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  • @ethanburack8840
    @ethanburack8840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7293

    “The US ran out of destiny to manifest, so they’re looking for more destiny.”

    • @MoldySalami
      @MoldySalami 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      I knew someone was gonna do this reference

    • @potatogod975
      @potatogod975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      *hawaii, cuba*

    • @davidtejuosho587
      @davidtejuosho587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Democracy to you.

    • @Maxims1
      @Maxims1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      @@potatogod975 but wait Spain controls Cuba

    • @abbyalphonse499
      @abbyalphonse499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      @@Maxims1 well blame something on them and go to war

  • @sackixfilms8950
    @sackixfilms8950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15724

    “The American Indian reservations are probably a story for another time”
    Me five years later:

    • @micahwissman7
      @micahwissman7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      SackixFilms He’s starting a series on it here soon

    • @shepherd8171
      @shepherd8171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +345

      French narrator: five years later

    • @louiswebtser
      @louiswebtser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      SackixFilms each native nation can be treated as individual and can be treated as their own country with sovereignty

    • @louiswebtser
      @louiswebtser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      GermanGamer7 we still have to follow state laws and a few federal laws

    • @louiswebtser
      @louiswebtser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      GermanGamer7 in current days, tribes are fighting for the right to grow and distribute Hemp on reservation land

  • @jgolfer0514
    @jgolfer0514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3896

    Puerto Rico is pretty much Anakin “you are accepted into the council but are not granted the rank of state”

    • @georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28
      @georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      America is not an empire smh 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @chels5001
      @chels5001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

      @@georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28 it kinda is

    • @georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28
      @georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@chels5001 America is not an empire it’s a democratic confederation of states and territories founded on democratic values and since when did America declared themselves as an empire it’s not an elective monarchy, autocratic, or dictatorship. And you can’t be a democracy and an empire at the same time it makes no sense.

    • @anuvisraa5786
      @anuvisraa5786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      @@georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28 That is your mistake America is not a democracy is a representative republic, and you can be a republic and an empire like France was.

    • @georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28
      @georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@anuvisraa5786 well France had a self pro claimed emperor and was a colonial empire while America wasn’t. You can’t compare the French empire to the United States it doesn’t make sense...

  • @vardz3120
    @vardz3120 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6190

    "The United States are shockingly a bunch of states that are united"
    Shocking indeed

    • @CharleyCheno
      @CharleyCheno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      no noob

    • @anshula2955
      @anshula2955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@CharleyCheno r/woosh

    • @CharleyCheno
      @CharleyCheno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@anshula2955 wrong

    • @480darkshadow
      @480darkshadow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@CharleyCheno r/whoosh

    • @offdeck8588
      @offdeck8588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@bramble6584 floor is made of floor

  • @MatthewCampbell765
    @MatthewCampbell765 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19683

    Suggestion: if it ever looks like Puerto Rico's going to become a state, buy stock in flag companies. There'd likely be a massive surge in flag sales as people try to update their flags.

    • @imaxstingray
      @imaxstingray 7 ปีที่แล้ว +425

      yep

    • @Bluesonofman
      @Bluesonofman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1221

      Federal law prohibits Puerto Rico from becoming a State. That is because that law basically declares Puerto Rico a Common Wealth. So Puerto Rico is basically to America, like Canada is to England.

    • @imaxstingray
      @imaxstingray 7 ปีที่แล้ว +632

      The Americans Gameing that's a shame i think it would be cool to have a new state in my lifetime

    • @oro7114
      @oro7114 7 ปีที่แล้ว +668

      What Canada is to *The U.K.

    • @Bluesonofman
      @Bluesonofman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      A Commonwealth

  • @FestusOmega
    @FestusOmega 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4183

    "Mine, I declare."
    Our finest and oldest tradition.

    • @ranierserratore8471
      @ranierserratore8471 6 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Festus Omega ah, the British empire

    • @nickfinch8182
      @nickfinch8182 6 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      Well we did learn from the best

    • @luffycat3506
      @luffycat3506 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      yea... but you have to back that up with a big stick. Many can declare whatever the fuck they want, but if they can't take action then your declaration is kaput!

    • @markofexcellence5209
      @markofexcellence5209 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Nothing wrong with that. 😊

    • @hotep2510
      @hotep2510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Indeed good sir, truly American.

  • @companymen42
    @companymen42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10781

    America be like “Congratulations! You are now a part of America, please do no resist.”

    • @2kmichaeljordan438
      @2kmichaeljordan438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +403

      Crab:👁👄👁

    • @Kriae
      @Kriae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +443

      *but only as a second-class citizen

    • @chomkeygamer9455
      @chomkeygamer9455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      Like the UK.

    • @tacocat1714
      @tacocat1714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Britain, France, Spain, Norway, us to!

    • @kingofbears6999
      @kingofbears6999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Manifest destiny!

  • @simonkr844
    @simonkr844 3 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    “Denmark sold her” that line feels so weird to hear with the style of animation you’re doing

  • @bonboll5012
    @bonboll5012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6580

    Everyone: "You cant simply have these islands by saying u own them"
    US: *pulls out Guano Island Act* "I didnt say it, i declared it"

    • @jmitterii2
      @jmitterii2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      I think the bird poop and bat poop at the time was highly valuable for fertilizer. By the 1913's with the Haber process to make ammonia which the key ingredient in making fertilizers.
      N2 + 3H2 made 2NH3
      That discovery along with other methods using the same concept made poop worth poop.
      And to an extent same with those islands.

    • @fortepiano4491
      @fortepiano4491 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      "I DECLARE GUANO ISLAND ACT!"

    • @thaddeuskyle572
      @thaddeuskyle572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Britain: I raised that boy.

    • @TuhljinTampergauge
      @TuhljinTampergauge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @Linnea the Prayer - You've got issues.

    • @killimon1635
      @killimon1635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Pulls out 6 billion dollars a year defense budget and the best military technology in the world “I declared it now try and stop me”

  • @deet0109mapping
    @deet0109mapping 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7293

    When you showed an EU map with the UK all "I'm outie!," that was the ULTIMATE forshadowing.

    • @anonymousdude8747
      @anonymousdude8747 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Ain't that so.

    • @user-ty5km8mi8w
      @user-ty5km8mi8w 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Scots

    • @red_isopat
      @red_isopat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      +Darkrai Titanollante grey is secretly a robot

    • @timothymclean
      @timothymclean 8 ปีที่แล้ว +346

      It's almost like there have been people in the UK wanting to leave the EU for a while. Say, like a party supporting those principles has existed for a quarter of a century.
      But yeah, hilarious in hindsight.

    • @ifacro
      @ifacro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      Yeah it's not like the Brexit campaign has been going on for YEARS

  • @eurasiaacaci.-110
    @eurasiaacaci.-110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +746

    Also the Philippines once a part of the U.S though “peaceful” conquest

    • @abdiweliyusuf3929
      @abdiweliyusuf3929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      totally nothing happened

    • @grilledcheese2285
      @grilledcheese2285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Yes we Filipinos totally accepted it

    • @Human-gu2cx
      @Human-gu2cx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      I mean it was probably better than being under the collapsing Spanish empire.

    • @epicmatter3512
      @epicmatter3512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      We actually never fought the Philippines. We fought the Spanish to give Cuba independence, and than took Puerto Rico and the Philippines, and this was great for the Philippines as we brought investment to the island. We gave them independence after world war 2 despite them not wanting independence and just kept Puerto Rico

    • @eurasiaacaci.-110
      @eurasiaacaci.-110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @@epicmatter3512 Philippine American war

  • @susanlowy3947
    @susanlowy3947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    5:32 Not sure if pointed out already, but Micronesia is on the Marshall Islands and Vice Versa.

    • @nandersonnanderson
      @nandersonnanderson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah I was wondering if someone pointed that out. Also he spelled “Marshall” as “Marshal”

  • @skeetersorenson4909
    @skeetersorenson4909 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1200

    0:00 - 0:03
    Mind Blown

    • @ikasu00
      @ikasu00 9 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      Did you know?:
      This is a comment.

    • @lkiswriting
      @lkiswriting 9 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Craftimothy123 NO WAY

    • @ikasu00
      @ikasu00 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ***** It blew my mind too when I looked it up.

    • @GlitchyShadow13
      @GlitchyShadow13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I couldn't believe it either.

    • @JeremyGaming9
      @JeremyGaming9 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Craftimothy123 Preposterous

  • @jimi5014
    @jimi5014 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4128

    as a citizen from Guam, i’d like to humbly add that we were “discovered” by the spanish, then taken by the US, then taken by the japanese, then taken back by the US. si yu’os ma’ase

    • @MustacheDLuffy
      @MustacheDLuffy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      That sounds confusing

    • @drabberfrog
      @drabberfrog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@MustacheDLuffy yeah i'm confused

    • @nehankaranch2149
      @nehankaranch2149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      just because you're fromg guam it doesnt mean you know the history of guam

    • @WuzzyYT
      @WuzzyYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Do you enjoy being under the US’s government and US’s military protection? Because a lot of people in Puerto Rico wanna stay a territory and not a state because they don’t wanna be included in the government.

    • @Clown_the_Clown
      @Clown_the_Clown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@WuzzyYT It's okay, we don't want Puerto Rico as a state

  • @bryanturnbow8189
    @bryanturnbow8189 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I just love how states are always represented by lady stick figures.

  • @whitemagicalhat2844
    @whitemagicalhat2844 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7473

    USA: "I have brought peace, freedom, justice and security to my new Empire!"
    Britain: "YOUR new Empire?"

    • @jakes1566
      @jakes1566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +902

      You were supposed to destroy global dominating empires, not join them!

    • @sticks4632
      @sticks4632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +539

      @@jakes1566 France: you where like a brother america! I love you.

    • @NetheriteMiner
      @NetheriteMiner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +321

      US: I hate you! For literally no reason!

    • @l.c.7445
      @l.c.7445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@jakes1566 oh shit, this is so true

    • @SomeGamer1111
      @SomeGamer1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      *Order 66 commences*

  • @thomasturner6980
    @thomasturner6980 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5360

    I was shocked when I found out that the United States is a bunch of states ... united

    • @jaredlangley6924
      @jaredlangley6924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      Yeah but for some reason people think we named ourself after the continent. Last I check there weren't any other states united in america.

    • @festethephule7553
      @festethephule7553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@jaredlangley6924
      Mexican States of America.

    • @SkiDaBird
      @SkiDaBird 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      @@jaredlangley6924 Mexico is literally the United Mexican States, or Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Last time I checked it was also in America.

    • @theworldoverheavan560
      @theworldoverheavan560 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Glaydson Coelho lol

    • @N-HTTi
      @N-HTTi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glaydson Coelho 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @diamondgamingstudiousmrdgs
    @diamondgamingstudiousmrdgs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1602

    America be like: TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS THEFT
    Also America:

    • @purplebrick131
      @purplebrick131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      This this this

    • @firstname105
      @firstname105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      the territories don't pay any taxes to the federal government

    • @MustacheDLuffy
      @MustacheDLuffy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Well it’s because they aren’t states yet the idea is that they should become states to have representation but being somewhat self governing is what they prefer. Choice is theirs

    • @robbiestrong-morse730
      @robbiestrong-morse730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      @@MustacheDLuffy Puerto Rico and d.c have both voted with the majority wanting to become a state.

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Taxation -without representation- is theft

  • @matthewhubka6350
    @matthewhubka6350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Denmark sold her was such an iconic line, I won a scholarbowl match because I remembered it

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 ปีที่แล้ว

      A major sale condition was a promise to not claim Greenland. Next there was a court battle to keep Greenland from Canada and a few other countries. So now Greenland is an expensive reservation with statehood.

  • @residentgamer7461
    @residentgamer7461 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4263

    Texas: We’re huge
    Alaska: hold my beer

    • @GameyRaccoon
      @GameyRaccoon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +250

      Hold my *bear*

    • @Tzizenorec
      @Tzizenorec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

      @@joshuamatthews8326 It's still bigger than Texas.

    • @Tzizenorec
      @Tzizenorec 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @Michael Scott What does my heart have to do with this?
      I was being literal.

    • @MajinMist603
      @MajinMist603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @Michael Scott wth, he is talking about the size not its more habitable...……………………………………..

    • @firebadnofire9768
      @firebadnofire9768 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Just some guy Well technically Alaska is smaller than Texas because Texas has more of a population then Alaska

  • @kawsakiTV
    @kawsakiTV 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2880

    I didn’t know Congress was made up of blonde cheerleaders...
    This explains everything

    • @TickleMyResearch
      @TickleMyResearch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      It would be a lot better if it were

    • @lunaticcultist9741
      @lunaticcultist9741 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@TickleMyResearch No, cause then they would all get angry every month.

    • @denopeno7951
      @denopeno7951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      @@lunaticcultist9741 Would still be more productive

    • @lunaticcultist9741
      @lunaticcultist9741 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@denopeno7951 mmmmmhhh... no, not really

    • @Elenrai
      @Elenrai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lunaticcultist9741 HAH!

  • @sovietsocialist1652
    @sovietsocialist1652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1265

    america 200 years ago: "i hate you imperialist british! i declare independance!"
    (200 years later)
    america: "MmmMMmmMM hummina hummina come to me islands"

    • @CharleyCheno
      @CharleyCheno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      eremerica: nooo noob

    • @jaylastname5693
      @jaylastname5693 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Empire is one hell of a drug

    • @ladyteacupii784
      @ladyteacupii784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      *H u m m i n a H u m m i n a*

    • @sexyyeyo
      @sexyyeyo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The islands were uninhabited?

    • @sovietsocialist1652
      @sovietsocialist1652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@sexyyeyo hawaii, puerto rico, phillipines, american samoa etc. etc.

  • @LucasIsHereYT
    @LucasIsHereYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    Living on the only Indian Reservation in Nebraska makes me feel kinda special. But then again, I'm essentially doxing myself in saying that so...

    • @gspencers
      @gspencers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wait, y’all don’t live in teepees ? Jk

    • @militustoica
      @militustoica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      What kind of medical infrastructure and shopping do they have in the nation up there? Always been curious as a Texan who’s driven through a lot of Oklahoma filled with First Nations with casinos and gas stations.

    • @LucasIsHereYT
      @LucasIsHereYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@militustoica Our small town is actually quite normal, two gas stations (one is basically a supermarket), some restaurants, a hospital, and primarily white residents. Yeah, shocks me too.

    • @militustoica
      @militustoica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@LucasIsHereYT Do they marry into the tribe or just move there for other reasons?

    • @LucasIsHereYT
      @LucasIsHereYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@militustoica Idk man like nobody here is Indian.

  • @Omlet221
    @Omlet221 6 ปีที่แล้ว +469

    "The United States is shockingly a bunch of states that are united," says a wise man. Brilliant, just brilliant!

    • @enel8219
      @enel8219 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow

    • @Artcat932
      @Artcat932 ปีที่แล้ว

      United is an overstatement, it’s more like “Mildy tolerate”

    • @btf_flotsam478
      @btf_flotsam478 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mean, it's more accurate than calling the USA democratic. Millions are legally unable to vote, tens of millions are effectively unable to vote... there's a reason they are looked down upon by democratic nations, like Australia, Germany and Canada.

  • @tyorca5854
    @tyorca5854 7 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    Whenever he says "A story for another time" he essentially means "I'll
    never come back to this ever again"

    • @jerekrockw1057
      @jerekrockw1057 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Given your profile pic I'm assuming you're British or at least in the UK. That having been said can you really say anything against America that your country hasn't done in one form or another and don't bother bringing up the atom bomb. Hell some of the R&D data that helped build it came from your country, not to mention the situational circumstances of the time dictated no other less costly method of ending that debacle.

    • @shtuffs
      @shtuffs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@jerekrockw1057
      Stop overreacting jesus christ the person didn't comment anything related to what you just said so calm down

    • @hithere7626
      @hithere7626 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@jerekrockw1057 What the hell? How is that related in any way to what the original poster commented?
      Oh, I get it. You're one the people who baits other people into arguments. Nice try.

    • @xenan7889
      @xenan7889 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jerekrockw1057 quick question did you even read the comment before repling?

    • @jmitterii2
      @jmitterii2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jerekrockw1057 Given your profile pic I'm assuming your Presperterian mixed between something else and maybe not.
      That having been said, can you really say anything against Bananas!
      You can't say what I have done with bananas you haven't done either. Including eating or otherwise alternative activities.
      Hell, most people shove bananas up their butts.
      I swear I'm not the only one!
      And I do recall, banana play is something that originated with you anyway.
      Don't judge me!

  • @clearviewmoai
    @clearviewmoai ปีที่แล้ว +18

    American Samoa doesn't want statehood nor to be an organised territory, neither do they want citizenship. Because of their unique status they can maintain traditional practices and government without much interference while still having the benefit of US funding. They’ve made their opinion on it clear a few times over the years.

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yea

  • @roger3707
    @roger3707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    0:23: Thank you so much for the borg reference. Big fan of you and Star Trek.

  • @alpang6161
    @alpang6161 10 ปีที่แล้ว +349

    i demand a vote for that lonesome coconut

  • @staycalmbehappy81
    @staycalmbehappy81 5 ปีที่แล้ว +548

    That EU Brexit joke is rolling in its grave lol

    • @dwayne1625
      @dwayne1625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Timestamp ?

    • @garrettnino5137
      @garrettnino5137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      not of last friday it isnt.

    • @hansgruber788
      @hansgruber788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Joe Smith 0:20 the video predicted brexit 2 years before it happened lol

    • @kykk3365
      @kykk3365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@hansgruber788 Predicted the inevitable. Wasn't exactly out of the blue.

    • @xx_shadow_megagaming_xx6935
      @xx_shadow_megagaming_xx6935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@kykk3365 It was something that was talked about, but was hardly inevitable.

  • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
    @Hand-in-Shot_Productions ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I am an American who was just re-watching it, and I found this to be informative! I always found the US territories to be quite interesting. After all, they may not seem American on a map (particularly a US map, since they focus mostly on US states), but they belong to the US anyway. Thanks for the video!

  • @nonisoul
    @nonisoul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    4:07 of course applies to birds

  • @grahamw2455
    @grahamw2455 4 ปีที่แล้ว +387

    3:47 petition to make this coconut mayor of Kingman reef

    • @notiivory
      @notiivory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like your youthbe icon

    • @distanianspaceagency7880
      @distanianspaceagency7880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂 lonely coconut

    • @fishmaster665
      @fishmaster665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's got my vote also I'm from chile mr chilemaping I had no idea there where other intellectuals in my country

    • @ZackeTheBrute
      @ZackeTheBrute 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh oh oh like that tree that owns itself, or the dog. America is great, don't change guys.

    • @anmoldhingra4585
      @anmoldhingra4585 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha ya

  • @ravenlord4
    @ravenlord4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1828

    Interesting side note: people who live in territories that don't get a vote in federal elections don't pay federal personal income tax (no taxation without representation). This is one of the many factors that people in Puerto Rico consider each time that a referendum for statehood comes up. Food for thought: would you voluntarily surrender your right to vote in federal elections if it meant that you wouldn't have to pay Federal personal income tax anymore?

    • @maninredhelm
      @maninredhelm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +538

      So many people would dump their right to vote in Presidential elections that the nation would go bankrupt from lack of tax revenue.

    • @Gonzalo_105
      @Gonzalo_105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      Yes. Voting is a waste of time. Usa has ben sold and bought long time ago.

    • @priscidr
      @priscidr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +201

      Puerto Ricans don’t pay Federal Income Tax, but we do pay Social Security and Medicaid.

    • @CaseNumber00
      @CaseNumber00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Considering PR got shafted by the president after the hurricanes and all that saved money led to a speedy recovery, looks like things turned out well.

    • @TheRubyGamersTRG
      @TheRubyGamersTRG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      raven lord A lot of people would probably give up voting. The voting system is so stupid and a lot of people don’t like it anyway

  • @rafferdx
    @rafferdx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thanks to this video, I ended up going to work for a year at the High Court of American Samoa, so thanks Grey for genesis of some great knowledge and memories!

  • @j-k-l4756
    @j-k-l4756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    3:36 This is quite interesting, since it wasn't possible to produce Ammonia (for cheap), it was quite a limited ressource and mostly used as fertilizing, it was quite asked for.
    Guano (Which is mostly birdpoop) was on a lot of pacific isles, so a lot of money to get.
    Especially the isle/republic of Nauru has a special fluorine-containing form of Guano which made it very very wealthy.

  • @lisetteflores9613
    @lisetteflores9613 7 ปีที่แล้ว +550

    I'm kinda angry my teachers never taught me this. They just sort of slapped their hand across a US map, said "AMERICA" and left.

    • @AMoistEggroll
      @AMoistEggroll 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Same. I only learned of the Territories until I searched it up myself much later...

    • @general2109
      @general2109 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Phuc Huu Bich really unfortunate considering the serious problems facing Puerto Rico resulting from their fucked up political status (and some old fashioned government mismanagement)

    • @AMoistEggroll
      @AMoistEggroll 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Tyler Adam The whole shit needs to be updated and revised. If only though.

    • @shiningvictory7060
      @shiningvictory7060 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      To be honest... Would the class would of been any more interested? Most of the time teachers don't have intensives to go off course since most kids only care about passing.

    • @mirdonyealmightee8921
      @mirdonyealmightee8921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I can just picture this in class 😂😂 “this is America” *walk out slams door* 🙌🏻😂

  • @AlexBermann
    @AlexBermann 9 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Kinda ironic that American independence started with words like "no taxation without representation"

    • @MrBones-cu1vi
      @MrBones-cu1vi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Alex Bermann we have like 20 billion problems right now and no money to solve it so were trying plus we got shit leaders so we gotta either hope for someone good and get someone good for next generation

    • @GekoHayate
      @GekoHayate 9 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Well... you do realize we give our territories the _option_ for statehood right? That is how most of the Western states became states in the first place...
      There was a referendum in 2012 in Puerto Rico where 60%+ of voters voted for gaining statehood. There was talk of asking congress to go through the process.
      The Philippines have also courted the idea several times.

    • @AlexBermann
      @AlexBermann 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** I actually didn't know. Thanks for telling me.

    • @Munchausenification
      @Munchausenification 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whatevuh The sunbro Isnt it more like the split between the two institutions of congress that is the real problem (forgot the names of them in english). As i see it from a foreigner's perspective, the government cant get anything done if the opposition votes against any changes. In Denmark we had kinda the same type of government with two institutions where one part was mostly one party and the other half the other party so no matter who had power the other one always wanted to make as little progress as possible.

    • @MrBones-cu1vi
      @MrBones-cu1vi 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      hopefully someone is smart enough to do this 3 things i want that would make things easier make voting day a holiday
      and 2 make it so citizen can put forward new things if there enough voters
      oh and make it so campaigns and shit are free as money is to involed

  • @davidbeauchemin1840
    @davidbeauchemin1840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:16 "T: add U or B"
    well played, I actually had to go back to make sure I wasn't crazy

  • @StevenRiseNYC
    @StevenRiseNYC 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the MTG references you make in your videos!

  • @marcusturner27
    @marcusturner27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    If CGP Grey made videos for all the topics that are "a story for another time" we'd have content for centuries

  • @f.i.r.e.5119
    @f.i.r.e.5119 5 ปีที่แล้ว +609

    3:46
    Really, America?! Why would you bother with this place?
    That sad coconut wanted a _friend_ not a ruler.

    • @mikek6298
      @mikek6298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Rights to the ocean around them is why for those curious. (Disclaimer: From memory, I'm not an expert) The way water borders are determined means that little bird poop islands result in big swaths of ocean for the USA to use however she wants. Usually what she wants is drilling rights or the ability to tax/avoid others' tax involving cargo ships. Occasionally it could also be for military testing, or something similar.

    • @tiedeman39
      @tiedeman39 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@mikek6298 Not really, the Guano Island Act was literally just for the guano deposits, not because of the waterways

    • @wingracer1614
      @wingracer1614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Guano was a hugely important resource used in making fertilizer and explosives. It was a major strategic resource until other techniques of nitrogen fixation were developed (haber process).

    • @Tiger74147
      @Tiger74147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Wrong on both counts. What that coconut needed was FREEDOM.

    • @colebobbajesus6093
      @colebobbajesus6093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We’ll give it a M16, and a HMV, it’ll have friends!

  • @AndyZach
    @AndyZach 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Almost 10,000,000 views. Gratz. You'll soon level up. The most digestible, useful information on TH-cam. Thanks.

  • @FishwicksREAL
    @FishwicksREAL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That "form Voltron" joke still gets me.

  • @renejelsma5585
    @renejelsma5585 8 ปีที่แล้ว +576

    0:21 HE CAN SEE IN THE FUTURe

    • @ShidaiTaino
      @ShidaiTaino 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Grey Raven

    • @Matt-cz6ti
      @Matt-cz6ti 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      If any country was going to leave the EU it was always going to be the UK

    • @veggiedisease123
      @veggiedisease123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm pretty sure a brexit had been discussed for quite awhile before the referendum took place.

    • @raquette1673
      @raquette1673 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The UK tried to leave the EU before but they didn't succeed

    • @Angelblue1302
      @Angelblue1302 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      We should have seen THAT one coming earlier...But it was kinda Obvious...What with all the arguing they do....

  • @gamechep
    @gamechep 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1906

    Did he just predict the future at 00:20 ? 😃

    • @musicaltheatergeek79
      @musicaltheatergeek79 8 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      I think that was a reference to the Scottish independence referendum, which was a big issue in the UK in 2014. In the end, Scotland voted not to break away.The thought bubble should've been higher.

    • @TheDukeBoxHD
      @TheDukeBoxHD 8 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Nah the EU was highlighted, he was definitely talking about the UK and it's constant "Will we-won't we" relationship.
      Turns out we will :)

    • @gamechep
      @gamechep 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +TheDukeBox Will it be a called a continent then? Damn, this confusion! 😂

    • @deet0109mapping
      @deet0109mapping 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      1 EU vid outta date.

    • @julesdebrabander4162
      @julesdebrabander4162 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Nope, GB is still part of Europe, just not of the European Union... Foolish move, in my opinion

  • @thatgamerguy2893
    @thatgamerguy2893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Came back and realised the MTG reference, good show, fellow man of culture.

  • @GoErikTheRed
    @GoErikTheRed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    1:28
    One thing led to another, and now CGP has been to the weeds research facility in Colorado

  • @skysthelimitvideos
    @skysthelimitvideos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2987

    Can we please get a video explaining Native American Reservations and their relationship with the rest of the USA?

    • @CollinBuckman
      @CollinBuckman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I'd like that vid about how the US gov't actually works.

    • @skysthelimitvideos
      @skysthelimitvideos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      +Collin “Misfire” Buckman That would be nice I also want the video on how the EU actually works.

    • @AquilaGuard
      @AquilaGuard 7 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      "how the US gov't works" is an oxymoron. :P

    • @WhiteCamry
      @WhiteCamry 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      "[H]ow the EU actually works" puts the moron in "oxymoron."

    • @theinternetpolice4365
      @theinternetpolice4365 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      skysthe limitvideos
      At the moment, the reservations are pretty chill. One of them is trying to become internationally recognized as a country, and said country would be the size of seria. Right in the middle of the US, too.

  • @neskey
    @neskey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    4:16 well excuse me while i plan a trip to Palmyra Atoll with my pregnant wife for no reason at all.

  • @lolidk4160
    @lolidk4160 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He’s been saying, I’ll talk about the reservations, another time, for eight years

  • @ih8people
    @ih8people 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved that subtle shockland reference at 0:16 :)

  • @marlonvanberkum1640
    @marlonvanberkum1640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    0:21 did you just casually predict brexit?

    • @merylschultz9234
      @merylschultz9234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes

    • @sdprz7893
      @sdprz7893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Tensions between the EU and Britain have been rising for over a decade now but yeah he predicted it

    • @lucofparis4819
      @lucofparis4819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ironically, the UK's ability to leave is the biggest evidence that the EU is neither a federation nor a superstate, but rather, a group of independent and sovereign nation-states committed to an interdependent and legally binding union of these countries.
      By leaving, the UK is effectively divorcing what is essentially a 28-spouses marriage of nations, now 27.

    • @fakejoar641
      @fakejoar641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@lucofparis4819 Congratulations, You have now learned of the EU. Also, what partof this is in any way ironic?

    • @Alaois
      @Alaois 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brexit talk has been a thing ever since the financial crisis.

  • @NJLampFilms29
    @NJLampFilms29 9 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    Is it strange that part of me wants to go to palmyra atoll and start a city with some people? Stranded deep style

    • @NaughtyGhost777
      @NaughtyGhost777 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      ***** because were americans brah

    • @ranaklindor8069
      @ranaklindor8069 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      NJLamp Films Good luck, its a nature reserve, commonly used for research and study of evolution.

    • @joshpearson2928
      @joshpearson2928 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let's do it

    • @robertokalvin8782
      @robertokalvin8782 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      NJLamp Films I'd rather go to south georgia and make a revolution XD

    • @scsonicfan
      @scsonicfan 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Roberto Kalvin lmao

  • @felipecodes
    @felipecodes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm super disappointed that no one in the comments noticed that MtG Shockland reference. Love that CGP Grey is one of us

  • @nikolaiblm1255
    @nikolaiblm1255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Wait, you switched the place of the Marshall Islands and The Federated States of Micronesia at 5:30

  • @colterson
    @colterson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    unlike other unions, statehood is eternal.
    EVEN FOR YOU, TEXAS

    • @afireinside6711
      @afireinside6711 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      :(

    • @Sprayber
      @Sprayber 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      that's what all national governments say right up until the time that it isn't true anymore.

    • @aaronyoghurt5375
      @aaronyoghurt5375 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +NorthSeaHero XD

    • @craxusalby9751
      @craxusalby9751 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It wasn't always this way, Until lincoln.

    • @craxusalby9751
      @craxusalby9751 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +ColonelLanders in a bad way, there wouldn't be a reason to secede if the union didn't overreach it's power...

  • @latingold23
    @latingold23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1445

    Let me tell you about myself...

    • @anemu3819
      @anemu3819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Nazi germany based its expansion on manifest destiny

    • @0-0hertz93
      @0-0hertz93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      A Vallejo It’s not like we fought them or anything

    • @aliasmalte7463
      @aliasmalte7463 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@0-0hertz93 The Soviets did that, too.

    • @0-0hertz93
      @0-0hertz93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alias Malte Yes

    • @0-0hertz93
      @0-0hertz93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Why do you have to bring up the Soviets when the conversation wasn’t even talking about them

  • @MikMoen
    @MikMoen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "Show the World you're an Empire without actually saying you're an Empire."

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon ปีที่แล้ว

      branding

  • @darkstock5103
    @darkstock5103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    1:39
    Wait, if Britain is Mom...
    *baguette intensifies*

  • @wowwhoajeez9195
    @wowwhoajeez9195 7 ปีที่แล้ว +304

    NEW DRINKING GAME:
    Go through all of grey's videos and take a shot every time he says "That's a story for another time" or includes a link to a video he hasn't made yet.

    • @BackTheNerd
      @BackTheNerd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You would die by the time Death to Pennies would play.

    • @mark1952able
      @mark1952able 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to the Machine!

  • @QuantomX64
    @QuantomX64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2743

    Fake video. He didn't even talk about the giant ball of American Cheese we see in the sky every night.

  • @owenrobinson5031
    @owenrobinson5031 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I appreciate the Watery Grave joke at the very beginning

  • @danielsanchezmendoza7090
    @danielsanchezmendoza7090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:05 XD
    I love the music of this video.

  • @VideoBloggerify
    @VideoBloggerify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    Are you telling me that I can have a kid in Palmyra Atoll and it will be an american citizen?
    _That's so much easier than applying for a visa_

    • @FrozenBusChannel
      @FrozenBusChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But will you be counted as illegal immigrant if you go there?

    • @aaronkitzmann9419
      @aaronkitzmann9419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Frozen Bus Channel 魔雪巴士頻道
      Yes, but absolutely no one in our government would care. So long as your not living in the continental states, our government will do absolutely nothing to stop you from living there.

    • @knightsoliareofastora8133
      @knightsoliareofastora8133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@FrozenBusChannel if you didn't go there on purpose no one care

    • @gug4023
      @gug4023 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      your pfp fits this comment so well

    • @firstname105
      @firstname105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      it's a national wildlife refuge, by visiting without permission you (and any children you may have) would be trespassing on federal property, and even if you don't get caught, to get citizenship you would have to prove that your kid was born in United States territory, which requires paperwork from the government which administers the island, but if you go to them they will arrest you for trespassing so it's a paradox.

  • @husainabedi
    @husainabedi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2015

    He predicted Brexit...

    • @oshaugh143
      @oshaugh143 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just about to say something on that line

    • @adventureinc1568
      @adventureinc1568 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Nah, it was pretty obvious they didn't want to be in it.

    • @koalabrownie
      @koalabrownie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Great Britain never adopted the Euro, how tied to the EU did you think they really were?

    • @seansmagee
      @seansmagee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      yeah, he should put a link to the "Brexit, Briefly" video at 0:20

    • @alexandrawilson-newman6956
      @alexandrawilson-newman6956 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +koalabrownie I agree to a certain extent. But there are a few other reasons too

  • @ashdog9235
    @ashdog9235 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love all the Mtg references in your videos

  • @youtubeviolatedme7123
    @youtubeviolatedme7123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The piccolo and snare drum in the background are the instrumental version of 'Murica

  • @sambenjamin6321
    @sambenjamin6321 8 ปีที่แล้ว +626

    God please do a video about the Native American reservations

    • @rayyanma1608
      @rayyanma1608 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Sam Benjamin Same here.

    • @marvelfannumber1
      @marvelfannumber1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      +Sam Benjamin
      You're gonna have to do alot of praying to get God to make a video for you m8.

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How are they in the news?

    • @sambenjamin6321
      @sambenjamin6321 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Larry Im an american but im also an atheist.

    • @jdog14976
      @jdog14976 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lemme guess, you've watched a few Christopher Hitchens videos and are now convinced of your intellectual superiority over religious people?
      And what is really 'embarresing' is your grammar. You might want to use a spell check next time you think to insult peoples intelligence.

  • @bryanace761
    @bryanace761 7 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    I have learned more about territories from this video than in school

  • @Vienna3080
    @Vienna3080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    “Which possibly soon she might me”
    Well Puerto Rico is possibly sooner now

  • @bryce212
    @bryce212 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video dude! I didn’t know the US had so many territories

  • @AlltimeNumbers
    @AlltimeNumbers 10 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Very interesting. As a Brit, this was enlightening. Thanks CGP Grey!

    • @hank561
      @hank561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yo brother are you still there??

    • @CTRLALTDayman1776
      @CTRLALTDayman1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@hank561 no he is no longer here

    • @kazoo9439
      @kazoo9439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CTRLALTDayman1776 rip bozo

    • @evilthefirst3833
      @evilthefirst3833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He long gone

  • @kevexboy
    @kevexboy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I'm from Puerto Rico. Does that mean I'm Murican?

    • @th33ninja
      @th33ninja 10 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      yes you are MURICAN!!

    • @Plutonium2000
      @Plutonium2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Vote yes in November and hope that your voice will be heard! I'm crossing my fingers for you

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      As an American from California, yes, you are! Puerto Ricans have been US citizens since 1917! Granted, you don't elect congresspeople or electors, but other than that, you have the same legal status as I do!

  • @lordtacocat3138
    @lordtacocat3138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This hurts my head, especially since I live here

  • @fluffylee
    @fluffylee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    math/ mapping question:
    What is the most efficient way of connecting all tribal lands into one area with the least amount of enclaves/exclaves.

  • @oof_xX
    @oof_xX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5587

    Ah yes,the U.S. Virgin Islands
    *Where Fortnite players live*

  • @dyonisisista1603
    @dyonisisista1603 9 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    No Taxation without Representation!
    We want a voting member in congress!
    (I live in DC)

    • @carultch
      @carultch 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Martin Istaa Wasn't DC set up specifically to be a region that isn't a state?

    • @dyonisisista1603
      @dyonisisista1603 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      carultch it is, but having congress dictate our laws to us is terribad.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Martin Istaa Maybe Washington DC should be a region set up with the local municipal system as the primary source of the law.

    • @dyonisisista1603
      @dyonisisista1603 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      carultch try getting that thru congress.
      We want a voting representative member

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Martin Istaa Tell me your mayors have been better.

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always interesting, thank you.

  • @djdrocco
    @djdrocco 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did not expect a Magic the Gathering reference. Bravo.

  • @jovanjanevski3747
    @jovanjanevski3747 7 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    Alaska for sale, price 1500 rubles.

    • @Dave_Smooth
      @Dave_Smooth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lol

    • @briansouthparkstudio1357
      @briansouthparkstudio1357 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      it has always been possible as long as you own the land

    • @thermophile2106
      @thermophile2106 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brian southparkstudio
      Or the buyer has the military power.

    • @MattMerica76
      @MattMerica76 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The actual price of Alaska was 3 cents an acre

    • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
      @PremierCCGuyMMXVI 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jovan Janevski but I have only American dollars!

  • @MrHSX
    @MrHSX 7 ปีที่แล้ว +550

    Can you do this for other countries?
    Like China, Japan, India & Australia? Pls

    • @BizarreBits
      @BizarreBits 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @gummybear4846
      @gummybear4846 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      MrHSX yes plz even though i live in america

    • @SuperWhywouldyou
      @SuperWhywouldyou 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He's already done the UK - check out his other videos

    • @lucaslonchampt613
      @lucaslonchampt613 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      France would be great

    • @aluminium5738
      @aluminium5738 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bizarre Bits omg www.BANNED.com

  • @dylanshaffer2184
    @dylanshaffer2184 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I absolutely love this video. There should be a video on possible future states of the U.S., and you should do videos on the British with their territories and France with there’s

  • @jssmith0225
    @jssmith0225 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:25 I like how you can just see Hawaii standing there going back-and-forth as we see all the islands labeled

  • @katharinaxyl702
    @katharinaxyl702 6 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    "Even for YOU, Texas!"

    • @royromano9792
      @royromano9792 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You'd better STOP BEING BEAUTIFUL!

    • @mynameisopulence
      @mynameisopulence 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      roy romano Vivá La Revo- :(

    • @DBGabriele
      @DBGabriele 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      LooooL

    • @garrettjohnson343
      @garrettjohnson343 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean if they did not get involved with the confederacy they would have likely retained their right to succeed from the union when they were first anexed as a preexisting condition.

    • @blackheart456
      @blackheart456 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Even after the civil war Texas still existed as a separate nation state but we had to join our economy was shit.

  • @GhostTrueCapitalist
    @GhostTrueCapitalist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1436

    "Alaska is monstrous.”
    Texas: >:(

    • @colecoal1365
      @colecoal1365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      GhostTrueCapitalist Alaska is the biggest

    • @theusa4052
      @theusa4052 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yea

    • @AndyZach
      @AndyZach 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      If I recall correctly, Texas is about 250,000 square miles and Alaska is 550,000.

    • @Bazzable
      @Bazzable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      texas has more oil under the hard rock layer we are drilling to

    • @hobbsisdad1524
      @hobbsisdad1524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      But does it have Cowboys?

  • @gamingmadness9726
    @gamingmadness9726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    “Statehood is permanent”
    CHAZ: 👀👀

    • @HolyKhaaaaan
      @HolyKhaaaaan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a pity that that community of ignorant, gun-toting, oppressive thugs didn't manage to secede from the Union.

    • @HolyKhaaaaan
      @HolyKhaaaaan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The only difference between the CHOP and the Confederacy is the Confederates could actually grow something.

    • @boozecruiser
      @boozecruiser 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HolyKhaaaaan "ignorant, gun-toting, oppressive thugs"
      wait are you talking about the police here or what?

    • @jettonjets1557
      @jettonjets1557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@boozecruiser Haha so funny right? The people that protect your rights to live are "oppressive thugs".Nice one.

    • @firstname105
      @firstname105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Those terrorists should have been executed on charges of high treason.

  • @nikolasgonzalez8709
    @nikolasgonzalez8709 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks!

  • @TheOobo
    @TheOobo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    0:17 Blink and you miss it MtG joke. It's these little touches that I really appreciate :)

  • @ratbastard1711
    @ratbastard1711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +623

    “Statehood is eternal. That means you Texas.”
    *cries in texan*

    • @Plutonium2000
      @Plutonium2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      But it can split itself into 5 states if it gets angry enough

    • @professionaltaxevader2699
      @professionaltaxevader2699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Plutonium2000 wait what what happened to Texas why does Texas want out?

    • @Plutonium2000
      @Plutonium2000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@professionaltaxevader2699 I doesn't want out. But when it was added to the USA, it was written that it can, at any time, split itself into 5 US states.

    • @leonardovergara5620
      @leonardovergara5620 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Plutonium2000 Left arm of the Yeehaw One.

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Only the conservative ones cry. Big business wouldn't do it since they'd lose out on military contracts, drilling rights off Lousiana, and federal aid to prop up the local Walmart or after another hurricane.

  • @derpscythe
    @derpscythe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love how every video ever that talks about statehood always has to shatter the dreams of any texan with dreams of texas being its own country 😂

    • @user-dq3gw5ww8y
      @user-dq3gw5ww8y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Texas doesn’t want to be it’s own country it wants California to not be part of it

  • @IshijimaKairo
    @IshijimaKairo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "unlike other unions which members can leave whenever they want, statehood is eternal"
    Yes, very democratic.

    • @ManoredRed
      @ManoredRed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its to maintain long term peace. Being unable to leave forces states to resolve their differences amicably. Whereas if they left and became independent entities, they would both be weakened and could become rivals in the future, and ultimately go to war.
      Off course, sometimes the intention fails and you have a civil war.

    • @NotFine
      @NotFine 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      once united
      always united

    • @TheLordOfNothing
      @TheLordOfNothing 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Back after the Revolution we tried something very similar to what the EU is now.
      It failed. Go look up the Articles of Confederation.

  • @eostyrwinn5018
    @eostyrwinn5018 10 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    America defiantly took the British approach to empire which is make it as complicated as possible.

    • @drthmik
      @drthmik 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If we had then this video would have been 20 minutes longer

    • @KurtSteiss
      @KurtSteiss 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      And that's not just limited to empire!

    • @GibblesPvP
      @GibblesPvP 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      America DEFIANTLY did.

    • @13cmwright99
      @13cmwright99 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      GibblesPvP They didn't want to, but they did anyway!

    • @GibblesPvP
      @GibblesPvP 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** No shit, read the original comment.

  • @breechare
    @breechare 7 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    I am kinda curious about how the native american reservations work politically.

    • @happysamoan97
      @happysamoan97 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hopefully he will make a video about it

    • @Sprinkle_the_7th
      @Sprinkle_the_7th 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Forrest Gatewood in a short version reservations are outside of the jurisdiction of the state, ie. state laws and taxes don't apply and people who live in reservations can't vote. The federal government is a bit more complicated. Article 1 section 8 clause 3 allows for the feds to regulate comerse with reservations. And, Article 1, section 10 (I believe) allows the federal government (congress) to regulate federal land as it wishes (following the constitution, bill of rights, and amendments), which reservation land is. thus the department of the interior and dept' of justice do have some say, but is restricted due to treaties and various laws. And, being kinda sovereign the native Americans who live on the reservation can vote in federal elections as part of a state. it's complicated

    • @AfricanH3ro
      @AfricanH3ro 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or you could research it yourself.

    • @Sprinkle_the_7th
      @Sprinkle_the_7th 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      AfricanH3ro absolutely, you should never get info from one source

    • @happysamoan97
      @happysamoan97 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      AfricanH3ro I know about the laws personally because I mostly of native decent and just a history buff, but c'mon, Grey makes everything more awesome.

  • @sanchobuddha9164
    @sanchobuddha9164 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ok that flute in the back hittin

  • @DeadpoolAndFriends
    @DeadpoolAndFriends 10 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Thank you Grey. once again, i am now smarter after watching one of your videoes.

    • @lesselp
      @lesselp 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I doubt it.

    • @lvcsslacker
      @lvcsslacker 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bob marley but my cock can walk right though the door

    • @garrettf6851
      @garrettf6851 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      bob marley YR2050 Sounds like you two are perfectly equipped to nail each other.

    • @seansmith2214
      @seansmith2214 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lvcsslacker +1 for the SOAD reference

    • @Canaanabolaanan
      @Canaanabolaanan 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Asshat Mcgee You learned nothing? You might want to reload the page so the video plays. Information abounds.

  • @smala017
    @smala017 9 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    I'm American and I didn't know we ever had almost any of this stuff... :/ thx education system for teaching me all about "what freedom really Means" and none of the actual important stuff

    • @TheJPBChannel
      @TheJPBChannel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      ***** hes talking about the 5 TERRITORIES and 3 associated NATIONS.

    • @karrialex6393
      @karrialex6393 9 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      ***** Yes an island with 3 million people. 3 million=0. My brain hurts.

    • @TheJPBChannel
      @TheJPBChannel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ***** yea im an A B student and they dont teach this man

    • @TheJPBChannel
      @TheJPBChannel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** cool story bro

    • @TheJPBChannel
      @TheJPBChannel 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** already told you i did. get it together bro

  • @karamjeetkaur1474
    @karamjeetkaur1474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    me: no accountability, so awesome

  • @bobjoefred777
    @bobjoefred777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait another MTG reference in a CGPGrey video??? How have I missed these all these years...

  • @mattmanmaniac4814
    @mattmanmaniac4814 6 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    "Statehood is eternal... even for you, Texas."
    damn, dawg...

    • @panzerkampfwageniv4065
      @panzerkampfwageniv4065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      MattManManiac yee haw :(

    • @tuckercarlson3127
      @tuckercarlson3127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      well they could rebal

    • @doomedbringer
      @doomedbringer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Justin Valdez ya because last time people tried that it worked out SO well lol

    • @doomedbringer
      @doomedbringer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Meholz Empire pretty sure anyone with a brain could see that was sarcasim

    • @rejvaik00
      @rejvaik00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eternal with an asterisk. The only way a State could ever leave the Union peacefully and without a military conflict is for the US Congress to vote it out. And it would have to be a unanimous decision

  • @purestress2597
    @purestress2597 8 ปีที่แล้ว +821

    Hmm. U.S. Government can collect taxes if nessecary in U.S. territories without representing.... hmmm. Why does this sound familiar?....

    • @jhonharper2001
      @jhonharper2001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Ryan Moore lol

    • @purestress2597
      @purestress2597 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Is it groundhog day to blame? I think it is.

    • @Caroleonus
      @Caroleonus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      All I'm saying is, keep your tea under wraps.

    • @purestress2597
      @purestress2597 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Agreed.

    • @BasedFrancis
      @BasedFrancis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      No taxation without representation!