Despotism & Democracy Producer: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films - 1946 Measures how a society ranks on a spectrum stretching from democracy to despotism. Explains how societies and nations can be measured by the degree that power is concentrated and respect for the individual is restricted. Where does your community, state and nation stand on these scales?

An Encylclopedia Britannica newsreel made to educate classrooms about political science. A facinating and frightening look at how to judge the level of freedom in your community. Very pertinent today when I believe we are on the verge of a real fruition of a movement. Hopefully, people taking a look at their lives in this kind of arbitrary analitical way will help them to wake up to the fact that we are not in fact the freest country in the world. Not anymore. Ron Paul '08. Rise up and make a difference. I'm trying my best, check out my other vids.

A 1946 short film on our current situation. We were warned.

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Circa 1945, How does your country rate on a democrasy / despotism scale?

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Karl Martino points us to this fascinating 1946 classroom film on "Despotism,". This 10-minute film from Encyclopedia Britannica Films features Dr. Harold D. Lasswell of Yale, who was a professor of law and of political science at the school while both our current and our most recent presidents were students there. The film, produced in the immediate aftermath of World War II, presents a spectrum from democracy to despotism. And it begins with this cautionary note: Avoid the comfortable idea that the mere form of government can of itself safeguard a nation against despotism. ... When a competent observer looks for signs of despotism in a community, he looks beyond fine words and noble phrases. That last is shown against a backdrop of patriotic Americans reciting the (original) Pledge of Allegiance, which fades into the silhouette of a lynching. That's the implicit message of this film, It Can Happen Here. We are introduced to a man "who makes it his business to study these things" -- presumably Dr. Lasswell. The professor offers two "yardsticks" for measuring the existence of despotism or democracy in a given community or nation. The Respect Scale ranges from shared to restricted, and measures "how many citizens get an even break." The Power Scale ranges from shared to concentrated. "The test of despotic power is that it can disregard the will of the people," the professor says. It's notable that in this 1946 film, both racism and anti-Semitism are offered as examples of despotic tendencies. But here's where the film really gets interesting. The professor then offers two more scales by which, he says, an observer can determine whether a nation is headed toward democracy or toward despotism. These scales are Economic Distribution and Information. Here's what the professor has to say about economic distribution, which he measures on a scale from "balanced" to "slanted": If a community's economic distribution becomes slanted, its middle-income groups grow smaller and despotism stands a better chance to gain a foothold. ... If this condition exists over the nation as a whole, so that the control of jobs and business opportunities is in a few hands, despotism stands a good chance. ... Another sign of a poorly balanced economy is a taxation system that presses heaviest on those least able to pay. In 1946, the unjust or inequitable distribution of wealth was perceived as a dangerous tendency and a threat to democracy. The Cold War hadn't yet begun in earnest. Over the following decades, Soviet despotism rose as a challenge to democracy in the world. And because Soviet despotism was nominally about the redistribution of wealth, talk about equitable economic distribution as a necessary prerequisite for healthy democracy became suspect. And not just suspect, but condemned as anti-democratic and anti-American. Watching this 1946 film gave me a real sense of how great a setback for democracy vs. despotism the rise of McCarthyism really was. The professor's final scale, which measures information on a range from "uncontrolled" to "controlled" seems eerily prescient, forecasting the McCarthyism to come. He wasn't really forecasting, of course, he was simply describing the past two decades in Europe. A community rates low on an information scale when the press, radio and other channels of communication are controlled by only a few people, and when citizens have to accept what they are told. In communities of this kind, despotism stands a good chance. ... If books, newspapers and the radio are efficiently controlled, the people will read and accept exactly what the few in control want them to. See the FEMA Presidential Executive Orders List and Directive 51 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDYllakM0hk

This film is from 1946. A great video. See where we are on the scale of Democracy vs. Despotism. Post your answer below for discussion. Here is the definition of Despotism from Wikki: Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power. In its classical form, a despotism is a state where one single More.. person, called a Despot, wields all the power and authority, and everyone else is considered his slave. This form of despotism was the first known form of statehood and civilization; the Pharaoh of Egypt is a hallmark of a classical Despot. The term now implies tyrannical rule. However, in enlightened absolutism (also known as benevolent or enlightened despotism), which came to prominence in 18th century Europe, absolute monarchs used their authority to institute a number of reforms in the political systems and societies of their countries. This movement was probably largely triggered by the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment. Even though the word has a pejorative meaning nowadays, it was once a legitimate title of office in the Byzantine Empire. Just as the word "Byzantine" is often used in a pejorative way (for specific reasons by certain Enlightenment authors wishing to express disapproval of that period in history), the word "Despot" was equally turned around for negative meaning. In fact, "Despot" was an Imperial title, first used under Manuel I Komnenos (1143?1180) who created it to his appointed heir Alexius-B?la. According to Gyula Moravcsik this title was a simple translation of B?la's Hungarian title '?r', but other historians believe it comes from the ancient Greek, despotes (literally, 'the master'). In the Orthodox Liturgy, if celebrated in Greek, the priest is addressed by the deacon as "despot" even today. It was typically bestowed on sons-in-law and later sons of the Emperor, and beginning in the 13th century it was bestowed to foreign princes. The Despot wore an elaborate costume similar to the Emperor's and had many privileges. Despots ruled over parts of the empire called Despotates. The English government is cited to have reduced the American people under absolute despotism in the United States Declaration of Independence. "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

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Is your community sinking into... despotism? Find out with this handy video from GroundZeroCoffee.com. Based on an actual 1946 classroom film. From the media to schools to elections: how did they know...?!

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George Washington warned that party politics, if unchecked, leads to a despotism that will firmly establish a supreme dictatorship on the "ruins of public liberty". This is an excerpt of his Farewell Address delivered to Congress in 1796. (more)

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هذه الأغنية من كلمات و ألحان سيد درويش و توزيع زياد الرحباني و غناء فيروز و قد غنت في عهد الاستعمار البريطاني لتعبر عن شوق الشعب المصري للحية و ها نحن الآن في وضع لا يقل سؤاً عن الاستبداد السياسي في عهد الاستعمار This song was composed and written by Sayed Darweesh and The arabic singer Fairouz sung ...it was written during the British colonization and it shows the awareness of the Egyptian people4 freedom and this song expressesdespotism which we suffered now which doesn't differ from despotism we r suffring from now

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Created by Wildfeather at http://youtube.com/Wildfeather G. Washington - Party Politics Leads to Despotism Original description follows: "George Washington believed that political parties in popular governments become despotic in themselves and eventually lead to a "more formal despotism". This is an exposition of that statement. Produced by Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather © 2006 The Naked Underground, http://jeseppinaked.blogspot.com"

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A video for the Department of Culture's "Gone in 30 Seconds". (all footage used is in the public domain) To everyone who can vote in the upcoming Canadian election - Vote anything but conservative and stop policies such as (but not limited to): - Bill C-10, which censors the film industry - Bill C-484, which limits women's rights - Tax cuts to already rich oil corporation - etc etc etc here's a quote from Harper: "The establishment came down with a constitutional package which they put to a national referendum. The package included distinct society status for Quebec and some other changes, including some that would just horrify you, putting universal Medicare in our constitution, and feminist rights, and a whole bunch of other things." - Conservative leader Stephen Harper, then vice-president of the National Citizens Coalition, in a June 1997 Montreal meeting of the Council for National Policy, a right-wing American think tank.

This old interesting documentary speak about the effects of the propaganda in the human mind It can condition the mind and make a person near to the regime in which he lives in ----------------------------------------- Questo interessante documentario parla degli effetti della propaganda nella mente umana, capace di cambiare e condizionare le persone a tal punto da farle diventare schiave di un regime. Il documentario è in inglese con sottotitoli in italiano

A democracy can really be DESPOTISM. Is the USA actually despotism? See the signs and decide for yourself. 1) Lack of respect for other groups, such as races, classes, political attitude or religion (accepted calling others in society names based on sex, sexual preferance, race, religion, intolerance for people who do not believe in the 'accepted' religion) 2) Majority of the Wealth and Property is in the hands of the few (big businesses conglomeratives, Walmart instead of small business, less people owning their own homes, fewer family farms) 3) Decision making is in the hands of the few 4) Demanding of Patriotism from all citizens (such as criticizing any group of people for not wearing flag pins) 5) Taxation is pressing heaviest on those less able to pay. Taxation is comparably less on the wealthier (tax cuts for the rich) 6) No allowance for questioning authority. No teaching students of critical thinking skills (As in the No- child-left behind requirements) 7) Ceremonial congress with no real power (any law passed gets veto-ed by PoTUS) This video is from 1946 and was produced by Encyclopedia Britanica. Funny how they seemed to know.

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