A reader pointed this video at YouTube out at me. It’s a great movie about Americanism and the American system. Watch it. We’ve heard much about ‘democracy’ in recent years. Democracy has become ‘goal’ in itself, the ultimate system. When George W. Bush declared war on Afghanistan and Iraq, he did so in order to “spread democracy.” One democracy in the Middle East would lead to several others.

But is the United States a democracy? No, and for good reason:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7M-7LkvcVw[/youtube] (more…)