How bad is the crisis in democracy?
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2019
- Around the world, democracies are getting weaker and most elected politicians are becoming more unpopular. Are they still serving the people or themselves? Film supported by Mishcon de Reya
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In West, corruption has a nice name: LOBBY
That's stupid
in usa the CONGRESS is the most corrupt form of organized crime yet
@cannabased The western are foolish to think they have "democracy" when in reality it not
very true. money money money. we need leaders who care about society and their relationships with others.
Ngọc Phong Lê Lobbying exists so that people can talk to politicians directly.
It is not inherently corruption. If you believe Lobbying is corruption, than any non-profit making speeches in Congress is corruption.
"The attitude of corporations towards government has gone from seeing government as a threat to seeing government as potential oportunity" - says an expert in this documentary, and this one sentence tells all about why democracy is in crisis.
YEAH they are not stupid you but a majority swing vote to pass laws for a fraction of the cost of getting approval via media. Payoffs to senators and congress are like buying a two hour hooker they are cheap prostitutes all of them. Trump the only honest man in government
@looes74 looes74 Move to CHINA . I hear they have huge cities with many cheap condos
@looes74 looes74 except the modern post wwii elite corruption of lawmakers has reached levels never seen before. They push Programs to eliminate Humans and eradicate wealth held by the working classes. Much worse it just a reflection of the voters who are just like them
@looes74 looes74 Ask your lawmakers who is responsible for CHEMTRAILS and what is the budget for this? After a moment of silence the evasive maneuvers begin and you will never get the truth
@looes74 looes74 Then it gonna be doomed for the liberal western. since china society is majority conservative. HHAHAHAHAAHah
Who would've guessed that unrestricting lobbying undermines democracy. Who would'vve guessed that social and economial inequality undermine democracy?
One has to come to the realization that democracy needs reform. There needs to be more transperency and measures to decrease inequality.
No matter how strong you build your state institutions, it's not going to save democracy if you cannot maintain trust into it.
Democracy has been failing from the start because firstly it's not a very effective system of governing in the first place. Yet it was favored because the royalties feared uproars after the french and american revolution while the people wanted a more effective governing system.
Democracy was chosen as a way to allow the elite to keep their wealth so from the start it was easily corruptable.
It's like the history is repeating itself in France
@Scott Webb democracy is a flaws syetem yo.
Not just in France.
Its repeating itself in all so-called democracies.
There are small and large cycles... I think we are about to come full circle on one of our century long paths.
@@Saiputera name a better system
@@loominatyconfirmed5774 authoritarian government is way better. No divided society, no riot etc..
There is no best system, only the not worst system
“De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum” - Of the two evils, the lesser must always be chosen.
To summarise: western democracy in its current form is failing, it needs reform and make democracy work for most people and not just the rich and powerful
Under the existing democracy regime. Which party has the power to force reform? no mention they both lack of motivation. democracy is a reference idea. how could the government make sure democracy work for everyone? That's a question.
A very ancient man once said,
"Democracy is the rule of mob". Misinformation and propaganda are more dangerous than tyranny.
Hatsoff to that man, Aristotle.
One of the American founding fathers said something similar "Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%"
Tru
India is facing the same problem
Once China rules the world, shitmocracy will thankfully be no more 🎉
So true. This is the perfect weapon of the Marxists. Long life capitalism
Stalin once said “it does not matter who gets the votes, it only matter who counts them”
"...I trust no one not even myself."
Joseph Stalin
@@l.u.rehuher3714 that's what autocracy is starting with. lack of trust
Heck yeah my city is on The Economist! ...Hmm wait a minute
Gordon GM poops and needles on streets?
Great video guys! Also excellent last few issues on these topics.
Plato was right.
Yep. Philosopher kings seems pretty good now
We don't have any other options better than Democracy
Force et Honneur
Pour un monde meilleur 🤝💪🙏
t'as vu comment les habitants de la mdp se sont planqués hahaha on apparait pas dans le reportage
" . . . most elected politicians are becoming more unpopular. Are they still serving the people or themselves?"
Answer: Themselves
nan,they always serving for themselves,few people clean their shit
Modi best example
Democracy has been failing from the start because firstly it's not a very effective system of governing in the first place. Yet it was favored because the royalties feared uproars after the french and american revolution while the people wanted a more effective governing system.
Democracy was chosen as a way to allow the elite to keep their wealth so from the start it was corrupt.
Now big corporations and shadow governments are ruling the worlds thanks to democracy.
@@gustaf3811 Democracy is an experiment, an ongoing project. It requires constant participation from the citizenry to work. The reason why democracy fails is because the public doesn’t participate fully in it, involuntarily via things like voter suppression laws but also voluntary due to such attitudes like “I don’t talk about politics.” Most citizens limit their engagement with politics to voting only in presidential elections. Democracy requires more involvement than just voting for a president to work, indeed for democracy to work the citizenry must engage in more civics than just voting. When the public is limited in its political engagement it allows public servants to develop into their own class of elites which is exactly what democracy is suppose to prevent. For democracy to work, everyone must be political, there cannot be a few people whose job it is to be political and everyone else disengages with political business. I’m other words, democracy fails when there exist a political class.
Corporations rule the world.
that's just human natural instincts
: greedy. and the Achilles' heel of capitalism
The two percent that own the corporations and media own the world.
@@g.williams2047 socialism nor capitalism is the answer. Embrace the third position
@@10THPROPHET I am in the third position.
Democracy ! Where ? I see dead bodies and Julian Assange
Ikr The western are foolish to think they have "democracy" when in reality it not
The documentary is to 95% about the US, the rest is about democracy.
Probably because the US is the most populated “democracy” in the world & up until recently, was the longest running
@@meekos699 Ever heard about a place called India?
@@andrekoniger3020 Oh, my bad! I forgot India is #2!
"The more governments control what their fellow citizens know the less they can claim the authority of those citizens for how they rule. The more governments withhold information from their fellow citizens the less accountable they are to those who give them their authority." John Dunn "Democracy". The biggest paradox of democracy is that while insists that government exercise democracy on behalf of its citizens but as matter of fact it is in hands of very few of those citizens, many of whom become career politicians. In terms of both political and economic power, the mass democracy of Periclean Athens has given way (by necessity) to an accommodation with what Dunn refers to as the "order of egoism," sustained by an economic system that encourages the accumulation of wealth and power in the hands of a tiny percentage of the population. The challenge for governments that wish to be seen as democratic is to preserve their ability to claim that they rule by the consent of the governed. In an age in which the ability of governments to intervene in the lives of their citizens is more powerful than ever, this is a matter of no small importance.
Hungary? Serbia? Italy? Britain? Russian influence on many countries and many minds of the people? You skipped to point out many examples while dealing with that drug crysis.
they arent going to make a video thats hours long. they had to choose. picking the opioid epidemic in the US was good because the US is supposed to be the strongest and best democracy. it was also good as the epidimic was created due to internal failures of the US system, lobbying, rather than an external influence on the system, russian influence. hostile governments will always try to ruin their opponent's nation, its far more significant when the nations own system ruins its own country.
@@harrywood6502 yes, but hostile nations such as Russia use legitimate problems that average people encounter and use their anger against the country of the aforementioned people.
@ yes and those legitimate issues are multiple. they couldnt cover them all and some are nation specific. they showed two examples of issues: the political class being seperate(france) and the political class not making good decisions for their constituents due to corporate influence(US). i think these are the two main issues most countries face and its fair to focus on them.
Hey The Economist, nice video. But for god's sake, tone in down with the music. You try too hard to make the subject epic. The fall of democracy is brutal enough there's no need to put violins and actions-scene drums over every second of footage.
They need to put a dragon and more boss music
As someone with adhd, it actually helps me quite a bit
Freedom is the slowest most painful birth of the new man.
1:08 I don’t understand a word but that’s a hard track
This video severely lacks focus. It turned in some kind of rant about US politics. There could have been mention of stable democratic systems to maintain a certain balance. Like this you only get a grasp of how bad the "democracy crisis" is in the US.
I also like how they painted the yellow vest movement as a threat to democracy while their main demand is more direct democracy...
So when do we bring out the guillotines?
yesterday
the perfect form of JUSTICE heads roll and no appeal court to deal with. 600 of these correctional device s should be towed to dc along with a demand they all leave and resign OR ELSE
Where can I find a list of all the sources cited in this video? I would need them for a essay paper. Thanks
I THINK, I THINK.....THEREFORE I AM
human society will evolve and survive to overcome the current crisis
Economy has too much power. People and politicians cant do a thing. It is never good that companies gather more power than states. Break the corporations
86%for China? I am disappointed😂😂😂It should be 100%.
There are manifold crises in Western democracy. It is a crisis in education and in intellectual discourse, migration and economy. To fight for the values of the values of enlightenment is complicated because the enemies are clever and use any mean appropriate to get the most of the system without sustaining it.
This was powerful and very meaningful I enjoyed it. However it didn't mention electoral votes and how it works in the most powerful Nation in the world. And I personally believed America needs some more improvement.
How do you improve an orligargy?
"You don't think about what you love"
that hit me hard
Sharing, Justice and Peace for All.
democracy value is universal. But how to operate a democracy system in practice is another thing.
Do you know what’s the meaning of universal? Kid
@@user-ku9nc2qo7v 你想说中国是专制吗？ 人民民主专政噢
何志逸 和中国有P关系？我只是觉得某些连universal这个词是什么意思都不知道的小P孩就乱用词汇很搞笑。现在地球上只有存在Western core values，没有所谓的Universal values，回去读小学地理啦
DemoCracy become DemoCrazy...
this broke my laptop, cheers mate x
21:13 Thanks Economist! #SOSNicaragua.
Eye opening video.
Democracy is so overrated
- Francis J Underwood
Howd that work out for him?
How they look at democracies in different countries, pointing out the drop in their quality, then end this 27-minute video with a clip of the Hong Kong protest and a simplistic statement "democracy is worth fighting for".... Much neutral, so subtle, the exact discussion we need, wow......
Nice video, ending with a slice of hope.
there no hope
My prediction is there gonna be more chaos in liberal democracy country. we already seen yellow yest movement, brexit movement, hong kong protest movement ect... all these are just a start, it gonna get worst in the future. HAHAHAHAH
"who feel shut out, and unrepresented by the political system"
dayum thats all over the world, in every country
I live in america so i wouldn’t know what it’s like to live in a democracy
@@youmomin4 America really does suck, are you blind?
@@ethancrowe280 go to North Korea and try posting about how the country you live in sucks lol
@@53anHarri50n straw man fallacy right there, of course North Korea is worse dumbass.
@@53anHarri50n corporations outweigh the people so yeah America kinda does suck
@@ethancrowe280 you're completely right. I'm the idiot in this conversation.
I wouldn't say a democratic political system is perfect for any part of the world. However, it surely is a relatively fair and just one when compared to any autocratic political system. Despite the growing cynicism and populism, I do really hope that people from the West can embrace a better democracy and support places who desperately need one to improve government policies. - my view as a Hongkonger.
Democracy has been failing from the start because firstly it's not a very effective system of governing in the first place. Yet it was favored because the royalties feared uproars after the french and american revolution while the people wanted a more effective governing system.
Democracy was chosen as a way to allow the elite to keep their wealth so from the start it was corrupt.
Now big corporations and shadow governments are ruling the worlds thanks to democracy
Heirs of a cold war
That's what we've become
People defined about democracy with idea power, knowledge and wisdom and ability to present, represent and fight from every prospective… where one will have no option but just sit back watch and follow as said in right manner.
regardless of what kind of governing system there is, there is always a hierarchy. none of the communist regimes actually practice equality contrary to those who romanticise it. though the monarchy was abolished in france, the republican soon showed no difference. when people have power, they become greedy. this is very human. the failure to understand shows a sort of naivety. if you can see this abuse on the workplace level, do not expect a government body to do better. protesting violently won't change history. the same people who revolt may end up ruling but they won't make the place better once they are in power. there are always going to be people who are going to be left behind. and as a minority, a majority race privilege is very real.
"LIBERAL DEMOCRACY" at his finest. No wonder why there are more proverty in the west compare to east asia
Communist has equality? I mean i thought the idea in communism was to ELECT experinced representatives to represent the state basically making it a twist of democracy
It’s strange that still so many people believe that politicians are representing them, while it’s obvious that it’s simply about their carreer, hence: income...
Oh man, did you come up with it?
However it is still better than China or north Korea where people don't even have the right to choose a man to represent themselves
I think it’s more complex than that. In Australia, politicians aren’t paid very much compared to what that same person can earn in the private sector. The few politicians that I know personally (admittedly not many), have typically started in politics for good/genuine reasons.
Most of the times, I always see democracy attacks others countries or people.
I am very gratitude that I live a great and powerful country.its name is China.
me too, even if i am now living in so-called western democracy country, i support chinese gov way to manage China, it is great country,i think it will back to be greatest soon..
The country who is killing thousands of uyghur Muslims without any reason only bcz they are Muslim ...shame on you
7.5 Billion people with 7.5 Billion different goals & desires. It’s not easy to satisfy a 100 person now imagine a nation of millions or billions.
Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong!
HK protestors are the loser in reality. they mask themselves as a rat.
I think it should be taken out on the corporations through boycott and not the governments being paid by those corporations.
MERCI à vous "THE ECONOMIST" de montrer cette vidéo VIVE LES GJ
People in 2019, complaining about life and democracies failure,
Oh pls, you haven't lived a day in 2020
2019: Democracy is falling apart.
2020: Democracy has betrayed its people.
2021: "Democracy" has gaslighted its people.
2022: "Democracy" is trying to make up for its mistakes and then is blaming extremists after failing to atone.
2023: Putin shoots "Democracy" in the head.
First of all democratic governments need to start thinking for themselves instead of relying on the academic and corporate spheres to tell them what to do. Lobbying should be outlawed and investments should be made in independent policy research so that politicians don't rely (sometimes knowingly, thanks to money) on biased advice and pseudo-research. We need honest and independent thinkers up there, not reality TV stars and freaking mascots.
But that is what the ignorant masses choose and adore.
@@Fritz999 my pal BHANU .....said ....WE MUST RISE ABOVE THE MASSES
it's hard for a Chinese like me who needs a VPN to access UA-cam and Google to understand why the french took the street every week and with some violence
UA-cam and google will remove any videos that do not conform to western liberalism in anyway. It’s not free here
I loved that...
6:43 _side note_: Those 14% Chinese people who don't trust their government would lose social credit score.
The breach of trust by the executed means that the executed person has the ability to perform and fails to perform the obligations stipulated in the effective legal documents.Restrictions on certain serious dishonest persons to travel by train, aircraft, entry and exit, etc.
Droiz 你可真是个大傻逼哦
@@officerinministryofstrateg3147 呵呵，张嘴就骂人。不就是个典型的垃圾吗？
@@DZ477 你个逼不就是在这下面危言耸听瞎几把说，扯个子虚乌有的社会信用分博你欧美爹的赞嘛，说你是臭傻逼没错的～
@@officerinministryofstrateg3147 哎哟，别一张口就骂人，有素质吗？我先不说信用评分。看你在UA-cam上面，我猜你在西方国家。你这样没素质，是那地方的负担。
"The interests of the Capital above the interests of the Country"......
that use of words may have been intended to convey
a feeling of frustration with Paris claiming the revenue?
The hidden meaning that the Capital implies,
is the power to appoint representative government,
is held by those with the Capital to choose the names
that appear on a Ballot....
All lobbying should be banned in politics
Gilet Jaune pour la vie les potos ! ✊✊✊
Abraham Lincoln say, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
废话，说这话的时候是南北战争，解放奴隶
Was it really necessary tu blur the opioid injection? I feel like this is a benign image compared to other scenes of this otherwise very interesting documentary. I wonder if it was blurred so people won’t “learn” how to inject themselves drugs!? I would find it helpful if the Economist could respond on this matter. Thank you
Hi Victor, thanks for your feedback. UA-cam's community guidelines prohibit us from showing content that depicts people abusing controlled substances so we had no choice but to blur the footage in that scene.
This needs an update.
Good report, but I miss of Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and fake news. In Brazil, it was a disaster for democracy.
hello from 2021
Fists in the air🤜🏽🤛🏻✊🏼👊🏼
How deep... well written history tell us that’s it’s as deep as civilization itself
Can somebody give a better alternative than democracy ?
meritocracy? technocracy?
There is none people are lazy and complain about everything you can’t make them happy
We need meritocracy
Leaders have always been same.
It's people who have more information about their govt and leaders. This brings dissatisfaction!
During that period of declining confidence, social media has grown......
A nice piece, as usual from the Economist, but once again it completely ignores the root of the problem, which is capitalism itself...
👏🏼 Capitalism is killing us all. The rich keep getting richer, while the poor keep getting poorer.
, thank you, for this, still, we'd like to see some deeper analysis of what's happening in India (CAA) and in Brazil and in China and in many other places - those places that are resisting democracy - are there reaction groups? (hong-kong?)
I recommend you to come to China to see for yourself. If you want to really understand, seeing China through the lenses of the Economists or western mainstream media is really not the way. We don’t resist democracy, and democracy is right there in our constitution, but we don’t buy into the democracy-turned-into-popularism or capitalist-control-democracy, with which you end up with mediocre or corporate-orientated leaders, and parties wasting much time and energy fighting each other instead of coming up with real plan and solving the problem of real people. Plus the the shitholes created by the US in the Middle East and North Africa, and the recent Hongkong riot in the name of democracy, we are really fed up.
We need "drawmocracy" everywhere!
democracy can be controlled by capital ! see how is brexit doing
Influence on public opinion is the weak spot of democracy.
Democracy is a good ideology and it should be practiced everywhere . However, it's not suit to every country. For example Singapore and China limit the freedom of speech . Even the governments control their human right, their achievement on economy growth witnessed by everyone.
This video is mislabeled. The actual question: How bad is the crisis created by *plutocracy*?
Yes, the corruption version of democracy. Any system in our society can fail.
Not really 1/3 of world Democracys have collapsed in the past 10 years
We don’t have a democracy. No one does. He question should be whether we should keep at constitutional democracy
Time for USA Constitution reset back to the original document and bill of rights eliminate all the amendments period they are all pandering to special intrests and groups we don't need them
I might add we can add a provision for basic qualification to run for political office like background check and mental stability testing. Minimum qualifications are listed on every job in AMERICA except lawmakers Executive branch and the courts outrageous. Also remove the protection from prosecution of lawmakers,end lobbyist, and campaign contributions from corporations. End keeping excess contributions and used as retirement fund for lawmakers. add strict Term limits and double dipping for all as far as public pensions you can get one not the three the late John McCain was tapping.
If you want a bus driver to be President like Venezuela. Then move there. People like AOC should not be paid to advance a carrier based on destroying the values of the people.
A related question: how many countries today enjoy democracy that was given to them by another nation? As in : they did not need to fight for it, there came in a third party such as US, UK, France, Russia, EU or whoever - and they ended up free?
Most are just puppet states of their "liberator".
France didn't have any help. All of Europe declared war on them because of that
I like the video and others by the economist but it’s interesting that Boris Johnson was missed on the list of populist leaders. I guess it might be seen as news in and of itself if he was on the list. But it seems that he is someone who ran on the criteria, named here, for being classified as populists, and that he is someone who continues to avoid being open, honest- and more depressingly- interested.
Probably because they’re biased since they’re British…
Price's law's extentsion to the socio-politico-economic arena dictates that " In every trading game , that is iterative in nature, the core element/commodity of that game will always eventually get concentrated in the hands of a few". For eg. in economic arena, we have capitalism. A highly iterative trading game. What happens there? Naive opposers think that redistribution of wealth in the poor strata will solve most of the problems, not realizing that due to the iterative nature of the system, that wealth will again eventually get concentrated in the hands of a few.
The political system is similar. What's happening in France is not the death of democracy. Its because the structure became so multi-layered there, that now it is not growing at the similar pace that its population's awareness and demands are growing. Thus creating a mis-match, leading to dissatisfaction. Over the years, democracy has been so glamourized by the west, that people can't even conceive of it becoming an inefficient system. Again, its not the death of democracy that is happening. In fact, if we look, the populists (whether liberal, conservative, democratic or autocratic) are the most democratic people in that system. They aren't presenting any of their own views. They are just projecting the views and insecurities of the people. If the people choosing Erdugan as their leader , it is the democracy that is paving the path for autocratic system. And that is the essence of democracy. Although, dictatorship or autocracy are efficient in their management, but after some time they become too rigid and hence brittle. Democracy, although being pathetic, holds the most "Potential" for future developments.
Get money out of our democracy!
15:45 it took her son's addiction to get her attention. the problem was everywhere and she didn't notice. politicians are so detached it is only when the problem enters their homes that they start to care. every politician should have an under-educated, bankrupt, unemployed, drug addicted kid.
Not so in the Philippines democracy is very much alive because the Mililitary and Police side with the people as in People Power of 1986 and Part 2 Peoples power. The Military sides with the people, they can never go wrong.
Democracy means that most people who have no knowledge of national governance, even those who are illiterate, have the right to dictate. how horrible to know that my fate is under their control.
Representative democracy is the solution and what we are concerned with here.
Democracy has been failing from the start because firstly it's not a very effective system of governing in the first place. Yet it was favored because the royalties feared uproars after the french and american revolution while the people wanted a more effective governing system.
Democracy was chosen as a way to allow the elite to keep their wealth so from the start it was easily corruptable.
what happened in Turkey with re-election in Istanbul happened in India in 2015 in Delhi.
Fun fact: the singular main demand of the Gilets Jaunes movement is the RIC (Referendum from a popular initiative - similar to what is currently in place in Switzerland). The Gilets Jaunes do not threaten democracy, they actually threaten the undemocraticness of the French government. The Gilets Jaunes actually fight for more direct democracy.
The movement emerged after the implementation of a (arguably badly made) carbon tax, but the movement soon realized that they could get all or most of their demands if the government accepted one thing: the RIC, the ability for citizen to petition on a question/solution and organize a referendum among citizens by the sole initiative of the people and without the involvement of elected representative leaders.
Also, it is misleading to paint such a pejorative view of the movement. Yes, there was violence, but most of it was started by the repression by the police order by the government. The violence from the police only fueled the use of violence among the movement.
Also, the extremists (which, as always, tend to be more violent) were only marginal. We actually saw the hard right and the far left unite around common demands and goals (which consisted mostly of a demand for more direct democracy).
Although, I am not saying the movement is exempt from wrongdoings.
PS: I don't know who is this freaking guy, you interviewed, who is "the voice" of the movement of the Gilets Jaunes. And I say that as a freaking French person.
We had something similar in Ukraine in 2014, but later it turned out that the "far right" protesters party was financed by the government, so they are out of real power now
Part of the "problem" is that people expect politicians to do everything the voters want, but voters don't all want the same things. So the voters elect different politicians, and in order for those different politicians to get anything done they have to compromise. That means that no voter is going to get everything they want. For example, there are people who are upset about a rise in gas prices, but there were average citizens who voted for policies like that because they're environmentalists, live in cities dealing with extreme congestion and pollution, or are pedestrians and cyclists who want safer roads, which means fewer cars on the roads. I don't remember where I heard it, but I've heard it said that people don't really want a democracy; they want a dictator who supports their interests.
Democracy has been failing from the start because firstly it's not a very effective system of governing in the first place. Yet it was favored because the royalties feared uproars after the french and american revolution while the people wanted a more effective governing system.
Democracy was chosen as a way to allow the elite to keep their wealth so from the start it was corrupt.
Now big corporations and shadow governments are ruling the worlds thanks to democracy.
If we wanted to solve our nations problems we should have elected those who are without a doubt much smarter than the majority.
Let the sheep be herded by the best shepherd rather than a deceiver or a butcher who only have their own self interest in mind.
Ah yes, reminds me of good ol Rome my home, the struggles between the patricians and the plebs, the fall of the republic, and the dictatorships & empire period. Still not sure which was better. Both sucked. Pax Romania, great but Caracalla and the other despots, not so good. Though I'd assumed a technocratic society with a strict open meritocratic system would be the best system, provided all the social classes have an equal chance of rising up in such a society. But I guess I am imagining heaven.
It’s like Versailles in 1789.
"freedom is an invitation to chaos" -Haytham Kenway
Representative democracy has been showing it's limits for some time, it needs a fresh dose of direct involvment
Direct involvment will cause mob rule
@@Saiputera not necessarily, while a pure direct democracy does not work for various reasons
representative democracy in the way it is currently structured only serves the most powerful in society.
Everything gets geared towards their interests to the detriment of the rest (equal opportunity is mostly dead)
Some mid term adjustments should become possible and more involvement of the citizenry in gov or the legislative process through referendums similar to Switzerland.
@@jittertn It would lead to more chaos and division. You are naive.
@@biterness2323 Switzerland is doing just fine, last time I checked..
@@jittertn Switzerland is a small country that is entirely homogeneous. Bad example.
What is the song in the beginning called?
Money system is the biggest problem. Thousands years we are using money and have wars, corruption...
I guess the saying is true; You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
#Of course Democracy is not the best form of government but it's better we have..
No, it's not. Democracy has never existed.
@@The_Revolutionist how old u r?? How many books u have read???
#Its a easiest way to deny anything rather than to prove it...
France Democracy similar to The Philippines got Democracy back to 1700s freed thanks to United states? Like that something.
Adolf Christ like....no human alive?
anything with emotions will not be an "absolute leader", they are all faulty
@@invinciblewill7091 Juge people by year and experience, you are not so DEMOCRATIC.
SOLUTION... NO MORE SHAREHOLDERS COME FIRST... Shareholders get paid fuckn last... ur sitting around with ur money doing nothing... the people that work the factory you share in the profits of, for a one time financial donation that doesn't help a single worker.. So time to pay the workers more first and shitty shareholders last... plus much more...
refer to the article "what went wrong with democracy" The Economist.
We need a more sophisticated democratic system! If people in power are able of corruption without getting caught or are even allowed (lobbying), the system isn't sophisticated enough. Peoples anger and fear is justified and politicians need to correct this issue in order to save the democracy. The protests and distrust will only increase until something happens.
Oh boy does everyone ever need to achieve proportional representation. Abolish distorted misrepresentation!
Excellent analysis!