Did you notice that when they said the Pledge of Allegiance they didn't say "under God"? Clearly the idea of a non-despotic government being good is perpetrated by secular humanists. All true Christian Americans will be happy to have a controlled press, a rubber-stamp legislature, an executive with the power to order searches and confinement without judicial oversight,and a blanket condemnation that certain people are "freedom haters" so we don't have to think about why we go to war.
very timely, especially the "where are we headed" part.
Like Edna, the difference in the Pledge of Allegiance was striking to me (born in 1961, after "under God" was added).
Overall, I think the clip should not be restricted to Rocketboy's civics lesson -- I think we all need to see this one. Chilling to see how our trends are running so strongly toward despotic. I wonder what the authors of that clip would think if they saw our current state.
Thanks for posting this.
I'm old enough (b. 1945) to have a sense of nostalgia about the film; though I can't say I remember this one, I remember that announcer!
What struck me, as a Historian interested in the Cold War, was the lack of Soviet examples of "despotism", and the respect that remained for economic parity, freedom of expression, unions, etc. This was 1946; profound changes were being developed in private, but right wing reaction would not have mass support for another couple of years. In a very real sense, this is a document of the decline of the American Republic, and is thus very sad to watch.
Damn. That's something. What really struck me was that in 1946, stuffy institutions like Britannica were able to openly invoke income disparity without being accused of inciting "class warfare."
One of the things that separates us from the rest of the world is that the vast majority of our Marxist/Socialist intellectuals, leaders, activists, etc. were either purged or driven underground by McCarthyism. In 1946, those people still held positions of influence, and were shaping opinion.
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Well, why isn't this at least being shown on university campuses?
As a journalism major I don't see the current media outlets wanting to broadcast this................much too telling about our current administration and the wish to spread our own brand of democracy.
Every bit of this was prescient--and chilling. Thanks, ma.
My favorite part is the really old lady in school to become a teacher. We all know that bitter old women are always in education programs at the university as students...
Thanks for posting this!! This is great!
Dear Mother,
But I like my corporate theocracy! This video is scrambiling my mind!
Whoa. How cool. But mighty white . . .
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