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Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Monday, November 1st, 2010 4:31pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter blankfist.

I disagree with portions of this but I still up-voted because there is a decent mix of good/bad info. Bottom line, everything needs scrutiny.

I say if the government wants intrusion then the people of this country should demand 100% transparency. Outlawing filming what police are doing, for example, is probably one of the most egregious offenses against accountability.

Wow, you watched a 1 hour 14 minute video in less than half an hour? Amazing.

Messing with you.

The simplest solution is the restoration of States' Rights, and/or secession. Different states know how to do different things best; it's a lot easier to fix a state than the whole nation.

holy shiznit! i think i actually agree with q-shroom.
the federal plutocracy is indeed out of hand.

Moving this video to blankfist's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

This video highlights something that I have been afraid of for some time now, and idea that is finally finding flesh in my mind. The problem with representative government is that it effectively passes the buck to someone else, making you relatively disinterested in the goings on of governance. Akin to hiring a cab driver and not paying attention to which direction he goes; some might, most won't. So instead of the problem of Athens and mob rule, you get a disinterested populous in the realm of rule. If you aren't considering governance, you also are probing different questions on the philosophical nature of the roles of government or rights, that is someone else's job.

I think I have always had that notion rolling around in my head, but this video has formalized a large objection I have to the way Representative government has played out. Do I have a better solution, not yet. Is this possibly the best we can have, perhaps.