What if the United States DID get a national divorce?

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    Recently, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweeted that she was in support of a "national divorce," and that led to a national dialogue here in the United States. In this video, Mr. Beat attempts to examine what a "national divorce" in the United States would look like.
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  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +1588

    What do you think about the idea of the United States splitting up based on political beliefs?
    One thing I forgot to bring up in the video: Blue states and red states CHANGE. For example, Georgia was reliably a red state until 2020. Indiana was a blue state in...2008. California was a red state in...the 1980s.

  • @Jacaerys1
    @Jacaerys1 ปีที่แล้ว +9145

    Considering Texas has more democratic voters than most states and California has more Republican voters than most states Is a prime example of why this wouldn’t work.

    • @plugmanjohnson7456
      @plugmanjohnson7456 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      Exactly

    • @jck956
      @jck956 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Yup

    • @jinxedjosie5934
      @jinxedjosie5934 ปีที่แล้ว +805

      Why don’t we just take the (insert political party here) and push them somewhere else?

    • @danielsurvivor1372
      @danielsurvivor1372 ปีที่แล้ว

      How is it even logically possible? California always votes blue but has most Republican voters???
      And Texas gas more democratic voters and barely counts as purple state/mostly red???

    • @christianstewart8442
      @christianstewart8442 ปีที่แล้ว

      But Texas currently has lots of Democrats? You're describing right now. Why is that an argument against Texas seceding?

  • @EddieChamo
    @EddieChamo ปีที่แล้ว +1953

    When living in italy and taking an Italian culture class I heard a great line, " All the regions like to act like they're so different, but we all eat pasta"

    • @Animiel1
      @Animiel1 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      As an Italian, I confirm

    • @mokies7811
      @mokies7811 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Then we all shall unite under the glorious Italian flag, Forza Italia - former Dane newly made Italian

    • @Chaoitcme
      @Chaoitcme ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Not really comparable. The United States is more like 50 different countries, which all have their own individual state regions.
      The US is way more diverse than the small country of Italy.

    • @EddieChamo
      @EddieChamo ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@Chaoitcme Actually you'd be surprised. Italy's regions grew their identities for millennia during times before easy travel. Each region has its own dialect that they speak. Traveling from one region to another can easily feel like being in a different country. America might have a lot of geographic diversity but we all eat McDonalds

    • @tvictor7351
      @tvictor7351 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@EddieChamoyeah, but italy Is not as ethnically diverse

  • @GigaChad-hs1im
    @GigaChad-hs1im 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Government: hey are you a democrat or republican?
    3 year old toddler: huh

    • @rattsjcfanpage01
      @rattsjcfanpage01 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Both parties are both corrupt and the news is fake!

  • @backdoorsystems9762
    @backdoorsystems9762 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    “We should have a national divorce! Not secession, but just where the states that disagree with the federal government should leave!”
    Ms. Greene, that _is_ secession. Calling for secession is a very bad idea.

    • @deanchapman1824
      @deanchapman1824 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a great idea when two polar opposite sides can't come to any compromise. Compromise is impossible. Compromise to the left is total capitulation to their side. The only thing left is divorce. Irreconcilable Differences.

    • @Marconius-SPQR
      @Marconius-SPQR 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So guerilla war would be better ??

    • @marcamusprime9513
      @marcamusprime9513 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Marconius-SPQRWar only happens to make people rich. And there’s more money in a union.

    • @UNSCconnor
      @UNSCconnor 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No it isnt. Time to cut ties with this deep state apparatus that controls our country

    • @hackerkiller2131
      @hackerkiller2131 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      What? A politician being a hypocrite?? COULDNT BE

  • @KhordLizardMage
    @KhordLizardMage ปีที่แล้ว +1157

    What I found funny about her idea of a national divorce is that by most metrics, her own state of Georgia would be a blue state!

    • @somoscuantos3069
      @somoscuantos3069 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Let her found out the hard way

    • @darryladams519
      @darryladams519 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Only because of the metro areas like craplanta.
      Most all of the rural areas like where I live vote conservative or in this case republican. We have a rino governor and the two senators were installed most likely.

    • @mykolokolo
      @mykolokolo ปีที่แล้ว +264

      @@darryladams519 as a Georgian we can’t claim you. If you genuinely thought Walker was better for GA and the Nation than Warnock you need to put down that sweet georgia meth.

    • @rowdy9379
      @rowdy9379 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not if figured by the Counties.

    • @nick1512
      @nick1512 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darryladams519 As the cat in the hat once said "You're not just wrong, you're stupid." You literally only voted for Walker because big orange daddy told you to. You probably voted for Purdue in the primaries because big orange daddy told you to. Get out of my state, we do not want you here. Bye bye.

  • @gille885
    @gille885 ปีที่แล้ว +1650

    The dumbest thing about the whole "national divorce" is ignores the history of demographics as states have shifted supported between the two parties. Also furthering divide is definitely not better for the country.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +188

      I should have brought this up in the video!

    • @kenowens7272
      @kenowens7272 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      As a black man, I disagree that furthering division is not better. I'm tired of living in the same country as people that don't think black people should have rights. I'd prefer if the country split apart (I don't care how) and black people were able to live in one and racists were able to live in the other.

    • @ash_11117
      @ash_11117 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@kenowens7272the racist country would be pretty small

    • @IVaV1
      @IVaV1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kenowens7272 The people that think black people shouldn't have rights are like, less than 1% of people, seems like you're giving a bigger voice to racists than they actually have

    • @JohnPrepuce
      @JohnPrepuce ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Why did you say "blacks and racists" as if those two are opposites? It's better to say racists and non-racists. Or better yet, how about you don't advocate for people being forcibly moved into a specific place against their will?

  • @amitthehuman
    @amitthehuman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    As a person who traveled across the US for 6 months, the determining difference seems to be the city and not the state. If the US map was actually separated to the blue and red areas it would look like an absolute mess.

    • @petergreening4810
      @petergreening4810 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Take Washington for example. Nearly half the state's population is in and around Seattle. That is a very blue area, while the vast majority of the rest of the state is pretty darn red.

    • @gloriouslumi
      @gloriouslumi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@petergreening4810 Land doesn't vote.

    • @FEDEXLuchs
      @FEDEXLuchs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@gloriouslumi nor should 1 city dictate how the 100s of other towns should operate.. especially when its a conflict of interest like water.. where farmers would like to have access to but city folk voted to keep it in corporation hands

    • @ohauss
      @ohauss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FEDEXLuchs Of course, it's in the very best interest of everyone to have rivers run completely dry. Drinking water is completely overrated.
      Here's a deal - you let farmers do what they want without relying on city folks. As in no artificial fertilizers matched to soil composition, no motor-powered pumps, no motor vehicles, no medication, neither for animals nor for humans. Like in the good old days where cutting yourself on your plow could result in losing your leg to infection.
      After all, research is nonsense and no city dweller could possibly know what's best for you. Grandpa's anecdotes will last for eternity and grandma's chicken soup beats antibiotics any day.

    • @BadLineMTB
      @BadLineMTB 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      @@FEDEXLuchs The problem is you just made the exact same argument that you claimed was the problem. I know its fun to blame city folk and all but the vast majority of our issues is due to legislation created by "Rural Folk". Look at your example farmers would suck the state dry to make their next crop and then inevitably blame the "city folk"

  • @frogfoot89
    @frogfoot89 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    The one-sentence summary to this incredible video: a "national divorce" is ridiculous, impossible, & causes far more problems for Americans (or whatever we'd become) overall.
    Also as an NYC native, I can promise I know plenty of people who'd be furious at ideas like getting rid of the anthem. You can have pride in your country regardless of political beliefs (which is something that I feel shouldn't have to be said...).

    • @looker999997
      @looker999997 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Maybe not if you're anarchist, or recognize that both world wars were caused by nationalism that couldn't exist without nations.

    • @frogfoot89
      @frogfoot89 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think you missed the word “can.”

    • @BadLineMTB
      @BadLineMTB 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I would love to have a reason to have pride in my country but the far right religious conservative nonsense coupled with the fact we really have nothing to be proud of makes that rather impossible.

    • @John-ir4id
      @John-ir4id 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pride is a strong word. Reading history, there is nothing to be proud of. Every inch of our so-called good deeds in the world were balanced against the country getting what it wanted, by any means necessary.

    • @frogfoot89
      @frogfoot89 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I think you're all still missing that I said you CAN have pride. That doesn't mean you must, should, etc. It simply means someone is capable to feel pride.
      However, just in exploring these comments further, while everyone is entitled to think and feel as they do, there is something else to consider. Yes, this country had always had some horrendous, problematic thoughts/actions within it. We definitely still do. However, that doesn't mean everything about this country is terrible. The US is a first-world country. We have a lot here that a lot of places don't. I've been to countries where access to food, shelter, education, and any form of employment is difficult if even possible to come by. We can dress as we want, citizens (in general) are allowed to vote every year, we don't have regular bombs or physical wars happening here everyday. Women are allowed to read, yet alone have our own bank accounts and have independence in their lives. Journalists don't get thrown in jail (yet alone executed) for solely speaking the truth/problems in the country. We have access to TH-cam, yet alone the internet.
      While we without any question have a number of massive problems here (including with some of the things I've stated), I'm grateful that I don't need to worry about starvation; yet alone for being able to eat in my preferred lifestyle. I'm grateful that I, as a female-bodied person, can walk anywhere, unescourted, and wear pants/not have my hair covered without men thinking I'm a wh*re. I'm grateful that I have an education along with a career in my chosen field. That's only a starting list. Maybe it's sad, but the fact is being in America is a privilege in itself. For me personally, my pride in this country stems from the combination of being grateful for the good things we have here AND in the continued fight to make this country a better place- being grateful for the positives while being aware of/wanting to change the negatives. To be extra clear: I'm only speaking for myself, no one has to agree.
      I'm also only providing context to things I've personally seen/experienced while visiting other countries. None of that lessens the problems here, but it's noting that things could be significantly worse. We just need to keep the fight going to continue making it a better place for all.
      Sorry for the long comment that, ironically, can't cover everything. This comment also isn't meant to be defensive or combative in anyway. My intent is solely to provide a different perspective (again, doesn't mean you need to change yours).

  • @therealevilmudbug
    @therealevilmudbug ปีที่แล้ว +783

    I think a national divorce would be pointless because in the next few years, blue states and red states will be different due to the election.

    • @Gage_Brumley
      @Gage_Brumley ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Yeah like what the hell would swing states do during a national divorce

    • @expertbrody9914
      @expertbrody9914 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@Gage_Brumley 2-2-5-5 schedule

    • @luisfilipe2023
      @luisfilipe2023 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@Gage_Brumley shared custody is always an option

    • @SuSpicious9748
      @SuSpicious9748 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Gage_Brumley the swing states would be split between red and blue counties.. and swing counties would be split between red and blue cities/towns

    • @GiRR007
      @GiRR007 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's kinda of the point

  • @jtgd
    @jtgd ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Complains about “being forced to practice ideologies against our will”
    Describes being forced to repeat the pledge of allegiance as a positive…
    Not just she’s a hypocrite, but she really doesn’t care about free speech.
    Why do we elect fools into office ?

    • @avacadomangobanana2588
      @avacadomangobanana2588 ปีที่แล้ว

      The American education system is defunct and the proof is in the electorate

    • @tessareynolds8377
      @tessareynolds8377 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Her constituents like her, that is what matters.

    • @Violent_Wolfen
      @Violent_Wolfen ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tessareynolds8377 Oh yeah, the crazy possibly racist wackos whose solution to everything is to "shoot it". I'm talking more about the people that got off on her ad where she was firing that one gun I don't know what it's called.
      Speaking of which, I think it's retarded that we have lawmakers that think background checks to own a gun are unconstitutional while others that don't know shit about guns want to pass gun laws.

    • @gregbors8364
      @gregbors8364 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Georgia

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Plurality voting gets us these extreme politicians.

  • @kanirekt-exe5050
    @kanirekt-exe5050 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    As someone in an Antarctic state, I am absolutely appalled and offended that you didn’t mention us

    • @Pindexter77
      @Pindexter77 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Please forgive me. What Antarctic state are you refurring to?

    • @readmedottext
      @readmedottext 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      is McMurdo blue or red or just frosty?

  • @gerberjoanne266
    @gerberjoanne266 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I've heard that many of the blue and red states are really purple. Based on the 2020 presidential election, they leaned red or blue only by slight margins: like 49% to 51%. If that's the case, the difference between many red and blue states wouldn't be all that pronounced.

    • @hechla
      @hechla 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      the GOP is losing their base the younger generations don't support the outdated ideology of the right

  • @duskydancing6409
    @duskydancing6409 ปีที่แล้ว +760

    The irony of MTG's tweet about red states requiring prayer and the pledge of allegiance at school and blue states requiring pledges to BLM and the trans flag at school is that both of those scenarios would violate the 1st Amendment.

    • @jasmijnwellner6226
      @jasmijnwellner6226 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would the post-divorce countries even keep the current US constitution? In the unlikely event of such a divorce, even if all goes perfectly without any military coups, powergrabs, revolutions, etc, I can't see the red states forming anything other than an explicitly Christian nation without freedom of religion.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +194

      Yep

    • @bryanice3313
      @bryanice3313 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yet it happens

    • @edward0383
      @edward0383 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Where's the irony? For there to be irony, she would actually have to know some shit. You assume too much of her.

    • @superfakerbros
      @superfakerbros ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@bryanice3313 At most, the pledge of allegiance is heavily encouraged but that’s about it

  • @voltairelesuntermenschen6831
    @voltairelesuntermenschen6831 ปีที่แล้ว +968

    This is the first time I've heard someone else (and especially coming from you) say that Americans agree on most political issues and it's just the media and politicians who make us believe we are divided. I really appreciate hearing that.

    • @michaelbeach1087
      @michaelbeach1087 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      The people with any perspective AT ALL saying that Americans agree on most things tend to get drowned out.
      Anyone who’s spent time abroad quickly realize that most foreigners can’t tell any difference between the American left/right.
      To our foreign friends, all Americans are equally annoying!

    • @quinnjackson9252
      @quinnjackson9252 ปีที่แล้ว

      The key question is, why? Why would it benefit the media to divide us? The answer is: money. The more extreme, outlandish, and terrifying they make the other side look, the more likely their viewers are to click and watch those videos and read those articles, gaining them add revenue. They will take an example of the most extreme right and radical left wing individuals and scare the other side into thinking that all democrats are anti military and support killing infants, and all republicans are racist monsters who want to kill democracy. Neither is true, and we almost always agree on the basics, but it is the media taking advantage of the fragility of democracy that is pushing us to the brink.

    • @Justanotherconsumer
      @Justanotherconsumer ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Most issues.
      Not all, though, and that’s important to remember.
      There are some things where we are very divided.

    • @Acdc5
      @Acdc5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You people are being to coy about this. It's treason plain and simple.

    • @mrnobody3161
      @mrnobody3161 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      First time? Yikes it's common knowledge if you filter out the Angertainment.

  • @InnerProp
    @InnerProp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thank you for pointing out how alike we are, mostly agree and need each other.

    • @stratplayr6997
      @stratplayr6997 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If more people would actually live by those words and treat the other side as if we are actually more alike, we might not have to have these conversations.

  • @goodsirbear-7579
    @goodsirbear-7579 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    As a child of divorce and a Georgian i dont want to be separated from my family again😢

  • @HectorT52
    @HectorT52 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    I like how social media makes it even more obvious that politicians are mostly just normal if not dumb people, and thanks to that we get videos like this

    • @als3022
      @als3022 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are corrupt criminals. Not normal people. They are crooks. And they prove it regularly.

    • @michaeljoiner8972
      @michaeljoiner8972 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think they are dumb and not normal lol

    • @aa-tx7th
      @aa-tx7th 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no. REPUBLICANS are dumb people dude 🙄🙄🙄
      show me an elected liberal thats says ANYTHING as half as stup!d as what trump greene or desantis spew on the daily in the past DECADE

    • @_Unoffical_Norahhh_
      @_Unoffical_Norahhh_ 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah

  • @thomasr.jackson2940
    @thomasr.jackson2940 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    Fun trivia: only four states do not have state level laws requiring the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. Two are “red” states and two are “blue states”.

    • @IloveRumania
      @IloveRumania ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What are those four?

    • @kingMT514
      @kingMT514 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I know my high school in Mississippi didn't/still doesn't do the Pledge of Allegiance. K-8 does but it just stops. And my hs doesn't have nay US flags on the walls like the k-8 schools do XD

    • @thomasr.jackson2940
      @thomasr.jackson2940 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kingMT514 yeah, I only recall doing the pledge in elementary school myself.

    • @williamshinn1319
      @williamshinn1319 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@IloveRumania Wyoming, Vermont, Hawaii, and Nebraska

    • @IloveRumania
      @IloveRumania ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@williamshinn1319 Thanks!

  • @DJ_Force
    @DJ_Force 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Like stated in the video, this is mostly a urban/rural divide. Atlanta is trending blue, but Georgia is fairly red. California is solidly in the blue camp for presidential elections, but this doesn't reflect the rural California population.

    • @poshmalosh14
      @poshmalosh14 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then why did the majority of rural California vote blue

    • @DJ_Force
      @DJ_Force 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@poshmalosh14 Look at a country map of California for the 2016 or 2020 presidential election. Almost half of California is red by area.

    • @sirmister9099
      @sirmister9099 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      its also worth noting urban areas will be dirty, overpopulated, crimeridden, drug infested, expensive, etc.

    • @ChrisJones-ij3xp
      @ChrisJones-ij3xp 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DJ_Force *county

    • @DJ_Force
      @DJ_Force 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ChrisJones-ij3xp Yes, you are correct. I meant county.

  • @B-rian937
    @B-rian937 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Southern states wouldn't last a month without the federal dollars they receive.

    • @tumbleweedking5668
      @tumbleweedking5668 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Check out blue NM if you want to see total Federal dependence.

    • @ceasarsalad7763
      @ceasarsalad7763 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Right!! You take away California, New York and Hawaii and the US economy fails

    • @openyoureyes909jones6
      @openyoureyes909jones6 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yep, their state services would collapse. Their vulnerable citizens would suffer greatly....somehow tho, Im sure they would have enough to give their rich people tax breaks

    • @SubduedRadical
      @SubduedRadical 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You realize the dollars they receive are largely for policies the Federal government mandates, right? e.g. you can't count things like welfare, since those are things mandated by Federal law.

    • @dougrose7334
      @dougrose7334 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      States With Highest GDP
      California - $3.5 trillion.
      Texas - $2.1 trillion.
      New York - $1.9 trillion.
      Florida - $1.3 trillion.
      Illinois - $973 billion.
      Pennsylvania - $874 billion.
      Ohio - $765 billion.
      Georgia - $713 billion.
      You are patently wrong. The states with the larger economies would carry the rest...but that's happening now anyway so not much would change...other than the people in both red and blue states would be much happier.

  • @alibrown172
    @alibrown172 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    Wouldn't it be nice if the US had an electoral system that meant that congress actually represented the diverse opinions of American voters so that people didn't feel that separation was the only way to have their voices heard.

    • @eifbkcn
      @eifbkcn ปีที่แล้ว +10

      How is that possible in a country that spans an entire continent? The US is too large for democracy

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eifbkcn Lets be real. The people complaining wish for the US to cease to be a democracy while lining their pockets with saudi, russian, and chinese money.

    • @connorpeppermint8635
      @connorpeppermint8635 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@eifbkcn not true. The foundation of our current system is fueled by corruption and supporting the oligarchs. There's valid ideas that would improve how our "democracy" currently works such as ranked choice voting. Or getting money out of politics so not everything has to be funded by blood money.
      Defaulting to authoritarianism and "strong men" is the lazy coward's way of organizing the government.

    • @GiRR007
      @GiRR007 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @RanStuff Its the opposite. The more people there are the less democracy works as there become to many people and to many ideas clashing. And rhe uses has like 10x the population of any other democratic nation ON TOP OF being more diverse than any other nation. The US isnt a Democracy and was never intended to be. Democracy is never even mentioned in the constitution or bill of rights. The US is a constitutional federalized republic with the electoral collage.

    • @coyotelong4349
      @coyotelong4349 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@eifbkcn
      But if the country got along better politically, then fewer people would tune into Fox News to get their fix of outrage!! Then how will Tucker Carlson afford to put his kids through private school? Have a heart!! 😢😢😢

  • @bradyblough
    @bradyblough ปีที่แล้ว +591

    Here's the thing: MTG has never put this much critical thinking into anything she's ever said.

    • @mark-rm6kj
      @mark-rm6kj ปีที่แล้ว +48

      *But here's the thing:*
      Enough of our able-minded fellow Americans thought it prudent to vote for Ms Marjorie, "Jewish Space Lasers exist," Taylor Greene to be one of our members of *Congress,* so she could help write *LAWS* for us.
      And then to ensure it was not perceived as an anomaly & after seeing the "great" work she had done while in Congress, the same folks chose to re-elect her in 2022.
      All of which partly explains where we are at today as a nation.

    • @jim2lane
      @jim2lane ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@mark-rm6kj she got elected and then re-elected because of Republican gerrymandering of her district. In both elections she ran for the most part unopposed in a district that is comprised of almost 90% registered Republicans

    • @KainMalice
      @KainMalice ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Lol. You put MTG and Critical Thinking in the same sentence.

    • @Restorationshopyt
      @Restorationshopyt ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Mark Yes it sure does.. it shows that even bad republican candidates are STILL better than ANY democrat candidate.

    • @jim2lane
      @jim2lane ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@Restorationshopyt um, "Joey", you completely missed that Mark's comment was completely sarcastic. That's what happens in EASL situations

  • @Warhound_
    @Warhound_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    We just need politicians from the younger eligible generations that are more in touch with today's problems.

    • @purp4168
      @purp4168 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Unfortunately, all the rich paying people are friends with the older men, because they are all ex business buddies. Honestly, having MGT go against AOC would be funny, as a lot of the republicans don't like MGT too

    • @RobertKing-oq4fq
      @RobertKing-oq4fq 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      *Vivek Ramaswamy just made a whole bunch of money from a 25% stake in Pfizer, for vaccines, and has entered the chat*

  • @bdogman
    @bdogman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Mr Beat, I gotta say you are one of the best youtubers out here. Your wealth of knowledge combined with your sense of reason, you are an intellectual on this platfoem.

  • @garylenius4181
    @garylenius4181 ปีที่แล้ว +666

    The core of MTG`s stupid divorce idea is simple - she wants a one-party state.

    • @SamSepiolTheHeretic
      @SamSepiolTheHeretic ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Damn right.

    • @TankZappa
      @TankZappa ปีที่แล้ว +107

      @@SamSepiolTheHeretic LOL you're not gonna get your wish fascist. 💥

    • @joshuawadsworth6417
      @joshuawadsworth6417 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SamSepiolTheHeretic It won’t help despite the antagonistic fervor building in this country.

    • @joshuawadsworth6417
      @joshuawadsworth6417 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ⁠@@TankZappa Do you even know what a fascist is?

    • @xviper2k
      @xviper2k ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuawadsworth6417 The GOP are an increasingly great example of fascism. The only reason their brand of fascism has been ineffectual is due to their lack of complete control. But like any good fascist regime, that is exactly what they seek.

  • @sendittobrandon2012
    @sendittobrandon2012 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Mr.Beat you really remind me of my history professor last year. Even after 3 hours of talking he always wanted to add more

  • @yousiri2427
    @yousiri2427 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Red states would be like a poor 3rd world country

    • @cadeholland7254
      @cadeholland7254 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      and blue states would be a communist dystopia

  • @luiscruz7343
    @luiscruz7343 ปีที่แล้ว +698

    I am a musician who tours all over the country from big cities to little towns. I think most Americans would be surprised on how much we truly agree on things. There's a reason the same issues are brought up over and over again. Those are the minority of things where our differences really show and it's a way to keep us divided so we can re elect the same people over and over again. Most Americans are reasonable people, go out and talk to your fellow Americans and you'll be surprised on how well we get along and agree. To quote the great Maya angelou, we are more alike my friends than we are unalike

    • @avacadomangobanana2588
      @avacadomangobanana2588 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most people want human rights and access to social services and to be paid living wages. Republicans stroke this culture war divide to keep us peasants distracted and angry.

    • @franciscoacevedo3036
      @franciscoacevedo3036 ปีที่แล้ว

      Believe you me if you sound reasonable to me I'd vote for you over any democrat corrupt slimeball like Biden or Kamala. I'd rather have an incompetent joe off the street even conservatives than a corrupt mofo dem

    • @alumpyhorse
      @alumpyhorse ปีที่แล้ว +12

      well said ! 🎶

    • @GiRR007
      @GiRR007 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Those "minority of things" are kind of a big deal. It doesnt matter if we agree on a bunch of small things when we dont agree on the fundamentals.

    • @luiscruz7343
      @luiscruz7343 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Night Raven I get that. Point I'm making is that when you listen to politicians and media they make it seem like there's no way we can live with one another based on our difference of opinions. In my opinion. It's very easy to talk to someone without bringing up different of opinions on Healthcare or abortion because I have plenty of other enjoyable conversations to have with them. I wouldn't know that if all I did was take my senator's (who is trying to be elected again) word

  • @DarthMeteos
    @DarthMeteos ปีที่แล้ว +626

    9:31 _"I don't think she's talking about the Bureau of Land Management, there."_
    It was so dry and so well delivered out of nowhere that I died laughing. Well played, Mr. Beat.

    • @erkl8823
      @erkl8823 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You are such a nice good person, I wish you good health & long life. Bless you.

    • @DarthMeteos
      @DarthMeteos 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@erkl8823 ah, they edited their message
      you have a good one, too.

    • @elihook7805
      @elihook7805 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@@erkl8823butthurt much?

    • @societalrevival1218
      @societalrevival1218 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@erkl8823who hurt you

    • @supertornadogun1690
      @supertornadogun1690 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@erkl8823 uh oh negative nancy

  • @thecastleofenlightenment2604
    @thecastleofenlightenment2604 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    America is too big we definitely need a national divorce of some kind. People forget but during the founding of the country America was far smaller

    • @MakeVarahHappen
      @MakeVarahHappen 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We could shrink the country a whole lot by giving back the stolen land.

  • @MikeFromSalesResources
    @MikeFromSalesResources ปีที่แล้ว +106

    All I want is a divorce from the two party system.

    • @tessareynolds8377
      @tessareynolds8377 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is more than just a party difference, this is a basic , profound difference of values, morality and worldview. No reconciliation.

    • @justinarzola4584
      @justinarzola4584 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Relatable.

    • @kevinaguilar7541
      @kevinaguilar7541 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tessareynolds8377 found the person who want to divide us.

    • @tessareynolds8377
      @tessareynolds8377 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinaguilar7541 we are already divided. It isn’t a person , it is half the country.

    • @kevinaguilar7541
      @kevinaguilar7541 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@tessareynolds8377 no were not. The media makes it seem like it is.

  • @sjbrooksy45
    @sjbrooksy45 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    A "divorce" is what other southern politicians called for, right before they seceded from the nation.

    • @Novusod
      @Novusod ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A national divorce is not the same thing as a civil war. An example would be Czechoslovakia which separated into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

    • @hastur-thekinginyellow8115
      @hastur-thekinginyellow8115 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Oh no we gotta stop the racist Republicans errybody! They're going to take our rights and they hate minorities too!"

    • @vipermad358
      @vipermad358 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Novusod TOTALLY different situation.

    • @Novusod
      @Novusod ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vipermad358 not really.

    • @CODYoungGunna
      @CODYoungGunna ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@Novusod it actually is

  • @844SteamFan
    @844SteamFan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    3:51 Fun Fact about Nebraska, Omaha’s (metro) population (≈ 1 Million) is about half of the state’s population (≈ 2 Million)
    So about half of the population lives in those 2 (blue ish) counties.

  • @katywalker8322
    @katywalker8322 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    To someone from the Uk, MTG referring to to left and right is bizarre. The 2 us political parties are just different levels of right wing.

    • @atlanticboulevard
      @atlanticboulevard 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Fr america so right wing

    • @HSE331
      @HSE331 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Your strand of logic just shows how cucked the UK is tbqh.

  • @abilshihadah4474
    @abilshihadah4474 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    Man, I wish I had teachers like Mr. Beat when I was in school. These videos are total comedy and educational at the same time

    • @t.j.mcfadden7993
      @t.j.mcfadden7993 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well, comedy anyways. The biggest joke is this guy pretending he's actually discussing the issue when he's so obviously biased in favor of the Left. A discussion of the REAL issues, without sarcasm, cheap shots and bias, would be refreshing.

    • @pierregibson6699
      @pierregibson6699 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@t.j.mcfadden7993 😂

    • @seraphimconcordant
      @seraphimconcordant ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@t.j.mcfadden7993 Exactly. "Let me list in a supremely biased way every single way blue states are better than red states" (even though he pointed out earlier why that is a terrible line to draw sand on)

    • @Tom-rt6df
      @Tom-rt6df ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@t.j.mcfadden7993What are you talking about? How did you come to that conclusion? He did an objective analysis based on data and the conclusion is that the notion of "blue states" vs "red states" is not an accurate portal of America, which is far more varied even in states that have a majority rep and a majority dem. And even in those states, the majority is barely more than 50%. If you don't have a factual basis to back up your claim that he is "obviously biased in favor of the Left" then you're just being a troll.

    • @Tom-rt6df
      @Tom-rt6df ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@seraphimconcordant LOL, that's NOT what he said - and that's NOT what he did. What are you basing that on??? He did an objective analysis based on data and the conclusion is that the notion of "blue states" vs "red states" is not an accurate portal of America, which is far more varied even in states that have a majority rep and a majority dem. And even in those states, the majority is barely more than 50%. Try thinking.

  • @ATAGChozo
    @ATAGChozo ปีที่แล้ว +221

    We already tried that once as a country, and everyone knows how well that worked out 🙄

    • @tessareynolds8377
      @tessareynolds8377 ปีที่แล้ว

      A National Divorce is not a Civil War, if anything a National Divorce would prevent a Civil War.

    • @emilianozamora399
      @emilianozamora399 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Henry The Cocaine-Sampler yeah Georgia flipped to the blue so Marjorie Taylor wouldn't even be in her own state

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht ปีที่แล้ว

      @Henry The Cocaine-Sampler Yea, one crazy US hater is declaring this.

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Henry The Cocaine-Sampler
      Do you actually have citations in MLA or APA format to back your claim of contrast?

    • @mastomax
      @mastomax ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In italy is difficult second chat gpt the country can split north-south italy because we are in european union

  • @seishino
    @seishino 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    “If we had a national divorce, red states and blue states would handle their police completely differently.”
    She… does know that states could do all of that with the police right now if they wanted to. Police are almost entirely funded and managed by state and local agencies.

    • @brandoncampanaro7571
      @brandoncampanaro7571 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For local police forces, federal police is paid for by federal taxes

    • @brandoncampanaro7571
      @brandoncampanaro7571 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Examples of federal police are the FBI and the RCMP (canadian)

    • @openyoureyes909jones6
      @openyoureyes909jones6 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She doesnt know anything, she is an imbecile

    • @sterlingmarshel6299
      @sterlingmarshel6299 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brandoncampanaro7571 The FBI, CIA and other three-letter agencies will always be funded by both parties

  • @rebirthphoenix5646
    @rebirthphoenix5646 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    As a Georgian, Greene is an embarrassment for our state and the cities here that I’m from. Really can’t speak for all of us.

    • @turtlesarecool
      @turtlesarecool 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I'm not going to lie, all politicians are embarrassing. That really goes for all states.

    • @lordbyron6293
      @lordbyron6293 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@turtlesarecool but be honest, some of them take it to a whole other level.

    • @furiahispanica3823
      @furiahispanica3823 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm a big fan of hers being a gun owner I feel she represents my anger towards an even bigger embarrassment that is Joe Biden when he targets the law abiding and felonizes them for practicing their 2nd Ammendment rights, wish we had someone like her where I live, I might just run for congress, I hear Brandon Herrera is running, we Hispanics need to fight back against Big Government trying to dictate how I live life and how I protect my family, if you know anything about Hispanics, you don't mess with the Familia!!!

  • @localblackman427
    @localblackman427 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    The end part when Mr. Beat said its profitable to keep us divided and that's why we clicked the video is pretty accurate. I turned off ad block and rewatched it so that he'd get paid lol

  • @TheRealcdawg22
    @TheRealcdawg22 ปีที่แล้ว +368

    It is not illegal for an individual to pray in a school. A person can pray anywhere they want. That person might run into problems if they are encroaching upon someone else's rights by being extremely loud or forcing others to participate. That whole "can't pray in school" nonsense comes from a unified group with the idea that school teachers must be made to lead the students in their class in prayer out loud.prayer

    • @TheRealcdawg22
      @TheRealcdawg22 ปีที่แล้ว

      ....So the separation of church and state is just an idea that's purpose is to prevent anyone in the government from forcing religion onto any citizen. It does not take away any rights. It preserves an individual's freedom of choice by barring the government entrance into that personal space. Any American is free to pray anywhere, to whomever they believe without reprisal.

    • @createdforthemoment6740
      @createdforthemoment6740 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The idea came from numerous kids across the country getting in trouble for praying in class, or saying they prayed in sxhool and somebody heard. In America it's not a problem really and it's people being jumpy. But it happens farely often in Canada, and Republicans do look and see any sign of that encroaching as a threat.
      They're not completely right, but they ain't completely wrong either which is why it's not going to keep them quiet to just brush them off. That simply increases the divide.

    • @TheRealcdawg22
      @TheRealcdawg22 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @Created for the moment No, you are wrong. The idea is hundreds of years old or more. Freedom of Religion was a founding principle that predated the formation of the United States and would be enshrined in the US Constitution [1789] and Bill of Rights. The First Amendment guarantees us freedom of speech and religion, where each citizen decides what and how they worship or say unimpeded by the government. In addition to our freedom of speech, we are also constitutionally protected from indoctrination by our government tyrannically imposing a state religion upon its citizens.
      The story of children telling on themselves for praying all across the country is really dumb. I bet I could guess where you picked up that nonsensical propaganda. Republicans always try to make themselves out to be victims. The truth is that they don't care about the prayer. They only want to indoctrinate the next generations with capitalism and greed.

    • @createdforthemoment6740
      @createdforthemoment6740 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheRealcdawg22 actually no. I got it from a few different sources. Including NBC and ABC, as well as a few indepedent agencies for the canadian part. And sure there are peotections, doesn't mean people aren't trying to change those protections.
      While you sound like a republican throwing around tyrany and indoctrination on things you don't like, you are somewhat right about there being protections. And Canada has been decided it's acceptable to suspend students for praying in public for the last 20 years. Both Christians and Muslims have been threatened with legal actions for preaching or praying.
      All im saying is just because you can't see the problem with your limited view, doesn't mean there isn't one. Just like if I can't see a problem, doesn't mean I should ignore people who say they can. That kind of stubborness has led to problems all across the world again and again.

    • @Abattoir23
      @Abattoir23 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah. I've never heard of a bill to restrict prayer, but I have seen bills to force prayer into schools.
      If anyone is coming for your religious freedom, it's the right. The left doesn't care.
      As ex. the 1st commandment (no false gods before me) directly conflicts with the 1st Amendment (freedom of religious choice).

  • @user-zl9sh9mz6h
    @user-zl9sh9mz6h หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Urban areas are Democratic, rural areas are Republican, suburbs are mostly Democratic, and exurbs are mostly Republican. If we divorced along Blue/Red lines, we would have a collection of isolated city-states surrounded by a vast territory of conservative lands. This "national divorce" would fall apart immediately after it was formed.

  • @A1_skyraider
    @A1_skyraider 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    America shouldn’t be divided we just need a one party system

    • @rasheed7934
      @rasheed7934 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, The Rasheed Party!

  • @cmndrkool321
    @cmndrkool321 ปีที่แล้ว +469

    How Marjorie keeps getting elected is beyond me. The only “house” she should be allowed in is the one with the padded walls.

    • @tessareynolds8377
      @tessareynolds8377 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      There are many people that support the National Divorce, both Conservative and Leftist. It is growing in acceptance.

    • @thatguynoonelikes4865
      @thatguynoonelikes4865 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Torterra is the best gen 4 starter

    • @thatguynoonelikes4865
      @thatguynoonelikes4865 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @zargtn
      @zargtn ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@tessareynolds8377 based on what

    • @TheSilkKing1
      @TheSilkKing1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tessareynolds8377 I don’t think there are any real liberal or left-wing politicians calling for a national divorce. Certainly none as prominent as Greene.
      Terminally online, one or two like Twitter users don’t count. You can find political advocates on any political argument on Twitter. In fact, to prove this point, I searched up “Restore the Persian Empire” and found a couple people advocating just that.

  • @Homer4prez
    @Homer4prez ปีที่แล้ว +135

    The biggest problem in America IMO, is that we are stuck with this two party political system that is totally controlled by corporate interests. Both parties have deep ties to the corporate media that controls basically all of TV and radio.

    • @AmianteTarvoke
      @AmianteTarvoke ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Indeed, it's a false choice to begin with. Red vs. Blue is just political theater.

    • @painvillegaming4119
      @painvillegaming4119 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      this is we should put a law agaisnt corporate donations

    • @Homer4prez
      @Homer4prez ปีที่แล้ว

      @@painvillegaming4119 Try doing that with the SCOTUS we have now. Or the fact that most of the politicians we have in control of our government are banana repubs and corporate dems.

    • @blorblin
      @blorblin ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, if the media portrayed things fairly, the ruling class would no longer be in power

    • @Kodeb8
      @Kodeb8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@painvillegaming4119 Problem is, the people who receive corporate donations are the ones who create the laws.

  • @danielmichaelfleiss2141
    @danielmichaelfleiss2141 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I hope not!.. Even though my politics are a lot different than my grandparents, I still wouldn’t want a U.S. Civil War in between Democrats and Republicans!.. Fuck no!.. I love my grandparents!..

  • @brandoncampanaro7571
    @brandoncampanaro7571 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This question was asked and it was answered in the blood of 618,222 americans

    • @Styfalled
      @Styfalled 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pretty sure more than one of my ancestors was one of them.

  • @Tukeen
    @Tukeen ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The irony of conservatives suggesting a divorce is strong.

    • @louis4951
      @louis4951 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Underrated comment

  • @deborahbeecher6292
    @deborahbeecher6292 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    EXCELLENT VIDEO !! Lots of info and thorough thinking.

  • @sherpalou
    @sherpalou 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The only way to have a society where everything is free is to take it from a society where everyone works

  • @JETZcorp
    @JETZcorp ปีที่แล้ว +367

    Crossing the border between Oregon and Idaho is scarcely noticeable. Crossing the border between rural Oregon and Portland is like going from Texas to Neptune. The divisions really aren't at State boundaries, for the most part. It's the urban/rural thing.

    • @DSArmageddon666
      @DSArmageddon666 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      There's only one blue state: Vermont. All the rest are high-population blue cities inside of red states.
      If the states had an electoral colleges like the federal government (which was created such that high population states couldn't rule over low population states, which is exactly what cities do to rural counties), our politics would be entirely different. Both parties would hate it of course: democrats because they wouldn't exist, republicans because they'd actually have to do something for once.

    • @Hydraina
      @Hydraina 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      I remember when I drove to Idaho from Seattle, and honestly Washington "felt like Idaho" when I was in the right/rural half of the state.
      Probably the main difference is rural or urban.

    • @clusterflick6333
      @clusterflick6333 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      @@DSArmageddon666 Atlanta, Augusta and Savannah alone hold over 60% of the entire population of the state of Georgia. Why exactly should these millions of people be held hostage by the decisions of the couple dozen people in Bumfuck, GA? Cause that's what happens in an electoral college system, however you want to spin it: the majority is held hostage by the minority just bc of where they happen to live: a voter in Idaho has five times the strength of a voter in California, proportionately, even though it has 1/10 of the population and contributes 1/15 as much to the nation.

    • @DSArmageddon666
      @DSArmageddon666 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      ​@@clusterflick6333 India, China, and Indonesia have over 50% f the world's population. Should they set the rules for everyone else?
      Just like you don't want to spend your life ruled by the high-population countries, people in rural areas don't want to spend their lives ruled by the high population cities.

    • @clusterflick6333
      @clusterflick6333 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      ​@@DSArmageddon666 Do we live under a One World Government? Last I heard, we don't, so that's a completely irrelevant example. But if you ask me, should the 32 million citizens of New Delhi have more of an impact in the direction of the country than the 3,200 Indian villagers living in the middle of nowhere - then yeah, the answer would be an unequivocal YES.
      " people in rural areas don't want to spend their lives ruled by the high population cities." -- and the answer to this is to go in the opposite direction, having the great population centers be held hostage by the small towns, even though THEY (the big cities) are the capital, THEY are the majority, and THEIR citizens will be the ones most impacted by said decisions? In other words, the only *true* democratic system, in your view, is a MINORITY government where the majority of the population has no say whatsoever in the decisions that impact them directly? Is that the point you're making?

  • @officialfumofeltingchannel1490
    @officialfumofeltingchannel1490 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    All hypotheticals aside its a damn shame that a sitting congresswoman is stirring so much division to the point she is calling for a “divorce”, the fact they have been tolerant of this anti American rhetoric has completely turned me away from the party tbh

    • @tomservo5007
      @tomservo5007 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      oh, and she's calling on a war with our neighbor, vows to divulge confidential government secrets, and sides with Russia

    • @GiRR007
      @GiRR007 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What shes saying id in no way anti American. If anything its MORE American than trying to clump everyone together just because they live in the same country. Its suppose to be 50 states.

    • @ghostramen7002
      @ghostramen7002 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      ​@@GiRR007 United

    • @GiRR007
      @GiRR007 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ghostramen7002 United does not mean same

    • @coreaccount4376
      @coreaccount4376 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      ​@@GiRR007 That's what a union is.

  • @adamwheelerproductions1607
    @adamwheelerproductions1607 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    As a Maine citizen, I think many more states should start adopting the congressional district method other than just us and Nebraska. It would be best if the electoral college was abolished of course, but that is highly unlikely to happen, so I think this would be the next best thing. We also have ranked choice voting, but it's only used for national elections, not statewide or local elections.

    • @TaliyahP
      @TaliyahP ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The issue with that is that it requires the government in power in each state to voluntarily give up power.
      Take California for example. It is guaranteed 54(?) electoral votes. Implementing electoral district apportionment would require democrats to weaken their own position in the electoral college. The reverse goes for Texas. It works fine in Maine and Nebraska because so few electoral votes are on the line.

    • @Mikebumpful
      @Mikebumpful ปีที่แล้ว +44

      As a non-American, the «first past the post/winner takes all» system looks completely undemocratic to me. Go Maine and Nebraska!

    • @marcusj9947
      @marcusj9947 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are asking states to voluntarily give up power with this approach. Not chance it will ever happen

    • @trevinbeattie4888
      @trevinbeattie4888 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That certainly could help even things out, but allocating electors by district would have problems with gerrymandering. I’d take this a step further and require that all states allocate electors proportionally to the state-wide popular vote.

    • @lastguyminn2324
      @lastguyminn2324 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I wish every state had ranked choice voting for every election.

  • @charliebrownsw54
    @charliebrownsw54 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved it! Subscribed and about to go down your video rabbit hole :)

  • @PresidentJamesDChaos
    @PresidentJamesDChaos ปีที่แล้ว +142

    She represents the district just northwest of mine, and my mom and I like to talk about how absurd it is that she’s still in office (her district is so red that they wouldn’t vote her out unless she was forcibly removed)

    • @nickberry5520
      @nickberry5520 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and she knows it

    • @Dean-oh4pi
      @Dean-oh4pi ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leenonymous5592 it's easier for a republican to win in Texas than in Georgia.

    • @PresidentJamesDChaos
      @PresidentJamesDChaos ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@leenonymous5592 Whose your rep? Mine is McCormick

    • @Leotv19
      @Leotv19 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They probably bring down the local school funding in the area with their test scores

    • @SanskarWagley
      @SanskarWagley ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A less crazy Republican needs to primary her, I know a Dem winning is almost impossible

  • @KilgoreTrout122
    @KilgoreTrout122 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    One thing all Americans should agree on is that Mr. Beat is awesome.

    • @rembrandt972ify
      @rembrandt972ify ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I thought all Americans did agree on that. Oh well, shows what I know.

    • @hismajesty6272
      @hismajesty6272 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All Americans do agree, and that’s the common consensus upon which we are united.

    • @haruhirogrimgar6047
      @haruhirogrimgar6047 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@hismajesty6272 That's like saying we are united because we all breathe in air. No, we are not inherently united as americans that "agree."

    • @Sparrows1121
      @Sparrows1121 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about Kurt Cobain?

    • @Sora_Nai
      @Sora_Nai ปีที่แล้ว

      Hell no this guy is way too biased and leans way too left. Wtf did he just make fun of a Republican and not a democrat. I could’ve found thousands of worse things and dumb shit said by a democrat then the shit he pulled out his ass.

  • @mikeking7470
    @mikeking7470 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Red states, after the divorce, get custody of MTG and I am OK with that.

  • @user-kh2bk4tn2m
    @user-kh2bk4tn2m 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Marjorie Toilet Green

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The tolerant left ladies and gentlemen...

    • @rn6312
      @rn6312 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Illumirage I've seen flies smarter than you

  • @laurencebrown3822
    @laurencebrown3822 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    I clicked on this video wondering if you would discuss how Americans don't easily divide red/blue by state borders, and was happy enough that you did so early on that I stayed to watch the entire video. Very well made! I appreciate the amount of research you did, and enjoyed how you kept it serious yet entertaining.

    • @ScottCleve33
      @ScottCleve33 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was foolishness. Not a single way he described the states being divided would ever be a real world solution. Never, ever would they simply go by voting record or political affiliation. Do you believe that the civil war was divided up by such a method? Each state made the decision themselves on if they wanted to stay in the union or not. Nobody was told they had to be in the north or the south. Honestly I thought this guy was supposed to be smart and understood history.

    • @lucifer2b666
      @lucifer2b666 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ScottCleve33 Exactly

  • @saoirseislive
    @saoirseislive ปีที่แล้ว +103

    One thing I find interesting about her whole "national divorce" idea is that she still wants the blue states to provide services to the road states like road maintenance and such, which doesn't make sense at all.

    • @akhost3929
      @akhost3929 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Probably because she is not advocating for dissolution of the union, only a weekend federal government, federal government will still collect taxes and do what their original intended to do to handle anything is not related to state, such as interstate highways, and disaster relief. Everything should go to the states or local government.

    • @blorblin
      @blorblin ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah like they don't tell you that Dem states bail out Republican states all the time simply due to tax difference from gdp

    • @Fafnd
      @Fafnd ปีที่แล้ว

      That's not a divorce with that condition. She wants to have her cake and eat it too. Honestly Margarine Tater Greens ideas bottom barrel stupid to begin with and keep getting dumber.

    • @KingBobXVI
      @KingBobXVI ปีที่แล้ว +54

      No, it makes perfect sense for her worldview, which is just "give me everything I want, and you get nothing you want". She's a malignant narcissist, it doesn't have to make sense to anyone else.

    • @akhost3929
      @akhost3929 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@KingBobXVI The narcism is on the side of people who want to shove their ideology on a population that doesn't want it. What is wrong with localism, with more power to state and local government.

  • @kenneywatts4122
    @kenneywatts4122 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is an awesome video! Learned a lot and hilarious.

  • @NewerSwagger-gp3hj
    @NewerSwagger-gp3hj 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't imagine Texas happily paying for Alabama, Ohio, Arkansas, etc ....

  • @rebalstar9470
    @rebalstar9470 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    YEA WE NEED A SEPERATION NOW

  • @user-ld4xx1el6q
    @user-ld4xx1el6q ปีที่แล้ว +116

    One dichotomy that you did not mention is that while red states are supposed to be against national spending, they receive a disproportionate amount of it. While blue states contribute a disproportionate share of federal revenue. Also, such a divorce would almost have to be by counties, see Oregon, I would like to see that broken down as to how a national map would look if we divorced along county lines.

    • @Justanotherconsumer
      @Justanotherconsumer ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oregon would probably end up with the state of Jefferson proposed again. It almost happened… then Pearl Harbor got bombed and people had other things to worry about.

    • @Compucles
      @Compucles ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What do you mean? Both parties are currently in favor of spending a lot more than they should. They just differ on where that spending should go, such as the Democrats preferring to spend more on social programs, while the Republicans prefer to spend more on the military.
      We haven't had a true fiscal conservative in the White House since Clinton, and he's a Democrat.

    • @Acdc5
      @Acdc5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why are we even talking about such nonsense. The woman should be removed from Congress.

    • @cabalenproductions6480
      @cabalenproductions6480 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Another one Blue States have to deal with State level laws and taxes to fund social services not covered on the federal level.

    • @MrMartinSchou
      @MrMartinSchou ปีที่แล้ว

      Splitting along county lines just gives more land to the red states, and it is a distorted view of reality.
      Seven million more people voted for Biden than Trump. There is a pervasive idea in Conservative media that pushes the narrative that LAND is the important thing in elections, not people. You see this every time they purport to show a map that a majority of America voted for Trump - they're just showing land area.
      Unless you buy into the idea that LAND is the important thing in an election, and that the more land area you own the more important your vote should be, this is a terrible way of dealing with democracy. For example, billionaire founder of CNN Ted Turner owns around 2 million acres of land in the US. That's larger than either Rhode Island or Delaware, both home to one million people. Is Ted Turner's vote more important than 1 million people? No, of course not - that's a silly idea to entertain.

  • @tracymiller1149
    @tracymiller1149 ปีที่แล้ว +396

    It's incredibly scary that the majority of people in her district voted for Marjorie Taylor-Greene.

    • @LCCreole
      @LCCreole ปีที่แล้ว

      She's only saying that because we have a Democratic president in office, I can bet you my entire two week paycheck that in two years if a Republican President wins, namely Trump or DeSantis she would definitely change her rhetoric.

    • @ashleysisson2054
      @ashleysisson2054 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      My in laws live in her district and the feeling I get when visiting makes me completely understand how she got so many votes if you catch my drift.

    • @Roxor128
      @Roxor128 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Much to the annoyance of Suris, who has the misfortune of having her as his member of congress.

    • @PSOpwnage
      @PSOpwnage ปีที่แล้ว

      its scary how many people blindly voted for biden

    • @SierraCharlie13
      @SierraCharlie13 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I live in a state that just elected Fettermen as senator. Electing losers isn’t a one sided issue in this country

  • @lukekirk7487
    @lukekirk7487 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If our federal government wasn’t so overbearing and powerful and states could be more independent like originally intended it wouldn’t be as big of a problem.

    • @heitorpedrodegodoi5646
      @heitorpedrodegodoi5646 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My man your country has a mess of laws because you already have state freedom.

    • @lukekirk7487
      @lukekirk7487 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heitorpedrodegodoi5646 not as much as we should. Different places have different customs and political views so they should be able to have their state laws reflect that. 🤷‍♂️

    • @heitorpedrodegodoi5646
      @heitorpedrodegodoi5646 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lukekirk7487 And they dont? In some of states abortion/wee is legal in others inst, we can go on and on.

    • @lukekirk7487
      @lukekirk7487 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heitorpedrodegodoi5646 it wasn’t like that for 50 years, that just happened. And it is still regulated federally.
      The federal government does not have the authority to make law laws outside of the constitution. It has way to much power right now. Anything not in the constitution is under the authority of the states.

  • @varasatoshi3961
    @varasatoshi3961 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She later later “clarified” that we don’t need World War III, but Civil War II. Her Twitter is a nightmare.

  • @S0nyToprano
    @S0nyToprano ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I’ve thought about it a lot… I changed my mind because I was kind of open minded to this. It would be more trouble than it’s worth honestly. It would set a dangerous precedent and could be a slippery slope.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I agree with you

    • @appleman1333
      @appleman1333 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Besides, the issue of secession was solve permanently in 1865…

    • @avacadomangobanana2588
      @avacadomangobanana2588 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@iammrbeat mr beat agreeing with the slippery slope argument?? Blasphemy

    • @SK_Wizzard
      @SK_Wizzard ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Honestly even if it worked having two different federal governement would just increase cost of running those government

    • @mjvajda
      @mjvajda ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@appleman1333 and Texas v. White in 1869.

  • @coopaloopvt
    @coopaloopvt ปีที่แล้ว +63

    The whole thing is absurd. My favorite part of the whole rant is that Rep Greene’s home state could be considered a blue state, despite her claim the blue states are close to the end of the world

    • @FormerRuling
      @FormerRuling ปีที่แล้ว +12

      She is aware, lol. They whine on and on about how GA is being "sillified" by "woke Hollywoodism" (GA is attracting a lot of movie and TV work including in MtG'S district which is where I live).

    • @stephen41467
      @stephen41467 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Anthony Landrum Tyler Perry is filming in Rome, Cedartown, etc as we speak. Right in her district. Georgia is going to be blue for national elections in 2024 too

    • @csnide6702
      @csnide6702 ปีที่แล้ว

      except the people around Macon are so stupid they keep voting for her.....

  • @jerbear7952
    @jerbear7952 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She is dangerous and its scary that people support her.

  • @jenkinsljenkinssquire9137
    @jenkinsljenkinssquire9137 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    GA may have voted for Biden last election but trust me they are not a blue state. And I'm all for 25 and 25

  • @ingaman
    @ingaman ปีที่แล้ว +73

    My country (Canada) almost had a national divorce a few times, but it was always over language, culture and political representation. Partisanship would be the stupidest thing to divide nations by.

    • @als3022
      @als3022 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The United States is divided by regions. A Southerner and a Midwesterner are culturally different. They have different representation, and if you listen to regional dialects they are several forms of English in this country if you don't include the Spanish speakers.

    • @ingaman
      @ingaman ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@als3022 Sure, but the degree of separation is on a different scale. English accents in the US are very different, but mutually intelligible. Culture can vary from state to state (or urban to rural), but you all celebrate the 4th of July and sing the same anthem. Spanish is a good example though. Imagine if Puerto Rico were the size of Texas and had the same economy. They would probably want to separate rather than remain a territory. That is how it's like between Quebec and the rest of Canada.

    • @tomspriggs9478
      @tomspriggs9478 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ingaman No we don't. There are LOTS of leftists who have never once sang the national anthem. And they may have a picnic on the 4th, but they do not celebrate it's meaning. You are confusing the outward actions of a person with inward meaning, and that is unrealistic.

    • @ingaman
      @ingaman ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@tomspriggs9478 The inward meaning is irrelevant. It can even change from person-to-person. What matters is that every American identifies as an American. What one American (or group of Americans) wants their country to be may be different from another American. Many Québécois do not even see themselves as Canadians.

    • @tomspriggs9478
      @tomspriggs9478 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ingaman Just like the Quebecois I do not see myself as an American the way leftists do. I do not identify with them, and what they want America to be like is a threat to me and my people's well-being. We have spent the last 20 years saying "Not my President" based on which side won the election. Do you not see this? We are not united by being "Americans" anymore, and I withdraw my consent to being governed by them.

  • @reubster529
    @reubster529 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    We need more people like Mr beat in politics, tired of the politicians only interested in division and not being civil servants. Bad things happens when good people do nothing about it.

    • @ricardozetino6907
      @ricardozetino6907 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is the wisely thing I ever heard.

    • @Acdc5
      @Acdc5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! This is treason plain and simple. She should be expelled from Congress immediately.

    • @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty
      @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The problem isn't division, the problem is half of our politicians are far-right politically and won't compromise on any of their ideals for the sake of progress. The Republican party. They say no to everything.

    • @blorblin
      @blorblin ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty yeah we don't need compromise along the political isle, we need compromise across the working class to take back our country from this corporatocracy

    • @raindasher1464
      @raindasher1464 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@ThunderTheBlackShadowKittyExactly. People are always like "why can't they just get along" as if one side isn't systemically trying to wipe out a portion of the population and are also buddy buddy with big corporations and deny losing elections... Why should we "compromise" with that?

  • @gseeker_anew5479
    @gseeker_anew5479 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If, and when, the moment of deciding on a “divorce” came, everyone would balk.

  • @KB_-_
    @KB_-_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Splitting our country would weaken our position internationally, that’s for sure.

  • @jamiekyrin
    @jamiekyrin ปีที่แล้ว +20

    How funny that MTG should mention the Pledge of Allegiance. There's a little word in that Pledge, INDIVISIBLE. Makes me wonder if she actually paid attention to what she was saying.

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She's the kind of person who loudly says "UNDER GOD" while staring daggers at some guy called Ahmed.

    • @johnjones3813
      @johnjones3813 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lunatics tend not to get bogged down in details.

    • @condor237
      @condor237 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PlatinumAltaria which is stupid, bc Ahmed’s god and Jesus’s dad are the same person

  • @realAlexanderHamilton
    @realAlexanderHamilton ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I like to eat apple

    • @sergioventura2595
      @sergioventura2595 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Let’s go Alexander Hamilton

    • @lefty_itsme
      @lefty_itsme ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you Alexander Hamilton

    • @darthjader77
      @darthjader77 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love too eat apples

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +11

      An apple a day keeps Aaron Burr away.

    • @appleman1333
      @appleman1333 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Noooo :(

  • @user-wj2ks3pu7w
    @user-wj2ks3pu7w ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I agree I listen to all sides love your un bias opinion. I'm in a blue state but have always been in the middle choosing the people best for the job. Apparently our reps decided to pass a pay raise to themselves of 60+% for doing nothing. I'm in Hawaii btw born and raised.

  • @SeventhGod77
    @SeventhGod77 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OOOOHHH! You’re so calm and relatively neutral that it wasn’t until you were reading the Twitter thread that I realized you were talking about Marjorie “the Jews have space lasers” Taylor Green. Truly a Green classic.

  • @skylineXpert
    @skylineXpert ปีที่แล้ว +92

    You cannot tear up a 200 year marriage just like that...

    • @avacadomangobanana2588
      @avacadomangobanana2588 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes you can

    • @jtgd
      @jtgd ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don’t get how one can argue “a divorce” isn’t separation.

    • @tessareynolds8377
      @tessareynolds8377 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Why not? If it is toxic, unworkable and has irreconcilable differences ? We split from Britain and that worked out pretty well.

    • @eifbkcn
      @eifbkcn ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We did though? The modern country isn't 200 years old. It was founded through overwhelming force in the 1860's, when the Union failed for not the first time. Some states weren't even added until the 1900's. Factor in the pre-revolutionary years and the geographic US has spent more time disunited than united.

    • @rayquaza1245
      @rayquaza1245 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@tessareynolds8377 It's not unworkable or irreconcilable. Ignoring all the factors that make a split totally unrealistic, we've faced bigger problems in our history and pulled through. There is nothing America can't do

  • @shannonfallon668
    @shannonfallon668 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Love the way you ended the video. I definitely agree that there are people trying to keep us divided because they personally benefit or profit from it. As an independent voter in a swing state, I didn't click on this video out of a hatred for "the other side", but I did click out of a certain amount of fear. I'm glad you reminded us that this is probably all talk, politicians stirring up attention for themselves to win points with certain voters, while the majority of the people in the country do want to remain united. I appreciate your (comparatively) unbiased take.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Thank you, Shannon.

    • @bryanice3313
      @bryanice3313 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the last 40 years liberals have used the government to advance their ideas , when Americans were United most of liberals ideas weren’t a thing like gay marriage or mass migration. All changed

    • @savethezombies
      @savethezombies ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly what I was going to say. Attention wh(ummm) seekers are always going to say silly things for the 24hr news networks to obsess over while most people will roll their eyes. And even though MrBeat gave Green even more attention for her bananas tweet, I'm glad he illustrated the idea from the perspective of someone using critical thinking skills.

    • @palmercolson7037
      @palmercolson7037 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't know. I think Greene is of a kind who would overthrow everything so that they can have absolute power somewhere. They want to be the king (or queen) cockroach over their patch of the resulting trash pile.

  • @beanshady
    @beanshady 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Loved this video! I'm a new subscriber now and have to watch your other videos soon! 🙂

  • @DHunt88
    @DHunt88 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    lmao Marjorie wants a new confederacy. its weird af that people actually want that again.

  • @russellgeisthardt9828
    @russellgeisthardt9828 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    If this happened, I don't think MTG would be happy with her state ending up in the blue camp

    • @chrisscanlan1533
      @chrisscanlan1533 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’m guessing she would define red and blue states by whatever benefits her so she wouldn’t use the last Presidential elections. She would probably go with governors or state legislators.

    • @BladeEdge86
      @BladeEdge86 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many would feel the same way which would lead to counties and cities splitting off as well.

    • @UserName-ts3sp
      @UserName-ts3sp ปีที่แล้ว

      i bet she’d do everything she can to join alabama or tennessee

  • @foxbasealpha
    @foxbasealpha ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wonder if MTG’s “traditional values” include her marital divorce?

    • @treyshaffer
      @treyshaffer ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, if we wanted to really properly bring traditional values back then we definitely shouldn't even allow women to be in Congress

    • @RaviDev108
      @RaviDev108 ปีที่แล้ว

      She probably means traditional Christian tenants Plus a few new things;
      Anti-homosexuality
      Anti-transgender
      Anti-abortion
      Anti-women
      A state bias towards Christianity
      State bias towards white people
      Segregation
      And whatever bullshit Trumpies spew from their mouth.

    • @condor237
      @condor237 ปีที่แล้ว

      She cheated on her husband at a CrossFit gym. She’s an ogre whor

  • @demawallace7585
    @demawallace7585 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Every American ever:I've seen this one before, it's a classic!
    Gop: what do you mean, it's brand new?

  • @MidnightBreezey
    @MidnightBreezey 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ChatGPT loves to write 200 page essays just saying "I dunno, it's up to you."

  • @hubbabubba8083
    @hubbabubba8083 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    It is UNdemocratic and absolutely disgusting for MTG to talk about a divorce like this. I can’t stand some policies but It is a core democratic principle to agree to disagree. You should NOT assume everyone will think like you. We should all be able to agree that we are trying to make the country a better place, come together on our shared beliefs of Freedom, Life Liberty, etc. and that should be the core of our national unity and what makes us American.

    • @onesob13
      @onesob13 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Tbh it seems like a borderline treasonous comment. It's one thing for a random citizen to say something like that, but an elected representative of the national legislature? Don't they take an oath to preserve the constitution and the current government?

    • @liamsweeney4754
      @liamsweeney4754 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How on earth is it undemocratic?Federalization is what's undemocratic, people should make laws that affect them and their state.

    • @KarlMarxFanClub
      @KarlMarxFanClub ปีที่แล้ว

      She’s the most outspoken, hateful, divisive person in congress. She’d would have been a dedicated Nazi!

    • @onesob13
      @onesob13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@liamsweeney4754 pretty sure Europe's gradual process towards federalization via the EU is a good thing in terms of reducing armed conflict
      I don't think abolishing federalism, creating 50 independent nations, and allowing each to determine its foreign policy would be a good thing. I'm pretty sure that without the federal regulation of commerce, we wouldn't even have the freedom of travel between the 50 states as it stands

    • @TheKeksadler
      @TheKeksadler ปีที่แล้ว +4

      for all intents and purposes, merely *talking* about a divorce is not "undemocratic". It is exactly democratic- a person voicing their opinion to the public forum and the majority of people disagreeing. Now if you start calling for and planning for violence, then you've lost the ship and are being trecherous.

  • @frostbite3820
    @frostbite3820 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Love how the video turned from talking about a national divorce to an epic hammering of Greene's stupidity 😂

    • @edwinamendelssohn5129
      @edwinamendelssohn5129 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "We have low unemployment because everyone has two jobs."- AOC

    • @minneelyyyy8923
      @minneelyyyy8923 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@edwinamendelssohn5129 Great way to redirect attention from your favorite party by bringing up a completely unrelated quote that you find stupid made by someone who neither this video nor this comment you replied mentioned once.

    • @edwinamendelssohn5129
      @edwinamendelssohn5129 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@minneelyyyy8923 nations/territories, etc splitting into one or more other nations is historically normative. Democrats act shocked like it's unprecedented. I was giving an example of actual stupidity.

    • @stevencooke1027
      @stevencooke1027 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's impossible not to--unless you've regularly drunk the Kool-Aid.

    • @ChrisJones-ij3xp
      @ChrisJones-ij3xp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@minneelyyyy8923 There's nothing wrong with seeking a balance of stupidities, left and right.

  • @kolerick
    @kolerick 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    as in a real divorce, start by separating finances... then enjoy the pop-corn as the red states enjoy the consequences of their actions

  • @Whobgobblin
    @Whobgobblin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The divide really is exaggerated, not to say that there isn’t one or that it’s insignificant, but so many people on either side are basically hating a straw man, they have a warped perspective of what the other side is and stands for based on the cherry picked examples, sensationalized scandals, and hostile rhetoric they consume on a daily basis

  • @HerryGar
    @HerryGar ปีที่แล้ว +29

    In Argentina, the last presidential election map was divided between yellow states and blue states, many people started to talk about a divorce too.

    • @lautaroricaud1635
      @lautaroricaud1635 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yellow states and blue states? more like, Boquita pasion states 😎

    • @manumooo9071
      @manumooo9071 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Which is a stupid idea honestly, cuz everybody would be passing each other the responsibility to pay the IMF and who inherits the inflation lmaoo

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This Balkanization, unfortunately, is now a global phenomenon.

    • @manumooo9071
      @manumooo9071 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't really remember when this was but I also believe this sentiment in Argentina increased around 2020/2021during the pandemic quarantines at least what I remember, and partly due to the appearance of the libertarian movements in the USA, the whole 'don't thread on me' and 'plandemic' going around social media , then more libertarians started to gain more notoriety in Argentina and also I remember how a bunch of argentinians brought up a separation influenced after some idiots expressed that the state of florida and other republican states from the south should separate from America lol

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    It would set a dangerous precedent

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree!

    • @tessareynolds8377
      @tessareynolds8377 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How so? We would be separate from each other , allowing each side self governance without imposition from the other.

    • @Smile4theKillCam456
      @Smile4theKillCam456 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tessareynolds8377 Geopolitically speaking, a disjointed United States would not longer wield the power and prestige that now allows affords us our current standard of living and freedom from consequence.

    • @timbredan3476
      @timbredan3476 ปีที่แล้ว

      Absolutely

    • @timbredan3476
      @timbredan3476 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tessareynolds8377 yes but what about the LAND and GEOGRAPHY?? That alone would be a reason to not do it

  • @ChineseCommunistParty.
    @ChineseCommunistParty. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have watched lke 30 of your videos in the past 3 days, great for a brit like me to learn a bit about American politics! Thanks!!!

    • @Illumirage
      @Illumirage 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're looking at the wrong content. This entire channel is pseudo science

  • @user-qf6rv1ch6d
    @user-qf6rv1ch6d 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just nice to have someone keep it real across the board. Just nice to have someone keep it real across the board.

    • @jerrytoombs5353
      @jerrytoombs5353 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Just nice to have someone keep it real across the board

    • @luminousdragon
      @luminousdragon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jerrytoombs5353 Just nice to have someone keep it real across the board

  • @Awesomewithaz
    @Awesomewithaz ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That ChatGPT response is incredible.

  • @SeruraRenge11
    @SeruraRenge11 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I don't know how young the audience is, but I remember the Partition of India happening in my father's time and reading about it. The idea that two sides hate each other so much that they just need to go their own separate ways, ending peacefully, is not going to happen. You know what happens when the lines are drawn and there are people living on the wrong side? I'll you what happened when India saw that scenario, 2 million dead and 20 million displaced, and it's currently the most likely place in the world to start a nuclear war because the two sides hate each other that much.
    Oh what's that, you think it doesn't count? Ok then Yugoslavia, how's a little ethnic cleansing seem to you? Not west enough in europe for you and needs to be more political than ethnic? Ok, the Years of Lead in Italy. Still not west enough and it needs to have happened in your lifetime or it doesn't count? The Troubles in Northern Ireland. You can narrow down the criteria all you want and I'm going to keep finding examples where the only result is people getting killed. Learn to sort shit out with the people you live among, or you're going to end up like them, and you're not going to like how it turns out. And anyone who wants that scenario, are the ones who need to be shot more than anyone else.

    • @Professor-fc7vc
      @Professor-fc7vc ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Best comment I've seen here. The idea of basically going "fuck cooperation" and just splitting the country by party is such a stupid idea and saying you support something like a "national divorce" but don't want to cause a Civil War is like saying you want to run a marathon but don't want to get sweaty

    • @SeruraRenge11
      @SeruraRenge11 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Professor-fc7vc More importantly, India resulted in 2 million dead despite being a relatively unarmed nation in 1947. The US has more guns than people, that's a nightmare scenario.
      Forget civil war, anyone who says a national divorce won't result in something on par with an ethnic cleansing, is kidding themselves.

    • @iammrbeat
      @iammrbeat  ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Thanks for bringing those events up. Those are more examples of why learning history is so freaking important.

    • @svenrio8521
      @svenrio8521 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wow actually pulled out scenarios I have rarely scene referenced, bravo 👏
      I often have to explain these events to my fellow Americans when discussing potential outcomes to civil war, only to be met with blank stares and confusion.

    • @SeruraRenge11
      @SeruraRenge11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@svenrio8521 The Years of Lead is probably the closest parallel you can find to America today in terms of politics and that's scary because that resulted in politicians, business leaders, military officers etc being murdered by extremists from both sides, but people calling for a national divorce is something akin to the Partition of India and really don't understand how much of a shitshow your world becomes when you say "this is X state now, this is Y state now", and people who should be in X state are living in Y and told they don't belong, are either forcibly removed, or worse killed when they say "no, I like living here, I don't want to move".

  • @GeoScorpion
    @GeoScorpion 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was dubious when I saw the title, but I think you did a good job with this video.

  • @MFDoomguy21
    @MFDoomguy21 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just found your channel! Subbed! Great content 😎

  • @sethmorgan2312
    @sethmorgan2312 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    That prompt from Chat GPT genuinely changed the way I think about freedom. Incredible.

    • @PlatinumAltaria
      @PlatinumAltaria ปีที่แล้ว

      Some Americans support the freedom of all people to pursue happiness. Some Americans support the freedom to not pay taxes and shoot people.

    • @michaelbfdiiwong523
      @michaelbfdiiwong523 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it sounds way to much like a human's words for me to be comfortable