The Constitution: Why A Republic? | 5 Minute Video

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  • @mikebacon5715
    @mikebacon5715 2 ปีที่แล้ว +498

    The US Constitution should have it's own curriculum in public and private schools. Starting in elementary, continuing through middle school/jr high, and ending at the end of 12th grade. Just my two cents.....

    • @Rick-tb4so
      @Rick-tb4so 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Our Government does not want to educate people on the Constitution....
      Uneducated people are easier to control....

    • @jamesdellaneve9005
      @jamesdellaneve9005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yes. It should be taught every year. Eliminate public funding for any school that doesn’t comply. Although, Federal funding is very little in terms of local schools.

    • @kovy689
      @kovy689 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now there’s only brainwashing stuff like CRT.

    • @Zathren
      @Zathren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      History should be taught your whole school life. And it needs to be the actual history of the world. Not the warped one that the Left have been teaching our nation's children.

    • @RagnarLothbrok2222
      @RagnarLothbrok2222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That won’t happen because the foreign corporation that now runs our country needs a misinformed and malinofrmed populace to stay in power

  • @Cetok01
    @Cetok01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Professor George explains why it is so important to pass this along to everyone, since they stopped teaching this long ago, and those old enough to remember when they did have either forgotten or simply remained silent.

    • @linkinparkrulz2275
      @linkinparkrulz2275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Literally people freaked out calling Trump a dictator without knowing how our legal system is built and that it is a failsafe against anything remotely like a dictatorship

    • @robbieburns216
      @robbieburns216 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why continue doing the same thing that is yielding no fruit?

    • @PeeplePerson
      @PeeplePerson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Valid...not so entirely off-topic, however, I am eighteen, and I’m from Illlinois (closer to stl than chi), yet, entirely through the curriculum, I was required to take the constitutional exam thrice throughout the years, my brother/other…

    • @amsterdamcowboy9738
      @amsterdamcowboy9738 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My kid learned this a few years ago in a bumblef--- public school. Save the hysterics and maybe hit up a library. Ignorant alarmists like you are what's making this country unstable.

  • @ohwhataday7171
    @ohwhataday7171 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I had classes on this from elementary through high school in the 50s. I found it’s No longer taught in this extent when I asked kids through teens. This explains all the problems we have in our government with all the tyranny. We need to bring classes back to teach our kids about the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

  • @mrhoffame
    @mrhoffame 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    The Constitution will NEVER give one man, no matter how wealthy or powerful, control over your life. So always BEWARE of those telling what you should /should not be doing and rarely going into detail about where that is in Constitution. Freedom is NEVER outdated.

    • @jeffdo9195
      @jeffdo9195 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Biden and clan ignore constitution with out any resistance

    • @tonycatman
      @tonycatman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Foreigner here.
      I don't think that the power concentration is the biggest plus point of the system. It has its drawbacks.
      The big advantage is the delegation to the states.
      People are different in nature. Some people are at home in Portland, and others prefer the way of life in Utah. Moreover, individuals might want to live differently, depending on their stage of life, or whether they have kids.
      The freedom of movement between states, and the fact that the states are empowered to be so different is what makes the system so great.

    • @wholearmor
      @wholearmor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yet one man obliterated the Keystone pipeline. Stop being delusional.

    • @texasamericanpatriot8535
      @texasamericanpatriot8535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The new DOD Bill vote coming up by the Congress on July 19th, does just that. You better go back and find where Executive power is NOT in the Constitution! The framers didn't see this loop hole.

    • @samnicholson5051
      @samnicholson5051 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But it will however give a bunch of women complete control over your life.

  • @cynforrest
    @cynforrest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Fantastic. Wish this was required viewing at every elementary, middle and high school in our land!! Thank you.

    • @KarenJKJones
      @KarenJKJones 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In California during the 1970s we were tested on the Constitution in the 8th grade. A passing grade was required. Just a generation later, this was no longer a part of the curriculum.

    • @hubertcumberdale2651
      @hubertcumberdale2651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "required viewing" means force. That's not very Libertarian / Republican style thinking there Cyn.....

    • @huejanus5505
      @huejanus5505 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hubertcumberdale2651 She just said a “passing grade was required” just like in math, english, geography etc. She did not say required viewing. Is there a problem with people knowing how their country was formed and it’s history?

    • @hubertcumberdale2651
      @hubertcumberdale2651 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@huejanus5505 nope. Cyn literally wrote "wish this was required viewing". Did you even friggin read the opening post of this thread? 😂

    • @hubertcumberdale2651
      @hubertcumberdale2651 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hennagaijin7856 great red herring Henna. Try being on topic if you want to butt in.

  • @freedomwriter1995
    @freedomwriter1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    The founding fathers couldn't have anticipated career politicians, special interest groups/lobbyists, entrenched unelected bureaucrats, and an all-powerful/pervasive surveillance state with its own federal police force running it without oversight.

    • @mrow7598
      @mrow7598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      They did in part. The senators were supposed to be appointed by the states not the people. They knew congressman would just be re-elected over and over and those people would give away the states power to the federal government. The Senators if they did something the state didn't like could easily be removed and replaced

    • @freedomwriter1995
      @freedomwriter1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@mrow7598 If people read and understood the constitution, they would do more to ensure that the government remained limited in its scope and power. That's why it's not taught in nationally funded public schools.

    • @freedomwriter1995
      @freedomwriter1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrow7598 another thing that the founding fathers couldn't have predicted was the rise of a government that hides its illegal activities/wrongdoing by having information rendered classified in the name of "national security" and then locking anyone up (or possibly even having them killed) if they try to reveal that information to the public.

    • @freedomwriter1995
      @freedomwriter1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@mrow7598 today, the government has a get out of jail free card, an "I can do what ever I want and get away with it" card in the form of two words: national security. The government can do whatever it wants by invoking national security and anyone who tries to question it or stop it is arrested or kept in litigation purgatory indefinitely.

    • @ChestonU
      @ChestonU 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Baker Harris - Completely False. In fact, George Washington was almost perfectly prescient in his prediction of exactly all of these things, and warned the People against it. Look up George Washington's "Farewell Address", and read it through. You will hear him warning us about EXACTLY what we are, and have been, experiencing. They damn well knew all of this, and knew how to avoid it, and even told us HOW. The sad part is, it has not been sufficiently passed down and taught to enough people, for them to know this - as evidenced by your comment.

  • @mwright_boomer
    @mwright_boomer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The more time goes by, the more convinced I am that the Constitution is the greatest political document ever written

  • @freedomwriter1995
    @freedomwriter1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    If the founding fathers could see us today they would be appalled.

    • @SteveInLava
      @SteveInLava 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      What's happening is the consequences of not learning from real history.

    • @linkinparkrulz2275
      @linkinparkrulz2275 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I disagree. The founders of the country knew that the average common man was a moron, that's why our system survives despite the fact that people today are dumber than ever. Literally the whole point of a democratic republic is to have elected leaders actually make those decisions because the average person is an idiot who doesn't know what's actually good for him.

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, but not surprised. They might even be impressed it lasted as long as it did before the total corruption ate the whole system leaving the country an eaten out shell of what they created.

    • @albertmooney2628
      @albertmooney2628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      equal rights for everyone? thats not what the constitution is about.

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ragingshibe What do you have to back that up? They would be looking at 246 years of Americans, and you state without doubt that they would be most appalled by Trump. I seriously doubt that. But hey, way to troll. I wonder what they would think of the likes of YOU!

  • @freedomwriter1995
    @freedomwriter1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    They don't want it taught because it would cause kids and teens to question the governments rules and regulations and their control over us.

  • @kosjeyr
    @kosjeyr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    As a medically broken USAF Vet, I will defend it until I die. No matter what.

  • @Michael-uf1hz
    @Michael-uf1hz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    God bless America.

  • @josephhoward4697
    @josephhoward4697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The entire thing is built on the philosophy of separating and regulating power. State government vs. central government, government vs. people, government vs. government, people vs. people, etc.
    Of course, much of the constitution is also built on honor and trust. No country survives cheating and distrust.

  • @paulrybarczyk5013
    @paulrybarczyk5013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Is it a coincidence that public (aka government) schools no longer do a decent job teaching students (aka future voters) how our government works?

    • @tlafleur8433
      @tlafleur8433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The schools teach our kids lies that promote the agenda on the left

    • @katiek.8808
      @katiek.8808 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely not. We let a communist design our school system. Do you think a person like that wants an educated population?

    • @reggierisk
      @reggierisk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No coincidence!! This ignorance sets the stage for the indoctrination of socialism.

    • @darthgrievous3678
      @darthgrievous3678 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fun fact: America is a democracy

    • @paulrybarczyk5013
      @paulrybarczyk5013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@darthgrievous3678 When did it change to a democracy? In the Pledge of Allegiance, the USA is referred to as “The Republic“.

  • @TrapShooter68
    @TrapShooter68 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Why not an in-depth series of lectures from PragerU on the US Constitution? Paragraph by paragraph. Something like a Constitutional Law course.

    • @josephbreaux2668
      @josephbreaux2668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hillsdale college offers an excellent free lecture series on the Constitution.

  • @Oneironaut9
    @Oneironaut9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He starts off with "Against all odds". So I guess there still is hope. 🇺🇸

  • @amt5911
    @amt5911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    One of the biggest problem our republic has had for many years now that could easily be solved is our state representatives live in D.C. (a.k.a. the swamp) and more often than not become corrupted. I can go to work meetings with people across the world using zoom, why can't our legislators vote from the states they SHOULD live in, by using technology? In short, the farther the representative are from the people they represent, the more corrupted they become.

    • @darthgrievous3678
      @darthgrievous3678 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Democracy*

    • @mrnekomaneki01
      @mrnekomaneki01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This right here. Our representatives are so out of touch with their state that they are barely reconizable as a citizen of that state.

    • @slayton21
      @slayton21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like the idea, but let's be real: the system can corrupt them no matter where they live. Putting our representatives in the same location makes it more *convenient* but there will always be a way to reach out to them

    • @thorpeaaron1110
      @thorpeaaron1110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@darthgrievous3678 republic

    • @mr_indie_fan
      @mr_indie_fan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@darthgrievous3678 we are a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

  • @jameshanlon5689
    @jameshanlon5689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Before the US Constitution, there was the Articles of Confederation. The sad thing is that no one talks about it.

    • @iamnotpaulavery
      @iamnotpaulavery 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very true!

    • @airgunningcolorado78
      @airgunningcolorado78 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Confederate means willing union, federal is a forced union. 😑 sad but true. If states don't stand up for themselves now they will soon loose their individual identities. Cali/NY for all would be the destruction of THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

    • @lldjslim
      @lldjslim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep they even had there own money

    • @katiek.8808
      @katiek.8808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Because it was a failure.

    • @airgunningcolorado78
      @airgunningcolorado78 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@katiek.8808 it was changed before any failure...
      Alrighty tyrant federalists needed to make sure their power grew and could never shrink. They knew this would be the case bc MAN and Power corrupts.

  • @froglizard6135
    @froglizard6135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thank you!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @TampaAerialMedia
    @TampaAerialMedia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Well done. Amazing the forethought of our founders.

  • @pantarkan7
    @pantarkan7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Experience hath shewn that, even under the best forms of government, those entrusted with power have, in time and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." -Jefferson The problem is that, a VERY long time ago, 'the government' forgot the part where they are supposed to serve the people, not the other way around.

  • @floridaboy.californiaman.649
    @floridaboy.californiaman.649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Our Republic forever. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @Kenzopoint
    @Kenzopoint 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The vision of the founding fathers is mind boggling. Still the best system in the world.

    • @PurpleImpactStrategies
      @PurpleImpactStrategies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Isn’t it…after all these years ..the hindsight they had was amazing

    • @007kingifrit
      @007kingifrit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PurpleImpactStrategies they really understood human nature

    • @jameshendel4169
      @jameshendel4169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you haven't already try to find the time to read The Federalist Papers and you can hear how they thought. Carpe diem

    • @fnaffoxy1987
      @fnaffoxy1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jameshendel4169 I'm reading them now and it's astounding, and weird, to read what they were warning about and then (figuratively) look out the window and see what they were warning against.

    • @jameshendel4169
      @jameshendel4169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fnaffoxy1987
      Because you appear studious might I suggest you read a book called The Outlaw Bank. You will find Hillary Clinton in there when she worked for the Rose Law Firm.
      I personally believe that Bill Clinton could have never become president unless Hillary Clinton was covering up for and keeping secrets about government agencies that were well aware of this Outlaw Bank they were using.
      Remember, we can only connect the dots from the facts of the past and always follow the money and power.

  • @johnjonzz4348
    @johnjonzz4348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Explained so well. Should be taught from grade 1 through High School

    • @tattletailtony6911
      @tattletailtony6911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Instead we have gender Theory and CTR taught for children.😠

  • @mostlypeacefulmisterputin
    @mostlypeacefulmisterputin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    “Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know-and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me-has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.” -H.L. Mencken

  • @jamesmcknight6440
    @jamesmcknight6440 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We need to get back to being a constitutional republic again and informing the public thru education in are schools including college,a lot of people are vary mislead and confused about our government today, this needs to be a priorty

  • @shawnmccarty2617
    @shawnmccarty2617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great video, thank you so much for all your hard work!

  • @patraic5241
    @patraic5241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    IMO to graduate from highschool or earn an associate, bachelor's, or graduate degree, students should have to pass the same written test that nationalized citizens have to pass to earn their citizenship. At least that way everyone has the same basic working knowledge of how the US works.

    • @jimlee850
      @jimlee850 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ..."naturalized". But yes, I agree.

    • @patraic5241
      @patraic5241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jimlee850 lol thanks for the typo correction.

  • @barefootrealist246
    @barefootrealist246 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you PragerU! Long live the Republic!

  • @davidmorris9668
    @davidmorris9668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In Oklahoma, it is required for all students to take a semester of government with a semester of Oklahoma history. Usually in the 9th grade.
    When I was homeschooling in the 9th grade I had the entire year to learn about our Republic other forms of government, the evils of communism, a brief topic on law enforcement, along with memorizing The Preamble of the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, and other facts.
    Needless to say, I WAS ENRICHED, EMPOWERED and EAGER to help those to get into office that believe and trust God Who gave us this system.
    We got the system.
    We need to get back to God through His Son, Jesus the Christ.

  • @julien8629
    @julien8629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Current year Canada is a great example of why the 2nd amendment should be more widely adopted in other countries

    • @tefky7964
      @tefky7964 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok,if they had it,what would happen?

    • @karn_evil3353
      @karn_evil3353 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      America's hat is a civilized country...
      Canada's pants is full of shit...especially at least 40% of the population

  • @americaneconomist86
    @americaneconomist86 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This needs to be shared, watched and understood in every single classroom starting in kindergarten

  • @chrisparker8539
    @chrisparker8539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Tangentially, the iPhone was the most detrimental invention to society ever. Its dominance severely changed the mindset of the everyday consumer/citizen by increasing the unconscious desire for ease and free stuff.
    Complex systems can only be dumbed-down to a certain extent before too much fidelity is lost. When that happens, it's like chasing after a train that is slowly getting away from you: you must run extra hard to catch up. If you don't catch up soon enough, you're probably never going to.
    Case in point, PragerU. An extremely valuable resource of easily digestible content on complex subjects that was not needed 15 years ago.
    Having said all that, iPhone didn't create this problem. It just radically changed the curve in a downward trajectory.

    • @sss-td5rr
      @sss-td5rr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Placing blame on a inanimate object that gives you unlimited access to practically any form of information, knowledge, art, and music the world has ever seen? Are you serious? Without the smartphone millions wouldn't even have access to PragerU, or the Internet at large, and would be forced to go either completely uninformed or rely on sources that are not completely honest or are too troublesome for them to reach either by distance or cost. Try again.

  • @ExpatriatePaul
    @ExpatriatePaul ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Agreed, and had the fed gov not started interpreting the Constitution very differently in 1936, we might still have a properly limited government. But now most Americans have no clue about the Constitution, and the fed gov has grown far beyond it's proper boundaries in size and scope.

  • @johnnielsen5675
    @johnnielsen5675 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This should be taught in grade school and later in high school.😊

  • @zackcampbell3604
    @zackcampbell3604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wish the people that truly understood the Constitution would step up and make us all follow it to a T

  • @jameshendel4169
    @jameshendel4169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Federalist Papers should be required reading for all high school students.

  • @animal16365
    @animal16365 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please do multiple videos about the constitution and bill of rights

  • @user-rf3cn2ou3x
    @user-rf3cn2ou3x 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What's his name should do a in depth documentary on it, Ken Burns, I believe is his name.

  • @dantefuego
    @dantefuego 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful

  • @jonathanoconnor9546
    @jonathanoconnor9546 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A Republic protects the individual FROM THE MAJORITY..

  • @d3m1g0d4
    @d3m1g0d4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Every democracy practicing nation must know and have this be taught in their schools

    • @jeffreyburney6161
      @jeffreyburney6161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The problem is democracy is such a loose concept it is a term that is thrown around very often here in the Chinese government will tell you they have a democracy democracy by nature is majority rule we have a different system in the United States because the United States has so many different demographics that is impossible for us to be one people so that’s why we have a bill rights and any power that is not reserves the federal government is delegated to the states because the states better represent their people than the federal government we are not a true democracy here in the United States in a true democracy it always ends up falling flat on his face and replaced by oligarchy you do not want to live in democracy because all it would take is a majority of people to decide that you shouldn’t on property or you shouldn’t on this or that or you shouldn’t have money and they could legally take it for me but in a constitutional republic your belongings in your property is yours nothing to be taken from you without due process

  • @ricardotrevino2775
    @ricardotrevino2775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Well instructed people" should be the only ones to vote.

  • @MongooseReflexes
    @MongooseReflexes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So good! This needs to be taught to all kids in K-12!

  • @caos1925
    @caos1925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
    “Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!”
    Good thing we are a Republic too, all the more so, not to trample the minority. A republic is a better kind of democracy.
    ‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’
    Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947

  • @HabrenOdinsdottir
    @HabrenOdinsdottir 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this video, I want more. I learn so much from PragerU.
    Or I am just reminded.

  • @PurpleImpactStrategies
    @PurpleImpactStrategies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting …simple yet provides depth

  • @benharrison1069
    @benharrison1069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Outstanding explanation and video!! Thank you.

  • @rebelsoul5980
    @rebelsoul5980 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great lecture! The United States is a Constitutional Republic under a Confederation of sovereign Nation States. Our State's hold sovereignty over the Federal government!

  • @andrewwelham8633
    @andrewwelham8633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This should be the intro shown in a civics class in every high school in the country.

  • @angelinayeager6105
    @angelinayeager6105 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I pledge alligence to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisble with Liberty and justice for all!
    Amen

  • @hyper8545
    @hyper8545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks

  • @robvegart
    @robvegart 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Adams and Jefferson were so adamant about true sovereign liberty, because they like Franklin understood a Republic can only be upheld by true sovereign individuals and a sovereign society over all. Sovereignty truly begins within the individual and not from without through the halls of Capitol Hill or the chambers thereof. No society can stand if the individual from within is compromised. Nurturing not just teaching, Instilling not just teaching brings about for a better tomorrow.

  • @aelbion1453
    @aelbion1453 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As an Englishman this amuses me. Our constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy has created and maintained a society of essentially the same freedom and liberty as American presidential republicanism. I don't know why or how the United Kingdom and the United States have each preserved those liberties, but what is abundantly clear is that the American system (as advantageous as it may be in its context) is not the only way to accomplish it. Not a bad video, but it's important to look at the question with nuance!

    • @nova31337
      @nova31337 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "essentially the same freedom". Remind me again who was arrested for showing a video of his girlfriend's dog doing a particular salute? Yeah, not the same.

    • @quinnroberts3158
      @quinnroberts3158 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As an American, if I were to start my own country, I would choose a constitutional monarchy. Having a neutral head of state who plots out the long-term direction of the country and represents all citizens, and an elected head of government who handles administrative duties is more stable and less divisive than a president who vacillates between political parties every few years.

    • @quinnroberts3158
      @quinnroberts3158 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nova31337 Yes but the US has the highest prison population on the planet, is the only Western country that will incarcerate you for having sex with a 17-year-old, and effectively turns divorced men into perpetual indentured servants.
      Both systems have their flaws.

    • @nova31337
      @nova31337 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@quinnroberts3158 Were you divorced because you slept with a legal minor? As for the highest prison population, maybe it's better some are locked up rather than being allowed to roam about continue to commit crimes. Some countries try to sweep a lot of criminal activity under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist. You're not making a very convincing argument, however. Family courts do have their biases I'll admit, but those laws are a result of people voting for people that crafted those laws. Speech is protected at the highest level in our country for many reasons. For one, if you don't like certain laws, you're free to speak about and influence changes to those laws. Places where speech can be limited, means that you can't lobby for changes if one side deems certain things can't be said. It becomes a very slippery slope.

    • @quinnroberts3158
      @quinnroberts3158 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nova31337 I have never been married. I'm 25, and the only girls I ever encounter who seem interested in me are always underage. There have been shift leads at my current job as young as 15. Why is it ok for teenagers to boss me around at work, but they're incapable of consenting to sexual activity? How is it logical to argue that a teenager who has already had sex by their own volition is incapable of consenting to sexual activity?
      Yes, the European countries need to work on protecting freedom of speech, but the US needs to work on rehabilitating inmates, and bringing back psychiatric hospitals so that criminal tendencies can be treated.
      The US needs age of consent laws that are actually reflective of human biology, and needs divorce & family court laws that don't undermine the family.
      I'm not saying the US has to become a constitutional monarchy, but a drawback our system has created is that half the country is always frustrated with the other side. We have no unifying figure who is above politics.
      I'm agreeing with the OP that the American presidential republic system isn't the only way to create a free and just and prosperous nation.

  • @Coroy2008
    @Coroy2008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    From Alberta Canada, thank you

  • @freedomwriter1995
    @freedomwriter1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They couldn't have known about career politicians who get elected over and over for life.

    • @nova31337
      @nova31337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Federal reps and senators were once appointed by the elected reps of their respective states. Elections for congress needs to revert back to how it was. People get so wrapped up in "national" politics that they can't even name their local representatives.

  • @freedomwriter1995
    @freedomwriter1995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If people read and understood the constitution, they would do more to ensure that the government remained limited in its scope and power. That's why it's not taught in nationally funded public schools.

    • @skipperx5116
      @skipperx5116 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr Harris, I think part of the problem is we have too many migrants who do not know our constitution or understand its importance. I.know first hand migrants from Mexico come from a country where govt is corrupt so they have no respect for our laws.

  • @theBear89451
    @theBear89451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    When I was young, kids loved freedom. Today kids, think freedom is so boomer.

    • @Good2.A.T
      @Good2.A.T 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And who’s fault is that? The parents mainly. Teachers, too but ultimately the parents for being hands off with what their children are or are not learning.

    • @Bc232klm
      @Bc232klm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, they think conservative fascists are so boomer. They want freedom, which is why they don't vote republican.

    • @Bc232klm
      @Bc232klm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Good2.A.T Your god isn't real.

    • @Scynthescizor
      @Scynthescizor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, I think just saying "my freedoms" is completely boomer-tier republicanism. So is constantly rolling out the trope that sacrificing liberty for the sake of security is some sort of off-limits idea. I don't think this loose understanding of freedom is even well-defined. It seems to mean that any government whatsoever (federal, state, or even local) should have almost no say in daily life. This libertarian vision of Republicanism is a post-WW2 cancer, and is on its way out, as can be seen by the rise of increasingly illiberal strands of the left and the right. A lot of good "my freedoms" are when sexual ideology is in turmoil, the family is breaking down, debt is rising, the economy is out of control, and even notions as basic as law and order are being questioned. Placing liberty above everything else is the surest way to get real tyranny. We need to take a step back and re-evaluate the fundamental principles. We must seek the common good, enunciated through the language of Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness -- note that 'liberty' is only one prong here.

    • @katiek.8808
      @katiek.8808 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not my kids.

  • @jameshendel4169
    @jameshendel4169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Unfortunately many of our citizens that have been educated in our high schools and universities are ignorant and childish about our nation and the government in particular. I have become appalled at how narcissistic many of our citizens are and how immature they are.

  • @steffplaysmapping1104
    @steffplaysmapping1104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fine video. Of course more would be nice to be transfer than this in learning about the US Constitution. Feel that the Founders is presented as a set of men with a common vision for the American Republic. When the differences between some of these men lead to the establishment of the first two-party system in America.

  • @JoeyM10
    @JoeyM10 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoy these videos as much as the next, but enjoy them even more when they have very reputable people from prestigious institutions

  • @shantilus
    @shantilus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you PragerU.

  • @chriskangis6683
    @chriskangis6683 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent Interview

  • @juliust.gayagas4022
    @juliust.gayagas4022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Proud republican here, and a law student, the constitution is my favorite subject in law school.

  • @sevenwonders1717
    @sevenwonders1717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sadly, we have a SMALL % of "Well Instructed People" in what's left of The USA.

  • @robertlunderwood
    @robertlunderwood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The only place where I learned that the United States was a republic and not a democracy was in Junior ROTC.

    • @willdevine8266
      @willdevine8266 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How is the US not a democracy?

    • @maxwell8758
      @maxwell8758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@willdevine8266 Because we have representation and things like an electoral college. Essentially, we don’t do “majority rules.” We aren’t a democracy.

    • @willdevine8266
      @willdevine8266 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maxwell8758 how do electoral votes get allocated to a candidate?

    • @thorpeaaron1110
      @thorpeaaron1110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@willdevine8266 By state votes it's indirect election

  • @stephenwhitacre5208
    @stephenwhitacre5208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is an amazing video! I wish there were classes studying the constitution in all schools in America.

  • @challo8067
    @challo8067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    PS- We live in an oligarchic plutocracy.

    • @katiek.8808
      @katiek.8808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn’t reality fun?

    • @mr_indie_fan
      @mr_indie_fan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Currently under the "biden" administration yes.

  • @wskroll
    @wskroll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant! Bravo!

  • @terrytracy9806
    @terrytracy9806 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well done, as are most Videos here at PragerU.

  • @macvena
    @macvena 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's really quite simple. The group gets together and agrees on rules (laws) that everyone accepts and will abide by. Have a process to create and vet laws giving loads of time and consideration to all when adding or changing laws and leaders as required in the prescribed fashion. People will always get silly if allowed exclusive say, and government will get abusive if it has exclusive say. The public, the states, the legislatures, the Judiciary, and executives from local to national must work in cooperation, respecting the agreed-upon rules, or the balance is comprised.

  • @criticaltheories5222
    @criticaltheories5222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "We the People" as recently been turned into a cool song

  • @runeglia
    @runeglia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done Professor George.

  • @snakeplissken9587
    @snakeplissken9587 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unfortunately we the people have let the Fed Government get so bloated with bureaucratic agencies that it's at the point that either a Convention of States has to happen or a overthrow of the Government

  • @jer-man
    @jer-man 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very insightful. Knowledge -is- used to be power. Now that I know this, how much is there I can do to really change the current system?

  • @EverettBaland
    @EverettBaland 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Framers knew the reasons they crafted our government the way they did. While some citizens don't think about this, be clear that our enemies do. And when you know that, you know they know how to destroy it.

  • @carlprince2866
    @carlprince2866 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellent video as always . the founders were the greatest men who ever lived and we have let them down ... so sad

  • @pasoleati07
    @pasoleati07 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can anyone recommend a relatively short and accessible book that covers some of what Professor George is talking about? I already have A Patriot's History of the United States by Larry Schweikart and am trying to get my kids to read it, but it is massive and for that reason not the most accessible. Maybe Eric Metaxis' "If You Can Keep It"? Anything else someone would recommend? Thanks so much if you can do so.

  • @morghenmurdochlundgren8640
    @morghenmurdochlundgren8640 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It breaks my heart to see how shallow and purposely ignorant citizens have allowed themselves to become but act as if they know what's best in the same breath,for this country.I stand and defend it to my last dying breath and will shout it to the rooftops
    in order to pass it along to my lineage. GOD BLESS US & THE USA

    • @iamchillydogg
      @iamchillydogg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The average person isn't very smart and is easily manipulated.

  • @maestrulgamer9695
    @maestrulgamer9695 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:16-Well,that is not possible.And will never be.
    No matter what you say,taking security as a priority is in the nature on peoples!If you force them to make a choice like this,then is only a matter of time until any republic will fall!

  • @AbrahamsBridges
    @AbrahamsBridges 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Shalom, everybody!

  • @djinhelo
    @djinhelo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'd like to see a PragerU analyzing governmental structure in the United States since say, 2000 by POTUS terms,( i.e. every 4 years) as to how it rates on a scale of Democracy to Constitutional Republic with charts and graphs like you were showing up at 6th grade show and tell. You will be presenting this to the general public, after all. That data would serve the world well if it's more timely. "waiting until something happens is not waiting, it's called ignorance" djinhelo

  • @RodMartinJr
    @RodMartinJr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo! Outstanding analysis. And for even greater insights into *_Americanism,_* I recommend that everyone (American and friends of liberty worldwide) watch the *_JBS video, "Overview of America."_*
    What the professor in this video missed, at least from my perspective, is the fact that the founding fathers limited one other source of power -- namely *_the people!_* For, the people with too much power become abusive, especially when driven by emotion rather than logic and reason. *_And this condemns the current favorite amongst Leftists -- "democracy!"_*

  • @HardcoreFourSix
    @HardcoreFourSix 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another principle implied but not spelled out in the founding documents, is the right of states to withdraw from the union (no...this is not a pro-slavery position). The original 13 colonies/states were upon achieving independence were separate, sovereign entities. Those 13 voluntarily entered into an association for what was hoped to be their mutual benefit. Logic and reason would tell us that if you voluntarily enter into an association, you may also voluntarily leave. Another unwritten implied concept would be that members of the association could potentially expel members, although that may be a harder argument to make. When it was time to create new states, those newly created entities where endowed with the same rights and responsibilities as the original 13. This means that it is no crime or violation of the USC to secede. Of course, how the remnant of the union deals with any state or group of states that leaves is a tricky matter...especially when it comes to military assets and international borders & treaties.

  • @yurielastillero506
    @yurielastillero506 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope that this would shine the ideals and aspirations of my Filipino peers, who some of them are entangeled with, or ravaged by, the defects of personality-politics, which, in turn, would later become fanaticism.

  • @CLEANDrumCovers
    @CLEANDrumCovers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like these of videos where we can learn. Not only politically sided topics.

  • @freesk8
    @freesk8 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good one. Thanks! :)

  • @silverstormrifleworks7080
    @silverstormrifleworks7080 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    beautifully said, good job guys.

  • @cristiancuevas7034
    @cristiancuevas7034 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent

  • @Leslie-es5ij
    @Leslie-es5ij 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We don't pledge to the democracy for which it stands !

  • @jeffland197
    @jeffland197 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good thank you.

  • @LifeWithFlowers
    @LifeWithFlowers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well said 🇺🇸

  • @82394forrest
    @82394forrest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Our founding fathers are very dizzy rolling in their graves.

  • @TheRadioAteMyTV
    @TheRadioAteMyTV 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The rules are only as good as their enforcement. Our time is where they are selectively held rules used to punish enemies not hold together society.

  • @jonathanoconnor9546
    @jonathanoconnor9546 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the words of Benjamin Franklin, one of the 3 primary authors of the US Constitution: Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding on what is for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.

  • @williamgiusti7146
    @williamgiusti7146 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear PragerU please help Brazil establish a new Constitution oriented toward economic and political freedom while changing or judicial system to the Common Law!

  • @gabrielagustinhomas
    @gabrielagustinhomas 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    “My hope and prayer is that the sacrifices borne by so many will spawn and fulfill the promise of our new nation”.
    - Mel Gibson in “The Patriot”, 2000

  • @ssexpress4798
    @ssexpress4798 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent.

  • @patrickmccarthy7877
    @patrickmccarthy7877 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Democracy is two wolves and a lamb discussing what to have for dinner. The USA is a Constitutional republic.

  • @thatstrami
    @thatstrami 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ELI5:
    Imagine you and your friends want to decide what game to play. In a democracy, everyone gets to vote, and whatever most people choose, that’s the game everyone plays. But what if that game isn't fun for some of your friends?
    In a republic, you still get to vote, but you also pick people to help make decisions for everyone. These people listen to what everyone wants and try to make choices that are fair, even for the friends who didn’t win the vote. This way, everyone gets a voice, and rules are made to protect everyone's rights, even if they are in the smaller group.

  • @solidstream13
    @solidstream13 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never give up you 2A rights for promised security. This video clearly illustrates why it was drafted into the constitution and it was not for hunting.