Debunking a PragerU Video About U.S. Immigration

PragerU gets a lot wrong in their propaganda videos. Here is what they get wrong in their video called "A Nation of Immigrants." → • A Nation of Immigrants...
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PragerU, which is short for Prager University, is an organization that creates short, animated videos to promote a conservative agenda. So what does PragerU’s version of “conservative” look like? Well, their website says they believe in “economic and religious freedom, a strong military that protects our allies, and in the religious values that inform Western civilization, also known as Judeo-Christian values.” So I guess religious freedom is cool to them but they like Jewish and Christian values better?
Anyway, the conservative radio talk show host Dennis Prager and his colleague Allen Estrin created it in 2010 to fight what they perceived a “liberal bias” in the American education system.
It’s propaganda. PragerU is straight up propaganda. Their mission is not to inform and educate, but to indoctrinate. And if you want to release propaganda, that’s fine. I’m quite ok with that. But the problem with PragerU is that they present themselves as a legitimate educational institution.
On their KZbin channel, they state “PragerU is an online video resource promoting knowledge and clarity on life's biggest and most interesting topics. We gather some of the world's best thinkers and distill their best ideas into free, 5-minute videos on things ranging from history and economics to science and happiness.”
My point for reading that is that I’ve found a lot of people don’t know they make propaganda videos. Unsuspecting folks may think they are simply an educational channel, when they are not. When I first came across them, I know I thought that. And PragerU is highly influential, especially to younger folks. Their videos have billions of views. They also recently started a program to try to get their videos in more social studies curriculums. Craig Strazzeri, the chief marketing officer of PragerU, said thousands of educators have already signed up, adding: “Ideally, every school in American would show PragerU videos in the classroom on a regular basis to help educate the next generation.”
Educate? More like “indoctrinate.”
If you Google “PragerU Debunked,” you’ll get thousands of videos and articles debunking PragerU videos. Often however, the videos are like 30 minutes long, because of how much bull crap the debunking videos have to call out.
But that is precisely what I’m going to do in this video. I’m going to fact check a five-and-a-half minute video PragerU made called “A Nation of Immigrants,” and hopefully do it in well less than 30 minutes, although that intro was already way too long.
#immigration #prageru #mrbeat

[@iammrbeat]

Should the United States make it easier for immigrants to move there? Also, thanks to Define American for their help with making this video. Check out their full playlist here: kzbin.info/aero/PL4ddc91jMC-YrQztXcPogaqjcA0cON9Of

[@dibutime]

@Karan Kapoor tf, those were not immigrants, that guy was French, you obviously don’t know your stuff if you are just going to make statements like that which come off as xenophobic.

[@dibutime]

@Karan Kapoor if you were joking btw sorry lol I can’t tell

[@RedPandaStan]

To answer your question, yes. At the very least we need to fix our refugee program, we're turning people away who legitimately need to enter America or they'll be killed by Hispanic drug cartels. We also have a ridiculously bad system for dealing with asylum seekers on the border, giving vague directions and sometimes telling people to show up to courts for legal hearings while the courts are closed. We don't even have temporary housing for them to live in, they practically have to wait in a homeless camp while waiting for their turn on an immigrant made queue so they can set up a court appointment that, as I said earlier, will probably have vague directions and sometimes be set during times when its impossible to show up. Our immigration process also takes several years, which is way too slow. I wouldn't even say change the immigration criteria other than for asylum seekers, just speed up the process so that people aren't sitting there for years waiting for a citizenship that might not even come. It should take 1 year at maximum, and ideally a few months. If this means hiring more government agents, cool, we can take the money away from ICE, who are currently spending the money we give them on tricking cheap hotels along the border to be used as mass detention centers for children of illegal immigrants.

[@WangMotions]

@@RedPandaStan As a 2nd generation immigrant, making it too easy would be unfair. You don’t understand the tests that people have to take to come illegally. It’s hard, but fair. So what if the process is slow. Your moving to a new country. Expect complications. If ones life is in danger if they don’t come to America, it should be a temporary stay under supervision.

[@liamcoghlan5408]

@Karan Kapoor make a cartoon of jesus kissing another man and show it off in america especially the south and you will find yourself to be wronf

[@jacobb2984]

I was doing dishes barely paying attention and he shouted “Jacob! Jacob! Please pay attention” I was actually scared for a second

[@jolkert_]

Hello fellow Jacob

[@kaydenchan7093]

Did Mr Beat give you any detentions for not paying attention to class?

[@tiaelago-oretukaumunika7017]

me (alone in bed): *pays attention* mr beat: were you paying attention jacob? jacob? jacob (in be next to me): yes sir?

[@jacoblivingston5902]

My heart started racing lol

[@alwayschill4522]

@@jolkert_ also hello, fellow jacobians... what a peculiar name, yet i feel as if none other fit >:D

[@WanderingMiqo]

PragerU be like: 1+2+3+4+5=12,345 immigrants 😱

[@plumjet0930]

They got the average kid in middle school to do the math.

[@woop6078]

There's millions of illegal immigrants in America. It is fairly easy (at least, too easy) to enter illegally. Entering legally may be a bit challenging, but that doesn't give anyone the right to decide they deserve to live in the country under other peoples taxes anyways. There's too many people trying to enter for things to go smoothly, and focus should be put on the people that want to enter legally instead of building free housing for illegals.

[@Redwood21]

@@woop6078who is building free housing for illegals.

[@jungminaaah]

@@woop6078 Do you really think undocumented immigrants don't pay taxes? The IRS doesn't give a fuck about your citizenship status as long as you cough up.

[@Illumirage]

@@Redwood21 blackrock, vanguard, woke govt grants

[@GuillermoLG552]

I'm an immigrant! It was actually very easy, no problem at all. I immigrated from California to the UK and it was all very straight forward.

[@Caramelsomething]

Ok you got me

[@grt002]

LOL

[@alexanderfretheim5720]

Yeah the Brits do make it fairly straightforward, although it's often very expensive (for a lifetime work visa in my profession back in 2014 when I was last interested, it would've been $3200 - the other option was one year at $1800) and unless you're in a shortage profession or otherwise have some specific special permission, Americans will generally not be permitted to.

[@conroads2626]

Now you're gonna be used as one of their sources in a new hate piece lol

[@GuillermoLG552]

@@alexanderfretheim5720 It didn't cost me anything for a permanent vist (leave to remain indefinitely.) Ok, it was 40 years ago! Natualzation cost £180, in '98.

[@Bubble998Grunge]

I work in immigration and the "chain migration" talking points drive me up a wall. For instance, some Mexicans who filed 4th Preference I-130 petitions in 1999 are STILL waiting for a law permanent residence visa to become available. The average American has no idea how difficult it is to gain status in this country legally on a permanent basis.

[@randomteenageboy5002]

Still preferable over illegal immigration. At least the immigrants don’t get kicked up on drugs from the cartels and risk their lives trying to swim across a river.

[@kellyantle8428]

Perhaps they're a tad distracted by the millions of illegal immigrants being allowed to circumvent the system and be rewarded for it? maybe?

[@igotnoname4557]

Really? Were are they 'waiting'? Everything you think is stupid.

[@Ry_TSG]

@@kellyantle8428 They’re not being rewarded for anything, and the government doesn’t even know where the majority of illegal immigrants are or who they are because they have no documentation. You know what would solve that issue? Offering a pathway to citizenship for current undocumented residents, and making the process of immigrating here more easy and efficient so that people have no reason to do it illegally.

[@IsraelCervantes-le4gf]

​​@@kellyantle8428 that is probably the most unintelligent, empty headed and anencephalic comment I've read Illegal inmigrants are severely punished With underpaid jobs, no social security benefits, deportation, ostracization by Re tards like you, etc.

[@KongVang]

I'm a U.S. citizen and I have been trying to get my fiancee to the U.S. since February of 2014. We now have a five year old son. Still we're waiting to be reunited. The current immigration petition for my family and supporting them through all these years have costed me over $150,000 and is draining the life out of me every day. Anyone who said immigration is easy don't know what they're talking about. The current immigration system have separated thousands of families and is severely broken.

[@andrewjbrenner]

My dad is a legal immigrant and cost him a fraction of that to stay in america. He didnt find the system hard since he just was a good person before he came here! He worked really hard and put alot of money in the bank by doing small jobs. He did an internship type thing in america and worked super hard and the owner sponsored him. So my dad was a great prospect and sacrificed to get here.

[@KongVang]

@@sauce8277 Thanks. The $150k is solely to take care of them overseas while I live and work in the U.S. My living expenses in the U.S is extras which I don't account in the figure.

[@johnwright2509]

It is terrible trying to deal with USCIS. My foreign national spouse was denied an American Tourism Visa, B2, to visit the U.S. The USCIS Officer's assumption was wrong...and they did not even look at all the evidence that I sent with my spouse to his interview for the visa. There is a lack of honesty and motivation sometimes at USCIS. Demonization is used by GOP politicians to deny changes to the immigration system. They will take your money while they deny your spouse the visa!!

[@KongVang]

@@andrewjbrenner I'm glad the immigration process is easy for your dad. It should be that way. How long ago was that? Do you have other family members who recently went through the immigration process?

[@andrewjbrenner]

@@KongVang it was over 10 years ago. That was a point i should have said as i know the last 6 years it started to get harder again after 911(which was s really hard) All my family is here now that want to be and the rest over seas.

[@shediwarelapis]

"No, you don't get to count it twice." "No, you don't get to count it thrice!" "No, you don't get to count it quadrice- wait I don't think that's a word..."

[@philb4462]

...yet.

[@reedplaysgames]

Nope quadrice is definitely a word, albeit rare. Then it goes quintice and after that idk.

[@FPVogel]

quadrice sounds like a good name for a metalcore band

[@verbulent_flow6229]

Just do it the Germanic way: fourtimes.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

@@verbulent_flow6229 Fourfold. Also, onefold, twofold, threefold, fivefold.... you get the point. :)

[@Kisamaism]

If only these debunking videos would get viewed by the people who need to see them most.

[@chucklebutt4470]

Oh, they watch them. Just look at the dislikes and negative comments lol. It doesn't matter if they're presented with conflicting info, they just clamp down harder into their comfort shell.

[@wezen89]

They definitely won't care lol

[@aba4055]

People like me who don’t have enough knowledge to refute pragerU’s claims, or people who are on the fence are a more important audience than stubborn people whove already decided to be ignorant

[@dannyajr]

This video needs bebunking I can't believe anyone is buying this bs😂

[@raksrulesaks]

My parents immigrated to the US from India in the 90’s. The things they had to do back then to come here were pretty crazy- you had to have at least $15,000 in cash to show you could provide for yourself, usually required a college degree in a “useful field”, and have a place to live as well as a job. My dad did his MBA here and then he got his first job and he worked hard for five years before he got his green card. My mom and him weren’t married when they immigrated here and her process was a little more cray! My mom is a scientist and she worked at a few Pharma companies (and helped formulate some of the meds that many folks love!). She worked really hard and always shares that the H1 visa meant folks would literally abuse her in the work place, giving her extra hours, stealing her work, many things. And she was lucky she had a boss who had immigrated in the 60s from Germany, who understood the process. He helped her find her confidence, and know a little more about how she could be treated a little more equally. Eventually my parents met and got married, and a few years later I was the first to be born here. My parents worked really friggen hard, legally coming to the US and they’re both US citizens now (have been for a really long time). But if they were to come to the Us now, they’d be waiting on a green card for 20-30 years. The process to legally immigrate is broken and it’s unfortunate because immigrants have really made a huge difference to the development of the US. Never forget Einstein and Tesla were immigrants to the US! Villainizing people bc they look different is really stupid. And never forget. Without immigrants we’d not be able to move forward. Our country would not exist. Period.

[@benrockefeller6334]

Most underrated SCOTUS case is the one in 1880 that gave the US its modern immigration system. Arguably did just as much damage as Plessy v Ferguson and the Dred Scot case.

[@raksrulesaks]

@@benrockefeller6334 absolutely agree with you there!!!!

[@pranshukrishna5105]

was immigration worth it

[@raksrulesaks]

@@pranshukrishna5105 that’s a question for my parents. Personally: these days the us no longer is that shining beacon of humanity and morality it once was

[@pranshukrishna5105]

It is still quite a good country. I think people don't appreciate enough to be a part of developed country@@raksrulesaks

[@realdragon]

There was "psychologist" in PragerU teaching about "parenting" who isn't psychologist

[@ryannamecat]

Oh yeah I watched a debunk video, hes from NC I think? His actual title there is psychological associate or sumn, he also worked with people in a LGBT hate group who advocate for child abuse :)

[@oscaval5649]

wasn't that the guy who said that child abuse would build a good relationship

[@12Fakeaccount]

Here's a fun fact: the resources and references linked in his video? He wrote them. He literally writes a couple of columns and then said "This *is* my source"

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@12Fakeaccount another fun fact: one of the people that works with him DOES have a doctorate ...from a seminary university

[@aidanlutz8106]

I saw that, that was nasty.

[@AcornFox]

If I were a social studies teacher, I would absolutely play PragerU videos in my classroom. The students would then be tasked with identifying claims made in the video and putting them on one color of post it note up on the board. Then they would choose one or two, fact check them, and if they found a descrepancy, theyd write it on a different color post it and cover the original claim with the fact. “Okay kids thats the bell. Look at the board and see why critical thinking is more important than tiktok follower count.”

[@iammrbeat]

I love this

[@lrbreadcho9281]

Corny as fuck

[@pandarick9337]

Need to be fair though and also use a left leaning propaganda video as well. Show how both sides use misinformation and bias to push narratives

[@AcornFox]

@@pandarick9337 thats not what fair means. critical thinking is critical thinking. try it on.

[@nekozombie]

@@AcornFox thanks:D

[@yin-sin]

I’m a child of an immigrant mother. She left Japan in order to get a better education and life (late 80’s early 90’s) she worked as a tour guide to get extra money for her education. Not to mention, she was learning English as a second language while in school. She met my dad and they fell in love. However her student visa was almost done and she could be deported back to Japan. Luckily my dad was in the Navy and was able to get her to become a citizen fast. Hearing families being thousands of miles apart because one of them isn’t a citizen yet hurts me. It’s so expensive and can take years just for one person to become a citizen.

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

Wait, wasn’t Japan doing pretty well in the 80’s? Not trying to debunk you, just not familiar with the economic state of Japan in that time

[@cauthrim4298]

@@cantthinkofaname5046 well, the country doing well as a whole doesn't mean that everyone is well off on individual level

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

@@cauthrim4298 oh yeah that makes sense, my bad

[@Domesthenes]

I recently went through the process of sponsoring my wife for her green card, and I actually think that Mr. Beat got a bit wrong here. It wasn't $535, that was just the filing fee. We also had to pay for a medical examination, pay a processing fee, and show that we had annual income of at least $60,000 in order for her to get her temporary green card. My wife just got her citizenship in January, but all told I would say that we have spent about $5,000 on her residence status. $2,500 of that was on her initial green card. We are just glad that it's over. And we didn't use a lawyer. Many immigrants have to use one to make sure that their specific situation is covered, and if you make a mistake on your application, then the government keeps the fees you paid and you have to file again, paying the fees over again. This can EASILY reach the tens of thousands of dollars for some. Not to take anything away from Mr. Beat, he did good work on this video. Just providing a little additional context to those who want it.

[@harvestedvoltage4324]

Thanks for the info

[@ygabriella8991]

I'm an immigrant and I apove of this video. He explained exactly what my husband and I had to do to get our green card. It's wasn't easy. My husband is now a USA citizen and I am saving to become one soon.

[@bidenator9760]

Congratulations!

[@morisco56]

Felicidades!

[@mogznwaz]

Why should it be easy? The USA is not obliged to give you or anyone else citizenship otherwise citizenship becomes a meaningless concept. I respect that you've done it the right way though - congratulations 🇺🇸

[@yeremia1866]

@@mogznwaz Prager U sucks

[@mogznwaz]

@@yeremia1866 Wow your intellectual argument is inspiring!

[@TheGravelInstitute]

Loved this video! Glad to be a part of this project with you and Define American.

[@lait3967]

hey I recognize you

[@ornos3133]

UwU

[@Username-cj8hm]

Hey, you made a new video about immigration!

[@nigelcoppes]

I was going to comment before the video to talk about Gravel lol

[@affordablecareactof]

Comrade 😳

[@riff_panda3422]

PragerU is actually part of my school's Community Service curriculum... we watch their video about homelessness and every 2 seconds pause it and debunk whatever point they just made

[@thej7362]

thats a lie but alright man

[@riff_panda3422]

@@thej7362 and your qualifications to tell me about my personal life are? The only possible way you could know if this is a lie, which it is not, is if you were stalking me so good luck explaining this one

[@thej7362]

@@riff_panda3422 its a lie because that's not what a curriculum is supposed to do lmao. but you present some sort of dead end as if im somehow supposed to prove your school isn't corrupt and just blatantly breaking the guidelines of education. I don't know how i'm supposed to prove it to you other than say you're lying, because no school should be debunking propaganda as it is a complete waste of time, which is why I believe you made up your comment simply to shit on the side of politics, religion, and philosophy which you do not agree with, and to get those sweet youtube likes that boost your ever-pointless online ego. I know you're just going to make up some bullshit again, so im not gonna respond to anything else you say lmao.

[@riff_panda3422]

@@thej7362 seriously? You think I'm trying to farm likes on a 2 year old video? I don't know what to tell you except that it's what my school does. It's literally impossible to convince you since you seem like a stubborn jerk who can't stand being wrong about something, so I'll just try to tell you: we watched the PragerU homelessness video, and we disproved their arguments. Community service at my school focuses mainly on those in poverty, we even have a program every few months where a group of 10-15 students spend 24 hours at the Midnight Mission in downtown LA. I honestly don't care if you think this is real or fake, but don't accuse me of being the asshole here, you went out of your way to tell me that something I experienced never happened as if you somehow have the final say in that. It's weird that you care so much about some random teen on KZbin who's commenting on a 2 year old video, and the comment you're mad about has been seen maybe 30 people at most. Get a life.

[@JSH8smusic]

@@thej7362 the J out here, epically owning the libs

[@uraniumbolt7594]

Man I ain't sending my kids to a school that uses PragurU as a learning tool. What a genuinely hellish reality

[@kohga1374]

Bro him calling me out by name really tripped me the fuck out, I’m high as hell and wasn’t prepared for that

[@iammrbeat]

Sorry Jake. You know I love you.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

PragerU is like the Dunbar School of historians for the modern day.

[@adi-ot6rz]

Hey @EmperorTigerstar, what was the Dunbar School of Historians?

[@worldwidewonders681]

3:55 why is sweden missing

[@garettdavis4464]

Waiting for the video about the map at 5:34

[@worldwidewonders681]

I saw that too

[@worldwidewonders681]

sooo finland and sweden are both fake ?

[@na3rial]

I hate it so much when PragerU shows ads on KZbin.. It's crazy how in 30 seconds, the number of false claims they tell and it just infuriates me

[@angeljonson8169]

It's a shame that a lot of xenophobic or straight up racist people use national security and other excuses to not let immigrants in. Immigrants are the backbone of this country and deserve as much respect as people born here.

[@megahunterkiller]

Huge difference between immigration and invasion my friend

[@leaffinite3828]

​@@megahunterkiller 🙄 if the us was being invaded no one would deny it moron

[@berbberb6029]

@@megahunterkiller “Invasion”. Average nazi dog whistle

[@drakke125Channel]

No one is against immigration, only illegal immigration. Its a shame people can't distinguish between the two.

[@megahunterkiller]

@@drakke125Channel I’m entirely against immigration.

[@melon_man_dan6888]

The story about the 300ish Jewish people that sailed to the US before WWII was framed to me as an unfortunate necessity. “It’s so sad we couldn’t accept them because the US had already met it’s quota that year. However, we tried to be as generous as possible and let in the college educated ones.” But now that I’m older it’s just ridiculous how the US couldn’t accept his 300 people leaving a place they were openly oppressed.

[@sigmaballsnetwork]

@FIGHTFANNERD9 then wouldn’t the US let them in?

[@FastDuDeJiunn]

if u look at our history after ww2 we allowed many of the holocost nazis over... and many become owners in news networks, Disney, CIA etc. you want to know why the media and tv networks etc want biden in office? look at who worship him. ur all voting for nazis......... America is and never was perfect. but we try our best. sadly people like this guy only give half truths. to fit his own agenda. he really isnt any better than pragerU.

[@LuKing2]

@@FastDuDeJiunn conspiracy theory, you provided no link to proof that your president is supported by nazis

[@jaas0225]

@@FastDuDeJiunn wait, last time I checked neo-nazis voted for Trump

[@mitchyoung93]

The SS St. Louis was granted permission to dock by the Dominican Republic and that country was willing to accept the Jews. These 'refugees' (who weren't refugees yet as the war hadn't started and most had gone thru other European countries) refused and chose to go back to Europe.

[@volnartheunforgiving3952]

"PragerU is wrong" "Every 60 seconds in Africa is a minute"

[@woom_y]

@@night6724 Wrong

[@Johnny-tz3yd]

@@night6724 facts don’t care about your feelings

[@Johnny-tz3yd]

@@night6724 ok snowflake

[@Johnny-tz3yd]

@@night6724 that’s exactly what a snowflake would say smh

[@BrendenDrivesMeCrazy]

@@night6724 don't even try to educate the idiots. It's a waste of time

[@HellsJayBells]

I immigrated to the US in 2018 on a spousal visa. It is very expensive, much more that $500 mentioned in the vid. The medical exam I had to take was another $500 alone. I am a college educated, white male from an English speaking country with no criminal history. It is still hard. I couldn't imagine trying to attempt to do it without being fluent in English, or if I didn't have the robust safety net of my friends and family. Even now USCIS has been backed up like crazy. I'm about 2 years over due for my application for renewal to be processed, and my lawyer just said to expect atleast another 12 months. I think there are plenty of misconceptions about how green cards work, as if it is just like renewing a driver's license. Things are not just automatic. Just because I've married an American citizen, does not mean I'm automatically allowed to be here. I've integrated just fine into American life and rarely feel like an immigrant. However, the few times that I have to go in to be interviewed, or have my biometrics taken you certainly feel second class. I know my experience is anecdotal, and that's not the best way to counter misinformation. I wish the average American would appreciate that it is far from easy, and if you do decide to immigrate, it was not a decision made lightly. My heart goes out to all the folk that don't have the resources/time to do it legally. They aren't "skipping the line" or being impatient; they are desperate.

[@jglobetrotter2830]

When I lived in Asia it was less work than renewing a driver’s license. I wish it was the same in the US. Essentially as long as I hadn’t been in trouble with the law and remained employed (I was on a work visa). I brought some paperwork to the local government office and they punched my alien card with a new date. I can’t remember if I even had to pay anything. It’s more work to update my paperwork for my current job, as a US citizen in the US (bi-annual fingerprint required for my job, local government office will ONLY fingerprint for concealed carry permits, NOT for employment. I can go to the private fingerprinting company and pay $150 or drive 1hr plus to the nearest sheriff’s office that doesn’t require a local address to get fingerprinted for employment).

[@kat8410]

I accidentally came upon a PragerU video thinking it was one of those cool Infographic videos and within the first minute or so, I had so many red flags go up because it was more storytelling than actual unbiased information. I was lucky that I was already really into infographics and research, which is why I realized the anecdotal evidence, inaccurate information, and misusing data so quickly!

[@franktranks9445]

I like how they whine about the liberal bias in classrooms, yet they try to get their clearly conservative bias videos shown in classrooms for "education."

[@franktranks9445]

@A Z What you said was correct, however, conservatives make stuff up too.

[@ejr1226]

@A Z Any stats to back that claim up? You do realize if that were to be true, there are still a plethora of reasons to explain a change in academic achievements of American children. You just watched a video disproving lies being spread by these conservatives. You really think showing American children lies and conservative brainwashing would "raise their grades"? What a joke.

[@ryusnipes6284]

@@ejr1226 so when it's conservative views it's brainwashing but when it's liberal views it's education? What a skewed way of thinking, liberal bias is a real thing that happens in most schools because overall most teachers nowadays are liberal, especially English teachers. When it comes to education both views should be showed not just whichever fits the agenda, the issue with bias in the classroom is when I give an opinion it's considered political because I am an outlier, but when a polar opinion to mine is shared it's normal, there's a serious problem with this as I cannot participate and take advantage of my education while my classmates are stuck in an ecochamber education where their views are reinforced everyday. The fact that I can't have a conversation without a teacher jumping in and trying to shut me up but not do the same with my peers is frustrating. I have to put in twice the effort if I want to avoid boot-licking for my grades all because the articles and projects give little for right wing opinion to be presented and what sucks even more is that i'm being graded on using as many of the sources provided so I am essentially choosing pride or a grade and that's just not right.

[@ronee8605]

@@ejr1226 actually hard work would change academic achievements, but liberals could care less about hard work because that promotes capitalism and the American dream that liberals hate to admit make our country great.

[@ejr1226]

@@ryusnipes6284 Anecdotal evidence proves nothing. This might seem like a dismissal of your experiences but hear me out. You might have experienced this but that doesn’t mean this is true for everyone. I live in the South and am taught mainly by very opinionated Republicans. I’m am not a liberal yet I have definitely had my ideas dismissed because they didn’t align with my more right wing teachers views. I may have experienced this but I cannot claim this is true for everyone. I cannot suddenly claim a “right wing” bias in the American education system because I was taught by Republicans/conservatives who pushed their ideologies onto me. I don’t believe anyone should push their views on anyone else, I’m not a liberal and I don’t believe liberal views should be pushed onto student or anyone for that matter. I also rather not have words put in my mouth, thank you very much.

[@jakeywakey9869]

I literally watched the entire thing, then looked to my phone after he was finished explaining and BAM i heard "jacob, jacob pay attention" i felt like i was in the truman show or something

[@Joseph_mother]

Literally me too

[@punkgrl325]

lmaoo

[@nickfizzle1212]

i scrolled through the comments to look for a Jacob after he said the name just to see what they said.

[@woffiecocoa]

I checked a notif and got called out lmao

[@jocabulous]

Yup especially cause i zoned out before he said that

[@pixelSHREDDER]

We desperately need more of this content in the world!

[@slydog7131]

Actually, we need factual content, not erroneous and skewed content like this.

[@simoneidson21]

@@slydog7131 The irony of a butthurt conservative saying this because someone attacked their token Jew daddy.

[@emilianozamora399]

@@slydog7131 prageru bought Russian bots

[@slydog7131]

@@emilianozamora399 Whether they did or not is irrelevant to my comment. This video was filled with misinformation and bias. I suggest you read my much more lengthy comment elsewhere.

[@NotBot0251]

@@slydog7131 Not reading your other comments. Either make a specific claim or say nothing

[@JoaquinCampana1998]

"No, you don't get to count those immigrants twice" "No, you don't get to count those immigrants thrice" "There we go again. No, you don't get to count those immigrants quadrice" I don't know why but this is hilarious 😂

[@honeycomblord9384]

I saw a PragerU video in social studies class once. Granted, it was to show why citing from one source is bad and how it can leave you with a biased perspective.

[@itsClaptrap]

PragerU: I wish we were in every social studies classroom across America! DoE: Granted, you are now a part of the curriculum PragerU: What is our purpose? DoE: youre used to demonstrate the importance of multiple sources from different perspectives PragerU: ....why

[@christinafidance340]

Good teacher!

[@jasonwilliamtjandra]

@@itsClaptrap Well this is why in my school it is also a requirement for graduating high school, which has the name of Purposeful Discovery Project (I'm not from USA)

[@thomassenbart]

Multiple sources are always good but the assumption is that you have readily available objective sources, which this is extremely rare today.

[@jasonwilliamtjandra]

@@thomassenbart True

[@heimlershistory]

Beat bringing the sauce... This is what public discourse ought to look like.

[@jonathanflores3256]

AYEEEE ITS HEIMLER !

[@russkayaimperiya5779]

sup bro, appreciate it for your help in the AP Euro exam last may!

[@lacanian1500]

rob halford!!!! love your videos heimler

[@iammrbeat]

Well thanks buddy

[@russkayaimperiya5779]

@@iammrbeat heimlers history mr beat collab when

[@rossbooth4635]

11:10 wow that is such a classic example of a straight up lie that's easy to miss if you're not paying close attention.

[@loremastervoidless1026]

I remember seeing PragurU for the first time, listened to a video (Think it had something to do with the middle-east idr) and knew immediately it was some propagandized conservatism.

[@Ready0rNot]

I felt like I was back in school when Mr. Beat started yelling at me........

[@iammrbeat]

Don't worry, Jacob. I was yelling at ANOTHER Jacob.

[@captaincolt1611]

@@iammrbeat was it me?

[@jacobjohnson4785]

Nahh It must have been me

[@MaximillianAirlines]

@@iammrbeat nah it was a pet potato in the class 🤣🤣🤣 Just kidding

[@justinc2107]

@@MaximillianAirlines social weirdness

[@Jacob4260]

Him calling out Jacob at the end almost gave me a heart attack

[@ohyeah6453]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidwalter2002]

Well, don't daydream during these videos, Jacob! You want a note sent home to your mother? No? Then pay attention!

[@chronicallyboredenby]

Wait my name is Jakob too lol

[@jacobjackson1541]

Yep. I laughed pretty good there too when it was my name!

[@Guacjose1008]

Pay attention next time, Jacob

[@luketallman891]

The video title could have stopped at "Prager U is wrong" and that would be just as accurate

[@charleskesner1302]

If the US would stop sanctioning and meddling in countries there might not be so many people at our borders trying to get in. I'm with lady liberty. Give me your tired, your ...

[@Jacob-yd7gd]

I’m ashamed of myself for just now seeing this in my email.

[@iammrbeat]

😆 no worries

[@UpperGrooveRacing]

Woah it was a unlisted video

[@jonaboktr5269]

@@iammrbeat when will the next Supreme Court briefs come?

[@erikxochipa582]

How do you post a comment 20 hours ago on a video posted like 30 mins ago?

[@UpperGrooveRacing]

@@erikxochipa582 it was unlisted

[@worm2576]

BRUH, when he yelled “Jacob” and snapped. How tf you know my name you freaked me the hell out. I’m just tryna eat chicken at 2 am

[@aninterestingpenguin9374]

I can relate as a fellow Jacob

[@snakethejake2149]

@@aninterestingpenguin9374 Same lol

[@captaincolt1611]

Ha

[@professional.commentator]

Lmfao!!

[@romanw8632]

lmao, I was like wtf how do you know my friend's name? i guess Jacob is a pretty common name though so

[@nickatnight782]

The idea that public schools in the US could actually consider allowing this into the classroom really legitimately terrifies me. Keep putting out great content Mr. Beat! You know you are credible when not everyone agrees with you, but everyone respects you!

[@channtastic]

I don’t respect him.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Everyone respects him? Everyone but one. Seriously, he has a face that I would love to punch, speaking tongue in cheek, KZbin! I oppose violence toward anyone even if I disagree. This is what separates conservatives like me from leftists like Mr. Beat.

[@GGYGYU-es1dj]

@@channtastic damn any askers???

[@missmg]

I’m a student at Seminole State College of Florida and I appreciate the material we’re given in our classes. I’m surprised to find out this PraguerU was a thing. My school never even mentioned it. I feel relief to know that my professors pick quality, unbiased educational material for us. Thank you Mr. Beat!

[@Loots1]

Theres no such thing as an unbiased education

[@grandpapgraybee3104]

The people who watch five minute PragerU videos are not going to watch a 15 minute video debunking what they wanted to believe in the first place. But this was very well done and thank you.

[@southeastindependentsocial330]

I see it as a way of helping provide counterarguments to Prager's BS.

[@stout890]

i just watched it and i think this video is only created for people who already believe this stuff. his first argument wasn't that is wasn't true it was that it was miss leading based on opinion and not facts....no facts were provided..... just an opinion.

[@tes-o8493]

I’ve watched Prager U videos. I also just watched this video. This video is longer so it contained more points and information, but I can’t agree that I saw a lot of debunking happening.

[@AliciaGuitar]

You are assuming the intentions of EVERYONE who watches PragerU. I watch videos, including PragerU, not out of confirmation bias, but to learn all sides of arguements. You cannot adequately make an arguement without fully understanding the opposition.

[@JMacSD]

@@tes-o8493 This video shows a clip from a Prager U video then presents facts that prove a statement made in the clip to be false or at best misleading. This happens several times in this video. How is that not "a lot of debunking happening"? Perhaps you just have really low comprehension and retention abilities. Or did you simply close your eyes during those parts, so you could state "I can’t agree that I saw a lot of" without lying?

[@bryanvasquez5236]

Out of all the languages Mr. Beat could've spoken in this video the one he chose was FACTS

[@hellboy6507]

AND LOGIC

[@agamingboi2343]

@@hellboy6507 which doesn't care about pagerU stupid feeling to spread properganda of American conservatism

[@donlee.4308]

Propaganda vs feelings.

[@manofculture8026]

Now that's a legit comment

[@ryan7095]

If it were opposite day

[@AngelaIshere11]

So interesting that there is verifiable proof that immigrants really help our medical system. I remember discussing that topic in high school and I said something about how immigrant healthcare workers collectively have saved my life and I was given odd looks by classmates who believed otherwise. We lived in a major metro area. Saying immigrants don't make up your hospitals and doctor offices is ludicrous. Even then I want to clarify immigrants who are artists or teachers or homemakers are just as important as nurses and doctors.

[@slydog7131]

There are many foreign doctors in the US. The sad part is that we don't produce enough right here, mostly because of active restrictions by the American Medical Association. American doctors are the best paid in the world, and the AMA wants to keep a lid on the number to maintain those high incomes.

[@ExySmexy]

its almost like this country runs off of immigrants that eventually become citizens or something

[@squillz8310]

I worked at a grocery store for a while and had a coworker who immigrated here from Iran. She filed her immigration stuff back in 2015 and became a citizen in 2018. Her husband though applied in 2016 and didn't get his citizenship here until 2020. I remember just how happy she was when she and her daughter picked him up from the airport and brought him to the store to meet everyone. They're both such incredibly nice people, and I hate that our immigration system works at such a slow and inefficient pace.

[@meilyn22]

Nobody gets citizenship that quick. False story!

[@Pfyzer]

3 years?! That's impossible, you need be become a green card holder. Unless you are into the US Army

[@mohamedelnaggar2688]

"I hate that our immigration system works at such a slow and inefficient pace" , i love how u openly wishes the complete replacement of your people.

[@CanadianCCP]

Who are “our” people you inbred moron? Your inbred relatives don’t represent America you sister fucking cuck.

[@HarrisonGoldfarb]

Well, thats government for you.

[@RiyadhElalami]

My blood pressure just increased from their arguments. As I am a person who's immigration process took 12 years to get a green card.

[@loadz03]

Based on you’re profile, it’s probably because you’re white. This video by beats has a lot of issues. Legal immigration needs to be offset by illegal immigrants and those who stay past their Visa. It’s all a mess, but their overall argument isn’t wrong. Mr. Beats nitpicks verbiage to not address the issue. The overall issue is economics. The US has too many low skilled workers to work and not enough professionals. Look at economics of California. It’s expensive to buy land, inexpensive to build on it. The reason why? People use illegal immigrants to build. Diluting the actual costs of said labor. Racism is just a scape goat to deflect from the broader issue of slave wages.

[@RiyadhElalami]

@@loadz03 Yes of course, I totally agree, you have a good argument there.

[@blastofo]

That doesn’t mean we should allow illegal immigration. That means legal immigration needs to be reformed. There has to be some vetting.

[@RiyadhElalami]

@@blastofo I think there should be nothing as illegal immigration. Boarder are arbitrary lines instated to enslave us. Boarders shouldn't exist in my opinion, they just hinder freedom

[@blastofo]

@@RiyadhElalami That’s a novel and progressive idea. Why does no country in the world do that? Not even the most liberal countries like Sweden and Norway? So all the MS-13 gang members, and the heroin and meth dealers from the Sinaloa and Medellin cartels, they should come in too? Since cannabis has been legalized, the cartels are focusing their business on heroin and meth to make their money, fueling our drug epidemic. And the people who bypass legal immigration, and are paid under the table, they pay no taxes, yet I have to pay thousands in taxes because i’m a citizen. Is that fair?

[@ericofthewest24]

I'm very much Libertarian in my politics but I love Mr. Beat's channel as the perfect middle ground for facts and statistics.

[@Pfyzer]

That's because channel like his are not political and in pure knowledge

[@timbirdie8180]

​​@@Pfyzer they are polictical what the heck have u been brainwahsed to think polictics equals lying maniuplators. He doesn't try to trick you into his polictics he gives his facts and opions and states which is which. He himself is libertarian but not because its a perfect middle groudn but cuz it fits his values. Dont be fooled into thinking apolitical people are actually apolitical they arent. They use that veneer to appear more factual. Mr Beats is polictical he just also states facts lots of polictical people with dif veies do the same.

[@channtastic]

He is biased.

[@AnilKumar-uj1qy]

@@channtastic get a job

[@jimwalshonline9346]

Agreed

[@EquestriaGuy]

As a foreign student, I can confirm, getting into the country is super challenging.

[@slydog7131]

If the entire world wasn't trying to move here it wouldn't be.

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

@@slydog7131 lmfao you really think that highly of the US? the world population is at like 8 billion now and 1 million a year is the entire world to you? stuck-up americans i swear to god

[@slydog7131]

@@ps1hagridoufofcharacter If there were truly open borders, the US would have 50 million people or more streaming in. And they would keep coming until it got so bad that as many people were leaving in desperation. I'm glad you are happy where you are (someplace other than the US). I wish all people were like you.

[@Sgt.chickens]

@@slydog7131 yeah except they arent. And alot of the people comming are sold a Lie. The US is the worst choice for immigration in the modern western world. The reason they pick the US is because they are uneducated and cabt research themselves. Big reason that plenty of yanks who go over to european nations and australia and such end up staying. They realise what a shit deal they have

[@slydog7131]

@@Sgt.chickens Recent changes certainly seems to be taking the US down the sht hole. The problem is that the several million people who come to the U.S. yearly rarely want to leave. There needs to be more people like you telling them not to come to the U.S. You need to spread the word.

[@jimbrogan9835]

Again, I knew everything you just laid out, having an immigrant wife. I appreciate how well you lay it out and explain it. I would definitely recommend this video to explain the issue.

[@ironrattlesnake3975]

Wait, is this guy trying to convince us that there is no liberal bias?

[@tacenda3250]

No? No where in the video did he say that. Did you even watch it?

[@ironrattlesnake3975]

@@tacenda3250 no

[@Karmy.]

The greatest thing to come from PragerU is the YTP created by CitizenBrain

[@crockstonyt]

'The baby fucking dies'

[@Karmy.]

@@crockstonyt "I like to kill people for fun"

[@capncake8837]

@@Karmy. I like murder.

[@Karmy.]

Here's a fact: Dennis Prager should frighten you

[@crockstonyt]

I like to kill people for fun

[@natureallmighty]

"You don't get to count those immigrants quadrice" ...CGP Grey would be proud! My cousin and her husband won the green card lottery program right before she gave birth to her daughter. They had to wait for two years to bring her to the States. They both have Masters degrees, work in STEM and have a lot of work experience... And both come from a white EU member country. Go tell them how generous your immigration process is....

[@slydog7131]

No country is obligated to have a generous immigration policy. But the fact remains, the US admits far more immigrants than any other nation. Try immigrating to New Zealand and see what your chances are.

[@you_tubeslonelyheartsclubband]

Quintice, sextice, septice, and octagonalice.

[@InternetMameluq]

If anything I'm disappointed because 'chain-migration' is a free vetting programme that guarantees they'll behave well, and be productive citizens.

[@johnbrinsmead3316]

And now Florida has decided to accredit pragau as a source for educational materials for Floridas public schools.

[@querube78]

Dude I love you! You have no idea the ignorant takes I hear from people who have no idea what the process is like. "Just marry her and she'll be legal in 9 months" or "immigrants are leaches who just have to get here and they get money". Ironically this scrutiny is never placed on "certain" people. The former 1st lady came on the (get this) the Einstein visa, managed to sponsor her parents, and apparently used a tourist visa to work in the US (illegal). Hell one of the most popular rom coms is about an american and a canadian abusing the immigration system to get a promotion (the proposal). Yet you hear nothing about them "stealing your jobs". I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart that people like you are willing to call them out on their bull and I dont know of this hits personal to home (most people who aren't immigrants or have immigrant family dont really care and thus dont know any better) but I thank you regardless.

[@lemickey2835]

"Local Kansas Teacher slaughters PragerU".

[@that_brick5458]

:P

[@hansgoober35]

DESTROYS PragerU with FACTS and LOGIC

[@lemickey2835]

@@hansgoober35 and common sense

[@starmaker75]

Bleeding Kansas 2

[@hansgoober35]

@@lemickey2835 THAT TOO

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

He’a coming out swinging

[@cvrator]

Mr. Beatdown

[@yassineszn17]

Like who doesn't hate prageru?????

[@yassineszn17]

Like who doesn't hate prageru?????

[@jah-jahmarley513]

@@yassineszn17 fr I am a conservative and I’ve never like PragerU

[@yassineszn17]

@@jah-jahmarley513 me either

[@LegitEnzo]

No soul or light behind that womans eyes.. truly feel for the kids who will have to grow up watching this crap

[@michaelandrew5702]

PragerU is wrong about most things.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

I’m all for freedom of speech however PragerU and other political organizations left or right need to be labeled as opinion. Thank you Mr. Beat for this video. Democracy can’t survive without the truth

[@sandboxproductions_youtube]

I totally agree with you.

[@xxxrathoss3764]

If there was only the truth, than everyone would be left wing

[@aguy7726]

@@xxxrathoss3764 you are highly delusional

[@cryptic_daemon_]

@@xpxpe5645 Such as?

[@IpSyCo]

@@xxxrathoss3764 not necessarily.

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

A Turtle doesn't approve PragerU.

[@nizam5568]

A turtle is appearing on many random history channels

[@LilWindex1378]

Frick you stupid Turtle monke is superior

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Love Turtles

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

All hail the wise turtle

[@vriskaserket1120]

Thank God

[@akagordon]

The thing that makes propaganda so effective is the fact it takes far more resources to disprove than to create.

[@elvisperez9960]

I came here when I was 15 years old finish high school while working as dishwasher 56 hours a week, after 14 years i became an independent contractor and somehow managed to get a house still paying yet although I pay all the taxes ,all the bills, don't getting a dime of help from the government thru the pandemic and paying taxes, there's still no way I can get a working permit or a way to stay here legally, the immigration system is broken and no body wanna fix it

[@programablenuance]

I'm relatively fiscally conservative and the first PragerU video I stumbled upon was about the graduated income tax and I could tell within the first minute that this was just straight propaganda.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

PragerU was debunked by many, so i probably dont have to mention some who did, but what i do wanna mention in these hars trimes is the much-praised 'from and for Worker-Class'-Videos of Some More News as well as Second Thought. Both KZbinrs get much Praise, but thats not where it ends as they covered Famines, Climate-Change, LGBT, Wars, Ukraine and more. But yeah, the fact that Unions are so extremly-hyper-good for Workers that everyone needs one, is arguably the most important thing to raise Awareness for.

[@michaeld9682]

This channel is propaganda. He completely leaves out the other organizations pushing their way into schools. That is just a start...

[@CulperCast]

so you go from one propaganda to another. so brave

[@ishubetterthanyou1582]

@@michaeld9682 "An oil cartel is being blamed? How dare he"

[@michaeld9682]

@@ishubetterthanyou1582 as long as the big guy gets his 10 percent

[@petergriffin8745]

Mr. Beat just remember they said Hitler wasn’t a nationalist.

[@stevenwillett4136]

Yes, because they label him as an imperialist that was out to grab other countries and a racist that discriminated against other ethnicities within his country. Even if they’re wrong about the definition of nationalism, they label it as a generally good trait for promoting the growth and prosperity of one’s nation. They aren’t arguing to be like Hitler.

[@watermelonridge323]

Hitler = Nationalist 2016 Trump = Nationalist 2016 Republicans = "reeeereeeereeee" 2020 Hitler = Imperialist Recent studies show that changing semantics don't change one's ideology.

[@stevenwillett4136]

@@watermelonridge323 No one said it did. I’m saying different people called it different things. Trump put up an America First plan which many called nationalist. However, Trump and Hitler did different things. In turn, people started calling Hitler something else to distinguish him from politicians like Trump. I honestly don’t care what you call it; I’m more concerned with what they did.

[@wvu05]

@@stevenwillett4136 Which groups used the phrase American First, again? Its previous most famous iteration was literally Nazi sympathizers who got completely discredited by the time of Pearl Harbor.

[@iammrbeat]

Oh goodness, I almost forgot about that. 🙄

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

the moment she said "illegal aliens" in reference to immigrants i choked. what the actual sh*t. i refused to believe people actually said that, but here we are. people amaze me every single day.

[@gpmar9853]

Look up the definition of “alien.”

[@desmondcoppin591]

That’s literally a real term for it though? That’s what a lot of people say, and it’s not neccesarily any connotation.

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

guys, i know it's the "actual term" it just sounds horriffic to me

[@ZeFluffyNuphkin]

@@ps1hagridoufofcharacter I mean, you could try getting over that? It's a real term, and an accurate one.

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

@@ZeFluffyNuphkin how is that your problem. i know you mean well but im just some guy who made a comment

[@jacobblacc3363]

Hol up, i wasn't expected to get called out like that at the ending. I was paying attention😅👍

[@Briosification]

Both my parents are immigrants. Thank you for educating people on the subject, and not fearmongering. I remember when I made a presentation in class on immigration. Most didn't believe when I said there is zero evidence immigrants are a strain on government resources.

[@evil1by1]

Bullshit. Where do you think all those freebies came from? Me. When I out and your 12 uncle's and grandma and 47 cousins come over and undercut wages who suffers. Me F you

[@MrCrow-hq9vt]

Zero evidence... 😂

[@josephnormyle28]

Im here to share some good news with you. Refugees (the study was only on refugees) do cost a bit to get housed and into the community but they are a net benefit to a nations economy. This is because refugees are more likely to stay in lower paying jobs, and someone has to work them. Also lowkey US Federal minimum wage is so ridiculously low.

[@mitchyoung93]

That's because there is evidence that immigrants are a strain on government resources. That's what they found in the most recent National Academy of Science report. Immigrant households are net tax eaters.

[@capnsteele3365]

@@MrCrow-hq9vt since most immigrants that come here are productive, its usally just alabama and the deep south that are a strain

[@ska187]

If pragerU is a university then I’m Jeff Bezos’ long lost son.

[@connoromalley4004]

Its worth a shot

[@adamzieba3966]

I mean they're not saying they're a university its just a catchy name for a business.

[@Mal-ws3kt]

@@adamzieba3966 It’s not Catchy it’s misleading.

[@CactusCarrot]

And I’m the reincarnation of George Washington (with Benjamin Franklin’s dankness).

[@paru-chinbaka5214]

Some countries have used education to coerce students into certain political systems!

[@mikebronicki8264]

PragerU is to political discourse what flat earthers are to science.

[@nehemiahmarcus308]

I hope you do more debunking videos.❤

[@sarksdhar3693]

Debunking PragerU? I gotta call you Mr.Based from now on lol

[@tech8222]

Based on WHAT????? 😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@selahanany5645]

@@tech8222 based on facts of course

[@edwardblom4217]

reddit moment

[@tech8222]

@@edwardblom4217 Wholesome 100 Keanu Chungus

[@sarksdhar3693]

​@Angelo River Yea 100%, PragerU is a horrible institution known for spreading misinformation.

[@jakemyers5764]

As someone who graduated college, is named jacob, and started dozing towards the end, your ending gave me vietnam flashbacks

[@i_fuze_hostages6]

I had alarm bells in my head

[@eliyahuberkowitz2812]

I am so glad you stated that this was "truth" and not "opinion". This was the biggest load of bs I ever saw

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

You could have stopped at "PragerU is wrong."

[@KibaONE87]

I'm currently going through this process. My wife is american. It is so dehumanizing and long it literally makes me depressed. The us immigration system is one of the toughest in the world

[@michaeld9682]

No it's not. Not if you come in illegally

[@RandomCaliforniaAdventure]

One of the toughest in the world? I am from the bay area in California. Its so evident base only from observation that the culture and people has changed especially in my district. There are a lot of central migrants here and I am pretty sure they didn't follow the "correct" steps into coming in this country. Guess what? Nothing is happening to them! They are here to stay and especially with those "anchor" babies...as long as they can get their foot in the door. The babies will indeed be American and thus the freeloaders are here to stay and continue thriving here. The immigration system is absolutely swamp with backlogs. The whole "pandemic" made it no better in creating laziness among paper pusher in office. Where as everyone else...who wants to follow the correct course can take the long way since they are obeying the rules yet may never see the opportunity. As far as your status on being able to come here legally and etc. The paperwork process is a little difficult but obviously there are other factors that I am unable to account for but marriage is usually the easiest way to fast track your application. Two of my cousins who went to Thailand had no issues bringing back their wife. The only exception is my friend Jimmy who seemed to struggled with the paperwork and wonder why his fiancé still hasn't been able to come over. I believe in his case, he didn't married her properly both through the girl's country marriage system and the system we have here in the U.S. Secondly, his finance isn't stable which might explain his inability to actually support her once she moves here. Thirdly, he didn't go through a proper agency and as a result, his paperwork are a mess resulting in his third attempt. Sadly, had we have a stronger border security...there might be a better acceptance of foreigners basing on the acceptance amount and marriage guest would also be easier to fast track. Its really unfair, one side...we have people like yourself who would like to make sure everything right but on the other side. Millions upon millions pour into our country from the southern border and it isn't helping the communities, cities and states it affected through illegal immigration. Yet, many of these cities and states proudly present themselves as a sanctuary encouraging "illegal" activity.

[@michaeld9682]

@@RandomCaliforniaAdventure the irony of this propaganda channel calling Prager propaganda is a case of projection

[@i10i60]

@@RandomCaliforniaAdventure Unfortunately, the og comment is supported by several surveys. Your bullshit however is not.

[@i10i60]

@@michaeld9682 That's false.

[@elij1130]

Never forget that PragerU once released a pro-slavery video.

[@jeraldjoyce2995]

It's hard to get forget a zinger like "Radical abolitionist John Brown"

[@mogznwaz]

Please, share a link.

[@jeraldjoyce2995]

@FIGHTFANNERD9 dislike

[@thebananas6483]

@FIGHTFANNERD9 Yes, so right that you can't even explain how. With such argumentative brilliance as "stfu," you should be working for them.

[@cforester0808]

And said "if you like freedom, thank the British Empire"

[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

The intro felt way longer. Thanks for density in the modern day KZbin

[@Frames_debates]

Thank you for refreshing my previous knowledge and educating me futher on this topic.❤

[@akshat.jaiswal]

The whole point of propaganda is the the person receiving does not know that it is propoganda.

[@iammrbeat]

Which, and I hate to say it, but a large percentage of PragerU viewers.

[@fede1324ee]

ye, its the expositive type of documentary. You put an "informed" narrator explaining, so it feels like its an objective truth. Go watch triumph of the will, the nazi documentary and you will learn about propaganda lol

[@aaronshan51]

used to be me lol

[@fede1324ee]

@Future Caucasian politician I mentioned how the Nazis made propaganda on film, stop getting triggered. (And a lot of people use that method to manipulate, from the left to the right, from vox to pragerU)

[@jpe1]

@Future Caucasian politician if you “see” Dennis Prager “making sense” then I recommend you visit an optometrist because you need to get your eyes checked. Dennis Prager is advocating to destroy traditional American values of freedom, self-determination, and independence. To cite the specific video in question, the USA was founded and built by immigrants (for example, my 5th great grandfather John Early came to Pennsylvania in 1757 as an immigrant; he went on to fight with Washington for American independence) and immigration is a vital part of America today.

[@wesleyem3]

As someone who lives in Arizona, you see a lot of Mexican workers. Not sure how many of these immigrated from Mexico, but what I can tell you is this... Those are some of the hardest working men I've ever seen. They get up at 4-5am and work on houses, gardens, pools, landscaping, etc in the hot Arizona sun. Every day. As far as I'm concerned, even if all of them were illegal immigrants, they've more than earned their place in the US. Moreso than many of the American-born citizens who hate them.

[@bigislander72]

A friend if mine from Guadalajara said if an able bodied man tries to beg change there they would be straight beaten by a mob. Strong work ethic. Their loitering outside of stores not begging change but ready to work!

[@Shane-bz9qm]

They work for low wages, pay no taxes, come into this country illegally (making them criminals), but yet they get the same benefits of help that tax payers fund that even natural born citizens don’t qualify for. Why? Because it’s almost a guarantee that they will vote Democratic, so they let them in to win elections. Furthermore, it causes hardworking American’s wages to stagnate because business owners think why pay someone more if I can pay this person less and don’t have to pay their taxes either. It makes it harder for equally hard working Americans to earn a good wage.

[@bigislander72]

@@Shane-bz9qm "almost a guarantee to vote Democrat"...must not know many. They're actually pretty conservative leaning as a group.

[@i_fuze_hostages6]

I will never understand the immigration hate here most immigrants pull their own weight and are extremely dedicated to bettering their lives

[@michaeld9682]

@@i_fuze_hostages6 illegal immigration is the issue Immigration is a good thing

[@GreatBrickLab]

The 2018 video has 6.3mil views and 25k likes. This video has 772k views and 72k likes.

[@conductingintomfoolery9163]

Off because I’m seeing 44k likes?

[@GreatBrickLab]

That is strange. The likes were at 72k. The views went up and the like went down.

[@bradsmithstudios8881]

With all the arguments given by anti-immigration advocates, often it just boils down to xenophobia and bigotry.

[@madmouse4400]

New York city habitants are starting to become really xenophobic in 2023 .

[@argyjql9113]

My high school economics teacher would play PragerU on a daily basis it was the living embodiment of hell

[@chillsgaming1900]

Im so sorry you had to listen to their BS

[@TheDesertRat31]

I question your "teacher's " credentials.

[@Pfyzer]

Dam tour teacher is mentally weak

[@zandaroos553]

As an economist, the fact that that was your introduction for economics makes me feel terrible

[@mvonwalter6927]

Unfortunately a lot of low level economics is full of business majors that think they grasp sociology.

[@FRISHR]

The only thing you can't debunk about PragerU is that: "Socialism is based." -PragerU

[@outdatedfarmequipment2702]

Socialism now that sounds good.

[@mogznwaz]

Socialism is Kool Aid for those who live in a state of perpetual infantilism.

[@OpusTheLeftie]

@@mogznwaz Ehhh, that's Communism. Also technically Capitalism.

[@stevonwhite8933]

@@OpusTheLeftie He clearly doesn’t get it dude...

[@dahleno2014]

Socialism isn’t based, a proper combination of socialism and capitalism is based.

[@raggybaggy4974]

Why is Mr.beat mogging me in the thumbnail

[@actuallyadog_]

Turned this on while doing yardwork and was shocked when I heard the opener… I heard “I Masterbeet” 😳

[@MrGageHarrison]

This video could be titled “Prager U is wrong”.

[@WangMotions]

Did you watch the video. The video could be titled “Prager U in context”. He said most was “misleading” not “wrong”. Please watch the video before you comment

[@willbowden6897]

@@WangMotions Prager U intentionally misleads it's audience. Being misleading but not straight up wrong isn't exactly a compliment. I'm not sure what good misleading high school kid's opinions about immigration does. Mr. Beat also highlighted that Prager U is straight up propaganda that indoctrinates its viewers

[@WangMotions]

@@willbowden6897 When did I say it was a compliment? I did not put any connotation onto what I said. I never said "misleading" is good. We are talking about the accuracy about the title "Prager U is wrong". Them misleading their audience does not mean their facts are wrong. They are misleading and out of context; THAT is the discussion here. Again, I NEVER said that it was a good thing. I don't know how I made you angry.

[@PresidentFlip]

@@WangMotions they’re wrong

[@mbdg6810]

He literally said at the end “some of the stuff they said was true” So no.

[@887frodo]

As an immigrant who arrived through family reunification in 2011, I am so glad you highlighted how hard and time consuming it is to go through the process of claiming a family member!

[@willbowden6897]

Glad you made it here. We are happy to have you here in America

[@wassupwo]

Should be pinned!

[@jeffslote9671]

@@willbowden6897 Speak for yourself.

[@capnsteele3365]

@@jeffslote9671 hey immigrants build most houses. Immigrants are the reason your population ain't declining

[@hwanniggles187]

@@capnsteele3365 this country was founded by immigrants of all colors. Yet these clowns still decide to disrespect them thinking they are better when the immigrants are the back bone of this nation

[@TheXiguazhi]

Hi Mr. Beat, small correction. Once the spouse is here for 3 years, not 5 years are they able to bring their parents. You're able to apply for your parents once you aquire your permanent residence without CONDITIONS. the first green card you get is a Green Card with conidtions which you can apply to remover the conditions after 1 year of having it. Once your conditions are removed I believe you have to have the green card without conditions for a period of 2 years before you're able to apply for citizenship. The reason it might take longer is because you cannot apply for removal of conditions or citizenship until you meet the threshold and that application process after you meet the requirements can take anywhere from 3 months to 2 years. My wife's process took approximately 1 year to get her citizenship and about 90 days to remove conditions. The fact that we did all of this as welll educated individuals helped because the process is a complete and utter mess and I would say most families cannot navigate this process without hiring an immigration lawyer, We were just lucky we had family that worked for US Immigration in Vietnam. Even then it took far too long with lots of addendums for requests of proof of our relationship before we were able to get everything done. Even then, the immigration official who interviewed my wife and gave her the citizenship test was extremely rude and borderline racist (welcome to Utah i suppose).

[@joejones363]

Mr. Beat, your video was really enjoyable. I was trained as a history teacher but ended up as an elementary teacher and Reading Specialist. I worked with quite a few children of immigrants and found them to be delightful. Two of my grandparents were immigrants and a third was the son of immigrants. My paternal grandfather was a good example of the information in your video. He came as a teenager, worked for a baker and ended up as a dentist. Sadly, he died before I was born. Most of my childhood was being raised by the other immigrant, my mother's mother. She had been a nurse.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Fine. We are going to send an immigrant to replace your job next. You don't mind training him do you, before you are let go? There, now we are all happy.

[@zachrichardson5581]

I'm anti illegal immigration and pro legal immigration. It's ridiculous how inefficient and tedious the legal process is for foreigners to come here. It needs to be improved because there are good people being strung along waiting years for no other reason either than apparently clerical laziness.

[@hernans901]

Applying for a visa isn’t that easy. It’s expensive and humiliating, even when you only want to visit the US to meet Mickey Mouse. Edit: most applicants are denied a visa, so they lose their money.

[@fironfiron8843]

i would agree and disagree. american visa system vary from country to country. usa has relaxed for some countries, while not so relaxed rules for other.

[@mattja52]

@@fironfiron8843 That's certainly true, I know the favorite and unfavorite countries. That's a different subject.

[@fironfiron8843]

@@mattja52 poor brown countries to be specific. in post ww2 it became first world only, which to be obvious is mostly white while also some asians like japan and other being there. i would say a lot of it is driven by perception of these countries

[@frankchen4229]

How would it be humiliating lol

[@KaritKtana]

I remember waiting for my interview at the embassy. All of the interviews, no matter what kind of visa, are conducted standing up in the main hall so everyone hears everything. I arrived first and interviewed last, so I inadvertently heard so many life stories that day, including specific incomes, past transgressions, people confessing even the tiniest infractions of their lives. One guy was about to get approved and he blurted out that he cheated on a test question once, and was denied his visa. One guy had to relive his divorces and explain his violence-riddled childhood, even though he grew up to be a successful engineer. One student just had an annoying tone and said she needed to hurry to class and was denied. Standing there is precarious business and you have no agency, it's true.

[@ganonisking6609]

"If you live in freedom, thank the British Empire" -PU Lmao

[@pikestance4219]

One of the factors you did not mention is how difficult it is to actually come to the US. My, now, wife was initially rejected to get a tourist VISA to come to the US. I know an affluent Indian couple that tried for years (Canadian citizens) to get a US tourist Visa and was rejected until.... a mutual acquaintance whose boyfriend worked at the US embassy helped them get a "tourist Visa." I know a woman through my wife whose Visa is expiring. In order to stay in the country, she joined the US military. It ain't easy to get into the US. BTW, if you want an EU passport, go to Portugal... within a year, you can get Portuguese citizenship. (Well I think permanent residence).

[@SwolllenGoat]

despite all the thumbs down on this video Ive noticed there isnt any actual rebuttal to any of Mr Beats points................ as usual, the american fascist 'right' simply hates the facts

[@gilbertkukulski3045]

I was born in the United states but I think it is imigration that made this nation great

[@AdamaBinLadin]

Immigration provides economic growth through; increased population, alternative training and experience, and providing more labour. Immigration is great economically and in an infinite amount of other ways

[@tech8222]

PragerU: Fox News Junior

[@HellHoundTSO]

Hello fellow Tennessean

[@jb894]

Faux news sucks.

[@hockey2128]

I’m pretty sure fox has been becoming really left since the election

[@AcidCryMCSGAndMore]

@@hockey2128 you sir do not know what "really left" is lol they are still neo-cons

[@jacktaylor5653]

@@hockey2128 Just because they have to report the fact that Biden won the election doesn't make them "really left". Fox News has always been full of conservative hacks like Tucker, Hannity, and Ingraham who devote their focus towards painting every democrats as an elitist or socialist, while conveniently ignoring the Republican tax cuts for the wealthy, increases to a bloated military budget, and gutting of the healthcare system.

[@KoryGilesYT]

I saw an ad for PragerU Kids the other day, and they were bragging about how their videos always tell kids the factual truth about any topic. I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that they’re showing this to impressionable children now, or that they have the gaul to act like they never make mistakes.

[@19Pyrus70]

Well, as was being shown in this video, it's not that PragerU wasn't telling some facts or truths, it's that PragerU spins those facts & truths to say that America as it is isn't the problem, it's the people who keep complaining about their problems with America that are the problem.

[@KoryGilesYT]

@@19Pyrus70 I agree. However, I never complain about the problems of America, because I know how lucky I am to have been born here, and we have at least decent living standards in most cities. Anyways, thanks for replying!

[@19Pyrus70]

@@KoryGilesYT No problem. I try not to complain too much either, but I'm not gonna try to pretend everything's perfect. When something's wrong, something's wrong whether or not we agree on the what, why, or how of it.

[@deanpruit4216]

Just 2 things I've learned from conversations with immigrations lawyer and immigrants. There are literally 20 million people that are in the diversity lottery every year.....That gives you like a .25% percent change of being accepted. Then as far as accepting skilled people even that is not so easy a process. It's not that easy to prove (even if you won't)you don't displace an american worker. I've literally heard stories of doctors and lawyers who couldn't get in.

[@jacobbreakerofsky8974]

I was listening to this in the background and I laughed a little bit when you said "you were paying attention?", then you called me out by name.