@@jamez1237 I think George knew he was dying for years before he passed, so he made a special effort to speak to future generations. He's as popular now as he was the day he stepped off stage for the last time and precious few entertainers can say the same.
Unfortunately, the founding fathers in their infinite wisdom, set up this ‘oligarchy’ to protect ignorant people from themselves. This has lead to the possibility of a kleptocracy, in which many are getting rich even today. The worst form of this is our current kakistocracy under Trump.
The FBI had a mission to destroy The Black Panther Party! Yet, armed white militias are growing and running rampant today! Also, Malcom X was relevant then, and he is relevant now.
Noam Chomsky absolutely will not be voting for Trump next month. Sure, both parties are “bad” but there is one candidate that’s bad and one candidate that’s absolutely and obviously god-awful
Many Americans have already realized that Corporate Democrats and Republicans are really just two sides of the SAME coin. They are NOT only UNTIED in the Endless Regime Change Wars, Richmans' Wars and War Profiteering, BUT ALSO agree on the SAME old PLUTOCRACY, Corporatism, Crony Capitalism and Neoliberalism.
also noam chomsky: "we should judge our vote by expected outcomes, not by our deeply held personal beliefs" AKA the neoliberal will let us resist from the outside, without calling in federal force like the fascist. use your vote strategically.
6:18 In my country (Spain), it is illegal for politician and parties accepting money from companies. It is corruption and classified as crime in law. Members of the European Parliament have to run away from lobbyists who try to chase them. A former treasurer of one of the two major parties is serving a 30-year prison sentence for those practices. What I see as completely legal in the USA, is unthinkable here.
@@leobullis3980 we can't completely eliminate corruption via favors but we can reduce it. 50 years for selling out sounds like a good deterrent. Politicians now are almost never punished because "their side" and corporate money protects them. I think more parties (via ranked choice voting) would help this by reducing the us-vs-them parties that never finds fault with themselves
It is illegal everywhere around the world except the US. They are very open about it, and lobbying is part of the system. It is claimed to be "constitutional" and upholds the principles of "representation" in the government. Since they treat corporations as individual and thus the member of public, they are allowed to exert some influence to the politicians. Of course, in the end, money wins and thus corporations, the bigger they are, rule USA. If you are a big corporation, it is easier to get tax exemption, get your project greenlit, or even consequence-free bailouts. The US consider themselves "clean", because it is like talking to a children who didn't do their homework or being caught stealing a cookie from a jar. You know, in 2008, Lehman Brother's credit rating is "A" or Investment grade, that's the typical American professional tomfoolery there, done by a couple of men in suits out in Manhattan, a lot of impressionable right wing bums on financial support like Joe sixpack and Karen soccermom will "trust" the American professional institution regardless. Our form of corruption is very different: incompetent public servant accepting bribes, or what the US FATCA call "facilitating money" - grease money to hasten the process, which is not illegal under FATCA, but illegal under most law (e.g. UK, EU, and some countries). Our largest corruption case to date is probably in the range of millions of dollars of US, but still a lot. In the US, the 'corruption' is typically in the scale of Billions, and nobody would balk an eye, because it is "legal". Exceptional Americans need to cope with their situation by pointing out that others do a lot of corruption too, pointing out at foreing Law Enforcement Officers accepting bribes (in amounts of 10-15 USD). This often gives usthe impression that US LEO is much better, despite them engaging in behaviour such as planting evidence, shooting carelessly, casual racism, excessive use of force, harming or even murdering suspects. I mean, our LEO are considered to be brutal and "have no regards for human rights" by our own standards (but it is still better than to leave the suspect to local mob justice), yet when it comes to US, there is always that convenient "bad apple" excuse. They also talk about the moral hazard of "revolving door" scheme, where failed politicians turned into lobbyist or paid corporate liaison, and then returned to political stage. This is again, happens on a different level of scale in the US. Everywhere else, we generally consider government officials to be "incompetent bureaucrat" not suitable for business, and since political influence wrangling is illegal, there is no use in paying them to access their political connections. In some countries, it is even illegal to employ certain government officials before certain number of years of political absence.
@@webcelt His point is that this type of capitalist, representative democracy is meaningless. You get to vote for a representative, both of which are corporate shills, and you have no say in the actual policies and certainly not over the fundamental structure of the economy. It's fake democracy. It's like a prisoner being given the "freedom" to wear a certain color shirt, and then declaring that he's living a free life.
@@AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3 I understand his point, but I was responding to your point that voting doesn't make a difference. If it makes no difference, why is so much effort put into stopping us from voting? Twain was clever, but terribly wrong given how most people in his time were stopped from voting. Skipping a vote isn't making a statement; it's surrendering.
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum." Noam Chomsky
"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
@@minktanker9705 Its an oligarchy. Facism needs strong nationalism and despise for other countries. Also, facists advocate for a strong state controlled by a single person, not a country controlled by megacorporations.
@@goat6354 fascists will also settle for the Illusion of "control by a single person as well"... Look at our current POTUS. He sold our nation further to the banks, and yet claims to be "in charge" while denying accountability or responsibility through blame
Isn't that the exact reason 3rd parties exist tho? When did voting 3rd party become a "wasted vote"? Voting for someone just because they are the "less of two evils" is more of a wasted vote imo
@@JM-_-MJ it's a wasted vote because of first past the post. until both top parties are completely worthless (like now) by voting a 3rd option with no chance of winning you are removing 1 vote for the more palatable alternative. again, if both servings are shit that logic goes out the window XD
@@JM-_-MJ You're absolutely right. I'm not familiar with the voting system in the US, I just always got the impression you only have two to choose from.
I love how everybody is talking about both parties being bad, but nobody talks about how the US got a two party system. The republican and democratic party are just natural results of having a first past the post voting system. CGP Grey has an awesome (simplified) video about how a first past the post voting system will always lead to a two party system. To really enact change, the voting system has to change
Not only is the first past the post garbage on every level, but having one person who is supposed to represent 300 million people will almost always end with a large percentage being upset with the result
*Neoliberalism:* _"Using capitalism to secure military interests."_ *Neoconservatism:* _"Using military power to secure capitalist interests."_ See??? It's like totally different or something I guess...
@chico I mean it's more like the branding of progressivism covering neoliberal corporatist bureaucracy at home and a neoconservative foreign policy on one hand vs the branding of right wing populist fan service that's actually just a form of pseudo nationalist radical centrism with a neoliberal foreign policy. But that's just my opinion.
America goverment be like: communist China is bad, because there is only ONE party! Me: Oh rly? how many options you have? America goverment: we have plenty! TWO!
To be fair, we can at least criticize our government to no end without legal consequences. Like, I can call congress a bag of shit and that's totally ok here. Can't say the same for china
@@Craznar maybe some details escape me. But a reason Edison warned against AC is that it came with lots of volts. Tesla solved this problem by using a transformer. In operation at least, DC worked smoother, and over 2ma of current would killed you anyway. AC did not burned the house as easily because the voltage went to zero frequently and avoid those pesky flashes.
American left wing screeching about how Republicans ARE FASCISTS is the most absurd thing I've ever seen. Or perhaps BOTH sides, and the system itself are terminally corrupt?
It's not absurd. It gives nourishment for the fears already in the public and distracts from the subject. Politicians do this across the political spectrum. It divides the public and keep them from being united on the policy.
@@Mythhammer It's my biggest frustration when watching political debates and discussions. People who agree that a policy needs to happen end up disagreeing on gender/skin colour/other things and therefore lose sight of what united them. And nothing happens in their favour.
thats correct if you study politics, but American propaganda has changed all the definitions of political words. The conservatives aren't conservative at all, the liberals are not liberal, "socialism" is advocating for basic things that are considered center and universal everywhere else. They use hot button words that help brainwash the population in miseducation of the functions of politics. The biases are so strong and engrained that most people who even study it disagree with the correct definitions and instead interpret and select meaning they please for their own ends. Its much like the USSR, Nazi Germany, and "Communist" China. Words lose meaning and thats how they keep the voters at each other's throats instead of holding liars and propagandists responsible for their lies. The lies are the truth to Americans
As an American, I can confirm this. I'm not even all THAT highly educated. It's distressing how many people (that are supposed to be smarter than me) can't see it right in front of them.
I'm an American, and I feel the same way! I sometimes watch European politicians debate each-other, because it's a huge mental relief to hear people in power speak relatively rationally and civilly about important topics. Listening to our own politicians is outrageously stressful.
Here’s the difference. Democrats: promises reform, but does nothing. Republicans: no reform Edit: People took this too seriously. It was a joke, so stop having a war in the comments, please.
Democrats promise reform, but the Republicans have control of the Senate so everything approved in the House gets killed in the Senate. There, I fixed it.
@@AnexoRialto If the Democrats fully adopted all of Bernie's policies and genuinely campaigned on them across America, then they would easily win legislative majorities in most elections.
@@larrytownley2231 thats the thing its not mob's rule, if it was, same sex marriage would not have passed to be legal, Im not against it just pointing out how its not the majority vote what matters, its those small pockets of elites with power and personal agendas that shape and rule the way we live. Its all one big wresting match for the people to suck theirs thumbs with
@@larrytownley2231 A republic is any governing system that isn't a monarchy, so a republic can be democratic. It's time to move pass the will of the long dead slave owners.
TylerHodelinVideos Are they really more effective? They are losing really badly and are completely incapable of resisting the Republicans. The Democrats do half measures like the Affordable Care Act the Republicans cut public services.
Implement ranked-choice-voting and we'll see 3rd parties all of a sudden have much more support. This winner-take-all system is not pro-democracy at all
@@tstcikhthys The priority is ending first past the post. We can squabble and bikeshed over the replacement once we achieve that first goal. Personally, I'm partial to the utility maximization of score voting systems (including STAR) and the amazing simplicity of approval voting. However, ranked choice voting is a perfectly fine temporary replacement for the much, much worse first past the post. For anyone who wants to learn more about alternative voting systems: ncase.me/ballot/
I fear it's simply too late, if such a system was implemented from the start and was the norm perhaps, but the concept of the spoiler effect feels too deeply ingrained in our culture, someone would have to break that preconceived notion with a upset victory in a major election
As long as the Electoral college exists, with a double layered "winner takes it all" system, a 3rd party can't have any chance. It needs a different system, like a system that enables multiple votes per voter, so you could rank your choices.
It is not only the electoral college, it is the first past the post voting system. You'll need proportional representation voting. Almost all countries in Europe have a version of that, including countries with presidents, and there are always multiple big parties to choose from
@@jellevandekerk1873 Even the system in europe is crap. It has similar problems but not that extreme. But the US isn't democracy at all. Its faulty at so many levels.
Our election system is shit with the electoral college, but at least we have primaries, so if Americans were less lazy, and got out to vote for primaries, we could have real change.
Even if a 3rd party was to emerge you would have to deal with gerrymandering, lobbyists, the corporate media, and the constant closing of polling places as well as the fact that election day isn't even a national holiday. I gave up long ago at the young age of 23 when I did my own research into these matters. Now I just live a life hoping to be reunited with the only person who ever truly loved me, my beloved grandmother. Nothing will change in america. Best to either leave the nation to its deadly devices or continue working 75 hours a week like i do in hopes to escape this evil reality....
Getting Money Out of Politics should be the most important issue in the Entire American Politics ! Because Money (Corporate Donations, Lobbying etc.) could eventually CORRUPT Everything and KILL Progressive Policies that benefit the Majority of American People. Most American Politicians are OWNED and BOUGHT by Big Corporate Money, Lobbyists and Military-Industrial Complex. They do NOT even work for the Common Good and regular American People in the first place ! - My good radical idea is that United States should ABOLISH Lobbying (NOT advocacy) and Corporate Donations ! as Many Other Countries did. Because the Lobbying and Donations have the possibility to be used as LEGALIZED Bribery and Do More Harm than Good. Yeah, I know that it's nearly impossible wish to be come true in American Plutocracy. ??????
I sure understand the frustration and feeling of defeat, but while the BS you cite sucks up all the oxygen, know that - thank goodness - there are brilliant bodies, like represent.us, doing work to try and change the system from the ground up. It's a long-game approach, but one which could bear fruit sooner than one might think possible. Change isn't going to happen with one election - it will happen with years of incremental change. PS the more 3rd party candidates can win (through system reforms like ranked choice voting), the more they can influence fixes to the challenges you list.
@Kevin Tewey I was diagnosed with skin cancer 2 weeks ago yet I manage to have the strength to work 75 hours a week because I know that once i stop working I will slip permanently into poverty and die. So I have chosen to take up the hope of christ and that of the spiritual and moral values of my grandmother. It is the best that i can do at this present moment
"I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs." "I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking." Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets! -Bill Hicks
Part of the challenge here is that specialists who could severely impact a corporation and would be hard to replace if they were unionized are paid more in the US than in other countries. They have a good deal, and they are given incentives to not want to change that deal. If the easier to replace part of the workforce try to unionize and exercise power, there is a big unemployed/underemployed group willing to take the full time job at the current bad conditions because it is a step up for them.
" 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets! " - Bill Hicks
Because they’re not... Republicans aren’t burning buildings down, tearing down statues, vandalizing and terrorizing citizens and businesses. Republicans don’t harass people on college campuses for wearing Biden shirts but leftists treat MaGa people like utter garbage! Some lose their jobs just for being a Trump supporter. The left act like a bunch of asshole Nazis. AOC even wants a list of Trump supporters compiled and lists ARE happening. A list to do what? Harass them? Get them fired? Harm them? Fkn weirdos
@@tablo1394 do you honesty think it’s republicans causing the mayhem in cities across the nation? Clearly you’re the one who is brainwashed. Either that or clearly stupid
@@presceltolives2076 there it is again. Its either democrats or republicans, always, not just dumb terrorists unaffiliated to a political party. everything is always political.
Omg my friend got into a fight with be bc I told her, her idol Biden is authoritarian right wing and she now thinks I'm basically calling him hitler. She knows nothing and is a hypocrite and omg sorry she is being very annoying to debate with.
"Every special interest is entitled to justice-full, fair, and complete[...] but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress, to a voice on the bench, or to representation in any public office." Teddy Roosevelt, 1910
If you are saying the Administrative State is to blame for our woes? I agree. I think the political fury in America is misplaced. Americans don’t really know where to focus their frustrations because the problems are cloaked within the camouflage of Administrative Law. That body of law of which Americans know nothing.
Man so epic he got shot through the chest and then mocked his would be assassin. Instead of going to the hospital he finished his speech and walked away. Dude was an all American badass.
The capital of the nation is the district of Columbia, what is that? That's the name of the corporate entity officially referred to as the United States
Yeah EMIR-CO aka AMERI-CA ... as in the EMIR COMPANY... as in the UNITED ARABIAN EMIRATES... they also own the UNITED KINGDOM too... the truth is stranger then fiction...
This man is a legend. The exact things I had realized many years ago are being talked about in this video. Whoever is behind this, if you're reading this, you're a legend.
The money always has them, there is no hope for our country in our generation. The only thing we can do is increase union power, encourage union membership, or flee and head to a more sensible country. The working class will one day rule, but until then, we must wait.
This is one of the most succinct summaries I've ever seen of why I hate almost everything about our political landscape in its current state, good stuff man.
Problem is that FPTP election systems make it extremely hard to succeed with a third party option. You either get enough support to win, or just enough to defeat your closest political ally and hand the victory to your polar opposite.
That's the problem we have in the UK too. There's an ongoing campaign for Proportional Representation, though, so hopefully one day we'll get there. Be nice to see the US do the same.
Breakdown all the water cement bonds in 3 skyscrapers as well as solid metallic crystal bond in steel on 911 with a sprinkle of kerosene. Real breakdown I'd say. Politicians are to take advantage of representing. End of story.
Getting Money Out of Politics should be the most important issue in the Entire American Politics ! Because Money (Corporate Donations, Lobbying etc.) could eventually CORRUPT Everything and KILL Progressive Policies that benefit the Majority of American People. Most American Politicians are OWNED and BOUGHT by Big Corporate Money, Lobbyists and Military-Industrial Complex. They do NOT even work for the Common Good and regular American People in the first place ! - My good radical idea is that United States should ABOLISH Lobbying (NOT advocacy) and Corporate Donations ! as Many Other Countries did. Because the Lobbying and Donations have the possibility to be used as LEGALIZED Bribery and Do More Harm than Good. Yeah, I know that it's nearly impossible wish to be come true in American Plutocracy. ??????
"Now we get to the part where I'm probably going to upset both liberals and conservatives." I'm neither. And boy, I'm relieved. There is so much to say about both parties, little or none of it good.
Over here in Germany we got 6 major parties you can vote for (and a dozen which do seriously campaign but never make the 5% cut, hence why they get no seats), every 20 years or so one might fall out and a new one comes into tge mix, but I still feel like I got too little to choose from. Politics is not as simple as yes or no.
@RadTheLad I come from the Philippines and I can tell you first hand what the drawbacks of a system like that are. It's first past the post, you pick one candidate only. The current president won the election with only 39% of the vote, despite being heavily criticized by huge sectors of society, from drug addicts to survivors of a previous dictatorial regime angry about the fact that his Vice President is a scion of the guy who ran that regime. In the United States, 39% of votes would be a death knell for either big party. In the Philippines, it was enough to get a guy the Presidency-because the remaining 61% were divided up between four other main candidates, each getting around 19-22% of the vote respectively. While I would bet that most of the 61% did not want the current President in power, they couldn't decide on one guy to back and so ended up losing to someone with a relatively small, very loyal base of supporters. So if anything, let people rank their candidates when voting. I believe Slovenia or another European country already has a similar system.
@@theghostofspookwagen4715 The Main thing why this works pretty good in germany, is because the President holds almost no real Power, while the Chancellor, who is the head of government is elected by the parliament. While it would still be possible that a minority government occurs that has less then 50% of the votes it is far more likely (in fact i don't think we ever had a minority government) that some parties form coalitions and form the government together, rallying more then half of the voters behind them.
@@KRYMauL China is neither monotheistic (religion isn't part of politics) nor a dynasty (dictators are chosen through ruthless behind-the-curtain scheming and plotting, usually not through blood relations). It's just a typical authoritarian dictatorship like the USSR was.
Public we want blank!! Politicians: we hear you it’s our top priority!! but the blanks are stopping blank! Vote for us and blank will happen immediately!! 4 years later... Public where’s blank? We voted for you and you promised blank and you’ve been in power for 3.5 years!! Politicians: We want to! Blank is our top priority but the blanks are against it! just vote for us and we’ll get it done after the election! And on...
@@GreenMonkeySam : Fix the voting system and we'll get choices by enabling minor party candidates to actually win elections instead of just being spoilers for the major parties.
IRV reinforces the duopoly. Your top IRV rank can be safely and entirely ignored because it transfers to one of two dominant parties or is exhausted, anyway. Not until a third party approaches 30% under IRV does it threaten a dominant party, when the third party might have won a plurality. After over one hundred years of IRV, Australia has NEVER elected a third party to a single IRV seat.
True democracy is the ability to have more than two choices.....I don't understand how come Americans have such narrow choices and gloat about having the best democracy in the world. Go figure.
America has a flawed Republic, the kind of corrupt Republic that isn't going to be a republic for much longer, like the Romans before Caesar came to power. Instead of having an outright dictator like the Romans, I think the U.S. is just going to transition from the covert oligarchy it is now to an overt oligarchy. Then our presidents and congressmen will just openly and brazenly be the leaders of an apparatus of oligarchs. Trump is simply the beckoning of the lifting of the veil.
@@ultearmilkojohn1145 "Franz Kafka[a] (3 July 1883 - 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. " It does not mean that he is Czech since Kafka is quite famous
If you want to support third parties I highly recommend doing some research into ranked choice voting (I've seen it called instant-runoff voting too). Maine already uses it for state elections and this November it will be the first state to use it in a Presidential election. CGP Grey did a good video on how the process works a while back. I'd love to see a video with your input on the subject.
Someone: "So are you a democrat?" Me, a socialist: "Oh, no I'm not." "So you're Republican?" "Dear god no!" "Oh thank you, more people need to realize that the answer lies in the center and we need bi-partisan..." "No."
@@izparry2646 I don't particularly like to idea of attributing godlike significance to an incredibly flawed document made by a small group of rich guys more than 200 years ago...
In the UK, each party can spend a maximum of £19.5m on an election campaign (or £30,000 in each representative's area). This is very rigorously enforced, and prevents the parties needing to cozy up to corporations. Donations over £7,500 also have to be publicly declared. Maybe a system like this in the US would work?
I'm Australian and loving this channel as so much of the content is relevant to Oz. One thing I'm surprised was not mentioned in this video is the simply philosophy of thesis, antithesis and synthesis. How does that relate to the two party political system? Thesis (the blue party), antithesis (the red party), synthesis (special interest groups such as big pharma, fossil fuel companies etc). No matter if you vote for the thesis or antithesis, at the end of the day, synthesis gets what they want.
The American congress needs to go proportional, you'd be surprised how much a 3rd party can push progress. Australia in 2010, had something like that and the 3rd party who was definitely a minoroty shared power with the lefter bigger party and managed to push a tax on carbon which greatly reduced greenhouse gases. Problem is the problems mentioned in the video aren't gonna go away with no more duopoly. Corporate interests finds its way through media like cable news and just ads.
As an Australian. What ended up happening was. The fossil fuel interests coalesced around the other party and with much more force and literally helped bankroll that Government out of office who put the carbon tax in. The same government tried to impose a super profits mining tax on companies who weren’t even Australian who are paying next to no tax for taking out one time valuable resources from our homeland. The tax wouldn’t have stopped them being rich, it would have just meant that Australia was actually benefiting more than just temporary jobs until the Quarrys dry up. Then all the companies went on a MediaBlitz threatening to lay off workers if everybody didn’t turn on the government. And as usual, most people turned on the government rather than realising these companies were literally blackmailing the public with firing people they wouldn’t have even needed to fire. They would still have been making profits astronomically. They just didn’t want to make less. The next Government repealed the action taken and 11 years later Australia hasn’t tried anything since and has gone backwards in this area
I just wanted to say how much I love your content, and your bravery to put all this time and effort into these videos, while knowing that advertisers won't want to touch these videos, and they could recieve major backlash. Thank you for helping to educate more people on these issues.
@@Philip-vi1dy If you paid attention to the video, he pointed out that the Socialist Party of the early to mid twentieth century introduced many reforms to our labor laws that changed the US for the better, such as the 40 hour work week, child labor laws, ect.
@@Arperture if you watched the video then you'll notice that though the socialist party talked about those things, it wasn't them who passed any of those laws. the other guys point is still valid
@@gstarr3355 usually the elites dont enact the new, better ideas that socialists present until they are literally forced to(then take credit for). We are in another civil rights movement era, and you better believe the elites will kick and scream to stop any change until the pitchforks show up at their door
American exceptionalism right there...because wasn't that elluded to in 2016? How could the political landscape up the ante from that debacle. Two geriatric jackasses that are desensitized to the realities of being a poor citizen or even a blue collar schmuck in everyday America.
Germany: has more than 5 parties Us: you're getting 5 parties while I'm only getting two! China: 2 parties? I only have 1! NK: you guys have political parties?
@@Petey0707 Your comment makes me laugh. While it is true that many parties exist in these nations, all are controlled by the largest party, as they are nearly puppets. And all parties that did not align with their agenda would have easily been exiled for "crimes against their nation".
This is a great video. I was not offended at all. The truth is the truth. Both parties are bankrolled by corporate interests and morally bankrupt. Although the fight for sustaining a viable third party on the federal level is hard I am still convinced it is possible. Every presidential cycle we see third party candidates get some portion of the vote. The Independents are also shimmer of hope in that regard. Bernie Sanders is still one of the most successful Independent candidates at the federal level. More people are registering as Independents, that may be a way to loosen the two party system grip. History tells us that even the strongest parties can die. I believe as our country's demographics start to shift, there will be shifts in the party systems. We are already seeing two different factions start to emerge on the left. Bernie has really awakened a sleeping giant. He earned the most individual contributions than any other candidate EVER in US politics during his 2020 run. In Congress right now, "The Squad" and other progressive candidates are gaining seats and popularity. If that momentum continues, we will see a viable third party in the next two presidential cycle.
"In capitalist society, providing it develops under the most favourable conditions, we have a more or less complete democracy in the democratic republic. But this democracy is always hemmed in by the narrow limits set by capitalist exploitation, and consequently always remains, in effect, a democracy for the minority, only for the propertied classes, only for the rich. Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners." Vladimir Lenin
Lenin's whole propaganda effort was to manipulate the people so he could consolidate power. Backwards, isn't it? Capitalism is incorrectly equated to crony capitalism nowadays, and Lenin is no friend of Democracy.
@@AnexoRialto Yes, less evil is less evil than greater evil. Congrats on knowing what a modifying adjective is. Less evil is still evil. And it incentivizes evil to always offer a greater evil to make regular evil seem less evil (see Democrats vs Republicans). Ask a Yemeni whose family was killed by an American made bomb whether Trump or Biden is more or less evil. The opposite of evil is good, not less evil.
Northern Brother sure, but when the option is between evil and less evil, the lesser evil is the better option. There is no good options, just less harmful ones.
@@AnexoRialto The opposite? that's cute. None of these politicians are the "opposite" of each other in any way, other than where they are in a physical space.
@@0witw047 There are no good options, so stop playing the same game. The greater evil of today will be your lesser evil of tomorrow. This system is idiotic and I will not be engaging in it.
Wow dude, I was really impressed with this video. You're spot-on. Though I hope that one day we can completely eschew politicians AND political parties and just vote for policies. Direct democracy bitches!! Edit: I should also mention... Eugene Debs who you mentioned in the video was one of the founding members of the IWW, their symbol happens to be my avatar haha
@@kersten5458 ikr it's amazing, what research can get you, bunch of information about trump, comparing what the media says about him and what facts are, you might be suprised about how much lying they do, I use to be democrat but it's gotten too much for me to handle
Rami Lameche I’m not a democrat. I don’t care for either party. They’re equally corrupt. I’ve done my research on Trump long before 2016. And no, I do not rely on main street media for my resources. I’m not that naïve. I don’t like anyone who is a bad person regardless of their political party.
As a european I can't imagine only having two choices. To be fair, none of the 7 parties in my country truly represent my ideals. Yet, at least I can choose, and allign with different parties on a communal or federal level.
the two party system guarantees that no candidate can ever truly run as themselves......due to that it is assumed and implied they are 100% left/right when it comes to the issues.
"Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out."
George Carlin
I see George Carlin, I like. What a guy.
So much truth in that.
Saint George of the order of Carlin.
Preach!
I was thinking about him the whole video
@@jamez1237 I think George knew he was dying for years before he passed, so he made a special effort to speak to future generations. He's as popular now as he was the day he stepped off stage for the last time and precious few entertainers can say the same.
in the end it wasn't about American democracy, but the oligarchy we made along the way
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Mabey the real democracies were the oligarchs we made along the way
We already established, that capitalism is incompatible with democracy
Unfortunately, the founding fathers in their infinite wisdom, set up this ‘oligarchy’ to protect ignorant people from themselves. This has lead to the possibility of a kleptocracy, in which many are getting rich even today. The worst form of this is our current kakistocracy under Trump.
Well ever since the beginning it was this way. If you see the story of the founding fathers they believed only rich men should lead.
“America is a one party state, yet with typical American extravagance, they have two of them.”
is that the same quote where america is surrounded by weak neighbors and fish?
Joshua Espinoza this was Julius Nyerere, that was Bismarck I believe.
Synxify That’s interesting, though multiple parties would be better. Sorry Marxist dude.
@@fonfon575 but it's workers party so it's good lol /s
@@fonfon575
He didnt say that it was bad, he just stated the facts.
Like Malcolm X once said, "You and I have never seen democracy, all I've ever seen is hypocrisy!"
Facts
So true
The FBI had a mission to destroy The Black Panther Party! Yet, armed white militias are growing and running rampant today! Also, Malcom X was relevant then, and he is relevant now.
I mean, it’s not supposed to be a democracy
Facts
"You either vote for an oil president or you vote for a bank president" - Something I heard about American politics ages ago
Fellow listener of Friendlyjimmies?
@@cbfdxbxsb I wouldn't be surprised if I did get that from him, but I'm not 100% sure either
I remember hearing it on the pod, so thought you might be a listener
@@cbfdxbxsb oh if that's the case then it's more the likely hahaha. Avid pod listener here
Awesome.
"folks I hate to break it to you, but you have no rights. they own you"
-George Carlin
_They're not rights if they can just TAKE EM' AWAY!_
-George Carlin
@John J Keaveney There's better places to go than Canada
@@henrycrabs3497 I guess, I was thinking more like Denmark or one of the other social democratic ones
Yeah, I am owned. Me, who mostly just does whatever he wants.
I wanna like this but....
America only has one party and that is the business party
- Prof. Noam Chomsky
ions Totally agree, end the cronyism and have a free market once again!
Mark Johhson Nope.
Noam Chomsky absolutely will not be voting for Trump next month. Sure, both parties are “bad” but there is one candidate that’s bad and one candidate that’s absolutely and obviously god-awful
Many Americans have already realized that Corporate Democrats and Republicans are really just two sides of the SAME coin.
They are NOT only UNTIED in the Endless Regime Change Wars, Richmans' Wars and War Profiteering,
BUT ALSO agree on the SAME old PLUTOCRACY, Corporatism, Crony Capitalism and Neoliberalism.
also noam chomsky: "we should judge our vote by expected outcomes, not by our deeply held personal beliefs"
AKA the neoliberal will let us resist from the outside, without calling in federal force like the fascist. use your vote strategically.
6:18 In my country (Spain), it is illegal for politician and parties accepting money from companies. It is corruption and classified as crime in law. Members of the European Parliament have to run away from lobbyists who try to chase them. A former treasurer of one of the two major parties is serving a 30-year prison sentence for those practices. What I see as completely legal in the USA, is unthinkable here.
@@leobullis3980 we can't completely eliminate corruption via favors but we can reduce it. 50 years for selling out sounds like a good deterrent. Politicians now are almost never punished because "their side" and corporate money protects them. I think more parties (via ranked choice voting) would help this by reducing the us-vs-them parties that never finds fault with themselves
Pretty sure Spain has its fair share of corruption
@@Theairbiscuit101 Nowhere near what is in Amerikkka
It is illegal everywhere around the world except the US.
They are very open about it, and lobbying is part of the system. It is claimed to be "constitutional" and upholds the principles of "representation" in the government. Since they treat corporations as individual and thus the member of public, they are allowed to exert some influence to the politicians.
Of course, in the end, money wins and thus corporations, the bigger they are, rule USA. If you are a big corporation, it is easier to get tax exemption, get your project greenlit, or even consequence-free bailouts.
The US consider themselves "clean", because it is like talking to a children who didn't do their homework or being caught stealing a cookie from a jar. You know, in 2008, Lehman Brother's credit rating is "A" or Investment grade, that's the typical American professional tomfoolery there, done by a couple of men in suits out in Manhattan, a lot of impressionable right wing bums on financial support like Joe sixpack and Karen soccermom will "trust" the American professional institution regardless.
Our form of corruption is very different: incompetent public servant accepting bribes, or what the US FATCA call "facilitating money" - grease money to hasten the process, which is not illegal under FATCA, but illegal under most law (e.g. UK, EU, and some countries). Our largest corruption case to date is probably in the range of millions of dollars of US, but still a lot. In the US, the 'corruption' is typically in the scale of Billions, and nobody would balk an eye, because it is "legal".
Exceptional Americans need to cope with their situation by pointing out that others do a lot of corruption too, pointing out at foreing Law Enforcement Officers accepting bribes (in amounts of 10-15 USD). This often gives usthe impression that US LEO is much better, despite them engaging in behaviour such as planting evidence, shooting carelessly, casual racism, excessive use of force, harming or even murdering suspects. I mean, our LEO are considered to be brutal and "have no regards for human rights" by our own standards (but it is still better than to leave the suspect to local mob justice), yet when it comes to US, there is always that convenient "bad apple" excuse.
They also talk about the moral hazard of "revolving door" scheme, where failed politicians turned into lobbyist or paid corporate liaison, and then returned to political stage. This is again, happens on a different level of scale in the US. Everywhere else, we generally consider government officials to be "incompetent bureaucrat" not suitable for business, and since political influence wrangling is illegal, there is no use in paying them to access their political connections. In some countries, it is even illegal to employ certain government officials before certain number of years of political absence.
How it should be
"Choose the lesser of the evil people, and the devil's still gon' win."
- Killer Mike
Pile up enough lessor evils and you get a greater evil...
@@Mythhammer "Evil is evil... I don't believe in lesser or greater evils..." Geralt, Rivia, 2019
@@Nefylym Exactly. Pile up some lesser evils and one has a greater evil. Unfortunately most people never examine the situation in that light.
Is this from a song? If yes, which one?
@zilladilla It's from a song called "A Report To The Shareholders/Kill Your Masters" Here you a link: ruclips.net/video/pg0byaqVaXo/видео.html
"If voting made any difference, they wouldn't let us do it."
-Mark Twain
😆 Oh God...
Twain was a hack but a dead clock is right twice a day.
That sounds clever, but when he said it, the majority of people weren't allowed to vote. Many people still have to jump through hoops just to vote.
@@webcelt His point is that this type of capitalist, representative democracy is meaningless. You get to vote for a representative, both of which are corporate shills, and you have no say in the actual policies and certainly not over the fundamental structure of the economy. It's fake democracy. It's like a prisoner being given the "freedom" to wear a certain color shirt, and then declaring that he's living a free life.
@@AllHaiLKINGTIsHeRe3 I understand his point, but I was responding to your point that voting doesn't make a difference. If it makes no difference, why is so much effort put into stopping us from voting? Twain was clever, but terribly wrong given how most people in his time were stopped from voting. Skipping a vote isn't making a statement; it's surrendering.
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum."
Noam Chomsky
he actually used that quote in his "America's Stunted Political Spectrum" video
I mean he is the guy who wrote manufactured consent, do I recall correctly?
@Elecric Fication some of us do have taste
@Elecric Fication I don't know how is up trump's ass but I guess you are about to tell us.
“When people fear the government there is tyranny; when the government fears the people there is liberty” -Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson feared his slaves
@@russingram8101 they weren't his, him and many other important american fathers owned slaves through their family and or wives estate.
@@skeleex sounds like the founding fathers were bad then i dunno.
Jefferson never said anything even remotely like this, sorry.
quite the unrelated quote, but ok
Working class: please give us just a crumb of reform
Republicans: no
Democrats: no #blm 🏳️🌈
Truee
Dems don’t care with flare!
Factssss
@@justsomeoneelse5942 Could Hear them Singing We Didn't Start the Fire 🔥...
It Was Always Burning Since the World Was Turning... 🌎....
Also Dem: screw over black people
"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
And nobody listened.....
isnt that just an oligarchy or dictatorship? Fascism being qualified by some other factors.
@@minktanker9705
Its an oligarchy. Facism needs strong nationalism and despise for other countries. Also, facists advocate for a strong state controlled by a single person, not a country controlled by megacorporations.
@@goat6354 fascists will also settle for the Illusion of "control by a single person as well"... Look at our current POTUS.
He sold our nation further to the banks, and yet claims to be "in charge" while denying accountability or responsibility through blame
FDR was a real Chad
Two bad parties is almost like having no choice. You can only choose the one that's less destructive.
Isn't that the exact reason 3rd parties exist tho? When did voting 3rd party become a "wasted vote"? Voting for someone just because they are the "less of two evils" is more of a wasted vote imo
@@JM-_-MJ right.
@@JM-_-MJ the "winner takes all" system caused this
@@JM-_-MJ it's a wasted vote because of first past the post.
until both top parties are completely worthless (like now) by voting a 3rd option with no chance of winning you are removing 1 vote for the more palatable alternative.
again, if both servings are shit that logic goes out the window XD
@@JM-_-MJ You're absolutely right. I'm not familiar with the voting system in the US, I just always got the impression you only have two to choose from.
"You know why they call it the American Dream folks? Cause you have to be asleep to believe it."
George Carlin
I love how everybody is talking about both parties being bad, but nobody talks about how the US got a two party system. The republican and democratic party are just natural results of having a first past the post voting system. CGP Grey has an awesome (simplified) video about how a first past the post voting system will always lead to a two party system. To really enact change, the voting system has to change
Not only is the first past the post garbage on every level, but having one person who is supposed to represent 300 million people will almost always end with a large percentage being upset with the result
This.
Thanks for pointing that out. Kind of a major blind spot in the video.
Link?
@@subscriberswithnovideos-eg9kq You can't post links in yt comments, but just search; cgp grey first past the post problems
*Neoliberalism:* _"Using capitalism to secure military interests."_
*Neoconservatism:* _"Using military power to secure capitalist interests."_
See??? It's like totally different or something I guess...
Sooo are the USA are a néo-liberalisto-conservatism state ?
@chico I mean it's more like the branding of progressivism covering neoliberal corporatist bureaucracy at home and a neoconservative foreign policy on one hand vs the branding of right wing populist fan service that's actually just a form of pseudo nationalist radical centrism with a neoliberal foreign policy. But that's just my opinion.
A giant piece of poop or a giant piece of poop.
I liked Obama but yeah he dropped the most bombs
@@shutupimstilltalking Flint, never forget what he didn't do for Flint.
America goverment be like: communist China is bad, because there is only ONE party!
Me: Oh rly? how many options you have?
America goverment: we have plenty! TWO!
@@austingulick what? are you gonna point the elections system? oh, yeah. You can choose in what flavor you are going to get fuck up.
NecropolisTC that make no fucking sense, so you’re saying splitting the votes it’s bad? For a democracy?
Not to mention there are ways of voting other than FPTP, like ranked choice voting or whatever the hell's going on in Australia
The hilarious thing is that even North Korea has 3 major parties with representation across the country. 3!
To be fair, we can at least criticize our government to no end without legal consequences. Like, I can call congress a bag of shit and that's totally ok here. Can't say the same for china
We need a workers party.
That’s called the socialist party.
@Matricx700 billionaires do
lol good luck the republicans and Trump supporters are just gonna call you a commie and try to turn the American ppl against the party.
Lol the NPA as your profile pic. Man those are Marxist Terrorists that burn mines and taking resources for theor own.
@@akiraasmr3002 hopefully that's less of a problem when the boomers are gone.
“The US election is like strapping someone on an electric chair and giving them a choice between AC or DC.”
I hate how this is accurate
i would pick AC
Man, listening to AC/DC while being strapped on an electric chair sounds funny and kinky at the same time.
@@Craznar dc killed you faster and tend to burned your neighborhood along with you. That why Tesla went AC.
@@Craznar maybe some details escape me. But a reason Edison warned against AC is that it came with lots of volts. Tesla solved this problem by using a transformer. In operation at least, DC worked smoother, and over 2ma of current would killed you anyway. AC did not burned the house as easily because the voltage went to zero frequently and avoid those pesky flashes.
American right wing screeching about how Democrats ARE COMMUNISTS is the most absurd thing I’ve ever seen.
American left wing screeching about how Republicans ARE FASCISTS is the most absurd thing I've ever seen. Or perhaps BOTH sides, and the system itself are terminally corrupt?
OP is so dumb.
It's not absurd. It gives nourishment for the fears already in the public and distracts from the subject. Politicians do this across the political spectrum. It divides the public and keep them from being united on the policy.
@@Johannicus Divide and conquer is as old as humanity. But people never learn.
@@Mythhammer It's my biggest frustration when watching political debates and discussions. People who agree that a policy needs to happen end up disagreeing on gender/skin colour/other things and therefore lose sight of what united them. And nothing happens in their favour.
I found this funny cause in my country me and my group of friends would always treat American policies as the "right VS the more right"
thats correct if you study politics, but American propaganda has changed all the definitions of political words. The conservatives aren't conservative at all, the liberals are not liberal, "socialism" is advocating for basic things that are considered center and universal everywhere else. They use hot button words that help brainwash the population in miseducation of the functions of politics. The biases are so strong and engrained that most people who even study it disagree with the correct definitions and instead interpret and select meaning they please for their own ends. Its much like the USSR, Nazi Germany, and "Communist" China. Words lose meaning and thats how they keep the voters at each other's throats instead of holding liars and propagandists responsible for their lies. The lies are the truth to Americans
As an American, I can confirm this. I'm not even all THAT highly educated. It's distressing how many people (that are supposed to be smarter than me) can't see it right in front of them.
I'm an American, and I feel the same way! I sometimes watch European politicians debate each-other, because it's a huge mental relief to hear people in power speak relatively rationally and civilly about important topics. Listening to our own politicians is outrageously stressful.
When I was a teenager, my "liberal" parents told me that the democratic party was conservative, the republican party, more so.
Its basically like that
"The United States is also a one-party state but, with typical American extravagance, they have two of them." - Julius Nyerere
Here’s the difference.
Democrats: promises reform, but does nothing.
Republicans: no reform
Edit: People took this too seriously. It was a joke, so stop having a war in the comments, please.
If deform is the opposite of reform than thats basically the Republican brand
Democrats promise reform, but the Republicans have control of the Senate so everything approved in the House gets killed in the Senate. There, I fixed it.
nice
@@AnexoRialto If the Democrats fully adopted all of Bernie's policies and genuinely campaigned on them across America, then they would easily win legislative majorities in most elections.
@@dfmrcv862
You people have been fearmongering about the death if the nuclear family for like 60 years. And it's not going anywhere.
Democracy isn’t merely a choice. It’s the power of the people to implement real, meaningful change.
It's only the illusion that the regular people have any power at all.
We are not in a democracy, but a constitutional republic that has a few democratic elements.
No, it's MOB RULE !!! WE ARE A REPUBLIC !!!
@@larrytownley2231 thats the thing its not mob's rule, if it was, same sex marriage would not have passed to be legal, Im not against it just pointing out how its not the majority vote what matters, its those small pockets of elites with power and personal agendas that shape and rule the way we live. Its all one big wresting match for the people to suck theirs thumbs with
@@larrytownley2231
A republic is any governing system that isn't a monarchy, so a republic can be democratic. It's time to move pass the will of the long dead slave owners.
What's the lesser of 2 evils; the political party that only fights for bad policies, or the political party that never fights for good policies?
Completely negligent evil vs cowardly somewhat competent evil
The Democrats are the more effective evil because they use their power to oppress millions here and abroad, then act like they're the "good" ones
TylerHodelinVideos Are they really more effective? They are losing really badly and are completely incapable of resisting the Republicans. The Democrats do half measures like the Affordable Care Act the Republicans cut public services.
The second one. The status quo is always better than a someone fighting to make things worse.
I choose the cowards, because at least the Democrats are too weak to make things worse.
The virgin Elephant and Donkey vs the chad Bull Moose
“It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it”-George Carlin.
The late great stand up philosopher Carlin had it exactly right.
Implement ranked-choice-voting and we'll see 3rd parties all of a sudden have much more support. This winner-take-all system is not pro-democracy at all
Yep, you should really get rid of FPP voting.
No, STAR voting
@@tstcikhthys The priority is ending first past the post. We can squabble and bikeshed over the replacement once we achieve that first goal. Personally, I'm partial to the utility maximization of score voting systems (including STAR) and the amazing simplicity of approval voting. However, ranked choice voting is a perfectly fine temporary replacement for the much, much worse first past the post.
For anyone who wants to learn more about alternative voting systems: ncase.me/ballot/
I fear it's simply too late, if such a system was implemented from the start and was the norm perhaps, but the concept of the spoiler effect feels too deeply ingrained in our culture, someone would have to break that preconceived notion with a upset victory in a major election
Well they should at least switch to more direct voting systems
As long as the Electoral college exists, with a double layered "winner takes it all" system, a 3rd party can't have any chance.
It needs a different system, like a system that enables multiple votes per voter, so you could rank your choices.
Rank Choice Voting takes the legs out from under "lesser evil" voting.
It is not only the electoral college, it is the first past the post voting system. You'll need proportional representation voting. Almost all countries in Europe have a version of that, including countries with presidents, and there are always multiple big parties to choose from
@@jellevandekerk1873 Even the system in europe is crap. It has similar problems but not that extreme.
But the US isn't democracy at all.
Its faulty at so many levels.
Our election system is shit with the electoral college, but at least we have primaries, so if Americans were less lazy, and got out to vote for primaries, we could have real change.
@@avery1199 until they rig the primaries too, and then say they can do what they want because primaries aren't governed by national voting regulations
It's like big companies pay their taxes selectively while the citizen does it compulsory.
Even if a 3rd party was to emerge you would have to deal with gerrymandering, lobbyists, the corporate media, and the constant closing of polling places as well as the fact that election day isn't even a national holiday. I gave up long ago at the young age of 23 when I did my own research into these matters. Now I just live a life hoping to be reunited with the only person who ever truly loved me, my beloved grandmother. Nothing will change in america. Best to either leave the nation to its deadly devices or continue working 75 hours a week like i do in hopes to escape this evil reality....
Well-spoken and heartfelt!
Your grandmother is proud in heaven!
Getting Money Out of Politics should be the most important issue in the Entire American Politics !
Because Money (Corporate Donations, Lobbying etc.) could eventually CORRUPT Everything and KILL Progressive Policies that benefit the Majority of American People.
Most American Politicians are OWNED and BOUGHT by Big Corporate Money, Lobbyists and Military-Industrial Complex.
They do NOT even work for the Common Good and regular American People in the first place !
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My good radical idea is that United States should ABOLISH Lobbying (NOT advocacy) and Corporate Donations ! as Many Other Countries did.
Because the Lobbying and Donations have the possibility to be used as LEGALIZED Bribery and Do More Harm than Good. Yeah, I know that it's nearly impossible wish to be come true in American Plutocracy. ??????
I sure understand the frustration and feeling of defeat, but while the BS you cite sucks up all the oxygen, know that - thank goodness - there are brilliant bodies, like represent.us, doing work to try and change the system from the ground up. It's a long-game approach, but one which could bear fruit sooner than one might think possible. Change isn't going to happen with one election - it will happen with years of incremental change. PS the more 3rd party candidates can win (through system reforms like ranked choice voting), the more they can influence fixes to the challenges you list.
@Kevin Tewey I was diagnosed with skin cancer 2 weeks ago yet I manage to have the strength to work 75 hours a week because I know that once i stop working I will slip permanently into poverty and die. So I have chosen to take up the hope of christ and that of the spiritual and moral values of my grandmother. It is the best that i can do at this present moment
Henry Graves God bless you. Stay strong man.
"I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs."
"I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking."
Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets!
-Bill Hicks
Ah, Reverend Hicks! Well cited.
Thats like choosing between buying a chevy or a Cadillac, they’re both shit and made by the same company.
Workers need to unionize, and the people need to make their voices heard more than just on the first Tuesday of November.
@@JohnGalt1960 Maybe we should seize the means of production.
Part of the challenge here is that specialists who could severely impact a corporation and would be hard to replace if they were unionized are paid more in the US than in other countries. They have a good deal, and they are given incentives to not want to change that deal.
If the easier to replace part of the workforce try to unionize and exercise power, there is a big unemployed/underemployed group willing to take the full time job at the current bad conditions because it is a step up for them.
" 'I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs.' 'I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking.' Hey, wait a minute, there's one guy holding out both puppets! " - Bill Hicks
Similar to the old saying that the Right Wing and the Left Wing both belong to the same bird.
I've been trying to tell people that they're the same thing and everyone looks at me like I'm crazy
Because they’re not... Republicans aren’t burning buildings down, tearing down statues, vandalizing and terrorizing citizens and businesses. Republicans don’t harass people on college campuses for wearing Biden shirts but leftists treat MaGa people like utter garbage! Some lose their jobs just for being a Trump supporter. The left act like a bunch of asshole Nazis. AOC even wants a list of Trump supporters compiled and lists ARE happening. A list to do what? Harass them? Get them fired? Harm them? Fkn weirdos
@nunzio whhat about white supremacists, who trump failed to condemn.
@@presceltolives2076 wow are you brainwashed.
@@tablo1394 do you honesty think it’s republicans causing the mayhem in cities across the nation? Clearly you’re the one who is brainwashed. Either that or clearly stupid
@@presceltolives2076 there it is again. Its either democrats or republicans, always, not just dumb terrorists unaffiliated to a political party. everything is always political.
Americans: claiming Democrat Party is leftwing
Europeans: Are u on psychedelic drugs?
Big Corporations: (smirk) We made it
No,they are are oxycontin
Europeans claiming their unions, aren't as corrupt as their politicians... Even drugs wouldn't explain it. ^^
Simon Jimson Unions and politicians, they certainly match each other
@@FcoAngelPD Sadly yes. Both lie for a profession. Take care over there.
Omg my friend got into a fight with be bc I told her, her idol Biden is authoritarian right wing and she now thinks I'm basically calling him hitler. She knows nothing and is a hypocrite and omg sorry she is being very annoying to debate with.
"Theres Red and there's Blue, but they all love Green..."
"Every special interest is entitled to justice-full, fair, and complete[...] but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress, to a voice on the bench, or to representation in any public office." Teddy Roosevelt, 1910
If you are saying the Administrative State is to blame for our woes? I agree. I think the political fury in America is misplaced. Americans don’t really know where to focus their frustrations because the problems are cloaked within the camouflage of Administrative Law. That body of law of which Americans know nothing.
Man so epic he got shot through the chest and then mocked his would be assassin. Instead of going to the hospital he finished his speech and walked away. Dude was an all American badass.
Noone will ever know what was here
Actually not even close, but sure. Collect those easy likes of your ignorance
Philip what’s do you find wrong with this comment? I thought it was accurate and funny
@@Philip-vi1dy Let me guess, you're a fanboy for one of our fake political teams?
@@Philip-vi1dy oh yes, because being fed up with two parties that are essentially two sides of the same coin is ignorance.
More like being shanked from behind or being shanked in the front.
America is a company, not a country.
The capital of the nation is the district of Columbia, what is that? That's the name of the corporate entity officially referred to as the United States
@@KhemMagnus yeah. America is literally "profit Über alles"
And Trump has sold us out completely.
Yeah EMIR-CO aka AMERI-CA ... as in the EMIR COMPANY... as in the UNITED ARABIAN EMIRATES... they also own the UNITED KINGDOM too... the truth is stranger then fiction...
USA LLC.
This man is a legend. The exact things I had realized many years ago are being talked about in this video. Whoever is behind this, if you're reading this, you're a legend.
"The problem with speaking truth to power is that it still just leaves you with the truth and them with the power." - Richard Wolf
Wolf is a Marxist, therefore a liar.
@M3X i think you misunderstood the comment 😅
They don’t care
And a part of me is starting to believe the money has them. They never will
Yep, lying liars for da monies.
I swear they only become politicians so they can sellout to big corporations.
The money always has them, there is no hope for our country in our generation. The only thing we can do is increase union power, encourage union membership, or flee and head to a more sensible country. The working class will one day rule, but until then, we must wait.
@@Jrookus Canada is a great option, and easy to move to
“The US political system has two parts that think there different, but are two sides of the same coin”
Whom do you quote?
@@WhiteCamry it’s been a month so I don’t remember
This is one of the most succinct summaries I've ever seen of why I hate almost everything about our political landscape in its current state, good stuff man.
Problem is that FPTP election systems make it extremely hard to succeed with a third party option. You either get enough support to win, or just enough to defeat your closest political ally and hand the victory to your polar opposite.
That's the problem we have in the UK too. There's an ongoing campaign for Proportional Representation, though, so hopefully one day we'll get there. Be nice to see the US do the same.
Which is why we absolutely need some kind of instant run-off voting
America is in a pickle, to say the least.
pickle on fire*
@@40watt53 A HOT PICKLE
Except both bases just pelt the runner in the middle with infinite baseballs.
The Socialist Workers Party also runs presidential candidates, but they're very small and only have offices in several states
let me make it clear, they lack money
"Politics is the entertainment branch of industry"
George Carlin
Amuzing but Not the best form of entertainment if you ask me.
Frank Zappa: "Politics is the entertainment division of the Military Industrial Complex."
One of my favorite left-leaning channels out there. You're very articulate, well researched, and concise with the points drawn out from your content.
America is broken, time to breakdown and change.
Breakdown all the water cement bonds in 3 skyscrapers as well as solid metallic crystal bond in steel on 911 with a sprinkle of kerosene. Real breakdown I'd say. Politicians are to take advantage of representing. End of story.
Getting Money Out of Politics should be the most important issue in the Entire American Politics !
Because Money (Corporate Donations, Lobbying etc.) could eventually CORRUPT Everything and KILL Progressive Policies that benefit the Majority of American People.
Most American Politicians are OWNED and BOUGHT by Big Corporate Money, Lobbyists and Military-Industrial Complex.
They do NOT even work for the Common Good and regular American People in the first place !
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My good radical idea is that United States should ABOLISH Lobbying (NOT advocacy) and Corporate Donations ! as Many Other Countries did.
Because the Lobbying and Donations have the possibility to be used as LEGALIZED Bribery and Do More Harm than Good. Yeah, I know that it's nearly impossible wish to be come true in American Plutocracy. ??????
America is working exactly the way the founders intended it too
I support swamp green party,
Shrek for president 2020!
But shrek doesn't want to be president
@@migaloo364 for many layers
#shrek2020
He's better than what we have now... By a longshot
I would vote for "Shly" Sylverster Stallone, Rocccooo, go Roccccoooooo!
Shrek was pro wall for his swamp in the first movie lol
"Now we get to the part where I'm probably going to upset both liberals and conservatives."
I'm neither. And boy, I'm relieved. There is so much to say about both parties, little or none of it good.
Thank you, this is exactly what I have been saying for nearly a decade but lacked the ability to make it into such a succinct/well done video.
"Center-right window of discussion" is a perfect way to describe it
Over here in Germany we got 6 major parties you can vote for (and a dozen which do seriously campaign but never make the 5% cut, hence why they get no seats), every 20 years or so one might fall out and a new one comes into tge mix, but I still feel like I got too little to choose from. Politics is not as simple as yes or no.
@RadTheLad I come from the Philippines and I can tell you first hand what the drawbacks of a system like that are. It's first past the post, you pick one candidate only. The current president won the election with only 39% of the vote, despite being heavily criticized by huge sectors of society, from drug addicts to survivors of a previous dictatorial regime angry about the fact that his Vice President is a scion of the guy who ran that regime. In the United States, 39% of votes would be a death knell for either big party. In the Philippines, it was enough to get a guy the Presidency-because the remaining 61% were divided up between four other main candidates, each getting around 19-22% of the vote respectively. While I would bet that most of the 61% did not want the current President in power, they couldn't decide on one guy to back and so ended up losing to someone with a relatively small, very loyal base of supporters.
So if anything, let people rank their candidates when voting. I believe Slovenia or another European country already has a similar system.
@RadTheLad Yeah, that seems to make the most sense. Ranked voting.
@@theghostofspookwagen4715 The Main thing why this works pretty good in germany, is because the President holds almost no real Power, while the Chancellor, who is the head of government is elected by the parliament. While it would still be possible that a minority government occurs that has less then 50% of the votes it is far more likely (in fact i don't think we ever had a minority government) that some parties form coalitions and form the government together, rallying more then half of the voters behind them.
RadTheLad China is technically a monarchy dynasty don’t let their branding fool you. If they could I wouldn’t be surprised if they let Xi be a king.
@@KRYMauL China is neither monotheistic (religion isn't part of politics) nor a dynasty (dictators are chosen through ruthless behind-the-curtain scheming and plotting, usually not through blood relations). It's just a typical authoritarian dictatorship like the USSR was.
My guy literally roasted conservative & Liberals. Makes me think why we never had more than 2 parties
what do you mean?
*"A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having."*
- Emma Goldman
You want a war?
@@mankind8807 Not particularly. Can you remember a time when there wasn't one?
the two party system likes to play good cop and bad cop
RENT IS TO DAMN HIGH PARTY lol 🤣🤣
Lol
Thats just socialism without the nerd shit
Public we want blank!!
Politicians: we hear you it’s our top priority!! but the blanks are stopping blank!
Vote for us and blank will happen immediately!!
4 years later...
Public where’s blank? We voted for you and you promised blank and you’ve been in power for 3.5 years!!
Politicians: We want to! Blank is our top priority but the blanks are against it! just vote for us and we’ll get it done after the election!
And on...
the vicious cycle of every 21st century elections
I can’t believe people are this dumb to fall for this shit
The majority of Americans: *Support M4A*
The corporate establishment: *I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that*
We need rank-choice voting
Hear hear!
For Rank-Choice-Voting to work, you need actual choices
@@GreenMonkeySam : Fix the voting system and we'll get choices by enabling minor party candidates to actually win elections instead of just being spoilers for the major parties.
it's on the ballot in 2 states this year.
fairvote.org
IRV reinforces the duopoly. Your top IRV rank can be safely and entirely ignored because it transfers to one of two dominant parties or is exhausted, anyway. Not until a third party approaches 30% under IRV does it threaten a dominant party, when the third party might have won a plurality. After over one hundred years of IRV, Australia has NEVER elected a third party to a single IRV seat.
True democracy is the ability to have more than two choices.....I don't understand how come Americans have such narrow choices and gloat about having the best democracy in the world. Go figure.
America has a flawed Republic, the kind of corrupt Republic that isn't going to be a republic for much longer, like the Romans before Caesar came to power.
Instead of having an outright dictator like the Romans, I think the U.S. is just going to transition from the covert oligarchy it is now to an overt oligarchy.
Then our presidents and congressmen will just openly and brazenly be the leaders of an apparatus of oligarchs.
Trump is simply the beckoning of the lifting of the veil.
True democracy, doesn't vote on people, but on legislation.
This makes me feel lucky to live in Europe
Makes me want to move to Europe.
considering how your name is czechian in origin, I'll take my chances in america
@@ultearmilkojohn1145 "Franz Kafka[a] (3 July 1883 - 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. "
It does not mean that he is Czech since Kafka is quite famous
Sure, I would much rather have unelected politicians (EU) telling me what to do. At least we pretend to elect ours.
When the US goes full fascist, no country will be safe from our military.
If you want to support third parties I highly recommend doing some research into ranked choice voting (I've seen it called instant-runoff voting too). Maine already uses it for state elections and this November it will be the first state to use it in a Presidential election. CGP Grey did a good video on how the process works a while back. I'd love to see a video with your input on the subject.
Someone: "So are you a democrat?"
Me, a socialist: "Oh, no I'm not."
"So you're Republican?"
"Dear god no!"
"Oh thank you, more people need to realize that the answer lies in the center and we need bi-partisan..."
"No."
How bout follow the constitution. It’s pretty simple. The further we stray from its guidance the worse off we are
@@izparry2646 I don't particularly like to idea of attributing godlike significance to an incredibly flawed document made by a small group of rich guys more than 200 years ago...
I am a democratic socialist :)
@@primeroyal7434 I am a libertarian fascist.
@@grimreaper492 wtf
In the UK, each party can spend a maximum of £19.5m on an election campaign (or £30,000 in each representative's area). This is very rigorously enforced, and prevents the parties needing to cozy up to corporations. Donations over £7,500 also have to be publicly declared.
Maybe a system like this in the US would work?
A logical take on American politics...
You love to see it
I'm Australian and loving this channel as so much of the content is relevant to Oz. One thing I'm surprised was not mentioned in this video is the simply philosophy of thesis, antithesis and synthesis. How does that relate to the two party political system? Thesis (the blue party), antithesis (the red party), synthesis (special interest groups such as big pharma, fossil fuel companies etc). No matter if you vote for the thesis or antithesis, at the end of the day, synthesis gets what they want.
The American congress needs to go proportional, you'd be surprised how much a 3rd party can push progress. Australia in 2010, had something like that and the 3rd party who was definitely a minoroty shared power with the lefter bigger party and managed to push a tax on carbon which greatly reduced greenhouse gases.
Problem is the problems mentioned in the video aren't gonna go away with no more duopoly. Corporate interests finds its way through media like cable news and just ads.
As an Australian. What ended up happening was. The fossil fuel interests coalesced around the other party and with much more force and literally helped bankroll that Government out of office who put the carbon tax in. The same government tried to impose a super profits mining tax on companies who weren’t even Australian who are paying next to no tax for taking out one time valuable resources from our homeland. The tax wouldn’t have stopped them being rich, it would have just meant that Australia was actually benefiting more than just temporary jobs until the Quarrys dry up. Then all the companies went on a MediaBlitz threatening to lay off workers if everybody didn’t turn on the government. And as usual, most people turned on the government rather than realising these companies were literally blackmailing the public with firing people they wouldn’t have even needed to fire. They would still have been making profits astronomically. They just didn’t want to make less. The next Government repealed the action taken and 11 years later Australia hasn’t tried anything since and has gone backwards in this area
The USA is going to fall apart.
People been saying that for decades, centuries even
It feeds off the chaos
@@ultraatari9298 Well It just might, all nations come to an end or have some form of revolution.
Find my article on this - one part per week until the election - at Medium. Search TUCK - Hidden Values
I just wanted to say how much I love your content, and your bravery to put all this time and effort into these videos, while knowing that advertisers won't want to touch these videos, and they could recieve major backlash. Thank you for helping to educate more people on these issues.
This channel is the tell it like it is central. No sugar coding anything here, this is awesome 👏
This video needs to be shown in all political education settings.
That’s why I’m and independent socialist
Which is why you'll never get any political reforms done...
How do you propose reform then?
@@Philip-vi1dy If you paid attention to the video, he pointed out that the Socialist Party of the early to mid twentieth century introduced many reforms to our labor laws that changed the US for the better, such as the 40 hour work week, child labor laws, ect.
@@Arperture if you watched the video then you'll notice that though the socialist party talked about those things, it wasn't them who passed any of those laws. the other guys point is still valid
@@gstarr3355 usually the elites dont enact the new, better ideas that socialists present until they are literally forced to(then take credit for). We are in another civil rights movement era, and you better believe the elites will kick and scream to stop any change until the pitchforks show up at their door
"Two of the least appealing presidential candidates in History." This is sadly an understatement.
@Omega Minus Wait, why did you use to hate him?
American exceptionalism right there...because wasn't that elluded to in 2016? How could the political landscape up the ante from that debacle. Two geriatric jackasses that are desensitized to the realities of being a poor citizen or even a blue collar schmuck in everyday America.
Exactly. And I thought 2016 was bad
Every time i think you cant outdo your last video, you do it easily. Bravo
“when politics becomes a fashion show”
sounds a lot like
“fascism tends towards an aestheticization of politics”
A E S T H E T I C S
“Red or blue”
Me: Uhhh, blue is fine, I guess?
“Left or right?”
Me: OH YOU MEAN THAT RED OR BLUE
Germany: has more than 5 parties
Us: you're getting 5 parties while I'm only getting two!
China: 2 parties? I only have 1!
NK: you guys have political parties?
Lol
DPRK has multiple political parties, as does PRC, try and read a book not written by ignorant westerners.
@@Petey0707 Your comment makes me laugh. While it is true that many parties exist in these nations, all are controlled by the largest party, as they are nearly puppets. And all parties that did not align with their agenda would have easily been exiled for "crimes against their nation".
This is a great video.
I was not offended at all. The truth is the truth. Both parties are bankrolled by corporate interests and morally bankrupt.
Although the fight for sustaining a viable third party on the federal level is hard I am still convinced it is possible. Every presidential cycle we see third party candidates get some portion of the vote.
The Independents are also shimmer of hope in that regard. Bernie Sanders is still one of the most successful Independent candidates at the federal level.
More people are registering as Independents, that may be a way to loosen the two party system grip.
History tells us that even the strongest parties can die. I believe as our country's demographics start to shift, there will be shifts in the party systems.
We are already seeing two different factions start to emerge on the left.
Bernie has really awakened a sleeping giant. He earned the most individual contributions than any other candidate EVER in US politics during his 2020 run.
In Congress right now, "The Squad" and other progressive candidates are gaining seats and popularity.
If that momentum continues, we will see a viable third party in the next two presidential cycle.
If I had the money, I’d contribute to your patreon. You’re giving great content.
"In capitalist society, providing it develops under the most favourable conditions, we have a more or less complete democracy in the democratic republic. But this democracy is always hemmed in by the narrow limits set by capitalist exploitation, and consequently always remains, in effect, a democracy for the minority, only for the propertied classes, only for the rich. Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners."
Vladimir Lenin
Lenin's whole propaganda effort was to manipulate the people so he could consolidate power. Backwards, isn't it? Capitalism is incorrectly equated to crony capitalism nowadays, and Lenin is no friend of Democracy.
So democracy is a failure just like communism then?
when futurama makes sense, you know something is wrong.
Thanks
The lesser of two evils is still evil.
But it's less evil. Less. The opposite of greater.
@@AnexoRialto Yes, less evil is less evil than greater evil. Congrats on knowing what a modifying adjective is. Less evil is still evil. And it incentivizes evil to always offer a greater evil to make regular evil seem less evil (see Democrats vs Republicans). Ask a Yemeni whose family was killed by an American made bomb whether Trump or Biden is more or less evil. The opposite of evil is good, not less evil.
Northern Brother sure, but when the option is between evil and less evil, the lesser evil is the better option. There is no good options, just less harmful ones.
@@AnexoRialto The opposite? that's cute.
None of these politicians are the "opposite" of each other in any way, other than where they are in a physical space.
@@0witw047 There are no good options, so stop playing the same game.
The greater evil of today will be your lesser evil of tomorrow.
This system is idiotic and I will not be engaging in it.
Wow dude, I was really impressed with this video. You're spot-on. Though I hope that one day we can completely eschew politicians AND political parties and just vote for policies. Direct democracy bitches!! Edit: I should also mention... Eugene Debs who you mentioned in the video was one of the founding members of the IWW, their symbol happens to be my avatar haha
i would prefer to not vote for the lesser of two evils, and instead vote for someoine that was not evil (or unqualified, or stupid, or crazy etc)
"Evil is evil. If I had to choose between one or the other, I'd rather not choose at all"
- Geralt of Rivia
@@GTAVictor9128 i feel like this election, its not about the lesser of the two evils, its evil and good, trump being the good.
Rami Lameche Trump, good? LoL
@@kersten5458 ikr it's amazing, what research can get you, bunch of information about trump, comparing what the media says about him and what facts are, you might be suprised about how much lying they do, I use to be democrat but it's gotten too much for me to handle
Rami Lameche I’m not a democrat. I don’t care for either party. They’re equally corrupt. I’ve done my research on Trump long before 2016. And no, I do not rely on main street media for my resources. I’m not that naïve. I don’t like anyone who is a bad person regardless of their political party.
I’m so glad I found this channel
This vid needs to go viral, so that Americans can wake tf up
They won't let it happen
As a european I can't imagine only having two choices. To be fair, none of the 7 parties in my country truly represent my ideals. Yet, at least I can choose, and allign with different parties on a communal or federal level.
The USA is a banana republic with propaganda to hide it better
As Busta Rhymes said before his killer verse on Look At Me Now:
Let's GO
Thank you for ending on a bit of a less depressing note. A year on and this is more relevant than ever
This is gold. Thank you for your time to put this together. I will pass on the word of the corporate takeover.
the two party system guarantees that no candidate can ever truly run as themselves......due to that it is assumed and implied they are 100% left/right when it comes to the issues.
Everybody gangsta till the third party also becomes as corporate puppet
i honestly never thought anyone would ever notice. lived my whole life surrounded by people who have never questioned anything.