Der Don does not seem to be familiar with the Constitution of The United States and our form of government. His primary frame of reference seems to be absolute monarchy. It is the governmental system which most closely resembles his approach to business management.
We fought a war 250 years ago to rid ourselves of this!
More of my thoughts about Der Don. Other enemies of Democracy and Progressionism.
This time I want to talk to you about monarchies. And not the kind of wimpy constitutional monarchies that emerged in the 20th century, But bad old-fashioned authoritarian dynastic medieval European style monarchies. Monarchy is an authoritarian form of government in which one person, usually a man, is vested with all the powers of government. He decides what the law is, He directs all the powers of coercion which enforce the law, and He passes judgment on any subjects who he deems to have violated the law. You notice I said subjects. In a monarchy human beings are not citizens, they are subjects. They are the property of the monarch in much the same way that a factory is the property of a Corporation in our economic system. The concept of human rights is alien to monarchies. But in order to sustain a monarchy, the monarch must secure the loyalty of his subjects. This is generally done through a combination of coercion and propaganda. The most successful monarchs tend to operate in very much the same way as cult leaders. The monarchy is normally supported by other institutions within the society. There is usually an aristocracy, Aristocrats are subjects who have privileges granted to them by the monarch, including wealth, status, and exemption from many of the more oppressive laws. Members of this aristocracy are selected to fulfill bureaucratic functions within the governmental mechanisms. But they only serve at the pleasure of the monarch. Monarchs hold on to their power and position for life. If they share power at all it is usually with members of their immediate family. Traditionally when a monarch dies, one of those family members inherits his power. Monarchs traditionally justify their position and power by claiming that it has been bestowed by God. Therefore they tend to ally themselves with prevailing religious institutions and the leaders thereof. Most monarchs prefer to establish a state religion. While they may not abolish other religions, they give preference to a specific religious institution from which they demand total support. They usually declare that the founding principles and values of the nation are inextricably intertwined with the specific religion with the which the monarchy is allied. One of the techniques which monarchs use to solidify their power is to exaggerate the danger of enemies both within and without. The monarchs propaganda machine concocts an exaggerated description of the virtuous and loyal subjects and contrasts that with the enemies of the state: Evil, disloyal subjects and grotesque subhuman citizens of other nations. Emphasizing the imagined differences between us and them. This is a belief system which I call exclusionism and I discuss it great length in some of my other videos. It is one of the many similarities between monarchs and cult leaders. I could go on, but I hope this has stimulated your thinking and stirred up recollections of history and civics lessons in your past or even movies plays and television shows that depict monarchy. But just looking at some of the characteristics of monarchy I've mentioned here, does any of it sound familiar? Does it look anything like the reality TV show has taken over our government? If it does we know what we must do. * Declare loudly and aggressively our opposition to this change in our form of government. * Vote in November like our human rights and our independence are at stake. Because they are. * And pledge to fight this tyranny, if necessary with our lives our fortunes and our sacred honor.