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

This is a clip taken from the premiere episode of the American television political drama series "The Newsroom" created and principally written by Aaron Sorkin. It premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012. The clip features Jeff Daniels answering the question, "Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?" with a very thought provoking answer.

[@scpatriotghost8839]

Who is here in 2024 wishing the whole country would listen to this just one time.

[@TheRealBroodax]

I rewatch to remind myself that it is possible for anyone to know.

[@dfdf-rj8jr]

This is where the Europoors jerk each other off

[@tomblord12]

Im not even American and i wish your whole Nation would watch this atleast once. And im one of the ally nations now, World needs strong America.. not divided one

[@RedIOI]

I wished the world would listen to this.

[@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. T he United States played a pivotal role in protecting the world from fascism, and played the decisive role in protecting the world from communism. The world has seen - by any objective metric - unprecedentedly high levels of prosperity and peace, because America has taken on the mantle of world leadership. These are simple facts that Europoors can't cope with.

[@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

[@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…

[@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.

[@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

[@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. 😝

[@NinetooNine]

"We inspired 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

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@SeanRiddolls]

I'm Canadian. When I hear Americans claim "AMERICA #1!" (or some variation thereof) - I often wonder if those Americans have ever travelled beyond their own borders, and experienced other cultures.

[@roninxix4428]

I have lived abroad , and it is the best country even with its problems. I’d be worried about your country where authoritarians are taking away all your freedoms with each draconian law they keep pushing and passing.

[@okedoke1234]

So how is Chinada these days?

[@barkro6977]

@@okedoke1234 He isn't saying that canada is better than usa. He said that there are better countries. Im from Poland, and even if my country was so touched by soviets regimes and wars, we rebuilt into society and in my opinion - country much better than america, maybe not greatest in terms of army etc (Poland is small country) but just better in terms of living in it, growth, social issues. Usa was our greatest ally that helped us now im watching what happening in usa with disgust and sadness. Drug problems (fentanyl etc.), homelessnes, illegal imigration, being on edge of civil war, wokeism, corrupcy, hate to each other, propaganda in the news etc. etc.

[@SuperDirk1965]

Or like these Americans shouting "god bless the usa". Do they really think their god would only bless one country? I'm an atheist but I went to catholic schools and from what I learned about it, is that Jesus did not differentiate people as to the country they came from. Jesus was about love, compassion, forgiveness and helping the poor and downtrodden. Exactly all the values the usa seems to hate these days.

[@jeanphare8318]

They have not

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@alcoholicbelly1313]

@@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@user-mh9qc8wd1r]

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

[@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!!!!

[@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.

[@PareshDesai]

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

[@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

[@Derek_Keenan]

@@hausrx read the description

[@eldergeektromeo9868]

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

[@donaldheardjr.2394]

RIGHT ON JEFF DANIELS 👏 🙌!!! THE NEWSROOM DOESN'T GET ENOUGH LOVE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE GREATEST TV SHOWS EVER!

[@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.

[@sabiantheomnivore5592]

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

[@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.

[@1952creswell]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@user-zb2lv6jv3k]

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

[@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!

[@JustARandomLOTRFan]

This is the reality most people dont want to accept anymore

[@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.

[@R4Y2k]

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

[@thisgustin]

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

[@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!!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@JoJoTheOtter]

I had never actually seen the second half of that speech before until this clip.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@as7river]

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

[@marioytambor]

I like how he said: Even Belgium has freedom

[@captaindonut5240]

Im butthurt he didnt even mention the netherlands

[@Lollol-ci7mc]

@@captaindonut5240 he did not even mention new Zealand

[@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.

[@DestroyTeamAvolition]

@@dfdf-rj8jr Arrived late to ww1. Were subject to a "surprise" attack in ww2. And listen to the clip, all the failed metrics. why do so many children die young in a first world country?

[@SilverMustang920]

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

[@mattyholcombe9258]

This makes me cry. This country has become a joke

[@chadwendt8702]

💯

[@William2512]

Sadley it has. But Australia is not the lucky country any more. Imagrents have ruined Australia

[@Carpetduck]

Wtf is an imagrent

[@Mav_F]

@@Carpetduck They mean immigrants

[@Mav_F]

​@@William2512 Australia has been ruined by immigrants in the last couple of decades. They ruined this country with their BS. However, the ones before 1970 were the best immigrants​ ever had. If Australia did not go to WWI mainly and WWII this country would have been the best in the World, even beating the USA. We lost a lot of skilled men and men. I am not originally from an Australian background but my background has been in Australia since the 1920s.

[@briank.bautch-sd3ze]

Ive seen this video several times , and it never gets old .

[@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."

[@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

[@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.

[@kimbryan439]

I absolutely love this speech. And he delvers it so well. Probably watched it 20 times.

[@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.

[@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???

[@bhaskarjha8198]

The flow of his dialogue delivery is absolutely fantastic

[@johnbaldock6353]

This should be Shown in Ever American School! Not to Embarrass them but to Encourage then to be BETTER!!❤

[@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.

[@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.

[@libbyworkman3459]

This scene should be aired on the media every single day. It is still the most relevant speech I have heard in years.

[@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.

[@coldtruth1824]

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

[@PaperRoute4Life]

10 years later and I still watch this from Canada

[@jenn280]

Aaron Sorkin. Dash you on the rocks. And, thank you. Thank you!

[@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...

[@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!!

[@user-bj1dr8md3w]

Every single person in the country should watch this clip, even though it’s just an idea.

[@__cdb]

Except it's blatantly false.

[@marvinmartian7941]

Id never heard off The Newsroom tv show before seeing this youtube clip about 6ish months ago ... this clip made me watch the 1st epp ... 3 seasons later my viewing was over and happy i decided to watch it

[@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.

[@5.0_life30]

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

[@glennwilliams3100]

This answered the question of why did I serve in the military!!! Never gets old,,,,,sometimes the best way to move forward is to step back once or twice first,,,,,

[@Daveo12345678]

Man this still hits home .

[@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

[@airsoftcarter7863]

Perfect answer: It used to be and it can be, but it’s not because politics and oil come first.

[@rick7424]

When did it used to be? Before the civil rights? During Watergate? During Contra? During the War on Terror?

[@joeiverson5191]

1990s

[@jatilq]

The reveal at the end of series about her in the audiences was very nice Time to re-watch the series.

[@Howdy76]

thanks i needed that

[@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

[@denisomar19764]

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

[@playerone3690]

Every time I watch this clip it is becoming more and more relevant in today's position. My favorite part of the speech is when he states "we were informed by people who were revered" that just hits right on the nose with all the media narrations happening. Pretty much why I stopped watching news channels.

[@cosmo559cato]

The biggest problem in the world is that we live in a society where the goal is to accumulate wealth and power instead of wisdom and prosperity.

[@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..

[@emilythiboutot3381]

this is one of my favorite clips on the internet

[@terrancethomas9792]

From 1933-1968, Democratic policies ran this country. The policies helped America get through the Great Depression with projects that built bridges, parks, highways, airports, power conductors and lines, etc… Even sent man to the moon. Republicans gave Corporations tax cuts, incentives and kickbacks like Haliburton no-bid contracts. The Republicans deregulated for these companies. That’s why doors are flying off of airplanes and the oil disaster we had in the Gulf of Mexico. Corporations take the tax cuts and instead of spending money on new projects, they buy back their own stocks. One thing that Will McAvoy mentioned was the media who like 60 minutes exploited so many scams companies were pulling. Thanks to Reagan, Corporations now own the media to keep them in check. Unfortunately, Corporations through think tanks have been writing laws for the Republicans to pass. Reagan, Bush 41, Bush 43 and Trump’s presidencies have ended in some type of recession.

[@danielk5780]

Great dialog can be identified, by trying to put it into another actors mouth. I could close my eyes and imagine Martin Sheen saying the same words to the music of The West Wing with it still sounding epic. There are many actors out there who can pull off a great monologue to epic music like this - put there are not that many writers who can come up with that kind of quality writing.

[@Grunn007]

Yup. He is total right. In almost every single subject about health and wealth the US is far behind on Western European countries like the Netherlands and the scandinavian countries.

[@dansgroi1472]

Incorrect. The countries you're mentioning are not doing that great. Care to discuss why??

[@lowroad4257]

Yes please tell us about how US compares to say Sweden on poverty, education, child mortality and education.

[@dansgroi1472]

@@lowroad4257 first. Sweden is the size of a smaller u.s. State. They don't pay for military. They have virtually no immigration. The poverty rates on average are higher than most through Europe. It's easy for people to see only a small part. They have have way less to deal with. Financially. The big one is no military costs. Who handles that? I'll give you one guess. Foolish people don't realize. Government doesn't give anything. Without taking it from someone else.

[@lowroad4257]

@@dansgroi1472 exactly. We have a $15 trillion economy and we have rampant homelessness, endemic poverty and crime that is out of control. No excuse for it. Period. Full drop.

[@dansgroi1472]

@@lowroad4257 look who the idiots ate running most of those stated and cities. Loser dems. And their loser policies. Keep trying. You'll place blame where 80% of blame lies. Den run states and cities. Ohh and our economy is more like 24 trillion.

[@felixsteinhardt8836]

I love how he obliterates the leftie and then does exactly the same thing to the conservative weirdo!

[@JoeWolsing]

first step for solving a problem is to recognize there is one. Thinking in "lefties" conservatives is one of them. Being a social democrat and being called a leftie is just a rediculous way to admit not to understand what community stands for. And being conservative is not a bad thing in the first place - as long as you reflect what you conserve and do not hesitate to throw overboard whats bad ... So stop thinking in these categories. Look at the challenges of the present and act appropriately. That's enough!

[@felixsteinhardt8836]

@pjd412 ok, sorry, I misinterpreted

[@JoeWolsing]

@@FactsDontCare1 it has nothing to do with making the speaker looking fair. It's an analytic statement that says nothing anout the so called left values, but everything about the nature of at least half of the voters. Being called a libtard myself because I come from a country with a social democratic history (not socialist or communist in any form, as much as the Nazis were not sicialists just because they carried the term in their name), I can see what is meant. It is closer explained by his statement 'we didn't define by which party we voted for last time'. So it's about the voters lack of ability to distinguish between party and program/values.

[@generaljesus7669]

@@FactsDontCare1 You're right, he talked about improving society, being informed, and getting rid of identity politics. These are foreign concepts to the right.

[@Andris_Briedis]

These words are more important today than ever before. And hopefully never again.

[@bankshot4203]

Idk what this is but that its 10 years and speaks so much to today is crazy i replayed 3 times

[@kiddtaak]

I love this scene so much, not only is it true but to me it represents a Independent going to town on a Republican + Democrat & handing them their asses

[@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.

[@gregholden1077]

One of the best answers about America. Also, I feel like things have only gotten worse. This should be played on repeat and on loud speakers at all US monuments. We are so broken..

[@glenbateman5960]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@robertsymon8631]

From Australia, this is so perfect in the reality world we see , from down hear !

[@dawn-dj2zx]

I understand this is from a series....but the words hit ...hard. ....and Jeff delivers ....more than acting.....I believe he BELIEVES in every word he stated in this scene.

[@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.

[@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..

[@timalimdim]

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

[@juanluistostadocanales3955]

Yes!, fight poverty, don't fight poor people

[@chrisholland7367]

It's easy to blame societies poor for the fuck ups by the rich.

[@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.

[@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

[@TonyEnglandUK]

If the USA is going to declare itself the greatest nation, then it has to address what it's the greatest at. Most-free? The USA doesn't even make the top ten most-free countries. Most-wealthy? Per capita, the USA doesn't even make the top ten most-wealthy countries.

[@aaacelebrations]

We need more people like Aaron Sorkin, a strong supporter of the Democratic Party, who have the vision and passion to tell an objective and complete picture of an issue - like this video!!