Article 22Y3T 1946 information film about how democracy slides into despotism

1946 information film about how democracy slides into despotism

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Rob Beschizza
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Encyclopaedia Brittanica explains: "As a community moves toward despotism, respect is restricted to fewer people. A community is low on a respect scale if common courtesy is withheld from people on the basis of their political attitudes; rude to others because wealth or position gives them that right; or because they don't like a man's race or religion."

The use of the "not equal" sign, a, as a stand in for the swastika, is just perfectly on-the-nose.

But here's the best moment, depicting a despot's despotic laugh:

https://youtu.be/WdVB-R6Duso?t=3m13s

I immediately recognized this as the sampled laugh of Damnd, a guardian from Capcom's 1989 arcade game Final Fight:

https://youtu.be/8J_a-FI73oY?t=51sBkrRoQXxD0o

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