Key - POWER Lyrics

They should show this is schools

This is more relevant now than ever

I dunno... there was that one viking dude that held out against an army on a bridge on his own. He really defended alone there

Key takeway for Kings: CHANGE THE LOCKS WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR KEYS!

One of the best videos I've even watched in 10 years on YouTube.

A hivemind could technically rule alone.

It explored how democracy can become a dictatorship. However, how does a dictatorship to democracy.

when a government gets overthrown and all the new keys and the new leader agree then they can form a democracy

Rulers are two way relationships. Rule by fear, you fear the people.

This is why I love small government: we have fewer keys to power, and are practically all friends anyway, so no one is looking to off anyone else. We have the freedom to do good for the people

15 year old kids be watching this video and scratching their chin “hmmm, I see”.

“Do you know the problems in your country and know how to fix them?”

Yeah, this problem this country is that I’m not rich.

*Instructions very clear, made a dictatorship*

This video is so dark...
Love it!!

the power structure doesn't change in a democracy. Legislative councils (parliament/congress) rarely vote in the interest of the majority but almost always vote to defend the interests of the 1%. What changes is the ability to get wealth for cheap from poorer countries. The reason why wealth is somewhat distributed in some countries is key: a state with a powerful military can extract wealth from other states and distribute some of it to the working class. For the rest, this is a great summary.

Nothing new here.
Just another Crusader Kings 2 tutorial.

Without power you can affect nothing. Luckily we all have the power of art. And without love you’ll never really have anything anyway. But hell, go get em sport.

This was both soul-crushing and thoroughly entertaining. That’s how you know that you’re winning.

You need to do more thinking about democracy.

4 years later and this video still scares the living shit out of me

How about a guide on office politics?

I don't want to be a dictator, I want to be an emperor that has the support of the people, and a device that if I activate it will kill the head of the navy, the army, etc.

Killing the not needed key, hmmm maybe the coronavirus can help the CCP with that

Pretty fucking uptight and stupid rules that has been made by an idiot. No offence. This video makes me understand humanity less.

Joe (USA)
You like your comment didn’t you? This technically is true your just very pro democratic since it’s in ur name USA -_-

buht yeah, trump is a total dictator hurdurhur

Killing the not needed key...okay I understand,but this may also arise another problem that the key which the ruler has not killed would have a thought that he could also be killed one day. This can give the rival kingdom a good opportunity to woo the keys.

And yet Norway, one of the most democratic countries in the world is a major oil producer.
I don't know if their oil is difficult to extract from the bottom of the ocean, thus, needing engineering knowledge from the population but it should be an interesting case to investigate.

Only problem with ignoring the young group and not giving them any treasure is that they have parents who want favors/treasure for their children. Also those children will be supporters in the future.

Why not kill the keys and replace them with the loyal and dumb?

Did Donald Trump watch this?

Isn't this called corruption?

Your video made me a dictator, where are my keys?

As a dictator I liked my comment.

What if a dictatorship shift the power of the keys to the citizens instead? Would that work a bit better?

that's a democracy.

0:03 is that Altis from Arma?

This video also gives a clear insight on human behavior and psychology.

Super Like

Farm subsidies DO have to do with food. They exist to pay farmers not to grow as much as possible so that we can avoid the tragedy of the commons, which causes the price to fall so low that they aren’t profitable and it gave us the dust bowl.

Absolutely wonderful video, perfectly illustrates the problems inherent in power and in the ability for one to rule over another

Many thanks
Your friendly neighborhood anarchist

This is very interesting, but I'm left wondering why Norway, with its huge oil wealth, never decended to autocracy despite what CGP Grey says about a country's wealth coming out of the ground.
Could anyone explain it to me, please?:)

The majority of Norway's economy is a service industry, thus it relies on people

Could post Saddam Iraq’s chaos be explained by this, as tens of thousands of bureaucrats and hundreds of thousands of military soldiers were denied in the transitional government. Those who were vital in running the day by day operations of the nation.

Please do a video combining this and your "humans need not apply" video: What happens when wealth no longer comes from the productivity of citizens?

dude this is so fucking dope. This is why i'm an Anarchist. Power is natural parasitic. All forms of power interaction from the subjects is primed at diverting power away from the subject.

Summed up in one sentence: "It's not about what you know, it's about who you know"

good case in point: Dictatorship Zimbabwe under zanupf misrule!

So corruption can be completely eradicated only by doing some corruption.

you cant clean your house without becoming dirty.

You sir, are smart as shit.

the spirit of Machiavelli lives on

Trump watched this video

Guess the extinction of the Human Race is the real solution huh...
-is what my mind keeps telling me everytime I see this video...

Rule with fear so that you can spend the money on the people without opposition from your keys.

11:23 when you are comparing your D with your bros

Youtube trally doesn't want me to watch this video. Every time I click on it it buffers. Every other video is fine.

What if we create a society of perfect citizens? It is seemingly the only way to make everyone happy.

This is the most depressive and Inspirering video at the same time.

12:50 CGP Grey controls a huge supply of vespene gas. A resource so abundant you have 2 in your base and 2 more right outside

Love that the dunce is still smiling at 3:50, that's some attention to detail!

Politics, that's just awfula

This is basically a how to Stalin

No wonder power corrupts.

Nice propaganda. Very nice.

What's the propaganda here?

Disgusting.

"Starving, disconnected, illiterates don't make good revolutionaries"
*laughs in Haitian creole*

I luv this

Though technically the Haitian slaves werent disconnected and had a few literate leader

I will. I will rule justly and fairly.

...for 5 seconds before the military gets sick of you

Does anybody remember the book animal farm? Turns out that communism ended up the same.

That's now how Animal Farm went at all

Lol is the City a TheoTown city

One of the best videos on YouTube

Today's western democracies topple down because they disregard making children as unproductive is my takeaway from this

so basically a tropico guide

16:26 that’s what happened to Germany... so...

power is a resource meant to be spent not hoarded

No. I don’t want to rule.

Either you rule, or someone else does and you have to take it.

Robert Jarman I’m good at getting things done. Someone else plans, I execute. But I’m also like consulting on what to do and how to accomplish tasks. It takes all sorts, eh?

the politic it self just bloody rewards muddy ways never world will be better because of you

9:34 and 14:15: Trump couldn't keep the most influential key supporters on his side so they let the impeachment happen, lol.

Trump doesn't need to survive an impeachment vote. He needs to survive the senate trial.

I believe that democracy is a dictatorship, but I am more complicated and more malicious and deceiving. What is the difference between those who deceive people by the power of arms or by the strength of the tongue?

The world's best democracies, such as the parliamentary republic of Finland where the president needs an absolute majority of voters to win and the prime minister needs the support of a coalition of parties which proportionally receive their seats in parliament, and the legislators are elected through fully open lists, and with very high turnout, makes it extremely hard to seize control of the Finnish government.

In such situations, the concept of ruling by force is inconceivable for most Finns. If Russia was not a dictatorial country, and was an open democracy, the Finnish military probably would not exist, and they have an extremely low crime rate and a vey low imprisonment rate and political opponents are not put in prison. Negotiations are essential, and if they break down, the workers refuse to work and rely on a strike fund which usually can pressure the employers into granting at least some important concessions, and new elections can be called for parliament and the prime minister replaced at will of the parliamentary majority.

I love that arma 3 reference at the start

9:38 good luck bernie

The Democracy tutorial is being followed by the Republican party ngl

That explains underfunded school

Explains the little focus on the system, too.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. ..thank you dude, you did all this for me!!..this is precious information!!

7:46
Ohhhhh, so THATS why the education system is so stupid.

ya standardized testing was invented to decide who is smart enough to not be sent to the front lines in war.
Yang2020!

What?!?!?

IQ and genetics have a role.

So what you're saying is.. all government is based on corruption.

ya, show me one that isn't, some just hide it better.. but at least now you know.

@rifz42 I take it you're not a huge Call of Duty Modern Warfare player, friend?

@The Komodo Collective I played some of the CODs but it's been a while.. why?

@rifz42 suppose I wasn't being obvious enough but was tryna make a reference to the MW3 opening when Makarov quotes "All Warfare is based on deception". The joke works better in person with the accent.

What about monarchies tho?

Monarchies are just heredity dictators

To quote the Donkey Kong Country cartoon:


"He who holds the coconut, rules."

Considering what's happened to Venezuela this makes sense. Since this is the SECOND time it's happened.

I am damn sure that my prime minister don't know about these rules of reward and keys things.

music reminds me to papers, please.

“The loyal and dim may stay by your side no matter what”... just described every person who STILL supports Trump... lemmings right over a ledge.

It's not the ordinary voters Trump requires on his side. An efficiently distributed electoral college win could win by getting pluralities in the states that get 270 or more electors, and those pluralities only have to be among those who do vote out of the whole population. And Trump also needs at least 1/3 of the senate to be on his side to prevent the impeachment and conviction of him or attempted removal through the 25th amendment. This spread of support is a very low one. And given the GDP of the US, and how many benefits Trump could plausibly provide with his government's share of it, and how few people he needs to appease, the winning coalition can be handsomely rewarded, although not equally as he needs the support of the senators more than he needs the support of the voters, and only of the voters does he need to convince the swing voters who could plausibly stay home or vote for other candidates.

complicated...
if someone is running for president ,he or she needed funds from the rich businessmen..then,when he or she comes to power..they will pay the rich businessmen by not letting them pay taxes..am I right?
the tendency is that,,the real president is the one who contribute the most
the president becomes puppet

This makes sense. In regard to the fundamentals, there is no difference between dictatorships and democracies. As a matter of fact, democracies are many times more evil.

@Tactical Bacon Perspective. politicians in a democracy have an incentive to give citizens a better life or think they have- same difference. In America, many people have access to milk and meat. Good? Well, they causes osteoporosis, heart issues and many other ailments (ignore the media's lies saying we need a lot of these produces to be healthy). Poorer countries with dictatorships eat more plants so haves less of these health issue nor do they need $1 trillions in healthcare. Heart attacks and cancer are common in America but was unheard of when I lived in a dictatorship (I kid you not). Which is better off? I can write a book chapter with examples. Thinking one has a better life and having more money does not mean life is better overall.

Phil Ad Oh, you're just stupid. Ok

Phil Ad Enjoy the bread and circuses your dictatorship provides as you're oppressed :)

Tactical Bacon You are missing my entire point. And I live in America now and I am an American. I understand the world outside it because I lived outside America; as my father knew I would be more well-rounded if I did. By the way, there are things I could do under the dictatorship that would get me arrested in America. Aspects were oppressive (like criticizing government), parts were freer (life in general, good food and having fun) and it all balances out compare to democracies.

Phil Ad No, no it really doesn't.

I used to live in Egypt during Arab Spring. So I know a little bit when it comes to democracy vs dictatorships.

How is life in general freer?

I still hold that you're an idiot

You can't be replaced if you don't have anyone to replace you

Saddam Hussein had the same idea by installing a Christian as his number two VP, for the same reason.

great video

Rule 1- be Stalin

Bruh, so just be a pushover and let they key supporters do what they want basically?

Until you dont need then

I guess anarchists were right, the state only serves the interests of powerful people.

Dont the citizens vote for a ruler or president? Why are the keys so important then

campaign funds

Cause no man rules allow. Even if you are a dictator with absolute power in your nation your job of leadership is just that; leading. You alone can't police criminals so you lead police and law keys. You alone can't fight the nation's battles so you lead military and spy keys. So on and so forth.

If the citizens vote, they are the keys, or at least some of them are.

Imagine if you have a political system where there are 100 million people. There are 500 members of parliament. You need a majority of them to stay in power. So 251 deputies. Imagine if each of those members of parliament need a plurality of the vote to win. 50%+1 will assure a win, but if your opposition is split so that 35% of the vote can win. So 35% in 251 districts. Imagine if only 70% of the voters are registered to vote and are eligible, such as age, felon disenfranchisement, and similar. And assume only a 45% turnout. And say that only 10% of them are likely to change their opinion in any given election and so need you to make special appeals to them

Put together, that is 100 million times .7, times .45, times (251/500), times 0.35, times .1. that's about 553,455 voters whose support you must have on your side no matter what. If the GDP per capita is 35 thousand dollars USD, or 3.5 trillion. With only 55.346 billion dollars, you could bribe each of them with 100 thousand dollars for a vote for you. If they don't vote, they lose out on that much money.

You can see how even in a free election, you can do some pretty suspect things to maintain power.

CGP Grey: no man rules alone.
Me: OK BUT WHAT IF I USE AI.

That wink at the ending was very deep. "Maybe you will be difrent", with a Dictator Hat.

Well, considering how do I play Sim City and how I for fun make everyone's lives worse (pay tolls, police stations, lack of education and healthcare, but I always build a Mayor's House at the hill and add some shitty parks so the people stays calm), I can easily say that I would wear this hat in real life as well.

To be honest, I love this game. People consider it a silly game for children in which you play as a mayor of a city, but in fact it is a game about corrupted dictator who happened to be you.

Same goes to RimWorld. I just love cutting apart my prisoners and make a furniture out of their skin.

Peace, brothers.

Instructions unclear: became a modern diogenes

7:50 take NOTE

If anyone wonders why Politicians don't always give clear answers; this is why, they don't want to contradict promises to key supporters. Saying anything one way ornthe other would hurt current key supporter relations, and any future relations. Never make an official statement, and you'll never have to back track.

ya unless it's Andrew Yang, it's amazing how he doesn't dodge questions or use made up stats.