The Real Threat to American Democracy | NYT Opinion

[@johnnyharris]

Hey everyone I’m Johnny, one of the producers of this Opinion Video. I’ve been hearing about the potential collapse of American democracy but I’ve always been really unsatisfied with the explanations of what’s actually happening. It’s a discourse that’s become fully politicized to the point where I didn’t really know what to believe. That’s why I teamed up with The New York Times editorial board member Michelle Cottle to get to the bottom of what’s really threatening American democracy and how scared we should really be. Working with Michelle, I started to see a different threat to democracy taking shape, one that goes beyond voter suppression and to the heart of our electoral system. I'd love to know what you think about our film, and if, like me, you're seeing the danger to our democracy in a whole new light.

[@jackpotdadon]

Keep up the good work john

[@MrCesarBuelna]

Great video!

[@simplethings3730]

So what are the roadblocks to federal standards for voting? And maybe federal criminal penalties for voting officials who act in bad faith?

[@chlorophyllphile]

I knew it was bad, but this is utterly terrifying. Can America recover from this?

[@aneeshprasobhan]

lol

[@andik2329]

Is it racist to show your ID before boarding an airplane or buying alcohol? Showing a valid ID before voting is certainly not racist. If you are interested in politics it should be worth to you to get an ID despite some inconveniences.

[@TheUnhousedWanderer]

Imagine thinking black people are too dumb to go to the DMV and get a free ID for voting 😂 Democrats act like black people just don't work at all.

[@ThePoint6]

You don't actually need an ID to get through security for domestic. They already know who you are

[@DerIchBinDa]

That is why voting workers etc are not "elected" or can "apply" but are randomly drawn like for jury duty. This way nobody can game the system. We in Germany learned that lesson already

[@papagrantits]

Unfortunately we haven't had a dictator take over yet, so we haven't learned yet. And for some reason we didn't learn from watching what happened to your country. Quite sad, really.

[@z4ck13]

@@papagrantits well it’s hard to learn when the information you get is false half the time and you have shows with “political entertainment” Free speech is a double edged sword

[@palmereldritch_6669]

America is TERRIBLE at learning lessons from history, whether at home or from abroad. Look at Afghanistan. We learned NOTHING from Vietnam. And surely we will learn nothing from Afghanistan either.

[@papagrantits]

@@z4ck13 trust me dude, the true facts are out there. It's not about the amoounts of misinformation, it's about the blatant ignorance towards the truth. What it truly boils down to is the lack of access to good education, which has caused a lack of critical thinking amongst some of the most naive and succeptable of our society.

[@createlaurin]

What's very crazy to me as german is that the US have voting machines. I'm in favor of digitalization of goverment operations, but i find the paper ballot system we have much better, because the voting workers do have an better eye on the Ballots, which can be in favor miscounted by some bad workers. I do think that you also have a 4 eyes principle, but to me voting machines are a bit creepy.

[@jaynom7876]

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within.” -Abraham Lincoln.

[@danielparedes3459]

“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within” - Will Durant

[@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU]

Yes, and the attacks on 1A and 2A alongside with attacks on morals culture and traditions is the beginning.

[@waywardgeologist2520]

Quoting a man who used violence to suppress people.

[@johnnyflores5954]

Political Parties will, destroy America. - George Washington

[@pantethine66]

just like the romans

[@joesands8860]

I have lived on Florida all my 56 years. The only time I have had a difficulty was when I forgot my drivers license. I was glad I was turned down and happily went back home a got it.

[@keithburgoyne3366]

"on Florida". Like it's another planet. I can dig it...

[@micheled6284]

in NYS, I specifically asked to show my license when they didn't ask, and they said we won't need to see it. This happens in the Presidential election and local elections! This is for the purpose of massive fraud! It's not racist. Anyone who says so is a liar.

[@pm-ql4lp]

@@keithburgoyne3366 Knit picking

[@keithburgoyne3366]

@@pm-ql4lp I was pointing out the irony..

[@davideverett1863]

@@keithburgoyne3366 there is no "irony" in a common typo.

[@ericaw]

The irony of the increased requirements to vote, but lack of requirements to run for office..

[@angru_arches]

Remind me again just how long Hilary and the DNC insisted on the Russian Collusion hoax again? That Trump stole the election? And launch a 4 year baseless FBI investigation that cost taxpayers millions....oh and Facebook's recent admission that the FBI approached them about repressing Hunter Biden's laptop story, after which polls showed 13% of Biden voters would have voted differently had they been exposed to Biden's corruption scandal. I mean, the concerted effort from all channels of communication, Social Media, Traditional Media, Hollywood, and Academia, for 4 years preaching "orange man bad" and censoring conservatives...this is willful blindness at this point.

[@thrisbt1]

there is one requirement - a candidate must have the most votes to be elected. ...your vote is extremely important

[@stephenstephen4901]

I'm Stephen from Missouri and you

[@brenlh6484]

@@thrisbt1 except where republicans who believe the big lie, are in charge of what votes are certified .

[@solstice3410]

Or buy a Gun.

[@gregcarlson8660]

Joseph Stalin observed, "Those who count the ballots are more important than those who cast the ballots."

[@Rusty571000]

Like the hanging chad’s in the 2000 elections. The democrats almost pulled it off.

[@kctaz6189]

The exact quote, "“it’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes.” Stalin told the truth about this issue.

[@gregcarlson8660]

@@kctaz6189 Thank you for the exact quote.

[@bethkelley9867]

They have prosecuted people over the 2020 election…. Just to be clear. There is no wonder why we are concerned about fraud. Let’s not forget all the democrats who said the 2016 election was stolen. Let’s just be fair.

[@deniceeverham9467]

And we know republicans election deniers are being elected to count the ballots.

[@adrees]

It’s sad that the strategy is to break the system down instead of trying to pass good policy and winning by governing the best.

[@Hession0Drasha]

Fptp means you will always end up with only 2 parties, with each side only voting against who they don't want to win. In such conditions those parties aren't incentivised to govern well, or based on what the average person wants to happen. And they aren't punished for governing badly. Ranked choice voting is the only way out of the swamp.

[@singular9]

Welcome to america! We don't get anything done, unless we are dropping bombs.

[@cancerino666]

this startegy happens because "trump republicans", or at least the ones leading these movements, know that they are in fact the minority. times are changing. so as they can't win democraticaly, it comes to this.

[@Thedizzyjuice]

Is this the same when Democrats can only try to get re-elected by saying how bad Republicans are, instead of running on all the good they’ve done? The two party system is a cancer that’s getting worse. Neither republicans or democrats are willing to let a libertarian into the debates because they’d make too much sense. The power struggle between the R’s and D’s is the biggest polarizing threat to ‘democracy’

[@pchk7421]

Exactly

[@MrGoalie2012]

1) Voting day should be a 2 day holiday that we get off work for that way there is ample time 2) Voter ID is required. Only legal citizens should be allowed to influence elections. 3) Independent commissions to oversee collection, processing and filing of votes.

[@LegendaryApexofDestruction]

Great points, I am 50/50 on another thought, being at a certain age citizens are required to get id, reasons for being everyone has an id (this would be free or a small fee for the creation of the id itself). Main reason I'm against this is the potential for bad actors with a nationalized system like that, do you have any thoughts on the matter?

[@MrGoalie2012]

@@LegendaryApexofDestruction its very simple. An ID ensures your a legal citizen. And only legal citizens should be able to vote an influence policies and elections because they are ACTUAL citizens

[@gking407]

Great start to fixing the country.

[@Bman-lb6nz]

Big in the IDs

[@nedhill1242]

@@LegendaryApexofDestruction Name one American citizen aged 18 that doesn't have a government issued photo ID. You can not function in society without an ID. This argument from Democrats is absurd. .

[@clownprince5756]

The biggest threat by far is the lack of campaign financing limitations and lobbying, which effectively turn everything into legalized corruption. Second place is taken by gerrymandering and arbitrary district lines. Third is voter suppression

[@Snugggg]

@@MathGPT wouldn't they just employ aides and advisors to help them? the same way a decision maker makes any decision on a complex subject? bring in a subject matter expert?

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@MathGPT Part 2 to this video here: "Republicans War on Voting" by "Some More News". And all GOP-Videos too, i guess. I mean the GOP is the GOP, yeah.

[@mrzoinky5999]

Nailed it !!

[@tibodeclercq2131]

Fourth is taking measures against measures that prevent illegals to vote

[@franciscouderq1100]

Add to that the silly électorat college and you have a full cercle for lack of democracy.

[@loufie]

This is terrifying, and it also is still completely avoidable. The Australian system has an independent statuatory authority that oversees electoral rolls, and elections at the local, state and federal level. The Australian Electoral Commission in my opinion is the single most important institution that ensures there is trust in the process at every level. Ohhh, and we vote on a Saturday morning and everyone has a barbecue… it’s called a Democracy Sausage and it’s awesome…

[@henry23223]

i don't see how it's terrifying at all. people want real elections in a real country. not whatever candidate corps like getting billions and massive free positive media coverage, while anyone they dont like getting nothing and getting huge amounts of negative press. it's just fear mongering, and no one would be concerned about election integrity if not for how much of a joke the current fake system is.

[@jackyshen3795]

They also have a great social media manager.

[@gordonstrong5232]

Trouble is maga Republicans are more than happy for America to cease being a democracy as long as they're the ones in charge. In fact, give it a minute and I'm pretty sure a trumper will hop on here and declare that America isn't a democracy, it's a Republic, completely ignoring the fact that a Republic is a type of democracy and that's why every registered citizen here gets a vote.

[@bucket6386]

@@jackyshen3795 that is VERY true

[@witoong623]

How do they ensure that those independent authority is actually independent?

[@Patricia-cn7ox]

Everything i’ve learnt from watching multiple Johnny’s videos is that if you want your evil plan to succeed in the US, all you need to do is make it boring 😂😂😂

[@erinmcdonald7781]

True. That's how the republican plan went with the judicial branch. We need some more schoolhouse rock to jazz this up, so people will pay attention. ✌️😎

[@peterDcontact]

"Apple could put the entire text of Mein Kampf inside the iTunes user agreement and you just go agree" John Oliver

[@slevinchannel7589]

Most dont even know: The USA has a Stunted Political Spectrum. Second-Thought literally has a video named so.

[@erinmcdonald7781]

@@slevinchannel7589 Second Thought creates excellent informative content. ✌️😎🍀

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@erinmcdonald7781 Exactly. What about Some-More-News though? He has a whole channel about listing Issues and adressing them.

[@leondarcy7367]

Elections are held on Sundays all over Europe. That the US still votes on Tuesdzy, in a country with few holidays, is a disgrace.

[@tw8464]

You're absolutely right

[@boialkleptopod9165]

Not to mention corporations can just decide a holiday doesn't matter, give you no compensation for working holidays, and also forces you to work holidays unless they decide to let you take PTO 😢

[@TheFiddle101]

Most of Europe, it's true vote on Sunday, though the UK vote on Thursdays, but there are no queues as offices are opened all over the place so it takes you just 10 minutes before or after going to work. I'm also baffled as to why it takes so long for some states to count the votes when European countries have a result the very next day. And if you weren't born in the country you reside in, you cannot vote in general elections, only local or mayoral.

[@matthewkern3619]

Voting Day is a holiday, in essence. Someone could codify that.

[@Bob-w3p6q]

The GOP are Morons! They lie like their stupid hero-Donald Trump!!

[@noahnavarro1008]

This needs to get pushed harder by NYT it’s a really great explainer

[@appropriate-channelname3049]

it's a opinion piece and a biased one at that. he is just pushing his opinion on you nothing more.

[@g.pattonhughes5991]

For a chilling reason to agree, consider that when the Georgia General Assembly (and Gov. Kemp) were rewriting the election laws after Biden, Warnock and Ossoff victories in 2020, they also had the foresight to pass a constitutional carry law that basically says it is okay if everyone is packing heat. While firearms may be prohibited in schools, there are other places to put voting facilities that don't have the gun prohibition of the schools. Will these folks put two and two together for a real nice effort at intimidation? Stay tuned.

[@FlowElectron]

@@appropriate-channelname3049 it's definitely an opinion piece sure, but it is all backed up by quite alot of evidence

[@julianlieb929]

@@FlowElectron more evidence than for all the election fraud claims.

[@jeep0]

@@appropriate-channelname3049 Hear hear, it's only media doing all it's best to decieve.

[@Jan_von_Gratschoff]

This is what happens when the population is as poorly educated as the average US citizen is. Number one demand for a functioning democracy: Well educated population. Also, requirement number two: No private money in the political system, that's called corruption.

[@vasopel]

hear hear

[@MattnUska]

The interesting thing is I’m surprised at how many supposedly educated people have fallen for trumpism. Some of these people aren’t dumb. They have just twisted their brains in to justifying their position. Some of them in their own self interest and some against it. Makes me want to bang my head against a wall.

[@stantonriley6858]

Well the American population has dumb down for decades.

[@MattnUska]

@@stantonriley6858 I think that the Dunning-Kruger effect has been weaponized in a way. If an intelligent thoughtful person doesn’t have a full understanding of a complex issue they will say “I don’t know enough about that to have an opinion,” Someone who is less intelligent can be fed a simplified version of a complex issue and then form an opinion. They are more than happy to share that opinion because it makes them feel intelligent. What we are left with is many shallow opinions. The internet amplifies this because you have unlimited access to simplified explanations of complex issues.

[@stantonriley6858]

@@MattnUska There is nothing complex about this issue. It may be a little hidden to those who don't pay attention, but there is nothing complicated here.

[@1976turkish]

What is wrong with checking voters IDs at ballot? Voting has consequences for everyone and not a frivolous matter. If you are who you are then you should not have anything to worry about when asked for your ID.

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

Unfortunately the argument democrats often use against voter ID is that minorities can’t get ID’s as easily as whites.

[@maxmorrill3808]

There is nothing wrong with it....but the gop is using it because they believe it will result in less democratic votes. It would be like if the democrats tried to make it that you had to have a college degree to vote.. that would result in a lot less Republicans being able to vote.

[@juanvelez3261]

It is not only about voter ID. It is about election deniers controlling every step of the certification process and calling into question our legitimate Democrat votes based on their personal, biased notion that there was a fraud. Te video explains a much broader strategy to take control of the state by controlling the voting process.

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

@@juanvelez3261 you do know Democrats also deny election results all the time right? At the democratic party candidate for governor of Georgia in 2018 refused to concede the election or acknowledge she lost until four years later. And that’s not all, every Democrat candidate for president of the United States that has lost a presidential election since 1968 with exceptions of Walter, Mondale and Jimmy Carter. All claimed they were elections were stolen through fraud, or other nefarious means. Why is it a problem when Republicans do it, but when Democrats do it nobody cares?

[@kgal1298]

It’s a sloppier slope. In most data it’s shown to not so much, but cause more issues with people who got stuck in a process where they can’t get an ID for whatever reason, but then you have people with takes like this who think it helps with voter fraud which is weird since most voter fraud they caught in the past 8 years were republicans but they also caught them so how?

[@Christie-ut2eg]

When I went to vote for the first time in my thirties, I was told that I had already voted. Turns out someone had been voting in my name since I was 18. I cleared it up but didn’t report it due to still being uninformed and lazy. There is a lot of fraud that is never reported. They should require ID. I am black and don’t know anyone that doesn’t have an ID.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

You may not know anyone doesn't have ID, but it is common in the US. "Black Americans and Hispanic Americans are disproportionately less likely to have a current driver’s license. Over a quarter of Black adult citizens and Hispanic adult citizens do not have a driver’s license with their current name and/or address (28% and 27% respectively), compared to about one out of five adult citizens who identify as Asian/Pacific Islander (21%) or White (18%)." If it is a document that everyone is not required to have, costs a decent bit of money, time and effort to obtain, you can bet that there'll be people without it. It's not like this is a hard problem to solve, just create a national ID card system that everyone is legally required to obtain for identifying themselves. Germany has it (you don't have to get the national ID if you have a passport which is a substitute) as well as many other countries.

[@Christie-ut2eg]

@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 That is how they trick you. If your Stat is even correct many people don't drive. They don't have a driver license but they have a state ID. You need an ID to get welfare, medical care,, alcohol, kids in school, etc. Why don't people have an issue with those things? You don't base laws on a fringe number of people that don't participate anyway. I'm tired of white people using black people to justify their narrative. My adult daughter refuses to drive..she doesn't have a driver license...she has a California state ID and a college ID, she fits into the stat you gave. Black people are allowing white liberals to use them to do their bidding and I am over it.

[@mariaroyal1691]

During a period when I was unemployed a police officer took my state ID. He was supposed to return it but didn’t. I went a long time without an ID. That had negative consequences for me. In California you must have and be ready to present your ID to gain employment. If you take an unemployed person’s ID you deny that person the ability to find employment. Now bot you know someone who was without ID for a long while.

[@Christie-ut2eg]

@mariaroyal1691 If you couldn't figure out "for a long time," how to get another ID, you probably had bigger problems than voting. Also, if you can't figure out how to get an ID, how do you figure out who to vote for and where to do it?

[@bamajam5]

​@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 Maybe instead of playing the game that voter ID is racist the Democrats and Republicans should provide funding to help citizens who need it to get their IDs and require every state to have voter ID laws for elections. Just a thought as one side spends a lot of time and effort to avoid passing voter Id laws. Yet, they have no problem sending funds overseas for gender studies in Pakistan and various other stupid projects.

[@katiez688]

This is so sad. I used to be a committee person in Philly, which required me to work my local precinct voting location. We had two Democrats and two Republicans who were committee people and we worked outside the location observing and offering campaign literature and assistance to any voter who needed it. Inside, we had 4 lovely non-partisan workers who ran the actual voting process. I can remember many of them working there all the way back when I was in pre-school and would go with my mom to vote. Its a tedious 13 hour day but we all showed up for the elections twice a year and were proud to participate in the process. At the end of the night, they print 3 copies of the results. The Republican committee people take their copy back to their Ward Leader. The Dems take their copy back to their Ward Leader. And one of the election workers takes the 3rd copy down to City Hall. Our Ward leaders tally up the Ward-wire results and call them into the head of their respective parties. Then the heads of the parties confirm their tallies match the tallies of the Election Commissioners at City Hall. We felt proud to serve each election day as citizens who bear witness to make sure the voting process goes smoothly, no one is wrongly disenfranchised, and work together cooperatively across party lines to make sure we had an accurate tally.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Do your Part. -Gerrymandering has an Archenemy and its called Ranked-Choice-Voting. It fixes not just this 1 Problem though. -Issue-listing Types of YT-Channels area Thing so Some-More-News and Illuminaughtii and Second-Thought are at your Reach, keeping you Updated on not just MAGA.

[@TaylorGrinerOneal]

@@slevinchannel7589 im slightly confused

[@oil_can]

@@slevinchannel7589 I agree with Taylor. Sounds like you have something valuable to share but I don’t have a clue what it is. Perhaps you could rephrase your comment to make your point clearer.

[@michaellovatt3944]

“Let’s not let the GOP off the hook here” Yeah Johnny, let’s not… Sad to see this guy got a deal with NYT.

[@stephenstephen4901]

I'm Stephen from Missouri and you

[@floreanchannel]

Writing from Europe: Sorry but voting without the ID is a crazy idea.

[@markwilliams2620]

Getting an ID in America requires you to drive somewhere. That's why the Repubs like it. Poor people can't drive. Efforts to make ID's easily available are refused by the same folks who want voter ID's. That's the crazy part.

[@monsieur.marmelade]

Yeah but ID isn't compulsory in USA (which is also a crazy idea)

[@DotHacker99]

ID's are one of many ways republicans have thought up to disproportionately disenfranchise black voters. It's also a form of poll tax for some which is unacceptable

[@Fiox789]

Yes it's wild we'll auto put you in the system in case we need to have a draft but you're on your own to get an ID

[@livingmombirth4005]

Well said! Johnny equates every effort to ensure that voting is accurate and fair as corrupt and dishonest. This is the most insane bit of fear mongering to support the Democrats blood thirst for power that I have seen in a long time.

[@Jenna1394]

This is why as an independent I'm signing up to be poll worker, these folks are insane.

[@joshntn37111]

Why? What are they doing illegal?

[@reedschrichte800]

Fantastic!

[@Spacehog1981]

Talk about RFK Jr.'s claims that the Democratic party kept suppressing him on the ballot and challenging his every move.

[@manoscanavarro80]

Even tho I'm not from the states, this is genuinely scary to see, and not only it's a movement against democracy, it's more of the fact that it is happening on the most powerful country of the world

[@samuelsirota2816]

Dont worry China will be the most powerful soon

[@deepdivingdevin5755]

And the left is who is causing it haha

[@pinguinocomentador9743]

A civil war in America would be cool

[@danieljusino1391]

I’m American I live in NY and the thing about American politics is you can live in a BLUE or RED state. BLUE=Democrat RED=Republican I am what Biden calls a “threat to democracy” and I really don’t understand how you can lump people like that. Does it make me a bad person or a threat to democracy because I want a real southern boarder, I do not want the government to take our guns away? I love immigrants and immigration it gives me great pride that USA is their choice destination and even if it’s not how many other countries have a big as a problem as our immigration? Other countries around the world have the right to enforce their boarder but why is it called racist if Americans want to enforce our illegal crossing? I personally find liberals, not democrats are toxic! They want you to fight for the 900 genders and push this agenda of America is bad and needs to atone for our sins. Liberals get mad when you say your a proud American or fly an American flag

[@patrickriarchy1976]

@@danieljusino1391 The problem Daniel is you believe that all Democrats really are for open borders just because some far lefty lunatics said it or because AOC wants more immigrants in. The right-wing media lead you to believe that the Democrats support open borders when that’s not the case. Obama deported a record number of illegal immigrants. JB still deports illegal immigrants right now! Trump Deportation laws still till this moment. The vast majority of Republicans actually believe that Democrats are defunding the police. Name on place where that happened. Do you know that a Texas judge just ruled to let felons buy guns?! So much for the party of law and order. Can you imagine the “outrage” if a Democrat state did this? I don’t have a problem with responsible gun owners, But why would anybody need a machine gun or an ar-15, a Glock is enough! The Republicans are the ones standing against any gun reform, They’re the ones who want guns in the hands of criminals and mentally ill. And they are the ones believing in election fraud without any evidence!

[@kevinortega6688]

Poll working should be required like jury duty. It should be in every American's interest to ensure elections are correctly processed.

[@catcoder12]

but muh freedom

[@dahliafully]

People are welcome to work polls but making it mandatory like jury duty would reveal the same behaviors that people have with jury duty.

[@phuoctammynguyen3946]

This kind of information should be channeled in more medias. My family risked our lives fleeing the Việt Cộng to live in a system where Dark Money runs the rules.

[@MrPoochyena]

its done like this in Spain, you can literally go to prison for refusing

[@jamesrecknor6752]

Slavery sucks

[@StudioHannah]

I’m a right-leaning independent, so this was interesting to watch. I wasn’t watching it as a fellow Democrat who wants Democrats to win, nor as a Republican who denied the information. I’m just kind of frustrated by our system and the people in it, and don’t see a way to fix it. But whoever wins, even if it’s someone I don’t like, should win fairly. We need to make sure elections stay open to all citizens. I hate this meta power struggle so much.

[@Allaiya.]

US states need to implement rank-choice voting or other methods to allow more parties to participate and actually have a chance of winning.

[@jaredhouston4223]

@@Allaiya. Rank choice is terrible

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

i’m a leftie Libertarian Independent and support neither party and I agree.

[@xamotii7988]

@@jaredhouston4223 It's objectively the most democratic form of voting.

[@jaredhouston4223]

@@xamotii7988 democracies fail read a history book

[@umtropaqualquer]

I will never understand not wanting Voter ID laws. All of the EU requires you to show a valid ID card if you want to vote, as they should. Saying that these laws are racist are just plain stupid. Is it also racist to ask for your drivers license when you are driving? Great video, sorry for the rant!

[@MichaelPetty]

Unfortunately it is being pushed that way. That if you are a minority and get pulled over for speeding, its just because you are a minority and not because you were breaking the law, and then being asked for your ID means you are a racist officer.

[@Nochift138]

You must be a MAGA supporter

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

The reason Voter ID laws are opposed is because the US is a country without a national ID card system, so there are plenty of people without ID. Most common form of ID in the US is a driver's license which most people only obtain when they need to drive (so the elderly, people who use public transport, unemployed have very little incentive to get it) and takes a few weeks+money to obtain. It might be relatively easy to obtain for the purpose of driving, but for the purpose of just voting? (for someone who doesn't drive) That's a lot of hassle. 47% of Americans aged 18-29 don't have a driver's license that has their current name and/or address. Requiring people to use these documents to vote is not a good system when not everybody has it. What is a good system is just creating a national ID card, those European countries you mentioned can require IDs because they also provide ID cards for free without much hassle.

[@srkrajoy]

​@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 Well India have a population of 1.4 billion of which about 900 million are eligible voters. And the first thing people do when they get to voting age is to make a voter ID card. It's just a given thing to do. How else do you differentiate if you are a citizen of India and a voter of India. Even the poorest of the poor have a voter card (given he is an Indian citizen). So don't get why USA, literally the richest country on earth can provide their citizen a voter card or any other National ID card.

[@milosmrdovic7233]

​@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 Saying that EU countries provide ID cards for free and without hassle is simply not true. Pretty much all of them require you to pay a fee and go through a fairly tedious administrative process. AFAIK, Croatia is the only EU country that issues ID cards for free, but you still need to prove that you are a citizen either by providing a birth certificate or by other means.

[@mithunnair8587]

This is what happens when you put a polarizing person on power and he has the power to change the state of mind and thinking of people

[@Sid-mj1qf]

As an Indian, I can get you.

[@MrSuperJaskirat]

@@Sid-mj1qf as an Indian, I can get you first

[@gabbar51ngh]

India is lucky to have great leader at the moment. Can't say the same for USA.

[@resevoirdog]

Of a radical minority

[@resevoirdog]

@@gabbar51ngh better than Trump

[@patrickbateman161]

It is truly sad to see what is happening to America. Honestly it breaks my heart.

[@chadnguyen6332]

This is a warning to all the free democracy countries of the world. If this can happen to America, this can happen to any nation that embraces democracy. Democracy is not perfect nor guaranteed, it's very delicate and we need to prevent its collapse at the first sign of it.

[@Add50326]

Same. I have family in the United States and I hope that they will be safe and stay true to facts.

[@JasonBoyce]

It’s awful. The worst part about it here is that so few of my friends and family really understand what’s happening

[@TheDennisgrass]

It is the media "news outlets" They have forgotten the reason for their existence is not solely to provide monetary rewards to shareholders. "The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it."

[@curtispugh4483]

It should be easy to vote, but the Republicans passed laws making it harder to vote. People are waking up and paying attention to what's going on. You have to as yourself, why are Republicans doing this? Do the believe in democracy, or do they want another system.

[@lilmoe4364]

The way to fight this is accountability. If people start realizing that they will face legal consequences for shady voting practices, if people get sued for crying fraud when there is no evidence, etc.that should steal their fire somewhat. Consequences for lying and cheating!

[@The_Assassin_of_The_Gray]

And if there is evidence, courts cannot be allowed to blow it off with dubious claims about standing or timetables If there is evidence, it *_MUST_* be examined *_OBJECTIVELY_* to determine if it is credible enough to support claims of any wrongdoing

[@lilmoe4364]

@@The_Assassin_of_The_Gray Yeah, but that part's pretty well covered. Plenty of practice examining non-existent evidence last time around. A much bigger threat is people crying "fraud" when they lose, now that good ol'Trump opened the door for them

[@thewaffle003]

@@The_Assassin_of_The_Gray Courts threw out 60 cases because the evidence was a joke. What do you want? Do you know the name Melissa Carone?

[@The_Assassin_of_The_Gray]

@@thewaffle003 Not thrown out "because the evidence was a joke" It was thrown out because they were either partisan or intimidated by the political environment *_SPARE ME_*

[@thewaffle003]

@@The_Assassin_of_The_Gray "Intimidated by the political environment" ? Please. Republican radicals are not intimidated by anything. That's why Aileen Cannon granted Trump a special master in the Mar-a-Lago case without any good reason to, and it is now blowing up in both their faces. Here's something you should understand about your team: they do not. Back down. If the cases got thrown out, it's because even the Trump-appointed judges weren't psychos and there was nothing there.

[@ruedrolet]

Blame your enemy for what you're doing, as it causes confusion" Karl Marx.

[@malcolm-danielfreeman5940]

Which writing is that "quote" in ?

[@subliminalphish]

It's both party's that are doing this , just different ways. The DNC are causing RFKjr to have issues running . Putting up barriers at every turn . How is THAT not "election interference? He is actually someone I think will do what he says and in this day and age we need a good lawyer to fight the lobbyists that are making our laws and starving our country's people. Just listen to what he said he wants to do in his speeches back in March/April . He makes the best sense!!!!! The DNC has been running a smear campaign against him the whole way !

[@jerrycargill5062]

@@malcolm-danielfreeman5940 I'm pretty sure that quote is from Mark Twain. Then again, it was from either Abraham Lincoln or Robin Williams. No, wait, it was George Carlin. LOL gotta love the Disinformation Superhighway.

[@ElijahKraft]

It is in fact not racist to require ID to vote

[@lindaflesch7303]

It is to minorities because barriers are in place.

[@ElijahKraft]

@@lindaflesch7303 which barriers are in place to prevent minorities from obtaining a state issued ID? And how many minorities don't have a state issued ID currently?

[@snowjunkie2121]

@@lindaflesch7303 Barriers need to be in place to prevent the end of the world. Barriers are not racist.

[@CharlieRasch]

Evidence? I call out Hitchen's Razor.

[@aphilipdent]

@@lindaflesch7303 Barriers? ID is only a barrier to, as they say newcomers. There's newcomers that were processed at entry points and then the ones that didn't.

[@jakobtriezer5450]

Gut feeling and intuition. I can't believe. I'd love to take that as a joke if it wasn't for the danger it poses to the political system and stability and integrity of the US. This is really good work, it's the journalism and deep profound analysis we need in these times. Thank you for that.

[@mayani1147]

Pop

[@kimkim-mh7bv]

yes conspiracy my A$$ did you not even learn from cambodia? even un hold the election and later watcher and yet it still can be fraud. let alone usa did with machine and doesn't even have un do as watcher. stop spread ridiculous story. election can't reverse even it has fraud. it is the rule of war. reversing the election mean remove the entire opposite party. it mean war.

[@dandylandpuffplaysminecraf8744]

The USA should not worry about foreign threats as much as self loathing. I see a number of non US commenters also. I seems the “ foreigners “ are as concerned as the natives. ❤🇨🇦. That said Rupert Murdoch managed to destroy two countries.

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

You shouldn't just be "afraid", you should be 'aware' and you should then take that newfound awareness and learn enough to become a politically active member that *knows what they're talking about and the impact of their support and decisions* This is the point where humans learn that they can't be complacent and ignorant, you can't make the choice not to learn about politics in the hopes that the politicians will do it for you and do the right thing This is the point where humans begin to value and cherish knowledge like we do money Either we choose to improve or we choose to give up, there is no in between anymore

[@rabbit251]

I got elected to my local school board. But after 1 year, I was so disgusted with the system that I didn't run again. Instead, as a lawyer, I moved to Japan and switched to international law advising Japanese companies about American law. I am happily now retired, but it shocks and sadden me to see what is happening to the US.

[@MrSuperJaskirat]

Why do I have to become politically active when there are several countries that I could move to where I don't have to be politically active?

[@darknes9556]

@@MrSuperJaskirat cause when those countries and you have no where else to run to what will you do?

[@MrSuperJaskirat]

@@darknes9556 they won't fall.

[@darknes9556]

@@MrSuperJaskirat you never know? 🤷

[@majorbenefits1646]

We need to run the election through a blockchain (DLT technology) so there is a real record of the vote that is immutable, cannot be altered, and can be audited properly if necessary. In addition, the election should be a national holiday where voter id is required. There is no excuse to continue using the same broken system that is so easy to manipulate by those in positions of power with no consequences.

[@Project2457official]

I’m sorry but these ideas are insane. Let me guess, you want medical records, social security, banking information, and government agencies to completely use the blockchain? Tech-bros will never cease to amaze me in their ability to think they know better than all experts of their fields and hold the keys to the future. Sure, you definitely know better than the most experienced, well read, well educated academics on a niche topic.

[@Project2457official]

The solution is simple: we need to prevent bad actors in the system and create a way that creates safeguards while not sacrificing efficiency or practicality. NFTifying our elections doesn’t help.

[@cdorman11]

Great idea, because blockchains have been so great at fighting fraud.

[@Haffmatthew]

At the last presidential election in my local precinct I remember being pleased at seeing clearly labeled bi-partisan reps at every step along the way during the voting process to ensure that one side didn’t have singular access to any of the checkpoints along the way for processing fellow community members while they cast their votes. That was a happy moment to see such common sense action being done to help everyone feel less conspiratorial

[@bigpapi6688]

I worked as a poll worker in the last election, and even in my tiny county I was surprised at just how thorough they were to make sure nothing sketchy was going on. After that experience I find it very hard to believe that any widespread fraud is going on. They are very, very thorough; and more importantly, perfectly bipartisan

[@sebastionhawk5565]

It was not like that in Philadelphia and Atlanta. Most places has excellent oversight from both sides, but, in 2020, republicans were kicked out of the count in many offices. TRUTH. Actually, now, in feb of 2024, 70% of ALL american voters believe that 2020 was stolen from Trump. There was massive evidence. However, the leftist DAs AGs and federal circuit court judges of the cities of the last 5 swing states refused to allow any evidence to be presented. AND, they also refused to allow for forensic investigations. They merely did recounts of the same ballots, and, did not examine and separate illegitimate ballots from legitimate ones. And, SOME election fraud happens in every election. The only question is for any year, is whether or not it was enough to change the end results. Most importantly, 2020 had massive waves of mail-in-ballots, while many people received multiple ballots in their name, and, many ballots were allowed to be accounted with little or no scrutiny.

[@TurkishTheTube]

Yet there are many videos of Republican vote witnesses being thrown out of forced to stand at a distance that was impractical. How do you account for that?

[@sebastionhawk5565]

@@TurkishTheTube In Philly, there was even one precinct that they used the local police to throw them outside. WHen the republican witnesses got binoculars to observe through the window, they then covered the windows with newspaper. ANd, the cops threatened arrest if the republicans tried to get back inside. TRUE AND DOCUMENTED ON FILM..

[@Haffmatthew]

@@TurkishTheTube sources?

[@sobyeski]

Holy crap. This is basically a coup without the guns. An administrative coup.

[@lewisnostredame5605]

Register to vote. Vote blue, and make sure all your friends do too. This thing can end very badly if Republicans take over the state legislatures.

[@Doomxeen]

The hope is that the political coup will get their opposition to step out of line so that they can then use those guns in a "defensive" manner.

[@cogitomagnum]

I thought that was January 6 🤡🤡

[@BB-kd5sp]

@@Doomxeen politicians should fear the public they serve. Today, they don't.

[@nonvalid962]

Exactly like Hitler rose to power. Be carefull, Americans.

[@davidquak4398]

I am sorry, but in Holland we dont have drop boxes, ID is mandatory when voting and there are no snacks available when i stand in line.

[@thewaffle003]

I'm fine with IDs as long as they're distributed for free to citizens on their 18th birthday no paperwork required. Snacks are fine if you are standing in line multiple hours to vote.

[@davidquak4398]

@@thewaffle003 They are not free here, about 100 dollar

[@thewaffle003]

@@davidquak4398 In America they should be free.

[@kctaz6189]

@@thewaffle003 If no paperwork is required, then the IDs are quite useless, aren't they?

[@TheFeldhamster]

But you probably only stand in line like 10mins at best, right? I'm Austrian, I think the longest I've ever waited to vote was probably 5mins. In typically very mild weather. Now imagine that you have to stand in line several HOURS and it's 40°C like in some US states and they forbid handing out water to people standing in line. That's just crazy. Why would they have so few polling places in the first place that there's such long lines? And if they have for some crazy reason, then they need to at least provide free water and a bunch of portapotties.

[@josbertoromero2927]

Voting must be in a Sunday and only Americans with valid photo ID could vote as it is in almost all countries.

[@themaskedman221]

In my state (New York), the "suppressing the low income vote" would never make sense as a scheme to benefit Republicans, because most Republicans in this state are low income. In the suburban/downstate region of NY, you have high levels of wealth and education and a liberal majority. It is in the rural, low-income Upstate districts where Republicans thrive. I think that the people who make this argument are living in a time that no longer exists. For most of the 20th Century, wealthy people did indeed vote mostly Republican, while the working class was largely Democrat. That's no longer the case.

[@crisg156]

For either party, one thing is clear, the voting process is outdated and for a first world country it is really suspicious why that is.

[@tylerwilde5355]

I have several Trump supporters in my life that are literally saying "if it's Trump we don't need term limits" be warned this can go all the way. I have not given up trying to make a difference and Defragging misconceptions but I have given up hope. If I could leave this country I would.

[@palmereldritch_6669]

We talk about it frequently, my wife and I. I'm in medical school, and I pray that it will give us a ticket out of here, because Trumpism is still very much a threat. The RIght is relentless and utterly shameless. This country is in for very, very dark times.

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

if all the normal people leave the U.S. then the rest of us are really screwed. You’d be bailing on your country which needs you

[@neutronbomb1000]

It's terrifying watching this from the outside (New Zealand). It's all unfolding so quickly! But the world needs a strong (and sane) America. America has always had its problems, but our global superpower alternatives are not very appealing. So hold yourselves together, please!

[@thewaffle003]

Some of us are stickin' around to fight, and mean to win.

[@MrDavidBFoster]

People have been telling me all my life, _"America: Love it, or Leave it",_ and I've always answered them, _"Well then, just show me the door, and I'm outta here!"_ It turns out, they would rather you to stick around so they can teach you who's boss.

[@JoeGoogol]

This video will sow fear and confusion

[@TheRahimpur]

It all starts in education and values. In a society lacks all solidarity, how can anyone be surprised there is such high levels of mistrust? What's sick in America is it's soul, it is what infecting it's political system

[@YouT00ber]

There are no values any more. Values are wrong. Anything goes, or are you a transphobe?

[@huh9881]

Politics is the sickness

[@lopoa126]

The mistrust is pushed by tinfoil hat Trump sheep

[@OneSkyWarrior]

Money infected the political system. Big time.

[@joelcarson4602]

Like George Carlin opined at one point, "We don't have those kind of people here." You know, people you can actually trust.

As someone watching this outside the US. If you are watching this, and are able to. You should get involve at the local level, for protecting democracy for sake of your country and the world. But also, the biggest changes and improvements are started at the local level. I don’t think there’s a way to convince Trump fans of thinking differently. We underestimate democracy, only those that have seen it fallen know why it’s important to fight for it and protect it.

[@wvvwwvwvv]

Remove the antiwhite communities and the DEI double standards and America may have a shot.

[@stevegram9000]

Sad that people didn't see this coming when they failed to pull it off in 2020. They learned a lesson and felt emboldened because of all the media attention.

[@ci6516]

What a joke dude . No one is trying to take anything . Listen to yourself , what exactly have you said ? nothing. Democrats and Clinton however did first plant the seeds of doubt by saying Russia corrupted the 2016 election . Democrats did encourage people to Riot and loot in every city . But all of that is dust in the wind . Only janurary 6th exists . You CLOWNS . Absolute C L O W N S

[@Fiox789]

This was happening before 2020. A lot of these people are on school and healthcare boards. They just expanded

[@kimkim-mh7bv]

yes conspiracy my A$$ did you not even learn from cambodia? even un hold the election and later watcher and yet it still can be fraud. let alone usa did with machine and doesn't even have un do as watcher. stop spread ridiculous story. election can't reverse even it has fraud. it is the rule of war. reversing the election mean remove the entire opposite party. it mean war.

[@BigQuads]

showing that you are alive and a resident of the area is not "voter suppression". It is common sense.

[@thomasbell5283]

If the US had more than two parties, this would not happen as easilily. People get mobilized very quickly in such a system.

[@lopoa126]

Did Germany have more than two parties a century ago?

[@AJX-2]

It does have more than two parties, it's just that third parties have no hope of winning due to the way elections are structured

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

America has way more than two political parties. If you knew anything about this country you would know that

[@emptee4494]

@@zacharyhenderson2902 It does but it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, we need ranked choice voting or something similar in order to start breaking free of the duopoly

[@MrDavidBFoster]

That worked out well for the Germans, I'm told.

[@jedibane]

I’m increasingly concerned that we know all of this yet we are unable to stop it. What do we do the day after it happens?

[@jackkelly4032]

Just do what you did last time when Trump won. You deny the election for four years. Then when your opponents do the same thing you pretend like you never did it and become a hypocrite. Then you accuse them of doing exactly what you did and gaslight everyone into thinking that you never denied the previous election. You guys are unbelievable. You guys are already planning to deny the results of the next election, you denied the results of the 2016 election and have the balls to accuse others of being election deniers. You guys are a joke.

[@jedibane]

@@jackkelly4032 you guys? Can you read? I’m concerned about the losing elections and having no recourse. Thanks for your ignorance. We appreciate you types here.

[@johnadams1281]

VOTE RED TO SAVE DEMOCRACY

[@Icey7405]

@@johnadams1281 bruh, you guys are the people we should be voting AGAINST to save our democracy

[@truegemrn]

@@Icey7405 no. That’s what the media wants you to believe. There is so much information being kept from you.

[@NerdWasi]

I love his reporting and even more when he replies to his critics on KZbin.

[@lucqq3792]

He does it for PR and for comments like yours, then he makes the exact same mistake again, hopes everyone forgets about the last time/hopes people remember “that time I replied to my critic I’m so open minded”, and then just repeats it lol

[@NerdWasi]

@@lucqq3792 well history repeats itself lol🤣

[@lucqq3792]

@@NerdWasi true!

[@lucqq3792]

@@NerdWasi I like him, dont get me wrong

[@anatolykhalizev2356]

I showed Id to order beer, to buy liquor, to send paper documents in Fedex. Don't tell me people want to vote but never use other ID required sevices.

[@williamjameslehy1341]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're white, male, able-bodied, and live in a suburb or rural area.

[@planetvance]

@@williamjameslehy1341 Meaning what? @juangonzalez9848 said above, I really dislike all these people saying that requiring an ID to vote is racist, and then only come up with racist reasons as to why they believe that way.

[@garrettbaratheon567]

@@williamjameslehy1341I’m going to go out on a limp and say you support bad voter ID policy because of 1% fringe situations.

[@stephenmkatzasc]

Thank you… A terrific piece on understanding the collapse of voting and democracy. It’s extremely sad and tragic. Looking at the States from France as a Expat I find this truly frightening. What’s happening on this side of the pond is equally as horrifying with Italy, Sweden, Hungry etc turning to fascism.

[@Chirag.D]

I am still baffled by how the richest country have such an ineffective election process... India have way way better election system considering the fact that we have a lot more corruption but still a better voter ID, election machine and poll booth system (double voting is practically impossible in India)

[@kiddkuru]

“I believe there are forces working within the federal government to undermine the constitution and profit off of the American people” - Richard Nixon (before he got harassed into resigning for investigating the government)

[@ROBLOXGamingDavid]

one's hidden reply would beg to differ

[@oceanpiggy]

lol you cant dubble vote in the US ither

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

Ryyyyyyyyt

[@loudtim265]

In US, you walk into polling location, show your ID and they match it to a list of registered voters, you sign your name. You go into the booth and close the privacy curtain, make your selections, finalize them with a big red button, exit booth, get your “I voted” sticker and leave. Easy.

[@zeerocool]

17:00 On trust and good faith? That's how you want to run the most powerful country in the world? Like you can't drive w/out an ID, nor board a plane, stay in a hotel, etc. but you should be able to exercise your right to vote that affects budgets, foreign policy, etc. without any proof that you are in fact eligible to do so? What a pile of garbage.

[@preyingtig3r493]

Agreed. Isn't it ironic that a bunch of illegal immigrants are coming in and Democrats want to remove that protection? Something doesn't add up.

[@kctaz6189]

Amen, a big, steaming pile of garbage!

[@cdg715]

Yeah they basically admit that they would lose elections if people search for fraud.

[@darrenhill3514]

This entire video is trying to project that Republicans are crazy while deflecting what the left has done in recent years. They're sick individuals.

[@pamvancleave6722]

Totally agree and that wasnt the only garbage. So they never explained how the votes flipped in the middle of the night.

[@jasonzayas5487]

The hypocrisy in this video is crazzyyy.

[@FinancialShinanigan]

The New York Times brought out the big guns for this video... I'm talking about Johnny

[@TmcksnT]

For real. Feels like watching an ad

[@Gaptekk]

They'll do everything

[@mortemanku5279]

The whole video is full of psychological tricks to make you pay attention and believe him

[@mondelefant8569]

@@mortemanku5279 "full of psycheological tricks to [...] make you believe him" You make it sound like what he's doing was some kind of magic. While he is sertainly polarising quite a bit, he is also just right and that's probably what makes you want to believe him.... It just makes sense, because his arguments are presented in a way that is well thought out, logical and easy to comprehend.

[@100056255]

Vibes

[@Harrock]

As a German i lost all faith in America ... i always wanted to live in America ... but since 2016 i realize the EU has to become more independet from the USA

[@robertfrancis2039]

How's the r8ypyougee crisis working out in Deautchland? I can't believe what has happened to my ancestors Homeland. Volksdeautch in J00merica. Please stop German women from being assaulted.

[@archmad]

Faith in America? Dont you have faith in Germany?

[@chinglee100]

Good luck Europeans worship America like crazy lol 😂 y’all don’t even have culture anymore America says Europe does lol 😂

[@vyros.3234]

What? It isn't that deep dude. This video is exaggerating a bit. Plus why would America and Europe distance themselves from each other when they are each others greatest ally. Doesn't make sense.

[@tonytone2463]

@@vyros.3234 what is the video exaggerating?

[@edgarmichael3276]

This is sooo crazy!!! And i feel like it happened to me. I vote in every election. 2 elections ago i took in my real id and voted no problem. Despite the fact i changed my last name. It was my last name in my real id and consistent with the id number i have used for years. This last time I voted, a man ( i have never seen at the polls) steped in and told me i could not vote because my name didnt match. I went out and brought back my husbsnd who is well versed in Missouri voter laws and he talked with the top official and I was allowed to vote. Here is one Real life example. If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. People who care about a stable democracy need to be willing to fight for their vote.

[@mackenziegoodwin459]

Missourian here, and this *exact* same thing happened to me. All the election workers in my area used to be super nice Black grandmas, and now they're mostly older white guys who clearly are trying to make things frustrating for the (predominantly Black) voters around here.

[@helenromanelli2544]

I hate to ask this, but are you a person of color or are you white? that could make the difference, too, unfortunately.

[@jaredhouston4223]

Just get your ID straight, that should be a given, it's not a problem, it's a system for vote integrity.

[@edgarmichael3276]

@@helenromanelli2544 i am white therefore not used to being questioned.

[@edgarmichael3276]

@@jaredhouston4223 my ID is straight. I changed my last name. To get the real id i had to bring in both divorce papers and marriage certificates for both marriages. I registered before I got remarried. I had already voted one time under my new name. My point was the difference of people and how it was handled

[@fredericoamigo]

This is brilliant reporting. Why isn't this news everywhere? People need to know this.

[@marceloleitejr]

I’m from Brazil but I live here in the US for the past 20 years. I can say that in Brazil today the president is using almost play by play what Trump did and still doing here in US. If This video if was in Portuguese, I would say was all about Brasil’s political scene today. They are having presidential election in less the 20 days, and the President Bolsonaro is saying if he doesn’t win with 70% of the votes there is something wrong with the election. So I’m saying here today that he will try (been trying for the past 4 years) to overturn the election on October 02, 2022. Brazil is more divided today than US was 8 years ago. It’s crazy!

[@lewisnostredame5605]

Vote Democrat or we are all screwed.

[@DavidPacJr]

Bolsonaro from what I hear from Brazilians in Florida is a good leader but with flaws and Lula just want to turn it into a Venezuela. How accurate is this?

[@marceloleitejr]

@@DavidPacJr That’s the narrative that Bolsonaro and his party created. PT and Lula as an enemy to be defeated because will turn Brazil into communist country. Lula was in power for 8 years straight and was not even close to be a communist. He’s not a saint or even close to be perfect, but Bolsonaro and his ideology needs to be stopped, at least for 4 years. And is looking like this is gonna happen. Lula is leading the results.

[@releasethebogus8581]

@@DavidPacJr Nonsense. Lula presided over a major economic recovery during his previous presidency, and Brazil actually grew during the GFC. He's not an economically incompetent demagogue like Chavez was. Bolsonaro, on the other hand, has left Brazil with the second-highest COVID death toll in the world (putting it ahead of India), because he insisted it was a "little flu" and perpetuated conspiracy theories about it. Mismanaging the COVID pandemic on that level is just inexcusable.

[@DavidPacJr]

@@releasethebogus8581 wasn’t the COVID thing debunked already? They were overcounting deaths in the US. Those that died with COVID and those that died from COVID were counted equally. You could have died from a trauma or whatever but if you had tested COVID at the time of death, they included that as a COVID death. So idk if the same thing was done in Brazil. Also, COVID was a global problem, there wasn’t any real way of stopping it. It’s still going with different administrations. I mean over here Biden has had more deaths from COVID than Trump in a smaller span. I’m speaking from a US point of view, it might be different in Brazil.

[@garrywoolnough3436]

So calling people to become more involved , rather than just taking in all of your propaganda , isn't a good thing. Sounds like a very good thing to me.

[@andresbarriga5305]

The calling is to hijack a working system based on lies. So, it's pretty bad.

[@DataCrusade1999]

In india there is a poll person from every party on every poll and they do the same thing but election commission of india has a system in place to deal with them. challenging something because you think it's wrong is a good thing to have in a democratic society you should be able to challenge it and there should be an effective system in place to deal with these kind of things.

[@namithl750]

In india it's not the system that's wrong, it's the fake voters coming from bangladesh. The illegal voters are changing the demographics.

[@kimkim-mh7bv]

yes conspiracy my A$$ did you not even learn from cambodia? even un hold the election and later watcher and yet it still can be fraud. let alone usa did with machine and doesn't even have un do as watcher. stop spread ridiculous story. election can't reverse even it has fraud. it is the rule of war. reversing the election mean remove the entire opposite party. it mean war.

[@babagandu]

Not a good example of a democracy ...

[@namithl750]

@@babagandu why not, no country administers 1.4billion people, we're great as a country.

[@babagandu]

@@namithl750 not really ,,, terrible country

[@anniecammie]

I'm a liberal living in Georgia and voted in the Republican primary (GA has open primaries) just to be sure Sec of State Raffenspergrr and Gov Kemp would remain the Republican candidates for their offices. I don't agree with their policies, but I deeply respect that they have integrity and stood up to Trump's election steal lies.

[@thesilkpainter]

I am with you on that!

[@Ryan-LetsGO]

Imagine if these nuts focused on Universal Healthcare and free education it's amazing what they could accomplish

[@persoro4015]

except they would have to deal with more instiutional opposiion, which is harder to crack, and probably fall apart, plus breaking something apart is harder than building somehing

[@PowerHouseCartel]

Funny how GOP manipulated their base into thinking obamacare/medicare is bad for them. Crazy part is these naive people believe it. They genuinely think lowering med costs are bad for them somehow.

[@ryanweible9090]

they do, they work hard to prevent both of them.

[@mikewilson7036]

More handouts. We're already on track to insolvency.

[@MrGoalie2012]

education and healthcare shouldnt be free, it should be AFFORDABLE and big pharma and schools should be allowed to spike their rates just to make loads of money or pad there shareholders pockets

[@ernestoxavier5426]

“People that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, liars and traitors are not victims… but accomplices". ⚔ George Orwell

[@jamesmooney8933]

Exactly how I feel about Biden, thank you

[@Ryuk-IsLife]

@@jamesmooney8933 from a fact standpoint, those words stated above represents Trump like a glove

[@jamesmooney8933]

@@Ryuk-IsLife In your opinion not mine

[@julienjeanmuller]

@@jamesmooney8933 Trump like a glove.

[@jamesmooney8933]

@@julienjeanmuller Biden is like a bad joke

[@Joshua-Samarita]

I still want to know why having voter’s ID is a tool for voter’s suppression.

[@TD32333]

11% of US citizens don't have government-issued ID, so they would lose their right to vote.

[@paulinewangui94]

Exactly my question! It seems crazy to me. I'm Kenyan and here you cannot vote without your ID, it has never been an issue. How else are they supposed to know you are who you say you are?

[@andresbarriga5305]

@@paulinewangui94 The problem is that there are also ways to obstruct you to get an ID. So it piles up.

[@rocketman3770]

@@andresbarriga5305 wtf, almost everyone has an ID and can easily obtain one. You have years to get it. You need a drivers ID to drive a car no? Cut the crap!

[@andresbarriga5305]

​@@rocketman3770 Precisely: It's as crazy as it sounds. Please inform yourself about it.

[@CharlieMcGill2006]

this video sure aged well

[@UdyeTODAY]

Did it though? Nothing really happened. It didn't need to happen because it was clear Republicans were going to win early on.

[@MrSpherical]

Very interesting. BUT the video should have been clearer that contesting Republicans isn’t the point. It’s contesting BAD FAITH Republicans for these roles. Voting in a bad faith Democrat who may do the same in return isn’t going to help democracy either. Good faith is the key (and highly preferably Democrat if you’re a democrat supporter)

[@MrSpherical]

Also the video thumbnail sucks. Needs changing for the video to get more reach

[@criticalcitizens]

A ton of things require ID…. requiring someone to prove their identity to vote does not make the process more difficult. Requiring people to register doesn’t make it harder. Purging the rolls is a must, people who die or move away shouldn’t be mail ballots, I’d think that’s just common sense.

[@JohnSmith-bs9ym]

Pretty much every democratic country on the planet requires ID to vote. The democrats fight it because they want illegal votes.

[@jordanhendrix2619]

For real.

[@dahliafully]

However millions of Americans have been born without a birth certificate, especially older, poorer Americans who didn't have a hospitalized birth. Millions of Black Americans were denied hospital care for many decades. Birth certificates are also a fairly recent thing to have to have to get an ID.

[@dahliafully]

Purging polls in the way that it has been going on lately has been destructive more than constructive, however.

[@jordanhendrix2619]

@@dahliafully true, but you can’t work in the US without ID, usually a social security card. Since those aren’t hard to get, just use that.

[@anteeko]

I am not from the US but why voter ID is controversial? Is it not normal to request ID for voting?

[@MrDavidBFoster]

It IS (it's called a Drivers License). But they want you to believe it's NOT so that you will be _outraged._ It's what the media does.

[@TD32333]

11% of American citizens don't have a government-issued ID.

[@anteeko]

@@MrDavidBFoster What a weird thing to push as "controversial"😆

[@ryanhoeksema2191]

So we should be afraid that people are actually using checks and balances that, as Johnny said himself, have always been there, but not used?

[@slightly_handy2109]

That was one of the most terrifying pieces of journalism I've seen in years...

[@richiejohnson]

So clearly explained, and all the more terrifying for it.

[@autobahnmensch]

I knew when I saw NYT Opinion that this was going to be garbage, but I didn't quite expect how bad it would be. Thanks for lowering my opinion of the NYT another 3 notches.

[@billsayer1]

Terrifying but brilliant reporting and commentary! Thank you and please keep spreading the word our country is counting on you! You both are true patriots!💪💙

[@moffstv2]

Johnny’s the only reason I’m watching a NYT piece…

[@tommontreal4821]

And remember that half of America doesn't even bother to vote. I have always thought it would be interesting to see the rate of voter participation if each time you voted you were mailed a check of $50 or $100.

[@MrDavidBFoster]

I don't bother to vote, but only who's the king this week doesn't actually matter. My quality of life is determined by corporate lobbyists, same as everyone else's.

[@kerningandleading]

@@MrDavidBFoster That's exactly what they want you to do. Give up and not vote so they can do as they please.

[@MrDavidBFoster]

@@kerningandleading U can't quit something you never started.

[@Matt-fl8uy]

@@MrDavidBFoster If you don't bother to exercise your patriotic right, you won't miss it when you lose it.

[@MrDavidBFoster]

@@Matt-fl8uy I'm free enough I don't need anyone to tell me what my rights are. I understand I'm rather unique in that aspect. If you meant _"they're coming to take me away",_ well there ain't much anyone can do about that.

[@Free-4554]

When the “opinion” video is more factual than some real news😳

[@davidl3985]

This is pure propaganda!!

[@alanajacobs9882]

My favorite is always the “people voting twice” conspiracy. Each ballot has a specific unique number written on it that corresponds with the number on a person’s voter registration. If the same number was written twice they don’t think it would be flagged in 5 seconds?

[@emptee4494]

If there was even a fraction of the amount of voter fraud these people claim we would see some sort of evidence, a “smoking gun”. Yet there is next to none with the only cases being extremely few and far between. It’s a symptom of Trump being a poor loser and his party taking after him. And now rational republicans that work in elections are stepping down due to death threats from their own voters. Dark days.

[@MrDavidBFoster]

It's not important what THEY think, it's important what YOU think. Why do you think they keep you in the dark and feed you Sh--?

[@MrLuffy9131]

Didn't they send sometimes multiple ballots to an address? It's not even like they have multiple people in the house either

[@thewaffle003]

@@MrDavidBFoster Lol, David, you have been propagandized my friend.

[@alanajacobs9882]

@@MrDavidBFoster I think election deniers are delusional sore losers. And what’s being kept in the dark? Lmao

[@purplegi0n]

This is scary stuff, and that's coming from someone living in the UK where we just had an unelected person put into power. Someone that 99.98% of us did not vote for & whose policies are: tax the poor. Give taxpayer money to energy companies. Cut taxes for the rich.

[@jpb9481]

its not america, we dont vote for presidents we vote for parties…

[@jeep0]

Honestly, if Republicans won, it'd be good

[@eljudiomasloco]

if there is no fraud, what are you afraid of?

[@Tonymontanayayo]

Exactly, Giuliani went to at least 5 states showing “evidence” of the big lie… and he failed in all cases. Trump has to be stopped at every way possible.

[@ninadganore]

Bill Maher has been talking about this since a long time ago, nice to see a great elaboration by Jhonny !

[@toughercoot0518]

If anyone on the left has told you not to bother voting, getting involved in local events etc. for any reason then they probably aren’t actually on the left. You are urgently needed and history can repeat.

[@Doomxeen]

Eh. Plenty of knuckle-dragging leftist anarchists/communists saying you shouldn't vote. They're on the left by any reasonable definition, they're just dysfunctional and harmful.

[@Defiancy]

Yeah repeat history and vote for Biden 😂😂😂

[@toughercoot0518]

That’s not been decided yet but even if it’s him then he’s better than the nazis on the other side who can’t even agree on allowing contraception as a right in the 21st century.

[@NDUWUISI]

This is so true

[@dsnodgrass4843]

So when will we get a share of the power we're being encouraged to give you? 4 years? 8 years? Never?

[@hectorcruz3337]

I cannot vote. You who can, VOTE! AND SAVE YOUR NATION!

[@subratsahoo3141]

Feels like am watching a short movie

[@spittylama]

More like a thriller

[@handlemonium]

Yep, that's the power of Johnny Harris editing 👌😁

[@GoldenEDM_2018]

Well, you were.

[@millennialfalcon8958]

Well I'm officially terrified.

[@loienichebas]

This is why US is a freaking scary country. It’s inspiring and at the same time terrifying. I feel safer and more confident in my home country in Europe, although less inspired

[@tseriesbad6746]

Safer while causing 2 giant wars

[@carter7944]

@@tseriesbad6746 1 giant war

[@carter7944]

@@tseriesbad6746 ukraine whats the other one i dont know taiwan doesnt count because its not a war yet

[@jimbarino2]

Good luck this winter!

[@MrDavidBFoster]

I wouldn't if I were you. Last I heard, our missiles can reach all the way to Mars if we want them to.

[@TimHaggerty-ox8bl]

Wow I wish I hadn't seen this. The stress is going to be unreal. I can't believe this is happening again.

[@Julian-iq6mc]

What's the problem with challenging voters? Everyone should be checked before they can submit a vote, no matter what. If the preconditions are valid, the vote can be submitted.

[@realityforever2585]

The problem is you could not have time to do all the checks. If the voter is in the poll book, that vote can be submitted.

[@lisapetersen150]

I live in Utah, we have a good system set up for voting. If you receive a vote-by-mail ballot, you are still allowed to vote in person as long as you have not returned your by-mail ballot. Your vote history is recorded in the database and will be checked by poll worker before you will be allowed to vote on the electronic voting machine.

[@123avneesh]

This makes me take pride in India's system of vote counting. Not only is the counting staff randomly selected there is also a verified paper audit trail on randomly chosen systems. I'm surprised that it is so easy to play the system in America (despite being a democracy for more than 200 years)! Conversely, India has more than 1.3B people and is only 75 years old.

[@WaffleEBay12]

That sounds like a good counting system, but I also saw a comment below yours where someone else from India said that there is 1 party that has all the power in India and is using their power to keep other parties in check. I don't know the whole Indian voting system, but it sounds like some voices are being suppressed there.

[@VARMOT123]

@@WaffleEBay12 you are right and they are right about that .

[@namithl750]

@@WaffleEBay12 the biggest party is getting power because people are actually supporting them, we elected left govt from from decades. Modi won the elections when congress party ruled the entire country. There's no way There's mass election fraud there are different party while counting. Congress party went to supreme court that There's been hacking, supreme court told that evm (electronic voting machine) is unhackable it doesn't have a computer nor it's connected to internet.

[@allwinaugustine]

Lol. We don't use electronic machines to vote like you guys. Even Russia bought the machines from India for their election knowing it is hackable!

[@darreldennis7115]

India is no longer a democracy according to many metric. Its a one party BJP that even control the media. Truly sad what is happening to the largest democracy in the world.

[@raunakrander5887]

This is exactly what happens when you have just 2 parties!

[@chadnguyen6332]

But America has had two parties for most of its history and nothing has happened to our democracy until now. What's changed in our politics for one party to start losing doubt in the system?

[@MrSpherical]

Yep

[@ark2985]

Multi party system isn't any better. Just look at India. These sort of problems are the loopholes in a democratic system.

[@thomasbell5283]

In denmark we have like 13 parties in congress

[@finnburke2709]

There's more than 2 parties, 2 major political parties though i see what you mean.

[@dianedelauri642]

I live in liberal Massachusetts we vote with ID

[@Thejakegee]

My wife was telling me about this six months ago.

[@bccbaron12]

The Republicans have been telling us that they were doing this for years. Hopefully we all start to pay attention.

[@irobot1239]

Oh yeah she really is a fair journalist

[@oppressedgamer5599]

Completely unbiased

[@kingster2929]

81 million? Really you fools believe that?!? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sebastianwrites]

Decent people would never have voted for Trump, who behaves so weak, and despicably that he actually lowered himself to mock a disabled person!

[@CharlieRasch]

They are counting children under 18. Shows how they are arguing in bad faith.

[@Aristotlein21stcentury]

Suprised to hear that in USA checking ID while voting is a problem. It should be mandatory.

[@ejoshcoron]

The answer starts in getting Ranked Choice Voting and Open Primaries on state ballots. Eliminates the spoiler effect and reduces oversized influence of the most extreme ends of the left and right. The "reasonable majority" is properly represented and gets reflected in our leaders. See Andrew Yang's Forward Party

[@Bhanzen216]

Had to scroll to far to find this comment. I'd also pair it with federal government needs to have it's power stripped back. People desperately fight over power. Why do Ds and Rs care so much about the executive branch? Because the legislative branch has abdicated power to the executive, and the executive has amassed power over time.

[@dwaynezilla]

but that'd require adding an amendment, right? There's a dumb sentiment that the Constitution is perfect and should not be touched, ever. I doubt that's what the forefathers would have wanted in the slightest.

[@Veracruz031283]

Just like what happened here in the Philippines, back in 2016 in Vice presidential race. The one who lost vice president candidate, just made this same thing to plant seeds of "he was cheated" over and over until 2022. Unfortunately, this 2022, those seeds grown and won the election as President. Such a tragedy in democracy 😭😭✌️✌️✌️

[@Alghi451]

cry harder for that, me as indonesian careless about filipinos under bong bong

[@JamesP29]

The only difference is that in the USA we're not making it up.... I hope everybody likes the color red because we're going to be seeing a whole lot of it!

[@johnwright9372]

Exactly. Billions of the money stolen by the Marcos family funded a massive social media campaign to rehabilitate that rotten gang. I remember the yellow revolution in 1986.

[@mortemanku5279]

Wet Ballot boxes that are placed in high stacks even though its the dry season is fishy.

[@DunePlex]

it's an opinion video xd PH different from US two party 50 50. here in ph not even close

[@korsakow]

This clip is made in such a precise way. Using so many different genres to be able to make understandable what the problem is. What is the highest prize for best journalism? This piece has earned it!

[@harrypalmer907]

the video is full of fallacies, its dumb AF.

[@SolveFixBuild]

If you legitimately attempted to present two sides of this story, and you left it up to the viewer to decide, you’d have a genuine journalistic piece.