Why The US Is Not A Democracy
Get free access to Nebula with your CuriosityStream subscription and watch episode 3 of my original series, The New F-Word! https://curiositystream.com/secondthought People often assume that capitalism and democracy are synonyms, but that couldn t be further from the truth. Why is that? And what prevents the United States from being the democracy it claims to be? Why The US Is Not A Democracy – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Bar graph source https://latana.com/democracy-perception-index-report-2022/ https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1532236805143027713 Princeton study https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf https://youtu.be/5tu32CCA_Ig Representative government https://books.google.com/books?id=GhAJ2x2coEoC&printsec=frontcover https://books.google.com/books?id=IFtGAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover James Madison quote https://billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sources/federalist-no-10 Liquid democracy https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12065 Democracy at work https://books.google.com/books?id=Xpn1Vq4aNpMC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJR_Fq2hhYVEFS11cf1YzG27 Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJQRpqT-hMTTFx8A6VVH3m6v What If...: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRI7VrWf_-mT0z6lrN--Cvi Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6SJktA-ecJRx7ZaO9J04Kbob_u5baHxN About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com
