I vote Blue, in Wisconsin, on the second day of early voting here in WISCONSIN. The state that the republican party was formed in..🤦♂️ uhg.... What a history 🤢
The wife and I filled out our ballots the day we got them and delivered them to the Dropbox in front of our local Municipal Building the next Morning. :: dusts off hands :: Done and DONE!
“In Venezuela and across the Western Hemisphere, socialism is dying, and liberty, prosperity, and democracy are being reborn.” Several stable socialist governments still exist in Latin America. Venezuela is the exception rather than the rule.
Did anyone remember when Republican President George Bush told the world that the US was invading Iraq to bring them Democracy 😂 Fast forward and Republicans say that America isn’t a Democracy 😂😂😂 you really cannot make up things like that!
I have had similar thoughts frequently. Right-wingers love to talk about how "we're not a democracy" when they were cheering about how great a democracy we were less than 2 decades ago.
I need to stop looking at the comments for these types of videos. It’s depressing hearing about how even countries with monarchs have better voting systems than we do
Meanwhile in New Zealand, we have just had our elections, based from the people that voted. Personally I have never understood why electoral college has such a large influence in US politics.
TL:DR white supremacy. The electoral college is something we're "not supposed" to question because the justifications for it all sound immoral to modern ears.
The difference is that in New Zealand we vote for who we want to represent us in parliament. We vote for neither the head of state (the monarch) nor the head of government (the Prime Minister). The latter of those two is instead determined by the party leader who is able to command the confidence of the greatest number of members of parliament. By contrast, in the United States they try to use democratic elections to select one person to act as head of both state and government. However, the joke is on the American people, because democratically electing the head of state can't be done. No matter what system you use, you will always end up with a President who does not represent at least half the people. The Electoral College is simple a system that in its antiquated state, is now exploited to produce a President who represents as few people as possible. Truth be told, the original reason for the Electoral College was geography. It was born out of the need to gradually deliver election results from each state to the nation's capital. But modern communications technology more or less renders the Electoral College redundant.
@@MaggiDaC B.S. (white supremacy!?LOL). Because we are a "Republic" and the %51 do not get to vote away the rights and property of the %49!(A.K.A. "MOB RULE") I guess they don't teach "civics" anymore. It keeps the big city (population)sates from over running the smaller (population) states.
@Dan Wruck but america normally are the masters of supersizing..;) I mean yes, some things make sense due to the size of a country, for example more power for local govs, since california might have different challenges than new york, but true democracy, even direct one, is as easily possible in a huge country as it is in a small one...
For some reason Americans believe democracy is just the government’s check and balance. Meanwhile other countries are exercising real democracy, having a president elected by a true majority (50%+1), equal representation on their legislative chambers, and a system that promotes the multipartisanship.
And a parliamentary congress that's actually representative of the people, with ranked-choice voting and 3rd parties getting a number of seats equal to their share of the vote total.
@@kerriekupar6466 yes. It’s illegal. The moment they try and use it the courts will strike it down as violating the constitution of nations, at least in the states whose own supreme courts don’t do it first.
The US is established to preserve individual rights. Democratic republic was seen as the best way to ensure those rights. DEMOCRACY IS NOT THE GOAL. Preservation of individual rights is the goal. As mentioned above, pure democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting for what to have for dinner.
"We are a republic, not a democracy!" "We are SQUARES, not RECTANGLES! There is no way we could possible be a type of rectangle, because we're SQUARES!!!"
Squares are technically rectangles just like the USA is technically a Democratic Republic, but we both know neither are acting like they are supposed to.
It isn't just democracy, also the rule of Law and hence actual freedom of religion. They want Christian Sharia. Novels like Handmaid's Tale aren't that far fetched really.
The U.S. has changed greatly from 13 small states with relatively equal population when the constitution was written to many more states with vastly different populations and GDP. It is way past time for a new constitutional convention to update the original document.
@@billybobhobnob101 legitimately, the establishment of a single median sized city in Wyoming would double its population. DC has a grater population than Wyoming. (Make DC a state!!)
@@haoyuguo3929 I grew up in a conservative family in the middle of the bible belt ... it's not hard to "understand" conservative ideology. Honestly, it all comes down to "Generational Conditioning" for these "Folk", they were born into it, don't know any different, and don't care about anything other than their own. The thing about "Conservatives" as a group, is that it is the same mentality or "ideology" whether they are Republican or Democrat.
They mean the uneducated idiot masses that have no investment in a prosperous country. You wouldnt want janitors running your hospital. Why is this okay?
And the poor people that can't afford internet? Or those living in rural areas w/ no internet? Until you supply internet for everyone, this plan won't work.
Well, regardless of whether we implement OP's idea or not, internet is a utility these days. More direct referendums and less rich people deciding crap for us seems like a good idea.
@@kecward78 There are internet cafes and public libraries ... and yes, after voting by internet becomes a thing, getting the vote to all becomes high priority. What you're complaining about is the poor missing out on one vote ... whereas now, they're missing out on many votes.
@Jamnittygritty There are many rural areas that are so sparsely populated that it isn't practical to have it... unless you pay for the current satellite coverage, which is very expensive. These places are typically where people go to stay off the grid. But one of Elon Musk's enterprises is launching a massive satellite system that will cover the US and Canada and provide cheap internet service with high speeds.
You know what's your problem in the US? Everything is about politics, from the minimum wage to the application of constitution. But why? It's a recipe for disaster.
I'm a Libertarian. But opposed to democracy. The United States was not made as a democracy. But a constitutional republic. A democracy is when 2 wolves and a sheep vote on what's for dinner. The constitution protects the rights of that sheep from the majority wolves. While the founding fathers didn't follow this as written, it was eventually what ended slavery and the Civil rights movement. It is what hopefully keeps authoritarian socialist Democrats and fascist Republicans from becoming too powerful and losing our liberties. Unfortunately, both parties have forgotten the constitution. Freedoms are being taken away in different ways depending on which party is in the majority. Neither does anything to shink the size of government. Republicans make our military and police bigger. Democrats increase the citizens dependency on government to take care of our problems. More dependency on government leads to less liberty. More power to police lead to less liberty. Enforcement of vaccines....well you get the point.
This is a republic that should be ruled by state representation, not population of a few states. 50 countries United with equal say on how the federal government works
We are not a Democracy and never have been. We are a Republic that is a Democratically elected Republic. Why all of the people in our country have so little understanding of our own system of government. I realize that the left think they are the educated and more intelligent party, I would welcome an intelligence test requirement for the right to vote. If the voters can’t take a little bit of time to study and understand how our government works they should not be voting. I lean to the right as I’m a Libertarian at heart. I would have been a Democrat, or at least an independent 50 years ago, but the Democrats have moved so far left as to be ridiculous. I don’t think all the hatefulness and calling half of the country names is a very useful way to win over those voters.
billybob, My sentiments exactly! All we need is for a handful of the big players (Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc.) to set up some new cities in those states, provide fantastic big homes for low land cost, great jobs, and amazingly designed neighborhoods. Those senate seats will flip, and we won't even need to change the laws. Even the originalists can't defeat that!
We voted! 1. Not all white people over 65 are retired and Republican. We are 69 and still work and believe young people are good leaders. Love your video!
America isn't a Democracy we're a Constitutional Republic 😂😂 there's a difference and the Senate doesn't represent the people the Senate represents the States 🙄
Thank you. Texas needs good people to go the extra mile. I mean, Texas elected an indicted person to be Attorney General, for crying out loud. And, then there's Lieutenant Dan!!!! Ugh (shudder)
Voted by mail, not sure my vote counted. I might have to go to the polls on November 3rd, risk coronavirus, to find out if my vote was counted. Meantime, I'm waiting on the voting tracker site to tell me if my absentee ballot was accepted or rejected. nycabsentee.com/tracking/track-by-voter-info With 20%, NYC has the highest number of rejected ballots. www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/one-five-mail-ballots-rejected-botched-nyc-primary-n1236143
We are a _democratic republic_ in that our leaders are elected to theoretically represent us. ...However, in practice, almost all of them represent their major campaign donors far better. www.vox.com/2014/9/3/6098677/the-class-war-in-american-politics-is-over-the-rich-won So we have more of an oligarchy in practice. And that's the problem. Policies supported by large majorities of Americans aren't happening because exceedingly rich people and industries are making money on the status quo. ...I believe we're going to have to organize to force change on this system.
The u.s. is a 'federal republic' you dolt. Not a 'democratic Republic'. If you literally wikipedia the United States of America, it will confirm that in it's first sentence.
Yeah good point Statesman from 300 years ago said something that agrees with you. Great Point dude. We should do what we did 300 years ago. Really smart.
Eliminate the electoral college, and pass a new Voting Rights Act to turn voting more universal. It's not a radical idea, dozens of democratic countries have been doing this for decades.
Nobody wants war, right? Well, except for the millions of Defense Contract Workers that vote for War because of the job security. Nobody wants to die in a burned up Global Warming World, right? Well, except for all the people working in the petroleum industries or have any jobs related to internal combustion engines. You see, the problem with Special Interests is that they are like Lagging Indicators. The PAST is what made people rich. the Future hasn't paid out anything to anybody yet. So Democracy is inherently always behind the times. In our troubled World now, Democracy is only going to be another hurdle, another road block. We need Government by career civil service.
English person here. Just wanted to express a thought: American politics be CRAZY. In a bad way. Anyway, good luck with your election, and sorry about the colonisation a while back :)
@@sreehari3389 our officials are voted on by the public, but the policy and laws are voted on by the representatives. A democracy would imply that we as the public vote on ever law and policy
@@shooting4star2023 america was never a democracy. Think about it, yall asking for mob rule are essentially begging for the oppression oppression 74,000,000 Americans. Unless you turn america into an authoritarian, Russian fascist type of torture chamber, you won't silence the minority. And once they see how power hungry you guys are and how little you actually care about the oppressed people (I cite the other comments on this video. Sort by new and you can barley distinguish between the democrats and the 1940s fascists) you won't be the majority anymore abd then would be begging to go back to the "good ol' days" of the EC
Every lie school ever told me needs to be answered for . The nothing is ever real in this world we live in makes me numb in a crowd of Trump supporters I've lived with my whole life . This is why I always felt I wasn't born on this planet somehow
I just started watching your series Francesca and I love the way you explain everything. Super funny and no BS at all. You & AJ+ are doing a great job. I do not vote for now but I have been pushing hard all family and friends to do it. Hopefully we will have a big blue wave 🌊🌊this year.
Only the evil get first place. 🤔 hitler,stalin, kin john un, Winnie the pooh, Maduro, castros. They won, unlike Saturday morning cartoon villains. Real villains win. 😻 airborne rabies courtesy of the CDC.
In majority of european countries you need valid photo id , even in unrecognized countries like Transnistria , Luhansk People's Republic , Donetsk People's Republic. 2) When you register in your Municipality ( in Netherlands) , your passport will be scanned en saved in Government database. so municapilty knows your citizenship and immigration status 3 ) when you need residency permit , you biometrics (passport photo, fingerprints and signature , sometimes iris scan )will be taken from you. As wikipedia states en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_Identification_laws#Netherlands : The registration office of each municipality in the Netherlands maintains a registration of all residents. Every eligible voter receives a personal polling notification by mail some weeks before the election, indicating the polling station of the voter's precinct. Voters must present their polling notification and a piece of photo ID (passport, identity card, or drivers license (a passport or ID is compulsory from the age of 14)). Such photo ID may be expired but not by more than five years.
I keep thinking that me as a European have learned enough about your political system to not be surprised anymore, and then you throw the Wyoming vs California vote comparison and you got me. Again.
Some Pointers: - The Republican and Democratic parties are equally capable of gerrymandering, selecting voters instead of having voters selecting representatives. - White people in the United States may be declining in number and overall fecundity, but they still hold the majority vote in this country. Attitudes, of course, may be changing, as the younger generation of people tend to be more liberal/progressive and possibly even poorer than the previous generation. It may take maybe another generation or so for whites to become the minority in the country, and even then, they will be a substantial minority. - Just because one is an ethnic minority doesn't mean one won't vote for the Republican party. Hispanics/Latinos come from Roman Catholic countries, and Arabs come from Islamic countries. They may actually be more conservative than the non-Hispanic white voting group, especially the immigrant naturalized citizen generation. - Most societies in the world, throughout history, have been ruled by the wealthy and powerful elite. Wealthy people can afford better education than their poorer counterparts, so it makes sense that they should rule over others. I don't want a peasant farmer who only knows how to farm and collect animal dung to be the next ruler; that's like inciting a Communist revolution... and we all know how that went for China. Though, I am aware that the Ming dynasty was founded by a peasant farmer. Ah, well. If poor and disadvantaged want power, then they have to fight for it. Power isn't free.
Francesca the meteor!! Yes!! Regarding my plan to vote, I'm a Canadian so all I can do is watch your election play out and hope with all hopes that the US makes the sane choice (seriously 😰) Also, I did just vote in my provincial election yesterday. Yaay democracy! 👍🙌🎉
First-time sub and love your insight on the subject. As a Black man, I know first hand how powerful our vote is. We were responsible for having the first Black President in the White House who served 2 terms. We also assist in not voting in 2016 to allow Trump in the White House. ( I voted for Hillary). We as a people and as a country itself suffered for that mistake. Now we know Trump will stop there if he is re-elected and the GOP (Trump goons) will stop at nothing to make it happen. I voted early and glad to see the awesome turnout so far (57 + million early vote so far). No time to exhale for I know what went down in 2016 and was hurt by the outcome. Black and minority votes are power and as I see it, there is more new voter who is coming out. They are mostly those who want to see new ideas and changes that happen for the US. Even some of the old GOP is turning from the Trump train. Let's vote and get the clown out of office! That's #1 goal!!!
Trump has one of the highest support rate in the black community of any republican ever. The black vote is not a monolith, people don’t have to vote based on their race.
I've been googling "electoral college" for the past four years trying to see the logic, but never had it explained so well before...thanks Fran and AJ+!
You'd wish, I've seen these leftist comparing themselves to dumbledores army, these people don't realize they are supporting the pureblood death eaters
“We are here to proclaim that a new day is coming in Latin America. In Venezuela and across the Western Hemisphere, Socialism is DYING - and liberty, prosperity, and democracy are being REBORN.” Several stable socialist governments still exist in Latin America. Venezuela is the exception rather than the rule.
That is because of the United States sanctions. The United States wants their oil. Just like Cuba, United States sanctions. China is communist, but we trade with them, no sanctions
@@leilanigreenwood9881 Sorry but no the US sanctions are not the cause of the downfall of Venezuela. Corruption was the cause. Venezuela has a bunch of oil it was easy for the government to solely depend on it. The government got so corrupt and didn’t listen to any other economic sectors and since it had a massive influx of money poring in from the oil sector it was able to neglect everything else. And now Poor Venezuela is in a spiral downfall with no end insight. But neither school of thought, socialism or capitalism, are responsible for what is happening there.
Francesca, might I suggest you "redo" this video with all the updates of the GOP and SCoutUS subversions??? ( btw the line "...a time when no one had ever heard of a Filipino" had me in stitches. But TRUE.)
I really love News Broke and hope you keep up the weekly truth-telling after the election because we need you either way it goes. Also, when can we expect the FraniFio Meteor t-shirts?
"Name one thing that has changed from the 1700s by afro latino co-anchor of a magic moving. picture show". XD This video is FIRE. Sincerely, a fellow meteor 5555!
Have you voted yet? Let us know what your voting plan is!
no, because not us citizen
mask up and get in line to vote if I dont make it to early voting by Weds
I vote Blue, in Wisconsin, on the second day of early voting here in WISCONSIN.
The state that the republican party was formed in..🤦♂️ uhg....
What a history 🤢
The wife and I filled out our ballots the day we got them and delivered them to the Dropbox in front of our local Municipal Building the next Morning.
:: dusts off hands ::
Done and DONE!
“In Venezuela and across the Western Hemisphere, socialism is dying, and liberty, prosperity, and democracy are being reborn.”
Several stable socialist governments still exist in Latin America. Venezuela is the exception rather than the rule.
I live in Europe and one poling location serves between 400-700 voters here
There are no lines! I have never seen such lines for people to vote!
Same here /Sweden
Same here in Canada.
@Kara Thrace get together als Defeat the fascists once and for all.
In my home country there is never be a line when i went to vote in
@@muhammadcokiprimaputrahasi6981 America: Not as advertised.
Did anyone remember when Republican President George Bush told the world that the US was invading Iraq to bring them Democracy 😂
Fast forward and Republicans say that America isn’t a Democracy
😂😂😂 you really cannot make up things like that!
I have had similar thoughts frequently. Right-wingers love to talk about how "we're not a democracy" when they were cheering about how great a democracy we were less than 2 decades ago.
@@discipleofsakura America used to be a democracy but the republicans corrupted the system now everything is just a lie,
@daboruny We're talking about reality, not your paranoid fantasies.
@kcimos democracy and republics aren't independent of each other. You're like a square insisting you aren't a rectangle.
@@discipleofsakura you mean republicans are like squares insisting they are rectangles 😂😂
I need to stop looking at the comments for these types of videos. It’s depressing hearing about how even countries with monarchs have better voting systems than we do
What are you talking about? Our country IS a monarchy and a dictatorship DISGUISED as a democracy!
@@foureyedchick more of an oligarchy really
me living in luxembourg👀👀
@@TheLux2077 what’s it like there?
@@shizuwolf since march public transport became free
1 major thing they did this year
Meanwhile in New Zealand, we have just had our elections, based from the people that voted. Personally I have never understood why electoral college has such a large influence in US politics.
TL:DR white supremacy.
The electoral college is something we're "not supposed" to question because the justifications for it all sound immoral to modern ears.
It has to do with how the U.S. was founded
The difference is that in New Zealand we vote for who we want to represent us in parliament. We vote for neither the head of state (the monarch) nor the head of government (the Prime Minister). The latter of those two is instead determined by the party leader who is able to command the confidence of the greatest number of members of parliament.
By contrast, in the United States they try to use democratic elections to select one person to act as head of both state and government. However, the joke is on the American people, because democratically electing the head of state can't be done. No matter what system you use, you will always end up with a President who does not represent at least half the people. The Electoral College is simple a system that in its antiquated state, is now exploited to produce a President who represents as few people as possible.
Truth be told, the original reason for the Electoral College was geography. It was born out of the need to gradually deliver election results from each state to the nation's capital. But modern communications technology more or less renders the Electoral College redundant.
@@MaggiDaC B.S. (white supremacy!?LOL). Because we are a "Republic" and the %51 do not get to vote away the rights and property of the %49!(A.K.A. "MOB RULE") I guess they don't teach "civics" anymore. It keeps the big city (population)sates from over running the smaller (population) states.
@Dan Wruck but america normally are the masters of supersizing..;)
I mean yes, some things make sense due to the size of a country, for example more power for local govs, since california might have different challenges than new york, but true democracy, even direct one, is as easily possible in a huge country as it is in a small one...
For some reason Americans believe democracy is just the government’s check and balance. Meanwhile other countries are exercising real democracy, having a president elected by a true majority (50%+1), equal representation on their legislative chambers, and a system that promotes the multipartisanship.
Libya, under Ghaddafi, was more of a democracy than we will ever be.
And a parliamentary congress that's actually representative of the people, with ranked-choice voting and 3rd parties getting a number of seats equal to their share of the vote total.
@kcimos then we'll change it. Heard of the interstate compact?
@@kerriekupar6466 yes. It’s illegal. The moment they try and use it the courts will strike it down as violating the constitution of nations, at least in the states whose own supreme courts don’t do it first.
The US is established to preserve individual rights. Democratic republic was seen as the best way to ensure those rights. DEMOCRACY IS NOT THE GOAL. Preservation of individual rights is the goal. As mentioned above, pure democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting for what to have for dinner.
"We are a republic, not a democracy!"
"We are SQUARES, not RECTANGLES! There is no way we could possible be a type of rectangle, because we're SQUARES!!!"
Squares are technically rectangles just like the USA is technically a Democratic Republic, but we both know neither are acting like they are supposed to.
@@michaeldautry squares act more like rectangles than the US acts like a democracy
do you even know what a republic is?
Hahahahaha I love this. Thank you 🙃
@@zendragallhauser5056 true, unfortunately.
It isn't just democracy, also the rule of Law and hence actual freedom of religion. They want Christian Sharia. Novels like Handmaid's Tale aren't that far fetched really.
That's exactly what I say! You're the first person I vfc heard mention that but its spot on
The GOP terrorists have been engaged in a decades long war to overthrow our government and install a fascist theocracy. We're in the endgame, now.
Uh. The last I checked it’s Islam being pushed in schools and not Christianity.
Don’t believe me? Check out school districts in California and NY.
Why are you lying?
@@discipleofsakura yeah how bout that rioting and looting. Republicans are totally the problem
we've all aged 15 years this year haven't we
Yes, yes, we have.
Voting scares the powerful, yes! 🔥🔥
It certainty scares Republicans
Republicans will win big!
We don't live in a democracy. We live in a Constitutional Republic
Hate the D word don't you
The comparison of representation of California and Wyoming is downright scary.
Wyoming would be a great place for some ultra sustainable living communities - turn Wyoming and Montana blue
The U.S. has changed greatly from 13 small states with relatively equal population when the constitution was written to many more states with vastly different populations and GDP. It is way past time for a new constitutional convention to update the original document.
@@billybobhobnob101 legitimately, the establishment of a single median sized city in Wyoming would double its population. DC has a grater population than Wyoming. (Make DC a state!!)
@@gryffin638 Great Idea add Puerto Rico too but also turn Wyoming and Montana Blue
@@ronkirk5099 That you want to illegally change the rules to oppress your political opponents is not reason to change the law.
She has the best delivery of absolutely everything
I love her, she has some ideas that are unrealistic AF, can't dayton loving hey though
Francesca's Trump impressions are next level!
She's not as funny as she thinks but yeah
Ok then lets stop being a Republic and be a Democracy.
WE live in a republic not a democracy!!!
I am reminded that when they say "The MOB", they really mean voters.
Or put another way, their constituents... their bosses
@@jso6790 Supposed to be anyway.
I mean, they say mob, they talk about people who don't understand conservative ideology...
@@haoyuguo3929 I grew up in a conservative family in the middle of the bible belt ... it's not hard to "understand" conservative ideology. Honestly, it all comes down to "Generational Conditioning" for these "Folk", they were born into it, don't know any different, and don't care about anything other than their own. The thing about "Conservatives" as a group, is that it is the same mentality or "ideology" whether they are Republican or Democrat.
They mean the uneducated idiot masses that have no investment in a prosperous country. You wouldnt want janitors running your hospital. Why is this okay?
Only direct internet democracy is true democracy. We have elected oligarchie.
And the poor people that can't afford internet? Or those living in rural areas w/ no internet? Until you supply internet for everyone, this plan won't work.
@@kecward78 they will have it eventually. Via satelites, technology will improve
Well, regardless of whether we implement OP's idea or not, internet is a utility these days.
More direct referendums and less rich people deciding crap for us seems like a good idea.
@@kecward78 There are internet cafes and public libraries ... and yes, after voting by internet becomes a thing, getting the vote to all becomes high priority.
What you're complaining about is the poor missing out on one vote ... whereas now, they're missing out on many votes.
@Jamnittygritty There are many rural areas that are so sparsely populated that it isn't practical to have it... unless you pay for the current satellite coverage, which is very expensive. These places are typically where people go to stay off the grid. But one of Elon Musk's enterprises is launching a massive satellite system that will cover the US and Canada and provide cheap internet service with high speeds.
How low of an IQ must one have to become a republican?
Slightly above a Democrat maybe? 😎
The US is not a republic... The US is a democratic constitutional republic.... sorry I meant to say democratic constitutional oligarch. hahahaha.
Stoning is legal in Qatari, a country run by a monarchy that enforces sharia law. Why is Al Jazeera lecturing the US on democracy?
It's time to get rid of the electoral college.
You know what's your problem in the US? Everything is about politics, from the minimum wage to the application of constitution. But why? It's a recipe for disaster.
I voted for Joe in Texas yesterday
At least I am canceling out my dad's vote for the narcissist in Chief
@Dan Wruck
Worked from 7pm to 7am and drove 500mi, so a bit tired
Could you be more specific
@Dan Wruck the pay is good so I can't complain too much
Is he still going to let you live in his basement?
@@46ace
Haha
We don't have basements in South East Texas
We have an agreement to not talk politics
It gets in the way of killing aliens online
Pedokkkrat
I'm a Libertarian. But opposed to democracy. The United States was not made as a democracy. But a constitutional republic. A democracy is when 2 wolves and a sheep vote on what's for dinner. The constitution protects the rights of that sheep from the majority wolves. While the founding fathers didn't follow this as written, it was eventually what ended slavery and the Civil rights movement. It is what hopefully keeps authoritarian socialist Democrats and fascist Republicans from becoming too powerful and losing our liberties. Unfortunately, both parties have forgotten the constitution. Freedoms are being taken away in different ways depending on which party is in the majority. Neither does anything to shink the size of government. Republicans make our military and police bigger. Democrats increase the citizens dependency on government to take care of our problems. More dependency on government leads to less liberty. More power to police lead to less liberty. Enforcement of vaccines....well you get the point.
9:08 Be the meteor, Francesca. Be the meteor.
This is a republic that should be ruled by state representation, not population of a few states. 50 countries United with equal say on how the federal government works
“We’re not a bird! We’re crows!!” -republican logic
Pick a different bird, it's the wrong color for them.
Swans are a good choice: mostly white, easily angered.
Do you not understand what this means? Democrats are all so easily manipulated.
@@LilWhitePrivileged Why don't you explain it then. /s
@@LilWhitePrivileged not being republican doesn't make one a democrat
We are not a Democracy and never have been. We are a Republic that is a Democratically elected Republic. Why all of the people in our country have so little understanding of our own system of government. I realize that the left think they are the educated and more intelligent party, I would welcome an intelligence test requirement for the right to vote. If the voters can’t take a little bit of time to study and understand how our government works they should not be voting. I lean to the right as I’m a Libertarian at heart. I would have been a Democrat, or at least an independent 50 years ago, but the Democrats have moved so far left as to be ridiculous. I don’t think all the hatefulness and calling half of the country names is a very useful way to win over those voters.
We just need young hip people to move to Wyoming and Montana grab four senators and it's pretty much over.
@jennah4 penta5 It's not like a Black van is going wisk you away and dump you there lol take 20% off your outrage.
@jennah4 penta5 holy SHIT!!! Someone's been mainlining the Hydroxychloroquine HARD! 😂🤣
billybob,
My sentiments exactly!
All we need is for a handful of the big players (Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc.) to set up some new cities in those states, provide fantastic big homes for low land cost, great jobs, and amazingly designed neighborhoods.
Those senate seats will flip, and we won't even need to change the laws. Even the originalists can't defeat that!
It wouldn’t take much. The western half of Montana is pretty liberal already.
@jennah4 penta5
What kind of drugs have you been taking? Witches and demons, oh my?! 🤦🏻♂️
You pledge allegiance to a republic. Where all people are given a form of representation.
It's both u JACKASS
@@MrWolfking002 democracy is shit anyway
Go Biden
You pay for what you buy. Hope it was worth the gas prices for a guy that gave unfulfilled campaign promises.
We voted! 1. Not all white people over 65 are retired and Republican. We are 69 and still work and believe young people are good leaders. Love your video!
America isn't a Democracy we're a Constitutional Republic 😂😂 there's a difference and the Senate doesn't represent the people the Senate represents the States 🙄
They won't listen dude. They make things up so their feefees aren't hurt
Do states not have people in them?
Comrade Stalin would applaud you for explaining this well to the sheep in the United States.
Voted already! And been volunteering at polling places. I live inTexas so the more people hear from lefties the better.
Left is best comrade
You mean the left which is the party of satan is better? 🤣🤣
Thank you. Texas needs good people to go the extra mile. I mean, Texas elected an indicted person to be Attorney General, for crying out loud. And, then there's Lieutenant Dan!!!! Ugh (shudder)
Voted by mail, not sure my vote counted. I might have to go to the polls on November 3rd, risk coronavirus, to find out if my vote was counted.
Meantime, I'm waiting on the voting tracker site to tell me if my absentee ballot was accepted or rejected. nycabsentee.com/tracking/track-by-voter-info
With 20%, NYC has the highest number of rejected ballots. www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/one-five-mail-ballots-rejected-botched-nyc-primary-n1236143
@@AvangionQ sounds like attempted double voting to me
We are a _democratic republic_ in that our leaders are elected to theoretically represent us.
...However, in practice, almost all of them represent their major campaign donors far better.
www.vox.com/2014/9/3/6098677/the-class-war-in-american-politics-is-over-the-rich-won
So we have more of an oligarchy in practice.
And that's the problem.
Policies supported by large majorities of Americans aren't happening because exceedingly rich people and industries are making money on the status quo.
...I believe we're going to have to organize to force change on this system.
The u.s. is a 'federal republic' you dolt. Not a 'democratic Republic'. If you literally wikipedia the United States of America, it will confirm that in it's first sentence.
Benjamin Franklin:we a republic if you can keep it
Yeah good point Statesman from 300 years ago said something that agrees with you. Great Point dude. We should do what we did 300 years ago. Really smart.
Great video. I love Francesca:D
Eliminate the electoral college, and pass a new Voting Rights Act to turn voting more universal. It's not a radical idea, dozens of democratic countries have been doing this for decades.
Voting is what they are afraid of. This is how strong American's right to vote is.
Also, love you and your content Francesca!!!! Keep it up!!!!
Nobody wants war, right? Well, except for the millions of Defense Contract Workers that vote for War because of the job security. Nobody wants to die in a burned up Global Warming World, right? Well, except for all the people working in the petroleum industries or have any jobs related to internal combustion engines. You see, the problem with Special Interests is that they are like Lagging Indicators. The PAST is what made people rich. the Future hasn't paid out anything to anybody yet. So Democracy is inherently always behind the times. In our troubled World now, Democracy is only going to be another hurdle, another road block. We need Government by career civil service.
@@leovolont agreed 100%
Propaganda!
English person here. Just wanted to express a thought:
American politics be CRAZY. In a bad way.
Anyway, good luck with your election, and sorry about the colonisation a while back :)
Hang on, just remembered Brexit. Pot, kettle, black.
A progressive, funny, smart, extremely beautiful, activist woman who doesn't take b.s. is my dream girl.
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The USA is a constitutional republic and had never been a democracy
A republic is a nice way of saying a dictatorship.
@@sreehari3389 our officials are voted on by the public, but the policy and laws are voted on by the representatives. A democracy would imply that we as the public vote on ever law and policy
Just took my son to his first voting experience may many more come ours and everyone else’s way. Get out and vote
We're a republic.
you are amazing
🤯Ragazzi!!! Francesca Fiorentini is tooooo Fine!!!!🤦🏾♂️
NOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN MORE EXPOSE!!!!I WISH NO MORE REPUBLICANS GETS TO WIN EVER!!
If you value your rights, you better hope Republicans (not Trumpists) return.
@@christianlibertarian5488 there's an overlap between Republicans and most trumpsits.
@@shooting4star2023 america was never a democracy. Think about it, yall asking for mob rule are essentially begging for the oppression oppression 74,000,000 Americans. Unless you turn america into an authoritarian, Russian fascist type of torture chamber, you won't silence the minority. And once they see how power hungry you guys are and how little you actually care about the oppressed people (I cite the other comments on this video. Sort by new and you can barley distinguish between the democrats and the 1940s fascists) you won't be the majority anymore abd then would be begging to go back to the "good ol' days" of the EC
Every lie school ever told me needs to be answered for . The nothing is ever real in this world we live in makes me numb in a crowd of Trump supporters I've lived with my whole life . This is why I always felt I wasn't born on this planet somehow
I just started watching your series Francesca and I love the way you explain everything. Super funny and no BS at all. You & AJ+ are doing a great job. I do not vote for now but I have been pushing hard all family and friends to do it. Hopefully we will have a big blue wave 🌊🌊this year.
No bs at all. You live in a strange mirror universe it seemsz
@@reverendrico5631 You probably live in a alternate universe too.
Only the evil get first place. 🤔 hitler,stalin, kin john un, Winnie the pooh, Maduro, castros. They won, unlike Saturday morning cartoon villains. Real villains win. 😻 airborne rabies courtesy of the CDC.
In majority of european countries you need valid photo id , even in unrecognized countries like Transnistria , Luhansk People's Republic , Donetsk People's Republic. 2) When you register in your Municipality ( in Netherlands) , your passport will be scanned en saved in Government database. so municapilty knows your citizenship and immigration status 3 ) when you need residency permit , you biometrics (passport photo, fingerprints and signature , sometimes iris scan )will be taken from you. As wikipedia states en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_Identification_laws#Netherlands : The registration office of each municipality in the Netherlands maintains a registration of all residents. Every eligible voter receives a personal polling notification by mail some weeks before the election, indicating the polling station of the voter's precinct. Voters must present their polling notification and a piece of photo ID (passport, identity card, or drivers license (a passport or ID is compulsory from the age of 14)). Such photo ID may be expired but not by more than five years.
I love this Video! 🙌🏾
Host makes a lot of assumptions, bias, and non sequiturs. Thanks for reinforcing why I'm not democrat.
Omg i love her!!! Such a good host. I lold
I love watching your videos and listening to you. You lay out information that nobody else wants to lay out or should i say is too scared to lay out.
Yall are not oppressed. This is propaganda
Voting by mail is great! You get to vote five or six times, and nobody checks to see if you're eligible to vote!
What the hell is this. The ammount of incorrect statements in this video are ridiculous. My god woman
Very clever commentary. Keep up the good work
Funded by the Qatari government, because if they don't get rights neither do we.
We are not a Democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic.
"Democracy is just the train we jump on only until we reaced our goal" Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of turkey 2007
I keep thinking that me as a European have learned enough about your political system to not be surprised anymore, and then you throw the Wyoming vs California vote comparison and you got me. Again.
To quote citizen Smith POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!
To quote Robert Lindsay "Hello, I'm Robert Lindsay".
Can the rest of the democratic countries of the world come together, and bring democracy to the USA, like they bring democracy to the middle east?
Why do you seek to be oppressed?
Some Pointers:
- The Republican and Democratic parties are equally capable of gerrymandering, selecting voters instead of having voters selecting representatives.
- White people in the United States may be declining in number and overall fecundity, but they still hold the majority vote in this country. Attitudes, of course, may be changing, as the younger generation of people tend to be more liberal/progressive and possibly even poorer than the previous generation. It may take maybe another generation or so for whites to become the minority in the country, and even then, they will be a substantial minority.
- Just because one is an ethnic minority doesn't mean one won't vote for the Republican party. Hispanics/Latinos come from Roman Catholic countries, and Arabs come from Islamic countries. They may actually be more conservative than the non-Hispanic white voting group, especially the immigrant naturalized citizen generation.
- Most societies in the world, throughout history, have been ruled by the wealthy and powerful elite. Wealthy people can afford better education than their poorer counterparts, so it makes sense that they should rule over others. I don't want a peasant farmer who only knows how to farm and collect animal dung to be the next ruler; that's like inciting a Communist revolution... and we all know how that went for China. Though, I am aware that the Ming dynasty was founded by a peasant farmer. Ah, well. If poor and disadvantaged want power, then they have to fight for it. Power isn't free.
You earned one more subscriber...I like this!
Francesca the meteor!! Yes!! Regarding my plan to vote, I'm a Canadian so all I can do is watch your election play out and hope with all hopes that the US makes the sane choice (seriously 😰) Also, I did just vote in my provincial election yesterday. Yaay democracy! 👍🙌🎉
The sane choice? Who’s sane trump or Biden? I hope you’re talking about trump lmao because if not you are poorly uneducated.
Democracy is good. Next joke.
First-time sub and love your insight on the subject. As a Black man, I know first hand how powerful our vote is. We were responsible for having the first Black President in the White House who served 2 terms. We also assist in not voting in 2016 to allow Trump in the White House. ( I voted for Hillary). We as a people and as a country itself suffered for that mistake. Now we know Trump will stop there if he is re-elected and the GOP (Trump goons) will stop at nothing to make it happen. I voted early and glad to see the awesome turnout so far (57 + million early vote so far). No time to exhale for I know what went down in 2016 and was hurt by the outcome. Black and minority votes are power and as I see it, there is more new voter who is coming out. They are mostly those who want to see new ideas and changes that happen for the US. Even some of the old GOP is turning from the Trump train. Let's vote and get the clown out of office! That's #1 goal!!!
Trump has one of the highest support rate in the black community of any republican ever. The black vote is not a monolith, people don’t have to vote based on their race.
Trump did more for the black community than Obama ever did get your facts correct blacks are leaving the democrats in huge numbers it’s a sinking ship
Democracy is cringe, read some Aristotle.
I've been googling "electoral college" for the past four years trying to see the logic, but never had it explained so well before...thanks Fran and AJ+!
If you think what was said here explains it, go back to elementary school civics.
Read the constitutional notes! It isnt an enigma. its been understood for centuries!
"name one thing that is different from the 17 hundreds my afro-latino-co-anchor-of-a-magic-moving-picture-show". This is pure gold.
Thank you for this informative, funny and well-done video. We voted a week ago! Go Vote!!
She got me at "I'm the meteor b*tches" 😆😆
I only watch her for purient reasons and she's cute too.
Democracy is super lame, I hope we change it.
Education is super lame, I hope we ban it- you probalby
You aren’t smart enough to vote so don’t.
We need a bunch of countries to look at the legitimacy of our voting
This matter needs a lot of attention, clarification, education and adjustment.
Please run for office. AOC has shown how much influence you can have on the direction of the party when you speak this much sense. Love this show.
It’s in the name: REPUBLICans. I know many consider a republic a democracy, but the 2 have their major differences.
True and we have a hybrid of the two.
I've already voted weeks ago when NJ sent out their mail in ballots.
High Five! 🖐
@natma relnam poor kids are just as smart and talented as white kids
Outstanding!
🐲 so true Fran, and so scary. Keep speaking truth, that scares them.🐉
She would have to start speaking the truth before she could "keep speaking truth." She certainly said very little true in this video.
She realizes she’s white though right? Lmao 🤦🏾♂️
Trump is like the Emperor in Revenge of The Sith: I AM THE SENATE
You'd wish, I've seen these leftist comparing themselves to dumbledores army, these people don't realize they are supporting the pureblood death eaters
“We are here to proclaim that a new day is coming in Latin America. In Venezuela and across the Western Hemisphere, Socialism is DYING - and liberty, prosperity, and democracy are being REBORN.”
Several stable socialist governments still exist in Latin America. Venezuela is the exception rather than the rule.
That is because of the United States sanctions. The United States wants their oil. Just like Cuba, United States sanctions. China is communist, but we trade with them, no sanctions
I envy you
@@leilanigreenwood9881 Sorry but no the US sanctions are not the cause of the downfall of Venezuela.
Corruption was the cause. Venezuela has a bunch of oil it was easy for the government to solely depend on it.
The government got so corrupt and didn’t listen to any other economic sectors and since it had a massive influx of money poring in from the oil sector it was able to neglect everything else.
And now Poor Venezuela is in a spiral downfall with no end insight. But neither school of thought, socialism or capitalism, are responsible for what is happening there.
I think I know what nations you refer too. It’s said you don’t understand political concepts enough to know those aren’t socialist.
Keep these coming, Francesca. I can't get enough of them.
This was excellent!!!!
That 1980's rap...😂
Love your reporting. Kudos.
Fran is so versatile, just in this episode she’s a meteor and rapping Madison (off beat Hamilton).
I dunno sounds like communism
It's a blessing you're such a beautiful lady, otherwise I wouldn't have made it to the 1:47 mark.
Watch on mute you will make it further
Francesca, might I suggest you "redo" this video with all the updates of the GOP and SCoutUS subversions??? ( btw the line "...a time when no one had ever heard of a Filipino" had me in stitches. But TRUE.)
You have a great video but your wrong about Trump
Completely wrong about Trump. Look at what is happening in Democrat-run cities. People are fleeing to my area from those cities in droves
I really love News Broke and hope you keep up the weekly truth-telling after the election because we need you either way it goes. Also, when can we expect the FraniFio Meteor t-shirts?
Guess America can't be called the "greatest democracy" anymore
`American elections ranked worst among Western democracies. Here’s why.
` apnews.com/article/a820cf4ff8351bb9802e7e7a042c85cb
Ok I subscribed because of the Hamilton rap. Hahaha. Gold.
“Democracy is overrated; I am, after all, a democratically elected president!” - DJT
Constitutional republics be like
Also cool how he never said that
Hit dat like button!
"Name one thing that has changed from the 1700s by afro latino co-anchor of a magic moving.
picture show". XD
This video is FIRE. Sincerely, a fellow meteor 5555!