Andrew Yang is not a politician, he is running his campaign on honesty an humanity. That's why Andrew Yang, I believe, has the making of the Greatest Modern American Politician yet.
@@avvv70 I understand that and I don't think she expected this or was told to ask them by someone who expected this. There could have been a lot more behind that question than what we saw. The question does not become stupid because the one who ask it is
@@flumse9218 If we're being realistic, this is 100% scripted and was most likely made to make the girl look naive. The character answering her question is Will McAvoy played by Jeff Daniels. Realistically speaking, no person with self respect would ask a question like that.
its obviously the greatest country. most free: all the other ones he mentioned have manyepeech laws. america is wildky financilally and cukturally dominant. (big tech, hollywood, and bwsically every other major comany). and by far and its nit remotely close, the most powerful military. the us military litrrally polices the entire world, and protects trade routes. and ur forgetting that while the medical treatment stats that he sakd were true, the us is reposible for by far the most madical advancemnts.
You were scrolling through your recommendations and this suddenly popped up in 2019. You read the title and clicked the video Then you scrolled down the comments section and found this comment!
There is a reason that this series only lasted Three seasons, no shootings, no bombings, no violence just people talking about issues, I am not even an American and still I loved this show because what Mcalvoy said, a democracy need informed voters!
@@KristerAndersson-nc8zo yes we are allowed to vote and speak our mind with out legal repercussions, but this does not make us a democracy. We are a constitutional republic.
its obviously the greatest country. most free: all the other ones he mentioned have manyepeech laws. america is wildky financilally and cukturally dominant. (big tech, hollywood, and bwsically every other major comany). and by far and its nit remotely close, the most powerful military. the us military litrrally polices the entire world, and protects trade routes. and ur forgetting that while the medical treatment stats that he sakd were true, the us is reposible for by far the most madical advancemnts.
@@metallboy25 No the ecomomy is not going to collapse because we are getting people into office who are standing up for the regular citizens of this country and not just the ultra rich. Countries go through rough times, but if we have the right people in office they will help us become stronger and a better place to live.
Sometimes, just sometimes. TH-cam know what they're doing! Well recommended. Didn't expect the likes (thanks) But the replies tho !! Turning into a debate. Take it easy folks. Remember it's just FACTS :)
The U.E.E.F Recruitment Channel. Lol not so salty. But people should be aware that the USA elites were working on a program of managed economic and cultural decline. Also the drugging of the people with legalization and opioid epidemics. It’s all there if you follow the patterns. But people prefer to watch the tabloid political show on CNN rather than pick themselves up, eat right, shut off the tv and build their families and investments. It saddens me to be honest.
There is no single greatest country in the world. There never was and never will be. Every country always had, has and will have its own unique flaws and qualities, ups and downs, pros and cons. All of them unique and not comparable. You can't say that one country has the least flaws and is therefore the best - It may have less in quantity, but more in severity. There is no way to measure the single greatest country in the world, and that's the way it will always be.
Damari Hanson One con is not comparable to another. It's the same with pros. With quantity you can do it down, but there are some pros and cons that cannot be compared because they are just so different. Even statistically, we can't find the greatest country.
Dante Angelo As I said, one flaw is not necessarily comparable to another. Some are, but some are so different, that you can't compare them even in severity, because they different types of flaws. One country may have the lowest quantity of flaws, or the lowest severity as far as you can compare and measure, but flaws affect different people within each country. Some may be more severe than for children than for adults, or for people in certain jobs, or with certain disabilities. Everyone lives unique lives and so therefore everyone is affected by flaws in unique ways. You can't measure the greatest country, because each flaw will have a completely different effect on each person.
Silphaer If you look it in the grand scheme of things the whole argument seems very stupid. "the greatest country in the world". we are ants debating on who has the tallest anthill. it's still a fucking anthill, tomorrow someone might step on it and it will be gone
@@jimwoodard927 *"The Boomer has Grown and LEARNED . Join Him"* This is an actor playing a part. Boomers run the nation today, they've been running it since Clinton was in office. They run the majority of large corporations. They are the worst generation this country has ever had. They allow propaganda to pose as news. They allowed the banking system to be bailed out by MY generation. What are their accomplishments? They brought back a lot of STDs in the 1960s and 1970s. They allow censorship today, they're the ones IMPLEMENTING it. Their generation just attempted a COUP against the president. Obama and Bush Jr. were the most CRIMINAL presidents in my lifetime. What generation are they from? X? The Silent Generation? This man is simply an actor.
@T Mox *"Obama was GenX."* He was born on August 4, 1961. When do you think Generation X began? *"The Silent Generation is the Greatest Generation’s parents."* That's right. My generation. I'm X. We're the people that made what you know as the Internet now. Julian Assange is one of us. Linux Torvalds is one of us. Bram Cohen is one of us. We gave the corporations a chance to be responsible, the governments a chance to be responsible. They think they own what we created, and the funny thing is, they think they can control it. So, time to throw open Pandora's box. You think this stupid webrowser app is "the internet"... It's the best method to place some control on what can be communicated. You don't want certain things shared with complete anonymity and security but if it's that versus a censorship campaign coupled with a propaganda campaign.. Oh well..
"We waged war on poverty, not poor people." This is one of the phrases of all times. Right now, as a citizen of United States I'm seeing our government waging war on poor people. That man, who said such line, is speaking absolute truth. I hope this video is seen by all the US citizens.
That was the most insipid line of the entire mawkishly sanctimonious pontifical. Treating the poor like children is not waging war on poverty, it’s destructive and dehumanizing-yet the leftist who wrote this would get to feel so warm about himself by thumping a tub about he’s so virtuous about extolling doing so. Requiring Responsibility is not waging war on the poor, it’s the only thing that will help.
@@graterdeddly9527 actually all evidence (and simple logic) confirms, the number one most helpful way of alleviating poverty is just straight up giving the poor the money they need, no stipulations, no requirements, no questions asked and this is obviously the case because seriously. Stop. Think. Ask yourself. What IS poverty? A lack of material security. Nothing else. Provide for the lack, and the issue solves itself, along with most of the other issues that it caused in the first place. "Requiring responsibility" literally does not mean one single thing at all, except for "making excuses not to help people." Jesus fucking christ, this idiot can't even speak government bs🤣
@@goaway152Everything he said is an objective demonstrable fact of reality you're arguing with raw data here not just an opinion stop living in denial.
@@WokeandProud actually some of the statistics mentioned were wrong. Also it switched between mentioning ratings based off of pure amount of people and population percentage to obscure the actual facts.
jcmarinut Smug is a common word that has been in use for centuries. You have Twitter on the brain, and are more than likely lacking any decent grasp of the English language.
It's a cool line but it's maybe all that is. Saying "people are scared of the truth" is just a baseless assumption (or maybe u got an evidence i Don't have)
@CD Smith I feel like that should be illegal. Being threatened by the fucking president for telling the truth?! No wonder people need huge balls to tell the truth in this country! He should be banned crib talking publicly hitting that person gives their statement and is safely ... Out of the country?! Lmao where else is safe at that point?
"We didn't identify by who we voted for in the last election." That line hits for me. We used to be a country where we could have different views and still managed to walk away friends. Now? The second someone finds out you have a different political stance than them then they just cut you out of their life altogether.
To be fair, one wants to take away LGBTQ rights and the other doesn’t. Now while I wouldn’t say it tells the whole story- it certainly says ALOT about you.
@@doggydoggy714 also it’s quite judgemental to say that depending on if your left or right it determines whether people don’t want lgbtq to have rights so you sorta just proved the point of his comment
That’s partially because today the Republican Party has ditched any remaining diplomatic nuance for power driven populism. Trump is not the root cause but he certainly made things go from bad to worse. A president that tweets like he did during his term is simply not going to calm hints down. And on the other hand, social media made echo chambers go from bad to worse too.
@@ArcaryonI’m a liberal myself but the Democrats are just as much to blame since they’re attacking people for voting for Trump instead of just respecting it. I know he has his issues and there is the Roe v Wade overturn which I’m against but doesn’t mean just because you voted for Trump you condone those. That’s like me saying ya voted for Kamala so ya condone theft or incarceration (which she did do to many people when she was DA)
yeah, that was LBJ's original idea. I'm not part of Yang Gang (bc the mess we're in right now needs someone who understands how the sausage is made, if even just a bit) but Yang has a REALLY GOOD POINT: gdp doesn't measure how well a country is doing as a whole. he points out his wife - who stays home to take care of their kids - contributes zero to GDP is why GDP is a stupid measurement is perfect example. her contribution to our society shouldn't be "zero." my mom wasn't "zero." 90% of moms in 1950s, or '60s, or (my)'70s didn't contribute "zero." Yang is right. we need to measure contribution (and wealth and ability and FUTURE capability) differently. if only bc my mom contributed the fuck out of future GDP by raising all of us. (and you're welcome, cult45 and gop GDP obsessives.)
Love this. I've never understood why so many idolize America or any country for that matter. Being a patriot is different to blind ignorance! Like every single country on this planet, it has its positives and negatives. It is safe to say that I would never choose to live in America.
The fact that it actually has freedom. Want to protest in Canada, they freeze your bank accounts. Choose to live where ever you want, but where ever that is outside the US if you speak the wrong opinion you can be arrested. Only in America is that not the case.
@@SlyNine "where ever that is outside the US if you speak the wrong opinion you can be arrested. Only in America is that not the case." All you're doing is demonstrating how little 'Muricans know of the outside world, and how hard it is for them to use Google to check their claims BEFORE looking silly...
@@SlyNinejust a bit of tweaking on your statement if you don’t mind. You can protest all you want as long as Trudeau and CBC agrees with you. Cut off oil/propane supply to the rest of the country from out west…good. Stop a politician from getting their Starbucks in the morning downtown, not good.
its obviously the greatest country. most free: all the other ones he mentioned have manyepeech laws. america is wildky financilally and cukturally dominant. (big tech, hollywood, and bwsically every other major comany). and by far and its nit remotely close, the most powerful military. the us military litrrally polices the entire world, and protects trade routes. and ur forgetting that while the medical treatment stats that he sakd were true, the us is reposible for by far the most madical advancemnts.
The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. he United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.
tank gunner if and that’s a big if, if Trump was being this “honest” the main reason people dislike him is because he comes across as ignorant and as a bigot. he doesn’t articulate himself very well.
@Tank Trumps version of honesty is saying whatever he wants and screaming FAKE NEWS at anything he doesn't like. That is not honesty, that is kinder garden behavior.
merch marine I don’t necessarily hate America I just hate how bad we’ve gone. We have school shootings literally all the time, we kill innocents, we’re willing to let good people die. I mean I know other countries aren’t perfect either but hearing Jeff Daniels talking about how great America used to be makes me feel nostalgic because we used to be such a great country and we just went down hill.
No. He spoke from a script. For money. With the words set to music to influence you emotionally. Don't be led astray thinking some actor is speaking any type of truth.
@@angusmcculloch6653yeah, who wrote this text was a writer the at the time the show aired was partially truth. Though if I believe I may have critical thinking, that does put my mind to work on the question "is USA the best country in the world?" And when I live in a country with free healthcare, no, USA isn't.
Hello from China... this video is actually a clip from the 1 episode of an American TV series "The News Room"... I watched it when it was aired on HBO and was shocked/moved by this speech... but I doubted him though... thought he was exaggerating... but as time passing by... the hard truth reveled itself... what happened to America...
Who cares who you vote for, were all humans if leftists weren't so hateful and if republicans put them in their place maybe the world would be way better. With less snowflakes too
The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. he United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.
@@dfdf-rj8jr @lucasthesatilliteguy Oh I see...you think your country is somehow better than Europe right?...is it because you're a dreamer?...I mean as they say Americans live within the so-called 'American dream' right?...surely you do...now the fact is Europe don't have a dream...this isn't because they let some sort of sense of moral purpose and this isn't because they haven't got a sense of guiding Destiny taking them towards a better tomorrow...NO...they simply don't have a dream in Europe because they are ''awake'' my dreaming friend. Now there are more gun stores than McDonald's in America which cause more than 120 Americans killed with guns every day and more than 200 are shot and wounded...Average Deaths per Year by guns in America comes to total 44,34...all because of the poor gun laws. And poor Healthcare system in America with no free cancer treatment that's ridiculous when in other states in Europe it's free. And my god...anyone who builds a city on a thing called the San Andreas fault really has got it coming...in fact it's not San Andreas fault isn't it?...it's yours for building it there in the first place...classic classic classic American Behaviour trying to Palm the blame off onto some poor f*cking Mexican. Now because you are asleep at the moment by living within that dream of yours...you have to at least try to wake up from it and realize that America is only a sensation to the Filipino's and that's it...due to The relationship has been historically strong, described by some as a "special relationship" as a consequence of the Philippines' American colonial period between 1898 and 1946...where everywhere else in the world America is quite known for it's violence and no free healthcare but people globally only care for those innocent lives that had been lost in America. And If America was doing great it wouldn't have these large billboard signs that says ''lets make America great again''...these billboards are there because America has been pushing themselves in the wrong direction that's not making America great...maybe it's because they are sleeping walking while living that dream of theirs again...but anyway...these are the real facts that America can't handle with although the blame is on themselves.
I think it should. Watching what the US has devolved into from overseas, it's just mind boggling. To see it start to happen in the UK as well as being imported into most other countries is even more amazing. More for the fact it shows people as a whole are dumb, panicky animals who go and revert to tribalism in the face of anything they perceive as dangerous. I'm watching it begin in my own country with the antivaxxer movement trying to out our legally elected government and starting the whole US us vs them thing, which is only a relatively new concept to be so partisan. It's one of the biggest things effecting the world today and mark my words, it will shape the future of this planet unless people find a way out of that particular wet paper bag
@@ecardullo10 it applies to both sides not long ago when Obama was in office he did some shitty things such as the way he handled Afghanistan with his drone strikes which killed many people but some are willing to overlook that because it was progressive
@@bendriscoll4758 nah, he wants us to feed his family back home. Oh, and to send the US military to save them from his neighbors when they come to take back their stolen goats. Ambassador from the land of incest and cholera.
Hey USA used to be great but like all nation it becomes arrogant being in the wrong side ( wrong doing -wrong allies and immoral action ) like a disease and finally like all the empire falls in the Background forgotten history repite itself again and again And you're life is a blink of an eye so prepares for the afterlife if you believe in god or live you're life
Wherever and whenever you have soaring crime, failed schools, jobs shipped overseas, and raging inflation you ARE waging war on poor people. Throwing money at a problem doesn't solve a problem, all it does is make politicians wealthy and corrupt, and once that happens the problems in the community will never get solved. This is exactly why the war zones in some places have been war zones for decades: there's money to be made in failure.
yeah very great "line" but farthest from the truth except if you count helping a poor in return of first converting into Christianity which is the missionaries directly getting funding from US parliamentary body. and what a relief for poor people in Iraq Iran Syria Afghanistan where America sucked up every last drop of natural resources and threw a handful of bread crumbs. this video is a scene from a movie not any "most honest 3 minutes on television" usa can't play this game for long now, it's time to go at the bottom of the graph now, enough
The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. he United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.
As someone who has never even been there, I don't believe that this applies to just America. The world as a whole has let itself go. We need to sort ourselves out.
Same, with all the stuff that has happened within the last decade I'm surprised he hasn't said "America's not the greatest country in the world but for the love of it all...which one is?...We as a species fell and with it our nations. If there IS a "Greatest Country in the world"...It's gonna change within a minute, because instead of trying to compete with each other by bettering ourselves, we now sabotage each other AND ourselves, instead of trying to be the best country in the world, our whole planet is having a competition to see which one can be the worst..."
I hate to break it to you but the current state of the world IS because of America and it’s imperialism The UK learned that it had to either let go of its empire or see it fall, they let go of their colonies while America kept its imperialism
@@pipeanp I dunno, I don't think it's just the US that is responsible for conflict in the world. I mean Humans were fighting before governments were even a thing. A lot of tribes from Africa, America and more were slaughtering each other and I don't think they were imperialist.
conner3548 the only reason tribes in Africa violently fought each other was because the imperialist european nations divided the land and drew lines without paying attention to the tribes thus putting enemy ones in the same “country” it can all be traced back to european imperialism: Africa, Asia, Indonesia, the pacific, and Latin America all stem from imperialism
That speech is the opening monologue in episode 1 of The Newsroom. It was written by Aaron Sorkin, the same writer & creator of the West Wing. Great show, highly recommended.
@@Lurpi lol fr why does there have to be a greatest country ion get why we all divided wouldn't it be nice if earth stook together instead of separating everyone
Wait, we think that a colonies, placed on a land which is not theirs, forgot that it was on the indians land, calls themselves the best country in the worl despite they are not best in anything I think im getting hang on this
Scrim Herolex committing genocide on a race who were their sole reason for their survival in the first place and enslaving another simply bc they didn’t know how to truly upstart their country isn’t “independence”.
@@sia6045 So it all started at the beginning of time when one human thought his friends were better than another human and all of his friends, with their 'superiority' called into questions both humans and all their friends decided to fight about it and the winner would get all the stuff. We call this period of history, 'all of it.'
@Akshay Rangnekar Alright listen here. I don't know if you are British or not, but lets talk a little bit about them for a second. The very original people were the Hiberni, Pictish and the Britons. Have you ever heard of any of these people except the fact that the last group sounds suspiciously like the name of a city? Course not, because they were all murdered by or forced into cultural reform by the next settlers known as the 'Roman Empire' and then the Anglo Saxons spawned from that combination of groups. So Congratulations, if you are British, without the Romans stomping into your sand box you would be ACTUALLY nothing. If you aren't British...Well. I'm sure I can find genocide and forcible removal of the original people in your history too. You don't get to have some fucking air of moral high ground just because of the fact, the people your ancestors murdered are to far gone to have descendants who can reasonably beg for money for reparations.
The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. he United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.
@@dfdf-rj8jr What horse shit. People like you are why this country can't progress. None of this has any relevance to this video, and you can't refute anything in this video. We suck in a lot of areas. Who gives a shit about those things in your comment if income inequality is out of control. What does any of that matter if the country's healthcare and education sucks, and life expectancy and infant mortality rates are poor compared to the rest of the developed world. I could go on but someone like you wouldn't get it. You've probably never left your own state. I've got news for you moron. Europeans live better than we do. They're generally happier, live longer, and live healthier. They have lower rate of various illness. They have lower obesity rates. They have better education and better healthcare. But by God America's got them beat in defense. Do you realize how ignorant and stupid you sound? Probably not.
Most of those countries he listed as free are arresting people for offensive jokes. He's also picking on "the worst generation ever period" who's barely even voted yet and has trillions of dollars of debt because of..... His generation.
@@modernwar2ghostrp where are you getting your information from that people get arrested for jokes outside of US? please stop assuming or statinf things you've heard as facts. Stop being an ignorant US citizen, look a bit outside of the media coverage and you'll see that US isn't in any way the pivot point of this planet. There's beauty everywhere. Literally everywhere. US isn't some kind of miracle land and neither are the rest of the countries, but saying one country is better than the other is just stupid. How do you even compare countries you've never been a part of? smh ya'll make me lose any kind of faith in humanity with your tunnel vision, biased bullshittery
@@Lurpi Calm down,in Turkey a guy was arrested was for making jokes about Erdoğan and lost his job and his whole future,so yes. People get arrested for jokes.
@@adidoki They don't have freedom in Turkey. Journalists are arrested there. Belgium, UK, Austraila, Netherlands etc they have 100% freedom and you won't be arrested for stating an opinion. Do more research.
Isn't that the mantra of every alcoholics anonymous person? ... I think you're spot on. There is a problem that needs to be fixed. America needs to toughen up in a sensitive way .... stop giving out participation trophies and explain to our children why losing sucks and winning is important on a world stage. Other countries are looking to us to fall because we've become fat and lazy. Think globally and to the future while acknowledging our mistakes of the past
@@icarusflight2396 I look at it in a way that United States and the world in general can’t fix a problem unless they admit there is a problem, I think Americans knew that and that’s why Biden became president, Americans recognized Trump was a problem and they fixed it
@@Transitfan93 Did they? Look at what's happening on a global level and let me know if things are getting better... is Taiwan happy? Hong Kong? Cheeto man bad is the cry of the uninformed please watch the global need news and see what's happening.
@@icarusflight2396 Getting Colonel Bonespurs out is the start of a long recovery, no doubt there is problems around the world but we can’t fix everything overnight
@@Transitfan93 I'm not talking about fixing the world, I'm talking about fixing the US first. News media is propaganda and people have been lulled to sleep by its trusty logos
Personally i'm smart enough to realise how little i actually know! Most people leave education with the attitude they know everything about everything - that arrogance is what has lead to the woke generation and their cult like belief in their own self righteousness!
Haha so smart? Knowledge is irrelevant unless speaking about relating easily due to shared experience or you know - working within the machine As an educated (knowledge) slave Try intelligent independent thought
One thing’s for sure. If there was ever some doubt that America was or wasn’t losing some contest to be the greatest in the world, the last two years have bore out that we did indeed, lose. We are lead by imbeciles who have gained control of a complicit media machine, and used it to feed even greater imbeciles willing to follow both.
@@johncowper7982 And Conservatives. American politics are a joke. We lost our heart, our soul, our balls and decency when we let MLK, Malcolm, JFK, RFK get gunned down. When we let McCarthyism take hold and make us fear and not stand up to the challenge of learning and understanding. When we let bad people dictate that corporations deserved 2-300 times more than the worker makes annually. When we left the poor on the streets and blame them for the way the system "decided" to work. When we decided it was okay for law enforcement to kill instead of arrest because it's cheaper. When we enforce unjust laws upon citizens. When we let media companies follow the "If it bleeds, it leads" standard of news journalism instead of the truth WITHOUT advantageous political ideology. We've been in the backseat a long time comparably to the rest of the world in many ways. And uber wealthy, the Dominionists and more have us all barking at each other over their crumbs.
@@infwhale9183 Yep! Malcom X as well! The powers that be don't want us to hear the truth. They want us fighting each other so we don't notice all the horrible disgusting things that they do on a daily basis.
The reason politicians do not speak the truth is because American public is not ready for the truth... they called that diplomacy or controlling the mass.. if you knew what America is doing in foreign land you would be furious at your own government.... America is a rich country in every aspect the way they become rich and Powerful,,just like a ladder you have to step on small fish in order to become a bigger fish therefore small fish are third world country..
Literature and art have been the most influential form of truth speaking for as long as humans walked the earth. It strikes on a different level of the brain than political statements.
You should first resolve your issues before you teach your children anything. such as recognizing that "recognising" is misspelled, as well as....you get the point.
Quite wrong, actually Michael. I originate from England, and thus this is the correct spelling of 'recognising' in my country (which, last time I checked, was established before the founding of the United States of America). ... America is merely one country, there are others too Michael, and my goodness, I shall shock you with this statement: "not everybody speaks American English". I've responded in the way I have because you've been so petty to merely judge my method of language whilst mindlessly taking no reference to my actual previous point. My particular language was established before yours, yet you think I'm speaking in error. Anyway, please read a history book.
@@brustar5152 It certainly is. The U.S.A. is no longer the land of the free and the brave. In hindsight in reality it never really was but the world thought the U S.A. was THE place to be. NO more. Insane. Sad. John F. Kennedy & Martin Luther King gave us all hope and positive GOOD stuff.
Fr I fw alot of the videos they been recommending , I hate when TH-cam shows me videos I've already watched multiple times In my recommended shit is annoying
@@davidpajakowski8968 I once saw a protestor in Ottawa waving a flag that said "God bless the second amendment." As a Canadian I feel like I have to ask, where did these people come from and how do we get them to go back there?
@@davidpajakowski8968 Hey Dave...you want to do everything your government tells you to do, that's your right. Some of us are capable of living OUR own lives and don't need the government to do shit but take care of our infrastructure. That's my right! You do you and I will do me. Hate has nothing to do with it. It's how each of us chooses to live.
@@frankjoseph7955 , As a Canadian I am talking about a certain kind of American that comes into another man's land, and starts to wave the confederate flag, the nazi flag, and that tDUMP 2024 flag, which has nothing to do with us Canadians. Please be free to stay in your own land and do what you want in your territory without imposing that ignorant hatred in Canada. In case you are not aware, there is an American far right group in Canada right now trying to figure out how to destabilize democracy in Canada.
Excuse me kind sir, I didn't understand the savagery behind the "sorority girl" comment. All Google says it's a group/society of girls in college/uni. Could you please explain a fellow video watcher his meaning behind it ?
His funny movies are awesome, that being said he is so much more. His portrayal of Col. Chamberlin in Gettysburg was the first I saw his real acting ability. This speech was again another great example…. Much respect Jeff Daniel’s!
@@lambo-ca Same guy who predicted the likes of Trump... "As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
Zero policies, all she worries about is killing babies while the whole time we are on the verge of WW3. No Border Super high groceries super high gas super high cost of living Americans losing jobs to illegals Yea, keep voting blue suckers.
And yet and still here you are!! For as much as you traitors agree with this horseshit, you still live here, you still benefit from the freedoms and privileges by being a citizen of this country. So miss me with the belly aching and if it's that bad........LEAVE!! But you won't will you? You fu*kin hypocrites!!🙄🤫🤡🖕🇺🇲
more advanced true. and what does America do, still wage war, still does not care about its people, still very much corrupt, lies and greed. and I dont even live there, and this is what outsiders looking in see, land of the free, yeah right, not even close.
I'm not sure about that, I think things are good now. A stranger paid for my coffee the other day, so based off that experience I think we are doing alright!
It’s a powerful speech, but I think he might be idealizing the past. We have a long history of fighting for petty reasons and being equally as ignorant. And the image of America as the one fighting for justice and change really is a product of media not memory. But still, I love the message
Your history is bad. BAD. Like infighting over slavery and start wars with rice farmers with differant political beliefs. But then amarica either cherishes it, take full glory from it, it pretend it doesnt exist.
@CHRISTOPHER MORALES I just wanna state that I strongly disagree with America being the best. I don't care about your solutions. I don't have the energy to say why. You must be brainwashed or something.
Heeyyyyy look someone who can think critically for themselves.. Gj OP. With you on that. Because information we have of history pre-computers is limited, we tend to assume their lives were of cartoonish simplicity. There always has been and will be a world of suffering, but one thing America HAS done (not American btw), is made life seem like something worth living and fighting for... Even for stupid reasons. I think thats probably why it's patriotism is so strong and meaningful to its population.
The issue is the willfully ignorant. People today step in line with what their masters want them to. All of a sudden just being a proud white American makes me 80 different kinds of ISTS and a phobe.
Every country on the earth need person like him. To tell the truth... About his country... Once you accept you(person/country) are not great then only you can start doing things that make you GREAT
Such as being one of the top destinations for immigration? If the U.S. is so horrible explain that one please. There are no perfect countries, but relative to what actually exists in reality, the U.S. isn't so bad.
@@astrogirl9987 Because the US is located next to a country filled with poverty, crime and drug wars. Also Canada is the #1 country for immigration and that is located next no country apart from the USA.
" In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. " - Mark Twain
It’s like the “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times” philosophy Edit: or however it goes
Some Americans are good, some are bad. Some too full of themselves, some that know how the world works. I agree that America isn't the best. Doubt t it's the worst though. I am American and I know there is always room for improvement. I'm special so disregard everything I said lol
Then they need taught what actually makes us different. For example our rights are given to us by the very fact we were born (they say by God or the Creator). In Europe, Australia, NZ your rights come from the government (the prevailing feelings of humans in power).
@Karl Frost I actually agree. Who says something does not change what was said. I listened to the speech and it had valid points but it also lacks critical understanding of political science.
@@ilovemyfeather97 There's been hundreds of millions of us and we haven't gotten worse. If anything most Americans are striving to do better now than then because the economy just recently rebounded.
So is drugs that are laced with Fentanyl. I was too young in the sixties to know much about that drug problem, but I defiantly think it is much worse now. And not just because I recently lost my only daughter. Three weeks before her 3 year anniversary of sobriety from Heroine. Some idiot at her work gave her a small box with a velvet red bow on top as a going away gift. She was leaving to fulfill her dream to walk the Appellation Trail. She had a weak moment, took the Heroine, and died. They found her nine days AFTER she had died. YES the United States has failed when it comes to the Fentanyl coming into this country.
It's crazy that this is news to so many people in the comments. In most countries, saying we are not the greatest, they are areas where others are better is not controversial.
@@mahaffer71 And what was the result of that freedom? A way higher death toll? Is that worth it? Shouldn't it be the #1 priority to protect your fellow US citizens? Isn't that the most patriotic thing you can do? Care for your fellow Americans?
Children lie, only because they fear the consequences; adults lie to pad thier nest. Most of the world would embrace thier unknown neighbors; but those in power love death games. You have the choice to choose/change this course. One spinning ball we live on, with NO where to go.
In what way is Northern Ireland or Scotland lacking freedom? One had a referendum to leave the country and voted it down and the other can vote for its separation any time the vote seems likely to pass. Thats far more freedom than the US gives its states or Spain gives Catalonia.
This clip is from the 1st episode of HBO’s series called “The Newsroom” which aired from June 2012 to December 2014. The actor is Jeff Daniels and the screenwriter is Aaron Sorkin who also wrote “The West Wing” and “The Social Network”
@Dach 🤣Why are you trying so hard to be a downer? Do you realize that this youtube clip has been watched by about 10 times the amount of people that watched The Newsroom? Not sure what logic you are using there.
@@ambitesh One of my favorite movies of all time. Such a good score, cinematography and the overall looming of what Facebook/Zuckerberg would become ties it all together beautifully.
kill kill totally, it couldn’t be the fact that from the 1700s to the late 1800’s easily 75% or more of the US believed in angels due to religion, which newflash most believe in angels or some form of spiritual being. Nah it couldn’t be that. Actually, the fact that America has the highest number of adults who believe in angels that shows that we have greater religious freedom. The fact that China, with more than 4x the number of people has less that believe in angels actually shows less religious freedom.
The greatest speech this actor will ever make in his career, cuts straight through the bullshit, if presidents spoke with this degree of eloquence USA really would lead the world by example not force of will
The USA doesn't want to face those facts. We're so distracted by pointless views and ideals that have nothing to do with what's wrong with our country. Education and unemployment are, I think, are our biggest faults and we do little to nothing to fix it. More and more parents let the internet and technology raise their kids instead of instilling morals and basic needs to live a successful life or contribute to the betterment of the country.
I believe you can judge a country's greatness by the number of people that are willing to risk their lives to get to it. There was a time (before liberal ideologies took hold) that people would risk their lives to get here with nothing but a few dollars in their pockets. Because of liberal ideologies we are nowhere near as free as we used to be (or should be), but we are considerably more free than all of the countries he has mentioned. Because of liberal ideologies financial freedom is a thing of the past and that does set us back quite a bit.
What country has the best literacy? San Marino….population 33000. Which country has the biggest exports? China….pop 1.4billion. You know what Mark Twain Says about stats. “There’s 3 kind of lies….Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”.
its not the eloquence of the person thats talking its the substance within them that counts. Barak Obomba tricked you all with that hopey changey stuff and he upped the wars around the world when he got in and imprisoned more whistle blowers than all previous presidents.
you got soft hitlerd by barak obomba, appealed to the working class and then threw you all under the bus when he got in and then you all fell for it again with trumpty trump.
Every time I watch this I feel the same neurons firing in the brain as when I watch Idiocracy - an overwhelming sense of deep, powerful truth, mixed with immense sadness for our future.
That reminds me of the famous Fatboy Slim album of the 90s which featured an obese man wearing a brown T shirt that stated " I'm #1 so why try harder " ?
I guess Americans stopped working after WW1. When they started saying that they won the world wars ALL BY THEMSELVES... Even after joining in 3 years late both time..
Actually in general the US hasn’t been the best, some people here are grown ass spoiled ass folks, freaking embarrassing and pathetic, especially how we handle a pandemic, get fucking real….
@@gregrybak6412 Which parts because the U.S no longer leading in education and having the highest budget for it's military while the following 25 countries are our allies (with some argument to be made for Russia and China) are both true.
Years ago, I was so sad that the most brilliant TV series i've ever watched, "The Newsroom," got cut short and didn't extend. Now I just realized why... It exposed some of the immoralities of the US government.
The fact that no one in the audience was booing and screaming at the top of their lungs in defiance is the true miracle here. Edit: Jesus guys I know it’s a f&$king show you can stop commenting now. There is a damn song that plays in the background for Christ sakes not to mention the camera angles. Thinking some of you could be potential voters scares me deeply.
@@brandonhatch2823 I can think of a variety of examples, just in the last few years, where truth and honesty has been deafened by the sounds of the idiotic and uneducated. To make this more realistic, they should have had Antifa raid the event screaming incoherently. That would’ve been a much more accurate depiction.
He'd make a lousy politician - he tells the truth.
Isn't lousy the new standard anyways?
Andrew Yang is not a politician, he is running his campaign on honesty an humanity. That's why Andrew Yang, I believe, has the making of the Greatest Modern American Politician yet.
And a lousy actor
Sounds like trump
CivicPayload. Can I get an amen
Just reminding you all that this man also starred in dumb and dumber. Jeff Daniels is a great actor
He's is anti American how good can he be
@@jadenhiggins140 he is an American with the brain that you, just another dumb American, will never be able to comprehend
@@derp3044 ayy don't be a rude bitch
@Jasmine Garcia nah he trash
@@biggnudds5037 nah either be American and love America🇺🇸 or just leave our country y can't anti Americans do that
To be fair, it was a really dumb question
She's blonde so it's bumped up to moderately dumb and 'well done' worthy
Depending on the intend it could have been quite clever.
@@flumse9218 it was vaguely said. And I can't seem to interpret a valid intention for the question other than sounding naive and ignorant.
@@avvv70 I understand that and I don't think she expected this or was told to ask them by someone who expected this. There could have been a lot more behind that question than what we saw. The question does not become stupid because the one who ask it is
@@flumse9218 If we're being realistic, this is 100% scripted and was most likely made to make the girl look naive. The character answering her question is Will McAvoy played by Jeff Daniels. Realistically speaking, no person with self respect would ask a question like that.
He hit the nail on the head with "the first step in solving a problem is to recognize there is one".....
Except people are conditioned to believe that a problem is only solved through money and conflict aka screaming at it lol.
And the problem is mostly those who make 2% of the population.
@@marcusgarvey9933 you get no arguments from me there...
Made more difficult when people don't even want to acknowledge that they have a problem.
its obviously the greatest country. most free: all the other ones he mentioned have manyepeech laws. america is wildky financilally and cukturally dominant. (big tech, hollywood, and bwsically every other major comany). and by far and its nit remotely close, the most powerful military. the us military litrrally polices the entire world, and protects trade routes. and ur forgetting that while the medical treatment stats that he sakd were true, the us is reposible for by far the most madical advancemnts.
You were scrolling through your recommendations and this suddenly popped up in 2019. You read the title and clicked the video
Then you scrolled down the comments section and found this comment!
Dylan Melnick it happend exactly like this
Spot on.
Yes sir
Actually I found this video 3 years from now
😁😁😁yeah
Facts don't care about your feelings.
- Ben Shapiro
Dante Crailman your profile picture 😂
TheRealChen he never said that though?
TheRealChen so what’s your point
TheRealChen is that legitimately your argument? you’re joking, right?
In reality they would have cut his mic 7 seconds in.
"technical issue"
There is a reason that this series only lasted Three seasons, no shootings, no bombings, no violence just people talking about issues, I am not even an American and still I loved this show because what Mcalvoy said, a democracy need informed voters!
@@KristerAndersson-nc8zo to bad we are not a democracy. Thank God for that because if we were we would have fallen apart years ago.
So you are not allowed to vote or speak your mind then?
@@KristerAndersson-nc8zo yes we are allowed to vote and speak our mind with out legal repercussions, but this does not make us a democracy. We are a constitutional republic.
10 years later, he would be so much angrier in that speech because everything he said, 10 YEAR AGO, is getting worst today.
I couldn't believe this was from 10 years ago I thought this was from a year ago What movie is this from
And it will keep getting much worse before it can get better. The economy is going to collapse.
@@nomusicrc Its from a TV show "the newsroom"
its obviously the greatest country. most free: all the other ones he mentioned have manyepeech laws. america is wildky financilally and cukturally dominant. (big tech, hollywood, and bwsically every other major comany). and by far and its nit remotely close, the most powerful military. the us military litrrally polices the entire world, and protects trade routes. and ur forgetting that while the medical treatment stats that he sakd were true, the us is reposible for by far the most madical advancemnts.
@@metallboy25 No the ecomomy is not going to collapse because we are getting people into office who are standing up for the regular citizens of this country and not just the ultra rich. Countries go through rough times, but if we have the right people in office they will help us become stronger and a better place to live.
Sometimes, just sometimes. TH-cam know what they're doing!
Well recommended.
Didn't expect the likes (thanks)
But the replies tho !! Turning into a debate. Take it easy folks. Remember it's just FACTS :)
Yeah, but i'm brazillian 🤷🏻♂
Yup. They know how to play you brainwashed sheep like the morons you are.
@@rogerc23 😂😂😂😂
@@rogerc23 Lmao someone is salty.
The U.E.E.F Recruitment Channel. Lol not so salty. But people should be aware that the USA elites were working on a program of managed economic and cultural decline. Also the drugging of the people with legalization and opioid epidemics. It’s all there if you follow the patterns. But people prefer to watch the tabloid political show on CNN rather than pick themselves up, eat right, shut off the tv and build their families and investments. It saddens me to be honest.
I still can’t believe that this guy was in “Dumb and Dumber”
Edit: 10k and 182 comments of clarification, gawd dayum
Swiss Cheese 😂
One word.. RANGE
You stole my thought brother!
Illuminati 🤷🏼♂️
Right?
dont let this distract you from the fact that lightning mcqueen blew a one lap lead in the piston cup
Parallel Reggin dont you fucking dare disrespect my boi Mcqueen
no no thats not true thats impossible
He never lost, it was a three way tie...
GIT DEM FACTS RIGHT
@@sologuy9590 /Tungsten, Oxygen, Oxygen, Oxygen, Oxygen, Sulfur, Hydrogen
Damn it
Who's watching this after November 5th 2024? This speech couldn't be more accurate
Same
“A true patriot praises his country for its accomplishments and admonishes it for its sins.”
-Frederick Douglass
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.”
Carl Schurz
Current generation plus gov't: We gay as hell we woke af, open borders, black lives matter lol
Define Woke?
I@@johnnyflores5954 funny thing is that the people who are woke, who invented the concept, now pretend not to know what it means.
You win the stupid award@@Kopie0830
There is no single greatest country in the world. There never was and never will be. Every country always had, has and will have its own unique flaws and qualities, ups and downs, pros and cons. All of them unique and not comparable. You can't say that one country has the least flaws and is therefore the best - It may have less in quantity, but more in severity. There is no way to measure the single greatest country in the world, and that's the way it will always be.
There will always be greatest country, but not any flawless. (i would say it's finland).
Silphaer maybe if you got the pros and the cons of each country and averaged it down, maybe you could get the statistically best country??
Damari Hanson One con is not comparable to another. It's the same with pros. With quantity you can do it down, but there are some pros and cons that cannot be compared because they are just so different. Even statistically, we can't find the greatest country.
Dante Angelo As I said, one flaw is not necessarily comparable to another. Some are, but some are so different, that you can't compare them even in severity, because they different types of flaws. One country may have the lowest quantity of flaws, or the lowest severity as far as you can compare and measure, but flaws affect different people within each country. Some may be more severe than for children than for adults, or for people in certain jobs, or with certain disabilities. Everyone lives unique lives and so therefore everyone is affected by flaws in unique ways. You can't measure the greatest country, because each flaw will have a completely different effect on each person.
Silphaer If you look it in the grand scheme of things the whole argument seems very stupid. "the greatest country in the world". we are ants debating on who has the tallest anthill. it's still a fucking anthill, tomorrow someone might step on it and it will be gone
This is some weird alternate reality where the millennial calls America the best country on earth and the boomer disagrees.
That was literally all I could think about watching this.
The Boomer has Grown and LEARNED . Join Him
@@jimwoodard927 *"The Boomer has Grown and LEARNED . Join Him"*
This is an actor playing a part. Boomers run the nation today, they've been running it since Clinton was in office. They run the majority of large corporations.
They are the worst generation this country has ever had. They allow propaganda to pose as news. They allowed the banking system to be bailed out by MY generation. What are their accomplishments? They brought back a lot of STDs in the 1960s and 1970s. They allow censorship today, they're the ones IMPLEMENTING it. Their generation just attempted a COUP against the president.
Obama and Bush Jr. were the most CRIMINAL presidents in my lifetime. What generation are they from? X? The Silent Generation?
This man is simply an actor.
@T Mox *"Obama was GenX."*
He was born on August 4, 1961. When do you think Generation X began?
*"The Silent Generation is the Greatest Generation’s parents."*
That's right. My generation. I'm X. We're the people that made what you know as the Internet now. Julian Assange is one of us. Linux Torvalds is one of us.
Bram Cohen is one of us.
We gave the corporations a chance to be responsible, the governments a chance to be responsible. They think they own what we created, and the funny thing is, they think they can control it.
So, time to throw open Pandora's box.
You think this stupid webrowser app is "the internet"... It's the best method to place some control on what can be communicated. You don't want certain things shared with complete anonymity and security but if it's that versus a censorship campaign coupled with a propaganda campaign.. Oh well..
Do i wanna know??
"We waged war on poverty, not poor people."
This is one of the phrases of all times. Right now, as a citizen of United States I'm seeing our government waging war on poor people. That man, who said such line, is speaking absolute truth.
I hope this video is seen by all the US citizens.
Democratic Socialism will fix it.
That was the most insipid line of the entire mawkishly sanctimonious pontifical. Treating the poor like children is not waging war on poverty, it’s destructive and dehumanizing-yet the leftist who wrote this would get to feel so warm about himself by thumping a tub about he’s so virtuous about extolling doing so. Requiring Responsibility is not waging war on the poor, it’s the only thing that will help.
@@graterdeddly9527 actually all evidence (and simple logic) confirms, the number one most helpful way of alleviating poverty is just straight up giving the poor the money they need, no stipulations, no requirements, no questions asked and this is obviously the case because seriously. Stop. Think. Ask yourself. What IS poverty?
A lack of material security. Nothing else. Provide for the lack, and the issue solves itself, along with most of the other issues that it caused in the first place.
"Requiring responsibility" literally does not mean one single thing at all, except for "making excuses not to help people."
Jesus fucking christ, this idiot can't even speak government bs🤣
The war that's being waged is on the middle class, our rights, and especially property rights! ( commies hate those)
@@graterdeddly9527**Most educated comment of the month award!👍👍👍
The only unrealistic part in this is him not getting interrupted a thousand times by everyone
And being canceled next day.
no...the only thing thats not correct it ALL..of what he said
@@goaway152Everything he said is an objective demonstrable fact of reality you're arguing with raw data here not just an opinion stop living in denial.
They were dumbfounded!
@@WokeandProud actually some of the statistics mentioned were wrong. Also it switched between mentioning ratings based off of pure amount of people and population percentage to obscure the actual facts.
And then the show was pulled cause nobody could stand how smug it was 😂
Smug? Back to twitter fool.
jcmarinut Smug is a common word that has been in use for centuries. You have Twitter on the brain, and are more than likely lacking any decent grasp of the English language.
jcmarinut shit on
jcmarinut illiterate fuck.
T OM say, Tom... how about we proceed to the cock and ball torture room.
Wish this was real but today he wouldn’t last past the first 10 seconds
you're absolutely correct on that because he speaks the truth and people are scared of that and they don't like that
It's a cool line but it's maybe all that is. Saying "people are scared of the truth" is just a baseless assumption (or maybe u got an evidence i Don't have)
They would cut him off every few words, it's sad. And sadly, that goes for every country in the world.
@CD Smith I feel like that should be illegal. Being threatened by the fucking president for telling the truth?! No wonder people need huge balls to tell the truth in this country! He should be banned crib talking publicly hitting that person gives their statement and is safely ... Out of the country?! Lmao where else is safe at that point?
Both sides would spin this bad any make him seem like he hated America....
"We didn't identify by who we voted for in the last election."
That line hits for me. We used to be a country where we could have different views and still managed to walk away friends. Now? The second someone finds out you have a different political stance than them then they just cut you out of their life altogether.
To be fair, one wants to take away LGBTQ rights and the other doesn’t. Now while I wouldn’t say it tells the whole story- it certainly says ALOT about you.
@@doggydoggy714I don’t think anyone is trying to take away the rights of lgbtq 😭
@@doggydoggy714 also it’s quite judgemental to say that depending on if your left or right it determines whether people don’t want lgbtq to have rights so you sorta just proved the point of his comment
That’s partially because today the Republican Party has ditched any remaining diplomatic nuance for power driven populism. Trump is not the root cause but he certainly made things go from bad to worse. A president that tweets like he did during his term is simply not going to calm hints down. And on the other hand, social media made echo chambers go from bad to worse too.
@@ArcaryonI’m a liberal myself but the Democrats are just as much to blame since they’re attacking people for voting for Trump instead of just respecting it. I know he has his issues and there is the Roe v Wade overturn which I’m against but doesn’t mean just because you voted for Trump you condone those. That’s like me saying ya voted for Kamala so ya condone theft or incarceration (which she did do to many people when she was DA)
Waged war on poverty ..not poor people 💯👍
yeah, that was LBJ's original idea.
I'm not part of Yang Gang (bc the mess we're in right now needs someone who understands how the sausage is made, if even just a bit) but Yang has a REALLY GOOD POINT: gdp doesn't measure how well a country is doing as a whole.
he points out his wife - who stays home to take care of their kids - contributes zero to GDP is why GDP is a stupid measurement is perfect example. her contribution to our society shouldn't be "zero."
my mom wasn't "zero." 90% of moms in 1950s, or '60s, or (my)'70s didn't contribute "zero."
Yang is right. we need to measure contribution (and wealth and ability and FUTURE capability) differently.
if only bc my mom contributed the fuck out of future GDP by raising all of us. (and you're welcome, cult45 and gop GDP obsessives.)
Who the fk is waging war on poor people??
@@brianfinnegan9700 try looking just beyond yourself.
@@sodthelotayou3712 I do it all the time what's your point??
Hitesh Kekre exactly well said hate sin not people
"First step in solving any problem is reckonizing there is one"
and it is the so called "peaceful people" Lol
Problem: America tries to control the world
Recognizing*
Bingo! Happy awakening 😄🤗
😍🤗
There is no such thing as a greatest country in the world. That’s kinda like saying that there is a hottest girl in the world.
Devon Shollenberger-Strobel, trust me on that.
@@jonathanrayne OK, but just on that..
kate Upton, look her up
@@isj896 .. Gosh.. I read lock her up..
@jellybean
I think Kate Bock is somewhere at the top of the list too.
Love this. I've never understood why so many idolize America or any country for that matter. Being a patriot is different to blind ignorance! Like every single country on this planet, it has its positives and negatives. It is safe to say that I would never choose to live in America.
The fact that it actually has freedom. Want to protest in Canada, they freeze your bank accounts. Choose to live where ever you want, but where ever that is outside the US if you speak the wrong opinion you can be arrested. Only in America is that not the case.
@@SlyNine "where ever that is outside the US if you speak the wrong opinion you can be arrested. Only in America is that not the case."
All you're doing is demonstrating how little 'Muricans know of the outside world, and how hard it is for them to use Google to check their claims BEFORE looking silly...
@@SlyNinejust a bit of tweaking on your statement if you don’t mind. You can protest all you want as long as Trudeau and CBC agrees with you. Cut off oil/propane supply to the rest of the country from out west…good. Stop a politician from getting their Starbucks in the morning downtown, not good.
its obviously the greatest country. most free: all the other ones he mentioned have manyepeech laws. america is wildky financilally and cukturally dominant. (big tech, hollywood, and bwsically every other major comany). and by far and its nit remotely close, the most powerful military. the us military litrrally polices the entire world, and protects trade routes. and ur forgetting that while the medical treatment stats that he sakd were true, the us is reposible for by far the most madical advancemnts.
The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world.
Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate.
he United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism.
The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership.
These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.
Imagine if there was a politician this real and brutally honest, I would sure as hell vote for him
But people hate trump for being honest. Ok
tank gunner if and that’s a big if, if Trump was being this “honest” the main reason people dislike him is because he comes across as ignorant and as a bigot. he doesn’t articulate himself very well.
@Tank
Trumps version of honesty is saying whatever he wants and screaming FAKE NEWS at anything he doesn't like.
That is not honesty, that is kinder garden behavior.
@Harley Ravenkey true man he doesn't care about the consequences smh
@@bluesbr0ther588 when the majority of it is in fact, fake news, I think it's OK to call it that
You can scream and get angry as much as you want, but if someone tells you THE TRUTH right in your face, then you WILL NOT be able to talk back.
Daniel Ogunleye nope, liberals will argue against truth with their opinions and feelings despite anything you throw at them
VACasian sped
VACasian that’s what pretty much anyone does nowadays
@@jimmy0392 What is a liberal?
that statement is just false, people do that all the time. Ever heard of ben shapiro.
Why is this video making me so nostalgic wtf
Jillian Kaplan great music
merch marine
1. Yes, I hate America
2. The video has no reason to give Jillian Kaplan nostalgia as she was not alive when it was the ‘best’
merch marine I don’t necessarily hate America I just hate how bad we’ve gone. We have school shootings literally all the time, we kill innocents, we’re willing to let good people die. I mean I know other countries aren’t perfect either but hearing Jeff Daniels talking about how great America used to be makes me feel nostalgic because we used to be such a great country and we just went down hill.
I watched this clip when I was young enough to believe and have hope that we could change the world for the better.
Because America used to be good?
Watched this again today
at 62. He spoke from his heart..
There is something we are missing...sincerity
No. He spoke from a script. For money. With the words set to music to influence you emotionally. Don't be led astray thinking some actor is speaking any type of truth.
@@angusmcculloch6653yeah, who wrote this text was a writer the at the time the show aired was partially truth.
Though if I believe I may have critical thinking, that does put my mind to work on the question "is USA the best country in the world?"
And when I live in a country with free healthcare, no, USA isn't.
@@thatboyakira4202 👍
@@angusmcculloch6653 👍👍
From the heart?? He’s an actor, duh.
Why are we only getting recommend this now it came out 6+ years ago nice job YT
Because it's suddenly very relevant again. I get frustrated with algorithms, but this one actually makes sense.
SAME!
Hello from China... this video is actually a clip from the 1 episode of an American TV series "The News Room"... I watched it when it was aired on HBO and was shocked/moved by this speech... but I doubted him though... thought he was exaggerating... but as time passing by... the hard truth reveled itself... what happened to America...
Katherine H sadly true
Maybe cuz America sucks a whole bunch right now.
I will watch dumb and dumber movie differently after this
I knew that dude looks familiar.
Ridlo Aziz wait I just realized that’s him wtfffff
Wait is it him?
How DAMN many Times can you watch it ??? Your one of the reasons for our Decline , Watch something you can LEARN from ...
Me too... U make a good point
How harry from dumb & dumber became this smart wtf?
Somebody else wrote his script. He's good at remembering his lines. Edit..his name is Jeff Daniels...he'll always be Dumb & Dumber though.
NanL Phillips Boi🤦♂️
what is his full name
@@nanlphillips5907 r/whoooooooooosh
@@sagarrochwani2705 Jeff Daniels from Dumb & Dumber.
The fact that Jeff Daniels was in Dumb and Dumber, and got to be in more serious movies like Newsroom really showcases his range. ❤
"We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election" holy shit like 90% of Americans need to take that one in.
Do people actually judge others based on who they vote for? What? Lmao
Who cares who you vote for, were all humans if leftists weren't so hateful and if republicans put them in their place maybe the world would be way better. With less snowflakes too
@@evanrodriguez4234 Sadly yes. Apparently no one can have a different opinion and still get along.
@MUFC that’s not true. Just identify yourself and me as people who can disagree and not judge human value based on opinion(: opinions are okay.
@@brobb-sd9vp forgive me master but I'm just a simple man making his way through the universe
Red Skull: Arrogance may not be a uniquely American trait, but I must say, you do it better than anyone
Chester Copperpot Ignorance too
(You forgot the French too)
@rfdjsxjdwvusbebjsb dnsbhhfnsfdushdbe Indeed. But a fair amount thinks it wasn't a good idea and "tarnished" their reputation 🙄
The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds - John F. Kennedy
yet we set up europe system after WWII... mabey capitalism is as overrated as winning the lottery.
Show: The Newsroom S01E01
Actor: Jeff Daniels
Writer: Aaron Sorkin
Jaydev Raol thanks !
Jaydev Raol
Hotel: Trivago
Thanks! I am going to watch it
it's the first episode? woah
Thanx man for telling the series name.
Thanks for your honesty Wake Up America👍🙏🏼🇺🇸
The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world.
Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate.
he United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism.
The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership.
These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.
@@dfdf-rj8jr**laughs in the metric system**
@@SleazyRoseWalker silence, eurotrash, and know your place.
@@dfdf-rj8jr @lucasthesatilliteguy Oh I see...you think your country is somehow better than Europe right?...is it because you're a dreamer?...I mean as they say Americans live within the so-called 'American dream' right?...surely you do...now the fact is Europe don't have a dream...this isn't because they let some sort of sense of moral purpose and this isn't because they haven't got a sense of guiding Destiny taking them towards a better tomorrow...NO...they simply don't have a dream in Europe because they are ''awake'' my dreaming friend.
Now there are more gun stores than McDonald's in America which cause more than 120 Americans killed with guns every day and more than 200 are shot and wounded...Average Deaths per Year by guns in America comes to total 44,34...all because of the poor gun laws. And poor Healthcare system in America with no free cancer treatment that's ridiculous when in other states in Europe it's free.
And my god...anyone who builds a city on a thing called the San Andreas fault really has got it coming...in fact it's not San Andreas fault isn't it?...it's yours for building it there in the first place...classic classic classic American Behaviour trying to Palm the blame off onto some poor f*cking Mexican.
Now because you are asleep at the moment by living within that dream of yours...you have to at least try to wake up from it and realize that America is only a sensation to the Filipino's and that's it...due to The relationship has been historically strong, described by some as a "special relationship" as a consequence of the Philippines' American colonial period between 1898 and 1946...where everywhere else in the world America is quite known for it's violence and no free healthcare but people globally only care for those innocent lives that had been lost in America.
And If America was doing great it wouldn't have these large billboard signs that says ''lets make America great again''...these billboards are there because America has been pushing themselves in the wrong direction that's not making America great...maybe it's because they are sleeping walking while living that dream of theirs again...but anyway...these are the real facts that America can't handle with although the blame is on themselves.
"We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election" that line kinda hit hard
I think it should. Watching what the US has devolved into from overseas, it's just mind boggling. To see it start to happen in the UK as well as being imported into most other countries is even more amazing. More for the fact it shows people as a whole are dumb, panicky animals who go and revert to tribalism in the face of anything they perceive as dangerous. I'm watching it begin in my own country with the antivaxxer movement trying to out our legally elected government and starting the whole US us vs them thing, which is only a relatively new concept to be so partisan. It's one of the biggest things effecting the world today and mark my words, it will shape the future of this planet unless people find a way out of that particular wet paper bag
Sadly you are correct. Trump isn't merely a politician; he is someone that people base their entire personalities around.
@@ecardullo10 whoa whoa politics have been a touchy subject for many many years. Don't put that on the list of things you blame Trump for.
@@abingham3747 found the soft as baby shit Trump supporter.
@@ecardullo10 it applies to both sides not long ago when Obama was in office he did some shitty things such as the way he handled Afghanistan with his drone strikes which killed many people but some are willing to overlook that because it was progressive
Well said. I love America but the facts he makes are still relevant
Haha america is the most disgusting country ive ever heard of
@@donatbeko4766 great, you want a cookie?
@@bendriscoll4758 nah, he wants us to feed his family back home. Oh, and to send the US military to save them from his neighbors when they come to take back their stolen goats. Ambassador from the land of incest and cholera.
@@donatbeko4766 kinda ironic that you're commenting on TH-cam which is American
Hey USA used to be great but like all nation it becomes arrogant being in the wrong side ( wrong doing -wrong allies and immoral action ) like a disease and finally like all the empire falls in the
Background forgotten history repite itself again and again
And you're life is a blink of an eye so prepares for the afterlife if you believe in god or live you're life
"We waged war on poverty, not poor people." That's a great line!
Thats a brilliant line thank you very much
Wherever and whenever you have soaring crime, failed schools, jobs shipped overseas, and raging inflation you ARE waging war on poor people. Throwing money at a problem doesn't solve a problem, all it does is make politicians wealthy and corrupt, and once that happens the problems in the community will never get solved. This is exactly why the war zones in some places have been war zones for decades: there's money to be made in failure.
yeah very great "line" but farthest from the truth
except if you count helping a poor in return of first converting into Christianity which is the missionaries directly getting funding from US parliamentary body.
and what a relief for poor people in Iraq Iran Syria Afghanistan where America sucked up every last drop of natural resources and threw a handful of bread crumbs.
this video is a scene from a movie not any "most honest 3 minutes on television"
usa can't play this game for long now, it's time to go at the bottom of the graph now, enough
Best one IMO is when he listed the three things America leads the world in. Absolute spot on.
America never waged war on poverty
This was 10 years ago. Imagine how much could have been added knowing what we know now about America and the path its continued on.
The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world.
Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate.
he United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism.
The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership.
These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.
As someone who has never even been there, I don't believe that this applies to just America. The world as a whole has let itself go. We need to sort ourselves out.
Same, with all the stuff that has happened within the last decade I'm surprised he hasn't said "America's not the greatest country in the world but for the love of it all...which one is?...We as a species fell and with it our nations. If there IS a "Greatest Country in the world"...It's gonna change within a minute, because instead of trying to compete with each other by bettering ourselves, we now sabotage each other AND ourselves, instead of trying to be the best country in the world, our whole planet is having a competition to see which one can be the worst..."
Its rat utopia, without any true challenges or problems we fade into obscurity.
I hate to break it to you but the current state of the world IS because of America and it’s imperialism
The UK learned that it had to either let go of its empire or see it fall, they let go of their colonies while America kept its imperialism
@@pipeanp I dunno, I don't think it's just the US that is responsible for conflict in the world. I mean Humans were fighting before governments were even a thing. A lot of tribes from Africa, America and more were slaughtering each other and I don't think they were imperialist.
conner3548 the only reason tribes in Africa violently fought each other was because the imperialist european nations divided the land and drew lines without paying attention to the tribes thus putting enemy ones in the same “country” it can all be traced back to european imperialism: Africa, Asia, Indonesia, the pacific, and Latin America all stem from imperialism
- America: we have the best artists in the world.
- Italy: hold my wine.
LoL 😂🤣😂🤣
India and Greece that's cute
He meant CON-artists.. US has got one as a president now. :-)
@@keenmate9719 same here in Sri Lanka
Spain: "Sujétame el cubata".
High time somebody said this. Whoever wrote this, thank you
"I don't know what the F****K you're talking about!"
It comes from a show called "Newsroom", I really recommended it.
You’re welcome 😊
That speech is the opening monologue in episode 1 of The Newsroom. It was written by Aaron Sorkin, the same writer & creator of the West Wing. Great show, highly recommended.
This is what everyone needed to accept and act on if they wanted to prevent Trump. Thank God they were too stupid to realize it.
I live In Chicago born and raised I love my city and country, but we are not the best country in the world but I'm working towards it. 🙂
I don’t think there is a greatest country in the world. And I don’t think there ever was.
YES! We should be all as one and saying Earth is the best planet, for now/us atleast. There's beauty everywhere
Norway
@@pootis7067 more like Gayway...fucc outta here lol
All countries have problems.
@@Lurpi lol fr why does there have to be a greatest country ion get why we all divided wouldn't it be nice if earth stook together instead of separating everyone
He forgot that America is 1st in most people who believe flat earth
Bruce r u joking or just stupid?
Hot Potato I think he's joking...... I hope
I think that can be lumped in with people who believe in angels
1st in obesety
Vm888 surprisingly it’s not
„Sure used to be“ the way he said it was sad and depressing 😢😢😢😕😕😕
Wait, we think that a colonies, placed on a land which is not theirs, forgot that it was on the indians land, calls themselves the best country in the worl despite they are not best in anything
I think im getting hang on this
Scrim Herolex committing genocide on a race who were their sole reason for their survival in the first place and enslaving another simply bc they didn’t know how to truly upstart their country isn’t “independence”.
Akshay Rangnekar lmao “welcome to history level 1”
@@sia6045
So it all started at the beginning of time when one human thought his friends were better than another human and all of his friends, with their 'superiority' called into questions both humans and all their friends decided to fight about it and the winner would get all the stuff.
We call this period of history, 'all of it.'
@Akshay Rangnekar
Alright listen here. I don't know if you are British or not, but lets talk a little bit about them for a second.
The very original people were the Hiberni, Pictish and the Britons. Have you ever heard of any of these people except the fact that the last group sounds suspiciously like the name of a city?
Course not, because they were all murdered by or forced into cultural reform by the next settlers known as the 'Roman Empire' and then the Anglo Saxons spawned from that combination of groups.
So Congratulations, if you are British, without the Romans stomping into your sand box you would be ACTUALLY nothing. If you aren't British...Well. I'm sure I can find genocide and forcible removal of the original people in your history too.
You don't get to have some fucking air of moral high ground just because of the fact, the people your ancestors murdered are to far gone to have descendants who can reasonably beg for money for reparations.
First step in solving any problem is recognizing that there is one....
The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world.
Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate.
he United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism.
The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership.
These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.
Amen 🙏🏽
@@dfdf-rj8jr What horse shit. People like you are why this country can't progress. None of this has any relevance to this video, and you can't refute anything in this video. We suck in a lot of areas. Who gives a shit about those things in your comment if income inequality is out of control. What does any of that matter if the country's healthcare and education sucks, and life expectancy and infant mortality rates are poor compared to the rest of the developed world. I could go on but someone like you wouldn't get it. You've probably never left your own state.
I've got news for you moron. Europeans live better than we do. They're generally happier, live longer, and live healthier. They have lower rate of various illness. They have lower obesity rates. They have better education and better healthcare. But by God America's got them beat in defense. Do you realize how ignorant and stupid you sound? Probably not.
This is something that EVERYBODY IN THE U.S NEEDS TO SEE.....we don't recognize that we have a problem so we are never able to solve one
Government regulation and excessive welfare, not military spending welfare and ilegal inmigration
Most of those countries he listed as free are arresting people for offensive jokes. He's also picking on "the worst generation ever period" who's barely even voted yet and has trillions of dollars of debt because of..... His generation.
@@modernwar2ghostrp where are you getting your information from that people get arrested for jokes outside of US? please stop assuming or statinf things you've heard as facts. Stop being an ignorant US citizen, look a bit outside of the media coverage and you'll see that US isn't in any way the pivot point of this planet. There's beauty everywhere. Literally everywhere. US isn't some kind of miracle land and neither are the rest of the countries, but saying one country is better than the other is just stupid. How do you even compare countries you've never been a part of? smh ya'll make me lose any kind of faith in humanity with your tunnel vision, biased bullshittery
@@Lurpi Calm down,in Turkey a guy was arrested was for making jokes about Erdoğan and lost his job and his whole future,so yes. People get arrested for jokes.
@@adidoki They don't have freedom in Turkey. Journalists are arrested there. Belgium, UK, Austraila, Netherlands etc they have 100% freedom and you won't be arrested for stating an opinion. Do more research.
I now live my life by the “First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one”... Its 100% true about life in general
Isn't that the mantra of every alcoholics anonymous person? ... I think you're spot on. There is a problem that needs to be fixed. America needs to toughen up in a sensitive way .... stop giving out participation trophies and explain to our children why losing sucks and winning is important on a world stage. Other countries are looking to us to fall because we've become fat and lazy. Think globally and to the future while acknowledging our mistakes of the past
@@icarusflight2396 I look at it in a way that United States and the world in general can’t fix a problem unless they admit there is a problem, I think Americans knew that and that’s why Biden became president, Americans recognized Trump was a problem and they fixed it
@@Transitfan93 Did they? Look at what's happening on a global level and let me know if things are getting better... is Taiwan happy? Hong Kong? Cheeto man bad is the cry of the uninformed please watch the global need news and see what's happening.
@@icarusflight2396 Getting Colonel Bonespurs out is the start of a long recovery, no doubt there is problems around the world but we can’t fix everything overnight
@@Transitfan93 I'm not talking about fixing the world, I'm talking about fixing the US first. News media is propaganda and people have been lulled to sleep by its trusty logos
The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawking
Personally i'm smart enough to realise how little i actually know!
Most people leave education with the attitude they know everything about everything - that arrogance is what has lead to the woke generation and their cult like belief in their own self righteousness!
If yer not first, yer last!
-Ricky Bobby
Haha so smart? Knowledge is irrelevant unless speaking about relating easily due to shared experience or you know - working within the machine
As an educated (knowledge) slave
Try intelligent independent thought
One thing’s for sure. If there was ever some doubt that America was or wasn’t losing some contest to be the greatest in the world, the last two years have bore out that we did indeed, lose.
We are lead by imbeciles who have gained control of a complicit media machine, and used it to feed even greater imbeciles willing to follow both.
@@johncowper7982 And Conservatives. American politics are a joke. We lost our heart, our soul, our balls and decency when we let MLK, Malcolm, JFK, RFK get gunned down. When we let McCarthyism take hold and make us fear and not stand up to the challenge of learning and understanding. When we let bad people dictate that corporations deserved 2-300 times more than the worker makes annually. When we left the poor on the streets and blame them for the way the system "decided" to work. When we decided it was okay for law enforcement to kill instead of arrest because it's cheaper. When we enforce unjust laws upon citizens. When we let media companies follow the "If it bleeds, it leads" standard of news journalism instead of the truth WITHOUT advantageous political ideology. We've been in the backseat a long time comparably to the rest of the world in many ways. And uber wealthy, the Dominionists and more have us all barking at each other over their crumbs.
“We didn’t identify ourselves with who we voted for in last election and we didn’t scare so easily.”
Sometimes the truth is tough to hear.
"We waged wars on poverty....... not poor people"
Epic!
Facts bro
When has a war never been waged on poor people? Its always been a rich man's war poor man's fight.
And when exactly was that war on poverty? Seriously, when. It sounds great, but when did that war happen and who won?
Socialism is clearly more fun as Capitalism.
@Cuddly Cat how would you know? Really.....what measure are you using?
You'd never hear a speech like this from someone either in office or aspiring to it. It's too honest.
And ppl wonder why JFK or MLK are murdered.
@@infwhale9183 Yep! Malcom X as well! The powers that be don't want us to hear the truth. They want us fighting each other so we don't notice all the horrible disgusting things that they do on a daily basis.
Its also wrong.
@@disturbedpyro4511 Malcolm X was killed for leaving the cult.
@@meatpuppet5036 oh I did not know that. I was more referring to the fact that he also spoke the truth like JFK and MLK did.
why do we get the truth only through television series and movies ? so that nobody believes that is actually the truth we heard
Spot on!
The reason politicians do not speak the truth is because American public is not ready for the truth... they called that diplomacy or controlling the mass.. if you knew what America is doing in foreign land you would be furious at your own government.... America is a rich country in every aspect the way they become rich and Powerful,,just like a ladder you have to step on small fish in order to become a bigger fish therefore small fish are third world country..
CNN thats why. Americans are not ready for the truth? What the fuck are you smoking?
Literature and art have been the most influential form of truth speaking for as long as humans walked the earth. It strikes on a different level of the brain than political statements.
Most movies lie to you cause they are created by the satanic radically left Hollywood
If only politicians were this honest 🥹
There have been 2, Lincoln and Kennedy !
"First step in resolving any problem, is recognising there is one". I'll teach this to my children.
Your children have a father who doesn’t know when to use “their” and “there”
Zanella Stewart its like 4 different types of there's people get it mixed up
You should first resolve your issues before you teach your children anything. such as recognizing that "recognising" is misspelled, as well as....you get the point.
Quite wrong, actually Michael. I originate from England, and thus this is the correct spelling of 'recognising' in my country (which, last time I checked, was established before the founding of the United States of America). ...
America is merely one country, there are others too Michael, and my goodness, I shall shock you with this statement: "not everybody speaks American English".
I've responded in the way I have because you've been so petty to merely judge my method of language whilst mindlessly taking no reference to my actual previous point. My particular language was established before yours, yet you think I'm speaking in error.
Anyway, please read a history book.
James William Steven Parker I read this just as he said it
Hard to believe this is almost 9 years old...it sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday.
I assumed it was. Damn 😡😡
Or 200 years ago
It sounds like it needs to be said again TODAY!
@@brustar5152 It certainly is. The U.S.A. is no longer the land of the free and the brave. In hindsight in reality it never really was but the world thought the U S.A. was THE place to be. NO more. Insane. Sad. John F. Kennedy & Martin Luther King gave us all hope and positive GOOD stuff.
Except.... the freedom part. Canada? Australia? We're the only place left with, at least, a fingernail- on - the - ledge hold on freedom.
Besides the fact that TH-cam Rewind is shit, their Recommendation Algorithm is what makes it great.
Or God.
Your God Damn right.
@@isakmattsson1216 stfu
Fr I fw alot of the videos they been recommending , I hate when TH-cam shows me videos I've already watched multiple times In my recommended shit is annoying
Or mysterious is many ways.
i like how the generation who raised and shaped "rhe worst generation" dont see the hypocrisy
The greatest country on Earth is the Moon.
But the moon isn't.. on earth...¿
@@namelessam8318 whoosh
@@spoonies314 whoosh?
@@namelessam8318 it means the joke went over your head
🤦
@@spoonies314 lol get whooshed
To think as a nation we are worse today than we were when this scene first aired. His words still ring true.
Doesn't matter where you live in the world, what is going on in this world is going on world wide ..
@@flyfishing71 No, this sh it is not happening in Canada, not until you Americans started importing that special kind of hatred in the FREEDOM CONVOY.
@@davidpajakowski8968 I once saw a protestor in Ottawa waving a flag that said "God bless the second amendment." As a Canadian I feel like I have to ask, where did these people come from and how do we get them to go back there?
@@davidpajakowski8968 Hey Dave...you want to do everything your government tells you to do, that's your right. Some of us are capable of living OUR own lives and don't need the government to do shit but take care of our infrastructure. That's my right! You do you and I will do me. Hate has nothing to do with it. It's how each of us chooses to live.
@@frankjoseph7955 , As a Canadian I am talking about a certain kind of American that comes into another man's land, and starts to wave the confederate flag, the nazi flag, and that tDUMP 2024 flag, which has nothing to do with us Canadians. Please be free to stay in your own land and do what you want in your territory without imposing that ignorant hatred in Canada. In case you are not aware, there is an American far right group in Canada right now trying to figure out how to destabilize democracy in Canada.
“Sorority girl” lol ...what a savage 😂
Excuse me kind sir, I didn't understand the savagery behind the "sorority girl" comment.
All Google says it's a group/society of girls in college/uni.
Could you please explain a fellow video watcher his meaning behind it ?
Mystmaxkinn it has a stereotype
Mystmaxkinn cause you could say the phrase “sorority girl” and she’s literally the image most people would have in their minds.
@@walshdog61 ah now I get it.
This is the most standard conversation i have ever seen
His funny movies are awesome, that being said he is so much more. His portrayal of Col. Chamberlin in Gettysburg was the first I saw his real acting ability. This speech was again another great example…. Much respect Jeff Daniel’s!
"Any decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." -HL Mencken
@@banky4943 & snuffyballparks Totally agree, Man cannot rule Mankind
William Killen because they’re full of shit?
@@banky4943 😳😳😳😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 well said 👍🏾
@@lambo-ca Same guy who predicted the likes of Trump... "As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
What so sad is America did reach for the star then they stopped
They stopped reaching for the stars and instead grabbed a lump of coal on the ground.
Where do you live and what is your house powered by?
They stopped because no one else was going and there isn't enough money in it.
Yeah we stopped reaching for the stars because you can't reach them. Now we're prepping the pioneering of the next generations to live among the stars
Hit the dome 😂
"The way to solving a problem is recognizing we have one."
That in a nutshell is what we must humbly acknowledge.
Actually the. Long ques of migrants dreaming to go to USA from the entire world speak louder than the self hater childish left BS
@@affinity4disobedience Are you afraid of the boogie man too?
My question is: Why do you need to be the GOAT - same question to Russian and China////
Ok alvin the chipmunk. You are a chipmunk
That statement was nine years ago. Nothing has changed in the USA except downhill.... she's f#$k
gotta love how the description describes Will as a Trump supporter even though that couldn't be further from the truth.
Zero policies, all she worries about is killing babies while the whole time we are on the verge of WW3.
No Border
Super high groceries
super high gas
super high cost of living
Americans losing jobs to illegals
Yea, keep voting blue suckers.
10 years old and still true. And we've probably worsened in some of those categories since then.
yes you did, and did not get better in any
America is much worse than it was 10 years ago... just look at all the populism and conspiracy theories that half of the population believes in
And yet and still here you are!! For as much as you traitors agree with this horseshit, you still live here, you still benefit from the freedoms and privileges by being a citizen of this country. So miss me with the belly aching and if it's that bad........LEAVE!! But you won't will you? You fu*kin hypocrites!!🙄🤫🤡🖕🇺🇲
more advanced true. and what does America do, still wage war, still does not care about its people, still very much corrupt, lies and greed. and I dont even live there, and this is what outsiders looking in see, land of the free, yeah right, not even close.
I'm not sure about that, I think things are good now. A stranger paid for my coffee the other day, so based off that experience I think we are doing alright!
It’s a powerful speech, but I think he might be idealizing the past.
We have a long history of fighting for petty reasons and being equally as ignorant. And the image of America as the one fighting for justice and change really is a product of media not memory.
But still, I love the message
Some of us lived it.
Early boomers.
Your history is bad. BAD. Like infighting over slavery and start wars with rice farmers with differant political beliefs. But then amarica either cherishes it, take full glory from it, it pretend it doesnt exist.
@CHRISTOPHER MORALES I just wanna state that I strongly disagree with America being the best. I don't care about your solutions. I don't have the energy to say why. You must be brainwashed or something.
Heeyyyyy look someone who can think critically for themselves.. Gj OP. With you on that. Because information we have of history pre-computers is limited, we tend to assume their lives were of cartoonish simplicity. There always has been and will be a world of suffering, but one thing America HAS done (not American btw), is made life seem like something worth living and fighting for... Even for stupid reasons. I think thats probably why it's patriotism is so strong and meaningful to its population.
@@Eraktab countries like Japan has done just that, and is a better country overall
The difference between patriotism and nationalism is the difference between wanting to fix problems and pretending there aren't any
Nicely put!
Bs. Only morons and traitors don’t support pro American nationalism.
The issue is the willfully ignorant. People today step in line with what their masters want them to. All of a sudden just being a proud white American makes me 80 different kinds of ISTS and a phobe.
Well said!
@@rucksackransack
pro American nationalism is like any other nationalism, only for morons.
For people that have nothing else to be proud of.
Honesty and integrity is a virtue. Hypocrisy rots this world.
Every country on the earth need person like him. To tell the truth... About his country... Once you accept you(person/country) are not great then only you can start doing things that make you GREAT
Such as being one of the top destinations for immigration? If the U.S. is so horrible explain that one please. There are no perfect countries, but relative to what actually exists in reality, the U.S. isn't so bad.
truthonion US is not bad brother... Iam just saying nobody is perfect... There is always chance for improvment
@@astrogirl9987 Because the US is located next to a country filled with poverty, crime and drug wars. Also Canada is the #1 country for immigration and that is located next no country apart from the USA.
This is from a FICTIONAL movie and most of the statistics aren't necessarily true and were made for his script....
" In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. " - Mark Twain
Wise man.
@Gen X Highly unlikely.
It’s like the “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times” philosophy
Edit: or however it goes
“If you’re not first, you’re last!”
-Ricky Bobby
@@jumpyboi7784 “That’s just something losers say to make themselves feel better.”
-Fletcher Reede
every American needs to hear this now more than ever.
Ikr
Some Americans are good, some are bad. Some too full of themselves, some that know how the world works. I agree that America isn't the best. Doubt t it's the worst though. I am American and I know there is always room for improvement. I'm special so disregard everything I said lol
Then they need taught what actually makes us different. For example our rights are given to us by the very fact we were born (they say by God or the Creator). In Europe, Australia, NZ your rights come from the government (the prevailing feelings of humans in power).
@Karl Frost I actually agree. Who says something does not change what was said. I listened to the speech and it had valid points but it also lacks critical understanding of political science.
Pretty sure no one really gives shit, nothing’s gonna change:
Here after the the presidential debate last night. Needed this.
And still nothing has changed to this day. (I didn’t expect so many likes thank you guys let’s be the change this world needs)
No shit, it's only been a few years.
Max Hyde something could’ve changed by now there’s hundreds of millions of us in the US we’ve gotten worse
@@ilovemyfeather97 There's been hundreds of millions of us and we haven't gotten worse. If anything most Americans are striving to do better now than then because the economy just recently rebounded.
Max Hyde then thank god brother stay safe out there
It’s changed a little, look it up! Black unemployment is the lowest first time in forever and the Employment rate is up since after WWII
"When the power of love, overcomes the love of power, America will know peace"
Then we can only wish and wait...
You screwed it up but ok
@@devinotero1798 i know what is originally says, but you didn't have respond tho. *Triggered much?
@Gengonglike Arbukle says the guy who's never known it.
When God's government takes back the world, those things holding mankind down, will pass.
*6years ago when this was released*
Yt: not yet
*Couple years later*
Yt: not quite there yet
*6 years later*
Yt: ok perfect timing!
it was recommended to me years ago
I've seen it also before this year.
Cuz Trump
I've never heard that comment before...🙄
Stop with this bs and get a life bro you stuck
Child labor used to be a thing too, the past isn't always that great. Domestic violence was swept under the rug, alcoholism was just as rampant.
So is drugs that are laced with Fentanyl. I was too young in the sixties to know much about that drug problem, but I defiantly think it is much worse now. And not just because I recently lost my only daughter. Three weeks before her 3 year anniversary of sobriety from Heroine. Some idiot at her work gave her a small box with a velvet red bow on top as a going away gift. She was leaving to fulfill her dream to walk the Appellation Trail. She had a weak moment, took the Heroine, and died. They found her nine days AFTER she had died. YES the United States has failed when it comes to the Fentanyl coming into this country.
It's crazy that this is news to so many people in the comments.
In most countries, saying we are not the greatest, they are areas where others are better is not controversial.
He’s brutally honest in a way no real politician would ever be.
Yet when we look at how countries have treated their citizens on covid. It's clear America has more freedom.
@@mahaffer71 good point
He plays a news anchor though.
@@mahaffer71 And what was the result of that freedom? A way higher death toll? Is that worth it? Shouldn't it be the #1 priority to protect your fellow US citizens? Isn't that the most patriotic thing you can do? Care for your fellow Americans?
Proceed with air strike and killing inocent afgan children. Nobody guilty... yea greatest my ass..
We have definitely entered the days “That people will believe more of a lie than they do in a truth!!!”
We believe in more lies in the past. Everything is a cliché. Let's be realistic that we will never get along great with others or ourselves.
Children lie, only because they fear the consequences; adults lie to pad thier nest.
Most of the world would embrace thier unknown neighbors; but those in power love death games.
You have the choice to choose/change this course. One spinning ball we live on, with NO where to go.
The thing is, it’s beginning to be hard to tell which is truth and which is the lie.
@@robertschubert4809 JESUS IS THE TRUTH.
It's easier to fool someone than convince them they've been fooled.
I keep coming back to this scene and with every passing year it feels more prescient
"The UK has Freedom"
Laughs in Northern Ireland
*Laughs in Irish*
Haha, we got out
Irish independence was a mistake
Alice Collins we shat the bed. 😞
In what way is Northern Ireland or Scotland lacking freedom? One had a referendum to leave the country and voted it down and the other can vote for its separation any time the vote seems likely to pass. Thats far more freedom than the US gives its states or Spain gives Catalonia.
Laughs in music suppression
Every year I get this recommended and every year I watch it and everytime I love it just as much.
That's because you're a fuckin Commie.
Name a better country
Great Scene, But, were still the greatest, China and Russia cannot compare, Canada is great but were still the greatest
Kaushik Kurudi JAPAN?? how in the hell are they even close, We are the richest and most powerfull country on earth, NO OTHER COUNTRY Can Compare
@@shaneball4285 we're
One of the most realest thing I have seen. This should go viral even more than it is so more people can see this
Marc Heil So real except for the fact that he presented an extremely idealized version of what America once was...
Marc Heil bet we’ve beat you in a war though
Most realest.
Harold Kikoyo where the guys from guarantee we’ve beat his country in a war
It did go viral, like 5 years ago.
Clip is from S1 E1 of The Newsroom. The words are those of the incredibly gifted writer, Aaron Sorkin. Jeff Daniels did them justice.
This clip is from the 1st episode of HBO’s series called “The Newsroom” which aired from June 2012 to December 2014. The actor is Jeff Daniels and the screenwriter is Aaron Sorkin who also wrote “The West Wing” and “The Social Network”
Hero
@Dach 🤣Why are you trying so hard to be a downer? Do you realize that this youtube clip has been watched by about 10 times the amount of people that watched The Newsroom? Not sure what logic you are using there.
MANNY, THANK YOU for your comment, I was trying to figure that out..................
Thanks man. Now i can search his other projects. The social network is piece of art.
@@ambitesh One of my favorite movies of all time. Such a good score, cinematography and the overall looming of what Facebook/Zuckerberg would become ties it all together beautifully.
America has the most adults who believe angels are real!? Didn’t know that one
It's probably those stupid boomer fault.
kill kill totally, it couldn’t be the fact that from the 1700s to the late 1800’s easily 75% or more of the US believed in angels due to religion, which newflash most believe in angels or some form of spiritual being. Nah it couldn’t be that. Actually, the fact that America has the highest number of adults who believe in angels that shows that we have greater religious freedom. The fact that China, with more than 4x the number of people has less that believe in angels actually shows less religious freedom.
It's about religion, america is very religious..
Jack Stannard ok boomer
@@BurntBurrito Wow you're really funny for saying ok boomer, so why did your parents divorce again?
The greatest speech this actor will ever make in his career, cuts straight through the bullshit, if presidents spoke with this degree of eloquence USA really would lead the world by example not force of will
The USA doesn't want to face those facts. We're so distracted by pointless views and ideals that have nothing to do with what's wrong with our country. Education and unemployment are, I think, are our biggest faults and we do little to nothing to fix it. More and more parents let the internet and technology raise their kids instead of instilling morals and basic needs to live a successful life or contribute to the betterment of the country.
I believe you can judge a country's greatness by the number of people that are willing to risk their lives to get to it.
There was a time (before liberal ideologies took hold) that people would risk their lives to get here with nothing but a few dollars in their pockets.
Because of liberal ideologies we are nowhere near as free as we used to be (or should be), but we are considerably more free than all of the countries he has mentioned.
Because of liberal ideologies financial freedom is a thing of the past and that does set us back quite a bit.
What country has the best literacy? San Marino….population 33000. Which country has the biggest exports? China….pop 1.4billion. You know what Mark Twain Says about stats. “There’s 3 kind of lies….Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”.
its not the eloquence of the person thats talking its the substance within them that counts. Barak Obomba tricked you all with that hopey changey stuff and he upped the wars around the world when he got in and imprisoned more whistle blowers than all previous presidents.
you got soft hitlerd by barak obomba, appealed to the working class and then threw you all under the bus when he got in and then you all fell for it again with trumpty trump.
Every time I watch this I feel the same neurons firing in the brain as when I watch Idiocracy - an overwhelming sense of deep, powerful truth, mixed with immense sadness for our future.
take heart help is on the way,Planet earth and the universe are in full control.
When a country starts believing its better then the others, you stop working on being good.
That reminds me of the famous Fatboy Slim album of the 90s which featured an obese man wearing a brown T shirt that stated " I'm #1 so why try harder " ?
I guess Americans stopped working after WW1. When they started saying that they won the world wars ALL BY THEMSELVES... Even after joining in 3 years late both time..
*than
@@TheJimprez Yeah, the sheer ARROGANCE of the USA stands out there.
It is better. Everyone wants to come here, and nobody wants to leave.
Being honest can be hazardous to your health. That's why not many people do it.
Not one thing he says is true, this speech has
been debunked many times.
He's a baby boomer and they've been an awful generation.
Actually in general the US hasn’t been the best, some people here are grown ass spoiled ass folks, freaking embarrassing and pathetic, especially how we handle a pandemic, get fucking real….
@@gregrybak6412 Which parts because the U.S no longer leading in education and having the highest budget for it's military while the following 25 countries are our allies (with some argument to be made for Russia and China) are both true.
@@alecjones8286 see be
I see you TH-cam...I see what you did there.
Well played. Even the algorithm is trying to tell us something.
Andrew A the algorithm is getting smarter
@@colingznetwork781 it is becoming a sentient being
But I'm German.
minecraft no russians
i cant understand
@Andrew A No, something bigger did this too. God did!!! 😊
Years ago, I was so sad that the most brilliant TV series i've ever watched, "The Newsroom," got cut short and didn't extend. Now I just realized why... It exposed some of the immoralities of the US government.
_"We didn't identify by who we voted for in the last election."_
Aged like fine wine.
Or - "we didn't scare so easy"
It's crazy how divided the country is right now
Only to get more divided
@@samuelzins5089 Not crazy. Frightening.
@@robinhuff5899 agreed
The fact that no one in the audience was booing and screaming at the top of their lungs in defiance is the true miracle here.
Edit: Jesus guys I know it’s a f&$king show you can stop commenting now. There is a damn song that plays in the background for Christ sakes not to mention the camera angles. Thinking some of you could be potential voters scares me deeply.
It is because it is true, simple honest truth.
@@brandonhatch2823 I can think of a variety of examples, just in the last few years, where truth and honesty has been deafened by the sounds of the idiotic and uneducated. To make this more realistic, they should have had Antifa raid the event screaming incoherently. That would’ve been a much more accurate depiction.
It was theater, not real.
It’s because it’s a tv show 🤡
@@PETE4955 it was still the most truthful thing to be said in years!!
Update January 16, 2022:
We have gotten exponentially worse.
Doomed? 🐑🐑Baa Baa = we voted B!D£N
"Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth" ~~ Joseph Goebbels
TRUMP messed it up big time.
@@tarakhanom5311 Grab 'em by the Pussy !
LoL
@@tarakhanom5311 "Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth" ~~ Joseph Goebbels
Trump and Biden are trash