianism. Partisanship is a mind virus.
All government is just limited socialism, and socialism doesn’t like being limited.
Thank you
Anarchy is a political philosophy or system that advocates for the abolition of government, centralized authority, and hierarchical organization of society. Anarchist believe that individuals should be free to government themselves and make decisions collectively without the need for a ruling class or state apparatus. Anarchy emphasizes the importance of individual freedom, direct democracy and voluntary association, as opposed to the use of force or coercion. It is important to note that Anarchy is not synonymous with chaos or lawlessness, as anarchist often propose alternative forms of social organization and dispute resolution.
You use the word anarchy, however what you are describing is self-governance, and that is not anarchy.
You ever hear of the Antifederalist Papers? They were written by the Founding Fathers who opposed the ratification of the Constitution. While they were unsuccessful in preventing the ratification, they are responsible for the Bill of Rights. Their arguments were somewhat similar to yours, except for the understanding that a society MUST have rules in order to even be a society. Therefore someone/some mechanism MUST be empowered to enforce those rules. Otherwise it is just chaos.
Also freedom only truly exists outside of a society (no rules), within a society (rules) individuals have liberty.
But much like communism anarchism sounds good in theory but never works in reality. Both ideologies disregard human nature and the fact that the overwhelming majority of humanity has evolved under some kind of ruling class since humans existed
@@adamdrouin2295 The only thing I will say is that more people have died under authoritarianism, than under freedom. Thus, the burden is on you to prove that under anarchy there would be more death, or more problems than what we have today under the monopoly of coercion known as the State. Good luck.
Anarchy never lasts. It turns into oligarchy, there is nothing worse than oligarchy.
@@MoreOnPleeez I'm not an anarchist myself, but I hope that people are smart enough to be aware that all critique they may have against anarchy are all the same ones that apply against a government. The only difference is that government is immoral by default, because it has a monopoly on force, and it gives the illusion that its actions are "legitimate" just because it is the government, irrelevant if they are moral or not. Many would say we have oligarchies today. Okay, so the worst case scenario with anarchy is that we just return to where we started.
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Put the people before the government ! ! !
God bless the IDEA of America.
Full stop.
100% exact
That was succintly explained.
🎉🎉Great content! Whose words was it, or who was the illustrator?
This is an old video created by the John Birch society
Much harder for tyranny to rise. But they sure are trying.
Sad to say though, your video will not reach millions of views saturation.
Perhaps if we the people spread this video it might get there.
Also, Government - from the Latin Gubernare & Mente - (to) Govern & (the) Mind - Gubernaremente - to govern the mind. Or said another way Mentegubernare -mind control.
Some argue that ment, is not from the Latin but rather the Enlish suffix that makes a verb a noun, as in Govern, a verb to government, a thing. This however makes little sense, as the word Govern is a translation from the Latin, why would you stick an English suffix on a Latin word?
How old is this video?
"Liberal Constitutional Republic"
(Liberalism - a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise)
That used to be the case a few decades back. Nowadays, individual rights and free enterprise should be scratched from the definition without a doubt.
@@fzqlcs No, It doesn't mean the same to marxists, but they have their own definitions for many words.
@@fzqlcs The listed definition of Liberalism is also the neo marxist's definition of "white supremacy" if that makes you feel better.😁
the boomer truth regime
History repeats itself. Everything we do to create a better society has already been done and repeated a hundred times. Calling this a boomer regime is ignorant. We think we are so progressive and modern but every single thing, from blm to fighting against masks for freedom has already been done a hundred years ago.
This slippery slope argument applies to a republic as well. Rome eventually fell into a democracy, then oligarchy, right? We need something else. A decentralized form of law.
They lost their republic. We are responsible for keeping our republic.
How about Democracy with law. I mean given there should be less number of laws in principle, why not people have their vote on that directly instead of representative?
Edit: I'm saying why have representatives to create laws and amendments instead of people doing it directly
So if it is just a matter of direct majority rule with no consideration of individual rights, gang rapes would legal, no? It that what you are advocating?
The issue with that is that if law doesn't protect the rights of the individual, the majority will vote more and more of his rights away from him. Social Democracies do this, where A and B vote for C to be awarded money D, with D having his property and earnings stolen from him. Since he will be a perpetual minority, he could never hope to out vote those who see him as a cash register.
@@fzqlcs no no. I'm saying people will create laws instead of reps
@@shtony2717 this can happen in republic also right? I mean A and B here are reps and C is corporations whom they want to collect more tax from but C also tries to avoid taxes using loopholes
Like a democracy with a Bill or Rights? The people can vote directly, but they can't vote something that is in conflict with the Constitution? The problem always comes down to lack of education and understanding when it comes to the subject being voted on, and the ability to vote yourself other people's money. The founders emphasized states rights because only local level fully understood their distinct needs and wants compared to other areas with different needs and wants. The federal government laws, programs, or decisions, are based on "one size fits all", and that is why they end up being not all that great, and the founders understood that, which is why the 10th Amendment was crucial to ratifying support to make a central government back then.
Completely inaccurate description of anarchy. It's not a violent overthrow of a government, temporarily existing until another ill conceived system takes control- It's the lack of a federal government. Sovereign individuals taking responsibility as individuals-not groups, and each person accountable for themselves.
Completely incorrect when it comes to Anarchy. As the speaker said, Anarchy means without government. IT DOES NOT MEAN WITHOUT LAWS. Anarchists follow Natural Law, not laws created by people. The Constitution enables slavery by “allowing” taxation. Taxation is slavery.
What happens when someone breaks the law?
So if left and right is just about government control that means traditional 'conservative' values like the institution of marriage, law and order and border control are left wing. While lgbt rights, abortion and open borders are right wing.
None of those are right wing that’s ideas being inseminated into our society by the global elites…
Anarchy means without rulers, not without rules.
Without rulers there are no rules. It doesn't make sense. It's a dreamers dream.
@@MoreOnPleeez Doesn't make sense you. With your lack of imagination.