Can You Say Why America is the Greatest Country in the World?

[@abotellojr4943]

I never get tired of this speech. America needs to wake up. Make changes that benefit humanity and not Corp. pockets...

[@richardjohnston2557]

We never will. We're too nationalistic and selfish/capitalistic. Seek life elsewhere.

[@richardjohnston2557]

@Lord Quin LOL

[@Hekkler72]

@Lord Quin Did you huff leadead gasoline as a kid?

[@richardjohnston2557]

@@davido.9505 OK

[@richardjohnston2557]

@Robert B OK

[@Blackphillipsupporter]

Man, Harry really turned it all around after he stopped hanging with Lloyd

[@gunit1568]

😂😂

[@juanmendez911]

Phenomenal comment. Lol

[@ericrahman7932]

Ikr

[@robganley9872]

I’ll say..

[@timpope7274]

Hundy. 😝

[@MarcRees-rx7tp]

What a day to rediscover this video. 😢

[@Coldbird1337]

tell me about it

[@Codester86]

except its edited like a mf

[@sk2790]

@@NotYourAverageITGuy sad part is that its worse.. the part where he says "acted like men" would not go well with society now as its not "politically correct" especially to liberal college students.

[@NotYourAverageITGuy]

​@@sk2790 Sad is an understatement, we have devolved as a society. I grew up with some of the great TV shows that would cause young folks to need a safe space. Words are words.. people give them power by reacting to them. They need to learn from Elsa ... Let it go. 🙂

[@victortaylor7737]

America was America in 1900,even though i didnt come around until '63.now,i want to say we still are,but for who?

[@eph6835]

"We aspired to intelligence we didn't belittle it, it didn't make us feel inferior."

[@seanwebb605]

This really holds up.

[@derrickmartin8390]

Amen. We now live in a country where being informed and intelligent makes you an elitist. Being dumb as 💩 is celebrated. Glorified. And elected to the WH.

[@DiagonalByte]

@@seanwebb605 it doesn't hold up-- it's more important now than it was then

[@seanwebb605]

@@DiagonalByte It holds up because it remains relevant.

[@jimtaramas6081]

Self-criticism is one of the hallmarks of wisdom and almost a lost art.

[@zaoxcore]

You should study Buddhism

[@theketchyowl2671]

​@Robert B neither do a lot of Rightwing leaning social media personalities.

[@jimtaramas6081]

@Abhijeet Kundu I assure you I see it only as self-criticism.

[@ianmartin4105]

As a proud Welsh man all I can say is your appsalutely spot on my friend

[@haqmalik4238]

self criticism is useless without the willpower to change

[@phantomfool2808]

This was 7 years ago and it is still relevant today

[@chuyfranco7168]

Agree. Though America is my greatest country. We need work.

[@jgz003]

I wish they make a You Tube video about what would have happened if America never got involved in WW2.. What countries would have freedom now?

[@davido.9505]

@Wal Leece said while surfing an American platform most likely with an American device 😂

[@kennethsebring7694]

@@jgz003 The best point here, Jaime. Glad you spoke up and recognized that fact.

[@katesweeney9101]

@@davido.9505 Whoever said that smartphones and the internet makes a country great?

[@dietdrpepper15]

This couldn't be MORE true than today.

[@DandyDev]

This speech has become so relevant again

[@FredrikSkievan]

As an outsider why is that?

[@AUTI5T1X]

@@FredrikSkievanBecause the US is filled with ostensibly stupid people.

[@scoobydoo5661]

@@FredrikSkievan One reason is, once again, the liberals are the losers.

[@ecc3147]

@@FredrikSkievanUnfortunately the person picked to be our next president is against everything that was said in the video. First time in US history that a convicted felon, and a rapist will be president. Also the people he is picking for his cabinet are completely unqualified for their positions.

[@swiles59]

​@@FredrikSkievanBecause this country thought a lying felon was more qualified to run this country.

[@johnmiddleton3003]

Fight poverty, not poor people..

[@robertsmith8734]

Obvioulsy it is a ridiculous statement, those programs fighting poverty created more of it. So it was a war against poor people.

[@Danny13243]

@@robertsmith8734 The programs are flawed then

[@legoyoda645]

Seriously, add spikes under bridges so homeless can’t sleep down there. Remove make modifications to benches so poor can’t sleep there. What the hell is wrong with this place

[@LakituKoopa]

@@Danny13243 not really, if you look closely, it makes pure sense and their work like intended. If you are responsible for fighting poverty, how do you get funds and support the best? By increasing the poverty and solving just a part of it. If it would be gone, there would not be any purpose for you anymore and no funding. Why do you think America has so many agencies fighting terrorism after 9/11? Not because of security breaches and fear, but only for funding and contracts. By founding a new agency people get paid and contracts are made just to fill the pockets, terrorism is just the secondary objective. That should answer why the programs doesn´t work right, because why should they if funding stops when the problem is solved?

[@MD-ef4ot]

America to busy helping a genocide in middle east and feeding Israel domination agenda just to gain territory, America only thing good at is feeding wars around the globe and other countrys starting to wake up, America cant act like the bully of the world forever, other world leaders and countrys are fedup with that and dont trust America anymore

[@NinetooNine]

"We aspired to intelligence, we didn't belittle it. It didn't make us feel inferior." More than anything else he said in this monologue this line always sticks with me. It is probably the line that has aged the best.

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@NinetooNine]

@@dfdf-rj8jr Generally I agree with everything you are saying (except healthcare costs, they are a joke in this country). But I am not sure what it has to do with my comment though. We live in an era in the USA where science is regularly under attack. Flat earthers, vaccine deniers, global warming deniers, and more conspiracy theories than you can shack a stick at (despite mountains of evidence to debunk them). As this very show says, "People choose what facts they want now".

[@eckard9597]

As someone that grew up with a well above average IQ I feel this quote deeply. The amount of times I've effectively alienated myself by being smart and showing it is wild. Being labeled as a know it all simply because I knew a lot about a particular subject. I can't imagine what its like on the other side of the fence, but this side of it kinda sucks a little

[@skardenband]

@@dfdf-rj8jr you really just went and missed the entire point didn't you, just another way Americans are leading the world I guess....

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

@@skardenband Eurotrash, you understand nothing. Stop leeching off of our defense, and pay for your defense like good dogs.

[@rugbynimbus]

Over a decade, and this has aged flawlessly.

[@okedoke1234]

Except for those millions of people risking their life to come to this "terrible" country......

[@romanfedotov1152]

things got worse

[@rugbynimbus]

@@romanfedotov1152 Yeah, true, serious mistakes were made in 2016, but fortunately they were corrected in 2020. Hopefully they stay that way.

[@slyde734]

This video is Boomer fantasy....its fiction. Its generational expression of extreme narcissism.

[@troyterry6919]

Steven Crowder and Michael Knowles already debunked this on their shows.

[@derekpuffenbarger8590]

In 2024 with elections a matter months away, A LOT of people need to listen to this. This couldn't be more true than it is right here, right now.

[@timmyhipbird7543]

yeah a lot need to listen to this nonsense and get mad and vote for the country instead of this B/S.

[@statetrooper21]

Trump/Vance 2024

[@calebfoxhoven31]

@@statetrooper21completely fucking deleted the point of the whole fucking video. I do like Trump but you fucking ruined the whole idea. Goddamnit

[@bbelindamorris6384]

statetrooper21 🤣‼️

[@affordablesolutions8516]

@@statetrooper21 100%

[@1952creswell]

One of the greatest KZbin video ever. i can never get enough of it.

[@PareshDesai]

Thats what I call Oscar worthy writing, performance and direction. Truth told with no sugarcoating.

[@stanroach2842]

There are no Oscars for television. That's what the Emmy's & Golden Globes cover.

[@ancientslav4863]

And that is what I call total bullshit Listen....USA is the greatest country on the planet. Not civilisation. Not ancient Egypt, Rome or China. We talking pre modern times and now. Tho now it resembles more a woke commie dream, than anything else. This scene if bull. Math? Education? Thats you qualification for a country? Hah, dont make me laugh. Go to Russia, enjoy KGB and Gulag. Go to china and North Korea, enjoy forced labour, rapes, sellig off family members to work hard labout in Africa and Syberia for years. Enjoying cartels, human trafficking for organs and sex? Try like...entire South America. Enjoying mutilations, cannibalism, rapes and torture? Try some of the lovely African countries. but dont try if you are white, to go anywhere near upper South Africa. If you wanna be gay, LGBT, feminist or freedom of speech is your go to thíing, try..oh IDK...anywhrre middle east. Thats where they toss gay men from tall buldings. Sometimes with rope, other times without. Camera dont lie See, its nice and all to bash the USA, which was founded on Judean Christian values, morality, wisdome, and freedom. But somewhere even lunatic leftist need to open their eyes. This scene was the writers wet dream, clap clap clap wokie. Nobody cares USA is the greatest country in the world. Shame its not as clean and safe like Japan... BTW, this actor is a tard leftie in real life too, so I guess he also believes what hes saying in this role. Pathetic garbage

[@brianwatson7282]

of course, a lot of the things he talks about that used to be good about America happened way before I was born.

[@Derek_Keenan]

this is a TV show, not a movie.

[@hausrx]

what movie or documentary is this from

[@CaseyRedgrave]

Imagine if a US had a president like this who actually sees the flaws of US and actually does something about it.

[@Pikkabuu]

The senate and congress would have to care about the US too or else you get the situation in which Obama was where he could bring up a cure for cancer and the Republicans would still vote against it because Obama brought it up.

[@tobiisiba1641]

@@Pikkabuu Obama's policies where trash.

[@Pikkabuu]

@@tobiisiba1641 Care to elaborate how they were trash?

[@robertsmith8734]

You mean socialism?

[@robertsmith8734]

@@Pikkabuu Are you blind? His policies create poverty.

[@billbrogdon4261]

This is probable the greatest speech I have ever heard and I am 65 years old and have just about heard the all. Please, please listen to this again and again. It makes me think every time I hear it.

[@perfesser944]

Not the greatest, but certainly among the greatest. Pacino, Chaplin, Douglas, and many others are worthy foils for Mr. Daniels.

[@steveacree5827]

I am 69 and agree ........Instead of wrapping ourselves in the flag and beating our chest while chanting USA USA all the time we need to get back to kindness and communication. End this tribalism of two parties screaming at each other. Get the money out of politics somehow and elect people of character that want to seriously bring us together. To help instead of divide.

[@vini-ix8yt]

The most honest moment in television history.

[@TheRefilon]

This shouldn't have to be a "television moment" people should be able to come to this conclusion themselves, on their own. But we're all too caught up in social media and the image others have of us, that we don't care enough to inform ourselves on things that matter. p(myself included, European btw.)

[@greatzez]

@@TheRefilon Agreed, ( Canadian )

[@rs72098]

False statements and statistics, the infant mortality ranking actually means the U.S. has lower infant mortality. Total sham. He also fails to mention the U.S. has the highest total GDP, strongest military and best R&D, and best technology companies, most technologically advanced country, most generous country, best ranked musicians, most prestigious colleges, highest grossing musicians and movies. So many things the U.S. is number 1 in.

[@BallyakaJuggyD]

@@rs72098 Yeah keep believing that

[@slimsixpack1313]

@@rs72098 UK has better actors, Japan is the most technologically advanced, Finland has the bets education system, India has better musicians. So do I have to go on

[@Dylon1981]

whoever wrote that speech is a genius. he/she represent the real USA.

[@JonnySublime]

Then how did the real Americans let it get so bad

[@Pikkabuu]

@@JonnySublime Ignorance, laziness and brainwashing.

[@TheCupitorVeritatis]

Aaron Sorkin

[@alexanderludvigsen1893]

@@Pikkabuu and conspiracy theories, I swear its the biggest killer for that country, they dont trust their own government, and its not like we hear anything good from the government over there either, they make an embarracement of themselves by trying to buy greenland and then cry when denmark rejected saying its absurd to sell a country people live in to another country, it's sometimes a racist society, and not only the white hating on the black, it goes the other way around too, meanwhile asians are feeling the hammer of descriminaton and racism but nobody really cared about them. They couldn't even put on a mask to potect themselves and other people from a new dangerous virus that killed people and locked down the entire world without streaming for freedom like it were rippe from them, not even that could they do right... America is a disaster to look at, and they can't even see it themselves

[@abhinavchoudhury7000]

Guess what he was not American

[@tommygriffin783]

Notice how (I'm guessing) the host tried to cut him of at the start of the speech when he realised he was serious & it wasn't what he wanted to hear.

[@Chorkaloopa]

The news stations are really good at "losing the signal". Hard to do when everyone is on stage. This scene made a lot of valid criticisms, but it is unfortunately getting more controlled by the day with what media outlets get away with.

[@stanroach2842]

You understand he did that because IT WAS IN THGE SCRIPT right? It was a scripted drama series NOT real life.

[@sabiantheomnivore5592]

It's actually a movie.. It's acting... They are all actors... Hello? Have they come round with your dinner yet?

[@Crimethoughtfull]

@@sabiantheomnivore5592 Yeah, they're all actors--and that's part of the plot. That's part of the message of the movie--everyone wants you to be real until you are and then "now for weather".

[@seanwilliams823]

That mass media is really good at showing only what they want or deem important. News flash what they show isn't. The news can be described in 4 thing: death, destruction, despair, and weather. It needs to show what would actually lift us up. But instead they try to pin us down and dedicate half of the news time to the weather. Maybe if they realized that we don't care that much, they could actually give us some good news.

[@Argonaut121]

I truly love America. I'm a Canadian but I lived in the US for a decade. My son lives there now. I have so many American friends. But nothing makes me angrier than the attitude that so many Americans have that they are God's gift to humanity. No country can make that claim. And the worst part is that Americans themselves are the biggest victims of that lie.

[@questcore636]

you don't dare say otherwise, or they tell you to go back to your country, or that you're not a patriot, it's the rise of christian nationalism at it's worst now

[@paddington1670]

I was born in the USA, but immigrated to Canada because Canada is just plain better living. Sure, we dont have a grand canyon, we dont have New York, or Texas, but we have everything we need to be a better country on paper.

[@Argonaut121]

@@paddington1670 Every country has its pros and cons. No Grand Canyon but we have Gros Morne and Lake Louise. No NYC but we have Quebec City. And Toronto is expensive and congested but it is a wonderful place to live. I travel a lot, and love it, but whenever I get home I feel a real sense of relief.

[@GypsyDanger514]

Lmao bold of y’all to say this when your leaders were freezing truck drivers bank accounts and has been living under the protection of the US since canadas inception. You forget that at any time Russia could move in and take over in 48hrs without us. The world is a safer and better place with us in it. Who goes to the aid of foreign countries the most? Us. Not Canada no the Eu. Us the United States of America. Who gives out the most money to foreign countries? Us. I never see anything about Canada that makes me wanna move there. I’m honestly surprised that Putin hasn’t moved in. Not to mention our president elect is making yours look like a baby back bitch. Guarantee you that Justin will be thrown out by the end of 2025. So to sum it up. F*** Canada. Period.

[@sirsteezalot5184]

"Sorority girl just in case you wander into a voting booth" damn he flamed her

[@toddstevens13]

Then he gave her a job.

[@davester1432]

"Just in case you ACCIDENTLY wander into a voting booth". lol

[@mrtappyasmr7702]

She got rekt

[@ForumLight]

It exposes his own arrogance and how it blind he is. He has no idea she never voted, yet arrogantly assumed she didn't. He assumes she's in a sorority because she's attractive? This anti-America, anti-Christianity propaganda is what's wrong with America - they're trying to get Americans to hate America - makes it easier for them to manipulate you into helping them destroy it. It's one thing to point out ways to improve America - nothing wrong with that - but their biggest message is anti-America instead. And when "it sure used to be", those "statistics" he used to "prove" America is not the greatest were no better then, which exposes his use of those "statistics" as to why "America is not the greatest" is a farce. He pretends to care about morals yet attacks belief in God and ignores how over 60 MILLION sons/daughters have been sacrificed by their own parents in the name of "God doesn't really exist" - no one who believes God exists would DARE kill their own son/daughter. What utter anti-America anti-Christianity garbage this scene is.

[@toddstevens13]

@@ForumLight Awww, did that feel better?Now off you go get your cookie from the Corporate Oligarch, and maybe, just maybe they will give you a pat on the head. They like their dullard lemmings to be contented.

[@mikehoncho31769]

Man this speech is absolutely timeless

[@ericking7415]

I wish more people talked/believed in things like this. We would be a thousand times better off as a country.

[@jaykay8779]

Very true

[@MICHAELUDALL-h4e]

Bolderdash. This is a worthless country, why so many illegals, moron

[@Christian-re4dl]

That's not how the modern world works. Bandwagon fallacy.

[@MadMax-ut2wc]

Feelings get in the way

[@mikecarroll3538]

It’s not even cynicism either there is optimism behind the anger

[@Fetznpeppi]

Who is here in 2024?

[@vm-om1yk]

Amen 🙏

[@RahsaanTownsell]

Not sure if they re-aired it before today but S1E1 of this show is on HBO right now.

[@thederpstormchannel1361]

Mike from New Jersey

[@rainefyre6750]

Unfortunately me

[@Lowkeyhi]

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan fuck.

[@martinwhitfield1362]

"We did not identify ourselves by who we voted for inthe last election". There you have it just there.

[@OggaDugga]

100% facts right there. That’s what hit me the most. Ironic

[@PowerPAOK]

You always did haha

[@chj2299]

@@OggaDugga well when u got over 70 million people voting for a racist and trying to rationalize it like that’s not the reason they voted for him. This is what you get people are not gonna turn other cheek anymore that’s one of the problems with this country

[@rmd8873]

There was a time Republicans cared about America. Now they care about supporting the ego driven clown, who is dismantling democracy!!

[@jeeves6490]

@Gregor Constance Good businessmen don't go bankrupt multiple times.

[@jpan7071]

Thank you algorithm gods-I needed this so much.

[@mattyholcombe9258]

The best thing said in this amazing speech.... The first thing in realizing a problem is admitting there's a problem

[@mikealdana8012]

That line’s usually reserved for anyone who’s going to therapy…

[@BamBamov]

what problem? i not see any problem here.

[@timmyhipbird7543]

the best thing in his speech was when he finished ranting.most sickening display of arrogance and hatred for our country.people fought in wars for his free speech and he wastes it on a hateful rant against what a lot died for. all governments have problems, you get that when humans are involved but the question still remains is the USA the best.its not perfect but don't want to go anywhere else.so like the old saying everybody has an opinion and in mine this guy is an a hole.

[@mattyholcombe9258]

@@timmyhipbird7543 point taken👍

[@timmyhipbird7543]

YEAH THE LEFT.

[@painteddog27]

This clip is still so true! "The first step in solving any problem is recognizing that there is one." America can live up to it's dream but it take people wanting to see the problems and work to make things better.

[@glenbateman5960]

The most honest assessment of this country ever put to film.

[@snoproblem]

... and an awesome reminder of possibility.

[@matthewcox4]

From driving a van dressed as a Shaggy Dog to this Epic speech...Lloyd would be proud

[@franciscocollazo7863]

he got the job as a journalist after he came back from Aspen. Hired him to work 25 hours a week. Glad to see he didn’t go for the worm store.

[@itwoznotme]

both classics

[@Chorkaloopa]

I've Got Worms!!!

[@yrral1956]

Best speech EVER in a sitcom. Still rings true to this day!!!

[@timmyhipbird7543]

worst speech ever,condescending gibberish and arrogance that they think they know what is what.these kinds always say they will leave if so and so happens but their still here.seems like nowhere else wants them.

[@Ljay-us7rc3ev8t]

Stupid speech and it is all made up with made up facts, look to the real world lol

[@enigmalfidelity]

Nothing like hearing how hard life is from someone living in Hollywood.

[@Terry-j9h]

Yes it is the best speech EVER but not just in a sitcom. Sadly the situation has only become worse in the last 12 yrs. Ignorance is the enemy of democracy and in regard to ignorance we have more than our share. Half of the country waves the flag with one hand and gives the constitution and democracy the finger with the other.

[@eruis3139]

@@enigmalfidelity he don'snt lie in hollywood , he lives in michigan

[@exoticargeo]

It's ironic that this clip should resurface these days ......America has fallen even further down the rabbit hole, and it's not Wonderland!

[@joshlight6892]

you are free to leave anytime you want.

[@suryia6706]

This monologue always brings chills to me because of the pure truth behind it.

[@AbdulHameed-bw4cg]

Americans used to be The Greatest Nation before bending knees in fronta Zionists and their Corporations. Now, Americans are just puppitS.... 🤫

[@bycha87]

What? Man, who cares what’s the greatest county in the world? Only Americans 🤣 As a Central Europe citizen, I’ll never understand why is it so important to pinpoint the greatest country in the world and why it is always you.

[@AbdulHameed-bw4cg]

@@bycha87 Finally somone with logic and brain.

[@bycha87]

@@AbdulHameed-bw4cg thank you. The feeling is mutual!

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

@@bycha87exactly….anyway what the character states in this clip is in fact nonsense anyway.

[@chaplui6882]

The lady who held up the two cars: "It is Not" and "But It Can be" sums up his speech. Everything he cited on the negatives is true. But everything he cited positive & what what made this country great is also also true. Jeff Daniels's delivery & performance of that speech is A+. Justifies why he won an Emmy for his character on this TV series.

[@IBeast989]

Correction: *& what made this country great also USED to be true. It is not anymore, unfortunately

[@sabiantheomnivore5592]

To quote Genisis, a fovourite of so many American fundamentalist right wing christians -- "Take a look at me now".. There"s just an empty space..

[@sabiantheomnivore5592]

Bollox.. I used that one....

[@Derek_Keenan]

⁠​⁠@@IBeast989the word "made" is past tense. therefore, the statement "what made this country great is also true" already implies that it used to be true, making your correction unnecessary and redundant.

[@patricklincoln5942]

MAGA stands for make america great again. This speech makes a good case for that there is space to make America great again. For some reason there is a growing consensus on the left that the MAGA acronym is racist, because America wasn't great for blacks back then. I think biden is taking steps to make america great again. The MAGA crowd and Donald Trump don't derserve to have that as their slogan. They don't live up to it.

[@kimberlycrichton2932]

"We sure used to be..." This is exactly what we've lost. We need to reach for the stars, not junk food & Facebook.

[@davido.9505]

We were the first on the moon, recently developed Space Force, have multiple American-made satellites in space, recently had a private American company send astronauts into space, what more do you want? If you meant it figuratively, I’m sure I can give you more evidence for that too.

[@tavaketoki1134]

Amen to that lol

[@jeeves6490]

@@davido.9505 Space Force. Farce.

[@davido.9505]

@@paulstanitz2723 evidence to which part?

[@davido.9505]

@@jeeves6490 ahh yes. Ignored all of the other greatness like being first on the moon or having a private company send a rocket and astronauts into space. Thank you for accidentally helping to prove the point of America being the greatest country to ever exist!

[@franckpop]

"The United States of America is a country that has gone directly from barbarism to decadence without ever experiencing civilization." Oscar Wilde

[@swcowger]

Regurgitating someone else's stupid comment just makes you stupid. Think for yourself d-bag.

[@ryanbird6226]

you exist as a colony of america get an education or keep paying our tax you slave

[@christopherdean1326]

Apart from anything else, the idea that any country on Earth is "the best" is so impossibly childish and shallow, that I despair of any adult human being who ever makes the claim for any country. My love for the UK is so strong, that it makes John Rambo's opinion of America seem positively ambivalent. Do I think Britain is the greatest country in the world? Not at all, it is a pointless question. Every sovereign nation on the planet has it's soaring acheivements and it's embarrassing failures, and what someone in America might think of as wonderful, might well be regarded as utterly irrelevant by a native of Bhutan. There is no intrinsic standard of what a country "should" be, by which relative merit could be judged. Anyone who thinks there is, needs to go back to eating glue while the grown ups talk.

[@yannstgeorges1488]

Absolutly spot on

[@minigoose6284]

Well said

[@gusmcrae-johns498]

@Buddy Mac You do realise that the US isn't the only country that has immigration each year, right? That there are other countries that take in refugees and that there are other countries that people immigrate and sneak into illegally? Stop thinking the US is the entire world or that it's the greatest country.

[@christopherdean1326]

@@gusmcrae-johns498 We in the UK have an immigration problem as well. As far as I am concerned, digging the Channel Tunnel was one of the worst ideas we ever had. The English Channel was a reasonably effective barrier for thousands of years, now it is possible (if insanely dangerous!) to walk from France to England.

[@scottsimpkins7894]

@Buddy Mac Because there's opportunity here and our economy is strong. These people you who are sneaking in don't want to be Americans, they need a paycheck and Americans are incapable of doing mundane work. You obviously have not considered the rationale for "sneaking in"...They don't want to be Americans - that's why they don't ask to be Americans. They are largely seeking to improve their station and then go home which America facilitates nicely when we refuse to do low wage jobs and achieve minimum standards. Really it's a win-win; they work for pay and we have time to go shopping.

[@johnwinstondarby]

We need this now: sacrifice, cultivation and reach for the stars; don't scare so easy and we're informed...

[@jwallaert]

We do need this but, not enough care to listen

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@yoroshikune08]

never tired of hearing this speech.... should be some in some sort of speeches hall of fame... all time great or even in some sort of Guinnes world record

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@davefig5774]

Keep this clip in my favorites. I go back to it time and again just for a wake up call. Love this

[@lsshewolf]

I am a true American, born, raised, military family, been around and truely love this country down in my bones but this speech is an eye opener as we Americans have lost sight of what and who we truely are! People in this country have become so ignorant, displaced and so so sensitive!!!

[@lVideoWatcherl]

I'm guessing you support his sarcastic remarking about the US leading the world in the believing-angels-are-real-department? Because that is one of the signs of ignorance, of willfull ignorance even; believing in unproven and unprovable fantasy.

[@lsshewolf]

What are like 12 years old? A youngster will never understand the things above them as ignorance at your age is still a bliss. How ever when you get older ignorance is no longer a bliss when you should know better and have the ability to learn the difference!

[@lVideoWatcherl]

@@lsshewolf It's entirely the other way around. It's children who believe in magical entities. Adults should know better than to believe age-old fairytales. Weird how you seemingly agree with what is stated in the video, when one of the main sarcastic points in it was how you and yours are so delusional as to truly believe in the unproven and unprovable.

[@lsshewolf]

@@lVideoWatcherl kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5fNqYaeYquod5Ysi=OTqU9Y7ITvjofMiV

[@lsshewolf]

@@lVideoWatcherl you know what’s funny is the fact anyone can look up most of the information given in this video and a good share of it is true! We lead the world in incarcerated citizens, the highest budget for defense spending, the list goes on. Only uneducated people to lazy to look up the facts would argue most of the points here! Go get an education and get out of your mother and father’s house and see the world!!!!

[@ReeN1995]

The fact that some Americans are getting offended at this while the rest of us is just like, "Yeah, he is making a lot of good points" is funny and scary at the same time. EDIT: The replies to my comment prove my point. But guys... don't argue with stupid people who can't use logic or reason, you are just wasting your time and energy.

[@absolomhumblebug7654]

Well, most of his statements of "fact" are actually false. So that blunts the effect of his rant somewhat. Also, he seems to be responding to the question "why is America perfect?" which was not the question asked. Nobody has ever claimed it is perfect. I mean, take the question of "freedom". The US is the only country in the world, in history, with a Bill of Rights. That's pretty insane. Not that the US has it, but that other countries don't. Whatever country you live in, if it doesn't guarantee your right to free speech or your right to armed resistance against the government, you aren't free.

[@SickAndTiredPublishing]

@@absolomhumblebug7654 Actually, what's insane is that people are under the impression a Bill of Rights is required for their rights to be protected. A large number of other countries have the same freedom of speech, the same (and arguably better) protections of that freedom - of that right. They just know that HUMAN RIGHTS are HUMAN RIGHTS, and man doesn't need to right them down for it to be so. Americans, however, just have the giant fucking ego to say "these are rights because we decided so and wrote it down." And for the record, most of his statements WERE TRUE when this was filmed SEVEN YEARS AGO. And we're still trailing behind in ever. single. aspect. that he mentioned. The place number has just changed. He very clearly was not talking about why America isn't "perfect." He was talking about why it's not the "greatest country in the world" that so fucking many people claim it to be. And it's not. Quite simply, it's not. The only thing you can get here that you can't get in a different country is an assault rifle and a lifetime of debt over a medical bill. Any other freedom, any other benefit of living in America, there IS another country that not only does it, but does it BETTER. It would take two seconds of research to find that out for yourself. But anyone who still believes America is the greatest country in the world, at this point, is just willfully ignorant.

[@davido.9505]

@@SickAndTiredPublishing it is the greatest country. I’ve posted on this video a comment with about 50 reasons to back up my claim. As far as your comment goes, can you name a single country besides America in which you can’t be jailed or fined for speech? Also, no one claimed America’s Bill of Rights was the first. America’s founding fathers were influenced by people like Montesquieu and Locke to create a great Constitution that includes a great Bill of a Rights.

[@absolomhumblebug7654]

@@SickAndTiredPublishing You are conflating a whole lot of terms. Freedom means freedom from something, not freedom to have something. Freedom means freedom to fail and suffer, not the freedom to be catered to. If the founding document of your country does not peremptorily proscribe infringements on your right to say whatever you want (and only one country in the world does), and to keep weapons at home to resist oppression (and only one country does), then you aren't really free. You are only doing and thinking what the powers that be allow you to think and do. And when it's no longer in their interest to allow it, they will proscribe it. The government will constantly and persistently make inroads on your ability to speak and think, as they do in nearly every country. In Canada and the UK, you can already be criminally charged for saying bad things. Is that likely to get better? Nope. But the bottom line is this: if you don't think America is the greatest country, that means you think another country is better. It means you think there is a country out there that IS the "greatest country world". Cool! Tell me, which is it? Make your case. Note, I'm not asking what country is "better". I want to know which country is the greatest. I can make the case for the US all day long, but unless you're willing to make a breast-beating case for whichever country you identify with, you're just an ankle-biter.

[@SickAndTiredPublishing]

@@davido.9505 Actually, the comment I replied to DID claim America is “the only country in history” to have a bill of rights. Keep up. And the fines and jail time for the speech you’re referring to applies to literal hate speech. In places like the UK, the only type of speech you risk legal trouble for is LITERAL HATE SPEECH. So it’s a really weird argument to claim America is the best because we’re allowed to be blatant fucking racists here.

[@karenikeda5931]

I really loved that entire series. Wish it would start again because it would have so much great material with the issues we have now in America.

[@JustARandomLOTRFan]

This is the reality most people dont want to accept anymore

[@sharlcloves4216]

Cringe anti-Christian cheapshot, meanwhile he bemoans how fallen the country has become haha. This is a pinheaded liberal mic-drop slam poetry turd with no awareness.

[@bicyclist2]

This reminds me of the movie "Network" that came out in 76'. Many millions of people need to see this. This important speech needs to be taken very seriously. This is so very true. Thanks.

[@CVSoprano]

I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore.

[@ellenfisher5750]

As well as Aaron Sorkin's "West Wing". Just loved that series!!

[@peterhipsey2701]

The words of Aaron Sorkin........... the best, number one

[@coldtruth1824]

If you can't see what's wrong with something, How do you fix it.🙏🇺🇸

[@kevinr6930]

Watching this Nov. 4th, 2024.

[@125ZJK]

Me too. I'm drawn to this epic monologue like no other.

[@jilll8526]

November 8th. Infinitely sadder than I was on the 4th.

[@YoungGrasshopper-midlevel]

​@@jilll8526 why is that?

[@zedmelon]

Lots more people should have. :,(

[@zedmelon]

@@YoungGrasshopper-midlevel Because everything in this monologue is 100% true. And the US just elected Donald Trump for the second time, despite what he did the first time. And Trump is not the sort of president who will work to improve _anything_ mentioned in this video.

[@R4Y2k]

Jeff Daniels didn't act a scene. He gave a speech.

[@thisgustin]

Well, Aaron Sorkin did. He brought it to life.

[@joshuaghost4402]

I'm a Army soldier who loves this country I've been in the Army 17 years and still going so you might think I would have a problem with this video well I don't the script was dead on point

[@JuneEclipse]

Thank you

[@paulasmith9736]

Umm, why would anyone think you have a problem with this video?

[@joshuaghost4402]

@@paulasmith9736 Because I'm military and in the military the United States is the best country in every shape and form. I mean hell you can't talk bad about the president while your in the military I'm a major and some private could report me for talking shit about the president

[@paulasmith9736]

@@joshuaghost4402 Lol, no one ever tells you America is the "

[@paulasmith9736]

... best country in every shape and form" in the army, son! They just tell you to shut the fudge up and do what you're told!

[@briannacasteel3334]

This speech is great but please, those of you who admire this monologue, watch the show! It's called the Newsroom, written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston. It naturally has its flaws, but it is full of incredible, revelatory, hard-hitting moments like this one. It's a wonderful show about the journalistic integrity of news and media outlets. Many call it moralistic and righteous because it addresses past events with the gift of hindsight, and many accuse it of being a criticism of other news channels who didn't have the understanding we have now. But, this is something I love about this show. Why can't we be idealistic? We can reach for the stars.

[@OldGrayCzechWolf]

I watched it. It went south real fast a few episodes in.. Started great and then turned into unwatchable garbage and drek.

[@briannacasteel3334]

​@@OldGrayCzechWolf It definitely had some issues but I still think it's worth a watch if you're able to look past some of the nonsense (namely, the romance and the melodrama). There are some really useful messages which aren't a be-all end-all by any means but it's thought-provoking and I think it's a good starting point for developing your own understanding journalism and American politics. I know it's not realistic but I think I prefer idealism so I do enjoy the show. Its commentary on the Tea Party, its frequent digression into complex topics, and the characters' devotion to honest news made it worthwhile to me. It certainly will not appeal to certain political groups, though.

[@marialette1]

I would encourage anyone to watch and re-watch "Good Night, And Good Luck". THAT shows journalism with a bloody backbone. Clooney will forever have my gratitude for making that movie (and David Strathairn was sublime as Ed Murrow).

[@briannacasteel3334]

​@@marialette1 I haven't heard of that but if it's about Edward Murrow, then it must be an excellent movie about journalism.

[@christianbell1357]

This has never been more relevant than it is today

[@greg9647]

This needs to be broadcast at the next state of the union address.

[@davido.9505]

How about someone who could debate with his points? Or should we only allow certain speech? Thank you first amendment for protecting Americans from this! You help make America the greatest!

[@chrissiebawn9357]

😀🇨🇦🇺🇸🌍🙏🖖👊🖐

[@krashd]

@@davido.9505 lmao.

[@sundog70]

Every time I run across this, I watch it. It's one of the few things I watch that makes my chest swell. Not with pride but hope. It one of only a very few things that brings a tear to my eye.

[@GratefulDadATX]

This, and The West Wing. If only.... I weep because I believe We can be the great Nation we say we are. Imagine if we actually had a President Bartlett...

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@janicerstone1872]

I've watched this numerous times. It still gives me chills. This should be broadcasts 24/7/365 nationwide.

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@sheripollard1593]

👏👏

[@skateboard_sandwich]

How Jeff Daniels did this without an instant Emmy is beyond me. Wow.

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

Don't know how to tell you, but he did in fact won an Emmy for this. And got nominated for the second and third season too, but lost to Brian Cranston in 2014 and Jon Hamm in 2015

[@Dooey457]

That what more People should do when asked a question give a truthful answers best I have seen

[@willerwin3201]

What about this answer is truthful? The nostalgia for some idealized version of manhood in the mid-20th century that never existed? The ignoring of the many ways in which America leads the world (Nobel Prizes, inventions, medical research, spending on AIDS relief, spending on foreign aid in general, space exploration, Olympic medals)? At best, I would consider his tantrum to be emotionally honest. That doesn't make it meet any objective standard of truth.

[@unapologeticskeptic4739]

"Love gets your hurt, trust gets you killed, and being real gets you hated." - Johnny Cash. "No one is hated more than he who speaks the truth." - Plato

[@alexdesrouleaux2387]

@@willerwin3201 Then you are blind and dumb

[@willerwin3201]

@@alexdesrouleaux2387 insults are not arguments.

[@alexdesrouleaux2387]

@@willerwin3201 Not an insult. Just the truth

[@juandepena]

This couldn’t be more relevant than right now

[@jamesdrynan]

With a slogan like, " Our country, right or wrong, " you know something's a bubble off plumb. Aaron Sorkin wrote this diatribe for Jeff Daniels, who nailed it.

[@OneJoshFan]

I think that every American should have to watch this speech at least once a week. It’s very hard to hear the truth about your country but it’s the only way to fix what’s wrong with it. And a lot of what he said is easy to fix if you really want to work at it. I know this was only a speech from a TV show but maybe some of the real news anchors could start leadingus down that path. I don’t know, but this this clip has hit me very hard and a lot of other people I know also. I am from Canada and we have a lot of the same problems that you do. And we’re not trying to fix them either and we really need to.

[@GrikWorldNomad]

Nobody in the US or Canada wants to hear it, they go to bed wrapped in the flag every night, fat, dumb, and happy

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@Lorijenken]

"We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reason. We passed laws, struck down laws, for moral reason. We waged wars on poverty, not on poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were and we never beat our chest. We built great, big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases and we cultivated the world’s greatest artists AND the world’s greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn’t belittle it. It didn’t make us feel inferior. We didn’t identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didn’t scare so easy. We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed… by great men, men who were revered. First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.” What happened to you America, Your Canadian friend is asking :(

[@nikostheater]

That was never true.

[@minigoose6284]

@@nikostheater what the guy said in his speech or America isn't the greatest county in the world part

[@kevinmonasmith274]

@@nikostheater Of course it was. Unless you live in a bubble. Denial of America's greatness is to deny science. Technology. In what ways was this not true?

[@Gunleaver]

When you get to the end there, you get the real source of his discontent. He's mad that the general public does not hold him in the reverence to which he feels he is owed, that he wants to go back to the days when there were only three channels on TV and people not yet sophisticated enough in the medium to pay critical attention to the content, and deprived of the resources to inform themselves, swallowed whatever the talking heads told them. He's annoyed that he was stuck in an era when people rolled their eyes at TV News Anchors and don't give much a crap about them, because we can find the same stuff on the internet, with more factual data, instead of the pap he reads which has been reduced to the editorial slant of his producers and soundbites for people with better things to do than stare at a TV for half an hour to find out what's going on in the world. He's the modern American equivalent of Maggie Smith on Downton Abbey bemoaning all these peasants thinking they can get by without her.

[@ForumLight]

"We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reason.: We do stand up for what is right and seek to outlaw abortion. The same liberals that wrote this speech hate Christians and love their abortions, which shows they have no desire for "morals". "We passed laws, struck down laws, for moral reason." See above. The same people that wrote this speech hate Christians and do not want any stepping near any positions in government to affect laws being passed for moral reasons. They'd rather have a million+ babies being sacrificed a year and allow boys to walk in on girls in restrooms and locker rooms. "We waged wars on poverty, not on poor people." You don't wage war on poverty by making sure poor people remain poor and become dependent upon government handouts like these speech writers are seeking. "We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors,:" Yes, love your neighbor as yourself, as taught in Christianity, but they hate Christians which shows these speech writers don't care about their neighbors. "we put our money where our mouths were and we never beat our chest." Then he goes right into beating his chest with "We built great, big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases and we cultivated the world’s greatest artists AND the world’s greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn’t belittle it. It didn’t make us feel inferior." "We didn’t identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didn’t scare so easy." It's not about who you vote for, it's about the ideals the person you voted for us going to stand for, or stand up against. This after these speech writers brag about how they voted for a person of a certain sex or a person of a certain race, which is sexism/racism. "We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed… by great men, men who were revered." Thought you didn't want to 'beat your chest' yet here you are bragging again. We used to revere God and morals, loving your neighbor, fighting for moral reasons, helped the poor out of desire not compulsion, sacrificing to help others, humility abounded. But the *speech writers* hate God, hate Christians, and the more God has been removed we now idolize abortion and the slaughter of women in the name of "women's health", violate the rights of girls in the name of "transgender rights", make sure minorities stay poor and dependent upon them, scream "racist!" and "sexist!" as loud and as often as they can while being the most vile racists and sexists the world has ever seen. "First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.” These

[@5.0_life30]

This applies to every time period to come. This will apply every single day, year, and decade for years to come.

[@allensebastian1918]

I remember this episode and I told someone close to me then that the show will be pulled. It was. I'm glad this is out here today. Greatness is from you, I and all of us.

[@nimtar3048]

I don’t know America is greatest or not because i did not live in other countries, but five years ago when i and my wife came from Middle East to here, i just had one finance car in Middle East and nooo hope for future, i came here i work, study hard now we have 2 cars house, are we happy yes but just we miss family, thanks to 🇺🇸 thanks to American people they gave me the chance, i am in indiana they are so nice people, here the limit is sky that is it

[@spongebobsquarepants8084]

First hand experience. Congratulations and continue to wish you the best.

[@carlfoster1952]

No one is saying there isn't opportunity here. There is also tremendous racial oppression, income equality and government ineffeciency , grinding poverty, poor health care etc. But you have your house and not one but two polluting cars , so I guess every thing is alright, from your narrow minded perspective.

[@nimtar3048]

@@carlfoster1952 you don’t have any f ing idea what is racial oppression, income equality and government inefficiency, because you did not live in Middle east or other poor communities just you used to sitting and just talking and i BET you have just a big lazy ass just came from socialism, and i am worry because people like you will f this country. Work don’t be lazy study don’t spent your time in social media, improve yourself you will get more i have in my narrow perspective, no weeds too

[@carlfoster1952]

@@nimtar3048 Yeah I forgot, those things only exist in one part of the world , the Middle East cornered the market on oppression.

[@nimtar3048]

@@carlfoster1952 you don’t have any idea to be a 10 years old and don’t know what is the taste of the meat, you don’t know be a dad who can not bring even peace of bread tp the table for his kids, or seeing his son is dying because of starving, or because can jot buy a milk or a medicine for his kids the only problem of young generation of here just know to talk talk talk talk, they don’t know how fuck the are lucky just born in usa, just talking talking .... before living all them just don’t sit behind the keyboard and write the words that you learned from your instagram or facebook, I am coming from there all inside the country dad can not come back to home afternoon because of shame, now tell me am I narrow mind all your fancy words make you open mind???

[@jacquieclaypoole1283]

This series was awesome. Wish today’s networks would decide to do the NEWS again instead of opinion amped up on dramatic adjectives!!!

[@matkodoris9099]

Most of the time, Aaron Sorkin delivers a lot of empty dialogue, a total meaningless verbal diarrhea but sometimes he gifts us with a superb monologue like this one. This is what makes Sorkin worth watching.

[@lisacousins4192]

He's following a script 😂

[@briannacasteel3334]

​@@lisacousins4192 Aaron Sorkin is the writer. Jeff Daniels is the actor who is following a script, although his talent should also be lauded.

[@jamesjohnson7595]

Playing it over and over. Wonderful writing, and delivery!

[@Melisblessed]

That was beautiful. You can’t say that without someone saying “if you don’t like it leave.” As if it’s so easy to pick up and leave with your entire family. Just ask immigrants who do it.

[@orlandobabe]

Totally true. We need to stop this chest pounding delusion that we are the greatest country in the world because we are not.

[@tj7483]

You can love your country and say “if you don’t like it leave it” while still pointing out flaws.. since when has a person ever said they agree and are proud of every single thing America has done. Not a single person.

[@solblackguy]

If anyone ever says “If you don’t like it leave,” tell them they're supporting immigration. They won't have shit to come back with.

[@WarriorofChrist612]

@@tj7483 They don’t need to say it. They can still be proud without saying it. Also, you have a profile picture of americas flag.... You’re not going to get much internet points except for your own.

[@geoffwilliams4478]

​@@solblackguyI was encouraged to leave and when I said that, they said, "I'm supporting you leaving."

[@emilythiboutot3381]

this is one of my favorite clips on the internet

[@motorcyclescene]

This is scripted television at it's finest. It's meant to stimulate and provoke our thinking. It's selectively factual.

[@macjgp]

+Rick Newcombe So a tv series is scripted... no shit sherlock.

[@mainerblainer1]

+jgpmac Um what? Did you read his comment? He was praising it

[@macjgp]

***** I actually dont think so.

[@jmanj0sh]

+mainerblainer1 he wasn't, "selectively factual" implies they stated some little facts, while not revealing other important facts. I disagree with his comment and agree with the point made in the video.

[@NervousNoMore]

+Rick Newcombe All speech is selectively factual. Intent of speech/topical speech is aka selectively factual because youre selecting for the relevant facts of the universe not all the facts of the universe. Take your cynicism to CNN.

[@cgimovieman]

I love this whole clip. I’ve watched it a handful of times and it is SO true. Especially after November 2024, I feel like I’m living in that movie “Idiocracy”, and I’m simply stunned. Americans today don’t seem to think of the greater good, the future, other people, or know how to behave like adults. It’s as if everything is a joke to them, and they’re five years old. Even getting beyond big issues and important things, I’m amazed by how little taste or class people have today in the U.S. From the way they dress, walking around in public in pajamas, to insane holiday decorations that are left up for practically half the year, to being able to speak articulately, to common courtesies or the act of doing something like sending a hand-written thank-you card to someone when they’ve done something nice for you. I truly believe that our core founding principles are sound. But I don’t believe that people today understand what they mean, civics, or how to be a good citizen. Being a good citizen or a patriot does not mean starting an insurrection or coup just because your candidate didn’t win in a democratic election. It doesn’t mean resorting to violence or insults when your neighbors aren’t of the same mind as you are. And if your sole motivating drive in life is money and power, then it’s a sad state of affairs. While some things like racial equality are worlds ahead of where they were in say the 1920’s and there are certainly other improvements since then, in terms of most people’s general mentality as a citizen and civic duty, I sometimes wish that I was living 100 years ago. So many people in the United States are truly lost.

[@as7river]

Jeff Daniels is one of the greatest actors who has never won an Oscar. He really is something else.

[@A.B.-zs8ir]

One of the most powerful scene ever put on TV, look at where we are today and tell me what he said isn't true, Bravo 🇺🇸👍👏

[@rudyjrhinojosa1424]

Spot on..

[@abdulqudz89]

i remember when i kept seeing this on fb on the news feed and was curious what it was all about. my eyes were opened once i watched it.

[@michaelfung4629]

The stats he rolled out are now understatements.

[@marlon6504]

He is right in every way. I think we have lost our ways. I hope we can once again become the greatest country in the world

[@DeepanjanDatta]

0:55 - that sums it up. The moment your patriotism becomes nationalism - the moment you think your way is the best way, or the way things 'should' be - imperceptibly your greatness gets stripped away. A great piece of screenplay, still relevant.

[@carmenl163]

That is so well put: the moment patriotism becomes nationalism! Thank you.

[@jilll8526]

Your comment? 3 years ago. Never more correct or relevant. 😢

[@65greedy]

This is really an amazing speech especially in today's day..watching the capital being stormed and the virus spreading like crazy, people going homeless and the economy going down the drain.. we all need to wake up and realize the truth. We have a problem..

[@halseytaylor9522]

This may be the greatest monologue in TV history or, at least, it's close to the top. It is the most patriotic statement I have ever heard from a television show. For those who question the script's patriotism, please remember that the first duty of a patriot is honesty. A trait sorely lacking in the flag hugging political class of today.

[@timmyhipbird7543]

HOW COME THE THOUSANDS OF THUMBS DOWN AREN'T LISTED?

[@MrOrmanley]

I think there is nothing wrong with loving your country and *wanting* it to be the best. But it is a big mistake to close your eyes to the things that are wrong with it, or act as if you are superior. One of the most important qualities to being a great individual and country is humility, and the US is lacking in that department, at least from what people can observe from putside of it, hence it's reputation hasn't been all that great for quite a while.

[@OldGrayCzechWolf]

The word you are looking for is hubris.

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@MrOrmanley]

@@dfdf-rj8jr The US has started a large amount of military conflicts since WWII and meddled in a lot of countries' affairs, involving coup'de'tat on democratic ellected leaders, just because they did not represent US elite's interests. Is the US influential? Sure. Is it build upon benevolence? No. It's built entirely on self interest. Afghanistan/Iraq and oil is a good example of that. The US' freedom os speech has long since been under attack. Even this very platform we're writing on censors content it does not want talked about. Men are mistreated unfairly treated in the justice system, such as divorce. The US has the highest incarceration rate of any 1st world country and the highest percentage of poor people. So much for freedom. The average european country has as much or more freedom than the US. Ethnicity sounds all cool and such. But the US has had a history of oppression, and not just of africans, but also the irish, or the chinese. And even today there is a debate about racism no other country is talking about like that, because its usually not an issue. The US is the world leader of obesity and exporter of it to other countries (miconesia being a good example) and countries meddled by US will suffer from it immensely, historically speaking. US military posts are burdens on the populace and the environment too, so that protection comes at a steep cost. In terms of buisness, the US likes to bully other countries to do their bidding a lot too. Other countries, for the most part, are perfectly capable to do things themselves, but the US likes to control stuff for themselves.

[@vxfusion6975]

@@dfdf-rj8jr I can't imagine reading the top comment and just forgetting that the word 'mistakes' exists. Everything you stated is a simple metric positive. But you have to look at what we are doing wrong in the general sphere as well. What the US does is improved upon by our allies as much as what our allies do SHOULD be improved upon by the US but isn't. We stagnate because we think we're already at the top. When in reality, there is no 'top'. We shouldn't stop being prideful about our country. But we should also never let our pride blind us to the improvements we can be making.

[@eldergeektromeo9868]

Totally agree with Jeff! And another terrific Aaron Sorkin masterpiece!

[@denisomar19764]

Well done my friend!! Because this is exactly what's going on right now

[@ChrisB-eb1wo]

I don't know how many times I've watched this clip, but it never gets old. We used to be the greatest country, we can be again with the right leadership. I'm not promoting one party or the other but someone needs to step up and do what's right.

[@ratofvengence]

When?

[@kylej741]

“We didn’t scare so easy” Hmmm. Give that some thought.

[@oddish4352]

Destroyed our education system to quarantine our kids from Covid19, when they're practically immune to it anyway. If that's not fear, what is?

[@godzxphobosx3307]

@@oddish4352 That is wrong, lids aren't immune at all lmao

[@oddish4352]

@@godzxphobosx3307 But they're very mildly affected, and their chances of dying are negligible. Destroying a year of their education was absolutely ridiculous.

[@paulpeterson4216]

We are so terrified of Guatemalan toddlers that half of the country wants to build a wall to keep them out, and put the ones that get in into concentration camps.

[@oddish4352]

@@paulpeterson4216 Not true. Both the Republicans and the Democrats want undocumented immigrants to be here. The rich businessmen who run the Republicans want them so scared of being deported, they stay marginalized and easily exploited. The Democrats want to make them into citizens so they can vote Democrat. One side wants money, the other side wants power, and both sides want those Guatemalan toddlers on THIS side of the border. Especially since we have decided that two kids is the ideal family size, and our population is declining as a result. We need immigration to compensate for this issue.

[@magentuspriest]

With how true this speech is, all seriousness aside; I love how when he's asked "Why is U.S. of America the best country in the world"? He says: The New York Jets lmaooo

[@mitraavesta7548]

I'm going to watch this show now

[@Matej_Sojka]

Good choice. Just keep in mind it was a reaction to US Republican Tea Party craziness and a warning about citizen journalism that does not check multiple sources before presenting rumor and conjecture as fact. Given we now have an era of US Democratic party Trump Derangement Syndrome and mainstream media are so politicized that citizen journalism is practically only way to get unfiltered news (as long as you keep in mind it might be inaccurate), I'd say the show did not age well. It is still well made and characters are compelling and writing is top notch so it is definitely worth a watch, but watching news network people be upset about public believing wild news spread on internet that turn out to not be right is kind of laughable given that today the big News channels edit news to fit their prefered narrative.

[@billoverby9724]

This is sobering, yet still one of the most hopeful messages I could hear right now. And baby, I don't know about you, but I could sure use some hope just the now. Thx.

[@mathewwillner1]

Honestly heartbroken over what the country has become.

[@danielforsythe4156]

This video is 7 years old and it has only gotten worse

[@jrcasselman]

Here is a hug from the Great White North. Keep moving forward. American can be a great nation again, no matter what Trump has done to it.

[@MarkSmithhhh]

Me too, I'm mortified to go to another country and say where I'm from when I used to wear it proudly

[@MisterEE100]

UK is no different, money men control it all, it's all got down the toilet. Blame the poor, blame the immigrants, don't blame the Rich and Wealthy who are exploiting the poor and not putting their fair share back into the system which in the end, breaks.

[@sabiantheomnivore5592]

In the UK, we're embarrassed and sorry that we were so busy with France and Spain that we didn't try harder...

[@themollybeane]

The fact that so many people react with such hostility when confronted with even the SUGGESTION that problems like racism, misogyny, social and economic inequality, prejudice, climate change, etc. exist still staggers me. The "zombie outbreak" is here...and it's been raging for a while now. THAT is a problem in desperate need of solving. 🙄

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@JonMartinYXD]

@@dfdf-rj8jr "America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate." What are you smoking? "its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense" Protection of freedom of speech? Sure, as long as that speech doesn't threaten corporate profits. Protection of religion? Sure, as long as that religion is Christianity. Protection of self-defence? How is that one working out for America, with a homicide rate more than twice the OECD average?

[@SilverMustang920]

"Enough?!" Best "enough?" ever stated.

[@MoniqueChenard-e2t]

I have watched this too many times to count. This should be seen by everyone in the US. It certainly is an eye opening speech.

[@timmyhipbird7543]

and condemn by all. biggest rant and hatred for our country.

[@sheripollard1593]

👏

[@caniyarobinson494]

What’s the name of this movie

[@MoniqueChenard-e2t]

@@caniyarobinson494 it is a 2012 HBO series called The Newsroom

[@MoniqueChenard-e2t]

@@timmyhipbird7543 Hardly condemned by all, probably just you. I know the truth hurts.

[@walterbryden5775]

a great country is one that treats it's citizens equally and has laws that protect the freedom of EVERYONE. but no country can claim to be the greatest because we all have problems, and we always will, because it is not a perfect world. i love my country (new zealand) and am so proud to be called a 'kiwi'. if you can't say the same about yours then YOU have a problem.

[@taezyaciar6155]

Now that I agree with

[@tokyojuul9987]

The people who recorded what he was saying were literally doing it for clout they don’t actually care either. They’re part of the problem to

[@caesarplasencia3351]

but the ones who took the time to listen.......

[@walterthegoat9070]

Umm this was for a TV show. Lol

[@crishahoman6363]

@@walterthegoat9070 bet you are the type of person to say memes are fake news too lol

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

2:40... Wen was that?

[@r1konTheAutomator]

The beginning. No time since you and I have been alive

[@timalimdim]

This clip leaves out my favorite moment- after the rant when he says “YOSEMITE?!”

[@JMExplorations]

One of the best speeches I've heard ever and it hits the nail right on the head! And with this last joke of an election it's only going to get MUCH worse!

[@TheSim4e90]

If you have time to check Mr Robot series have some amazing speeches.

[@JMExplorations]

@@TheSim4e90 we will do that! Thank you!

[@Jk-lx6sd]

how to define "greatest" is the main problem

[@billybatson8657]

Where else can you own your own private space program? Get free things because of the color of your skin? Burn cities with rarely any consequences? You can go to college for FREE if you work hard and earn scholarships. Name a better country and I'll tell you why it isn't. If you don't have everything you want, it's because you didn't try, and you probably don't deserve it. There's no excuse for anyone in America to not have or do anything they want, anytime they want. Literally ANYTHING, ANYTIME.

[@Jk-lx6sd]

Different aspects, different results.

@@billybatson8657 where else can you live where a foreigner can show up, speaking his native language, and in order to get by, YOU have to learn HIS language, not the other way around? also, ive never gotten free shit because of the color of my skin. ive never had the desire to set other people's shit on fire, i think anyone out there doing that should be shot on sight, and i dont want my own space program. what i do want are leaders with brains.

[@johanneskaukinen7647]

@@billybatson8657 Finland is better

[@haiman2080]

@@billybatson8657 Not surprised at the fact that an american doesn't know other countries has scholarship programs as well

[@jamesarmy3]

Jeff Daniels, outstanding performance. always gives me chills.

[@chasemeek7418]

It's been a decade since this was put out and nobody listened...we've kept falling. Hopefully this is coming back around to me for a reason...

[@garymountcastle6657]

2024 and look who we have as a republican candidate for president. I’d say our standards have slipped a bit.

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

Because, like all Sorkin sermons, everyone who hears it thinks "yeah! Everyone but me sucks, and i should tell them, and they should do better!"

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

@@dfdf-rj8jr considering the current case being heard in the US Supreme Court I cannot imagine how you could say the US is "protecting the world from fascism" and expect to be taken seriously. but maybe i'm too europoor to understand, with my socialised healthcare and strong worker protections and rights...

[@superdave174]

Amen speak your mind because everything he said is 100% right

[@cungcung5042]

After I found this clip 6 years ago, I did few research about what McAvoy said to see if he is wrong. And he wasn't. So after that, I followed the series.

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

@@cungcung5042 The US has the highest median income, adjusted for purchasing power parity (healthcare cost, education cost, etc.), of any country in the world. Geopolitically, culturally, financially, economically, militarily, technologically, the United States is the world's most influential country, and its citizens enjoy unprecedented protections of freedom of speech, religion, and self-defense. America remains the only country that is based not on race or ethnicity, where anyone can come from anywhere and assimilate. The United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.