This educational video done in 1946 shows a very simple analysis of democracy vs. despotism.
"Let's find out about despotism. This man makes it his job to study these things."
With 4 significant measures of society he demonstrates how to determine despotism in a community.
2 measures determine if you are currently living in a despotic society: The Respect Scale and the Power Scale, whether respect and power is shared or funneled into the top 1% determines if your society is despotic.
2 other measures determine if your society is in danger of slipping into despotism: Economic Distribution and Access to Information.
Using these 4 scaled measures you can easily determine how to measure if your current society is safely democratic, in danger of sinking into despotism or despotic.
Despotism, produced by the Encyclopedia Brittannica Films Inc. for the 1946 classroom
bet you would never see this in a classroom today eh?
Be sure to watch the video and take the exam at the end of the diary. . .