The decline of American democracy won't be televised

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7 жыл бұрын

We imagine democratic failure will start with a spectacular event: a military coup or the declaration of martial law. But in a country like the U.S., democratic backsliding will likely to start off looking a lot more normal -- with slow, legal attacks on our democratic institutions. It's the kind of thing that won't generate many news headlines -- at least not until it's too late.
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@NyJoanzy 4 жыл бұрын

It's impressive how well these age.

@aliceche714 4 жыл бұрын

10 years I "watch" politics, nothing really new happend, just the coroussel runs faster. I did a cover of 100-year old song, it's still relevant

@AY-qf4pg 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, violent mobs have taken the entire nation hostage while leaders are grovelling and enabling it. Anyone that dares question it is destroyed. This is how democracy ends. The cultural revolution is here, we're starting with destroying the four olds. Socialism is going to bring peace and equality for everyone! Just Iike it did in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, East Germany, Venezuela, Cambodia.

@FirstLast-di5sr 4 жыл бұрын

@@AY-qf4pg 🤣 How many flavors of the kool-aid did you drink 🤦‍♂️

@cloroxbleach4227 4 жыл бұрын

@@AY-qf4pg Either you are a bot from China or a dillusional. Denying history is just idiotic.

@AY-qf4pg 4 жыл бұрын

@@cloroxbleach4227 yes, anyone with a different viewpoint must be a bot from China 🤪 Your thought process is a result of being coddled with one sided censored thoughts. Do you acknowledge history? Look up the history of the Russian and the Chinese revolutions. Cultural revolution, land reform, the four olds, the great leap forward. If you research history you will learn the truth.

@dacstudios1168 4 жыл бұрын

“The decline of American democracy won’t be televised” 2020: *hey, check this out :)*

@arturosanabria5772 4 жыл бұрын

I mean there hasn't been any media coverage of, for example, the guy who got lynched to a tree a couple days ago

@augustgrahn528 4 жыл бұрын

Or the fact that kentucky instead of about 3600 polling stations only will open 200 just to keep black americans from not voting becuase they cant afford waiting for eight hours. And oh yeah all the geryymandering too

@matteste 4 жыл бұрын

The fall wasn't televised. It was only televised after the fall.

@dacstudios1168 3 жыл бұрын

2020: *a w s h i t*

@scotthullinger9955 3 жыл бұрын

@@augustgrahn528 - Hey, is that maybe the same thing as saying that white voters actually CAN stand in line for 8 hours to vote?

@madisonjillmiller9320 3 жыл бұрын

“The downfall of American democracy won’t be televised” *January 6, 2021: hold my beer*

@glownetwork4816 3 жыл бұрын

That day was my 22nd birthday too 💯😪

@comradejimbo58 3 жыл бұрын

January 20, 2021: hold my beer

@agrajyadav8888 2 жыл бұрын

That's not downfall of democracy. Its a way more complex subject. And it's inevitable ;)

@bizonc 2 жыл бұрын

Wait for 2025 now that GOP state legislatures changes rules to cheat.

@nottelling8440 2 жыл бұрын

I used to love America. I was proud to be American, and to have Served in the SEALs. Now? I am deeply ashamed of both. America is a failed oligarchy . America is the single most corrupt country on the planet. America has more prisoners that every other country on Earth. Black sites, torture, etc are common place. The will and desires of the population are ignored and subverted as a matter of course. China is the Land of the Free in comparison.

@daviddegenhardt5420 4 жыл бұрын

To be honest, looking at gerrymandering and voter oppression and this kind of stuff, the us isn‘t very democratic to begin with.

@thewhizkid3937 4 жыл бұрын

Censorship as well 👍🏿

@franciscoaraujo6624 3 жыл бұрын

David Degenhardt you mean voter suppression?

@daviddegenhardt5420 3 жыл бұрын

@@franciscoaraujo6624 maybe

@daviddegenhardt5420 3 жыл бұрын

@NANI yeah, but not really domecratic, just about enough to say it's democratic.

@budomk9299 3 жыл бұрын

@NANI a Democratic Republic is a democracy

@thekingofnorway3465 7 жыл бұрын

it won't be televised, it will be tweeted

@TheMasterJCL 7 жыл бұрын

Mac Benitez it's funny because it's true :)

@bernardolozano7429 7 жыл бұрын

True dat

@blackbird6009 7 жыл бұрын

bless you..haha..

@zebbleganubi723 7 жыл бұрын

its already been tweeted

@ybyby3rdday 7 жыл бұрын

asianmacker they're not one sided, they're just focusing on the most recent incident. You are right tho, this has been happening slowly since Americas inception

@Deuz197 7 жыл бұрын

So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause.

@alexwilkin 6 жыл бұрын

Deuz197 yeah, but at least palpatine could shoot lightning

@SpencerJenkins45 6 жыл бұрын

I knew I'd find this comment on this video lmao

@irvinnorris7041 6 жыл бұрын

Natalie portman...mmmmmm

@8ballentertainment.885 6 жыл бұрын

This is a quote from somewhere, I forgot where. Can someone refresh my memory as this is a a great quote

@OHYS 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's such a simple, yet powerful quote.

@hijack69 3 жыл бұрын

"The decline of American democracy won't be televised" 2020: Actually yes but no

@Year-du2hp 3 жыл бұрын

*(:*

@dacstudios1168 3 жыл бұрын

@@Year-du2hp :(

@erics7004 3 жыл бұрын

2021: TOTALLY YES

@Codeblueninja 4 жыл бұрын

It is scary not only how well this video aged but that right now we practically do have marital law right now. We likely have really lost America.

@djrubixcube05jordan31 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, man it’s scary

@ricky7426 4 жыл бұрын

@@souryak1251 yeah the riots and maintaining public order isnt a thing at all

@billpeart 4 жыл бұрын

@@souryak1251 it's unbelievable to think that people don't realize that the two party system is really just one party.

@billpeart 4 жыл бұрын

@@souryak1251 The left-wing right-wing paradigm is designed to divide people. Both parties for decades upon decades have been taking away Liberties and Freedoms. When rights are lost, the left blames the right and the right blames the left. We fight amongst each other rather than fight the system. Our government constantly uses the people as a scapegoat.

@ed7246 4 жыл бұрын

Under the assumption America was really made for what we believe it be. 😔

@omurkalbur6168 7 жыл бұрын

welcome aboard Americans , greetings from Turkey

@sadiqsd7800 7 жыл бұрын

Trump is not even 1% of Erdogon. Trump is just a zionist puppet. US institutions are strong.

@antoinedesfeirs9210 7 жыл бұрын

good luck Turkey, dark times ahead

@HerodotusVon 7 жыл бұрын

sadiq sd wouldn't be so sure about that m8. He probably won't completely remove our democracy, but has definitely started the process

@yugi6732 7 жыл бұрын

Antoine Desfeirs and even darker for the near countries

@ricardoguanipa8275 7 жыл бұрын

The US just join the rest of the Continent

@sanguisbumb6138 7 жыл бұрын

This is why I tell my fellow Americans that studying world history is more important than US history because we have yet to face the end of our democracy.

@lilaclizard4504 7 жыл бұрын

Yes but it's also rather important they study American politics to at least understand what it's about! The number of Americans who think they live in a "republic" and NOT a democracy is mindblowing!

@muhammadfathonihanif5500 5 жыл бұрын

@@bcgeorge4444 True and it's still a democracy. But some thinks Republic and Democracy are mutually exclusive.

@richochett404 5 жыл бұрын

democracy ......please

@user-wx4nv8xr3d 5 жыл бұрын

@@lilaclizard4504 and your one of them

@lilaclizard4504 5 жыл бұрын

@@muhammadfathonihanif5500 yup exactly where I was trying to go with my comment :) & some Americans think that "republic" means the right to vote & elect representatives for the government ie they confuse the terms "republic" & "representative democracy" & think they mean the same thing & that a "republic" (while talking about representative democracy) is "better than democracy, which is just mob rule"

@btrdangerdan2010 7 жыл бұрын

Oh you gotta mention Hitler into this! He got in legally before becoming a dictator.

@rustyslug2943 6 жыл бұрын

wienmar wasn't exactly the greatest country

@cloroxbleach9222 6 жыл бұрын

InFamous Memes The British and French were not so merciful to the German Empire.

@rustyslug2943 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and America never got a Carthaginian Victory shoved up their ass, they just voted trump in

@quinn5109 5 жыл бұрын

all of this angered hitler's father, who punished him severely.

@laudeinvicta7113 5 жыл бұрын

@@quinn5109 nice oversimplified reference

@Thedude88905 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, it just got televised

@Leo1239150 7 жыл бұрын

I'm German. I know exactly what you're talking about. We had this happening starting about 90 years ago

@shoulders-of-giants 6 жыл бұрын

We have this starting right now again.

@yukoncornileus4 6 жыл бұрын

Once big differnce is Hitler always spoke about making a socialist nation.

@FrogsterLP 6 жыл бұрын

Ehm nope. He acutally spoke about eliminating the socialist "threats" to Germany by the roots. Infact he came into power by putting socialist and communist politicians into concentration camps while threatening the other partys with his private army (the SA). He completly banned worker unions and big companies like Krupp loved him.

@FrogsterLP 6 жыл бұрын

He never was president. He was chancelor and when the old President died he dismanteled the position and created the new position of Führer.

@yukoncornileus4 6 жыл бұрын

So tell me why did Hitler and Mussolini call their part of Northern Italy the Socialist Republic of Italy ???? Why did Hitler speak many times of making a socialist nation of the highest order? You do know all the architects of the Italian Fascist Party were members of socialist parties or organisations? Why did Lenin congratulate Mussolini when he took power? Why did JFK praise Hitler? Why did Canadian Liberal Prime Minister praise Hitler? Why were Mussolini and FDR such good buddies? Why did Hollywood love Mussolini for a spell? You do know he was a life long socialist? Maybe they weren't right wing after all. Maybe you need to read more history.

@jacobpercival 7 жыл бұрын

Well I was going to go to sleep, but now I'm worried about American democracy. Thanks, Vox...

@benmcdade4883 5 жыл бұрын

Dont worry about American democracy silly. The United states is a constitutional republic and as long as term limits exist no president can stay in office long enough to do any lasting damage. America has had far worse presidents and we're still here.

@quinn5109 5 жыл бұрын

I too have a nasty habit of watching youtube videos that are very worrying late into the night.

@GoldenBoyJRH 4 жыл бұрын

Ben Mcdade the downfall has already begun. It’s been happening since after world war 2. The end of the US is parallel with the fall of Rome. Nothing lasts forever, we will regress to a point of no return. Changing presidents every 4-8 years will not change anything

@89an09n 4 жыл бұрын

how u sleeping now

@stormtruppen4039 4 жыл бұрын

So...... How's Mr. democracy doing?

@maggieoconnell3775 4 жыл бұрын

When this was 2 years before 2020 and “the declaration of martial law” part hits different

@stinger15au 4 жыл бұрын

looking pretty televised right now.....

@billpeart 4 жыл бұрын

People watch the television but they fail to see it

@planefan082 4 жыл бұрын

in all the wrong ways unfortunately. Canada's struggling too.

@hadara69 7 жыл бұрын

"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." ~Frederick Douglass 1857

@skilz8098 3 жыл бұрын

Nice F.D. quote! You don't hear that too often!

@tuanoful 7 жыл бұрын

"Political scientists saw it coming" ALL OF VENEZUELA SAW IT COMING, FROM WHEN HE WAS A CANDIDATE.... I'm Venezuelan by the way. I have discussed this with many Trump supporters... their answer is... nah, it won't happen, it's not the same, etc. We also kept saying, nah, it won't happen. Look at us now.

@tuanoful 7 жыл бұрын

Populism and an egocentric bully IS DANGEROUS

@clarisag6650 7 жыл бұрын

JustThaor they think it won't happen to them because they're "different" (read: smarter) but what they don't understand is that us Venezuelans also thought that what happened in Cuba couldn't happen to us because we were "different"

@romeoneverdies 7 жыл бұрын

like i said to many before the election : you have a choice between the devil(Trump) and Lucifer(Hillary) ... choose wisely . i said also that trump would win , mostly because people did not trust her one bit, and people who voted for trump where mostly so Hillary would not win. I also told them its the only way, and that they will have to keep their eyes opened and hold him to his words. trump as a tyrant is still possible but what worries me more is the one who follows after trump .

@RicardoMoralesMassin 7 жыл бұрын

Epa panita!!! This guy knows what he's talking about. Please listen up, gringos, you're in for a doozy.

@andreshartmann7012 7 жыл бұрын

The Venezuelans said... nah, it won't happen like Cuba, it's not the same. But it is the SAME, break down political institutions and have a "Capture State"

@ideeyes4054 4 жыл бұрын

The best way for a dictator to seize absolute power is to convince the people that they want to give up their freedoms.

@iamavacado6063 3 жыл бұрын

Took me a second to realize that this was from 3 years ago, we definitely know that democracy is going down the drain now, and it’s definitely televised

@xolafeni2188 7 жыл бұрын

Please do a video about SOUTH AFRICA. We have the exact same situation as USA. Americans should use us as a case study!!!

@Regimeshifts 7 жыл бұрын

Sommy That's how they get away with a lot of stuff - with people dismissing them as dumb. Also from SA.

@mnenepoh 7 жыл бұрын

Same thing in most post soviet countries

@SirKaison 7 жыл бұрын

Exactly! In South Africa we don't call it 'backsliding', we've named it 'State Capture'.

@SirKaison 7 жыл бұрын

Sommy, have you been living under a rock? This is exactly what has happened in South Africa.

@desmonddixon5136 7 жыл бұрын

He isn't dumb but evil. Stealing money from the poor and keeping people uneducated so they are easier to control is not dumb but evil. Someone that is stupid or dumb cant steal billions of Rands and get away with it time after time. The ANC is doing the same thing the Old National party did. Appartheid isn't over it just changed to classism.

@abrahamcorona 7 жыл бұрын

Just before he said "Venezuela" I was like, PLEASE talk about Venezuela, sadly, we are the perfect example of to dismantle a functional democracy, step by step... and I mean baby step.

@LeYt0nG 7 жыл бұрын

SmythProductions also trump

@slevotave6584 7 жыл бұрын

One socialistic policy at a time.....

@el_equidistante 7 жыл бұрын

+SmythProductions OMG you're an idiot, please read the history of fascism you moron. If you think that's only a problem of the left politics.

@xtremrvolution 7 жыл бұрын

well then I guess we should keep on going with capitalism until no resource on earth is left to the imperial needs of the american people. Guess it's fine we are slaves forever to our oligarchys functional to the USA

@No0bT4rD 7 жыл бұрын

Abraham Corona nah man. you're the perfect example of socialism.

@CHILLPILGRIM 3 жыл бұрын

Dude from 06 Jan 2020 here- you were wrong. It's streaming live as they rush the house of representatives.

@chineduokere2769 3 жыл бұрын

you mean 2021, right

@coreycampbell17 2 жыл бұрын

year 2022 here: why is this making more sense the more time passes

@dlcrzrc 7 жыл бұрын

He is totally right, it all started when the Executive branch started to legislate without the Congress.

@leuvenfra 7 жыл бұрын

Patrick Jensen Yes, he did. Democracy has been struggling for a few years. But under Trump, it has gotten even worse.

@jamz3243 7 жыл бұрын

+Patrick Jensen No one is saying "Trump is the cause" just that "Trump is taking a whole new step" If you want to go all the way back Bill Clinton started this decline by essentially doing all these executive orders, Bush Jr made us cave to fear, and Obama made us think "oh the democrats are ALWAYS on the side of the people" (which is not inherently true)

@HerodotusVon 7 жыл бұрын

Ricardo de la Cruz Martínez Ocadiz and the hypocrisy is quite evident when you begin to look at how republicans reacted to every time Obama did something versus when trump does something. The worst part is that most people on the right never even look at the wrong, and only care if their agenda is completed whether the rest of the American people get to know about it or not

@calebluft4908 7 жыл бұрын

Jose Mendoza actually you have to go all the way back to Woodrow Wilson. he started the progressive movement, and he actually thought that the constitution and congress where useless in the modern era. and he expanded the executive branch tremendously, a pattern still going on 100 years later

@calebluft4908 7 жыл бұрын

Jose Mendoza and Theodore Roosevelt made more executive orders than any other president

@kevinvo3843 7 жыл бұрын

The book "It Can't Happen Here" eerily correlates with Trump, and it was published in the 1930s.

@Sewblon 6 жыл бұрын

Ironic. The politician that that book was written about, Huey Long, was really more like Bernie Sanders than Trump. He was a progressive Democrat who made it his mission in life to one up the Democratic leadership. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long

@ejisyopicus8988 5 жыл бұрын

That book is nothing like Trump's presidency. First off it requires extreme liberty reducing policies for anything to even come to resembling. Sanders directly advocated for policies that require reduction of liberties from all for the benefit of some and much more correlates with that book.

@edwardramirez8589 4 жыл бұрын

It will not be televised. Coronavirus: hold my beer.

@vinayakdwivedi7007 3 жыл бұрын

Who's here after Trump's supporters went inside the parliament

@09K24 3 жыл бұрын

😂 “went inside”

@leeadickes7235 2 жыл бұрын

"Parliament" 🤣

@felixcretu4993 7 жыл бұрын

When the Spanish class you took in high school pays off.

@its_shugh 7 жыл бұрын

You can make a religion out of this.

@MeigsmerlinMeigsmerlin 7 жыл бұрын

Shugh no, don't

@EchoL0C0 7 жыл бұрын

Meigsmerlin Knock knock. It's religion.

@Tylermac221 7 жыл бұрын

Shugh No don't

@zman9315 7 жыл бұрын

@draconicgaming8706 7 жыл бұрын

Shugh of course you would do that. Damn it, Bill :D

@annahammy3111 3 жыл бұрын

I mean it was pretty televised....

@ismail8785 3 жыл бұрын

Who’s here after U.S Capital riots

@jjjjjj192 3 жыл бұрын

@kusurugizeme 7 жыл бұрын

As a guy that lives in a very corrupt country, his actions are highly familiar to me. You Americans should do something about that guy before it's too late.

@fredrikkarner4115 7 жыл бұрын

Jojo I lived in Argentina my whole life and the things trump says and does, smell worryingly familiar.

@hentai6582 7 жыл бұрын

Jojo how give me an example

@vaiciant 7 жыл бұрын

peesauce Above you.

@melobueso4366 7 жыл бұрын

Jojo Was it something Dio said?

@JordanMadera 7 жыл бұрын

You mean you live in a Socialist country?

@Lobosatirico 7 жыл бұрын

As someone who used to live in Spain, I can say that I've seen happen the same thing there, and I have no doubt that it will keep happening to other countries. People are really easy to manipulate, and most of the voters have no idea of what they are doing.

@alwijeremy6582 3 жыл бұрын

Just came back from 2021 Believe me, you have noooo idea

@chandlerbarnes 3 жыл бұрын

Election Day 2020. Let's see how far we slide back today.

@Bot_ni_Bazenga 3 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Lopez you are doomed

@chancesoethout684 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bot_ni_Bazenga ha no

@napoleonsittingonvegemite6234 7 жыл бұрын

There is just one big difference hugo chavez was loved by the majority of Venezuela at the beginning of his career. I dont think trump is getting much love from the american people...

@mkratos17 7 жыл бұрын

Napoleon sitting on Vegemite true but how long will it be till someone follows in trump's footsteps and puts it together

@napoleonsittingonvegemite6234 7 жыл бұрын

Koala Bear possible mate, but lets hope the best.. maybe next campaign some guy like sanders can clean up a little bit this mess.

@girlgarde 7 жыл бұрын

Plus those who attacked Chavez were of the political/social elite who blatantly ruled Venezuela as a corrupt Oligarchy that pretended to be a Democracy so Chavez was seen as a hero for standing up to them. Also, Venezuela has weaker institutions of democracy then Western countries do so it's much easier for dictators to come to power through the legal route and turn it into a dictatorship.

@vaiciant 7 жыл бұрын

Erick Martinez lol.

@krombopulos_michael 7 жыл бұрын

Napoleon sitting on Vegemite "more than half of the people who voting for him stopped cheering" I don't know where you came up with this but it's pure bullshit. Trump is still wildly popular with his own voters. His approval rating amongst people who voted for him is still over 80%. People who voted for Trump like Trump and most will still like him in 2020 no matter what he does.

@cihan.a 7 жыл бұрын

same thing happened in TURKEY

@moritzklug1858 7 жыл бұрын

ahaha TURKEY? Its 100times worse at least trump doesn't in jail his people/ other journalists

@WillGo7 7 жыл бұрын

look at turkey 25 years ago.

@juul1246 7 жыл бұрын

Moritz Klug yet

@lichtgestaltkruemel8914 7 жыл бұрын

give it time..

@Faygris 7 жыл бұрын

It's still happening. And the whole civilized western world is just watching.

@ricardomurillo5205 7 жыл бұрын

At least Chavez won the popular vote.

@martincito1662 6 жыл бұрын

You made my day

@adventureinc1568 6 жыл бұрын

There wasn't an investigation Illegal immigrants can't even vote You're delusional.

@naoimporta58 6 жыл бұрын

You made my year.

@keyemku6399 6 жыл бұрын

colette s thank you for shouting obvious and blatant lies. This actually helps the anti trump cause because we can see just how untrustworthy and scummy trump supporters are.

@RochesFan 5 жыл бұрын

Ricardo Murillo U.S Presidents don't win by getting a majority of votes, but a majority of Electoral College votes.

@manas0211 3 жыл бұрын

News flash 2021- It was infact Televised.

@dreamscapeai7 7 жыл бұрын

Of course it won't be televised

@mr.qwerty3125 7 жыл бұрын

iBfuckin chill

@xponen 7 жыл бұрын

@iBfuckin , you're those Wall Street type people who makes money by dealing/trading based on speculation. People don't like you guys. Any corporation that is mentioned by Trump had its stock price swinging, that is how people like you create profit.

@indoorjoker7285 7 жыл бұрын

The economy hasn't changed much, any improvement your seeing is purely psychological. While the GDP will rise 2.2 percent this year max it's still more than 2016 (1.9). All in all it's business as usual for our economy, though there is some projected shrinkage in 2018 and 2019. If you want my sources just go to federalreserve.gov but for ease of use I'll just post the pdf of their projections in the lines that follow. www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcprojtabl20160921.pdf

@blehe38 7 жыл бұрын

The irony is that even centrist news networks like CNN would be too scared of losing its support by actually reporting on news in terms of its future effects, and not acting like it's something as inconsequential as some cringe comp of an old man tripping over curbs.

@coogrfan 7 жыл бұрын

+iBfuckin More like "iBafuckingmoron"...

@tonyr7854 7 жыл бұрын

this video is atleast 100 years too late

@TreesPlease42 7 жыл бұрын

2014

@oadaoada 7 жыл бұрын

Trump is happening right now

@Cybergig00 7 жыл бұрын

You were born a 100 years too early.

@marlonyo 7 жыл бұрын

agree with you dude

@MrsHippyfreak 3 жыл бұрын

And this video just gets more relevant as time moves on.

@johnathan4527 3 жыл бұрын

oh how this video has aged

@Denmenta 7 жыл бұрын

Exactly what happened in Argentina with the Kirchners... Sadly people are blinded by populism, and can't see that free institutions are what makes a democracy.

@iliakorvigo7341 5 жыл бұрын

Any politician can be a populist regardless of the ideology he or she seemingly aligns with. If a nation has affinity to socialism/fascism, populists simply have to pretend to be socialists/fascists to get elected. They can even cherrypick and mix individual elements of several ideologies to maximise their appeal. That's one of the basic principles behind populism.

@juandomingoperon7965 5 жыл бұрын

Populism isn't bad... if a government isn't serving its people, then it is worthless

@paperip 7 жыл бұрын

The title reminded me of the opening credits to the season 6 of Homeland. “The revolution will not be televised, not be televised. There will be no rerun, brothers, and sisters. The revolution will be live.”

@AisuruMirai 7 жыл бұрын

That's how allusions work. They didn't just happen upon those words for the title. "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" was a Black Power slogan and the title of that song played on _Homeland._

@ljgermain1622 4 жыл бұрын

"So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause."

@leeadickes7235 2 жыл бұрын

Liberty is somthing givin by government it can be taken back. Rights are from our creator and government cant take away what they didn't give.

@dyquewu1306 3 жыл бұрын

Well.. well... well....

@spelunkerd 7 жыл бұрын

I've often shrugged when I consider what would happen after impeachment, since Pence would be no friend to women or minorities. However there is no doubt that Pence respects his country, and he's no sociopathic liar. As you say, Trump could be much more dangerous to the country than an honest right wing fanatic. What I find shocking is how Trump's core don't even bother to demand sincerity.

@NoobKillerRoof 6 жыл бұрын

White people are the minority

@darcgibson5099 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know, I think Pence is just as manipulative and insidious and lies, he just hides it well under this 'aw-shucks' false humbleness. What's more worrying about him is that he'll do and say everything Trump is doing and saying, exploit the same prejudices, divides and backslide on democracy but he'll actually be effective in doing it. He'll be effective at curbing voting rights, effective at gerrymandering democracy out of existence... He's a bigger threat to this country, I think. At least Trump is useless at his job.

@sirwolfnsuch 6 жыл бұрын

The entire political right are leeches. No exceptions

@paulinapayment9760 6 жыл бұрын

Ever think the plan all along was to get Pence in charge?

@SalvatoreSuarez 6 жыл бұрын

but what evidence do u have to support ur notion that pence wont "respect women and minorities"

@matiasgrinchpun2515 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video, as always. But there's one thing: as an Argentinean myself, I can tell you that there were many military coups throughout the 20th century, but none in 1972. Just a geeky factoid. Keep up the good work!

@TH-qb5fx 4 жыл бұрын

Its here now in the US! In June 2020.

@itdc2219 4 жыл бұрын

yup

@bruhman2147 4 жыл бұрын

Here when trump threatens martial law gangggg 😭😭😭

@poisedperson6475 3 жыл бұрын

They tried

@shilohelgin2408 7 жыл бұрын

This is how the world ends not with a bang but with a trump

@penandsword4386 6 жыл бұрын

(In British slang, a "trump" is a fart )

@noahi.1381 4 жыл бұрын

They say time can heal all wounds. But before they heal, wounds will always be torn wide open.

@zay7905 3 жыл бұрын

Well, this aged well.

@goldeneyescat3512 2 жыл бұрын

Because this was planned

@laurens.200 3 жыл бұрын

We need this video updated sooo much has happened since

@kevinsonnet 7 жыл бұрын

Ironically, this video is years too late.

@IkeOkerekeNews 7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Sonnet How?

@AGoldSoldier 7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Sonnet Out of curiosity, how is it ironic?

@user-xj4ul8lf8n 7 жыл бұрын

It already was backsliding a little bit. Look it up if you really care.

@muhammadfirstian4847 7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Sonnet it's not too late, it's just more obvious now

@john-hill 7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Sonnet man theses idiots really think we still live in a democracy 🤣🤣🤣

@Mandraquex3000 7 жыл бұрын

Sir, the gong that sounded the initial decline of american democracy was televised... It started with September 11, 2001 and continues to this day with the ever growing fungus of the US Intelligence Community.

@joshcook7218 3 жыл бұрын

"Youre going to be waiting for a long time." Long time is up folks, hope you all enjoyed

@blueveins295 2 жыл бұрын

this just gets more and more obviously prophetic

@horatiohuskisson5471 7 жыл бұрын

Putin and Erdogan doing this in their countries too

@griff9229 7 жыл бұрын

WTF do we do? It feels like the only voice we have is voting for our representatives. Is there anything else we can do?

@thedom6209 3 жыл бұрын

this aged well

@poggy9548 2 жыл бұрын

This aged well

@psyvoi3433 7 жыл бұрын

Very insightful piece! Thanks for all the work you do, Carlos.

@tomleonard830 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe the problem isn't the person in the captain's chair, but all the buttons we've given the captain to press.

@davidgunter2322 7 жыл бұрын

It doesn't look normal, it looks crazy.....

@n.woorey7264 3 жыл бұрын

it is look normal now..😀

@LSMcIntosh 6 жыл бұрын

My country is more democratic, our name even has democratic in its name, Peoples Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK (North Korea) )

@pjbravo3284 3 жыл бұрын

Nah

@diligar 3 жыл бұрын

This has to be a joke right? NK’s leadership is passed from father to son, anything but a democratic process

@beluwuga2229 3 жыл бұрын

Makes me wanna wooosh u

@thegoldengamer9315 3 жыл бұрын

Thats authoritarian

@johnray5568 3 жыл бұрын

L.S McIntosh lives in North Korea??

@acmulhern 7 жыл бұрын

Hillary dancing though 😂

@eoke94 6 жыл бұрын

Anne-Catherine Mulhern Yeah she’s doing the “back slide”

@mundotaku_org 7 жыл бұрын

As a Venezuelan who leaved in 2001, after Hugo Chavez took power, I am really worried about Trump and American Democracy.

@sebastianbryant6816 7 жыл бұрын

mundotaku "leaved"

@memogui 7 жыл бұрын

Smoush Math and how many languages do you speak?

@mariabelenvalenzuela5826 7 жыл бұрын

Why are you worried abput american democracy? The US getting into all this is a great opportunity to finally shift the geopolitical context in the world. Maybe a better country with less war interest will be the new world leader. Let´s hope that all the voids the the US is leaving will be filled by a more peaceful world power.

@connorhillam8146 7 жыл бұрын

I would be more worried if someone like Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton was president. Liberals and big government is the reason you left Venezuela in the first place.

@miguelortega9241 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe, you say? Russia - involved in Syria China - involved in South/East China Sea disputes rest of Europe - teetering on irrelevancy so, ... India? Australia? They don't seem keen to take on the mantle of superpower. You're realistically left with autocracies or near-autocracies. And that is why I hope America pulls through this shitstorm.

@itsstrangenooneevercametoh9274 3 жыл бұрын

The fall has already begun

@madpandahat 4 жыл бұрын

"you will be waiting a long time" , 2 years wasn't that long

@dicomohio4743 4 жыл бұрын

Not long at all

@Ingcivilcarlos 7 жыл бұрын

thats how democracy dies these days. so slowly people doesnt notice until their neck deep in dictatorships, that's what happened in Venezuela

@vma011 7 жыл бұрын

That's right. And I know the US is very different to Venezuela, but this phenomenon of democratic backsliding truly can happen anywhere. I'm Venezuelan by the way, and it took Chávez and his cronies almost 20 years to completely end democracy in our country, and look where we are now.

@Interestinglybored209 7 жыл бұрын

Victor M thanks please explain more if you can thanks

@goo1358 2 жыл бұрын

I learnt that poor people are willing to give up their civil liberties in exchange for quality life. Trump was largely elected by poor people. So did Putin and Hitler Rising poverty is the greater threat to US democracy

@gerizilla8482 4 жыл бұрын

Well that's unsettling to watch in 2020..

@antoinettemey 3 жыл бұрын

was shocked to see this video is from three years ago. this is terrifying.

@defintity_9951 3 жыл бұрын

Who’s here after capitol riot

@lilithgrrrl 3 жыл бұрын

Yup. this aged well . its the beginning of the end, like the decline of the Roman empire

@quinn5109 5 жыл бұрын

me: watches videos like this one when I'm bored my smartest friend: "why do you watch that stuff? I don't even understand most of what they're saying" my other (usually) smart friend: "what party is Trump again?" another smart friend after I asked which candidate she liked most: "IDK. I think my said something about that one dude." me: so disappointed in my generation. I'm the only one in my friend group of pretty smart people who knows anything about politics. And I'd probably be just as out of the loop as them if it weren't for the fact that my parents are political scientists. my dad was a professor at Harvard and Carnegie Mellon and he wrote some big paper about the 2000 election.

@aaronday6668 3 жыл бұрын

Aged like milk

@acacia1956 4 жыл бұрын

Vox video: Exists The passing of time: I’m about to end this whole man’s career

@silverchaquet 3 жыл бұрын

Well the video was a call for action 3 years ago, I think it must have made a good point

@ryanpearce4754 4 жыл бұрын

2017: This is the fall of our democracy 2020: Hold my beer

@saxyrep1 7 жыл бұрын

Congratulations America, you're now on par with Venezuela or Turkey.

@alpertokcan9899 6 жыл бұрын

MsSuperFerry im from turkey and erdogan started that democratik backsliding just like trump 12 years ago. Changes to law come slowly, one at a time, when you forget the last small thing another comes. America is not in our position but time will show what happens next.

@ejisyopicus8988 5 жыл бұрын

As long as homicide shootings continues to decrease it's fine. Mass shootings has been reducing per population since they have been recorded. They probably moved to schools when they became "firearm free zones". Your willing to give up your freedom because the media shows horrors you never knew existed before only to move on to the next once it's gone? Our politicians give examples like Australia, and ignore that they have more mass killings per population than america does. Ignore the unchanged reduction in firearms homicides after their buyback program and current problem of having more firearm homicides than before their buyback, took them a good 15 years but now the criminals have the guns and they have just as many as pre-buyback days.

@RochesFan 5 жыл бұрын

saxyrep1 Actually, here are the numbers each country has gotten on The Economist's Democracy Index: United States - 7.98 [Flawed Democracy - next to countries like Italy, Japan and South Korea] Turkey - 4.88 [Hybrid Regime - no change in classification in over a decade] Venezuela - 3.87 [Authoritarian Regime - fell from being a hybrid regime this year; Cuba's at 3.31] infographics.economist.com/2018/DemocracyIndex/

@JESUSISGREATEST 5 жыл бұрын

On par in terms of what?

@bharatjiodedra4891 4 жыл бұрын

I thought you were talking about Narendra Modi, oh it's same

@zeitGGeist 5 жыл бұрын

He looks so bright eyed. I wish I could save you from the future Carlos lmao

@anam.4024 3 жыл бұрын

People who saw the Capital get raided yesterday: Well... that aged well

@ben-yu3mh 7 жыл бұрын

At least we have VOX to stay informed! Keep up the good work!

@tim3854 5 жыл бұрын

lol good one

@mram4653 7 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy these videos, very informative and refreshing when compared to what you see on tv, thank you Vox keep the good work up!!!

@dumbshit5448 4 жыл бұрын

wow aged well

@floatingtablestudios6287 3 жыл бұрын

Martial law hmm? Just wait till 2020

@JackCrispy 7 жыл бұрын

Bigger Picture = Conspiracy Theory! The public can remain calm because if you see the truth, you're just some nut that needs to be ignored

@jackbeagle8458 6 жыл бұрын

Trump has been chosen by history to be the republic's funeral director.

@BG_NC 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. It is terrifying to come back to this today.

@clementtison5774 3 жыл бұрын

Well, 2016-2020 gave you a strong case study. What about a follow up on that video. Quite insightfull.

@paskowitz 7 жыл бұрын

Sorry Trump supporters, this cuts both ways. Watch as Dems do this in future elections. Watch as other Republicans do this in future elections. This is not something you should be supporting.

@Pirategod23 7 жыл бұрын

paskowitz same coin different side

@alexanderguzman6235 7 жыл бұрын

paskowitz exactly what I wanted to say. both Bush and Obama did things like this or other smaller thinks as president consolidating presidential power and weakening our republic. this is not just an issue with trump but vox wants to make it look like it.

@mabusestestament 7 жыл бұрын

Yep, this is a positive feedback loop. That may sound positive, but it's actually quite negative. The US is gonna be stuck in this.

@g0tst1ngs 7 жыл бұрын

Alexander Guzman sure, this is true. But I wonder how the ratio of pro-democratic actions vs anti-democratic actions compares with Bush, Obama vs Trump. I can't help but think that even Bush did a lot more to genuinely help this country.

@megamonkeybawls2678 7 жыл бұрын

g0tst1ngs bush die 9/11