There were some comments to the original post which made the self-evident point that the United States was established as a Republic, not a democracy. Democracies devolve into situations where 50.1% of the population which are low IQ morons can win out over 49.9% geniuses. Again, self-evident. But the argument over republic versus democracy is not the point of the video.
Those who actually watch the video will notice that it pertains primarily to England and secondarily to Angloshere in general; and between good king, bad king, and democracy. It’s obvious democracies don’t work and the video attempts to argue that kings along the lines of those existing prior to 1066 were, again arguably, the best form of government because they don’t rule over the people, but for them (and could be de-throned if they failed the people). Examples and reasons are provided in the video. For the open minded, it’s well worth the small investment in time.
Comments were made that we were given ‘a Republic, if we can keep it.’ I suspect the Founders perfectly well knew how difficult that would be, hence Jeffersons admonition about watering the Tree of Liberty from time to time. Well, we failed to ‘water the tree’ and Republics always fail. Always. From the Roman Republic to the Weimar Republic, the same patterns emerge: erosion of civic virtue, consolidation of power, economic instability, and the decay of the rule of law. One can read the details here. We, in America, are finding ourselves at the end stage of our Republic as we’ve checked all the aforementioned boxes. One could convincingly argue our Republic is already gone.
And yes, we were all taught in school how kings are bad and republics and democracies are better. But we were taught a lot of things in school that weren’t necessarily accurate. Kings post Norman invasion of England were generally bad, but before? There’s a reason that kingdoms were the natural norm prior to modernity and that seems to be because they ruled with the consent of the population and before the divine right of kings doctrine emerged.
For those who watch the video, one point will become quite apparent. Kingdoms, with a ‘good king,’ require a homogeneous population; a Folk. The king has no divine right and can be de-throned if he fails the Folk. I leave it to the reader to develop their own opinion on how it might be possible to salvage any form of ‘good’ government in what is known as the United States of America that would truly represent the people.
I’ve always appreciated our Constitutional Republic as the best form of government yet devised, but it failed. On reflection and after studying history, my thinking is evolving. In my most hopeful moments, I envision a good king along the lines outlined in the video, with no divine right, ruling for a folkish population. One race, one culture, one soil. But that’s just a dream …
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