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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?
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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)