Why The US Is Not A Democracy

Get free access to Nebula with your CuriosityStream subscription and watch episode 3 of my original series, The New F-Word! https://curiositystream.com/secondtho... People often assume that capitalism and democracy are synonyms, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Why is that? And what prevents the United States from being the democracy it claims to be? Why The US Is Not A Democracy – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Bar graph source https://latana.com/democracy-percepti...   / 1532236805143027713   Princeton study https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/d...    • Corruption is Legal in America   Representative government https://books.google.com/books?id=GhA... https://books.google.com/books?id=IFt... James Madison quote https://billofrightsinstitute.org/pri... Liquid democracy https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12065 Democracy at work https://books.google.com/books?id=Xpn... Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter:   / _secondthought   Patreon:   / secondthought   BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondth... CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads:    • Playlist   Spaaaaaace!:    • Playlist   What If...:    • Playlist   Popular Videos:    • Popular Videos | Second Thought   About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: [email protected]