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@narcomanmuhomor7704
July 4, 2026 at 11:14 am
First.
@mitbrille
July 4, 2026 at 11:16 am
Second.
@comedy4-all
July 4, 2026 at 11:21 am
Thank you
@vladdumitrica849
July 4, 2026 at 11:21 am
Democracy is when those who make decisions on your behalf have the duty to ask for your consent first. Today’s republics are actually modern oligarchies where the interest groups of the rich are arbitrated by the people, that is, you can choose from which table of the rich you will receive crumbs.
The “fatigue” of democracy occurs when there is a big difference between the interests of the elected and the voters, thus people lose confidence in the way society functions. As a result, poor and desperate citizens will vote with whoever promises them a lifeline, i.e. populists or demagogues.
The democratic aspect is a collateral effect in societies where the economy has a strong competitive aspect, that is, the interests of those who hold the economic power in society are divergent. Thus those whealty, and implicitly with political power in society, supervise each other so that none of them have undeserved advantages due to politics. For this reason, countries where mineral resources have an important weight in GDP are not democratic (Russia, Venezuela, etc.), because a small group of people can exploit these resources in their own interest. In poor countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, etc.) the main exploited resource may even be the state budget, as they have convergent interests in benefiting, in their own interest, from this resource. It is easy to see if it is an oligarchy because in a true democracy laws would not be passed that would not be in the interest of the many.
The first modern oligarchy appeared in England at the end of the 17th century. After the bourgeois revolution led by Cromwell succeeded, the interest groups of the rich were unable to agree on how to divide their political power in order not to reach the dictatorship of one. The solution was to appoint a king to be the arbiter. In republics, the people are the arbiter, but let’s not confuse the possibility of choosing which group will govern you with democracy, that is, with the possibility of citizens deciding which laws to pass and which not to.
The solution is modern direct democracy in which every citizen can vote, whenever he wants, over the head of the parliamentarian who represents him. He can even dismiss him if the majority of his voters consider that he does not correctly represent their interests.
It’s like when you have to build a house and you choose the site manager and the architect, but they don’t have the duty to consult with you. The house will certainly not look the way you want it, but the way they want it, and it is more certain that you will be left with the money given and without the house. It is strange that outside of the political sphere, nowhere, in any economic or sports activity, will you find someone elected to a leadership position and who has failure after failure and is fired only after 4 years. We, the voters, must be consulted about the decisions and if they have negative effects we can dismiss them at any time, let’s not wait for the soroco to be fulfilled, because we pay, not them. In any company, the management team comes up with a plan approved by the shareholders. Any change in this plan must be re-approved by the shareholders and it is normal because the shareholders pay.
@vladdumitrica849
July 4, 2026 at 11:27 am
The society in which those who decide for us do not have the duty to ask for our consent for the decisions made is called oligarchy (few decide) not democracy (the people decide).
What if the taxi driver took your money at the beginning and did not bear any consequences if he did not take you to your destination? People would quickly give up on taxis, because good faith taxi drivers would be in the minority.
What if in e-commerce, the seller did not bear any consequences if he did not send the product for which he took money in advance? Would people still buy?
How do you think people react if their desires are not reflected in the actions of those elected, if the vote is emptied of content by the fact that those who are voted for have no immediate interest in fulfilling electoral promises. The very fact that they are called promises and not plans that must be respected, for which there are immediate consequences, such as immediate dismissal, the impossibility of running for a certain period of time afterwards, shows that it is more about them and less about us, that is, our society has all the characteristics of an oligarchy.
This can be seen from the way the discussions proceed when a government is formed. The disputes are for seizing ministries from which funds can be siphoned and not over the competence of the people competing for a certain ministerial position. That is, the division of ministries must be done not in terms of percentages but in terms of competence.
@danielkrcmar5395
July 4, 2026 at 11:42 am
The US voter has had an almost zero influence on the direction of US policy over at least the past 70 years.
@SaltVinegar2010
July 5, 2026 at 7:54 pm
@danielkrcmar5395You can add most other western “democracies” to that as well.
@chachingx2292
July 4, 2026 at 11:27 am
We aren’t a Democracy. We are a Republic! Hard Pass!!!
@vladdumitrica849
July 4, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Yes, and republics are in fact oligarchies by definition.
@MercurywiththeMessage
July 4, 2026 at 11:37 am
Just before the declaration of independence was a biological warfare campaign against the natives where blankets covered in smallpox where being distributed. Destabilize the lands and impose “democracy”. Guess what covid was designed to do.
@danielkrcmar5395
July 4, 2026 at 11:41 am
0:47 Should really say, “the consent of the elite” the masses don’t really matter. It is the organised minority who rule.
@SaltVinegar2010
July 5, 2026 at 7:55 pm
It always has been & always will.
@ArtistDrAnnaLoIacono
July 4, 2026 at 12:03 pm
Democracy doesn’t exist, what are talking about Sir?
@MurrayNatkie-od5cv
July 6, 2026 at 12:46 am
It doesn’t exist but that’s because it’s not a product, or even a process. It’s an ideal, a reason to try to self govern, and when tyranny emerges again a reminder to try harder, not call it a failure.
@MrRoberthafetz
July 4, 2026 at 12:39 pm
The hate speech and violence is coming from the left it isnt equal. Socialism is rising in the democrat party and increasing the hate and violence.
@NataleiFoster
July 4, 2026 at 2:50 pm
There’s a widely KNOWN information about political terrorism in the past 61 years.
The left takes up 65 terroristic murder incidents.
But the right takes up 391 terroristic murders.
Look within your heart, pray, and learn to learn. This is what Jesus commands
@MrRoberthafetz
July 4, 2026 at 12:40 pm
We just had 4 years of a severely impaired president and democrats lied in our faces about him.
@jarnomiedema
July 6, 2026 at 3:42 am
@MrRoberthafetz Fortunately the current one is the peak of both mental and physical health, who has absolutely nothing to hide and is an absolute national treaure! 🙄
@noblepatriot9292
July 4, 2026 at 1:03 pm
We aren’t and never have been a democracy. We are a constitutional republic. This video starts with a lie and gets worse from there. Don’t be fooled by this infantile propaganda.
@ScienceChad
July 4, 2026 at 1:24 pm
Great talk, but phones aren’t the problem. They are a magnifying lens that makes the corruption, partisanship, and cynicism more transparent than ever. The issues aren’t in our head. And closing our eyes doesn’t make them better.
Confidence in even the elections themselves is gone. And we cannot even have common sense voting laws and transparency. The phone isn’t the issue. The ability to make meaningful progress on common sense topics is.
@sintwelve
July 4, 2026 at 1:48 pm
Its stuck because people are choosing cults over their own critical thinking.
@OnnoBarendsen-v1p
July 6, 2026 at 10:31 am
But i wonder where critical thinking brings you in a system that really has 2 flavors with idiotic points of view in the packages on both sides.
I am sorry but that system leaves no room for critical thinking.
For what it’s worth, it’s a fertile breeding ground for fanatics tho. That might have some use when cannon fodder is needed.
@pezboy715
July 4, 2026 at 3:52 pm
The #1, most critical thing we need to start moving in the right direction is a POTUS who doesn’t spend every single day pushing divisive, insulting rhetoric with the explicit goal of fracturing society as much as possible.
@MrRoberthafetz
July 4, 2026 at 7:14 pm
Biden is no longer president
@garciavashchino1
July 4, 2026 at 8:44 pm
@MrRoberthafetz hahah cute… but you know he means your hero Chump!
@OnnoBarendsen-v1p
July 6, 2026 at 10:50 am
No a president is fleeting and shouldn’t have that much impact.
The critial thing is that the economic power is not in the hands of the masses, so the citizenry can’t deploy it to enforce their will on the government.
You have guns, but that will not set you free rather accelerates repression.
The power of the wallet and ability to disrupt society economically is where the true power of the masses lies.
@edgarmorales4476
July 4, 2026 at 8:15 pm
Democracy fails because political systems are based on fear, stubbornness and self-protection. Since most people operate on fear, stubbornness and self-protection—worldly governance ultimately falls into conflict and failure. Lasting peace can never be achieved by changing outer, worldly systems.
Worldly governments and political ideologies are reflections of fear, stubbornness and self-protection.
Most people reinforce the idea that they are distinct from one another, generating conflict rather than the recognition of shared, universal oneness.
Instead of taking responsibility for lasting peace, most people project fear onto those who oppose them, viewing them as enemies.
Democracy relies on elections, laws, and majorities to solve problems—ignoring the necessary healing of the mind required for lasting peace.
@shrunkensimon
July 4, 2026 at 8:33 pm
If 51% of the people are mad, that’s democracy.
Whoever controls the levers to the mass psychology of 51% of people can rule 100%.
Democracy makes it easier for tyranny, not harder.
@SaltVinegar2010
July 5, 2026 at 7:47 pm
100%. That is why controlling the media is so important in a “democracy”.
@OnnoBarendsen-v1p
July 6, 2026 at 10:11 am
Of all the forms of oligarchy you have gotten the worst. A caste of extremely wealthy men. You would have been better off with royalty. At least they have a connection with the land and it’s people.
@shrunkensimon
July 6, 2026 at 1:13 pm
@OnnoBarendsen-v1p Royalty solves nothing. The British royal family are an integral part of the current malign world order.
When you have top-down institutional obedience hierarchies, then you solidify corruption and it becomes extremely difficult to purge. The system we have now has ossified several layers around itself to make it even more difficult to remove (law, military, media/education, etc).
@OnnoBarendsen-v1p
July 6, 2026 at 3:29 pm
@shrunkensimon Not saying it solves anything, it’s just slightly less bad than having power solely due to money.
Purging corruption means purging corrupted, he who will carry that out will not give away power once on the throne. He will be worse than anyone before.
Power is what shapes our societies. The degree to which it’s spread out to the people determines the degree of democracy. The power to (economically) disrupt said hierarchies.
Hierarchies are a necessity, but need to shift more. A country run by the geriatric club proves that point.
We can’t always have a great war or catastrophe to do the shifting for us. There needs to be mechanism for that in place and power to enforce it.
@garciavashchino1
July 4, 2026 at 8:44 pm
The Republican party news would have you think they must fear these educated type of monsters… Very scary being able to read I suppose!
@Z7d3nR4
July 5, 2026 at 1:33 pm
Keeping the common people uneducated and uninformed, is the best way to control them. Misinformation and disinformation are unbelievably efficient tools in that process.
It’s the mushroom principle: keep them in the dark and feed them nothing but bs.
@SaltVinegar2010
July 5, 2026 at 7:52 pm
You think the brainwahsing only applies to republican party news 😂
@Z7d3nR4
July 6, 2026 at 5:03 am
@SaltVinegar2010👍
@ruthhowie
July 4, 2026 at 10:13 pm
United we stand divided we fall. Social divisions are artificially concocted ( predictably along religion or race or nation or class, dont fall for it) when media whether social or mainstream is not independent in the USA anymore but owned by vested corporate oligarchs who monopolise it with fake comment bots, fake algorithms and fake polls and fake news articles/imagery and AI slop including fake influencers, to own the public mind, political parties and leaders. Media must be public media, independent of emperialist corporate vested Wall Street and international global billionaire oligarchy trade and military interests. USA public must actively legislate media independence.
@Z7d3nR4
July 5, 2026 at 1:19 pm
Extremely well stated.
@NorthArgus
July 4, 2026 at 10:15 pm
Here’s one that the US can again lead the way on: eliminate political parties entirely. Elect representatives directly without them being beholden to anyone other than their electorate.
With today’s instant communication and teleconferencing technologies, there’s simply no justification for political parties anymore. In fact, parties are the root cause of so much that’s wrong in the world today.
@dufifa
July 4, 2026 at 11:01 pm
What would happen if unprepared man comes to power?
@Doug97803
July 5, 2026 at 1:08 am
@dufifa Turn on the news.
@MurrayNatkie-od5cv
July 6, 2026 at 12:32 am
@dufifa Democracy?
@NorthArgus
July 4, 2026 at 10:23 pm
To all the people saying that the US is a republic, not a democracy, you should know that a republic *is* a democracy. A democracy is defined as “a form of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions, policies, laws, etc. according to law”. A republic is a *type* of democracy wherein citizens elect government representatives and separately elect a head of state (rather than a constitutional monarchy, a direct democracy or other types).
@Z7d3nR4
July 5, 2026 at 1:17 pm
Oh, it is so much easier to forcefully criticize, denigrate, and disparage other people than it is to state your truth calmly and clearly. Humiliation always works better than humility when one wishes to garner support to their personal cause.
Bravo! You have just become successful in identifying the signature answer to this video’s rhetorical question.
@NorthArgus
July 5, 2026 at 2:56 pm
@Z7d3nR4 noted and fixed. But I stand by my argument. The Dunning-Kreuger effect is one of the things that has ruined social media from a place where people can discuss, debate and learn into megaphone for people to blast erroneous opinions without the simplest of research first.
If these people had posed it as a question rather than a statement, that would’ve been a welcome opening for discussion. Or, even using the term incorrectly, had they explained their reasoning for *why* they think the US isn’t a democracy, or *why* they think a republic is different from a democracy, again a great opening for debate. But no, because of course not.
@Z7d3nR4
July 5, 2026 at 5:08 pm
@NorthArgus, I agree 100% with that revised and well-stated argument. Thank you.
@dufifa
July 4, 2026 at 10:58 pm
Because folks see what’s around. America is not about democracy anymore. No independent media, everything were bought my big money. Country serves to rich people. Big lobbies influence on politics way more then people’s needs. And USA is not democracy benchmarks anymore.
@genhen
July 5, 2026 at 6:01 am
who tf answers polls? I don’t know a single person who seriously engages with pollsters. Only maybe old people, bots, or insane/lonely people. Skewed data -_-
@harrypearle9781
July 5, 2026 at 9:24 am
IDEA CONTESTS to FIND WHAT WAKES up VOTERS?
============================================ tnx mch
Ask people to submit MESSAGING IDEAS and test on voters
@midnite22767
July 5, 2026 at 10:31 am
Big business lobbyists buying elected officials who then alter our tax codes to benefit only the ultra wealthy who then donate to the elected officials campaigns which keep them in office. THIS is the doom loop destroying Democracy and America. Nothing will change until this cycle is broken, period.
@Z7d3nR4
July 5, 2026 at 1:05 pm
ABSOLUTELY TRUE! Thank you.
@C4lmTFdown
July 5, 2026 at 11:25 am
Just deleted social media AGAIN. The algorithms are just tyrannical. They actively try to push you into these toxic spaces that you didn’t ask for. It should be illegal, and these companies that have been guilty of deploying them should have to pay dearly for the chaos they’ve allowed and profited from! They’re ill-gotten gains. Why are China’s and other foreign country’s algorithms different? Geared towards education and patriotism and better health? Ours are deviant and toxic. Why is that?
@AnthonyLeaton
July 5, 2026 at 7:02 pm
5 mins in and still a waffle? Could you just do post modernity, maybe a bit of Wittgenstein and Chomsky.
@jollygreen4662
July 6, 2026 at 4:54 pm
Did they do any research and survey outside agencies investing a hateful ideas to brainwash the public?
@MA-qe2sn
July 6, 2026 at 8:21 pm
The US is a Constitutional Republic