Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The American Form of Government.

In the comments, there's been a discussion as to whether capitalism is an economic system or a political system, or both. It is clear the two are integrally connected. Here's a clip explaining different types of political systems.
It's not perfect. (I question the accuracy of some of the references to ancient history.) But it does make some important points about democracy.

2 comments:

Lynne said...

I think this is a great short video. As someone who is tired of correcting people when they refer to our government as a democracy, I am going to post it on my blog too.

Thanks.

tm said...

I have been enjoying your blog for a while, so I wanted to say this video is great!