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Rome's Influence On American Politics (Members Video)

🕑 Added 2022-11-10 21:36:57 +0000 UTC

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Paul Higgins

Ryan, I enjoy your YouTube videos and glad I came over here to find more of your content. You’re a terrific lecturer with the right balance of detailed facts and broader themes. Please keep it up. I feel a little smarter every time I watch your content.

martin warner

Short, sweet and to the point...perfect!

Brett Sinclair

Great video!

Anton Berg

Great video, i thinl this form should be a main stay of your channel!

Jim Turner

Thanks, Ryan. I so appreciate your initiative in deliberate research and sharing it. Democracy relies on an informed electorate. How best to support your efforts so you don't follow the path of capable, dedicated and discourage path to more financially rewarding careers?

Michael Bracey

Video was great and leaves the viewer eager for more!

Baron de Ropp

Great video! thanks for sharing this!

Esther Burke

This was less polished, but still very informative. Thanks!

Jeff

Great video, Ryan...short but information dense. It demonstrates that short videos with minimal flair or editing can still be very engaging. Thanks for the work you're doing to educate!

Tim Elston

Good stuff. I wouldn't mind if you shared these with the larger YouTube audience. We need a more educated general electorate.

Shelden

This was very nearly identical to a lecture I had back in my Honors Intro to American Government course back in the '70s; my professor was an acolyte of the great (and even then late) Martin Diamond. And I taught it as well when I taught AP American Government back in the '80s and '90s. The only thing different here was that we used the term "ochlocracy" instead of mob rule. The problem with "mob rule" is that to most contemporary listeners that probably comes across as something violent, whereas in fact it just means that the majority uses its control of the levers of power to oppress the minority as well as to enrich themselves. Oh, and one other thing. I'm embarrassed to say that I had forgotten (or perhaps never learned) that Polybius was responsible for this stuff. I have for nearly 50 years erroneously ascribed this chart to Aristotle. Yeah, I'm embarrassed, but not so embarrassed to forget to say thank you for clearing me up on that!

Christopher Wise

Interesting subject matter for sure. And this shorter video format fit nicely into my ever decreasing attention span ;) This one has a somewhat more casual, approachable feel to it. I think that is really good. Keep them coming

Christopher Wise

Love that quote. Heard it on Joe Rogan a while back.

John Paul

Good video 👍🏻

Ryan Gegenheimer

I dug it! Count my vote for more of these

Scorpion_Strike

Very much enjoyed this short piece. I've heard bits and pieces of this idea before, but never had a concise explanation like this to refer to. A thought that occurred to me while watching: with its balance of powers melding the three "ideal" types of government into one, the US seems to have broadly maintained effective governance for a long time. However, is it possible that we are seeing the degeneration of each of its components simultaneously in the present political climate? The gradual breakdown of each institution's reputation under relentless partisan assault might serve as a force for degeneration, turning each institution into an instrument of partisan warfare rather than effective governance. Tyrannies and oligarchies are similarly likely to be rife with political infighting, in the former case the court competing for the tyrant's favor, and in the latter the various oligarchs trying to get ahead of each other. And over the last few years, less than civil protests of mob-like character have become something of a theme in the news cycle.

bryan bell

I have enjoyed both the longer formats and these nifty mico topics. Keep it up.

Craig Albert

Thank you for doing these! Really looking forward to more. This is so interesting, like others I also had no idea how this informed the design of the US government. I wanted to share this with friends but I guess they’ll have to subscribe. Haha

Craig Albert

Same here! Super glad to have these shorts.

Ed L. Fredrickson

This is good - go for it!

Jerame

I love it. It was a fun, bite-sized piece and felt much less intense than your other videos. I look forward to more. If I may offer an idea that this video sparked, I think the influence of the Iroquois Confederacy had on the founders and, subsequently, classic liberalism to follow. This is a crucial part of the development that only a few people discuss.

Lincoln Russell

Awesome can't wait for more!

Edward Kwang

I like this short and informative video.

Jordan Friendshuh

I really enjoyed the video. I think if this format helps you feel motivated to make more content due to it's more casual nature, go for it! I like the nepotism idea as the source of degradation, it makes me think of one of my favorite quotes: Hard times makes strong men, Strong men make easy times, Easy times make weak men, Weak men make hard times.

Ryan Chapman

I see what you did there Jared. Thanks!

Lara Lu

Love the short form vid!

Jared Fry

I think that a mixed composition of formats will make the channel more durable. This one was nicely done and I'm looking forward to the next one, whatever it will be.

Thōmās

Shout out to my man Polybius! Thanks for the video! Very well explained! Though I would argue the use of "Republic" instead of "Liberal Democracy" here would be more correct. Only because the idea of what a "Republic" should be actually stims from this idea. It's why the Greek word "politeia" is usually translated as "republic", though the word literally means "constitution" but can also mean "constitutional government", but usually refers to a balance of government when reading Aristotle, for instance.