The ORIGINAL Brexit (July 4, 1776) Declaration of Independence
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- www.tomrichey.net
Last year, in my annual July 4th video, I recited the Declaration of Independence in London. For this year's July 4 video, I want to reach out to our British brethren and offer a bit of hope, drawing some parallels between last week's Brexit vote and the signing of the Declaration of Independence - the ORIGINAL Article 50 - in 1776. I know there's a lot of turmoil over Brexit, but it'll be okay. Take it from an American. We've been there before... and we came out of it alright!
Happy 4th of July, everyone! MERICA!
Happy Independence Day! and a Great Video
Totally agree with you. This video definitely needed to be made.
It kinda makes me nervous, knowing that an american knows this much about european History, It's like oh shit, there evolving!
He teaches AP European History (College Level European History).
Sean Diment yeah i know, it's a joke...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when signing for independence, the USA was only half discovered right? You said the USA turned out alright but isn't that because of their later participation in the global economy with the massive amount of resources they had obtained due to the exploration of the land. I am pretty certain Britain won't have access to these kind of resources and in fact did damage itself in a world wide service and capital industry.
Resources is a great bonus for a country, but its no longer a necessary thing. Modern inustrial countries can import stuff or invent substitutes. Britain is still an industrial gigant globally as a country, even if the industrial output per head has fallen miserably.
Venice was built on a swamp, Prussia became a superpower without much natural resources, and South Koreas main exports was tungsten ore, fish and whigs, before they industrialized their poor country without any natural resources, and only a decade after its foundation did POSCO become the worlds most productive steel producer, despite Korea lacking both coal and iron on its own, that it instead had to import from Latin America.
We'll see what the future holds for her majesty. I wish the Brits the best of luck, although I do think that Nigel Farage leaving is a rather unresponsible thing to do.
I agree. No one in the Brexit camp can take the place of Nigel Farage, so I think he should have finished his own work. Britain needs leadership, unity and stability.
+Aye Lame-O 100% agree this is my point. Europe actually gives us brits *more* resources: 3.2x as much land per capita. undevelopped/mismangaged east & south europe becomes more open to our superior knowledge if we *remain*. The migration is a 2 way street. Given consistent rights under the EU umbrella Entrepreneurs will reverse the flow, go where it's cheap and develop it. oh well , all that potential is thrown away if the brexiteers actually get their way.
Happy 4th July Muricans! :)
Happy holidays!!!!!!
I think London compared to New York would be a better comparison. London heavily voted Remain.
I agree, I think Scotland would be Quebec.
another interesting comparison I've heard is that today, the UK voting to leave europe is like New York voting to leave the USA. (a financial centre declaring that it doesn't need the rest..)
Thank you for your cool, rational and commonsensical approach. It's very much needed, given the hysteria spread by the pro-EU mainstream media. This video made me even finally subscribe to your channel. :)
I agree.
Not relevant to this video , but I just found out I passed the ap euro test, a lot thanks to your helpful videos! So thank you for making Euro history more clear and keep making videos!
Oi this video is amazing make more like this one
Thanks! What did you like most about the format? Just so I know what you'd like to see more of, exactly. I really enjoyed putting this together and can definitely see myself doing more videos in this style.
Personally I liked it that you compared a past event with an on going one and giving insight into what could occur in the future.
Also your cockiness.
+Tom Richey Basically everything Daniel said
Thanks fro the feedback, gentlemen!
I loved the video.
Hey Tom! I'm just writing to tell you I got a 5 on my APUSH exam
+Thebarnardfactor CONGRATS!!!
Hey Tom, did you think that the APUSH test this year was far far to easy, I remember taking WHAP last year and the AP test for that was much harder, and my teacher said APUSH was the most difficult History AP test. just wondering if you felt the same
American independence was all about taxation without representation, while Britain has representation in the EU of course. People saying this is Britain's independence are simply confusing things. Britain joined the EU because they wanted and they have an opt out, how is that not being independent?
+juliovnobre But they are not able to regulate their own trade or immigration policies as long as they are part of the EU. Representation in the European Parliament doesn't do much for you when you only have a small share of the seats. And the legislative process in the EU is not fully democratic. The idea that the UK will be more independent out of the EU is indisputable - what's in dispute is whether that independence is worth giving up the benefits that come with EU membership.
Representation is small but so is for any country whatever political views you have there are only a number of seats on your side. Britain was already independent before Brexit and now nothing will change only the fact that they will have less representation on their main market. You're comparing Brexit with American Independence but that was completely different... Britain is not victim of the same problems that America was back then and has no reasonable justification for this. Britain has never been subjugated to other nations so there is no possibility of "independence". Remember they chose to join and have an opt-out.
I don't think Britain will have all the troubles that everyone is saying but I also don't see how this was at all something good for them. You say that they can't regulate immigration and trade... now they will have even less control (down from a little bit of control to no control) but still will be forced to accept the regulations and immigration laws if they hope to trade with the EU.
the brexit vote was driven by fear of immigration. Another big difference between american independence and brexit. (america - land of the free etc, built by migrants. brexit - 'get rid of foreigners')
IMO outside of the EU we will be more dominated by foreign capital, not less. All it's achieved is a GBP crash which means easy asset stripping. Data from the 2008 crash doesn't show it boosting exports. Independence for a small island is not the same as it was for a resource rich continent like america.
We've had independence before, and we've only really thrived as part of a unit (our own empire , or the EEC / EU).
we need to deal with EU regulations anyway if we want to sell to our neighbours. having seats is better than no seats.
I loved the Game of Thrones reference T Rich. It would be greatly appreciated if you would make some videos about the Middle Ages. Possibly a video on King Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. Try to incorporate Warm Water Records.
You say that the US is fine at the moment but then we take a look at your presidential candidates
300 years later and they are still the most powerful nation. this vote means nothing in relation to the argument you're adressing.
I ment it in a jokingly way :)
+Tom Richey
independence for a small depleted island like the UK in 2016 is nothing like independence for a resource rich continent like america in 1776.
We needed to work on this partnership with our neighbours,and after losing our own mercantilist empire, we'd re-invented ourselves as a bridge between our other connections.
The division here is much more severe - you say there were 44% leavers vs 22% loyalists. Here it's 52 v 48 , and the youth, intelligentsia, and higher earners are on the remain side.
Clearly we have a responsibility to look after or provide opportunities for the less fortunate, but brexit is not the way to do it.
The guys leaving are driven by nostalgia for a past (being the head of a mercantilist empire).
The UK still manages to take 2.5x it's "fair share" of the worlds resources. This is only possible through globalist type activity. our "own resources" would be more like half or a quarter of what we use today.
Matt Damon!
Well the UK is no longer the worlds 5th largest economy due to the fall in the value of the pound...
brexit = shooting oneself in the foot, cutting of ones nose to spite ones face
Economic instability is to expected at times of political uncertainty.
Merica
your logo looks like a travel agency logo
Brexit will have a huge negative impact on UK economy.
+Tom Richey
The EU project might give us what you americans take for granted: a continent of resources & 100m's of people under one political unit.
England has about 50m^2 per person. Europe has about 90m^2 per person. If I think as a european I just made my world literally 3.2 x bigger.
This is why this immigration thing (the real driver of the vote) is a red herring. It's a 2 way street; all we need to do is take our knowledge into east & south europe. The older generation don't get it; I didn't even really quite realise, but the younger generation know - they embrace moving to work and study anywhere, and the supranational organization enforcing some consistent laws and rights increases your confidence.
There are things the Americans and Chinese can do due to sheer scale that an individual country like britain can't. (e.g. the chinese just home designed and built their own supercomputer after the americans embargoed them)
Innovation is requiring increasingly large projects and deeper specialisation - the low hanging fruit is gone.
(japan does pretty well but I'd guess that's because america gave it a huge boost , and in 2016 america has made it clear it can't go around nation building in the same way that it did in the past)
Transport costs will rise (post peak oil). I know they still did global trade before the industrial revolution, but it's not going to be as easy as we have it now. Quoting churchill about the open seas 50 years later is not the way - and churchill did also say a something about a united states of europe.
you sound close to alton brown :D
HAPPY USA INDEPENDENCE DAY !!! Keep our nation politically independent! NO single worldwide government! We want to keep our country! USA! USA! USA!
+1Fireskull Happy 4th to you, as well, my friend!
5:25 lmao!