The number one reason for 94 million people in America not being in the workforce is age. Children and the elderly tend not to work. 94 million is one-third of the country.
+Knowing Better I know this is irrelevant to your topic about the american workforce. But I just would like to say that brilliant sponser clip was among the best I seen on youtube.
Typical case of lies, damn lies and statistics that one. Though I did find that other made up statistic implying that there were 50-100 million people nobody noticed around, population estimation is tricky sure but even if they shunned every government service entirely somehow there would still be massive discrepancies in consumption data for a number of basic necessities food, water, occupancy residential property (After adjusting for the population with NFA) etc. Supermarkets for example have massive data-sets giving them a good idea how much average Americans consume (People do know that is what those loyalty card schemes are for right?) so they would probably notice if the market was 15-30% bigger than predicted by their consumption models.
Dude this opening kills me “what have you done for the United States?” Coming from one of the many people who just happened to be born here and thus became a citizen.
I was really confused by that clip. Like what she said kinda convicted me, until I realized that was Fox News and I, a natural born American citizen, was not the target of the statement.
@@georgewashington3918 But not the people who were born within the border and just expect citizen ship. What is a citizen ship anyway? I that anything like a Jefferson Star Ship?
The funny thing about the Great wall is it wasn't meant to keep the Mongols out, It was meant to slow them down and buy the Chinese time to round up enough forces to repel the invasion.
@@eroberson5418 yes, they did. But only 3 times, not thousand times, as they used to. The main purpose of invasions were not to conquer, but but loot and run, avoiding a battle.
16:41 My first semester Civics final in my senior year of high school was the actual citizenship test given to immigrants. My teacher believed that if our immigrants were supposed to know it, we had to as well
@@anonymoussecret5948 when someone they agree with make an absurd argument "smart" people convince themselves it's a joke. (See Trump and the desinfectant injections)
“What did you do for the USA?” “I was born here.” “Ah perfectly acceptable. Now what did you do for the USA?” “Well I was born in Canada but I fought for the military-” “You will be deported!”
Wait. As I understand, a U.S. military volunteer after end of active and reserve duty has a clear path toward citizenship. You don’t say if you’ve had a contrary experience. Below I see arguments to offer the pathway I stead of automatic citizenship - line birth. Maybe that’s what you believe all countries should offer?
@@DRL1320 im like 80% sure that the vet to citizen path has been close for a while now, just because you served doesn't mean you can be a citizen anymore
I had a chat with a friendly supermarket cashier about how difficult it is for her daughter to bring her white New Zealander boyfriend into the US. Me: "Oh yeah our immigration laws really don't make it easy." Her: "Uh no he's different. He's not an immigrant."
@@haysdixon6227 she thought of immigrants as people who are brown and are you know the ones that are "less safe" you know what I mean? like saying his white means his is not danger like how people see muslims as terrorists or mexicans as drug dealers. I don't think she does think that really but you know it's in the subconscious mind. like systematic racism.
As a naturalized American who speaks English as a 2nd language, I can tell you that in my experience, the "read, write and speak" test was a joke, or should I say the easiest test I had to take in my life. Otherwise, I agree - legal path to citizenship and the paperwork that accompanies the process is definitely not easy.
@@crazy9932 I served in the military, does that make me a fascist? It's what I hate about liberals. They think all people who join the military are fascists. I joined for career opportunities btw.
@@jimmym3352 hey u might want to read that again then joke.. that's what i hate about conservatives.. they hear n see what they want. I didn't call u a fascest..i got freinds that died doing what u did , so dont think u get special treatment for service, im greatful n all, but at least u still here. What i said was its a fascist call , that every person should serve no choice in order to be citizens. Im glad u CHOSE to join, im glad ppl can CHOOSE thier career paths that they want.. next time b4 u start a arguement, ask the person if what they said is how u heard it.. just trying to help .
@@crazy9932 The thing I hate about the left is how you throw words you know nothing about. Fascism was created by Giovanni Gentile. As a form of technocracy, which is particularly communist. However he was very pelo conservative. People often use social issues for left and right even though that makes no sense. Bill Clinton saw the death of the conservative Democrats, before that the south was considered left. Most southern states don't have a right to work laws, big government, high taxes, and welfare. Ironically the south is very left wing, yet because it's slightly racist and doesn't agree with body dysmorphia it's right wing... the biggest flaw with the modern left is the fact that they focus way to heavily on social issues. I'm supposed to believe fascism is right wing... So you become right wing to a point where you're left wing... it doesn't make sense. Anarcho capitalism is as far right as you can go. Laissez faire capitalism is right wing, fascism is left wing. I have a feeling you think Hitler is right wing since he was a white nationalist. Even though Volkswagen was by definition socialist, or coke plants where seized and turned into Fanta plants... 🤔 The problem with the modern left is in the 50s the right silenced the far left. Since the 60s the left has become a reactionary movement, it's never normalized. Likewise the left uses class theory for everything.
I'm the son of a legal immigrant under an H-4 visa or temporary residence under my dad. You can't get scholarships even though you lived here for 10 years so college drains the bank account as well as not being able to pursue the area of study you want to because there isn't a H1B job market for it.
@@sanath8483 Apply for a student Visa instead of keeping the h4. It might help. I don't know, most of my friends have never left their home country for more than a vacation.
Talking head: "What have you done to earn citizenship?" Immigrant: "I risked my life to come here, because I was passionate about living in this country. How about you?"
I have mixed feelings about immigration, on one hand I don't want just anyone coming here whenever they want, yet on the other hand I understand that it's more than just a political issue. These are people's lives we're dealt with here. Two of my closest friends are from Mexico. One was born here in Texas but raised in Mexico till adulthood and is a legal citizen, and the other immigrated here illegally when he was 12 years old. Imagine leaving your home country for an opportunity that might not be available to you when you are still a child. He has told me about how he got here, his mother died in Mexico so his family arranged for him to live with an aunt in the US. He had to cross the Rio Grande by himself and was relayed from person to person until he got to where he could meet up with his aunt. This was a child mind you. I can't imagine what that experience was like, and all just because his family wanted him to have the opportunity of being here in the US, and having the opportunity to go to school and get a good job like they advertise in other countries. He told me that before he came here, he imagined the US all looking like the really nice parts of our downtown area, only to find that where he lived now wasn't too much safer than where he lived in Mexico, and he would become a poor, working class immigrant like so many who have taken the same path as him. It's been over 10 years, and he still doesn't have citizenship or any kind of documentation that allows him to be here legally. He wants live the American dream but for the moment is stuck doing window tint with his brother because he won't be able to get work anywhere else other than your basic manual labor, which is exactly the kind of job most people expect from immigrants from Mexico and Latin America. There are plenty of people who want to do well and become one of the success stories among immigrants to the US, but at the same time, there are those who are simply complacent with living here and start to expect things to be handed to them, or worse, bring crime associated with central America with them in order to further their own wealth associated with such crime. Immigration is so much more than a politician issue, and these are real peoples' lives we are affecting, whether it be good or bad to our country, and I feel that's something a lot of people don't take into account. I certainly don't have the answer, but I'm thankful I have the friends I have and am able to see this issue through the lens I have developed.
I do think that, weird as it can be, much of the immigration comes from 2 primary reasons: 1) the US is the number one economy in the world; 2) propaganda: American media is extremely influencial (so much so that pretty much every kid poor as they may be, can sing in English in Brazil). Halloween is a known holiday in Brazil, many of us know about July 4th as much as September 7th (the Brazilian independence day), and the US blasts at max volume, to every corner of the world, how much "freedom" they have and how much better they are. Brazilians, even today, think the US is a paradise because of all university programs, the better currency, rich high-profile celebrities, better income, and generally a lot more vocal power. We watched the presidential elections, for fucks sake! WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE WATCH YOUR (or rather, the government's) UPS AND DOWNS BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR KINGS. I ONLY KNOW IT ISN'T LIKE THAT because I know English, I watch videos like these and I have interacted directly with Americans. But I am, in every measure, an exception; the vast majority of Brazilians (as well as... pretty much everyone else not living in English-speaking countries, specially poor countries) don't generally know the issues the US faces. The housing crisis, discrimination, abusive cops, less than optimal health system (specially for illegal immigrants who definitely cannot pay for private care and normally live on donations/charity or just straight out die). If United States merely STOPPED fucking blasting propaganda, there wouldn't be so many immigrants. But that isn't a choice, because otherwise the population wouldn't be brainwashed into thinking the same thing, e.g. the woman stating on national news how much better "American citizens" are, and many people believe it. The morality of nationalist speeches being good or bad is up to debate.
As a Romanian I have to go to an interview to the American embassy for any kind of visa :| It's just so weird and complicated. It was easier to just give up and go to Canada :P
@@francisdinh8161 is absolutely correct. Canada's policies are stricter, but the US enforces such massively complicated bureaucracy on the system that it's nearly impossible to navigate, even after you have waited in line for years (or even decades for some countries) to get your spot. In Canada the requirements are strict, but if you meet requirements, the process is rather straightforward.
@@crimson6952 "guys i know communism has failed every single time and always leads to some like stalin or mao, but trust me, i learned about it in class and yourube itll work this time"
"Let's conquer jerusalem" "We gonna ban recreative drugs" "Legal imigration is about to stop" "Socialism can prevail" "The Roman empire is soon to be reunited" … *"It will work this time"*
"Which means that it has secured China's borders for more than 2600 years."😂😂😂😂😂 Didn't this guy just ignore the Mongols, Huns, Tibetans and Manchu? Im dying.
Also the great wall was never meant to keep people; out it was meant to slow down armies trying to invade China. You see, China's population was infinitely more than the Mongol steppes so the Mongols needed to muster a truly massive force very quickly to even have a chance at conquering them, putting up a massive wall was just to delay them long enough for China to raise an army.
Didn't really work though #KHAAAAAAAN! But seriously, the Mongols didn't need the numbers when you have people who literally drink horse blood while RIDING THE HORSE. #Mongolswereterrifying #alsothereasonrussiansbescary Sorry for the hashtags, they amused me too much not to include them
Also, define China and its borders. Over those 2600 years, the size of China and its border changed hundreds of times and before the modern nation-state, even the very concept of a border was nebulous, especially in the east.
323guiltyspark Seriously. China has been made up of so many dynasties, lands, and let's not forget battling in-factions that considered themselves their own nations that just saying "China" historically only goes so far.
Thanks! As an European living in the US (Texas) your content educated me about this country much better than any other source, together with the podcast Behind the Bastards. Your work is amazing.
@Drew Taylor I agree, it's a disgrace that people who served (or are currently serving) are being screwed over by the very county they vowed to protect.
Starship troopers is great! Other movies by the same director are RoboCop and total recall. Those movies are all critiques of American culture! (Is that a thing Americans pick up on btw?)
Skeptic Snob yes, most Americans pick up on it, but the conversation about it is likely different from the conversation a non-American would have about it.
But dear God, have you read the book? The movie is a satire, the book is even more fascist and takes itself very seriously. For example, there were several pages talking about how rubbing a puppy's nose in pee effectively teaches it, and that the justice system should use corporal punishment to the same effect on children.
17:50 Yep, I lost my career in Engineering because the tech industry doing just that. Mind you, I don't hate the Indian people for it, they just want jobs and a better life the same as me. I project my hate instead for the Corporatists abusing it for cheap labor. 4 years of college and $60,000 of my dad's retirement money, flushed down the toilet, so that millionaires and billionaires can be richer.
"my dad's money". Yep, hit the nail on the head there, snowflake. Did Mom and Dad take your exams for you as well? Maybe you sucked at your job, and that's why you were let go.
@@faiyazsaqifkhansummit792 Not really, there are still wars in the world and will probably continue to do so even without capitalism, immigration will slow down which will let the refugees a chance at immigration.
That's why I went into trades, pretty hard to outsource a Plummer or carpenter. Though that comes with its own challenges depending on where you live. In Canada make 6 figures, but a guy in Florida or Texas makes much much less due to the influx of cheap labour from under the table trades guys coming up from mexico.
"Citizenship is a privilege [...] What have you done to the US?" Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Latin Right, where if you are born from a female national, you are granted citizenship by birthright. Nowadays i think it is granted by both parents, and depending on the country they are not even required to be nationals. Done more than 2000 years ago and still people don't know about these things. They just put themselves to shame, no effort required
4:10 Chinese here. Thats about the most ignorant thing I've heard. Had to turn off the video and take a full 30 seconds of facepalm before i could recover
Just to explain, the great wall of china has nothing to do with immigration. It is to keep out northern invading armies, which varied depending on which part of history you looked at (initially the Xiongnu, to later the Mongols and the Qing). It failed multiple times due to corruption, treason, and weakness of dynasties in their later stage. It also obviously failed in the 19-20th century because cannons and firearms
I think I can speak on this, for obvious reasons, without racism coming into it. If you take a massive outside population and introduce them to a native population then outbreed them over the course of 50 years, there will be massive problems. I don't think this is good or fair in any way. I actually feel really bad about this. It's like the whole country is being stolen out from the original citizens who will also have to PAY for their replacement and lose political power over their own country that they built. The United States will not be the same country it was when white people were the overwhelming majority. It will become more latin american (look at latin american countries for examples) because no matter how much wealth the US has built or accumulated over the last 100 years of prosperity, the incoming culture does not have the same values, philosophies, or goals that European people have. The latin american policy of gaining political power by bribing your constituents with money from the treasury is already beginning to proliferate. It will get much much worse. The democrat party thought that by opening the borders they could bribe their way into political power by maintaining a class of grateful migrants for reelection but what they didn't count on was that these migrants would end up voting in their own politicians on a racial basis and replacing the people who thought they could control them. Again, on a racial basis, the former migrants will advocate for the continuation of lacks border control in order to continue the "takeover". It was a massive mistake to do this in the first place and is incredibly unfair to the native white and black population to bring in millions of people to compete while also greatly cheapening labor and keeping wages low and housing costs sky high. California is likely becoming the prototype of what the rest of the United States will look like within the century with a tiny extremely rich upper class and the rest of people overwhelmingly poor relying on government services.
@@crimson6952 if any citizen doesn't benefit the country, should they stay? Also, just want to +1 the "I'm not racist, but here's a bunch of racist views to back up my claims" Also, just wanna say the term "outbreed" is horrendous. They're families, not infestations you cretin.
9:37 I hate how she says Gonzales likr its supposed too mean something that someone with a hispanic sounding last name agrees (in her mind) with the point she's trying (and failing) too make
Soviete Onion you just said the most politically neutral thing possible yet still somehow told everyone exactly what they wanted to hear and I respect the hell out of you for it. Godspeed you great man. 🇺🇸
Hillary wasn't a President. Also, she's been in the spotlight for quite a few years more, since she was first lady for two terms and held legit elected office.
I’m on a highly skilled work visa, the same issued to professors, CEOs, actors, and celebrities, they’re not that hard to get. I’m in Japan and despite its reputation for having among the most strict immigration policies, it hasn’t actually been that hard.
What if the space Mexicans use their space Cars to space drive under the space wall? Those darn, space cunning space Mexicans! (I tried creating a sentence with less spaces than the word space, but it was too tough)
When I heard about the testing that people who want to become US citizens must pass, I thought if I had to pass this test to keep my by birth citizenship, I’d be screwed.
You jest but it would actually solve at least 40% of the issues. Besides, if we annexed Mexico and *then* built a southern border wall, it'd be a LOT cheaper.
I have a Mexican friend/ co-worker that is a DACA recipient. The whole time I thought she was born here. Until it came time for her DACA renewal, which is not cheap! I asked her if ever wanted to become a citizen, she said yes. Then she explain the extensive process and the requirements….
I understand undocumented immigration needing to end, but I think the United States needs to let more in legally so people will be dissuaded from crossing illegally.
@@crimson6952 Because it is. Is a dog whistle and a bigoted idea. A subversion of an idea to attack a group of people who have been demonized for centuries.
@@flyingsnake3737 It highly depends on who’s applying the idea. Some people who use the phrase are anti-Semitic, but if you’re gonna argue with someone who does, find out who they’re blaming first. Otherwise, you’ll be closed-minded.
I served in the Navy for 6 years and I thank that foreign military personnel should be granted citizenship automatically after an honorable discharge. The standards for a foreigner to get in the United States military are extremely high and almost all of them would be a benefit to this country.
The problem with that approach is for people that serve less than 8 years it would mean years of lag time because of their inactive reserve status. Let's say Joe Smith enlists on an 8 year contract with 4 years active and 4 years inactive reserve time (which is pretty standard). He's going to get out of the Army after his 4 year active time is up, but he's not going to get a DD214 until his entire contract is up. As conduct during his inactive reserve time could potentially change the type of discharge he's given. There's also the reality that, as we've seen historically with the French Foreign Legion, this kind of approach could create a military class largely seen as disposable. If DD214 equals automatic citizenship that will become a more common pathway and it would only follow that using those kinds of personnel for more dangerous situations would be politically expedient.
@@erniepike3902 Not really. As you're on inactive reserve time you are not yet discharged, so while you do have a part of the form releasing for active duty until you are actually discharged the DD214 is not complete and could change. For example if you were convicted of a crime your re-enlistment eligibility would change, and your discharge status could (and likely would) change as well. What you have now just serves to allow you to access any benefits to which you are entitled. Since getting citizenship requires an honorable discharge that remains influx until you have your actual discharge and the DD214 in it's final state.
The green card for family (if you enter the country on a K class visa) initially only lasts for two years. They issue you a fun "temporary" one until they decide your marriage is legit and you get a 10 year one.
i must disagree with one think . you can have almost completely secure border, but first the cost is ridiculous and more importantly, they will always tell you its to keep bad people out, but it always serves to keep capable people in. with the historical experience of life behind iron curtain , i will be always suspicious towards border fences and giving up your freedoms in the name of security.
My wife is a "perminant Resident" she has to pay taxes yet gets no vote on how her taxes are spent. We are working on her citizenship, but yes residents are second class citizens. Which is bullshit.
While starship troopers was a movie about a military autocracy, I did like the idea of all civilians have full rights of an individual, but to gain voting rights, firearm rights, or more privileges usually called rights, you had to earn citizenship, now the movie only shows military service which guaranteed citizenship, but citizenship could be earned through good works, scientific and medical research for the benefit of humanity. It seems like a decent system to me. Edit: I also think any Non citizens/residents who serve in the military be granted citizenship upon an honorable or less than honorable discharge, or medical discharge.
Thats extremely dumb because it is saying that the modt valuable people in society are scientists/soldiers/whoever you want to give citizenship. Its based entirely on your own subjective view of who is important to society, and not what is actually important to society. For instance, i personally belive sewage plant workers and garbage men are the most important workers in a society, and therefore in my starship troopers "utopia" as youve described, only by serving as a garbage man/ sewage plant worker are you able to vote, have kids, own guns, etc etc. Does it not seem dumb when you see the same system applied to a group of people you deem "less worthy" of rights?
The movie was a satire mate, the Nazi imagery was a dressing for Verhoven's political commentary in a very similar vein as his RoboCop. Please do Mr Heinlein a favor a read the book, it is admittedly a bit of a dry read however it's available at your local library!
@@theduke7539 so disabled people shouldn’t be allowed to vote? On top of that, who decides what “good service” is? The government? Politicians would just give voting rights to whoever promised to vote for them.
My wife is an imminent domain attorney in Texas, dealing with right-of-way for highway expansion projects. The border in Texas is almost entirely private land. Which means each and every landowner would have hired high-priced law firms to sue the federal government for taking their land. The litigation for the I-10 expansion in Houston (Katy Expry) took more than ten years, so the border would have taken even longer. The acquisition costs would have been ten times what they were predicting. Best of all, most illegal immigrants enter the country legally at authorized checkpoints and just over-stay their visa. So a Berlin Wall of Texas would accomplish exactly DICK.
“What makes you think you’re entitled for citizenship?” I live here “What have you done for the united states?” I work (and live) here “Did you serve in the military?” No but I still live here “Citizenship is a privilege” Yeah, one that you earn by living somewhere (like here)
But how do you live here? Are you here illegally? If so, you're not paying taxes like income and payroll taxes. If so, you're living in a home or somewhere that should belong to a citizen.
@@RextheRebel If you live in the US, you're paying to live somewhere therefore you pay property taxes. If you're buying things in the US, you are paying sales tax. Local school tax, fuel tax if you drive a car, etc etc. Also, it's estimated that 70% of undocumented immigrants still pay income and payroll taxes via an individual tax identification number (ITIN) rather than social security cards.
Thank you for such a well researched presentation; your channel is fantastic & I'm grateful for you being a voice of reason on these polarizing issues.
And Spanish and Chinese and German and Arabic and Tagalog and...... America has a lot of diverse immigrants and immigrant communities, more so than in many other countries. You'd think this is something we could celebrate as a point of national pride and strength rather than deride.
Just some random piece of info: The great wall of China is actually a shitton of walls securing their border, built over several centuries and comissioned by different people entirely. If the inital part would've been inefficient it wouldn't have been expanded on so vastly. Also, the problem with current migration is that these people come from different cultures and don't even try to assimilate to local culture. I live in a workers district in my town and parents with their kids (usually just the moms because it's muslims and why would their dad take care of kids, right?) sit on the playground and don't speak the local language. My brother goes to one of the more prestigious high schools of our town and only half the kids speak our language properly. Half the imprisoned people have migrational background. Those are problems that are new. Just my two cents
I normally really like your videos and some of this is factual, but some of this is also ingenious and politically driven, but, as a independent, I can tell you that's true of most any source. All the people complaining need to understand that most intelligent people do not take one source as truth and do their own research.
You could be the most well intentioned person dedicating every last hour of your free time to charity, volunteering, feeding the poor, cleaning up the environment, helping out the elderly etc. and it wouldn't help one bit with becoming a citizen. The idea that you "earn citizenship" is so ludicrous, I wouldn't even expect it from Fox
Sure, it looks cool and all, but remember that trump wanted us (aka the mexicans) to finance it, which just makes me laugh. How could he think that we could afford that? We can't even have a decent economy and we barely get by XD
Great video (found your channel because of your “history of ferrets” video 😉- I have 4- and I’ve binged half your content over the past few days... love the ferrets and very sorry about your fuzzy that lost his battle with cancer) Please do a video about what is happening with immigration in Europe. I’ve been living in Italy since 2002 and seriously Americans have NOTHING to complain about with immigration... the situation here is a big problem because of the impossibility to control it without letting innocent people die... It’s very very complex and I’d love to see you do a video on it from a moderate point of view. If you need more info contact me on fb (the name is always the same because I’m an opera singer). Take care and keep up the great work!
I'd be curious to see a video on that as well. I'm Canadian, our immigration laws can be pretty generous but strict. It would be interesting to see how immigration is affecting other countries around the world, and compare notes.
Matt Johnston - Here in Italy a lot of my students (I also teach English - like all English speakers living abroad) want to emigrate to Canada and/or Australia so I know a bit about your laws... it depends on where a foreigner wants to emigrate to and what skills they have. I had a student that was looking into Caglary because they had more flexible requirements for immigration, apparently because it’s really really cold most of the time 😂😂 (Ps- I’m originally from Rochester NY so I have a soft spot for Canada 😉) In Italy it’s very difficult to get a visa but with the current migrant situation there are about 150,000 refugees and migrants coming in each year by boat. The trip is extremely dangerous and highly controversial. The risk of human lives being lost at sea forces Europe to intervene but countries like Italy and Greece already have unemployment issues, so there is very little work for those that do arrive safely. They should be re-distributed all over Europe but the process is slow and many are blocked in Italy with no legal documents or possibility to work. Italy helps with food and shelter using some E.Union funds but it’s not really enough and tensions are high here... in addition you need to consider that there is also normal immigration from Eastern Europe as well as nomadic groups like the Rom (too complicated to explain here) which when combined with the economic problems and governmental issues Southern European countries already have.... well, let’s just say that in Italy we now have a government led by Salvini (look it up 🙈).... I see all of my US friends focused on American issues without realizing what is happening in the rest of the world.... like I said I’d love to see a nice moderate video about it. Take care and have a great day 😊
I have friends around the world, several in the US...for as long as I can remember Americans generally focus on America, ignoring much of the world, so it's nothing new. 😆 I'm in southern Ontario, just off the coast of Lake Erie. A 2 hour drive will get me to the American border at Buffalo, and I went to college in Niagara. In my county, there's a large Italian community, and I've always said someday I'm going to visit Italy (amongst too many other places to list, lol). Good gawd, Salvini almost sounds like an Italian Trump! So far, the words most commonly used to describe him are far right, anti-globalist, eurosceptic, and strong-man. With a focus on using social media to his advantage.
Matt Johnston - you’re not too far from good old Ra-cha-cha 😉 I have a friend here from your area - her family was originally from Southern Italy so she came over years ago and has been here ever since... small world 😁 Living abroad has opened my eyes about world politics and of course how I see the US has changed - on one hand, I’m the only American many here have ever seen so I end up “myth-busting” and explaining American culture to Italians. You’d be surprised what Europeans think of us... On the other hand, I am forced to watch American politics while face-palming and yelling at the TV as if I were watching a bad horror film... sigh As for Salvini- good gawd is about right.... I don’t disagree with everything he says but we need to be careful and pay close attention to how far right Europe is beginning to swing.... Again take care and BUONA SERATA 😊
Small world, indeed! I love this age and where technology has brought us, being able to meaningly connect with people around the globe. And I know what you mean in your OP when you say your fb name always stays the same because of your career...I'm a realtor, ALL of my contact info/online identity has been the same for a little over a decade now! lol It's been a pleasure, have a great week! 😁
In English today we had to answer a “trick question” what makes someone American i wish I saw this video 5 hours ago just so I could get 5 points xtra credit
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what is 5 points xtra credit? btw do you still have thet choice answers (a,b,c,d)
I don't understand why people are divided on this issue people coming here should be given full chance to become citizen legally but even after that if you are coming in America illegally thats a crime ,and should be deported , if you are a refugee or asylum seeker that's different. American citizen i.e. the elected government will decide how many immigrants should come in the country based on economics and other things . And as far as i know American has taken immigrants far more than any other countries , at least American is in top 5 immigrants taker
@ Knowing Better: I like your videos b/c you just present straight forward information and back everything up with documentation and sources. You basically present what I would call the "Math" of the subject.
I love this guy, I’m not a democrat nor a liberal by far, but he’s helped me understand the other side’s point of view. I will watch every video, even the one about SJW and feminism
I enjoy watching them as well even though I rarely agree with anything he says in these "moderate" videos. If they were really moderate, wouldn't I be agree with a lot of it? Wouldn't most people?
dax kat that may be true, however I think the biggest problem in the country is the fact we’re all a little closed minded and biased when it comes to point of views, I believe if we can all compromise, it would loosen a lot of tension going on between the divided sides
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The number one reason for 94 million people in America not being in the workforce is age. Children and the elderly tend not to work. 94 million is one-third of the country.
No way bro u crazy. Its the mexicants.
You talk about two videos, i dont think anyone really says that
Could you please do a video on the ATF fast and furious program?
+Knowing Better
I know this is irrelevant to your topic about the american workforce. But I just would like to say that brilliant sponser clip was among the best I seen on youtube.
Typical case of lies, damn lies and statistics that one. Though I did find that other made up statistic implying that there were 50-100 million people nobody noticed around, population estimation is tricky sure but even if they shunned every government service entirely somehow there would still be massive discrepancies in consumption data for a number of basic necessities food, water, occupancy residential property (After adjusting for the population with NFA) etc. Supermarkets for example have massive data-sets giving them a good idea how much average Americans consume (People do know that is what those loyalty card schemes are for right?) so they would probably notice if the market was 15-30% bigger than predicted by their consumption models.
Dude this opening kills me “what have you done for the United States?” Coming from one of the many people who just happened to be born here and thus became a citizen.
I was really confused by that clip. Like what she said kinda convicted me, until I realized that was Fox News and I, a natural born American citizen, was not the target of the statement.
@@someonesomething9282 she was talking about those who just walk up to the border and just expect citizen ship
Not natural born
@@georgewashington3918 But not the people who were born within the border and just expect citizen ship. What is a citizen ship anyway? I that anything like a Jefferson Star Ship?
@@georgewashington3918 then basically noone right? Because you need a green card before applyinf for citizenship..
@@someonesomething9282 If anything Fox News has done irreparable harm to this country and should be silenced.
The funny thing about the Great wall is it wasn't meant to keep the Mongols out, It was meant to slow them down and buy the Chinese time to round up enough forces to repel the invasion.
It was actually very useful, because nomads were not able to cross it with horses.
@@spqr1945 Mongols still got through.....thrice.
@@eroberson5418 yes, they did. But only 3 times, not thousand times, as they used to. The main purpose of invasions were not to conquer, but but loot and run, avoiding a battle.
This is the point of a wall in the US, too, to slow illegal border crossers down so that Border Patrol has more time to respond.
@@j.s.7335look up circular flow
"What have you done to earn citizenship?"
Not a damn thing. My mother's uterus was in the right place when i was born.
Is that fair?
No, it's time to end birthright citizenship.
@@frankatwood3095Lol, if Americans had to do a citizenship test to remain in America, then there wouldn't be very many Americans
@@frankatwood3095 Then I guess Americans wouldn't really be Americans anymore, would they?
@stockart whiteman Kids get the citizenship of their parents.
@@frankatwood3095 But why do their parents have a right to citzenship?
16:41 My first semester Civics final in my senior year of high school was the actual citizenship test given to immigrants. My teacher believed that if our immigrants were supposed to know it, we had to as well
Good teacher.
I'd like to know how many people failed.
You took a one question test out of ten questions?
That sounds like something every citizen should have to do, at least if they want to vote
@@meowtherainbowx4163 it does but that kinda sounds similar to the tests they made to prevent black people from voting back then.
"It's secured China's borders for over 2600 years"
Clearly this guy's a politican and not a historian
It was an obvious joke
I, Spartacus shh, the internet commenters need to feel smart
If it were a joke (maybe, I can’t tell) why would you use a joke that undermines your point of building a wall?
@@anonymoussecret5948 when someone they agree with make an absurd argument "smart" people convince themselves it's a joke. (See Trump and the desinfectant injections)
i thought knowing said this and thought it was a joke, but the guy in the animation clearly was not joking
"It has secured China's borders for over 2600 years."
*Laughs in Mongolian*
*Laughs in Manchurian*
*Laughs in Japanese*
*Laughs in Russian*
*laughs in British*
rvharkless *laughs in Italian*
God even the Italians managed to get a very small colony in China
@@thegameoverchannel6666 Every day we stray farther from God
*Attila the Hun's laughter intensifies.* I bet the boobs that made that video think the Great Wall of China is visible from outer space, too.
“What did you do for the USA?”
“I was born here.”
“Ah perfectly acceptable. Now what did you do for the USA?”
“Well I was born in Canada but I fought for the military-”
“You will be deported!”
Wait. As I understand, a U.S. military volunteer after end of active and reserve duty has a clear path toward citizenship. You don’t say if you’ve had a contrary experience. Below I see arguments to offer the pathway I stead of automatic citizenship - line birth. Maybe that’s what you believe all countries should offer?
@@DRL1320 im like 80% sure that the vet to citizen path has been close for a while now, just because you served doesn't mean you can be a citizen anymore
@@arri9507 It makes it easier, but it's still not easy. Not even close.
I had a chat with a friendly supermarket cashier about how difficult it is for her daughter to bring her white New Zealander boyfriend into the US.
Me: "Oh yeah our immigration laws really don't make it easy."
Her: "Uh no he's different. He's not an immigrant."
sorry, i’m a bit confused in good faith. what does this mean?
@@haysdixon6227 that supermarket cashier didn’t think white kiwis counted as “Immigrants”
@@stormsurge2103 oh, i see now. thank you!
@@haysdixon6227 she thought of immigrants as people who are brown and are you know the ones that are "less safe" you know what I mean? like saying his white means his is not danger like how people see muslims as terrorists or mexicans as drug dealers. I don't think she does think that really but you know it's in the subconscious mind. like systematic racism.
@@stormsurge2103 kiwis?
This woman gives me shivers. I remember couple of people like this in my life, ignorant, self-centered and manipulative.
As a naturalized American who speaks English as a 2nd language, I can tell you that in my experience, the "read, write and speak" test was a joke, or should I say the easiest test I had to take in my life. Otherwise, I agree - legal path to citizenship and the paperwork that accompanies the process is definitely not easy.
When she said there are either citizens and illegals I laughed since my father has had a green card for over 20 years.
Parasite
That women irritates me so much
Hear hear
@@thevenator3955 here here
Hear here.
Here hear.
THAT LADY USED TO BE A JUDGE?!
Just make a wall out of Flex Seal along the border. That should solve the problem
I haven't seen a Josephi before. Do you happen to be Polish?
Joseph Burchanowski Josephi is actually of Sugondese origin
+Brendan Walker
Damn you.
the man definitely had a mixed history it was not all good it was not all bad... the bad really hurt a lot of us but the good also helped us.
Just a PLANK sugondese nuts
I laugh when people think that the word immigrants is exclusive to Mexicans.
No one thinks that
@@crimson6952 exactly
Nobody thinks that but ok
Antonio Salviano that’s easily refutable
@Lump No one does but ok. What people are you talking about?
"What have you done for the United States?"
Uhhhh... I was born here
Service to country is what she wants ti hear, its a fascist call that every citizen should be in military...
@@crazy9932 I served in the military, does that make me a fascist? It's what I hate about liberals. They think all people who join the military are fascists. I joined for career opportunities btw.
@@jimmym3352 hey u might want to read that again then joke.. that's what i hate about conservatives.. they hear n see what they want. I didn't call u a fascest..i got freinds that died doing what u did , so dont think u get special treatment for service, im greatful n all, but at least u still here. What i said was its a fascist call , that every person should serve no choice in order to be citizens. Im glad u CHOSE to join, im glad ppl can CHOOSE thier career paths that they want.. next time b4 u start a arguement, ask the person if what they said is how u heard it.. just trying to help .
@@crazy9932
The thing I hate about the left is how you throw words you know nothing about. Fascism was created by Giovanni Gentile. As a form of technocracy, which is particularly communist. However he was very pelo conservative. People often use social issues for left and right even though that makes no sense. Bill Clinton saw the death of the conservative Democrats, before that the south was considered left. Most southern states don't have a right to work laws, big government, high taxes, and welfare. Ironically the south is very left wing, yet because it's slightly racist and doesn't agree with body dysmorphia it's right wing... the biggest flaw with the modern left is the fact that they focus way to heavily on social issues. I'm supposed to believe fascism is right wing... So you become right wing to a point where you're left wing... it doesn't make sense. Anarcho capitalism is as far right as you can go. Laissez faire capitalism is right wing, fascism is left wing. I have a feeling you think Hitler is right wing since he was a white nationalist. Even though Volkswagen was by definition socialist, or coke plants where seized and turned into Fanta plants... 🤔
The problem with the modern left is in the 50s the right silenced the far left. Since the 60s the left has become a reactionary movement, it's never normalized. Likewise the left uses class theory for everything.
@@jimmym3352
Thanks for your service.
*desire to know more intensifies*
Right
hahaha! so good
*Desire to know better intensifies*
I'm the son of a legal immigrant under an H-4 visa or temporary residence under my dad. You can't get scholarships even though you lived here for 10 years so college drains the bank account as well as not being able to pursue the area of study you want to because there isn't a H1B job market for it.
@@sanath8483 Apply for a student Visa instead of keeping the h4. It might help. I don't know, most of my friends have never left their home country for more than a vacation.
Talking head: "What have you done to earn citizenship?"
Immigrant: "I risked my life to come here, because I was passionate about living in this country. How about you?"
My parents fucked and I popped out as a citizen before I knew what the word "America" meant!
I'm an ungrateful son of an immigrant trying to close the door behind me: Them probably
What do you say to the people who wait and do it legally not fair to them
I have mixed feelings about immigration, on one hand I don't want just anyone coming here whenever they want, yet on the other hand I understand that it's more than just a political issue. These are people's lives we're dealt with here. Two of my closest friends are from Mexico. One was born here in Texas but raised in Mexico till adulthood and is a legal citizen, and the other immigrated here illegally when he was 12 years old. Imagine leaving your home country for an opportunity that might not be available to you when you are still a child. He has told me about how he got here, his mother died in Mexico so his family arranged for him to live with an aunt in the US. He had to cross the Rio Grande by himself and was relayed from person to person until he got to where he could meet up with his aunt. This was a child mind you. I can't imagine what that experience was like, and all just because his family wanted him to have the opportunity of being here in the US, and having the opportunity to go to school and get a good job like they advertise in other countries. He told me that before he came here, he imagined the US all looking like the really nice parts of our downtown area, only to find that where he lived now wasn't too much safer than where he lived in Mexico, and he would become a poor, working class immigrant like so many who have taken the same path as him. It's been over 10 years, and he still doesn't have citizenship or any kind of documentation that allows him to be here legally. He wants live the American dream but for the moment is stuck doing window tint with his brother because he won't be able to get work anywhere else other than your basic manual labor, which is exactly the kind of job most people expect from immigrants from Mexico and Latin America. There are plenty of people who want to do well and become one of the success stories among immigrants to the US, but at the same time, there are those who are simply complacent with living here and start to expect things to be handed to them, or worse, bring crime associated with central America with them in order to further their own wealth associated with such crime. Immigration is so much more than a politician issue, and these are real peoples' lives we are affecting, whether it be good or bad to our country, and I feel that's something a lot of people don't take into account. I certainly don't have the answer, but I'm thankful I have the friends I have and am able to see this issue through the lens I have developed.
I do think that, weird as it can be, much of the immigration comes from 2 primary reasons:
1) the US is the number one economy in the world;
2) propaganda: American media is extremely influencial (so much so that pretty much every kid poor as they may be, can sing in English in Brazil).
Halloween is a known holiday in Brazil, many of us know about July 4th as much as September 7th (the Brazilian independence day), and the US blasts at max volume, to every corner of the world, how much "freedom" they have and how much better they are. Brazilians, even today, think the US is a paradise because of all university programs, the better currency, rich high-profile celebrities, better income, and generally a lot more vocal power. We watched the presidential elections, for fucks sake! WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE WATCH YOUR (or rather, the government's) UPS AND DOWNS BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR KINGS.
I ONLY KNOW IT ISN'T LIKE THAT because I know English, I watch videos like these and I have interacted directly with Americans. But I am, in every measure, an exception; the vast majority of Brazilians (as well as... pretty much everyone else not living in English-speaking countries, specially poor countries) don't generally know the issues the US faces. The housing crisis, discrimination, abusive cops, less than optimal health system (specially for illegal immigrants who definitely cannot pay for private care and normally live on donations/charity or just straight out die).
If United States merely STOPPED fucking blasting propaganda, there wouldn't be so many immigrants. But that isn't a choice, because otherwise the population wouldn't be brainwashed into thinking the same thing, e.g. the woman stating on national news how much better "American citizens" are, and many people believe it. The morality of nationalist speeches being good or bad is up to debate.
As a Romanian I have to go to an interview to the American embassy for any kind of visa :|
It's just so weird and complicated. It was easier to just give up and go to Canada :P
Isn't it harder to go to Canada? I heard that they have a much stricter immigration policy than even the us
@@melvinlow6831 Canada has stricter immigration criteria than the Us, but that doesn't mean it's harder to get in
Come on in bud, your welcome anytime!
@@francisdinh8161 is absolutely correct. Canada's policies are stricter, but the US enforces such massively complicated bureaucracy on the system that it's nearly impossible to navigate, even after you have waited in line for years (or even decades for some countries) to get your spot. In Canada the requirements are strict, but if you meet requirements, the process is rather straightforward.
Better choice . Less guns and less weirdos
6:08 "It'll work this time". One of the least reassuring phrases, right up there with "I know what I'm doing" and "It's supposed to make that noise".
Socialism will work this time
@@crimson6952 "guys i know communism has failed every single time and always leads to some like stalin or mao, but trust me, i learned about it in class and yourube itll work this time"
@@oumardiop1 Im an anarchist
"Let's conquer jerusalem"
"We gonna ban recreative drugs"
"Legal imigration is about to stop"
"Socialism can prevail"
"The Roman empire is soon to be reunited"
…
*"It will work this time"*
"Which means that it has secured China's borders for more than 2600 years."😂😂😂😂😂
Didn't this guy just ignore the Mongols, Huns, Tibetans and Manchu? Im dying.
Also the great wall was never meant to keep people; out it was meant to slow down armies trying to invade China. You see, China's population was infinitely more than the Mongol steppes so the Mongols needed to muster a truly massive force very quickly to even have a chance at conquering them, putting up a massive wall was just to delay them long enough for China to raise an army.
I guess to that guy they were all Chinese. XD
Didn't really work though #KHAAAAAAAN! But seriously, the Mongols didn't need the numbers when you have people who literally drink horse blood while RIDING THE HORSE. #Mongolswereterrifying #alsothereasonrussiansbescary
Sorry for the hashtags, they amused me too much not to include them
Also, define China and its borders. Over those 2600 years, the size of China and its border changed hundreds of times and before the modern nation-state, even the very concept of a border was nebulous, especially in the east.
323guiltyspark Seriously. China has been made up of so many dynasties, lands, and let's not forget battling in-factions that considered themselves their own nations that just saying "China" historically only goes so far.
Thanks! As an European living in the US (Texas) your content educated me about this country much better than any other source, together with the podcast Behind the Bastards. Your work is amazing.
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Welcome to Texas homie
That woman was like an English language ( albeit with the worst voice I've ever heard) version of North Korean state news
Am I the only one who absolutely loves the Starship Trooper references?
@Drew Taylor I agree, it's a disgrace that people who served (or are currently serving) are being screwed over by the very county they vowed to protect.
@Drew Taylor if they would let me! But you can't serve if you aren't at least a resident.
Starship troopers is great! Other movies by the same director are RoboCop and total recall. Those movies are all critiques of American culture! (Is that a thing Americans pick up on btw?)
Skeptic Snob yes, most Americans pick up on it, but the conversation about it is likely different from the conversation a non-American would have about it.
But dear God, have you read the book? The movie is a satire, the book is even more fascist and takes itself very seriously. For example, there were several pages talking about how rubbing a puppy's nose in pee effectively teaches it, and that the justice system should use corporal punishment to the same effect on children.
This country can be saved only by people like you: thanks for the great job in deconstructing the misconceptions that goes around
no i cant
17:50
Yep, I lost my career in Engineering because the tech industry doing just that. Mind you, I don't hate the Indian people for it, they just want jobs and a better life the same as me. I project my hate instead for the Corporatists abusing it for cheap labor. 4 years of college and $60,000 of my dad's retirement money, flushed down the toilet, so that millionaires and billionaires can be richer.
And that's why it's not an immigration problem but a capitalism problem.
"my dad's money". Yep, hit the nail on the head there, snowflake. Did Mom and Dad take your exams for you as well? Maybe you sucked at your job, and that's why you were let go.
@@100percentSNAFU wow, that's a lot of assumptions
@@faiyazsaqifkhansummit792 Not really, there are still wars in the world and will probably continue to do so even without capitalism, immigration will slow down which will let the refugees a chance at immigration.
That's why I went into trades, pretty hard to outsource a Plummer or carpenter. Though that comes with its own challenges depending on where you live. In Canada make 6 figures, but a guy in Florida or Texas makes much much less due to the influx of cheap labour from under the table trades guys coming up from mexico.
"Citizenship is a privilege [...] What have you done to the US?"
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Latin Right, where if you are born from a female national, you are granted citizenship by birthright. Nowadays i think it is granted by both parents, and depending on the country they are not even required to be nationals.
Done more than 2000 years ago and still people don't know about these things. They just put themselves to shame, no effort required
4:10 Chinese here. Thats about the most ignorant thing I've heard. Had to turn off the video and take a full 30 seconds of facepalm before i could recover
The narrator made a hilariously bad mistake there. Even I heard it and I'm not a clever man
Just to explain, the great wall of china has nothing to do with immigration. It is to keep out northern invading armies, which varied depending on which part of history you looked at (initially the Xiongnu, to later the Mongols and the Qing). It failed multiple times due to corruption, treason, and weakness of dynasties in their later stage. It also obviously failed in the 19-20th century because cannons and firearms
What he meant was that china not been successfully invaded from the north until 1279 ad
Also the chinese border expanded hundreds of miles past the wall so there was a large undefended area under the hand tang etc dynasties
Steven Khosh see Liao Dynasty also, Ghengis did conquer past the wall Kublai conquered the Song in the south which did not border the Great Wall.
Holy racism, Batman!
I'm stealing that.
I think I can speak on this, for obvious reasons, without racism coming into it. If you take a massive outside population and introduce them to a native population then outbreed them over the course of 50 years, there will be massive problems. I don't think this is good or fair in any way. I actually feel really bad about this. It's like the whole country is being stolen out from the original citizens who will also have to PAY for their replacement and lose political power over their own country that they built. The United States will not be the same country it was when white people were the overwhelming majority. It will become more latin american (look at latin american countries for examples) because no matter how much wealth the US has built or accumulated over the last 100 years of prosperity, the incoming culture does not have the same values, philosophies, or goals that European people have. The latin american policy of gaining political power by bribing your constituents with money from the treasury is already beginning to proliferate. It will get much much worse.
The democrat party thought that by opening the borders they could bribe their way into political power by maintaining a class of grateful migrants for reelection but what they didn't count on was that these migrants would end up voting in their own politicians on a racial basis and replacing the people who thought they could control them. Again, on a racial basis, the former migrants will advocate for the continuation of lacks border control in order to continue the "takeover". It was a massive mistake to do this in the first place and is incredibly unfair to the native white and black population to bring in millions of people to compete while also greatly cheapening labor and keeping wages low and housing costs sky high.
California is likely becoming the prototype of what the rest of the United States will look like within the century with a tiny extremely rich upper class and the rest of people overwhelmingly poor relying on government services.
@@c-onethirty stop projecting
@@c-onethirty If any immigrants don't benefit this country, should they stay?
@@crimson6952 if any citizen doesn't benefit the country, should they stay?
Also, just want to +1 the "I'm not racist, but here's a bunch of racist views to back up my claims"
Also, just wanna say the term "outbreed" is horrendous. They're families, not infestations you cretin.
@@LeftistJesus Hes native american but ok
Speaking of immigration, do a video on nuclear energy.
Yep.
Jordan Hoffman flawless connection
I like Nuke power!
The best renewable source
9:37 I hate how she says Gonzales likr its supposed too mean something that someone with a hispanic sounding last name agrees (in her mind) with the point she's trying (and failing) too make
In high school, my government teacher made us take the citizenship test as the final. I passed.
4:50 I did the math, and that is approximately 7,392,000,000 cubic feet of concrete
Can you Americanize that number for me
@@hescoming4544 a lot
I could eat all of that
Conservative or Liberal
We all gotta agree
Donald trump is the mpst memeable president ever
I don't know... Hillary Clinton was pretty damn memeable, she just was in the spotlight for less time.
Soviete Onion you just said the most politically neutral thing possible yet still somehow told everyone exactly what they wanted to hear and I respect the hell out of you for it. Godspeed you great man. 🇺🇸
Hillary wasn't a President. Also, she's been in the spotlight for quite a few years more, since she was first lady for two terms and held legit elected office.
Hillary more memeable due to longstanding corruption surrounding the Clinton Clan.
hillary has no charisma, and isnt funny
I’m on a highly skilled work visa, the same issued to professors, CEOs, actors, and celebrities, they’re not that hard to get. I’m in Japan and despite its reputation for having among the most strict immigration policies, it hasn’t actually been that hard.
The space force will build a space wall to keep space Mexicans out.
👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Do you mean the see through wall he wanted at one point
What if the space Mexicans use their space Cars to space drive under the space wall? Those darn, space cunning space Mexicans!
(I tried creating a sentence with less spaces than the word space, but it was too tough)
Norman Smith those damn ILLEGAL EXTRATERRESTRIALS!! #MSGA
Space Mexicans took my space job
Illegal alien joke!! Ha, nice.
When I heard about the testing that people who want to become US citizens must pass, I thought if I had to pass this test to keep my by birth citizenship, I’d be screwed.
"What have YOUU done to earn citizenship???" uhmm ... I was born I guess?
Then she wasn’t talking to u
thats the definition of privilege. you didnt 'earn' your citizenship at all, or whatever that old woman mean
If your mother was a legal immigrant I would agree, otherwise...
0:01 what _is_ her ethnicity? She looks kind of Spanish-Asian, but it's hard to be sure with the surgery and face paint.
Face paint...
You mean makeup?
Declan Kirby excessive makeup -> face paint
Lebanese
She's an Italian-American. The Lebanese woman who looks very similar to her is called Brigitte Gabriel.
@@miro.georgiev97 nah if u look at her wiki shes lebanese american, she married an italian american tho
I have an easy solution.
Annex Mexico.
🤣
Do they have oil?
@@daddytito917 butt tons of it. Probably more than the Middle East does.
EVERYMAN A KING
DOWN WITH THETRAITORS, UP WITH THE STARS.
You jest but it would actually solve at least 40% of the issues. Besides, if we annexed Mexico and *then* built a southern border wall, it'd be a LOT cheaper.
The Starship Troopers reference was hilarious, and brilliantly executed. 😂😂
4:47 to 5:15
Honestly, that hypothetical Great Wall of America sounds like a dystopian nightmare.
I have a Mexican friend/ co-worker that is a DACA recipient. The whole time I thought she was born here. Until it came time for her DACA renewal, which is not cheap! I asked her if ever wanted to become a citizen, she said yes. Then she explain the extensive process and the requirements….
I'm Spanish and I'm visiting the US in a week, boy, I can't wait to be confused with a Mexican!
How was it boss
“If you’re Spanish, how come you’re white?” - Most Americans
That AD was super smooth, the smoothest one I have ever seen My GOD! so SMOOTH!
I just got done binge watching some of your videos then BAM you upload. Also congrats on 170k ❤️
I understand undocumented immigration needing to end, but I think the United States needs to let more in legally so people will be dissuaded from crossing illegally.
Why would you include that lady. She's like that crazy woman that shouts at the cashier in the grocery store.
Because she gets millions of views and is thus really influential. Did someone really have to explain this?
She is a judge.
I'm conservative and she makes me want to vote Democrat. It's nuts.
fortunately we have Tucker Carson.
There are TONS of reasonable conservatives out there. Alex Jones and this lady are not it.
That lady In the opening made me feel a bit uncomfortable.
She makes EVERYONE feel uncomfortable.
S H E A N G E R Y
I'm a conservative like her and she makes me uncomfortable to watch sometimes
The SunBreaker I’m a conservative too but she was being a tad too crazy
She has the worst possible case of angery meets the news reporter voice. I DON'T LIKE IT
I was driving home on I-65, listening to this video, and 4:10 almost made me wreck my car at 90mph.
On purpose. 😳
i don't agree with you on a lot of things but i subbed and watch your videos
At least your open minded.
Yeah, I don't agree with him very much in terms of politics but he's very smart and makes his points clear and concise.
@@J-MAN999 Especially with cultural marxism being antisemitic
@@crimson6952 Because it is. Is a dog whistle and a bigoted idea. A subversion of an idea to attack a group of people who have been demonized for centuries.
@@flyingsnake3737 It highly depends on who’s applying the idea. Some people who use the phrase are anti-Semitic, but if you’re gonna argue with someone who does, find out who they’re blaming first. Otherwise, you’ll be closed-minded.
'That myth' persists because of how little English ppl in America generally choose to speak when you consider this requirement
I still think service in the military should give citizenship, like with the British Gurkhas.
I agree with you which is why I love France and the United States!
EireHammer actually veterans who have served have HAVE gotten deported in certain cases.
10:00 I personally feel that the Military should apply for citizenship on behalf of the service member as part of the preparation of the DD214.
I served in the Navy for 6 years and I thank that foreign military personnel should be granted citizenship automatically after an honorable discharge. The standards for a foreigner to get in the United States military are extremely high and almost all of them would be a benefit to this country.
DD214 should = citizenship, not just the application for it.
The problem with that approach is for people that serve less than 8 years it would mean years of lag time because of their inactive reserve status. Let's say Joe Smith enlists on an 8 year contract with 4 years active and 4 years inactive reserve time (which is pretty standard). He's going to get out of the Army after his 4 year active time is up, but he's not going to get a DD214 until his entire contract is up. As conduct during his inactive reserve time could potentially change the type of discharge he's given.
There's also the reality that, as we've seen historically with the French Foreign Legion, this kind of approach could create a military class largely seen as disposable. If DD214 equals automatic citizenship that will become a more common pathway and it would only follow that using those kinds of personnel for more dangerous situations would be politically expedient.
@@JohnDoe-pf6qp I was in for 6 years active and had 2 years inactive reserve, left the sub base in CT. with DD214.
@@erniepike3902 Not really. As you're on inactive reserve time you are not yet discharged, so while you do have a part of the form releasing for active duty until you are actually discharged the DD214 is not complete and could change. For example if you were convicted of a crime your re-enlistment eligibility would change, and your discharge status could (and likely would) change as well. What you have now just serves to allow you to access any benefits to which you are entitled. Since getting citizenship requires an honorable discharge that remains influx until you have your actual discharge and the DD214 in it's final state.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JEANINE AND THIS IS MY INSIDE VOICE
the solution to immigratin isnt to make it harder to illegally imigrate. Its to make it eaiser to legaly immigrate
We already have an immigration population larger than any US state. But sure let's take what we're already doing and take it to the extreme
I love your videos. As a moderate, it is extremely hard to find something that isn't trying to sway me right or left for votes.
bro, i can't be racist, my wife's dead uncle's distant friend had literally 0.001% non-white heritage
Its weird how immigration is somehow racial, Im mexican and despise illegals.
@@crimson6952 facts bro. Race does not matter, just come here legally and it's fine.
Mexican isn't a race
@@user-dt3kf2iw8i it’s not a race
IT’S A LIFESTYLE
Seems legit...
I love how he segues seamlessly into his ad sections. A+
BEST OPENING EVER!!! I'M DOING MY PART!
The green card for family (if you enter the country on a K class visa) initially only lasts for two years. They issue you a fun "temporary" one until they decide your marriage is legit and you get a 10 year one.
i must disagree with one think . you can have almost completely secure border, but first the cost is ridiculous and more importantly, they will always tell you its to keep bad people out, but it always serves to keep capable people in. with the historical experience of life behind iron curtain , i will be always suspicious towards border fences and giving up your freedoms in the name of security.
My wife is a "perminant Resident" she has to pay taxes yet gets no vote on how her taxes are spent. We are working on her citizenship, but yes residents are second class citizens. Which is bullshit.
Even illegal/undocumented immigrants pay taxes
It's bullshit to pay taxes and not vote. Even without official "citizenship," paying taxes should earn you the vote.
Such a complicated issue. Thanks for trying to explain things.
"There is no 2nd class citizen"
Me who lives in Puerto Rico: You sure bout that?
I thought Puerto Rico voted to become a state. What ever happened to that referendum?
While starship troopers was a movie about a military autocracy, I did like the idea of all civilians have full rights of an individual, but to gain voting rights, firearm rights, or more privileges usually called rights, you had to earn citizenship, now the movie only shows military service which guaranteed citizenship, but citizenship could be earned through good works, scientific and medical research for the benefit of humanity. It seems like a decent system to me.
Edit: I also think any Non citizens/residents who serve in the military be granted citizenship upon an honorable or less than honorable discharge, or medical discharge.
Thats extremely dumb because it is saying that the modt valuable people in society are scientists/soldiers/whoever you want to give citizenship. Its based entirely on your own subjective view of who is important to society, and not what is actually important to society.
For instance, i personally belive sewage plant workers and garbage men are the most important workers in a society, and therefore in my starship troopers "utopia" as youve described, only by serving as a garbage man/ sewage plant worker are you able to vote, have kids, own guns, etc etc.
Does it not seem dumb when you see the same system applied to a group of people you deem "less worthy" of rights?
@@stevenagelutton4322 no, citizenship is granted based on your willingness to give to the whole of society. It's called "Service"
The movie was a satire mate, the Nazi imagery was a dressing for Verhoven's political commentary in a very similar vein as his RoboCop. Please do Mr Heinlein a favor a read the book, it is admittedly a bit of a dry read however it's available at your local library!
@@theduke7539 so disabled people shouldn’t be allowed to vote? On top of that, who decides what “good service” is? The government? Politicians would just give voting rights to whoever promised to vote for them.
Starship Troopers is fascist?
*Sargon of Akkad would like to know your location.*
It's....Afraid!
*wild cheers*
No mentioning on the negative effects of illegal immigration, the cost or past affects. Way to be thorough.
KB I’m new to your channel and so far I’m loving it!! Keep doing what you are doing!
Holy how, I just watched Starship Troopers, like 30 minutes ago.
My wife is an imminent domain attorney in Texas, dealing with right-of-way for highway expansion projects. The border in Texas is almost entirely private land. Which means each and every landowner would have hired high-priced law firms to sue the federal government for taking their land. The litigation for the I-10 expansion in Houston (Katy Expry) took more than ten years, so the border would have taken even longer. The acquisition costs would have been ten times what they were predicting. Best of all, most illegal immigrants enter the country legally at authorized checkpoints and just over-stay their visa. So a Berlin Wall of Texas would accomplish exactly DICK.
"Reconstructrio?"
That was SMOOTH.
Im a simple man. I see a starship troopers reference, i press like
“What makes you think you’re entitled for citizenship?”
I live here
“What have you done for the united states?”
I work (and live) here
“Did you serve in the military?”
No but I still live here
“Citizenship is a privilege”
Yeah, one that you earn by living somewhere (like here)
But how do you live here? Are you here illegally? If so, you're not paying taxes like income and payroll taxes. If so, you're living in a home or somewhere that should belong to a citizen.
@@RextheRebel why is your name rextherebel when your political positions are entirely based around preserving the status quo?
@@RextheRebel If you live in the US, you're paying to live somewhere therefore you pay property taxes. If you're buying things in the US, you are paying sales tax. Local school tax, fuel tax if you drive a car, etc etc. Also, it's estimated that 70% of undocumented immigrants still pay income and payroll taxes via an individual tax identification number (ITIN) rather than social security cards.
@@wjjajshshdbdnnsndhbauhwhshs I don't think you know what the status quo is. There's a reason it's called "opposition to immigration"
Thank you for such a well researched presentation; your channel is fantastic & I'm grateful for you being a voice of reason on these polarizing issues.
no thank you
I'm a K1!!
I've been here for 7 years now :) Almost time to renew my greencard. God Bless the USA for their very generous immigration system.
When he takes those pills you know he’s about to drop a knowledge bomb
jankiel bobrowsky i have a 1 annoying friendthat says thisall the time
When he takes those pills he's telling us he won't listen to an opinion that differs from his and that we shouldn't either. How is that moderate?
18:08 Perfect and invisible segue to the sponsor. I have never seen anything like it.
Agreed, exquisite.
"In America we speak English"
*Forgetting Puerto Rico exists*
We don't talk about them
@@yeezet4592 we do, but we tell them it's a territory and that's pretty much it.
* Forgetting that Spanish is the second most common language in the US *
And Spanish and Chinese and German and Arabic and Tagalog and...... America has a lot of diverse immigrants and immigrant communities, more so than in many other countries. You'd think this is something we could celebrate as a point of national pride and strength rather than deride.
Puerto Rico isn't a state.
Just some random piece of info: The great wall of China is actually a shitton of walls securing their border, built over several centuries and comissioned by different people entirely. If the inital part would've been inefficient it wouldn't have been expanded on so vastly.
Also, the problem with current migration is that these people come from different cultures and don't even try to assimilate to local culture. I live in a workers district in my town and parents with their kids (usually just the moms because it's muslims and why would their dad take care of kids, right?) sit on the playground and don't speak the local language. My brother goes to one of the more prestigious high schools of our town and only half the kids speak our language properly. Half the imprisoned people have migrational background.
Those are problems that are new.
Just my two cents
Yes assimilation should be part of the naturalization process.
I normally really like your videos and some of this is factual, but some of this is also ingenious and politically driven, but, as a independent, I can tell you that's true of most any source. All the people complaining need to understand that most intelligent people do not take one source as truth and do their own research.
No shit it is politically driven. Immigration is a common topic in politics.
Yes this video really is ingenious, I'm glad you recognize that. And no shit politically motivated
That starship troopers reference at the beginning killed me 😄😄
You could be the most well intentioned person dedicating every last hour of your free time to charity, volunteering, feeding the poor, cleaning up the environment, helping out the elderly etc. and it wouldn't help one bit with becoming a citizen. The idea that you "earn citizenship" is so ludicrous, I wouldn't even expect it from Fox
First of all, we only had "pretty much open borders" to northwestern European immigrants.
Am I the only one who found their proposed wall dope af? I know it’s WAY too over the top, but it’s still a dope freaking wall😂😂
It should be used in a movie cause it'd be dope to see someone climb over that in an action sequence
Sure, it looks cool and all, but remember that trump wanted us (aka the mexicans) to finance it, which just makes me laugh. How could he think that we could afford that? We can't even have a decent economy and we barely get by XD
@@BrokenScreen_desu yeah. I get it. I was just saying that it was a dope wall
@@nickfisher8569 It is, but I'd rather invest on anime body pillows
Great video (found your channel because of your “history of ferrets” video 😉- I have 4- and I’ve binged half your content over the past few days... love the ferrets and very sorry about your fuzzy that lost his battle with cancer)
Please do a video about what is happening with immigration in Europe.
I’ve been living in Italy since 2002 and seriously Americans have NOTHING to complain about with immigration... the situation here is a big problem because of the impossibility to control it without letting innocent people die... It’s very very complex and I’d love to see you do a video on it from a moderate point of view. If you need more info contact me on fb (the name is always the same because I’m an opera singer).
Take care and keep up the great work!
I'd be curious to see a video on that as well. I'm Canadian, our immigration laws can be pretty generous but strict. It would be interesting to see how immigration is affecting other countries around the world, and compare notes.
Matt Johnston - Here in Italy a lot of my students (I also teach English - like all English speakers living abroad) want to emigrate to Canada and/or Australia so I know a bit about your laws... it depends on where a foreigner wants to emigrate to and what skills they have. I had a student that was looking into Caglary because they had more flexible requirements for immigration, apparently because it’s really really cold most of the time 😂😂 (Ps- I’m originally from Rochester NY so I have a soft spot for Canada 😉)
In Italy it’s very difficult to get a visa but with the current migrant situation there are about 150,000 refugees and migrants coming in each year by boat. The trip is extremely dangerous and highly controversial. The risk of human lives being lost at sea forces Europe to intervene but countries like Italy and Greece already have unemployment issues, so there is very little work for those that do arrive safely.
They should be re-distributed all over Europe but the process is slow and many are blocked in Italy with no legal documents or possibility to work. Italy helps with food and shelter using some E.Union funds but it’s not really enough and tensions are high here... in addition you need to consider that there is also normal immigration from Eastern Europe as well as nomadic groups like the Rom (too complicated to explain here) which when combined with the economic problems and governmental issues Southern European countries already have.... well, let’s just say that in Italy we now have a government led by Salvini (look it up 🙈)....
I see all of my US friends focused on American issues without realizing what is happening in the rest of the world.... like I said I’d love to see a nice moderate video about it.
Take care and have a great day 😊
I have friends around the world, several in the US...for as long as I can remember Americans generally focus on America, ignoring much of the world, so it's nothing new. 😆
I'm in southern Ontario, just off the coast of Lake Erie. A 2 hour drive will get me to the American border at Buffalo, and I went to college in Niagara. In my county, there's a large Italian community, and I've always said someday I'm going to visit Italy (amongst too many other places to list, lol).
Good gawd, Salvini almost sounds like an Italian Trump! So far, the words most commonly used to describe him are far right, anti-globalist, eurosceptic, and strong-man. With a focus on using social media to his advantage.
Matt Johnston - you’re not too far from good old Ra-cha-cha 😉
I have a friend here from your area - her family was originally from Southern Italy so she came over years ago and has been here ever since... small world 😁
Living abroad has opened my eyes about world politics and of course how I see the US has changed - on one hand, I’m the only American many here have ever seen so I end up “myth-busting” and explaining American culture to Italians. You’d be surprised what Europeans think of us...
On the other hand, I am forced to watch American politics while face-palming and yelling at the TV as if I were watching a bad horror film... sigh
As for Salvini- good gawd is about right.... I don’t disagree with everything he says but we need to be careful and pay close attention to how far right Europe is beginning to swing....
Again take care and
BUONA SERATA 😊
Small world, indeed! I love this age and where technology has brought us, being able to meaningly connect with people around the globe. And I know what you mean in your OP when you say your fb name always stays the same because of your career...I'm a realtor, ALL of my contact info/online identity has been the same for a little over a decade now! lol
It's been a pleasure, have a great week! 😁
Jeanine Pirro's rhetoric has caused more harm than good in the US. The gall of her to hit us with the "What have you done to earn your citizenship?"
Fox News routinely stokes the fires of racism and violence, but are never held responsible for actions influenced by their lies.
In English today we had to answer a “trick question” what makes someone American i wish I saw this video 5 hours ago just so I could get 5 points xtra credit
what is 5 points xtra credit? btw do you still have thet choice answers (a,b,c,d)
A citizen of a country in North, South or Central America or are you talking about the United States of America?
Wow, 7:00 just kinda punched me in the face with how blatant the racism was.
Same, & I’m a Republican(Never Trump).
"America working"
I'm happy that Desantis (Florida Govenor) made it so that next school year we student have to take a civics class to graduate.
This woman's voice just sits on my head and crushes it.
Smooth transition into that sponsor spot.
I don't understand why people are divided on this issue people coming here should be given full chance to become citizen legally but even after that if you are coming in America illegally thats a crime ,and should be deported , if you are a refugee or asylum seeker that's different.
American citizen i.e. the elected government will decide how many immigrants should come in the country based on economics and other things .
And as far as i know American has taken immigrants far more than any other countries , at least American is in top 5 immigrants taker
@ Knowing Better: I like your videos b/c you just present straight forward information and back everything up with documentation and sources. You basically present what I would call the "Math" of the subject.
That was the smoothest transition to a sponsor I have ever experienced in my life
fox's entire shtick is to state exactly what something is, pause for 10 seconds, say "in fact" then make up something on the spot
It's impossible to fact check because they spew 360 lies an hour, overwhelming anybody who tries.
I love this guy, I’m not a democrat nor a liberal by far, but he’s helped me understand the other side’s point of view. I will watch every video, even the one about SJW and feminism
I enjoy watching them as well even though I rarely agree with anything he says in these "moderate" videos. If they were really moderate, wouldn't I be agree with a lot of it? Wouldn't most people?
dax kat that may be true, however I think the biggest problem in the country is the fact we’re all a little closed minded and biased when it comes to point of views, I believe if we can all compromise, it would loosen a lot of tension going on between the divided sides
@@rangersmith4652 or your quite extreme
The "holy racism, Batman!" line cracks me up every time
In South Africa, we don't have a wall. We have a shoddy fence, the Limpopo river and tons of hippos.