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Three Ways To Fix America

5-Minute Videos | PragerU

PragerU

Self-improvement, History, Non-profit, Business, Education

4.86.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Are we just going to give up on the greatest country in the history of the world? Or are we going to fight for freedom and a thriving future? For Dave Rubin, the author of Don’t Burn This Country, the answer is obvious. And, even better, he has a battle plan. Donate today to help keep PragerU podcasts and videos free! PragerU.com/donate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Something ain't right and we all know it.

0:02.6

Are we just going to give up on the greatest country in the history of the world?

0:06.9

Or are we going to fight for freedom and a thriving future?

0:10.4

They always tell us that we're at a once in a lifetime pivotal moment.

0:14.5

But this time they're actually right.

0:16.6

You know it, I know it, you know that I know it, I know that you know it, and they know

0:20.7

we all know it.

0:21.7

So what are we going to do about it?

0:23.7

Well, I've got a few ideas.

0:26.5

First off, be an individualist.

0:28.8

The American Heritage Dictionary defines an individualist as one that asserts individuality

0:33.8

by independence of thought and action.

0:37.2

If that sounds self-centered, it is.

0:39.4

But why is that bad?

0:42.1

Everything in your life starts with you, your attitude, how you project yourself to the

0:45.9

world, whether you take responsibility for your own actions.

0:49.6

The founders of America sought to create a government whose primary purpose was to protect

0:54.2

the freedom of the individual.

0:56.4

After that, as far as George, Ben and Tom were concerned, you were on your own.

1:01.4

Nobody saw this more clearly than the 19th century French writer Alexis de Tocqueville.

1:06.3

He came to America to see what all the commotion was about and was absolutely blown away.

1:12.1

This new American democracy, what he called the equality of conditions, was not merely

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