@@avinashvaluveri3903 Well, that was 5 years ago, so I don't remember specifically, but I'm guessing I pulled the video up on my laptop so I could comment. Or on my phone (as I'm replying now).
I understand that CrashCourse is an american show primarily watched by Americans, but please please please have a series about UK government and politics. I personally think it's one of the more interesting political systems and I'm sure it would be very popular, just like this series.
Cyrus Levy No, what Justin said was pretty accurate. Public opininion has barely had any effect on legislation outside of a few social issues. Changing voter demographics have nothing to do with the fact that people aren't seeing the changes in legislation that they want.
No you just think that way because your not seeing the changes and legislation you want. There is a thing called the silent majority who decides what happens and they are what the gov't panders to. But I do agree that the gov't has taken Some demographics less seriously, mainly because they don't vote so the gov't has no reason to care about them.
Fenrirthewolf And there's this thing called research that actually supports what he said. The government panders to corporations, not the majority. Only when elections come around is everyone running for office suddenly center-left (because the American people are generally center-left) to appeal to the public. The moment elections are over everyone goes back to being either center-right or far right.
***** by silent majority most people mean the group of people not shouting their heads off a protests and on the media. It means the people who only give their opinion when asked, like in a poll or during elections when they vote for who they think ran the nation the best. It is true the corporations have an unfair advantage in elections. But to say that the people have no power is ignorant at best. In fact I think the people have more power then corporations even if only just barely. Maybe if more people actually voted then corporations wouldn't have any extra power. But sadly they would rather pout on the Internet or commit crimes and remain poor then Actually change the country for the better.
+Beastinvader No offense Mr. Benzine, but at first I thought you were really dry. Then I realized it was dry humor most of the time and like your content almost as much as John's. (Let's face it, who can beat the Green brothers?) :P
dangerouslytalented then you need to educate the voting population, they need to know what the politicians really stand for and if they are mad racist/homophobic/misogynistic (delete as appropriate) bastards
We do have term limits, they're called elections. If people would actually pay attention to the candidates instead of blindly voting, all their problems will be solved.
If, like me, you've wondered "why does it seem that US politics resolve so much around money", that question is answered very directly in this episode.
Michael Gimbel at least he's a billionaire who instead of buying yachts is shaking things up in DC. And I thank him for it. He's no saint but he is what we need right now
These videos are wonderful. I'm actually kind of sad to see that these have relatively low views compared to other crash course series. I'm going to try to share these with my younger cousins and maybe teachers I had back in high school that I keep in contact with. Keep up the good work.
I'm not sure that would work. If you want to root out the systemic same-ness in US politics, term limits won't do the job. Somebody will be in office for two terms, get a good friend of his into office for a third, and then return for two more terms himself. A better solution would be to ditch FPTP elections for a PR system. If a state like New York has to appoint 27 representatives, you could divide the state into 27 districts, as is currently done, but if you instead just took all the votes cast in the state and appointed the 27 seats proportionally, you're pretty much eradicating the occurence of safe seats. As an added bonus, it would also mean smaller parties like the Libertarians or Greens are no longer guaranteed never to get represented.
That's a horrible idea! The reason congress works (when it does work) is because of the seniority of senetors and representatives. They know how things should be done, and they keep the entire thing from turning into even more of a shit throwing contest then it already is. It's also undemocratic because your telling the people who they can and can't vote for.
The issue there Robert is that you can end up with a representative for your district who fails to represent the majority of people in that district, merely the State as a whole, leaving you with no one to go to.
Alex Zarandi No, quite the contrary. Normally you'd have on person to go to, now you'd have 27 (staying with the example of New York), and you could pick the one among those 27 you think represents you best.
^All of the above + How would anyone accrue any experience, I was thinking about term limiting congress myself but for international relations, treaty creation, hell even major domestic issues, i think to have an effective skillful collection of leaders some congresspeople will need to spend several terms... maybe it could work if you set the term limits at say... 10 terms for congresspersons, and 5 for senators...
This is why campaigning should be illegal. Candidates should only be allowed to speak publicly at debates. No adverts or signs or anything. It would be a level playing field where not just those that can get money can rule.
But then the electorate becomes even more apathetic and uneducated. The issue isn't campaigning, it's the American approach to it, i.e. negative campaigns, and attack adds.
They'd get to state their positions on things an that's it. No candidate would get more exposure than any other because they'd only be allowed to appear in the public view in debates and interviews. Of which they all get the same number of and the same time to do it in.
Still wouldn't work mate. As representatives, they are inherently public figures, they need to speak to the press to do their jobs, particularly more established ones, or those on the leadership. To ban them from interacting with the public prevents them from doing their very job.
The biggest problem with Congress today is that they create way too many unconstitutional programs. I'll vote for the person who'll balance the federal budget by eliminating wasteful programs like the corporate welfare of the Ex-Im Bank, Amtrak, & PBS. We need to close harmful departments like the TSA, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Labor, & the Dept of Education which have no Constitutional authorization. We need to reduce spending on warfare overseas and end illegal spying on Americans by the NSA. We need to reduce the size of the govt to create economic growth & the liberty the founders intended.
Well said, all of these ass-hats in congress only look out for themselves and their money. They have perverted the constitution and have made the national government meddle in the affairs of the states for no reason but to make themselves more powerful and richer. Is all in the constitution folks, and these guys sure as heck aint following it.
I'd also like to see Congress convert social security into a system of personal accounts where people can make their own choices. We should be allowed to take the payroll taxes we pay and put them into a personal account with a range of options from govt holding all of it (in govt bonds) or investing it like in an IRA. Just give people more freedom.
Naveen I know this isn't a popular opinion in America but to be honest the founding fathers were from over 200 years ago and America/society is completely different so there wishes mean almost nothing. The founders were fine with things like slavery, sexism, mass poverty etc which we don't accept now so why do there views on the path of America mean anything. Also the constitution isn't the holy grail, following it won't make things better necessarily - policy makes things better. America needs to change it's political system before it can change it's policy/legislation.
Why do we need term limits? People seem to say this all the time without supporting it. I'll offer you a reason we shouldn't have term limits -- it would limit the number of choices available to the voting public to select from for the person they want to represent them.
JogInTheFog With a term limit it would mean that there would not be such a high need for funding because they would not have to compete with the incumbent. This would allow for more people to run for office. Also the reason most people would want to have term limits to to change the focus of the politics from reelection to actually benefiting the general public. Also there is a system that develops where there is no progress because the same people are always holding the same positions. If there was a fresh group of people with new ideas then there might actually be some progress. This can not happen without term limits.
JogInTheFog The argument for term limits is that being faced with such a limit would motivate them to focus their time and energy on getting things done since YOEO (you're only elected once).
Field Marshal Fry You don't well expect the common infantryman to grasp political complexities, do you? As it is, any officer with sense attempts to get off the front line.
***** Or, maybe make it so 95+% of the population aren't instantly excluded from running for office? When everyone running the country is doing so from the point of view of the wealthy, you end up with a government that has a kind of skewed perspective.
Cian Probably the best way to do that would be to randomly pick a bunch of people out of the phone book to serve in government for the next couple of years. Can't be worse than what you've got now.
***** I've heard that in ancient Athens public officers were randomised from (land owning, native, born free, male) citizens as elections were seen as more oligarchic.
yewskriimskoop Makes sense. You could also have a hybrid system where you have a certain number of seats filled by elected representatives, then enough randomly-assigned members to match the voter turnout. If you have a 90% voter turnout and 150 electorates, then you have 16.667 assigned members of parliament. Every absentee voter is voting for random assignment.
Awesome! I hope to hear more about state legislation at some point. For example, so few students here in Florida know that there is a Bill that already passed the State Senate and will probably pass the State House that starting as early as July 1st will allow concealed weapons on college campuses. State legislation (and municipal) has massive effects on day-to-day lives, and are also often voted in my a few thousand at a time!
we need term limits on congress. they limited the president to 8 years because power can get to your head but then we have some members in congress that have been their for 40 years, quite hypocritical if you ask me.
I know this reply is 2 years late, but term limits on the President was put into affect with the 22nd Amendment which was passed after FDR died in office in April 1945. FDR passed away just a few months after being sworn in for his fourth term in office. The 22nd Amendment was passed because congress figured that the stress of being President was to great for any person to handle for longer than 8 years. Also, it was to make official the precedent that George Washington set when he refused to run for a 3rd term as President.
I subscribed to THIS channel well over a year now, I recently subscribed to wheezy waiter. Not putting two and two together, until right now..... Eagle punch!
"This might feel a little cynical.." Surely being able to analyze the "social game" that comes with government/politics is one of the most helpful benefits that arises from educating oneself on this topic? To be cynical about government and politics by analyzing the likely thought process of government officials and political candidates is to gain an even further understanding; to find the motives of political candidates and the reasoning behind those motives, and the reasoning behind certain political decisions... Isn't that a good thing? Why refer to cynicism in a negative light?
You guys do such a great job on these videos, especially being as non-bias as possible. One thing I didn't like is the way you spoke about the price $ of elections. Just because candidates are spending more, doesn't not necessarily mean it 'costs' that much. For instance, the average cost of a pair of men's denim jeans is about $50. However, many people feel those particular jeans aren't good enough and spend over $200. Both pairs have the same function, one is just 'better' than the other. My point is elections are costing more and more because people are able to make more and more profits from them.
"... the elections of the people that are supposed to matter the most. CONGRESS!" Maybe it's just my flawed perceptions, but it's kinda baffling how so few people seem to understand this.
This series is unbelievably helpful.
+
When has PBS not been helpful?
JS.
I do not mean any disrespect
Government finally makes sense! This is so much better than listening to a college professor giving a lecture for 3 hours! Thank you CrashCourse!
"I'm on the TV. I'm not, I'm on TH-cam."
I'm watching TH-cam on my TV, so actually, you are on both.
how did u comment then
@@avinashvaluveri3903 Well, that was 5 years ago, so I don't remember specifically, but I'm guessing I pulled the video up on my laptop so I could comment. Or on my phone (as I'm replying now).
@@JasonCorfman lol, you actually replied
"when this was being recorded in 2015 people were already talking about the upcoming election" if only they knew what was coming.....
The punching of the eagle is by far the best part of this show 😂
I understand that CrashCourse is an american show primarily watched by Americans, but please please please have a series about UK government and politics. I personally think it's one of the more interesting political systems and I'm sure it would be very popular, just like this series.
Fun Fact: Public opinion hasn't affected legislation for about the last 30 years.
One: Affected. Effect is a noun, affect is a verb.
Two: Yes...yes it has. It's called voter demographics.
Cyrus Levy
No, what Justin said was pretty accurate. Public opininion has barely had any effect on legislation outside of a few social issues. Changing voter demographics have nothing to do with the fact that people aren't seeing the changes in legislation that they want.
No you just think that way because your not seeing the changes and legislation you want. There is a thing called the silent majority who decides what happens and they are what the gov't panders to. But I do agree that the gov't has taken Some demographics less seriously, mainly because they don't vote so the gov't has no reason to care about them.
Fenrirthewolf
And there's this thing called research that actually supports what he said. The government panders to corporations, not the majority. Only when elections come around is everyone running for office suddenly center-left (because the American people are generally center-left) to appeal to the public. The moment elections are over everyone goes back to being either center-right or far right.
***** by silent majority most people mean the group of people not shouting their heads off a protests and on the media. It means the people who only give their opinion when asked, like in a poll or during elections when they vote for who they think ran the nation the best. It is true the corporations have an unfair advantage in elections. But to say that the people have no power is ignorant at best. In fact I think the people have more power then corporations even if only just barely. Maybe if more people actually voted then corporations wouldn't have any extra power. But sadly they would rather pout on the Internet or commit crimes and remain poor then Actually change the country for the better.
I actually find you darn funny.
Beastinvader I find him funny too. I think lots of people do.
+Beastinvader No offense Mr. Benzine, but at first I thought you were really dry. Then I realized it was dry humor most of the time and like your content almost as much as John's. (Let's face it, who can beat the Green brothers?) :P
I don't- I think he explains things well but I find his attempted humour tiresome. Maybe it's because I'm British.
ur sense of humor is autistic if u think he is funny
*watches ******3:13******, thinks of this years election- starts laughing hysterically*
Got to me was well... The sweet bliss of ignorance!
Incumbancy advantage. Just one of many reasons we need term limits for members of Congress.
there is no term limit for MP's here in the UK, and they get ousted with surprising regularity
Field Marshal Fry
But they fixed the gerrymandering and rotten boroughs in the UK... They are making MORE gerrymandered seats in the US.
dangerouslytalented
then you need to educate the voting population, they need to know what the politicians really stand for and if they are mad racist/homophobic/misogynistic (delete as appropriate) bastards
Field Marshal Fry
we all do
We do have term limits, they're called elections. If people would actually pay attention to the candidates instead of blindly voting, all their problems will be solved.
If, like me, you've wondered "why does it seem that US politics resolve so much around money", that question is answered very directly in this episode.
It's May 2018 and this episode is darkly ironic now.
3:42 "Most billionaires have better things to do"
*shows pictures of Donald Trump*
Michael Gimbel 😂
😆😂
President Trump, lol
Isaac Dorfman Sad!
Michael Gimbel at least he's a billionaire who instead of buying yachts is shaking things up in DC. And I thank him for it. He's no saint but he is what we need right now
Craig's animated thoughtbubble counterpart looked very handsome.
are you implying Craig doesn't look snazzy and handsome in the real world?
Ahaha no, not at all! But the picture he had on the pamphlet captured all his charming features.
These videos are wonderful. I'm actually kind of sad to see that these have relatively low views compared to other crash course series. I'm going to try to share these with my younger cousins and maybe teachers I had back in high school that I keep in contact with. Keep up the good work.
Dear Crash Course, you are what makes humanity shine!
That moment when you have to ap test tomorrow for government...
Paola Hernandez same bro
My final is tomorrow, but my test is in a week
i love when he punches the eagle
This has really been a great series, I really like Craig and the delivery has been awesome.
his eagle is the voodoo doll of the US government, when he punches it, something bad happens, when he is nice to it something good happens.
3:45 "so they dont have time to run for office."
Daddy Trump : hold my beer
Oh 2015..... This is Sept. 1 2019. It gets bad.... very bad.....
wow! I wish I had this info twelve yrs ago when I was in government class. this series is amazing! thank you!
Irony- says billionaires are too busy to run for president, puts up Donald Trump, who is running.
lol who is now an official candidate
Janette McDugald 😬😬😬
Who is now President
And spent less money becoming president.
Janette McDugald and is arguably the best president we ever had.
Holy crap, TIL Craig invented the term "doobly doo." Vlogbrothers borrowed it from him.
Vote for Craig!
The dress was Black and Blue
Agreed. I know the personal is political; but there is a time, and a place.
the dress was yo mama
Am I the only one who saw it as blue and gold
GabeN No I've read comment that have also said that. I can't say that I've seen that myself.
was I the only one who saw it as Octarine?
We need to institute term limits for representatives and senators. Both should be limited to two terms.
I'm not sure that would work. If you want to root out the systemic same-ness in US politics, term limits won't do the job. Somebody will be in office for two terms, get a good friend of his into office for a third, and then return for two more terms himself. A better solution would be to ditch FPTP elections for a PR system. If a state like New York has to appoint 27 representatives, you could divide the state into 27 districts, as is currently done, but if you instead just took all the votes cast in the state and appointed the 27 seats proportionally, you're pretty much eradicating the occurence of safe seats. As an added bonus, it would also mean smaller parties like the Libertarians or Greens are no longer guaranteed never to get represented.
That's a horrible idea! The reason congress works (when it does work) is because of the seniority of senetors and representatives. They know how things should be done, and they keep the entire thing from turning into even more of a shit throwing contest then it already is. It's also undemocratic because your telling the people who they can and can't vote for.
The issue there Robert is that you can end up with a representative for your district who fails to represent the majority of people in that district, merely the State as a whole, leaving you with no one to go to.
Alex Zarandi No, quite the contrary. Normally you'd have on person to go to, now you'd have 27 (staying with the example of New York), and you could pick the one among those 27 you think represents you best.
^All of the above + How would anyone accrue any experience, I was thinking about term limiting congress myself but for international relations, treaty creation, hell even major domestic issues, i think to have an effective skillful collection of leaders some congresspeople will need to spend several terms...
maybe it could work if you set the term limits at say... 10 terms for congresspersons, and 5 for senators...
I'm a poli sci major and I always try to cover up the fact I know nothing about american elections thanks crash course 👍
Better platforms and better insights and implementation… honesty and kindness.
building yacht forts?
With money glue
Building a mansion made of other smaller mansions
this really should be 'Crash course American Government and Politics.
The reason I am passing government. ^^
yay at 2:26 you showed my state :D
This is why campaigning should be illegal. Candidates should only be allowed to speak publicly at debates. No adverts or signs or anything. It would be a level playing field where not just those that can get money can rule.
But then the electorate becomes even more apathetic and uneducated. The issue isn't campaigning, it's the American approach to it, i.e. negative campaigns, and attack adds.
It also enhances incumbent advantage, since as a public figure they'll inherently receive more public exposure leading up to an election
They'd get to state their positions on things an that's it. No candidate would get more exposure than any other because they'd only be allowed to appear in the public view in debates and interviews. Of which they all get the same number of and the same time to do it in.
Still wouldn't work mate. As representatives, they are inherently public figures, they need to speak to the press to do their jobs, particularly more established ones, or those on the leadership. To ban them from interacting with the public prevents them from doing their very job.
Alex Zarandi how does a candidates only access to the public result in her being more apathetic and uneducated? just wondering.
This is my favorite video on the internet
I'm from the UK, I have my American Politics exam tomorrow, thank you for your help Craig
Crash Course US Government: the best way to spend Friday night.
"That guy isn't nice". *pointing at Wikimedia Commons*
I knew it.
My favorite thing is watching the Eagle go flying lol.
The biggest problem with Congress today is that they create way too many unconstitutional programs. I'll vote for the person who'll balance the federal budget by eliminating wasteful programs like the corporate welfare of the Ex-Im Bank, Amtrak, & PBS. We need to close harmful departments like the TSA, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Labor, & the Dept of Education which have no Constitutional authorization. We need to reduce spending on warfare overseas and end illegal spying on Americans by the NSA. We need to reduce the size of the govt to create economic growth & the liberty the founders intended.
Well said, all of these ass-hats in congress only look out for themselves and their money. They have perverted the constitution and have made the national government meddle in the affairs of the states for no reason but to make themselves more powerful and richer. Is all in the constitution folks, and these guys sure as heck aint following it.
PBS funds crash course...
I'd also like to see Congress convert social security into a system of personal accounts where people can make their own choices. We should be allowed to take the payroll taxes we pay and put them into a personal account with a range of options from govt holding all of it (in govt bonds) or investing it like in an IRA. Just give people more freedom.
Diana Peña Less than 0.001% can still be as much as 370 million dollars....
Naveen I know this isn't a popular opinion in America but to be honest the founding fathers were from over 200 years ago and America/society is completely different so there wishes mean almost nothing. The founders were fine with things like slavery, sexism, mass poverty etc which we don't accept now so why do there views on the path of America mean anything.
Also the constitution isn't the holy grail, following it won't make things better necessarily - policy makes things better.
America needs to change it's political system before it can change it's policy/legislation.
Political science professor keeps linking your videos, extremely helpful. Thanks for making these informative videos.
you guys are so sick good
let's all vote Craig for President!!!
It's a shame that term limits will never happen without an overreach by the Legislative or the Executive Branch.
Why do we need term limits? People seem to say this all the time without supporting it. I'll offer you a reason we shouldn't have term limits -- it would limit the number of choices available to the voting public to select from for the person they want to represent them.
JogInTheFog With a term limit it would mean that there would not be such a high need for funding because they would not have to compete with the incumbent. This would allow for more people to run for office. Also the reason most people would want to have term limits to to change the focus of the politics from reelection to actually benefiting the general public. Also there is a system that develops where there is no progress because the same people are always holding the same positions. If there was a fresh group of people with new ideas then there might actually be some progress. This can not happen without term limits.
JogInTheFog The argument for term limits is that being faced with such a limit would motivate them to focus their time and energy on getting things done since YOEO (you're only elected once).
term limits are not needed, the voting population needs better political awareness
Field Marshal Fry You don't well expect the common infantryman to grasp political complexities, do you? As it is, any officer with sense attempts to get off the front line.
So excited about this series!
my AP Gov finals are coming up and these videos help so much shsh
21 Ohan Sides At the Disco Same, I would low key be screwed without these vids 😂
21 Ohan Sides At the Disco I’m binging
There's something kind of messed up with Congress when even the poorest member (who is from Florida) is still a multi millionaire.
Maybe you should make it so that only those with an annual income below the median can run for office?
*****
Or, maybe make it so 95+% of the population aren't instantly excluded from running for office? When everyone running the country is doing so from the point of view of the wealthy, you end up with a government that has a kind of skewed perspective.
Cian Probably the best way to do that would be to randomly pick a bunch of people out of the phone book to serve in government for the next couple of years. Can't be worse than what you've got now.
***** I've heard that in ancient Athens public officers were randomised from (land owning, native, born free, male) citizens as elections were seen as more oligarchic.
yewskriimskoop Makes sense. You could also have a hybrid system where you have a certain number of seats filled by elected representatives, then enough randomly-assigned members to match the voter turnout. If you have a 90% voter turnout and 150 electorates, then you have 16.667 assigned members of parliament. Every absentee voter is voting for random assignment.
i was taught never to trust politicians
Awesome! I hope to hear more about state legislation at some point. For example, so few students here in Florida know that there is a Bill that already passed the State Senate and will probably pass the State House that starting as early as July 1st will allow concealed weapons on college campuses. State legislation (and municipal) has massive effects on day-to-day lives, and are also often voted in my a few thousand at a time!
we need term limits on congress. they limited the president to 8 years because power can get to your head but then we have some members in congress that have been their for 40 years, quite hypocritical if you ask me.
Snoopy the ace one of the few things I like about Trump is his support for term limits
I know this reply is 2 years late, but term limits on the President was put into affect with the 22nd Amendment which was passed after FDR died in office in April 1945. FDR passed away just a few months after being sworn in for his fourth term in office. The 22nd Amendment was passed because congress figured that the stress of being President was to great for any person to handle for longer than 8 years. Also, it was to make official the precedent that George Washington set when he refused to run for a 3rd term as President.
If people vote for that politician then why set term limits? Makes no sense.
It even says the exact reason why in this video! From 5:15 of this video, to 6:00 of this video is where it says it!
@@aksa706 Watch 5:15 to 6:00 of this video to find out exactly why Congress desperately needs term limits!
What is this.... teevee.... you speak of?
I believe that it's spelled tea vii
I thought it was a ty-bee
Are you more familiar with the word tellie?
OHhhhh! TeeVee!
We call it the Netflix rectangle.
You are awesome!! Thank you for sharing this information and making it interesting, as well as funny!
"Politicians and diapers should be changed often, and for the same reason." - Mark Twain
3:37 .... yeah, not this time
I'd vote for you Craig!
These are so helpful, especially living in the UK - useful revision videos for my A Level in May!
why is there a dislike already?
No one knows.
Because they didn't like it?
August MacDonald well someONE knows ^^
Because someone disliked the video.
it was the guy who he pointed out not to be nice.
Looks like your left elbow patch needs some mending.
Great video!
Thanks
I learn so much from this and House of Cards
Craig isn't on the TV,he's on our PC's! :)
Watching so I can understand house of cards
craig you rock keep on crash course video hosting
I actually read Mayhew's book the week after this video came out for my American Politics seminar. Too bad I didn't see this video earlier... :P
If you make it trough the primaries, you have my vote!
this web series is SO good! :3
Martin Van Side-Burens
Don't usually watch these but my House of Cards marathon has me a bit excited about American politics.
Good evening everybody. It's snowing in North Texas :D
OMG he barely blinked the entire video!!!
Here in Canada a canidate can't fund his campaign.
_yikes_
There are ways around that. You fund companies which in turn fund you a lot of the time with your own money back.
... you could also look at whom has been donating to a congressman's campaign...
You guys should watch CGP Grey's videos on voting and how it's easy manipulated. Quite scary and frustrating how unrepresented certain places are.
Slightly off-topic, but if Craig wants to run for president, I'd vote for him!
this episode is rough to watch in 2020
Crash course government is so helpful!
Hello! I hope you are well. I was wondering, what is the name of the 1974 book May Hughes presented? (I apologize if his name is written incorrectly).
This guy is leading up to be my favorite crash course presenter. Hank still holds the position though.
This was Good!! Thanks
Good job
I want a "Wheezy for President"-sticker. Or rather, 20 of them.
Great info! Thanks!
I think I go back to watching crash course history, less depressing.
I subscribed to THIS channel well over a year now, I recently subscribed to wheezy waiter. Not putting two and two together, until right now..... Eagle punch!
Is there a video about presidental elections?
I wish u could do a video about how a president is elected esp about primaries
Awesome series.w
"This might feel a little cynical.." Surely being able to analyze the "social game" that comes with government/politics is one of the most helpful benefits that arises from educating oneself on this topic? To be cynical about government and politics by analyzing the likely thought process of government officials and political candidates is to gain an even further understanding; to find the motives of political candidates and the reasoning behind those motives, and the reasoning behind certain political decisions... Isn't that a good thing? Why refer to cynicism in a negative light?
The only reason why I clicked on this video is because of Craig's cartoon avatar in the thumbnail.
I love the jacket
We need to fund an oversight committee!
this came out on my birthday!
i like this guy. can we keep him?
3:46 except trump
Hey mr. Mckeever!! this is christin from 7th!!
One hundred percent with you on the hairstyle thing.
You guys do such a great job on these videos, especially being as non-bias as possible. One thing I didn't like is the way you spoke about the price $ of elections. Just because candidates are spending more, doesn't not necessarily mean it 'costs' that much. For instance, the average cost of a pair of men's denim jeans is about $50. However, many people feel those particular jeans aren't good enough and spend over $200. Both pairs have the same function, one is just 'better' than the other. My point is elections are costing more and more because people are able to make more and more profits from them.
"... the elections of the people that are supposed to matter the most. CONGRESS!"
Maybe it's just my flawed perceptions, but it's kinda baffling how so few people seem to understand this.
Yay, you used IL :)
One Person = One Term. Make it so !
you're on the smart tv!