1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,000 Pure democracies are not the way to run a customer. 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,600 Alright, so I've seen several comments in response to the 3 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,600 last video saying the way to run a casino comments 4 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,680 in response to the last video saying the US is 5 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,480 not a democracy, or the US is a constitutional republic 6 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:13,600 instead of a democracy. 7 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,520 You know, with such divisive comments, it's important for us 8 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,920 to remember that we live in a hybrid country where 9 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:22,080 republic representatives are democratically elected. 10 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:25,520 And given that, when we talk about democratic versus republican 11 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,240 ideologies, what we're talking about is how much power do 12 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,720 we want to give to the people, the people being 13 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,280 the working class, people like you and me, versus how 14 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,440 much power do we instead want to give to a 15 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:36,960 small select few. 16 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,200 Look, I understand there are several patriots in this country 17 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,840 through their American pride who say, our founding fathers has 18 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,640 established us as a republic, or have established us in 19 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:47,360 certain ways, whether it be expirec or whatever you believe. 20 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:49,040 But one thing you need to remember is that our 21 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,200 founding fathers, they never agreed on anything. 22 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,120 They were always in disagreement, and through long debates and 23 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,280 necessity, they had to compromise. 24 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:01,280 And their end result of compromise is essentially this country. 25 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:02,880 And on top of that, you gotta remember that our 26 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,280 founding fathers' job, it was an incomplete one. 27 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:06,160 They weren't done. 28 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,480 They never established the concept of term limits for all 29 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:09,040 offices. 30 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,840 They never established the concept of minimum wage. 31 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,040 At their time, and they couldn't possibly understand that unchecked 32 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,280 capitalism could yield monopolies. 33 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,840 They also couldn't comprehend social security nor Medicare in their 34 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:20,160 time. 35 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:21,840 It's up to us in the modern day to make 36 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,760 sure that the government is as fair as possible to 37 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:24,320 the people. 38 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:26,240 And look, that means different things to different people. 39 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,080 So one of the main things it means is that 40 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,520 we need to elect representatives who advocate for their constituents, 41 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,360 the working class, people like you and me. 42 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:34,800 That's not something we're seeing today. 43 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:36,880 The only thing we see today is representatives who, despite 44 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,240 whatever they say, only represent their donors. 45 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,080 And their donors' ideologies do not necessarily align with the 46 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,200 desires of the people. 47 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,760 What the working class wants, what the people want, is 48 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,240 to have unions in their jobs so they can have 49 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,800 a decent salary in a safe working environment. 50 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,120 What the working class people want is access to health 51 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:55,440 care. 52 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,760 What the working class people want is the ability to 53 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,000 send their kids to an education system. that is both 54 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,840 functional and well funded 55 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,520 But most importantly, what the people want is power over 56 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,240 our government because none of us always trust the government. 57 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,480 Doesn't matter if you're Democrat or Republican, we don't always 58 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:12,280 trust the government. 59 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,480 So we need to have the democratic power to vote. 60 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,520 And we need to have the democratic power to vote 61 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,720 people out of office when we want them out. 62 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,360 We need to have the democratic power to push for 63 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,920 legislation that benefits us. 64 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,880 So look, when somebody says most of the states in 65 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,280 this country don't allow you to put everything on the 66 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,080 ballot because pure democracies are not the way to run 67 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,120 a country. 68 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,680 Or someone celebrates our country as being a republic-only regime, 69 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,200 then you are against the will of the people. 70 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:46,920 Personally, I align with supporting a true democracy. 71 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:49,080 I believe true democracy is the only way that we 72 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,720 the people are gonna get the legislation that we want. 73 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,960 And this is why I align with the Democratic Party. 74 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:56,120 True democracy is the only way for us. 75 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:57,800 And the only way we're gonna get that is if 76 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:58,840 we vote blue.