8 Maps That Show What Makes America Unique

[@goldenfloof5469]

I find it interesting how the US is one of the younger countries, yet has one of the oldest governments. Even many in europe have drastically changed in terms of government, while the US' government, despite being much larger now than it was then, is still mostly the same and based on the same document as it was when the constitution was ratified 233 years ago.

[@jukebox_heroperson3994]

It's just the best.

[@danshakuimo]

@@jukebox_heroperson3994 As an American I want to say that, but maybe it just hasn't reached the end of it's lifespan while the various European governments have already died and been reborn

[@MChagall]

They have a reasonable safe environment. Japan is the only country to attack the USA

[@jasont340]

Distance from other major powers has some advantages

[@MChagall]

@@bg1052 USA attacked the UK in 1812

[@pogmonke5217]

“America is very young” Wait until Toycat learns about South Sudan.

[@GeographyWorld]

Americans say America is a young country. (1776) Irish people say Ireland is a young country (1922) If you look at entire human history, you could say that the Roman Empire is a young country. (if it still existed)

[@mint8648]

@@traingoodcarbad7080 anglo-american civilization started in the late 1500s, semitic sudanese civilization started much earlier

[@mint8648]

@Orclad ok then call it society, culture, nationality, whatever

[@capnsteele3365]

@Orclad yeah not civilized they literally back ed or something so civilization now

[@pogmonke5217]

@@capnsteele3365 bruh

[@gamemode_cat6606]

"My house in the UK is a dead turtle." I feel like we need to use this when you run for president in 2024.

[@your_mother_likes_geography]

yossssssss

[@CC-yx2rt]

Totally, that’s such a good quote.

[@kempo_95]

UK or US president?

[@Willty64]

@@kempo_95 Why not both? (Also UK has a prime minister)

[@your_mother_likes_geography]

@@Willty64 mhmm

[@ChannelName66]

Local elections are much more important than people think. Nobody realizes that your mayor affects your life more than your president does.

[@p0xus]

This is basically the only reason I vote at this point. I vote third party for presidential, since It doesnt matter anyway.

[@sined911]

Yes exactly and also midterms.

[@0.0Seymour]

@@p0xus The Presidential seat still matters. Vote for the person who most represents your morals, values, and principles and not just because "it doesn't matter"

[@cheeseninja1115]

I think how some local electorates are acting this year are showing how powerful they can be. Not saying any of them are wrong just that citizens need to be more on the know of how states are run.

[@p0xus]

@@0.0Seymour Well, that's what I do. What I meant was it doesn't effect the outcome. I voted Green since I agree mostly with them.

[@nicholasg1441]

Only 13% of people in the Vatican are absolutely certain God exists haha

[@smoceany9478]

i feel like thats cause they would be like "yeah i believe in him but that doesnt mean the other ones arent possible, theyre all great"

[@gamermapper]

🇻🇦

[@Donald_Trump_2024]

i knew it! those Vaticanese only care about the money!

[@platinum-or3y]

@Braxton Ayaan Oh shut up

[@Ry_TSG]

@@platinum-or3y I those two accounts joined at the same time so they probably the same person

[@gabrielleone2485]

As for the lack of passports, in some of the northern states that border canada, you don't even need a passport to travel into canada. All you need is an enhanced driver's licence and you can simply drive into canada w/o the use of a passport.

[@agme8045]

Going to Canada is not really going overseas lol, even less for a person living in the northern states, i doubt there are many differences between a person living in Seattle and one living in Vancouver 🤷‍♂️ anyway my point is that people don’t really enrich themselves and their knowledge by traveling to Canada bc the culture is pretty much the same, and when you guys go to Mexico you kinda live in a privileged bubble, and go to fantastic beaches in luxurious hotels and your “Mexican experience” is just a show made up for Americans.

[@nallid7357]

@@OHYS If you didn't live a sheltered lifestyle, you would have known that Americans travel to different countries a lot. Not everything that your friends or television about America is true, you know?

[@nallid7357]

@@agme8045 Didn't know that you had to travel overseas to get to a different country. As someone who has traveled from Canada to the US and vice versa, saying that they have the same culture is very naive. That would be like saying going from France to Germany doesn't count as traveling because it isn't overseas and that they're not culturally different because someone from Strasbourg went to Stuttgart. This grand idea that you have that about Canada, Mexico, and the USA not being different is wrong and defeats your "privilege" point. Why is it that Mexico cannot have nice things without privilege, they work hard to make their country great and you belittle them like that?

[@racool911]

@@agme8045 Exactly I went to Cancun and it had a Mexican atmosphere, but it didn't fe true to the country

[@agme8045]

@@nallid7357 lmao Europe is definitely not the same as North America. In Europe you’ve got basically a different culture every couple of km, in North America not so. And yes, American and Canadian cultures are extremely similar, could you point out this big differences you mention? I can only think about Canadians being smarter and less crazy, but otherwise it’s practically the same. And you really lack comprehension skills, I never said Mexico is similar to the US and Canada, Mexico is extremely different actually. I said the experience Americans get when traveling to Mexico is completely a show for American tourists, as the guys on top of me said, this “Mexican atmosphere” and the “Mexican experience” aren’t real. If you want a real Mexican experience you should go to the streets of Mexico, and not a touristic part of city or the four season in Cancun.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Their drink sizes are off the charts

[@princesslemmy]

-_-

[@romanianbadass5062]

Hello Mr kin jon un

[@gandolf7849]

I thought I could be the top comment but since you are the great Kim jong un you’re bound to overtake me

[@paulhartson1]

Nope. Our drink sizes are normal. Everyone else is strange.

[@thenumber27issomehowtaken]

Hello, *Avery the Cuban-American*

[@GeoPol01]

Damn living in Nevada as a Brit must be interesting right now

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Petition to rename Nevada to Toycata

[@theperfectmix2]

Spotted

[@calamityreign]

Do not allow

[@hunteryoungblood649]

Why do I see you on everything geography

[@your_mother_likes_geography]

@@hunteryoungblood649 lol cuz its a geography based video?

[@mint8648]

Hello Kim Jong-Un

[@lelandunruh7896]

I must say that I enjoy seeing an Englishman explicitly encourage Americans to increase their level of civic engagement and implicitly acknowledge the importance (and propriety?) of federalism.

[@pyrioncelendil]

It's a shame Europe can't be convinced of the importance of federalism.

[@castorchua]

No universal healthcare though because some are still salty about losing their slaves

[@dreynolds4883]

Sounds like a wannabe

[@sined911]

As a political science student, I always get annoyed when people from other countries criticize how our elections work without knowing why or even how sometimes. Many foreigners (and I say that politely) want us to run our country like theirs, but in reality the US functions as more like 50 separate but united country-states, whereas the power of the federal government is VERY limited (or at least it should be.) As the years go on and foreign influence takes hold, the federal government is being allowed more and more control over the states, I think, because citizens are more open to it. For example; people outside the US don’t understand how conservatives could want free healthcare but still not support it federally. The idea of “taxation without representation” is still valid even within our country, meaning I shouldn’t be paying taxes to fund community programs that will not benefit my community. Romneycare from Massachusetts, what Obamacare is designed from, is more in-line with what a traditional conservative would want, a healthcare system fully funded by the state and only for residents of that state. I don’t blame foreigners for not understanding this concept however because in reality, most new-cons today don’t even understand why they don’t want healthcare haha

[@FOLIPE]

Please, federal power consolidated in the US due to internal and not external dynamics

[@sined911]

@@FOLIPE I disagree, I think the people are less aware and confused of what falls under state rights and what falls under federal rights due to the global forum that is the internet. Young Americans see Europe enacting federal welfare programs and yearn for the same, instead of petitioning their state legislatures for it they demand it from the federal govt. Before Trump, I voted Republican for the presidential candidate but as a democrat for local elections.

[@2712animefreak]

@@sined911 Just a little note. Countries in Europe don't enact federal programs, they enact national programs. Most countries in Europe are unitary, not federal. The only federal countries with more than a few subjects are Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Russia. On another note, could it be possible, at least partially, that the US people started thinking more on a federal level due to the ever increasing ease of long distance communication?

[@danshakuimo]

@@2712animefreak As a young person I don't even know when I started thinking about things on a federal level. All I know back in the day was that loyalty and identification with your state was actually a thing (think Robert E. Lee who joined the Confederates since he was loyal to his state first, and his state joined the CSA). But maybe how elections are presented the way it is on television and the internet has an affect on that, and I guess also the increasing engagement the US has with the rest of the world (which is one by the federal government, states don't typically make their own deals) causes people to think more of America on the federal level than state.

[@archer60x43]

I think our views line up quite well. I don’t want free healthcare because it’s not free and it would come from taxpayer dollars (Dammit, taxes are high enough). Also, I take care of myself before other people, I worked hard for my own money as a lawyer, and nobody is entitled to anything besides their right to live, liberties, and their pursuit of happiness. In my opinion I think that if someone got themselves into a crappy situation it shouldn’t be my problem getting them out. I don’t need to worry about everybody else, if they are able to handle themselves then they should. I saw your other comment and I happen to vote for Trump. it was a tough decision to not vote at all or vote for him, so don’t think I just put in a blind vote. Ultimately I think he was a little bit of a bully at times, but the actions he did outweighed the mean tweets. Ultimately his actions spoke a little bit louder than his sometimes unintelligent words. Personally I describe myself as a center or moderate right libertarian. If you’re 100% sold on something make it be either family or religion (or absence of such, since I used to be an atheist. Now I am a Christian again.)

[@kabloosh699]

I went to a Walmart in California and was confused as hell why there were no plastic bags in the self checkout. Apparently you have to pay for them and they don't leave them out all because of regulation.

[@comrade1158]

“Nevada is not much of a swing state” when the nation’s entire election is based on 1% variation in Nevada’s votes.

[@lukeholder2829]

Really shows how valid his information is 😂 so many inaccuracies

[@lukeholder2829]

@Wesley Page I too enjoy spreading misinformation for fun

[@fakename3093]

@@lukeholder2829 boy, you’re probably fun at parties

[@skyblazeeterno]

@@lukeholder2829 Hes a clueless guy

[@skyblazeeterno]

@Wesley Page thats a lame attempt to defend his stupidity

[@haseabolt]

"Where my house in the UK is a dead turtle or something" favorite quote

[@pdraggy]

Did he call Trump the first orange president??

[@haseabolt]

@@pdraggy Did he? He might have

[@pdraggy]

@@haseabolt I don't know lol I watch at 1.5x speed so he's hard to follow sometimes lol but I think so... and that's what the memes say anyway sometimes lol I don't know what orange means, but as a Dutch person he's kinda' orange xD

[@haseabolt]

@@pdraggy If he did say trump was orange that is what he ment lol, that he looks orange

[@pdraggy]

@@haseabolt lol yeah still can't tell it sound orange to me xD 19:22

[@Huntress_Hannah]

I want someone to make a video of this where everytime he touches his hair, the sound speeds up.

[@Joe-rz3fd]

A lot of the reason why most Americans do most of our travel within the US is because you can find just about any climate, any type of person, any type of business, any tourist attraction, any sport, any kind of food, anything you can think of, somewhere in America.

[@pyrioncelendil]

And traveling to other states within the Union is invariably cheaper vs traveling overseas. This compounds further once you factor in that travel to other states doesn't suddenly put your mobile plan into international roaming mode nor do you have to pay currency conversion fees.

[@raulantunez4228]

I love The United States. It’s the perfect country for me. Emphasize on “for me”.

[@bobpobcf9723]

@@Account-jn7xu yes actually

[@fatcat5817]

Considering my blood is from Mexico, I NEVER EVER want to live in Mexico with all those cartels that the government does nothing to exterminate them or go to war. Rather die than ever stay for more than a month.

[@ThatColtGuy]

@@Account-jn7xu looking at the governmental overreach by countries today….. your comment hasn’t aged well🤦🏼‍♂️😂📉

[@pyrioncelendil]

6:22 can basically be summed as "people are okay with socialism so long as the money is only spent on the people that they want it spent on." It's tribalism, plain and simple. 13:00 This map should surprise nobody: this country was initially colonized by people escaping religious persecution (in the vein of the mexican standoff between catholics, protestants, and orthodox christians) and still tends to attract religious refugees even if not necessarily christian refugees simply by virtue of the country having a codified right to freely practice religion AND a codified abolition of state-proscribed religion in the same sentence within the bill of rights. 15:12 If we're being honest with ourselves, comparing the US to Europe on the basis of isolationism vs globalism is disingenuous because for all that you claim that Europe "wants to work together," we're talking about the same Europe that throws a collective shitfit whenever any serious talk about federalizing Europe is brought up (particularly by Americans, lol). This is the same Europe that deliberately conjured up a monetary union without a central taxation regime and also without a central lender of last resort. The same Europe that deliberately engineered the Eurozone so that individual members could, in theory, compete against each other on exports, while in practice it scammed the periphery out of its capability to compete with the core because the Euro is too strong for the periphery but too weak for the core. No, "America First" scares the shit out of the world in general and Europe in particular not because they value globalism, but because the moment the United States stops giving a fuck about holding up the system it created for the world at the end of WW2 (Bretton Woods, look it up), everything falls apart as everyone else suddenly has to look out for their own interests again. The whole idea of a united Europe will similarly fall apart the moment Germany realizes it'll have to start behaving like the Germany of old and consequently everyone else in Europe will shit their pants at the thought of the Germans rearming. Oh, and you know the grand irony of "America First" vis a vis Bretton Woods? We never bet our economy on it in the first place, because if we did, it wouldn't have been a viable bribe. Fully 93% of our GDP is locked up in internal trade, and of the 7% remainder, half of it is just within NAFTA. The US could walk away from the world and not feel a thing.

[@rycolligan]

West Virginia is a little misleading on the map of state ages. At the founding of the USA it was a part of Virginia, so you could consider it a founding state; it was separated from the rest of Virginia during the Civil War in 1863 because it did not want to secede from the Union.

[@balazsadam3861]

Since you're there already could you help Nevada count their god damn ballots?

[@ibx2cat]

sorry we're all busy playing blackjack, we'll get it done next week sometime

[@JLokeHume]

The house that I lived in for 6 months when I moved to Italy was built in the XVII century 😳

[@blckbirdoftrees7201]

The US is a very young culture and society. It is a very old country. When we were founded germany and Italy were just geographical designations. France has went through 5 different republic's and a smattering of monarchies. Russia has been reborn 3 times. The UK has only really been a democracy for 100 years. When the US was founded somewhere around 3% of the population could vote. Is really the same goverment?

[@pyrioncelendil]

Well, if you really want to be pedantic we've technically had 49 governments, if we count the first three Continental Congresses plus 46 post-Constitutional ratification Presidential elections.

[@xviper2k]

@@pyrioncelendil A president does not a government make. That's not pedantic, it's just false.

[@brookepearson]

Damn this dude could do TED Talks. I'm not really interested in history like this but I watched the whole video, and enjoyed it

[@James-ep2bx]

Yah family is a form of government, the first form from before we even had writing and/or cities we had the clan/tribe and the tales that bound them, a detail many overlook And yes the charity functions churches often have does often play a role in the US's social service conversation

[@ATM648]

13:46 You are correct sir. 16:11 Most places don't use straws anymore. Not just Cali

[@TallgrassMeander]

In the US, you don't have to pay before treatment at a clinic or hospital. However, you do have to pay before you receive prescriptions. Even ones you need to live. Like insulin.

[@gregb6469]

I have a suggestion--decaffinated coffee.

[@IntelVoid]

Part of the reason for so many 'absolutely certain' that God exists, I think, is that Americans are just a lot more likely to be 'absolutely certain' about anything

[@kingben1216]

Apparently you’ve never met the Germans if you think that about the Americans

[@pyrioncelendil]

I'd say it's more because the first 150 years of a nation's existence tends to define its cultural outlook on the future. For us, that's the optimism of the Manifest Destiny westward expansion, so we're utterly convinced that everything can, will, /should/ get better, and that there will always be a light at the end of the tunnel. By comparison, for, say, Russia, they're doomed to a perpetual siege mentality because their early history was getting their shit kicked in both from outside and within and they've only ever really had a sustained period of relative safety from the outside world in the last 70 years.

[@samuelahoffman]

@@pyrioncelendil the 70 years is up apparently

[@ohrobert65]

The sudden rise in American passports was mostly about the fact that we used to be able to go to Canada and Mexico without a passport, the rule change accounts for the jump and most of the passports are used to travel within 100 miles (2 million kilometers) of the USA border. It's mostly about tacos and donuts!

[@zonaryorange8734]

I love that in the map, of how many people are certain god exists, Vatican City isn’t blue i don’t think 😭

[@mochabrown9097]

you caught that too

[@yeetjohnson649]

I started watching this channel during your hiatus, and I’m so happy your going to upload frequently again. I’ve learned so much from you thank you!

[@Thelaretus]

12:38 Why Europe is dying. Apparently people over there can't do logic anymore.

[@thedude5091]

Pass ports are not a good indicator for travel because in some areas you just need a driver’s license to go the Canada or Mexico

[@kanaserwisowy7166]

But you’re still crossing international borders, though. Shouldn’t that require a passport?

[@pyrioncelendil]

@@kanaserwisowy7166 It's a misleading statement. Some states issue "enhanced driver's licenses" that have the same identifying features as a US passport card and so function in the same manner, facilitating crossing in and out by land or sea within the Americas. Crossing by air still requires a full passport. Crossing with only a regular driver's license won't work.

[@lagxl5479]

Hi toycat big fan!!

[@flicsmo6838]

0:26 "I think the most important races..." that was a scary pause

[@sujatamastani9762]

It's amazing how much more you know about US politics than the average American.

[@StaackeR]

So many videos on YT are bashing America, and we do have our issues, but this video is really refreshing. Thank you!

[@stephenandersen4625]

define "diversity" in teh colonial era teh Irish and Germans were seen as distinct "races" from the English and I can still see the influences of southern and eastern European immigration from teh 19th and 20th centuries on the cultural and political landscape even th0ugh some would type them all as generic/non-diverse "white"

[@Baton793]

The only KZbinr who dares to show his channel analytics, lol

[@mefoster8415]

That homogeneity bit was a reaaaallll bad take ngl

[@brandonk.4864]

yeah that was kinda cringe

[@shygalaxyyt2400]

I use to watch you play mine craft on your first channel years ago I just found this and it's awesome because all I watch now is geography

[@romanianbadass5062]

Hello everyone hope you have a good day

[@Jake-nq8kp]

Thank you

[@mint8648]

Gib Transylvania back plz uwu

[@romanianbadass5062]

@@Jake-nq8kp your welocome

[@romanianbadass5062]

@@mint8648 i live in the Transylvania region of Romania your welocome to come if you like uwu

[@roberteytchison2595]

Main difference between the USA and other countries as told to me by a naturalized citizen, "No matter how long you or your family has lived in Germany, for example, you aren't a German. USA is an idea. No matter where you come from the minute you become a citizen, you're an American."

[@benjaminh2372]

if you read more into it, the US was isolationist until arguably the McKinley administration, with Teddy Roosevelt as vice president. Roosevelt was responsibly for basically all of the offshore territorial acquisitions, allowed for us to expand influence and enter the world stage successfully in WW1.

[@eiiza8283]

Correction, Toycat it's 1 state, pretending to be four. I have an American Geography book that is all about these little facts.

[@misspat7555]

"I had a little bit of health care in America, another topic for another time" means we might hear about it again tucked into a three-hour-long livestream, especially if toycat involves melon liquor in another one sometime... It only stood out for me because he said very recently on Twitter that he has had maybe three colds in his life.

[@haroldellis9721]

We are older than Germany or Italy. Also, don't confuse the date a State was admitted to the union as a state, with when it became part of the USA. Also, as a New Englander, I can tell you, Maine and Massachusetts are different (and the rest of you are Flatlanders).

[@pyrioncelendil]

More accurately, as a New Englander you could try to tell them but they'll just look at you and go "huh?" The New Englander accent takes some getting used to.

[@Hwillijonl]

I don't know about other countries but I know for sure that the Netherlands does not have "free" healthcare. You do have to pay to be covered there. It isn't an extravagant amount, but you do have to pay.

[@gamingwithgeko7377]

Over a year later watching this. I originally watched you talk about stuff in minecraft. I have a question. You said at 3:00 or so "a globalist, or a capitalist if you're going to be on of those people". I don't get the point. I would say capitalist but because that's what I know from being an American. Should I be using the term globalist instead?

[@evilmurlock]

americans be like, our nations has such rich culture. Meanwhile I live casually next to a 600 year old church. Edit: Oh wait, I just checked and I was off by about the age of the american nation, the church is actually from the 12th century.

[@julialuanna]

Europe be like, very bad

[@ItsWazzza]

"What's not to love? You're not to love that's for sure." Help, I've been murdered

[@itsjustme4848]

“Free” health care??? In many of these countries people are required to pay a health care tax, and if not, it comes from general taxes.

[@thelordofforeheads2839]

How is it any different from private health insurance? It just means that if you need medical treatment you can get it for a very little. Having to pay for ambulances seems pretty dystopian if you ask me.

[@silverstar8868]

Finally, someone else who agrees that local governments should come first

[@kaspernielsen9149]

You forgot to mention that while having a high GDP per capita the U.S also have one of the biggest divides between rich and poor. so saying that people can go and buy stuff is actually not entirely true so most of the wealth is in the hands of very few people.

[@pyrioncelendil]

If we're being fair then he'd also have to mention that despite this, the US also has one of the biggest divides between the wealth of its poor vs the wealth of the rest of the world's poor. America's poor can go out and buy stuff that the poor of the rest of the world can't. And from a mapping perspective to make this even more interesting, he could explore relative purchasing power of the US dollar by county. Might even also be worth overlaying a map of wealth disparity by county, and then overlaying a map of historical political party dominance by county. I bet there'd be some really uncomfortable correlations to draw from that.

[@dustinaskew1757]

Put on 0.75x speed and toycat finally has come down from his caffeine bender

[@semi-useful5178]

>The President doesn't really matter ATF toycat.

[@icmull]

I had to get healthcare in the UK. It was a disaster. I went back 5 or 6 times. Basically, they fucked it up and caused permanent damage. When I went back to Aus they were like this should have been fixed in 15 minutes and then a bit of physio. Poms love their NHS but its absolute rubbish for a healthcare system even for a universal healthcare.

[@eiiza8283]

My most memorable (and currently only) memory's of Las Vegas are waiting for an hour to get food at a Denney's before giving up and going someplace else, and the Circus hotel, both are bad memories.

[@brandell4638]

If you come to Vegas and go to Circus Circus and Denny’s, then you deserve a bad time.

[@eiiza8283]

@@brandell4638 Me and my family made a mistake, although we didn't intend on being anywhere near Vags, it just sorta happened.

[@Homas682]

19:23 The first orange president lol

[@DSiren]

White can also be subdivided into italian german and irish subcultures in America.

[@antonvernooy6186]

I am from mass, and lived in mass and NH my whole life and Maine is different, and no one on here considers them the same or connected at all in any way. Also really enjoy your content and video. well done

[@therealjoediaz]

Early gang

[@liamandzach5139]

I think Canada’s gdp per capital is higher than $35-45,000. Its a lot closer to $50-65,000.

[@beausheffield1895]

I agree, but looking at the two maps there does seem to be at least some correlation.

[@crypticcorgi8280]

The Average American gets 10 days off work annually. Which I have to accumulate gradually with hours worked. So if I want a 10 day vacation outside of America.. first I have to save. Because tho we are not Canadian prices. Flights are still expensive here. But also I need to not take a single day off for an entire year. Some jobs will not let you take more than 3 days off consecutively. So international travel is off the table for most of the middle class. Maybe when you get upper-middle class you can get that luxury.

[@Daisythepage]

7:54 so the reason you can see many native Americans out west I think is that the more the colonies expanded the further west Native Americans were pushed it’s obviously really And yes I see Maine I’m from Maine and I’m mixed between two Maine Native American groups & a bunch of different white people (mostly French, Norwegian, and Swedish) Native groups are: Maliseet & Passamaquoddy if you’re curious

[@Daisythepage]

This is also obviously why there are a lot of white people in the east (And if you look anywhere on the map and have read a little bit of a us history textbook [as whitewashed as it prolly is] you’ll prolly notice the other ethnic groups line up pretty well even if you got more specific )

[@ctlspl]

The ethnic diversity map is skewed. A Danish person in Germany causes less diversion than a middle eastern or african person. Cultural differences should be considered if such s map is created.

[@splindidcute1839]

When toycat lived in your state 5 months ago

[@maxcotter-hope8535]

I know its not a country but the EU has 400ish million people and is essentially a collection of states like america. The structure at the top is different but I feel as though it could have been included in the list of countries with over 100 million people.

[@apollo8447]

Well its a confederation body of diffrent countries and the idea of "EU nationality" is a very controversial one so its best to not include it.

[@fbivan1169]

Quick question, why wasn’t the Vatican dark blue?

[@pigtailsboy]

America NEEDED people to populate and secure the land as well as fodder to supply cities with a workforce. Our growth and need offered opportunity for immigrants. We may in fact have hit a mark in our history where the supply of new blood might be damaging universally, for native city dwellers and ruralites. Had there not been so much need for more bodies to fill the nation with blood or the natives had been able to reproduce sustainably we might not see this fractious environment in the same way now. It's hard to say for certain as the rural city divide still counts for much of the dysfunction.

[@juliaravenscroft3030]

as someone from DC, who the president is matters. There are millions of people governed directly by the American federal government

[@mrflerd-mn1pu]

YOOOOOO I live in Nevada too

[@taylorbaker8158]

I hate how people try to claim universal healthcare can only be done in countries that are ethnically homogeneous. People like Ben Shapiro raise that argument when explaining why Scandinavian countries can do universal healthcare but America can’t. The ethnic demographics of your country shouldn’t determine whether or not healthcare services are paid for privately or by tax dollars

[@MoviMakr]

That map with dates was showing dates of statehood not territorial acquisition, so a little bit of skew to age of land possessions. Also America may be "young" at about 235 yo, but many of the countries of Europe are technically younger (Germany, Italy, Belgium, Greece, etc.).

[@skyblazeeterno]

what about all the Eastern European countries now since the USSR became Russia. Toycat is simply clueless just a typical American loving Brit

[@EmmyJayneMichelle133]

I live in Mississippi and people think it’s weird that I want to travel internationally; I understand why now. 😂☺️

[@Aggromerchant]

You are a bright man. We may have to talk. But you're bright. And fair. Ahora...

[@_AGS27_]

ethnic homogeneity of a country has no correlation with whether or not a country implements healthcare. that's a myth.

[@FOLIPE]

And a harmful one

[@Mr.Nichan]

That connection between ethnic homogeneity and free healthcare looks very dubious to me.

[@zhubajie6940]

The US has to be the world police because the last time we were isolationist was December 7, 1941, before 7 a.m. Hawaiian Time.

[@orlandogastonchandleraziz9855]

The low passport percentage is because you didn’t need a passport to travel to the Caribbean and Central America until around 2007.

[@griffingilbert1030]

Wait doesn’t Vietnam have more than 100 million inhabitants or am I misremembering

[@williammoran4898]

Point you miss is we travel to states sure, but our states as you stated at beginning of video are like small nations. Example michigan is basically same size as germany. As well each is totally diverse in terrain, environments, people, dialect, cultures.the u.s. is like the e.u. in many ways. Except we all speak a common language. And it being this way really reduces the need to fly across waters to other lands. For good or bad were self sufficient

[@pyrioncelendil]

The US is like the EU because the EU is like the US Continental Congress. It's their first time at trying out this unification thing, we fucked it up the first time too. The successor to the EU, if there ever is one, will likely federalize from the start because it'd solve so many of the EU's current structural problems.

[@BS-vx8dg]

The fact that the US is near the center of the language/cultural diversity level is a bit deceptive. Note that the greatest diversity is in Africa, but that is largely because of the artificial boundaries imposed by Europeans on Africa during the last century of colonialism. The Europeans forced different ethnic groups into the same country, and at the same time split many ethnic groups between countries. If these countries were allowed to have the boundaries their people wanted, they would be as homogeneous as Europe, and the US would be one of the more diverse nations.

[@hearts1236]

People holding passports are actually more dependent on the income of the family in that state overseas travel is very expensive in America and say low income doesn't allow people to buy the passport then buy the trip.

[@cantasee]

Thank you for not just making fun of the us for 30 minutes

[@NYLEVEN]

Genuinely forgot this man is originally a minecraft youtuber until after the first outro

[@tzadiko]

Historically he has a point... Maine was a part of Massachusetts when the US was founded

[@holliday72889]

I think the biggest reason most of us don't travel overseas is because, despite what the numbers show, we can't afford it. A lot of Americans live paycheck to paycheck or have just enough to vacation within. It's a big misconception to think it's a choice, because I would love to go to any other country for any reason. Take note that the states with the lowest passports, tend to be rural and the poorest.

[@pyrioncelendil]

Which also coincidentally means heavily Republican and consequently insular and nationalist, meaning it might not even necessarily indicate an inability to get a passport, merely a lack of interest in getting a passport. If all one ever wants out of life is satisfied by the state in which they live, then regardless of ability, they're not going to get a passport. And just because /you/ would love to go to any other country for any reason doesn't mean the rest of the country shares your opinion. A sample size of one does not define an absolute trend.

[@owenlittleton]

Toycat should visit the second smallest state, Delaware. Its one of the least talked about states unless someone mentions Joe Biden. It has amazing things to visit such as museums though.

[@LeeGeorge08]

Shouldn't Delaware be known for DuPont?

[@Slacker420]

My FIrst dog from when I was before 1 was named Nevada. Its really nice to hear her name so much

[@marshalljarnagin9370]

Living in Nevada, you could make a video on federal land, since that makes up more than 80% of Nevada's 'land'. States can't control federal land, to get taxes from it. It's a complex argument, because eastern states don't really mind federal land, but western states are angry because it really limits what they can develop.

[@danshakuimo]

Sounds like an issue a feudal country would experience with your king owning land in your duchy and you getting irritated about it

[@pickledolives]

Is this the Minecraft dude?

[@revera89]

The US takes care of you whether you have money or not and it's very easy to get it covered if you really can't afford it from either the government or charity programs that each place has. The pros of the system are that it incentivizes progress and taking care of people really well right away. That's why there are a lot of people that still travel to the US for healthcare even if they may have to pay, and also why the US leads the world in medical technology in many categories overall at least. But obviously it would be nice to improve the clearly flawed system. I think the universal system would just allow the fat cats who caused the problem to be rewarded for it and no longer have the incentives to actually do a good job for their government paycheck. So I think the real answer is to make everything only cost half as much through three simple approaches that start with price markups, to stop where pharmaceutical and equipment manufacturers are charging us thousands of percent what production costs them, and they are contractually obliging or financially forcing hospitals and doctors and insurance to also charge higher. The second change is to open state lines so that everyone will have many more health corporations to choose from so that they have to compete for our business. Capitalism has a lot of benefits if we actually let it do its job and have the personal responsibility to boycott those who aren't doing right. But I respect other opinions and I'm sure there are other acceptable answers. I just find the issue to polarized in America, and I don't think either extreme is the right answer. For the most part whether you're young or older you are more likely to be one way or the other. But most folks agree that there could at least be some improvement. Lol. All US states are 65-75% Red counties, and 25-35% Blue. But Blue counties often have more population density. As another intriguing note. That's why the US is a republic also. So states and counties are treated equally. Not all ruled by a few citie's mob rule. Albeit a democracy too. This is why we have and need the Electoral College as well.

[@FOLIPE]

The argument about cultural homogeneity is not very good: how do you measure cultural homogeneity and end up with Canada being more diverse than Russia? If you are defining it by culture, then Brazil should be way less diverse, if it is by race, then India and Iran shouldn't really be diverse at all.

[@KateeAngel]

Russia is homogenous cause 80% of population belongs to one ethnic group. Canada is way more diverse in this metric

[@FOLIPE]

@@KateeAngel Yes, it all depends on how you measure it, but I am arguind this is a bad metric because it increases diversity artificially in countries where there is lots of fundamentally assimilated immigrants ie. immigrant nations.

[@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837]

Subscribers :199.000 Views: 199.913: as it should be

[@Brettski_1234]

On the US election night (the following day here in Australia) all 5 main free to air TV channels had rolling coverage of the election all day

[@HP-ov7ol]

On the race map around 7:18, what is light blue? The legend is cut off on the bottom of the screen.

[@marimba_man1]

Nevada? Tell your state to get to counting, I’m too tired to keep waiting :)

[@user-fe2lr5jw4i]

The United States is the size of all of Europe. I hate when Europeans say Americans don’t travel, like bro I’ve traveled many thousands of miles in the last 5 years. Americans travel more than most because there is no barrier to travel. I can drive for 6 days across America and pass dozens of borders. Each state here is analogous to an entire countries in Europe.

[@Hwillijonl]

Actually there are some people in America who do have free healthcare. If you're an illegal alien you can get healthcare at no cost to you. The rest of us have to pay for them.