| PS360ForTheWin said: its kind of hard to define the form of government that a country has, as for example neither the UK or US falll 100% into the category of Democracy or Republic |
Well, the UK is not a Republic. The UK, like Japan, Belgium, and other nations, has a monarch as the head of state. Therefore, it cannot be a Republic.
Anyway, I smiled when the narrator offered his view on the political spectrum. He lacks the knowledge of why the political spectrum originated and what left or right truly means. If one understands the origin of these terms and what they indicate, it should be clear that the far-right is not the abscence of government whilst the far-left is total government. The terms originated during the French Revolution. Those who sat on the right wing in the Estates General (the nobility) favored retaining the monarchy and preserving tradition. Those who sat on the left wing, anyone who was not nobility or clergy, were the liberal republicans such as Robespierre. Now, the terms have evolved some and there may be some overlap between what is right-wing and left-wing. Anyway, I agree the US is a republic. It does, however, have a democratic tradition.
