How bad is the crisis in democracy?

[@ngocphongle8922]

In West, corruption has a nice name: LOBBY

[@gabrielonibudo5710]

That's stupid

[@mastman2315]

in usa the CONGRESS is the most corrupt form of organized crime yet

[@Ryanlexz]

@cannabased The western are foolish to think they have "democracy" when in reality it not

[@bobthekobb]

very true. money money money. we need leaders who care about society and their relationships with others.

[@innosam123]

Ngọc Phong Lê Lobbying exists so that people can talk to politicians directly. It is not inherently corruption. If you believe Lobbying is corruption, than any non-profit making speeches in Congress is corruption.

[@patrickstanik]

"The attitude of corporations towards government has gone from seeing government as a threat to seeing government as potential oportunity" - says an expert in this documentary, and this one sentence tells all about why democracy is in crisis.

[@mastman2315]

YEAH they are not stupid you but a majority swing vote to pass laws for a fraction of the cost of getting approval via media. Payoffs to senators and congress are like buying a two hour hooker they are cheap prostitutes all of them. Trump the only honest man in government

Come on....it hads always been the case

[@mastman2315]

@ Move to CHINA . I hear they have huge cities with many cheap condos

@@mastman2315 don't have to. China is coming to Europe.

[@mastman2315]

@ except the modern post wwii elite corruption of lawmakers has reached levels never seen before. They push Programs to eliminate Humans and eradicate wealth held by the working classes. Much worse it just a reflection of the voters who are just like them

[@donaldmcronald2331]

Who would've guessed that unrestricting lobbying undermines democracy. Who would'vve guessed that social and economial inequality undermine democracy? One has to come to the realization that democracy needs reform. There needs to be more transperency and measures to decrease inequality. No matter how strong you build your state institutions, it's not going to save democracy if you cannot maintain trust into it.

[@gustaf3811]

Democracy has been failing from the start because firstly it's not a very effective system of governing in the first place. Yet it was favored because the royalties feared uproars after the french and american revolution while the people wanted a more effective governing system. Democracy was chosen as a way to allow the elite to keep their wealth so from the start it was easily corruptable.

[@wooz8804]

There is no best system, only the not worst system

[@lespetitesmouettes8996]

“De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum” - Of the two evils, the lesser must always be chosen.

[@aaronstone2342]

It's like the history is repeating itself in France

[@Ryanlexz]

@Scott Webb democracy is a flaws syetem yo.

[@gopaolo7921]

Not just in France.

[@Anon-xd3cf]

Its repeating itself in all so-called democracies. There are small and large cycles... I think we are about to come full circle on one of our century long paths.

[@loominatyconfirmed5774]

@@Ryanlexz name a better system

[@Ryanlexz]

@@loominatyconfirmed5774 authoritarian government is way better. No divided society, no riot etc..

[@pxfy]

To summarise: western democracy in its current form is failing, it needs reform and make democracy work for most people and not just the rich and powerful

[@xubruce3875]

Under the existing democracy regime. Which party has the power to force reform? no mention they both lack of motivation. democracy is a reference idea. how could the government make sure democracy work for everyone? That's a question.

[@sheshankjoshi]

A very ancient man once said, "Democracy is the rule of mob". Misinformation and propaganda are more dangerous than tyranny. Hatsoff to that man, Aristotle.

[@Antipodean33]

One of the American founding fathers said something similar "Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where 51% of the people may take away the rights of the other 49%"

[@keubis2132]

Tru

[@akbarhussain4365]

India is facing the same problem

[@hbombfreak]

Once China rules the world, shitmocracy will thankfully be no more 🎉

[@Randomukperson]

So true. This is the perfect weapon of the Marxists. Long life capitalism

[@nirv8]

Stalin once said “it does not matter who gets the votes, it only matter who counts them”

[@l.u.rehuher3714]

"...I trust no one not even myself." Joseph Stalin

[@tldr_rm_-rf]

@@l.u.rehuher3714 that's what autocracy is starting with. lack of trust

[@TalkTalk44]

Corporations rule the world.

[@halosainty5471]

that's just human natural instincts : greedy. and the Achilles' heel of capitalism

[@g.williams2047]

The two percent that own the corporations and media own the world.

[@10THPROPHET]

@@g.williams2047 socialism nor capitalism is the answer. Embrace the third position

[@g.williams2047]

@@10THPROPHET I am in the third position.

[@fe12rrps]

Plato was right.

[@bauti2112]

Yep. Philosopher kings seems pretty good now

[@Curiousmind-CD]

We don't have any other options better than Democracy

[@D1ST1OFFICIELRAP]

Force et Honneur Pour un monde meilleur 🤝💪🙏

[@arkenhertz]

t'as vu comment les habitants de la mdp se sont planqués hahaha on apparait pas dans le reportage

[@theblackponderer]

" . . . most elected politicians are becoming more unpopular. Are they still serving the people or themselves?" Answer: Themselves

[@halosainty5471]

nan,they always serving for themselves,few people clean their shit

[@BeanOnTheFlipside]

Modi best example

[@gustaf3811]

Democracy has been failing from the start because firstly it's not a very effective system of governing in the first place. Yet it was favored because the royalties feared uproars after the french and american revolution while the people wanted a more effective governing system. Democracy was chosen as a way to allow the elite to keep their wealth so from the start it was corrupt. Now big corporations and shadow governments are ruling the worlds thanks to democracy.

[@theblackponderer]

@@gustaf3811 Democracy is an experiment, an ongoing project. It requires constant participation from the citizenry to work. The reason why democracy fails is because the public doesn’t participate fully in it, involuntarily via things like voter suppression laws but also voluntary due to such attitudes like “I don’t talk about politics.” Most citizens limit their engagement with politics to voting only in presidential elections. Democracy requires more involvement than just voting for a president to work, indeed for democracy to work the citizenry must engage in more civics than just voting. When the public is limited in its political engagement it allows public servants to develop into their own class of elites which is exactly what democracy is suppose to prevent. For democracy to work, everyone must be political, there cannot be a few people whose job it is to be political and everyone else disengages with political business. I’m other words, democracy fails when there exist a political class.

[@gordong9596]

Heck yeah my city is on The Economist! ...Hmm wait a minute

[@reryaa]

Gordon GM poops and needles on streets?

[@andrekoniger3020]

The documentary is to 95% about the US, the rest is about democracy.

[@llmeekos]

Probably because the US is the most populated “democracy” in the world & up until recently, was the longest running

[@andrekoniger3020]

@@llmeekos Ever heard about a place called India?

[@llmeekos]

@@andrekoniger3020 Oh, my bad! I forgot India is #2!

[@johannesbekker1970]

Democracy ! Where ? I see dead bodies and Julian Assange

[@Ryanlexz]

Ikr The western are foolish to think they have "democracy" when in reality it not

Hungary? Serbia? Italy? Britain? Russian influence on many countries and many minds of the people? You skipped to point out many examples while dealing with that drug crysis.

[@harrywood6502]

they arent going to make a video thats hours long. they had to choose. picking the opioid epidemic in the US was good because the US is supposed to be the strongest and best democracy. it was also good as the epidimic was created due to internal failures of the US system, lobbying, rather than an external influence on the system, russian influence. hostile governments will always try to ruin their opponent's nation, its far more significant when the nations own system ruins its own country.

@@harrywood6502 yes, but hostile nations such as Russia use legitimate problems that average people encounter and use their anger against the country of the aforementioned people.

[@harrywood6502]

@ yes and those legitimate issues are multiple. they couldnt cover them all and some are nation specific. they showed two examples of issues: the political class being seperate(france) and the political class not making good decisions for their constituents due to corporate influence(US). i think these are the two main issues most countries face and its fair to focus on them.

[@jacobs8102]

"The more governments control what their fellow citizens know the less they can claim the authority of those citizens for how they rule. The more governments withhold information from their fellow citizens the less accountable they are to those who give them their authority." John Dunn "Democracy". The biggest paradox of democracy is that while insists that government exercise democracy on behalf of its citizens but as matter of fact it is in hands of very few of those citizens, many of whom become career politicians. In terms of both political and economic power, the mass democracy of Periclean Athens has given way (by necessity) to an accommodation with what Dunn refers to as the "order of egoism," sustained by an economic system that encourages the accumulation of wealth and power in the hands of a tiny percentage of the population. The challenge for governments that wish to be seen as democratic is to preserve their ability to claim that they rule by the consent of the governed. In an age in which the ability of governments to intervene in the lives of their citizens is more powerful than ever, this is a matter of no small importance.

[@johannesbekker1970]

Freedom is the slowest most painful birth of the new man.

[@raitey]

Great video guys! Also excellent last few issues on these topics.

[@sancho7863]

I live in america so i wouldn’t know what it’s like to live in a democracy

[@ethancrowe280]

@@youmomin4 America really does suck, are you blind?

[@53anHarri50n]

@@ethancrowe280 go to North Korea and try posting about how the country you live in sucks lol

[@ethancrowe280]

@@53anHarri50n straw man fallacy right there, of course North Korea is worse dumbass.

[@ethancrowe280]

@@53anHarri50n corporations outweigh the people so yeah America kinda does suck

[@53anHarri50n]

@@ethancrowe280 you're completely right. I'm the idiot in this conversation.

[@1789Bastille]

Economy has too much power. People and politicians cant do a thing. It is never good that companies gather more power than states. Break the corporations

[@yunitawizardang8796]

DemoCracy become DemoCrazy...

[@冯劲威-c9o]

democracy value is universal. But how to operate a democracy system in practice is another thing.

[@毛逸人]

Do you know what’s the meaning of universal? Kid

[@何ホウ志逸シイ]

@@毛逸人 你想说中国是专制吗？ 人民民主专政噢

[@毛逸人]

何志逸 和中国有P关系？我只是觉得某些连universal这个词是什么意思都不知道的小P孩就乱用词汇很搞笑。现在地球上只有存在Western core values，没有所谓的Universal values，回去读小学地理啦

[@WhD2024]

Democracy is so overrated - Francis J Underwood

[@tgreaux5027]

Howd that work out for him?

[@ToksNation]

1:08 I don’t understand a word but that’s a hard track

[@DZ477]

6:43 _side note_: Those 14% Chinese people who don't trust their government would lose social credit score.

[@divisionao5647]

The breach of trust by the executed means that the executed person has the ability to perform and fails to perform the obligations stipulated in the effective legal documents.Restrictions on certain serious dishonest persons to travel by train, aircraft, entry and exit, etc.

[@officerinministryofstrateg3147]

Droiz 你可真是个大傻逼哦

[@DZ477]

@@officerinministryofstrateg3147 呵呵，张嘴就骂人。不就是个典型的垃圾吗？

[@officerinministryofstrateg3147]

@@DZ477 你个逼不就是在这下面危言耸听瞎几把说，扯个子虚乌有的社会信用分博你欧美爹的赞嘛，说你是臭傻逼没错的～

[@DZ477]

@@officerinministryofstrateg3147 哎哟，别一张口就骂人，有素质吗？我先不说信用评分。看你在KZbin上面，我猜你在西方国家。你这样没素质，是那地方的负担。

[@Actor_bad24IK]

human society will evolve and survive to overcome the current crisis

[@精明的花生豆]

I am very gratitude that I live a great and powerful country.its name is China.

[@wflc99]

me too, even if i am now living in so-called western democracy country, i support chinese gov way to manage China, it is great country,i think it will back to be greatest soon..

[@affanshaikh7546]

The country who is killing thousands of uyghur Muslims without any reason only bcz they are Muslim ...shame on you

[@felixdornano64]

Hey The Economist, nice video. But for god's sake, tone in down with the music. You try too hard to make the subject epic. The fall of democracy is brutal enough there's no need to put violins and actions-scene drums over every second of footage.

[@bauti2112]

They need to put a dragon and more boss music

[@collinbrown9233]

As someone with adhd, it actually helps me quite a bit

[@karinawong5063]

86%for China? I am disappointed😂😂😂It should be 100%.

[@cucco1]

This video severely lacks focus. It turned in some kind of rant about US politics. There could have been mention of stable democratic systems to maintain a certain balance. Like this you only get a grasp of how bad the "democracy crisis" is in the US.

[@azhadial7396]

I also like how they painted the yellow vest movement as a threat to democracy while their main demand is more direct democracy...

[@mozzer422]

So when do we bring out the guillotines?

[@mastman2315]

yesterday

[@mastman2315]

the perfect form of JUSTICE heads roll and no appeal court to deal with. 600 of these correctional device s should be towed to dc along with a demand they all leave and resign OR ELSE

[@TS-sj1iv]

There are manifold crises in Western democracy. It is a crisis in education and in intellectual discourse, migration and economy. To fight for the values of the values of enlightenment is complicated because the enemies are clever and use any mean appropriate to get the most of the system without sustaining it.

[@danielhui]

Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong!

[@xubruce3875]

HK protestors are the loser in reality. they mask themselves as a rat.

[@kbstrong429]

I think it should be taken out on the corporations through boycott and not the governments being paid by those corporations.

[@tanujSE]

Heirs of a cold war That's what we've become

[@余阳-d3w]

Abraham Lincoln say, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."

[@zane9964]

废话，说这话的时候是南北战争，解放奴隶

[@stefanbraem]

It’s strange that still so many people believe that politicians are representing them, while it’s obvious that it’s simply about their carreer, hence: income...

[@dannyarcher438]

Oh man, did you come up with it?

[@lyndonredmond817]

However it is still better than China or north Korea where people don't even have the right to choose a man to represent themselves

[@martinthurgate]

I think it’s more complex than that. In Australia, politicians aren’t paid very much compared to what that same person can earn in the private sector. The few politicians that I know personally (admittedly not many), have typically started in politics for good/genuine reasons.

[@PtolemyXVII]

All lobbying should be banned in politics

[@chenjunnn]

regardless of what kind of governing system there is, there is always a hierarchy. none of the communist regimes actually practice equality contrary to those who romanticise it. though the monarchy was abolished in france, the republican soon showed no difference. when people have power, they become greedy. this is very human. the failure to understand shows a sort of naivety. if you can see this abuse on the workplace level, do not expect a government body to do better. protesting violently won't change history. the same people who revolt may end up ruling but they won't make the place better once they are in power. there are always going to be people who are going to be left behind. and as a minority, a majority race privilege is very real.

[@Ryanlexz]

"LIBERAL DEMOCRACY" at his finest. No wonder why there are more proverty in the west compare to east asia

[@BeanOnTheFlipside]

Communist has equality? I mean i thought the idea in communism was to ELECT experinced representatives to represent the state basically making it a twist of democracy

[@nathanbey-smith631]

Where can I find a list of all the sources cited in this video? I would need them for a essay paper. Thanks

[@harpar1028]

I THINK, I THINK.....THEREFORE I AM

[@tammcd]

This video is mislabeled. The actual question: How bad is the crisis created by *plutocracy*?

[@structuredthemes]

Yes, the corruption version of democracy. Any system in our society can fail.

[@jaridkeen123]

Not really 1/3 of world Democracys have collapsed in the past 10 years

[@nguyenho5859]

Most of the times, I always see democracy attacks others countries or people.

[@dylreesYT]

Nice video, ending with a slice of hope.

[@Ryanlexz]

there no hope

[@Ryanlexz]

My prediction is there gonna be more chaos in liberal democracy country. we already seen yellow yest movement, brexit movement, hong kong protest movement ect... all these are just a start, it gonna get worst in the future. HAHAHAHAH

[@alexcontreras8829]

This was powerful and very meaningful I enjoyed it. However it didn't mention electoral votes and how it works in the most powerful Nation in the world. And I personally believed America needs some more improvement.

[@ph11p3540]

How do you improve an orligargy?

[@imperatoreTomas]

We don’t have a democracy. No one does. He question should be whether we should keep at constitutional democracy

[@mastman2315]

Time for USA Constitution reset back to the original document and bill of rights eliminate all the amendments period they are all pandering to special intrests and groups we don't need them

[@mastman2315]

I might add we can add a provision for basic qualification to run for political office like background check and mental stability testing. Minimum qualifications are listed on every job in AMERICA except lawmakers Executive branch and the courts outrageous. Also remove the protection from prosecution of lawmakers,end lobbyist, and campaign contributions from corporations. End keeping excess contributions and used as retirement fund for lawmakers. add strict Term limits and double dipping for all as far as public pensions you can get one not the three the late John McCain was tapping.

[@mastman2315]

If you want a bus driver to be President like Venezuela. Then move there. People like AOC should not be paid to advance a carrier based on destroying the values of the people.

[@scorpianking004]

Can somebody give a better alternative than democracy ?

[@nickplays2022]

meritocracy? technocracy?

[@Pilotalphapapa]

There is none people are lazy and complain about everything you can’t make them happy

[@dr_lubaba]

We need meritocracy

[@invinciblewill7091]

#Of course Democracy is not the best form of government but it's better we have..

[@The_Revolutionist]

No, it's not. Democracy has never existed.

[@invinciblewill7091]

@@The_Revolutionist how old u r?? How many books u have read??? #Its a easiest way to deny anything rather than to prove it...

[@jimboydejuan7869]

France Democracy similar to The Philippines got Democracy back to 1700s freed thanks to United states? Like that something.

[@SoldJesus4Crack]

Adolf Christ like....no human alive? anything with emotions will not be an "absolute leader", they are all faulty

[@Notfound-fw7eb]

@@invinciblewill7091 Juge people by year and experience, you are not so DEMOCRATIC.

[@jennifercuddy5663]

This needs an update.

[@hanw544]

democracy can be controlled by capital ! see how is brexit doing

Influence on public opinion is the weak spot of democracy.

[@2347matte]

First of all democratic governments need to start thinking for themselves instead of relying on the academic and corporate spheres to tell them what to do. Lobbying should be outlawed and investments should be made in independent policy research so that politicians don't rely (sometimes knowingly, thanks to money) on biased advice and pseudo-research. We need honest and independent thinkers up there, not reality TV stars and freaking mascots.

[@Fritz999]

But that is what the ignorant masses choose and adore.

[@harpar1028]

@@Fritz999 my pal BHANU .....said ....WE MUST RISE ABOVE THE MASSES

[@CRenggi]

People in 2019, complaining about life and democracies failure, Oh pls, you haven't lived a day in 2020

[@aggroknight4259]

2019: Democracy is falling apart. 2020: Democracy has betrayed its people. 2021: "Democracy" has gaslighted its people. 2022: "Democracy" is trying to make up for its mistakes and then is blaming extremists after failing to atone. 2023: Putin shoots "Democracy" in the head.

[@TallCrow1726]

"You don't think about what you love" that hit me hard

[@chungalan9866]

I wouldn't say a democratic political system is perfect for any part of the world. However, it surely is a relatively fair and just one when compared to any autocratic political system. Despite the growing cynicism and populism, I do really hope that people from the West can embrace a better democracy and support places who desperately need one to improve government policies. - my view as a Hongkonger.

[@gustaf3811]

Democracy has been failing from the start because firstly it's not a very effective system of governing in the first place. Yet it was favored because the royalties feared uproars after the french and american revolution while the people wanted a more effective governing system. Democracy was chosen as a way to allow the elite to keep their wealth so from the start it was corrupt. Now big corporations and shadow governments are ruling the worlds thanks to democracy

[@Davey.24]

Eye opening video.

[@peteralexdreier]

A nice piece, as usual from the Economist, but once again it completely ignores the root of the problem, which is capitalism itself...

[@llmeekos]

👏🏼 Capitalism is killing us all. The rich keep getting richer, while the poor keep getting poorer.

[@davidg6810]

"who feel shut out, and unrepresented by the political system" dayum thats all over the world, in every country

[@RachelPun]

How they look at democracies in different countries, pointing out the drop in their quality, then end this 27-minute video with a clip of the Hong Kong protest and a simplistic statement "democracy is worth fighting for".... Much neutral, so subtle, the exact discussion we need, wow......

[@vthilton]

Sharing, Justice and Peace for All.

[@teliduxingdezhu]

it's hard for a Chinese like me who needs a VPN to access KZbin and Google to understand why the french took the street every week and with some violence

[@SI-cd7xs]

KZbin and google will remove any videos that do not conform to western liberalism in anyway. It’s not free here

[@moyndebs6759]

7.5 Billion people with 7.5 Billion different goals & desires. It’s not easy to satisfy a 100 person now imagine a nation of millions or billions.

[@jittertn]

Representative democracy has been showing it's limits for some time, it needs a fresh dose of direct involvment

[@Ryanlexz]

Direct involvment will cause mob rule

[@jittertn]

@@Ryanlexz not necessarily, while a pure direct democracy does not work for various reasons representative democracy in the way it is currently structured only serves the most powerful in society. Everything gets geared towards their interests to the detriment of the rest (equal opportunity is mostly dead) Some mid term adjustments should become possible and more involvement of the citizenry in gov or the legislative process through referendums similar to Switzerland.

[@biterness2323]

@@jittertn It would lead to more chaos and division. You are naive.

[@jittertn]

@@biterness2323 Switzerland is doing just fine, last time I checked..

[@biterness2323]

@@jittertn Switzerland is a small country that is entirely homogeneous. Bad example.

[@wenl4901]

Decline as we see it..

[@alexis6192]

Gilet Jaune pour la vie les potos ! ✊✊✊

[@ryanrockers]

Emmanuel Macron doesn't care about poor people

[@annieandrysek1079]

MERCI à vous "THE ECONOMIST" de montrer cette vidéo VIVE LES GJ

[@alpunto345]

"Turkey is now one of the least democratic coutry in Europe" What???

[@jacobjohnson4785]

Part of Turkey is in Europe

[@bert11e]

this broke my laptop, cheers mate x

[@cadvisors]

People are corrupted by unscrupulous people!

[@hubertcross1133]

21:13 Thanks Economist! #SOSNicaragua.

[@bobbest1611]

15:45 it took her son's addiction to get her attention. the problem was everywhere and she didn't notice. politicians are so detached it is only when the problem enters their homes that they start to care. every politician should have an under-educated, bankrupt, unemployed, drug addicted kid.

[@rafaellastracom6411]

Nowhere near as bad as the crisis in freemasonry.

[@derptrolling4740]

Thanks to Assange

[@Wilbeerthoven]

We need "drawmocracy" everywhere!

[@wtfkurtis]

This segment should be retitled to: How bad is Capitalism?

[@Cobweb404]

So this is how democracy dies, to thunderous applause

[@nickplays2022]

Yes, I'm afraid we could see this in Ukraine soon

[@donavon2763]

Democracy is hopeless without stable and effective government.

[@yengsabio5315]

And without the discipline to adhere to the agreed upon system of governance, public administration, & laws.

[@GeekPort]

Democracy is not wrong nor declining or in danger. It is just not supposed to be implanted to so many different countries in a single model. It's just not for every countries everywhere in a single form.

[@Randomukperson]

During that period of declining confidence, social media has grown......

[@lapslazulytopazio711]

big techs, big companies run the world, that is all!!!!

[@insatsuki_no_koshou]

Chase out the lobbyists!

[@willpushback4874]

Get money out of our democracy!

[@ildefonsocruz2370]

Not so in the Philippines democracy is very much alive because the Mililitary and Police side with the people as in People Power of 1986 and Part 2 Peoples power. The Military sides with the people, they can never go wrong.

[@auirx9688]

If you understand the Yin and Yang of ancient Chinese culture, then you will understand that the world can not be divided by a perfect system.

[@mustardseed9969]

in my opinion, one of the eastern concept or philosophy that Western society can not fully understand is WIN-WIN, which can be explained by Yin and Yang perfectly.

[@mastman2315]

balance is key grasshopper

[@Mossycak]

Democracy is a good ideology and it should be practiced everywhere . However, it's not suit to every country. For example Singapore and China limit the freedom of speech . Even the governments control their human right, their achievement on economy growth witnessed by everyone.

[@Crashed131963]

I Canada our Leader was re-elected and only has 32% of the Vote. 68% voted against him yet he won.

[@Crashed131963]

@Alex A. 68% of the voters did NOT vote for Justin.END OF STORY Even the Conservatives had more votes at 33% vs 32%. Not voting for someone is like voting against.

[@Crashed131963]

@Alex A. System is broken.

[@eeddie25]

@@Crashed131963 not voting is spreading your vote to all. If you wanted to vote against, you had to go to the fking poll and vote against.

[@robinchaulagain4161]

People defined about democracy with idea power, knowledge and wisdom and ability to present, represent and fight from every prospective… where one will have no option but just sit back watch and follow as said in right manner.

[@EGH181]

It’s like Versailles in 1789.

[@opaulodetarso]

Good report, but I miss of Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and fake news. In Brazil, it was a disaster for democracy.

[@leifharmsen]

Oh boy does everyone ever need to achieve proportional representation. Abolish distorted misrepresentation!

[@alexvovk2139]

Money system is the biggest problem. Thousands years we are using money and have wars, corruption...

[@BLUEGENE13]

people have been complaining democracy has been failing since before Walter Lippmann started his rants about it.

[@jackholmes6877]

Fists in the air🤜🏽🤛🏻✊🏼👊🏼

[@myyoutube-g4g]

hello from 2021

[@gabriz3672]

This is exactly why the government must begin to listen 100% to the people. The representative democracy must be removed, long live direct democracy! Power to the people!

[@IWLDELJ]

Democracy is an idiotic idea. Representative democracy puts a necessary check between idiots and action, but the problem is that the representatives are idiots as well. Regardless, it's still better to have that check between voting and action. People provably are too stupid to make decisions for each other.

[@chaospilot2142]

@@IWLDELJ And what is the alternativ? Monarchy? Dicatorship?

[@IWLDELJ]

@@chaospilot2142 Markets.

[@IWLDELJ]

@@chaospilot2142 Markets and and do govern. This is provable from recent events. Have you not seen the massive over reactions of companies like Starbucks to this victim culture shit? Have you not seen the get woke, go broke campaign? Two examples of market governance. Also, "they" don't always form a government. Generally, people get subjugated, they don't consent initially. Someone conquers them, and then government becomes a given. This won't be the case moving forward because as humans and markets evolve, we are gaining better understanding of what's economically beneficial, and it isn't war. I'm not saying it's a magic trick, I'm saying that it's superior to democracy and that it is finally becoming a realistic evolution. Remember that democracy wasn't our default system of governance, either. Now humanity holds it as the pillar of governance. As for me? I'd much rather contract with my security company and my disability insurance than pay taxes I haven't agreed to pay to people who use the money for things with provably bad outcomes.

[@MrGoMC]

A related question: how many countries today enjoy democracy that was given to them by another nation? As in : they did not need to fight for it, there came in a third party such as US, UK, France, Russia, EU or whoever - and they ended up free?

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

Most are just puppet states of their "liberator".

[@BlackHawk2b]

France didn't have any help. All of Europe declared war on them because of that

[@mastersonogashira1796]

“When are you under the delusion that democracy is the better form of government” Aizen

[@EdutainmentSeeker]

Economist in full survival mode. Pivoting desperately to land on the right side. Economist speaking about erosion of Democracy and dominance of elites is like Eichmann speaking about the horror of camps. Complicit to the hilt, they have the nerve to shed croc tears.

[@quartytypo]

Democracy is so yesterday

[@victorziegler6001]

Was it really necessary tu blur the opioid injection? I feel like this is a benign image compared to other scenes of this otherwise very interesting documentary. I wonder if it was blurred so people won’t “learn” how to inject themselves drugs!? I would find it helpful if the Economist could respond on this matter. Thank you

[@TheEconomist]

Hi Victor, thanks for your feedback. KZbin's community guidelines prohibit us from showing content that depicts people abusing controlled substances so we had no choice but to blur the footage in that scene.

[@shaurav8008]

Leaders have always been same. It's people who have more information about their govt and leaders. This brings dissatisfaction!