"We are a republic if, you can keep it---Ben Franklin.
@jngfitness2001
5 ай бұрын
True, but sadly, that's always been nothing more than a fallacy and a lie $OLD to "The People!"
@Kenny-o6i
2 ай бұрын
We need to be more of a hybrid
@mikeh6084
2 ай бұрын
Someone needs to explain this to the Democratic Party because they are always getting it wrong
@Mike-ne8eb
Ай бұрын
A republic is a just government without a monarch.
@Xavieus
Ай бұрын
@@Kenny-o6ino
@jameswilson313
Жыл бұрын
America was founded on the principles of a Constitutional Republic which protects the individual from their representatives and mob rule. Our founders assumed that men would be virtuous and honor the Constitution. Lacking any enforcement mechanisms allows unscrupulous politicians to circumvent and violate the peoples contract which is what we have today. Simply put, a democracy is universal equality and a republic is individual liberty.
@claytoncoker6489
Жыл бұрын
This subject confuses me (I didn't pay attention to anything but girls trucks in school). Do we want a democracy or a republic? I just hear democrats always chanting to the people that we're loosing our democracy, but that's good right?
@FarBeyondStrange
Жыл бұрын
@@claytoncoker6489 we aren't losing democracy. The US is not - and never has been a democracy. So what they are saying is factually false on both accounts. So no, we're not. Democracy also isn't inherently good. It's flawed. And not the best we got, despite arguments to the contrary.
@anael55
Жыл бұрын
The founders gave us the ability to tear down recreate a government that was out of control. Without an understanding of the Bill of Rights & our Constitution, we are handing our power away to criminals.
@CD-vb9fi
6 ай бұрын
They did not assume men would be virtuous. They flat out said this would fail... and they put in safeguards and wrote about "what to do" when it does fail! They talked about it a lot too! Everyone seems to be unable to learn history despite having such great access to read the writing of the framers themselves!
@michaelbyron1166
Ай бұрын
@@CD-vb9fi Very well said, and all too true!
@RMNornes
2 жыл бұрын
I know I'm repeating many others before me here, but it must be said. Thank you for basic, straightforward educational materials without bias or agenda (other than education 🙂). Its nearly impossible to find this these days, and I REALLY respect your efforts and content!
@IllustratetoEducate
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! It really helps contribute to the motivation to continue making more videos when I know people are appreciating them. Thanks for watching!
@spacecat8230
2 жыл бұрын
ok
@XLava_
Жыл бұрын
And it's in our national anthem
@warlord8954
Жыл бұрын
@@IllustratetoEducate Except you're wrong. As I demonstrated with my comment, and historical sources. I didn't even get into the words, quotes, and writings of the Founding Fathers and the Framers. I didn't cite John Locke, William Blackstone, Montesquieu, Madison, Hamilton, Eldridge Gerry, and so many more. Not to mention the Anti-Federalists. You're putting out bad information that will continue to allow those seeking to subvert the beliefs, values, traditions, and the Constitutional Rule of Law, and pervert it into something it was never meant to be.
@tommyebunn5121
Жыл бұрын
@@XLava_what is in our national anthem? If you're referring to "republic" that would be, the pledge of allegiance.
@maximilianogarciachirinos3663
2 жыл бұрын
Excelent video. In my opinion I think the US is a Republic rather than a representative democracy because its laws are focus on protecting the individual rights rather than the majority.
@IllustratetoEducate
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I think that’s a really good point. 👍🏼Thanks for watching the video, commenting, and always being a big supporter of the channel!
@spacecat8230
2 жыл бұрын
ok
@tammydommel3039
Жыл бұрын
Yes but did you notice the people who are big on pushing the whole Republic thing, really want a democracy? Majority rule and the word minority is a dirty word to them.
@maximilianogarciachirinos3663
Жыл бұрын
@@tammydommel3039 With all due respect I disagree with that statement because a democracy can turn into the tyranny of the majority. In the case of the "minority" or labeling groups is against the rights of the individuals ,that enters into the realm of collectivism but that is another debate.
@terrywblake
Жыл бұрын
It is
@sidengland6302
4 ай бұрын
A republic protects us from democracy.
@painandsuffer
Жыл бұрын
"The ideal of a constitutional republic is individual liberty. In this century, great strides have been made toward the goal of subverting our republic and transforming it into a democracy. The foremost tactic of the subverters is the subversion of “language” - by calling America a democracy, until people thoughtlessly accept the term and use the term. Totalitarians have obscured the real meanings and principles of the American government.” Dan Smoot.
@amibrainwashed
7 ай бұрын
Only two types of people support a Democracy. Morons, and those who which to rule them.
@adamdrouin2295
6 ай бұрын
Too bad the overwhelming majority of the population is falling for this trick
@grahamhodge8313
6 ай бұрын
I had to look up Dan Smoot on Wikipedia. Unsurprisingly, he was a right wing nutjob,
@mrbigglezworth42
6 ай бұрын
@@adamdrouin2295It’s been a lie spread for decades. It didn’t happen overnight.
@d.h.jefferies2191
5 ай бұрын
Democracy.. ... Any form of government where the Supreme power is vested in the people's vote directly or indirectly........democracy.
@richardcabellojr6377
Жыл бұрын
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
@IllustratetoEducate
Жыл бұрын
Republic 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@goldenvulture6818
Жыл бұрын
Before Dwight D. Eisenhower became President "ONE NATION UNDER GOD" wasn't in the pledge of allegiance. He added it because of the Red Scare. Its a symbol of theocracy.
@EddieSchultz62
Жыл бұрын
"under god" wasn't added until 1954 on Flag Day. There's no evidence that any gods have ever existed, so it was silly to add it in the first place.
@philosopher-2007
Жыл бұрын
@@EddieSchultz62 there's also no evidence of Darwinsm yet we consider it fact in the school system.
@EddieSchultz62
Жыл бұрын
@@philosopher-2007 Okay, cool...You admit there's no evidence for any gods' existence. But there is a lot of evidence for evolution. The ToE is the best explanation for evolution accepted by about 99% of life science scientists, and evolution itself is a fact. I suggest you educate yourself on the subject. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_support_for_evolution
@noncoincidencesynchronicit8896
Жыл бұрын
🗝 Straightforward explanation, that ALL should be able to understand in a few minutes! 👍🏼
@IllustratetoEducate
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! That’s the hope behind my channel! I appreciate the comment!
@CD-vb9fi
6 ай бұрын
but it's a lie... I can make up anything to sell a lie to.
@gregterry955
Ай бұрын
The founding fathers warned us against political parties
@alfonstabz9741
Жыл бұрын
Republic ! Republic ! Republic !
@Rialuvs2pac
Жыл бұрын
Bros opinion is so oddly strong that had to chant in the KZitem comment section without using all caps, but using a capital only after every “ !“ but only one letter of course!
@tobydulanski3000
Жыл бұрын
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
@chrisnichols9014
Жыл бұрын
*Insert Star Wars joke here*
@alfonstabz9741
Жыл бұрын
@@chrisnichols9014 🤣🤣🤣 red alert: yuris revenge.
@chillalewski7769
Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah brother! Coming from a polish slav living in Germany. Europe is domed....
@sherlock1895
5 ай бұрын
It was well done indeed. I never cease to be amazed by how many folks don’t know the difference. Cheers!
@phreakmode
11 ай бұрын
Dan Smoots take on this is highly recomended for viewing or listening to. He goes 1 step further and points out that the US system is a Constitutional Republic while explaining the dangers of a true democracy.
@CD-vb9fi
6 ай бұрын
Yes, Dan Smoots video is correct while this one is a lie.
@grahamhodge8313
6 ай бұрын
The USA is not a true democracy it is a representative democracy. The video explained how a true democracy is impractical. Did you not bother to watch it?
@diegrinder6851
6 ай бұрын
@@CD-vb9fiExactly. 100% Correct 💯❤
@easutube
5 ай бұрын
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@jimallen1186
2 ай бұрын
This one isn't a lie. It's just too simplified.
@abdulazizmohammed7715
Жыл бұрын
I like the fact that you are giving examples on each system. Keep going!
@seanannigans
2 жыл бұрын
You draw the Constitution very well.
@IllustratetoEducate
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😊
@joebenson528
Жыл бұрын
@@IllustratetoEducate 3:05 You were wrong here. The constitution does not allow interpretation such as "2nd Amendment only covers muskets" or "You can't yell "fire" in a crowded theater". Both of these interpretations are unconstitutional because "interpretations" are inherently unconstitutional they always seek to limit and not expand. The founders knew technology would evolve so they were intentionally vague in their wording. The constitution only allows added amendments that do not contradict existing ones assuming a significant vote will approve one.
@naturaldisaster2
2 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about this.....now I am getting a unbiased explanation
@naturaldisaster2
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@IllustratetoEducate
2 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you found this to be relevant to what you’ve been wondering about lately. 👍🏼
@spacecat8230
2 жыл бұрын
ok
@springcrocus7flower635
Жыл бұрын
It is biased actually. He said we have both. May I suggest you go to Robert Breaker - Republic va Democracy.
@eemoogee160
Жыл бұрын
it's amusing that you consider this in any way unbiased 😂😂
@deepblue8327
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the simplistic unbiased explanation of so many misunderstood topics
@IllustratetoEducate
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome! I hope this simple explanation can be helpful to those that are trying to get a better understanding of government and politics. 👍🏼
@spacecat8230
2 жыл бұрын
ok
@CD-vb9fi
6 ай бұрын
Unbiased? He lies in the video. Kratos is "strength, power" in Greek... NOT "rule". You can look this up... right? Or are you that incapable that you will just believe anything they say on the internet despite the fact you can look up greek words and their meanings online?
@ninjaboninjabanana
2 ай бұрын
Who knew there were so many constitutional scholars and experts on government in the comment section? This was a good video explanation and I use it to help explain the difference to my students. Well done.
@IllustratetoEducate
2 ай бұрын
Nice! I’m glad to hear that (as a former teacher myself)
@TheRealMake-Make
2 ай бұрын
Yeah, a certain sect within the country loves to say “we’re a Constitutional Republic, not a democracy” as if that makes their cult any less bizarre.
@movielover3986
9 ай бұрын
God bless the republic 🇺🇸
@juliemccauslin5807
5 ай бұрын
Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏 ❤
@aidansaviakjuk8311
2 ай бұрын
Let's go TRUMP from Canada lol
@dunemae
Ай бұрын
@@aidansaviakjuk8311…
@morseventurechannel1365
Жыл бұрын
We are a constitutional republic
@organikproductionz9347
5 ай бұрын
Yep and democracy is a lie in this country. No such thing
@Totaro77
Ай бұрын
Constitutional representative republic
@TravisKastl-ui9mk
15 күн бұрын
@Totaro77 All republics by definition are representative.
@Nerbly
2 ай бұрын
So a Republic gives people rights that can't be infringed upon, and a pure democracy doesn't. Thank you, forefathers. For the constitution and the USA republic.
@allankahn1980
Жыл бұрын
Excellent breakdown of the differences! One thing to add is republics also allow the isolation of certain public things that can harm the public at large if left unrestricted. In America's case, we took the Monarchy (Executive branch), Parliament (Legislative Branch), and East-India Trading Company (Corporations) and isolated them together; so all Constitutionally created things, such as the United States (Washington D.C) and its Laws that pass will not effect the Freedom(s) that Americans have by Right. Thus, limiting and restricting the Republic's power to only Persons (Titles or Corporations) they create, and all who bear those Persons.
@wulfbooy
Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure they knew what they were saying when they said republic.
@rustyshackleford3320
Жыл бұрын
And to the republic for which it stands
@francisdashwood1760
2 ай бұрын
Don't look too closely at the so-called Pledge Of Allegiance.
@EnchiladaBoulevard
2 ай бұрын
Don't step on my toe.
@ANTICOMwestcoast
Жыл бұрын
ACTUALLY... the US is a constitutional republic.
@roryvance3694
Ай бұрын
it is both. They are not mutually exclusive
@ANTICOMwestcoast
Ай бұрын
@@roryvance3694 but they are different🫤 that’s why the majority never has a bigger say. take a civics class n come on back over 🤺
@TravisKastl-ui9mk
15 күн бұрын
@roryvance3694 Yes they are mutually exclusive. You can’t have a republic and a democracy at the same time. Just because we elect our representatives does not mean we are a democracy. A republic is a form of representative government elected or not. A democracy is the rule of the majority (mob) without any laws to protect the minority.
@roryvance3694
15 күн бұрын
@@TravisKastl-ui9mk Incorrect. You would have failed my Freshman American Politics course test on this. Per Robert Dahl, the foremost political theorist in 100 years (was chair of Yale's Political Science department and former head of the APSA if you dont know what that is..trust me you are out of your depth), he notes three common traits of a modern democracy. 1. A free and fair elections 2. no significant barriers for the citizens to participate politically (like free speech , free press and assembly ) 3. 2 or more viable political parties . All those qualify as democracy. I would argue we were not a democracy until 1964-5. He notes that 'republic" and liberal democracy are used interchangeably in the modern world and that the framers of the Constitution dislike of the term "democracy" was its association with Athenian democracy , also known as "direct democracy". Now a modern Republic simply has one group of people governing in the name of its citizenry and ultimately sovreignity rests in the citizens, however that group is selected. So ..the US, both democracy and republic. The UK democracy without republic (sovereignity rests in the monarch) and the PRC is republic without democracy. North Korea is neither a republic nor a democracy. I suggest reading Dahl's " A Preface to Democratic theory" or "Polyarchy" , as pretty much every grad student in poli sci has to read one of those two
@Mike-ne8eb
9 күн бұрын
@@TravisKastl-ui9mk There are countries all over the world that operate as two forms of government. The US is one of them. A democracy gains legitimacy when it has a constitution that guarantees the rights of the individual. A republic, at its most basic level, has nothing to do with individual liberty.
@warlord8954
Жыл бұрын
The Framers, and Founders most certainly did not use "republic" and "democracy" interchangeably. In Article IV Section 4 of the US Constitution it states, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,". The Framers and Founders were fearful of democracies. They knew exactly what they were. " Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” James Madison Federalist 10 and 51. Also, the Founding Fathers and Framers studied history. From Ancient Greece with Plato's Republic, Aristotle, Polybius, and more. They knew full well the meaning of a democracy or a republic. Each member of the House is elected by popular vote in their respective congressional districts, but Americans don't get to vote on federal laws. Not a democracy. Originally members of the US Senate were appointed by their respective state legislatures. Not a democracy. The President of the United States is not elected by popular vote but by the Electoral College. Meaning when you vote you aren't voting for the president you're voting for the electors of the party of the president in your state that have vowed to vote for the candidate of that party. Not a democracy. If people knew more about the differences, and histories between democracies, and republics, especially the Republic of these United States they wouldn't carelessly, and unthinkingly throw about the word democracy and attempt to claim that the United States of America is one> It was never meant to be one, or should be made one. Democracies always without fail degenerate into tyrannies, and dictatorships and everyone suffers. Lastly, not once will you find the word Democracy, democracy, or democratic in the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress October 14th, 1774, The Articles of Association October 20th, 1774, The Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776, The Articles of Confederation November 15th, 1777, The US Constitution September 17th, 1787, The Bill of Rights December 15th, 1791. But in your infinite wisdom and knowledge of politics, history, and law know more than they that created this nation, and you know more about what they thought, wrote, and spoke than they themselves. Try again.
@archiehendricks6093
Жыл бұрын
Dam their is someone who is awake, we hear both partys speaking of america the true democracy. Even putin saying we are. Horse shit. Democratic process and democracy are not same. Thats what I got from reading.
@danaerickson1777
7 ай бұрын
Well said, I agree wholeheartedly 👍
@CD-vb9fi
6 ай бұрын
You are SPOT ON! I am so glad there was someone here a year before me to call out the lies in this video! Thank you for being an informed American! We are in very short supply!
@warlord8954
6 ай бұрын
@@CD-vb9fi Thank you for the compliment.
@Mike-ne8eb
Ай бұрын
The United States is both a federal constitutional representative republic and federal constitutional representative democracy. It is irrelevant that the word democracy isn't in the constitution. A republic is simply a government without a monarch.
@BW-go3ih
Ай бұрын
The protections of the minority come from the majority support though. Many issues in our country weren't even referred to the Constitution until there was pressure to. Not to mention our Constitution informed our Republic, which in it, enshrines many democratic rights, from voting, to rights of a jury. As you said, a Representative Democracy feels the most accurate.
@DisappearingNightly
2 күн бұрын
As you point out, a republic is necessarily democratic, but a democracy is not necessarily a republic. Therein lies the confusion. The "argument" (if you even want to call it that) seems to be strictly semantic. The republic is inherently democratic in that it takes the premise of inclusive participation, by the people, for the people and adds safeguards as a hedge against the dangers of excess such as mob rule. To argue this point seems every bit as absurd as claiming that a piece of steak is not meat because, well, it's steak, not meat dammit! Semantics.
@jasoncox9883
Жыл бұрын
Loved this. Simple, straight forward, and short. Learned more now rhen i did in HS. Lol sounds funny but seriously what a great video.
@tcaldwell1782
Ай бұрын
I tried to explain this to my sister who keeps referring to the United States as a democracy and why I am against a pure democracy. I shared this video with her.
@tree_side_wind
2 ай бұрын
Your instructional materials are well crafted. Thank you.
@IllustratetoEducate
2 ай бұрын
Glad you like them! Thank you! 🙏🏼
@jameeztherandomguy5418
2 жыл бұрын
The USA is strictly a republic, no? People vote for representatives, constitution, and minority is protected from majority are all republic things
@chandelier6811
2 жыл бұрын
It’s both a republic and a representative democracy
@justinweinzierl7547
11 ай бұрын
You have to pay to live, die, travel, provide for your family and self. Go fish with out a license in a God made body of water or hunt on public paid forest (taxes paid for) if you get caught see what happens..? Court dates, fines, BS. What happen to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? You never even truly own your house/land -property taxes are rent, stop paying and they take your land. Same with car and registration. Right to travel is freedom. Freedom to move. Sounds like majority rule. Under common law, who did I hurt by getting 3 fish out of a natural body of water to feed my family? Pulled over for no seat belt? Where is the crime? No crime. Just majority rule making regulations and codes to follow.
@jameeztherandomguy5418
11 ай бұрын
@@justinweinzierl7547 None of these are relevant to what a republic is. The point of a republic is to reflect the majority opinion anyways.
@dustythurman5426
5 ай бұрын
@@chandelier6811 No. Republic and Democracy are different things, despite a federal department of education trying to conflate the two. We are a Constitutional Republic with democratic elections. Notice, democratic is an adjective, not a noun. In a republic, the government is not your ruler. It is delegated specific powers. Even if the majority wants to do some things they cannot if the charter (Constitution) did not give the government those powers. This is significantly different than a democracy or representative democracy where the majority can simply vote themselves the power to do what they want.
@dustythurman5426
5 ай бұрын
@@jameeztherandomguy5418 Close but you're missing a very important nuance. A republic delegates only a specific list of powers to the government. If majority opinion wants to do something NOT delegated to the government, then too bad, the majority does not have that power. This is often ignored by those who wish to conflate a republic and a democracy as being the same thing, but they are not.
@marciaperry6458
3 ай бұрын
This is a nice simple approach to understanding concepts that shift as all definitions of word do. I do feel that the role of the individual voter , which is not required in a republic, deserves to be noted as a critical and essential foundation of United States democracy. "Government of, by and for the People "requires ongoing direct input by the citizenry in addition to electing representatives to act on our behalf. A functioning democracy is designed to protect the majority from minority rule.
@napom_gamer2854
Ай бұрын
To the republic for which it stands don’t forget it
@407flawda
Жыл бұрын
2:30 I call bs because no where in the founding documents was the term democracy used.
@rexwilson315
9 күн бұрын
Vote a straight RED TICKET. Pass it around.
@michealwarren7
Ай бұрын
We The People!!!! Where we go one we go all MOB RULE (democracy)
@revolutionaryhamburger
6 ай бұрын
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
@samestabar7274
11 ай бұрын
Democracy is not mentioned once in constitution or bill of rights that's the difference
@EnchiladaBoulevard
2 ай бұрын
#DEMOCRACY
@kellylittle969
Ай бұрын
This was so good and satisfying at the same time!!!
@tonysmith9005
Ай бұрын
My name is Tony Naeem smith I am your number one fan
@jeffdishong4853
Жыл бұрын
We have always been a republic, but we do have many democratic tendencies.
@IllustratetoEducate
Жыл бұрын
That’s a good way of putting it! :)
@dustythurman5426
5 ай бұрын
Yes, we use democratic processes, but, that makes democratic an adjective, not a noun, which is a significant difference. This linguistic trick is being used to usurp more power to the government without ratifying amendments they know they can't pass.
@kellyjn12
4 ай бұрын
We are a Constitutional Republic. Ruled by the Constitution which limits govt. Democracy and Republic are competing political ideologies Representative democracy is a worse idea than a democracy. It’s easier to persuade 151 of 300 elected representatives to support legislation that is not in the public’s interest, than it is to get 165 million voters to support legislation that is not in the interest of the general public Just because we elect representatives doesn’t magically transform America into a democracy
@T6_That
4 күн бұрын
Can anyone explain to me why Democracy always devolves into Tyranny? I'm not challenging the notion but rather trying to learn and wrap my head around it so I'm not just parroting talking points. Thank you!
@mrnerd73
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this concept simple ❤
@IllustratetoEducate
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@NickHernandez2024
5 ай бұрын
3:37 just learned this, Judicial Review is not a constitutionally mandated thing or even named in the constitution. Judicial Review comes from the Case of Marbury V Madison
@p333t3r
2 ай бұрын
Good video. You have some crazy Sharpie skills
@sanrasuzumaki942
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great info video, just subscribed 😀 and going to check the rest of your stuff, thank you very much 😊
@IllustratetoEducate
Жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard! I'm glad you found the video to be helpful. There are over 120+ videos to check out. And if you have any ideas for new videos, just let me know.
@FernandoGonzalez-ub9iw
Жыл бұрын
Basically Democracy is the dictatorship of the mayority and Republic is the representation of the mayority and minorities in a context of laws.
@Kyle-fq4kq
Жыл бұрын
@@souventudubanned dictatorship of the majority is an oxymoron
@richardcabellojr6377
Жыл бұрын
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
@rainick
6 ай бұрын
@@Kyle-fq4kq It would be more accurate to use tyranny of the majority.
@JPerry2337
6 күн бұрын
excellent!!!
@ericwolf9482
Ай бұрын
In a Democracy you get to vote . Example 3 Wolves and one Sheep and you get to vote "Whats for Dinner " but in a Republic you also get to vote what's for dinner but minority Rights are Protected.. think about it.
@rynwin1
6 ай бұрын
We are a constitutional republic with democratic processes
@Naferner_Said
Жыл бұрын
Yea but we are currently an Oligarchy, because the 2 sides still cant figure out whats more important
@giolag5593
23 күн бұрын
It's a hybrid of democracy and republic. You should be suspicious of why Republican talk so much about this subject. The only reason why the Republican party resurfaced this debate is not because they care about you and me when they talk about "minorities", but because the elites, the donors that pay them want full control of the country and to do that they need overwhelming power over all of us.
@winninglifeyo
Жыл бұрын
I just want to point out that constitution does not grant power to overturn laws which is called Judicial Review SCOTUS granted themselves that doctrine in the 1803 case Marbury v. Madison
@rainick
6 ай бұрын
On the flip side, if they don't have Judicial review, then the constitution is meaningless.
@MS7000_
Жыл бұрын
What if the majority in a democracy want something that isn’t right , morally or ethically? Then what ?
@Liliana_the_ghost_cat
Жыл бұрын
Then they get what they want
@TalkingGIJoe
7 ай бұрын
then we the people use the 2nd amendment to protect ourselves from their criminal actions...
@dustythurman5426
5 ай бұрын
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch." Benjamin Franklin So in a democracy, if the majority is not moral, the laws will not be, either. This is precisely why the US is a republic instead.
@davidjgill4902
Жыл бұрын
The definition of democracy provided is wrong or incomplete. Democracy is not strictly defined as a direct or Athenian democracy. There are other forms of democracy. The video does a disservice to the topic.
@lake5044
2 жыл бұрын
Who decides those rules that protect the minorities from the majority in a republic?
@LechDharma
2 жыл бұрын
In America it is the legislature, and the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of any and all laws/rights.
@dustythurman5426
5 ай бұрын
The Constitution. The government is only given an explicit list of powers. If the Constitution does not EXPLICITLY say the government is delegated the authority to do something, then it does NOT have that power. The government is currently violating this in MANY ways, but because most people are ignorant and/or apathetic about politics, we have not held them accountable to being Constitutionally limited.
@Ppscaspirant-k6d
Жыл бұрын
New subscriber thanks for these endeavors
@IllustratetoEducate
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for subscribing!
@Gulicktheemu
Жыл бұрын
The U.S. IS a Constitutional Republic. Each State IS a Democracy.
@dominiktippner8254
Ай бұрын
Team Both
@borzica
Жыл бұрын
For the Republic!
@chrisnichols9014
Жыл бұрын
Do it!
@kingnguyen7446
10 күн бұрын
If everyone understood this, democrat party would be DONE
@niko2002
6 минут бұрын
Word!
@kevinmorin7965
Күн бұрын
I think you should have included Art. 4 Sect. 4 of our Constitution.....
@zechc
Ай бұрын
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the *Republic* for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all."
@radioreactivity3561
2 жыл бұрын
So... Republic is a representative democracy?
@icecreamjunkie6790
2 жыл бұрын
Essentially, yes
@aabracadavra
2 жыл бұрын
As soon as he started defining the USA's governing style all I could hear was... a republic. He kinda lost me there.
@derekeveretts8160
5 ай бұрын
United States is a constitutional republic. A republic is based on only electing representatives to represent the people. But a constitutional republic limits the powers of those representatives in order to protect the rights and liberty of the people.
@SantosdeMuerte
Ай бұрын
In Australia, we elect our own dictators. We stopped being a democracry long ago, we are an autocracy. 'Government knows best' as we say down here.
@KenH60109
6 ай бұрын
The republic definition you use is with a constitution attached, and could, in many ways, be considered a representative democracy, as democracy mostly involves the rule of the people in some way, shape, or form.
@dustythurman5426
5 ай бұрын
The nuance you are missing is the inalienable rights. The "rule of law" means the laws are above even the government. The law is the ruler. And the supreme law is the Constitution, which limits the government to explicitly listed powers, preventing the government from enacting laws at the whim of a temporary majority outside the scope of the delegated authority in the Constitution. The elected representatives cannot legalize murder, theft, etc, no matter the majority opinion/vote because it is not delegated the authority to legislate these by the Constitution. This is how minority rights are protected and why it is significantly different than a democracy, where majority opinion rules absolute.
@jefffortney4261
4 ай бұрын
Govern, NOT rule! There IS a difference.
@KhristianGillespie
Ай бұрын
AMERICAN BEEN REPUBLIC
@nickturner8927
5 ай бұрын
Very well done sir thank you for teaching the truth 😊
@domi69ify
3 ай бұрын
So a republic is a democracy ruled by a set of accepted rules…
@spinygoldfishh634
Ай бұрын
Had me till 1:33 “BCE” lol. What event started the common era
@RJ-re3ey
6 күн бұрын
The Christians even created the calendar the entire world goes by. They at least deserve the credit of AD and BC
@gersi3507
Жыл бұрын
Very nice but kratos doesn't mean rule it means "state" wich means a state by the people
@IllustratetoEducate
Жыл бұрын
Good clarification! Thanks!
@cmjassassin5002
Жыл бұрын
What is the Greek words of democracy? The word democracy comes from the Greek words "demos", meaning people, and "kratos" meaning power; so democracy can be thought of as "power of the people": a way of governing which depends on the will of the people.
@olheghtt
Жыл бұрын
Don't let this guy, whoever he is, tell you any different, America is a Republic.
@Mike-ne8eb
Жыл бұрын
Prove it.
@olheghtt
Жыл бұрын
@@Mike-ne8eb stupid
@anneharle2644
Ай бұрын
@@Mike-ne8eb LMAO! The U.S. is a Constitutional Republic. We *have* democracy; we are not *a* democracy. Our Founding Fathers rejected democracy as mob rule (as they should have). Nowhere in the Constitution or other founding documents will you find the word democracy. Article IV Section 4 of our Constitution guarantees all states in the Union a Republican form of government. We are a Republic. A direct democracy is for universal equality. A Republic is for individual liberty. In a direct democracy, we the people would vote for/against laws. In a Republic, our elected representatives vote for/against laws. We are a Republic whether you like it or not. The mere fact you don't know that speaks volumes about your education (or lack thereof).
@Mike-ne8eb
Ай бұрын
@@anneharle2644 John Adams used the term "representative democracy" in 1794; so did Noah Webster in 1785; so did Sr. George Tucker in his 1803 edition of Blackstone; so did Thomas Jefferson in 1815. Tucker's Blackstone likewise uses "democracy" to describe a representative democracy, even when the qualifier "representative" is omitted. Chief Justice John Marshall-who helped lead the fight in the Virginia Convention for ratifying the U.S. Constitution-likewise defended the Constitution in that convention thus: I conceive that the object of the discussion now before us is whether democracy or despotism be most eligible. I am sure that those who framed the system submitted to our investigation, and those who now support it, intend the establishment and security of the former. The supporters of the Constitution claim the title of being firm friends of the liberty and the rights of mankind. They say that they consider it as the best means of protecting liberty. We, sir, idolize democracy. Those who oppose it have bestowed eulogiums on monarchy. We prefer this system to any monarchy because we are convinced that it has a greater tendency to secure our liberty and promote our happiness. We admire it because we think it a well-regulated democracy: it is recommended to the good people of this country: they are, through us, to declare whether it be such a plan of government as will establish and secure their freedom. James Wilson, Supreme Court justice at Constitutional Convention referred to the constitution as "democratical" when compared to the "monarchical and aristocratical" forms of government: "Of what description is the Constitution before us? In its principles, it is purely democratical: varying indeed in its form in order to admit all the advantages, and to exclude all the disadvantages which are incidental to the known and established constitutions of government. But when we take an extensive and accurate view of the streams of power that appear through this great and comprehensive plan … we shall be able to trace them to one great and noble source, THE PEOPLE…" Thomas Jefferson referred to the United States as a representative democracy in his letter to Mr. Peter H. Wendover in March of 1815. Monticello Mar. 13. 15. Sir Your favor of Jan. 30. was recieved after long delay on the road, and I have to thank you for the volume of discourses which you have been so kind as to send me. I have gone over them with great satisfaction, and concur with the able preacher in his estimate of the character of the belligerents in our late war, and lawfulness of defensive war. I consider the war, with him, as ‘made on good advice,’ that is, for just causes, and it’s dispensation as providential, inasmuch as it has exercised our patriotism and submission to order, has planted and invigorated among us arts of urgent necessity, has manifested the strong and the weak parts of our republican institutions, and the excellence of a representative democracy compared with the misrule of kings; has rallied the opinions of mankind to the natural right of expatriation, and of a common property in the ocean, and raised us to that grade in the scale of nations which the bravery and liberality of our citizen-souldiers, by land and by sea, the wisdom of our institutions and their observance of justice entitled us to in the eyes of the world
@Mike-ne8eb
Ай бұрын
@@anneharle2644 The United States is both a federal constitutional representative republic and federal constitutional representative democracy. It is irrelevant that the word democracy isn't in the constitution. A republic is simply a government without a monarch.
@RyanBoonslokovich
5 күн бұрын
This makes abortion laws in America make sense. The minority does not get infringed upon by the majority which is why it’s a state issue and not a federal law.
@zukyozelf7144
Жыл бұрын
You should make a video on the Democratic Republic of Congo
@jasonmarton1448
2 ай бұрын
Okay should have went into more detail about the minority having as much rights as the majority with examples? Which would be easy comparing states with less population to the ones with more! Actually there’s more examples but that’s usually an easy one to explain! Warm Regards and God Bless Y’all
@ArsacioJJulioJr
Ай бұрын
I stand by Republic... democracy, the majority still has restrictions. No voice.
@jayrene429
19 күн бұрын
Were a democracy in how we vote at a state and local level and a republic when we vote in our federal elections
@TRUMPLIESALLTHETIME
6 ай бұрын
A Constitutional Republic is a form of democracy, if you don't say that you are lying.
@SK-me9by
Жыл бұрын
Out with Democracy just as our forefathers intended. Back to being a Republic.
@SK-me9by
Жыл бұрын
@@souventudubanned Wrong.. Wow, some simply choose ignorance.
@SK-me9by
Жыл бұрын
@@souventudubanned Lol, I see. You're a child. Good bye have a great day little one (Remember folks never fear the Truth like this individual).
@bwanna23
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Throw 'We the People" out the window.
@SK-me9by
Жыл бұрын
@@bwanna23 What are you talking about? Democracy is against the people not for their Freedoms. Pull your head out your ass.
@roryvance3694
Ай бұрын
and to make this perfectly clear. Republic and Democracy are not exclusive political concepts. Saying we are one but not the other is like saying Texas cant have a coastline because it isnt on the west coast.
@MrAngrybaldguy
26 күн бұрын
A republic is a form of a democracy......
@lesmith939
5 ай бұрын
Well done.......thanks.
@haserotmalach7324
7 ай бұрын
On your next video, please, make the background music louder because I couldn't hear it on this one...
@ChrisModjeska
5 ай бұрын
This matches what I was taught in high-school, although it misses out on some important details, such as the fact that as few of 15% of Athenians were citizens, the rest being slaves and other classes of people.
@RichardShelton
2 ай бұрын
In a Democracy, if the majority wants my bicycle, they can and will take it. Period.
@ronaldsmith6829
5 ай бұрын
You did fine till 2:35 when you went off the rails. Also, though many of the representatives at the convention were as ignorant about the form of government being proposed as you appear to be, the leadership, Madison, Franklin, Jefferson (in France but still involved) knew exactly what they were about. We have a representative REPUBLIC. ALL of the founding Fathers deeply distrusted a democracy. Additionally, all the previous democratic experiments had failed miserably! Madison,et al, didn't want to repeat that mistake. Much of what inspired the Declaration Of Independence and the Constitution was greatly influenced by the writings of Thomas Payne and Francis Bacon. When asked what kind of government had been established, Benjamin Franklin replied, "A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it!" Many of our states are making serious errors by turning their governments into Democracies. California is a good example of this type of mob rule. It's a disaster, and the state is coming apart at the seams as a result.
@Dream-qy9ir
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, still don’t get it. What I gathered is a republic is a democracy that has a constitution
@jharchery4117
Ай бұрын
Yep, you really blew it when you said our founding fathers did not understand the concept of republic vs democracy. James Madison knew more back then about all the governments of history than most, (evidently you) know today. They clearly chose a republic over a democracy.
@valdavis7461
Жыл бұрын
We're a federal constitutional representative democracy AND a federal constitutional republic. Constitutional: Our system of government is considered constitutional, because the power exercised by the people and their representatives is bound by the constitution and the broader rule of law. Federal: Our government is also a federal system, since power is shared between a national government, representing the entire populace, and regional and local governments. We exercise our political power in a different way: by voting in elections to choose our representatives. That’s representative democracy. The Constitution does not use the term “democracy.” It’s true. But John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Noah Webster, Justice James Wilson and Chief Justice John Marshall all used the word. These scholars understood representative democracy - the American variety - to be democracy all the same. John Adams referred to the US as a representative democracy in 1794 in "The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States, volume 6" on page 19. "No determinations are carried, it is true, in a simple or representative democracy, but by consent of the majority of the people or their representatives." Thomas Jefferson referred to the US as a representative democracy in his "Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies" in Letter CXXIL to Mr. Wendover on March 13th, 1815: "I consider the war, with him, as 'made on good advice,' inasmuch, as it as exercised our patriotism and submission to order, has planted and invigorated among us arts of urgent necessity, has manifested the strong and the weak parts of our republican institutions, and the excellence of a representative democracy, compared with the misrule of Kings, has rallied the opinions of mankind to the natural rights of expatriations, and of a common property in the ocean, and raised us to that grace in the scale of nations which the bravery and liberality of our citizen soldiers, by land and by sea, the wisdom of our institutions and their observance of justice, entitled us in the eyes to in the eyes of the world." In addition, Noah Webster in 1785, and St. George Tucker in 1803 edition of Blackstone referred to the US as a representative democracy, and James Wilson, one of the main drafters of the Constitution and one of the first Supreme Court Justices, defended the Constitution in 1787 by referring to the 3 forms of government as "monarchical, aristocratical, and democratical." He states: "Of what description is the Constitution before us? In its principles, it is purely democratical: varying indeed in its form in order to admit all the advantages, and to exclude all the disadvantages which are incidental to the known and established constitutions of government. But when we take an extensive and accurate view of the streams of power that appear through this great and comprehensive plan … we shall be able to trace them to one great and noble source, THE PEOPLE…." Sir William Blackstone, who was much read and admired by the framers, likewise used "democracy" to include republics: "Baron Montesquieu lays it down, that luxury is necessary in monarchies, as in France; but ruinous to democracies, as in Holland. With regard therefore to England, whose government is compounded of both species, it may still be a dubious question, how far private luxury is a public evil …." Holland was of course a republic, and England was compounded of monarchy and government by elected representatives; Blackstone was thus labeling such government by elected representatives as a form of "democrac[y]." Chief Justice John Marshall defended the Constitution in the convention by describing it as implementing "democracy" (as opposed to "despotism"): "I conceive that the object of the discussion now before us is whether democracy or despotism be most eligible. I am sure that those who framed the system submitted to our investigation, and those who now support it, intend the establishment and security of the former. The supporters of the Constitution claim the title of being firm friends of the liberty and the rights of mankind. They say that they consider it as the best means of protecting liberty. We, sir, idolize democracy. Those who oppose it have bestowed eulogiums on monarchy. We prefer this system to any monarchy because we are convinced that it has a greater tendency to secure our liberty and promote our happiness. We admire it because we think it a well-regulated democracy: it is recommended to the good people of this country: they are, through us, to declare whether it be such a plan of government as will establish and secure their freedom." So why does the word democracy not appear in the US constitution, Federalist Papers, etc.? It's because the framers couldn't put both democracy and republic in the same sentence to describe the nation. They needed a word that defined the US states coming together to form a nation. A republic was better described the autonomous nature of each state coming together. However, democracy is the lifeblood of the American Republic and the fact that the word democracy doesn't appear in the constitution or the Federalist Papers doesn't negate the words of the framers as noted above. We have to push back against the claim that we're not a democracy because it has sinister motives. What these people really want is an autocratic nation run by a demagogue.
@dylanhunt3855
Жыл бұрын
“Is the US a republic or a democracy?” It is neither. It is an aristocratic oligarchy where a minority of wealthy people rule. To answer the question, is it a democracy or a republic, it is necessary to first determine who rules. If your answer was “the people rule” this is incorrect. The people do not rule in either a republic or a democracy. For that you would need to be a sortition. Only with universal suffrage and sortition will the government be a proportional, representative democracy.
@geoffreygreen297
6 ай бұрын
Read the documents! We are a Republic! The democrats party is trying their hardest to turn it into a dictatorship though.
@markwrede8878
5 ай бұрын
In a republic, property owners decide what the public can decide.
@scottstevens1657
Жыл бұрын
A Republic IS what the founding fathers intended for our nation. A Constitutional Republic. That is , a nation ruled by constitutional law for EVERYONE.
@charliejones7574
6 ай бұрын
Two wings, same bird. We're taking this country back
@independent5564
4 ай бұрын
I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag, of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All.
@JCBjr15
Жыл бұрын
Personally what I get from this is that a republic uses many aspects of democracy but has more representation for under represented groups. One thing I notice however is that the democracy and republic have both the capacity to be good or bad depending on the context. A minority group could have massive advantages over other groups like wealth and power despite being a minority by numbers. But the voting majority could completely stall and even deflect meaningful and objectively good policy change at the same time due to bias.
@dustythurman5426
5 ай бұрын
No. A republic makes a list of powers the people give to the government. This is how people are protected from the majority. You simply don't give the government the power to hurt others. The only thing "democratic" about a republic is if they use democratic elections to elect their representatives. In this case, "democratic" is an adjective for the elections, not an adjective of the form of government and not a noun like democracy. They are different things. Moreover, "disadvantage" in this context is only relevant to THE LAWS. Everyone must be treated equally by THE LAW. It is actually IMMORAL to expect equal advantage or outcomes. Those require a dictator with a finger on the scales, which means some people WILL be abused for the benefit of others. Most things should NEVER be subject to "policy", no matter how much you think the outcome might be better. This violates freedom and opens the doors to tyrants.
@Rheasound
16 күн бұрын
*We are a REPUBLIC period*
@simondahl5437
13 күн бұрын
A democratic republic. Period.
@joshuab79
7 сағат бұрын
I guess we don’t have to worry about democracy. Because we’re a Republic. What type of spinner are the Democrats can I put on it now?
@eemoogee160
Жыл бұрын
Why does it seem like the majority (99%) is being played pretty badly by the minority (1%)?
@justlol7281
Жыл бұрын
They aren’t
@eemoogee160
Жыл бұрын
@@justlol7281 Sure about that? Check out the Princeton research that proves that the US is an oligarchy run by the elite few.
@Kyle-fq4kq
Жыл бұрын
@@justlol7281 the minority determines who gets to run for office
@CD-vb9fi
6 ай бұрын
Because the majority is ignorant of the truth and they readily believe in the lies, some of which are peddled by this very video! THAT is why they are getting played pretty badly. The framers openly admitted that "Republics" are very susceptible to "foreign influences" which is why the USA was "Isolationist" for the first Century and 1/2. But the world needed to get the USA out of that so WW1 & 2 were started. Ever since WW2 end... USA became the very evil it resisted!
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