Does America Need a Dictator?

Chris delves into the provocative question: Does America—or any nation—need a dictator? Reflecting on John Adams’ assertion that the U.S. Constitution is suited only for a moral and religious populace, Markowski explores the importance of virtue, morality, and self-governance in sustaining freedom. He highlights the resurgence of faith across the nation, the dangers of moral decay, and how these elements tie into the success of capitalism and democracy. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Does America need a dictator?

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Or?

Speaker 2 (00:19):
The question might be does anybody any nation? Do all
nations need a dictator? Would it be better if we
had a dictator or a monarch? The answer is depends
depends on what direction a nation takes. Ah, my god,
what are you talking about? Markowski? Let me put it
to you this way. John Adams. John Adams said our

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constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.
It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Morality and virtue are the foundation of our republic and
necessary for a society to be free. Virtue is an
inner commitment and voluntary outward obedience to principles of truth

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and moral law. Private virtue is the character to govern
oneself according to moral law at all times. Public virtue
is the character to voluntarily sacrifice or subjicate personal wants
for the greater good of other individuals or the community.

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Specific moral virtues include charity, justice, courage, temperance, reverence, prudence,
and honesty. These virtues are the moral fiber and the
moving force to act in accordance with wisdom. Our scholars
embrace these virtues and seek to incorporate them in the
John at Adams Academy. This is from the job at

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Adams Academy. Are they wrong? No, Now you need to
have that one of the things that I am absolutely thrilled,
thrilled to see. This is happening all over the country,

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people returning to church, people returning to church. Church is
busting at the seam. Seem more and more stories about
people converting the big stories in regards to the popularity
and orthodoxy that is taking place. No, America doesn't need

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a dictator, unless, of course, to quote Ram, we lose
our religion. Why is that? Well? Freedom, freedom, Well, if
you're free, if your definition of freedom is I can
do whatever the hell I want to do. My truth

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is my power. I mean, you know why not? I
mean you've got people actually discussing certain far left as
well as Aphelia really bad. No. No, if it was
a moral poplast, that wouldn't even be a question, wouldn't
be even a question, because people could also they police themselves. Yeah,

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we're all fallen, we all sin, we all make mistakes.
But if you don't have that underlying fear, fear of God,
well it's problematic. If it's anything goes Guess what, you
might need a dictator to keep things in line, to
keep people in line. If you have a country with

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free society, few laws, then you know what, people, if
they live according to these values, they can police themselves.
It's why we are a Judeo Christian nation. Things work
much better in all aspects and all facets of life.

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The same thing, the same concept holds through when it
comes to capitalism. How often do I talk about capital
is not about getting over on somebody, not about taking
advantage of someone else. It's about two people doing business
with one another and both going away happy in the end.
That is the goal. That's what works over the long run. Again,

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do we need a dictator? No? No, Might we need
one if we continue to head down this bad slope
we were heading on? Maybe, But how many people out there, yeah,
how many have seen a bit of a light at
the end of the tunnel, a bit of a change

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in the way people are thinking. You even got writers
in various different newspapers noticing a significant change. Again, no,
we don't need a dictator. The founding fathers put together
a wonderful, wonderful document, but again it works. It only works,

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like John Adams says, if we have that moral center
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