European Reacts: How Geography Made The US Ridiculously OP

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@julietnalven6441 8 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@european-reacts 8 месяцев назад

You are amazing

@TheJdmcdon 8 месяцев назад

It’s amazing the difference between an incompetent fool and a statesman. Democracy is unpredictable but in the end worth the effort.

@TheJdmcdon 8 месяцев назад

Also there is a lot of shipping out of the Great Lakes.

@justinapps3047 8 месяцев назад

@european-reacts there's a few metals needed for technology needs we would struggle for but other that America could be self sustainable for quite some time

@justinapps3047 8 месяцев назад

@@european-reactsand the Cuba question is stems from communism once upon time Cuba allowed ussr to put nukes on the island

@Seastallion 10 месяцев назад

Mostly yes, as to self-sufficiency. People underestimate the US ability to provide for itself.

@andrewtrenkel 10 месяцев назад

true but remember nearly 20% of agricultural and food products are exported

@Seastallion 10 месяцев назад

@@andrewtrenkel Which just underscores the sheer capacity of the US. With very few exceptions, starvation is something that the US has almost zero experience with as a nation. The US could actually produce a lot more food than it does. Most of the corn (Dent Corn) grown in the Midwest isn't for human consumption, but rather used for animal feed, bio-fuels, and other byproducts as opposed to Sweet Corn predominantly eaten by people.

@Navybrat64 10 месяцев назад

@@andrewtrenkel I will leave this right here The U.S. is the world's top food exporter thanks to high crop yields and extensive agricultural infrastructure.

@jfarrow781 10 месяцев назад

Yea but if we stopped exporting, we loose the allies we do have. It’s kind of a catch 22.

@matthewhawthorne8411 10 месяцев назад

@@andrewtrenkel we should export food to make the global price of food lower making necessities supply higher is alwyas good?

@williamstelling2164 10 месяцев назад

Also, the US is one of the few nations in the world who can be totally self sufficient. We actually have a ton of minerals, oil, coal, gas, and rare earth's that we refuse to mine while getting them from the rest of the world. So ours is held in reserve. So, while the world expends their resourced, the US holds theirs in reserve

@mycroft16 9 месяцев назад

And just this year we discovered in northern Nevada the worlds largest deposit of lithium, surpassing anything China has. So there goes that strategic hold that China has had for decades. The US has been extremely strategically smart with its resources. Very very long term thinking from a lot of leaders.

@markpukey8 9 месяцев назад

@@mycroft16You're giving our leaders way too much credit. They're all a pack of loons and losers. We got lucky. Our capitalist owners found it cheaper to buy things like refined rare earth minerals from China. They saved money, period. Of course it really is working to our benefit now, but I don't think it's part of some clever plan by our political leaders.

@witchsistah 9 месяцев назад

Or as Li'l Kim said, "Why spend MINE when I can spend YOURS?"

@1_slash 9 месяцев назад

Shhhhh

@1_slash 9 месяцев назад

We all know

@gwennahedden8485 10 месяцев назад

The military complex is an entity of its own. It really doesn't matter which party is in control the military always gets the money they need.

@JustMe-gn6yf 10 месяцев назад

And the military gets very little 3.1 % compared to healthcare 19.1 % of our GDP and one is the absolute best in the world and the other is mediocre at best

@Isaacsbased 10 месяцев назад

Thank god it gets what’s it needs.

@dg6612 10 месяцев назад

@@JustMe-gn6yf”very little”

@easein 10 месяцев назад

Thank God.

@peachykeen7634 10 месяцев назад

Yeah we are all realizing this. Ex-Bush conservative here… and a resident of VA… the MIC is nuuuuuuuts….

@indy54 4 месяца назад

1 Your English is great! No need to worry about it; not only is it perfectly understandable, your accent & cadence is very pleasant to listen to.

@rod5433 4 месяца назад

Yeah it's actually really easy to understand

@miers2002 3 месяца назад

His accent is so satisfying, I would love it if he could narrate a book

@nlgoddess 10 месяцев назад

I understand every word, your english is excellent and your accent is charming. Don't worry about it.

@JoeWilger 9 месяцев назад

@chrisreichert8659 8 месяцев назад

Certain syllables you struggle with can be fixed by properly learning the alphabet.

@CMTHFAF 5 месяцев назад

Agree. Much easier to understand than some English accents.

@KnowOne-at-All 5 месяцев назад

Your accent is great i & love when you pause to react pause as much as you want, apologize less your doing great

@Perfectly_Cromulent351 10 месяцев назад

Don’t worry about pausing, my man. That’s why we’re here - to hear your commentary.

@JC-es5un 10 месяцев назад

I’m from Michigan. To give you perspective: You can start at the bottom of my state, drive north for about 6 hours, and if you look to your left it is still the same lake.

@allisonoconnor8055 9 месяцев назад

Excellent I live in Duluth MN at the wolf's nose at the beginning of lake Superior 😂❤

@mysanityizgone4576 9 месяцев назад

I hate the lakes in Minnesota. Too many damn leeches...😂

@paidtourist6563 5 месяцев назад

@mysanityizgone4576 Lakes? More like ponds lol

@MarleneMeier 4 месяца назад

Same here...I live at the bottom of Lake Michigan in Chicago and it's more dangerous than the ocean.

@silikon2 4 месяца назад

There were German pows in WW2 transported to the American interior on trains and were stunned. It took days and they saw seemingly endless cities, farmland, factories, etc. Many of them said they knew Germany would certainly lose.

@marloncherry1277 5 месяцев назад

Most Americans don't know how blessed we are in our geographical Location, and Abundance of resources.

@maxdugan211 2 месяца назад

They have drilling for natural gas here in Michigan at a much higher rate than in the past and finding it everywhere.

@jonnysinclair2186 2 месяца назад

Yeah and most people are like “we need to spend more on defense we can be invaded at any moment” 😂

@silikon2 2 месяца назад

I think the video is highly misleading though. The same basic argument the video makes could be said about the British or especially Roman empires at their height. Yes North America is a rich continent, but had it remained as splintered as Europe or Africa or anywhere else in the world, it would have meant nothing.

@Phizzo4real Месяц назад

@silikon2 yeah... our Democracy is our strength and could be our downfall. The Civil War nearly assured that. We wouldn't survive a large civil war at that scale with moder weapons today (there are bases all over the countries, that any side of a war can seize. And factories both side can seize to cause massive damages on either side. The US has been very lucky in terms of figuring some crucial shit early on in its development.

@silikon2 Месяц назад

@@Phizzo4real I'm still a bit traumatized that a certain presidential candidate was nearly assassinated live on tv. It doesn't matter which side you're on, if either sides candidate were assassinated (especially in a way that would make Zapruder would look like a pleasant walk in the park)... the country is so charged right now that a horrific event like that could easily spiral into a very real civil war with states seceding and the whole shebang. Traumatized because that bullet's trajectory... we were quite possibly a literal inch from a civil war.

@myrany8407 10 месяцев назад

One thing many Europeans do not really understand is the size and depth of the great lakes. They are as big as some of the European seas and the only reason they are not actually seas is that they are fresh water.

@RobertBreedon-c3b 9 месяцев назад

And sea level plays into it as well as they ( The Great Lakes ) are all above sea level.

@AzamuggOG 8 месяцев назад

Republicans believe in funding one of the govts primary stayed function and that is to protect the republic, dems prefer to waste it pretending to care about the downtrodden

@DonMachado 8 месяцев назад

Not to mention they produce their own weather.

@DoomHat1776 8 месяцев назад

I tell my Euro friends to read the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald to understand the power and magnitude of the Great Lakes. It blows their minds.

@BionicMilkaholic 6 месяцев назад

@@DoomHat1776 He needs to do a review of the song by Gordon Lightfoot.

@Chris.P.Nugget. 8 месяцев назад

After hearing over and over again how the world hates us.... it fills my heart with so much joy to hear someone love america and speak about its beauty the way you do. America is my home, I have native blood, I'm so proud of my home

@CZH3982 5 месяцев назад

Yes, he has a positive sense of innocent enthusiasm... I'll leave it there! 😊

@Chris.P.Nugget. 5 месяцев назад

@CZH3982 yeah you probably should...

@TheSobeysworker 5 месяцев назад

I suspect a lot of that is people hating the US government and foreign policy directives, but loving America itself. Generally, that would be my stance.

@Chris.P.Nugget. 5 месяцев назад

@TheSobeysworker nah... people think we're rich, lazy, spoiled, think we're better than everyone else or just flat out evil... im talking about what they think of us as a people.... britts are constantly hating on us... shit I've even seen signs in France outside of coffee shops that say no americans allowed

@summersands8105 5 месяцев назад

Having grown up and lived overseas for a good part of my life, I can honestly tell you that many more people are totally in love with the US and Americans than there are people who hate us. Yes, there are people who hate us, but we hate them too, so it all balances out...lol Most people are very curious about the US and Americans. They want to talk to you and have a lot of questions.

@Americans4Israel4Ever 8 месяцев назад

Actually, Americans love Cubans. Our governments have issues but not us. Many live here and have assimilated very well. Many of us also speak Spanish and they all speak English. They have brought the food and culture that has been welcomed and embraced by us.

@beigenegress2979 День назад

This is how feel about Cuba 🇨🇺 and with Russia 🇷🇺: our 🇺🇸 government has a “beef” with THOSE governments. I have wanted to visit Russia for yrs, but now due to politics, I won’t go, bev I fear being thrown in prison on lying charges of drugs or spying. I’m soon old enough to fine for SS retirement. Don’t need Russia locking me up bec I wanted tour Heritage Museum, St Basil’s etc. And visit Cuba 🇨🇺 too.

@mintconditioncoinrings 5 месяцев назад

I love your content bro. I’m a U.S. Army combat veteran. I watch all your videos. I love your reactions. Most Americans cannot appreciate our great country. It’s so awesome watching you be amazed about how great America really is. If you ever visit the States I’d love to meet you and show you around. Anytime. And your English is perfect by the way.

@chaost4544 10 месяцев назад

The Chesapeake Bay coastline being longer than India's coastline is a mindboggling thing. Most Americans don't know about that.

@Senriam 9 месяцев назад

Google the coastline fallacy and you’ll see why this is ultimately inconsequential

@drewpamon 9 месяцев назад

Coastlines aren't measurable

@alexk7046 9 месяцев назад

@@Senriamhhahah came here to say that

@2024WhatNow 8 месяцев назад

Definitely! I had no clue and I lived in the area for over 8 years.

@Boats_N_Hoez 8 месяцев назад

What are you on

@christiclaycomb2639 9 месяцев назад

Those lakes are MASSIVE. When you stand on the shore and look over one of them it looks like the ocean. You cannot see the other side

@gfry1752 6 месяцев назад

As a Michigan resident, I can attest to this. Standing on the beaches of the West side of the state makes it appear very big.

@judithanne1234 5 месяцев назад

I thought it was funny to listen to the video that was shared and that lack of knowledge the narrator clearly had in regard to the importance of the Great Lakes and the connection to the Atlantic. They could be classified as inland seas.

@plugshirt1762 7 дней назад

@@judithanne1234 They also somehow didn't mention the massive roadway system

@passiert1027 10 месяцев назад

As an american from the midwest, i knew we had OP geography. But, damn, I was honestly surprised by most of this. Fantastic video and reaction 😊

@sarahyoung646 9 месяцев назад

Same! And no trouble understanding your accent and English.

@Deimosreaper 9 месяцев назад

Same actually sht surprised me

@jesi3336 5 месяцев назад

We never said we were perfect...we just try harder & work harder & believe freedom and liberty are as important as breathing. 🇺🇸❤️

@mommacrow3170 Месяц назад

Best comment! Truth.

@Seastallion 10 месяцев назад

The river changing paths isn't really a Climate Change issue. It's more like a land erosion issue. That would happen regardless.

@halicarnassus8235 10 месяцев назад

Yep, it was due to change course regardless of 20th century or any climate change.

@RealzFoSho 10 месяцев назад

Came here looking for this comment. Natural erosion that has been occurring throughout all of the existence of the river. Specifically, in relation to rivers and their course changes, the term avulsion is used. Additionally, of note, river courses can be significantly affected by even small changes in surface elevations due to tectonic plate shifts.

@katrinaprescott5911 10 месяцев назад

River course changes are usually caused by silt (dirt) in the river. This is a bigger problem for slower - and more navigable - rivers. The Yellow River in China has the same issue.

@allisonoconnor8055 10 месяцев назад

It happens near the continental divide, where rivers flow to the Atlantic or Pacific 😂🎉

@halicarnassus8235 10 месяцев назад

And especially since the Mississippi River is a Meandering River by Nature

@genepippin5544 10 месяцев назад

Not only is your English very good, you have a very impressive vocabulary.

@chaost4544 10 месяцев назад

Canada being an extremely close ally and basically brothers is a huge reason why North America is OP.

@johnreese7973 9 месяцев назад

I'm glad Canada isn't an angry neighbor

@Srdjana- 9 месяцев назад

@@johnreese7973 Even if it was, Canada would be over run in hours.

@landenschooler6726 9 месяцев назад

And a lot of Canadians and Americans are blood relatives.....

@Srdjana- 9 месяцев назад

@@landenschooler6726 If you mean by "alot" a couple thousand, then yes. But Canada is a socialist shithole with taxes out the ass, and a 6 month to 2 year wait list to a see a specialist and a 8 hour wait time in most hospitals. Canada can only afford to be socialist because of America. If the USA did not have such a powerful military, Canada would have been forced to build their own. Right now Canada's military is 2 rowboats and a squirt gun.

@twentyonegrams8617 9 месяцев назад

Canada is family. Period.

@SA-hf3fu 3 месяца назад

Canada - please let me apologize for the host here! My youngest daughter was born in Canada with a duel citizenship until age 18. Canada and Canadians overall are wonderful people. It makes me cringe when someone makes it sound like you are being ruled by the US. You are not! I’m forever grateful that we are allies as well as neighbors so please don’t be offended by those who don’t understand! 🙏🏼🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️

@CIBERXGAMING Месяц назад

we are all ruled by something. luckily we are ruled by something somewhat good..

@jlbathome9162 8 месяцев назад

I'm an American and I love the Canadian and Mexicans in our country. Great people

@matthewbennett4039 8 месяцев назад

You asked why we have ships on lakes, please consider the American Great Lakes are more than 2.5 times larger than Portugal! Many Great Lake Ships (Freshies) are longer, but narrower than Blue Water ships (salties.)

@DarthAwar 5 месяцев назад

@@Kenneth_James Well Australia's Biggest Cattle Station (US Ranch!) is the size of Israel, The Australian Great Lake while Dry is filled would cover 1/3 of the In land (Mostly QLD, VIC, NSW and a bit of SA and NT!) it would hold more Fresh Water than the North Pole or so I am told!

@susanoakeshauf 5 месяцев назад

The Great Lakes are actually considered in-land oceans.

@judithanne1234 5 месяцев назад

@@susanoakeshaufSeas, but yes, they are huge and hold over 20% of the earth's fresh water

@DarthAwar 3 месяца назад

@@susanoakeshauf It's an inland sea not an ocean, Ocean is the water that surrounds the world's landmass a Sea is just a navigation term for of any large mass of water not unlike a Lake is bigger than a pond and a pond does not mean all ponds are lakes

@ORWELL_USA Месяц назад

@@judithanne1234 Inland is one word.

@manueldeterra5090 10 месяцев назад

Yes, a "barrier" island is an entity that protects the actual coastline from receiving damage or stress from tidal and wave damage.

@MamaBear-ud8xm 8 месяцев назад

And as such, large war vessels cannot storm any beaches on any of its shores. God truly did bless America…and would continue, until it turns its back on Him.

@jacobsmith4201 4 месяца назад

A teacher I had in highschool told me that if everyone stopped trading with us it would be around 150 years before we would notice

@tonyk4615 9 месяцев назад

I remember 20 years ago talking to a coworker from Greece about our energy independence. He thought Americans were crazy for worrying so much about it. He was convinced it wasn’t a problem. He always said this country could flip a switch and start producing oil whenever it wanted. Looking back on it now, it seems he wasn’t far from the truth.

@tinatidmore3809 8 месяцев назад

@tonyk4615 Many do not realize how many drills are capped in the US, also in the Gulf of Mexico, and leases on government land for drilling that are not used, just kept as an option. The issue with oil and gas is never, in the US, the supply. The issue is how profitable it will be to extract it. This is what determines how much we get from our own territory and how much we buy from others. And a company will make the decision on investing into a drill based on a projected long-term profitability estimate. It's a bigger initial investment that will take years to pay off. The reason we are now getting more of these resources from our own territory is new technologies made extracting them here more profitable. We always knew the resource was here in abundance.

@randymotter51 8 месяцев назад

Another factor is just improving the technology, allowing them to not only drill existing sources more profitably but unlocking access to deeper reserves. There is a limit on how far down you can go (If you go far down enough that the delicate parts in your drill that let it move start fusing or melting then its pretty much over) but we probably haven't reached it just yet.

@kyriss12 8 месяцев назад

@@randymotter51 add to that by forcing the middle east to trade only in American standard dollar and controlling the global energy market, we are able to boost the overall value of the American dollar on the international trade market.

@pdraggy 8 месяцев назад

That and nobody but the weakest and elderly would freeze here anyway.

@dagmarvarela2689 8 месяцев назад

@@tinatidmore3809 Everything about the US is based on profit.

@ericswift1123 8 месяцев назад

The Great Lakes are large enough to act as seaways. This allows the north border of the US to also have ports

@summersands8105 5 месяцев назад

Remember too that you can travel the rivers from the Gulf to the Great Lakes. The Great Loop takes you from the Gulf, up the Mississippi to the Great Lakes, then out through Canada and to the Atlantic Ocean.

@troykeith5143 5 месяцев назад

I’m from Chicago. My wife calls the Great Lakes oceans. As a Kansas American it’s hard to comprehend how big these lakes are

@steveullrich7737 7 месяцев назад

This is a great vido and I think most Americans don't appreciate how fortunate we are in having all resources that allows us to prosper and which helped us to become a superpower. Your English is perfectly understandable. More people should watch such videos to better understand the world.

@european-reacts 7 месяцев назад

I agree with that. This video gives a lot of amazing information 🙌

@heatherqualy9143 5 месяцев назад

I adore your admiration for our country! 🥰 I am always proud to be an American, but it’s easy to forget to be grateful day-to-day.

@melissanewton7475 9 месяцев назад

Your accent is incredibly clear. My only problem as a native English speaker is that every time you are looking for a word I yell it out, forgetting you can’t hear me. 😂

@seanziepoo7495 8 месяцев назад

Agreed lol, The Accent is definitely "heavy" but... I can understand him better than most Southerners 😅

@tylernorby4939 7 месяцев назад

@@seanziepoo7495 Southerns have an accent that makes words sound different, it's entirely different. His accent is like listening to words with different tones only.

@teresahall5625 7 месяцев назад

I did that! 😂

@BionicMilkaholic 6 месяцев назад

Fossil stuff, you were looking for the word fuel.

@OkiePeg411 6 месяцев назад

📣

@randyredbeard9101 8 месяцев назад

We use other nations oil for one reason. Simply, when they run out, we will still have a LOT of domestic oil to use completely under our control.

@mesquitoful 7 месяцев назад

lol. Keep ours in the ground where it’s safe. The truth is more complicated. Refineries are designed around specific grades of oil. We have refineries that can only handle foreign sources.

@vidpie 7 месяцев назад

America exports more than 9 million barrels of oil a day since a 40-yr-old ban on oil exports was lifted in 2015 (to lift producers' profits). Gulf Coast refineries can refine heavy sour crude, which is cheaper, to create speciality products. That's why we import oil.

@southfieldtrill9690 6 месяцев назад

@@vidpieGreat information 💯

@kingjellybean9795 6 месяцев назад

Shit never thought about it from that angle🤣

@markbarta2369 3 месяца назад

@@vidpie you nailed it. Shale oil is "sweet" crude which is awesome for energy, but not so good for other petrochemicals. For petrochemicals, the "sour" crude oils work better. Also, due to not bring as useful for energy, it's also sold at a discount compared to what the "sweet" crude oils can ask for. So we import sour crude oils for chemical production, and export our sweet crude oil.

@Iwenttothewoods1379 8 месяцев назад

Barrier island; like a long and narrow island, separated from the main land by ocean water, that helps to protect the main lands both militarily, and geographically.

@rosariorodriguez2457 8 месяцев назад

Additionally, the ecological significance of the barrier islands plays a big role, when it does help to protect the mainland from hurricanes and other natural phenomena, first acting as a barrier and also the marshlands protecting the marine and land species. Many of them do use it for reproduction and protection purposes.

@llrice3711 7 месяцев назад

I understand you just fine.

@gwolfstahl 5 месяцев назад

And is a weather and tidal buffer...

@brettevans278 5 месяцев назад

Canada is very cold and very mountainous. Mostly uninhabited.

@jelapeto 2 месяца назад

I love how genuine your video is. I’m Asian who worked in Europe for awhile then legally immigrated to America. Very blessed to be here. Cool reaction!

@Enneamorph 5 месяцев назад

A "barrier island" is a long stretch of island which has broken off from the mainland. Water separates the mainland and island, making safe channels in between them. Their existence implies: •Easily-made harbors and ports. You can put ports on BOTH SIDES if you want. •Easily-defendable mainland with a natural, physical barrier between it and the enemy. Want a fort? Put it on the barrier. No problem. Put one on the mainland, too. Doubly-defended, both sides. •Safely-traversable water with mild, predictable currents. The islands are like water breakers in a way. Water inside is calmer and shallower. These factors make a barrier island a sort of "screening area" where a potential invasion has to find a way through the islands' water channels. If they try, they will have two major options: Take the barrier island (which might be heavily-defended) quickly, or power through the small channel, going into a bottleneck where their actions and movements are predictable, and they have a high chance of being quickly surrounded. Neither are good options, so the best course of action is to not invade at all. For all intents and purposes, a "barrier island" is a free, natural castle wall. And they are EVERYWHERE along the East Coast.

@gk5891 26 дней назад

@Enneamorph From a commerce standpoint it means you don't need open ocean capable shipping. You can transport bulk commodities from the heartland of the USA to the East Cost population centers via fresh water type transport. A river barge is a tiny fraction of the cost of an open sea bulk cargo ship.

@jimbojones7163 10 месяцев назад

You should check out the video about how the US Navy originally got started, by fighting pirate ships. The guy who makes the video is an amazing story teller and have a fantastic video about it. It's called "America Dismantles Pirate Nations for Touching Their Boats - The Barbary Wars" by The Fat Electrician. I think you will enjoy the story and his video a lot.

@brianfite4740 10 месяцев назад

Also habitual line crosser. Explains why we don't mess with our Canadian Brethren. When the Sorry stops, the war crimes begin.

@Navybrat64 10 месяцев назад

I love that video

@alexandrahanson-harding4666 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the recommendation!

@sherank244 10 месяцев назад

I second this, such a great video I love the fat electrician 😂

@chaost4544 10 месяцев назад

That video made me want a movie or series about that war. Fascinating time in American history that had huge long term ramifications.

@internetpig5354 5 месяцев назад

I'm a native English speaker from rural midwest. Your English is very good and I haven't had one time in your videos where I've went "what is he saying?" Really, don't worry about your English, it's great. Always understand what you're saying without fail.

@minkademko2335 4 месяца назад

Me too.

@peteowens3033 27 дней назад

😀 This is great. I have lived in the US for all my 66 years and this is the first time this has been explained to me in such detail. Really makes me appreciate what we have here even more.

@evilproducer01 10 месяцев назад

The Great Lakes are more like inland fresh water seas. Lake Superior alone is larger than some European countries. It is the largest lake by surface area in the world. The combined Great Lakes alone, contain something like 21% of the entire world’s fresh water.

@Yuki_Ika7 10 месяцев назад

unless you consider the Caspian Sea as a lake (a saltwater one granted)

@brotherlos 9 месяцев назад

I think a LOT of people here in America need to watch your videos. Too many people here don't understand how geopolitics, and geo economics work. We can't become neutral, without the world's economy dying, and another power filling our void.

@ChrisGrahamkedzuel 10 месяцев назад

A barrier island is a constantly changing deposit of sand that forms parallel to the coast. Basically, it makes our coastlines safer to navigate. Which is why when you visit the Atlantic Ocean on the East Coast, the waves aren't as big. But the West Coast has no barrier islands, so the waves are bigger, which makes berthing more difficult.

@ccormx 10 месяцев назад

Side note: the Intracoastal Waterway is man made, not natural as is represented in this video. It was built by the Army Corp of Engineers.

@dubletar7351 10 месяцев назад

⁠@@ccormx😲‼️

@SnowmanTF2 10 месяцев назад

@@ccormx Some of it was always naturally navigable. Though there has been lots of changes over time to mitigate flooding, extend how far can be navigated, and maintain a minimum levels year round.

@vascobroma8907 10 месяцев назад

@@ccormx this is true of much of Louisiana to South Carolina, but the majority of Texas, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and especially North Carolina (via the Outer Banks) are naturally navigable. But for instance the Intercoastal Waterway (North Landing River) in VA is a partially manmade canal connecting Norfolk to the intercoastal sounds in NC. There's actually only about 60 miles of manmade canals connecting Wilmington, NC to Baltimore, MD. The other 400 some miles are natural.

@alexandriat5929 10 месяцев назад

Great reaction video. The USA never sought to be a superpower, we just like trade, travel, friends md things that go boom ( fireworks and guns, our civilians have more guns than our military 😅)

@tinadiggingindirtweinstein5648 3 месяца назад

We didn’t let the Russians put atomic weapons in Cuba. In the early1960’s WW3 almost occurred when the US and the Soviet Union faced off.

@ORWELL_USA Месяц назад

We DID let the Russians put atomic weapons in Cuba...then we made them take them out.

@tomhalla426 10 месяцев назад

Argentina has vast advantages, but has managed to be a consistent underperformer. Political systems matter.

@bdubson9082 10 месяцев назад

Being a republic works.

@peachykeen7634 10 месяцев назад

Good luck w Milei, hope his plans work. US needs an overhaul herself.

@Allaiya. 10 месяцев назад

100%

@kathleenmccrory9883 10 месяцев назад

US interference in South America leaves the US much to answer for.

@stevepowell6503 9 месяцев назад

Definitely. If I remember correctly, there was a time when Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world.

@Out-Of-Service 10 месяцев назад

Don't worry about your accent. There are people from all over the world here in America so we hear lots of accents. I live in southwest Florida and there are lots of Germans in my town so I hear that accent all the time. Also, you are correct about the intercoastal waterways around the coast. The islands just offshore block the waves so it's like having a river around the coast that boats can safely sail on.

@harlempixie338 10 месяцев назад

I was born and raised in NYC. I speak fluent accented English. 😊

@GentleRain21 10 месяцев назад

As a young country, the US not only survived, but prospered. It wasn't until politics got a hold beyond looking out for Americans and ways certain people could become wealthy by promoting foreign interests that things went downhill, bringing in cheap and at times deadly products from other countries.

@Souledex 9 месяцев назад

Well that's an oversimplified picture of our problems. It certainly happens and is a problem - just look at Chinese produced Fentanyl now, but it isn't like that alone is the culprit.

@marionette8739 9 месяцев назад

And who owns those factories...? American companies...? I thought so.

@viperswhip 5 месяцев назад

In Canada we have like 1% of the people but 24% of the World's fresh water lol

@e.keesey 2 месяца назад

Plus a complete prat as PM.

@goldfieldgary 26 дней назад

There has been talk of ocean ships towing icebergs to California's coast, this could potentially supply drinking water to not only California but to the Desert Southwest, at less cost than pumping groundwater from deep wells, as is presently done.

@gwennahedden8485 10 месяцев назад

1. Your English is wonderful. I've never had a problem understanding you😊

@Seastallion 10 месяцев назад

The US never should have tried nation building in Afghanistan. As soon as Bin Laden had been dealt with we should have left.

@Navybrat64 10 месяцев назад

I 1000000% agree!

@LA_HA 10 месяцев назад

@@Navybrat64Infinity%. Truly, I believe in my core that Most Americans just don't want to deal with the rest of the world anymore. Of course, the extent is variable. I'm leaning towards going back to seclusion. Not full seclusion. Semi seclusion is where I'm at. Historically, We're stronger, more cohesive, and better off overall without being in the globalist schema

@Allaiya. 10 месяцев назад

Agreed. I get leaving a small force there for counter terrorism concerns, but once BL was taken out we should have tapped out.

@Vendrix86 10 месяцев назад

I get the attempt though. It's kinda shitty to invade a country then leave abruptly leaving the people to rebuild from the ravages of war. They felt the responsibility to help.

@Seastallion 10 месяцев назад

@@Vendrix86 I *might* would agree with that thought, except Afghanistan has almost never been anything BUT a war torn shit hole. The people who grew up under the American aegis in Afghanistan for 20 years, many were literally clinging to leaving US aircraft as they were taking off and falling to their deaths. Parents were literally THROWING THEIR BABIES over the fence hoping the Americans would take them away with them. They *knew* that without the American Overwatch that Afghanistan would go right back to being a shit hole. So, was it really worth it to try and turn Afghanistan into something it had never been? That being a functional unified and free country? After 20 years and Trillions of dollars spent with nothing to show for it, I think not.

@sparc77 8 месяцев назад

We learn a lot of these geology facts at school, but usually just as memory facts. How these things play into the rise and success of the nation are often glossed over.

@minkademko2335 4 месяца назад

I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and retired to Texas. I have not previously heard of the long line of barrier islands all the way from the TexMex border all the way up to the New England states. Wow! Lots of great information in this video. All Americans should be watching this ❤

@keithpierce5686 9 месяцев назад

This is why its good to have friendly neighbors.

@louiseasmith1336 8 месяцев назад

That's why it's so good that we got rid of the mango mussolini.

@soullessginger8069 10 месяцев назад

If the world cut the US off it would be really bad for a while But it would recover after a few decades. The major issues of self reliance in terms of the us would be medicine, computer chip production and lack of general manufacturing. All of those things were covered but greed caused corporations and politicians to outsource cheap labor to foreign countries.

@MrVvulf 10 месяцев назад

That trend has been reversing in recent years, with many manufacturing plants returning to the US (called Reshoring). "Cheap" overseas labor isn't all returning, but places that have themselves seen huge economic growth in the past 50 years (especially China) have experienced an increase in their real wages increase by a factor of around 500%... That "cheap labor" isn't particularly cheap anymore, so it's being moved to areas like Vietnam and other Asian countries, or back to somewhere in the Americas (some South, some North). Added to the labor considerations are potential interruptions/delays in logistics (transport of goods), therefore "closer=better". Here's the title of an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal earlier this year - "America Is Back in the Factory Business" ++++ Record spending on manufacturing construction heralds a made-in-the-U.S. rebound, stoked by green-energy incentives and concerns about foreign supply chains; ‘this is here to stay’++++

@Navybrat64 10 месяцев назад

That's a bunch of nonsense. Show actual facts, not opinions.

@soullessginger8069 10 месяцев назад

@@Navybrat64 lol I'll do whatever I want take it or leave it. 🖕

@kate2create738 10 месяцев назад

@Navybrat Most of what was said was accurate, exactly what was it that was just “opinions?”

@lucydotg 10 месяцев назад

Things like rare earth mining is essentially outsourcing pollution. Those mines are incredibly toxic.

@halicarnassus8235 10 месяцев назад

1. I don't need subtitles to understand 100% of the words that you're saying. Anyone who's bilingual I respect but your English is top-notch in my mind.

@myNUTZyourCHIN 4 месяца назад

In Texas here and completely understand your English. Thank you for the commentaries. Extremely entertaining and informative.

@danringdahl6369 8 месяцев назад

Fun fact about the Mississippi River . . . see that little bump on the northern border (state of Minnesota, into Canada), the US didn't know exactly where the river started when the border was established, and thought the body of water on the bump might be the start of it. . . So they made sure to get it.

@Ty_-ht1mp 9 месяцев назад

The barrier reefs not only keep the waters calm, but also restrict troop landings b hostile forces and the ability for submarines to sneak in. This is because the barrier reefs only allow access to the mainland in certain spots that are easily defendable

@throngcleaver 8 месяцев назад

They are islands, not reefs.

@adamdonovan4071 9 месяцев назад

Much of the US coast has essentially a sandbar beyond the coast which creates a protected sound between the continent and island. This sound is collectively known as the intracoastal waterway.

@garycamara9955 7 месяцев назад

Only the East coast!

@Nkloud 3 месяца назад

My dad worked on an oil rig in Oklahoma. Our nation has what it needs to survive. Love from this side of the pond, brother! ❤

@nicholaswion846 2 месяца назад

Yeah, we import because its cheaper, not because it is necessary, it would take some time to adapt our economy if we were suddenly cut off from all foreign markets, but it actually is possible for the US to be 100% self-sufficient.

@ericj5627 10 месяцев назад

Canada is mostly a vast beautiful land that's cold,with a side of freezing. California alone has more people than the total of Canada. We love our neighbors to the north

@jeffhampton2767 9 месяцев назад

Not everybody in the United States love Canada. Speak for yourself😂😂😂

@grege8318 9 месяцев назад

I hate their politics, but love the Strip clubs, and the Tim Hortons.

@judithanne1234 5 месяцев назад

You've obviously never been there.

@Meg0307 10 месяцев назад

I Live on Lake Michigan, the Great Lakes are essentially inland freshwater seas. They're only called "lakes" because they're fresh water. They are massive. Most people don't realize the sheer size of them. Oceananic sized ships and ports are very normal sights here in the Great Lakes since they're sea sized bodies of water, that are also connected to massive rivers that lead to oceans. The largest USA Navy training base is located on Lake Michigan just north of Chicago. All new Navy recruits train on that base on Lake Michigan.

@thoscrich 10 месяцев назад

During the second World War, the US Navy even operated two aircraft carriers on the Great Lakes and used them to train new pilots in how to take off and land on a moving ship.

@nrrork 9 месяцев назад

I'm kinda okay with not too many people knowing how nice the Lake Michigan area is. I've seen what happens to places that get _too_ popular as tourist destinations or people moving to the area. One of the best things about this area is it's not too crowded and the cost of living is low.

@jeffhampton2767 9 месяцев назад

FALSE! They are called Lakes because they have land on all four sides whereas a sea only has land on three sides 😂😂😂

@RCM1212 9 месяцев назад

@@jeffhampton2767what about the Red Sea

@DarthRayj 8 месяцев назад

Tbh I think the cold in the winter keeps a lot of people away and I'm very okay with that! ~A Minnesotan @@nrrork

@YasuTaniina 8 месяцев назад

My dad is a retired geophysicist, and I studied geology in college. The fossil fuel estimates keep changing because we find more oil field and because technically keeps changing. They can extract far far more oil now then they used to be able to

@moonprints Месяц назад

Thank you for reacting all in one video! I hate having to track down other parts.

@jameskipp66 10 месяцев назад

The Great Lakes aren't really "Lakes" but are more like inland seas. So they can handle large shipping containers. Lake Superior is about. 1300 ft deep Lake Michigan 920 ft deep

@jeffhampton2767 9 месяцев назад

The Great Lakes are lakes and not Inland Seas😂😂😂

@kellytrimble7019 9 месяцев назад

Have you ever been on Lake Superior? Believe me, it’s like an inland sea, with its own weather!

@caraiya 9 месяцев назад

@@jeffhampton2767No, James has the right of it. While they are called, and technically are lakes, they do have more of the size and other attributes of a sea. They are far deeper and networked than traditional lakes, with tides and weather that are more reflective of a sea. They are large enough and deep enough to handle large ships. In fact, they're large enough that large ships can be lost in their depths. The only reason that they aren't called seas is because they are landlocked and freshwater. They are an anomaly.

@jeffhampton2767 9 месяцев назад

@@kellytrimble7019 being like an inland sea does not make it an inland sea 🤔😆😆

@jeffhampton2767 9 месяцев назад

@@caraiya Okay but they are still fresh water lakes.

@saintlybeginnings 8 месяцев назад

2:06 - our geological location is a blessing. Having friendly neighbors & having oceans separating 🇺🇸 from potential enemies. Our land is also very resource rich, allowing us to be self sustained if we need.

@rob585 6 месяцев назад

I don’t know about friendly, but they’re definitely weak

@ericmcdonough8193 8 месяцев назад

And yes you're perfectly understood. Your English is better than half my family

@barbarahomrighaus6852 5 месяцев назад

A barrier island is an island that creates a bay on the land side and takes the brunt of the power of the ocean on its side facing the sea.

@branplore 10 месяцев назад

The answer to military spending is both parties. Military spending is approved by Congress and is only approved by a majority vote from both parties together.

@chucksolutions4579 9 месяцев назад

2:06 thank you so much! I am a former combat vet who got into medicine and now business. I can tell you no one is more aware of America’s flaws than Americans them selves we are far from perfect and we know it. I do think that most of us really want Whatever is best for the rest of the world. I am a conservative and I agree with America first policies for Americans. That said I want your country to place the needs of its own people first. I don’t think a Government is doing right by its people if it is not placing the needs of its own people first.

@rebeccasmith2048 7 месяцев назад

Very well said!!

@Userhandle7384 9 месяцев назад

Our greatest resource is our people. We are diverse, resourceful, hardworking and friendly. I love our country, we’re not perfect, but we’re good people

@mycroft16 9 месяцев назад

And honestly, when it matters, we absolutely come together and work together. The rest of the time we can be a little dysfunctional. :D

@Userhandle7384 4 месяца назад

@@mycroft16haha agreed 😂

@DolaPrice Месяц назад

Thank you! Lifelong American just learned a ton and had several questions ive had all my life answered.

@jeffreyperry7911 8 месяцев назад

1. Most Americans do not generally understand most of the points in this video regarding the importance of our geography and navigation system. We take it all for granted and don't know that other regions don't have navigable rivers all over. 2. In terms of survival, the US is self sufficient, but our level of consumption would have to drop dramatically which would put a huge amount of pressure on our government. We also lack certain rare metals and perhaps more importantly, the best microchip manufacturing facilities. 3. As far as Dems vs. Repubs supporting military spending: socially, democrats are less supportive of military spending as they indicate that they want more of that money to be spent on social issues, however, in reality, our military industrial complex is perhaps the strongest lobbying group in the world. In fact, it isn't too much of a stretch to suggest that the collective leadership of our largest military contractors are actually the most powerful group of people in the world, far beyond the actual elected government of the US.

@rathael1428 10 месяцев назад

America's independence on energy and resources is the reason why you feel so comfortable with America holding the dominant position in the world right now. We simply don't need to take other people's stuff. We have everything we need right here. It is the countries that are resource starved or economically desperate that you need to worry about. They turn aggressive and expansionist.

@tinatidmore3809 9 месяцев назад

good point. However, ironically, Russia is not dependent on others for resources. And up until the full-scale invasion, had access to technology and expertise. Yet, it turned aggressive. Could it be the resource they wanted was the population because their demographic future was/is bleak?

@MJBJ-cb2jd 9 месяцев назад

The biggest problem in Sudan, DRC Congo, and Mexico and Venezuela is government corruption.

@caraiya 9 месяцев назад

Eh, that's not quite true. The counterpoint to this is our continued involvement in the affairs of the Middle East. It's not really out of some sense of justice and altruism. It's because we want their oil. They have more oil than we do. We have some and could be independent if needed, but we have an inclination to use others' resources before our own. We've also become keenly aware of the impact it makes environmentally...

@omc2629 9 месяцев назад

@@tinatidmore3809 You are correct that the demographics is the reason for their invasion.

@jtaylorb88 9 месяцев назад

It's too bad we have to keep being the police force for the world just to get sh*t on too. We need to start taking care of our own first. Biden gives billions overseas and $700 to people in Hawaii who lost everything is all.

@robertbaker146 7 месяцев назад

The video forgot another major transportation asset: the Interstate Highway system. Virtually every part of the U.S. is accessible by car or truck despite geographic barriers.

@russellmz 7 месяцев назад

true but this is geography not manmade stuff. plus, the goods moved over the rivers and oceans is immense compared to the highway. the rovers are way more valuable

@moonprints Месяц назад

Same issue with my comment (man made) but in addition to the highway system we also have the railroads.

@creativelygrowingcreativity Месяц назад

1. I have no trouble understanding anything that you say, I am from the southern United States. I totally enjoy watching your reactions and really like hearing your opinions about our country's beauty.

@sallyintucson 10 месяцев назад

When I was a child in the “60’s, almost everything was made in the US. It wasn’t until the “80’s that we started exporting jobs. Could we do it again? Absolutely. This is a very interesting video.

@Yuki_Ika7 10 месяцев назад

the only exception is for some resources for high technology we might need to import but besides that, yeah, pretty much

@pmpowalisz 9 месяцев назад

The reason many manufacturing jobs were exported was because of the cheap labor available overseas, which is truly the reason the cheapest tv doesn’t currently cost a thousand dollars (to name one of the many examples). Automation (robots) is currently changing the equation, and the sole reason a lot of factories have returned to the US, but our economy is still dependent on cheap overseas labor.

@allisonoconnor8055 9 месяцев назад

Free trade

@johnguillemette1969 9 месяцев назад

@@Yuki_Ika7 Well, that's a matter of national security law. Most of the rare earths in the US are mixed with Thorium, Processing out the rare earth result in reactor grade Thorium, which can then be used with other radioactive metals to create bomb material, so the US has a lot of restrictions in place. If we spent money to create actual power producing thorium salt reactors, then it would make it more economical to do. Those reactors are actively being fought against by other plant designs. 🤷‍♂ The other reason is economics, b/c it's cheaper to buy rare earths and lithium from China than to pay wages here. 😒

@RandomNonsense1985 9 месяцев назад

Greedy corporate execs would rather pay children in third world countries 50 cents a day than pay living wages to American workers.

@dalemurray1318 10 месяцев назад

This video never mentioned the Appalachian Fall Line that powered hundreds, maybe even thousands of water powered mills in colonial times and the huge coal fields that powered our Railroads and factories during our Industrial Revolution. Most of the land between the East Coast and the Mississippi River was old growth hardwood forests and the most common type of tree was the American Chestnut which provided a huge food supply for wildlife, which was abundant.

@tinatidmore3809 9 месяцев назад

and the black soil in the deep south (Alabama, for example) for cotton and peanuts.

@spikeystone 9 месяцев назад

Your English is very good, and I have no problem at all understanding you. I thoroughly enjoy your content and reactions.

@SpottedLeaf74 5 месяцев назад

It’s definitely accented, but perfectly understandable. Also, your joke about the US ‘protecting’ Canada is hilarious. Canada in both world wars have had an attitude of ‘it’s not a war crime the first time you do it’

@joshuagenes 10 месяцев назад

Most of US international trade is with Mexico and Canada. If we lost the rest of the world apart for Canada and Mexico we would have a down quarter or two before we rebound as we build factories to produce what little we are missing.

@ldens6694 7 месяцев назад

At 6.65, if you look at the overlay of the US and Europe - that size difference explains why Americans normally don't (typically) visit as many other countries or speak as many languages as Europeans; We can go vastly farther than most Europeans and never leave our own country.

@ashfordj81 5 месяцев назад

Also Europeans traveling between European countries are visiting significantly different cultures while Americans traveling between states are simply visiting different geographical features.

@ldens6694 5 месяцев назад

@@ashfordj81 You don't know much about American cultures. Like Native American tribes, there are significant differences in the states and even parts of each state. New York, Texas, California, Florida, Washington, North Dakota - all very different cultures and have a different feel from each other... and have different histories. For instance, Texas has different founding fathers that the greater part of the US.

@thewooddove2 7 дней назад

@ldens6694 the cultural differences aren't nearly as big as you think they are. start in lisbon and walk until you're in yoshkar ola, then walk from boston to san francisco. along the european route you will find vastly different architecture, religions, languages, systems of government, everything is different. along the american route you will find either english or spanish inspired architecture, christianity with rather mild differences between sects, pretty much entirely english and a little spanish, and all under the same federal government with rather similar state governments.

@BluegrassKnight 9 месяцев назад

Fun fact because you can go so far up the rivers in the US, even bull sharks have been seen by where I live and I live by Cincinnati, Ohio, the rivers are a part of life around here, lots of cool bridges too!

@BluegrassKnight 8 месяцев назад

Really, what history book did you read that in?@@1Hour6glass1

@kayecaban5324 7 месяцев назад

During times of drought great white sharks have been caught in the Neuse River in North Carolina

@BluegrassKnight 7 месяцев назад

How do they get upriver during a drought?@@kayecaban5324

@xyz-qu4fs 5 месяцев назад

Your English is very good . Do not worry, I can understand you well. I love how you talk and explain. Keep doing what you do for more quality of your video vs other peoples videos. I always watch your video first over all the others. Keep up the good work. I am watching you from Alabama! God bless you sir!

@0101tuber 10 месяцев назад

We could supply all of our food and energy needs, But without bananas, coffee and chocolate our civilization would possibly collapse...

@MrVvulf 10 месяцев назад

We could grow all those if push came to shove, but it would be second rate compared to the imports (at least for a couple generations).

@bobcatfan5966 10 месяцев назад

Hawaii already grows bananas, coffee and chocolate

@ronileigh9336 10 месяцев назад

@@bobcatfan5966you tell'em LMAO. We can survive alone just like we did in the 1800's if we had too. Coffee and chocolate is a bonus lol

@corinnem.239 10 месяцев назад

😂🤣😂 We would cry but we could survive as far as food & oil.

@str8jacketjim382 10 месяцев назад

Sorry , had to 👎. Please don’t bring Chocolate into this.

@halicarnassus8235 10 месяцев назад

15:40 We were isolationists just up until relatively recently before the mid 1940s so yes. We would unfortunately just return to isolationism. We opened up China for trade in the 1960s under Nixon, and even though we buy a LOT of our products cheap from there now, we would just revert back to buying American and slow back on excessive consumerism with a big hit to jobs that were tied to those Nations. We would just use our own grain and oil.

@jtclark5274 10 месяцев назад

This is the point I was looking in the comments for. In regard to grain and agricultural production, it isn't a question of whether the US can get along without China or Russia, but whether THEY (and many other nations) could get along without our exports. We produce a massive surplus or ag products that get exported to all over the world. As for the Chinese economy, could it survive without the US importing so many of its cheap goods. Simple answer is no.

@Allaiya. 10 месяцев назад

People in the US have become accustomed to cheap goods though. We need to reshore manufacturing here first or find more ideological compatible countries aka friendshoring.

@jtclark5274 10 месяцев назад

@@Allaiya. Mexico has been scaling up BIG TIME lately to be that partner. So much so that China is trying to buy its way into Mexico to retain income when the manufacturing loads shift, and they will. Not completely, but it will bring that production much closer, and cheaper to transport.

@pmpowalisz 9 месяцев назад

Labor is just too expensive in the US for much of local manufacturing to be economically viable. Automation is bringing back a lot of manufacturing, but the US economy is dependent on overseas labor. There is also the matter of advanced micro transistors which are only produced in Taiwan (because they are extremely expensive and complicated to make), and every electronics in world needs to function.

@Nyx_2142 9 месяцев назад

We already do use our own oil, on top of being the #1 exporter of it. And we already are self-sufficient on grain.

@douglewis7067 10 месяцев назад

As an American, a lot of this was news to me. It's not covered in regular History/Social Studies classes.

@india6039 3 дня назад

Thank you for recognizing we are good people. Of course not perfect. This is such a great take. I’m learning about these river connects to

@williamshearer8396 9 месяцев назад

50:01 Short version: this has to do with our refineries and the different types of oil that exist. The oil America's frackers produce in abundance is called 'light sweet' which is just a weird way of saying it has low sulfur content (amongst other things). However, our legacy refineries from just after WWII were mainly tuned to refine "Sour crude' which produces more diesel than light sweet. So we end up exchanging our light sweet oil for sour crude to get the balance that we are used to, since we have many, many trucks that need diesel (and thus sour crude as an input).

@minkademko2335 4 месяца назад

I didn't know that. Thanks!

@jimmypockrus7725 9 месяцев назад

The song "America the Beautiful" is basically a list of all the beautiful landscapes that you paused the video to admire. I hope someday you are able to see them in person. Canada is huge but mostly empty. Your English is fine.

@minkademko2335 4 месяца назад

He might cry if he heard that song. I know I get choked up when I hear it.

@rhondag8128 Месяц назад

New sub from Indiana, Hello, I can understand your English just fine. I think our resources and our resourcefulness make us pretty much self sufficient.

@sherank244 10 месяцев назад

Man you never have to apologize for pausing the video to react to something, it’s what we’re here for and also I can understand you perfectly and love your accent man haha cheers from the US

@jpoopist 8 месяцев назад

Your wonder at putting ships on lakes is a very typical point of confusion for non-Americans. It's sometimes hard to understand the scale of things in the USA. The Great Lakes are larger than some countries. The combined area of the Great Lakes is 94,250 square miles (244,106 km²), which is larger than the United Kingdom (93,628 square miles or 242,495 km2) Some other countries that are smaller than the Great Lakes are North Korea, Greece, Portugal, Hungary, and Jordan.

@Shoutinthewind 9 месяцев назад

You are correct The islands protect the coastline from waves making it easily navigable.

@jeriokamura6064 Месяц назад

1 - Your English is fine. Great video. I learned a lot about my own country. Your comments were helpful.

@Seastallion 10 месяцев назад

The US Imports oil because the US has the best refineries in the world, which is then resold as processed Fuels and Petroleum Based materials.

@DavidSimmons42 10 месяцев назад

We also produce more oil than we would consume, but the oil we produce is too high quality for our refineries, it's of greater value to other nations while we can refine the lower quality middle eastern oil. But we could retool our refineries to use domestic oil if we had need to.

@rebeccarankin9455 8 месяцев назад

I think your accent is awesome, and as a native American English speaker, I had zero problems understanding you. First timer seeing your content here, and I enjoyed this video very much. Thanks!

@alpha4312 7 месяцев назад

Your accent is like listening to English being spoken in cursive. Your words flow into each other. No hards breaks between words. Perfectly easy to understand AND somewhat smoother and softer to listen to. Of course, some of that smoothness might just be the timbre of your voice

@minkademko2335 4 месяца назад

He does have a very pleasant voice, doesn't he.

@TheDoctorsDancer 3 месяца назад

I love how much you call America "beautiful"

@Meg0307 10 месяцев назад

29:30 While Canada is huge, it is mostly uninhabitable land, with a large portion that is a snow covered tundra for most of the year. It does not have the same natural resources, geography, and climates that the USA has. And Its population is only a small fraction of the USA.

@JH-zx2bh 9 месяцев назад

Not to sure why you put ressources in there canada has an insane amount of ressources and from plenty of different things it just doesn't produce as much as it could because the geography is like a double edge sword hard to invade from overseas with the terrain but also hard to build roads and take advantage of

@RandomNonsense1985 9 месяцев назад

Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal pretty much have the same weather as New York State.

@jeffhampton2767 9 месяцев назад

@@RandomNonsense1985which is still pretty cold because it's not until you get below New York state that the weather changes and it's much warmer climates. And then if you keep going you end up in 10 states that are tropical

@judithanne1234 5 месяцев назад

The only state that is tropical is Hawaii. Canada can have some pretty hot summers, as does NY. You are obviously not from the US and have never been to the US or Canada. I'm basing this on your uninformed comments

@cookies4isaac522 8 месяцев назад

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. We were always aware of our incredible resources. And military might. I was not aware of how much the Mississippi River has going on. I knew it was a great river, but didn’t know it was this great!

@garycamara9955 7 месяцев назад

I did, and I'm from just north of San Francisco.

@cookies4isaac522 6 месяцев назад

@@garycamara9955 congratulations 🎉🎈🎊🍾

@noonespecial3878 10 месяцев назад

We actually had Cuba for a short time. We took it from Spain as well as the Philippines during the Spanish/American war around 1898. We allowed both to have their independence.

@Rose_Harmonic 9 месяцев назад

'Allowed' is doing a lot of work in that sentence. We were not great

@dovely9279 9 месяцев назад

@@Rose_HarmonicWell, we're hinging on communism with the youth in the country being indoctrinated in the schools, so if that isn't stopped, we can have tens of millions of dead just like these other nations as they transitioned into all knowing and all powerful government. They've already caused billions in damages and caused deaths in these city riots that are only getting worse as the destabilization methods roll on in the Western nations, but most importantly, the disunited States. The Soviets of Russia said decades back that they'd subvert the US into communism. They're looking very successful these days with the internal strife and chaos agents at work as they're being joined by those sent across the borders. Life is about to get even nastier and the people more broke in the US. The US of today will look spectacular compared to its dim future.

@nathanrosman-bakehouse359 9 месяцев назад

We should have kept Cuba. Would have saved us from some headaches down the road.

@plugshirt1762 7 дней назад

@@nathanrosman-bakehouse359 Or we could have avoided that all together by not screwing over Latin America for most of its existence. Cuba was entirely justified to hate America after what we had done overthrowing numerous democratically elected governments and slaughtering thousands of civilians. Castro was crazy but the circumstances that led to America being hated where all its own fault for its evil actions during the cold war.