Government Simulator - How to Make America Great Again

Government Simulator returns for the rest of the livestream highlights, as Jon & Claire take on the ultimate challenge - making America great again...
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[@buttersquids]

Banning guns and making vaccinations compulsory gave you 100% approval rating? IN AMERICA????

[@hyperlanceitex6149]

Yeah, something screwy is going on hear...

[@buttersquids]

@Braxton Heath I'm sure this isn't just a clone account... Get out of here with your bullshit

[@samdaley8484]

Jon: "Unlimited abortions!" Claire: "Yay!" Jon: "Mandatory abortions!" Claire: "Ye--WAHT!?"

[@movingparts6270]

"... yay?"

[@UmJammerChelle]

blane tulloch The right to choose is what's up for debate, not whether abortion is right or wrong. I don't know anybody who would argue that the act of abortion itself is good.

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

Um Jammer Chelle Unfortunately there are those who profit off the business. Then again I suppose it's similar to funeral home bits.

[@teubert2]

+blane tulloch Strange, I think it's good and not wrong. My point: it's not a thing that's objectively wrong; it's entirely subjective. People will get abortions no matter what these days. Of course, not everyone is going to get one, but if they do want one, they will go to whatever place allows them to get one. That's why a choice is important; if it's legal people will go to a professional and proper hospital, whereas illegal might make people go to a "less-than-ideal" hospital in a country or place where the surgeons might not be the best. In short; if you don't want an abortion, don't get one. It's really as simple as that. Don't ruin something for others just because you don't like it yourself.

[@teubert2]

+Um Jammer Chelle I would argue it is good. Why? The population is high enough as is. Of course, one can argue the problem is with people living in non-environmentally-friendly ways or too many live in "wrong" places, but that's besides the point lol.

[@adammullarkey4996]

"OH, MY GOD, HE'S GOT A BIKE!"

[@noahdeguzman4489]

Jon basically screwed over both the democrats and the republicans at the same time. I love it.

[@ManyATrueNerd]

And everybody else in the world too - they don't come out of this well...

[@claytonweyl4135]

If they can't cooperate, they will fail.

[@cinconumbercero]

The Trump's way

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

You forgot to implement a dictatorship while you're at it! Edit: Okay, you did. That's amazing

[@completeepicness5070]

The third political party---The True-Nerd party We believe that simulations are perfect predictors of eents!

[@yourethatmantis5178]

huh... never expected a Brit to say navies are useless

[@PhoenixFires]

Darth Vader Ever since WW2 the US has had a better Navy and giving ships to the UK tho.

[@MRDaved]

They're not useless at all, if they're on land, they can use the Aircraft carriers as mobile base of operations and such. Not to mention that's how they're going to transfer aircraft. America has most of the aircraft carriers in the world.

[@yourethatmantis5178]

Navy= power and wealth in the world

[@ragingroyal729]

PhoenixFires -- We don't give them ships they build them themselves.

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

You'reThatMantis as a Brit I feel fucking sad, we need our empire back

[@ezioauditore4582]

Jon, still a bit upset about the American Revolution

[@sootyjared4208]

Ezio Auditore 1776 was centuries ago, get over it.

[@NewPaulActs17]

Down with King George!

[@ezioauditore4582]

Sootyjared Jon will assert British rule over America again 😂

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

Ezio Auditore Yeah. It's been over 400 years and he STILL remembers the day that he saw it on the news!

[@excusethesanity]

As a Brit, I've always called it the Colonial Kerfuffle. Has a much nicer ring to it.

[@m1k3y48]

He was able to ban guns and legalized abortion in all cases without resistance? I don't think the values in this game were balanced around America

[@Nionivek]

He also significantly decreased military spending AND social security without riots in the street. This game is kind of funny to watch with what I understand about US politics. Ohh and that crime rate is decreasing with more police spending.

[@zrowe0233]

Um, abortion is legal irl

[@alexanderdimaria3326]

not in all cases

[@zrowe0233]

Alexander DiMaria no, you can’t abort your child after the 2nd trimester, that would essentially be murder at that point in the pregnancy

[@alexanderdimaria3326]

=not all cases / 100% legalized abortion is till birth

[@TheNexan_]

I mean, as a Brit, if somebody infiltrated office, tanked the crime rate, shot the GDP upwards, paid off the national debt, fixed a conflict in Afghanistan, invaded 4 or five other countries near uncontested, all the while holding an approval rate of 100% BEFORE establishing a dictatorship and nuking France, there could be _worse_ dictatorships to live in.

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

TheNexan I'll get to work for you buddy

[@mauler272]

For the love of God, nobody ever let Jon rule any country.

[@buttersquids]

Kiri He'll fix it, bjt then instate a dictatorship

[@R0ccojas0n]

And then get rekt by the french

[@saltshaker1691]

You can't give Jon any measure of power without Evil Jon coming out.

[@LunaAndreodePaiva]

"Everything is going well, just like a really well designed sex toy" Many a True Nerd, Jon - 2017

[@jmarkellos]

Why isn't this video called "Make America Great Britain again."

[@CaptainShake_NA]

We do need a video on Britain, I was able to conquer Europe as UK, had to heavy invest in Air and Navy for first 2 terms, then start to increase Army, one I had a little bit better than France, wiped them out, and then it was easy.

[@defaultname-wr9sk]

How dare you take our guns WE WILL RISE UP... oh right, no guns...

[@handrew4813]

Dillon Dutkus there is Clorox Bleach and window cleaners

[@paulalang5992]

Dillon Dutkus ROCKS! ROCKS AND HARSH WORDS!! *Read more* , AND ROCKS!!!

[@aero9412]

Grab the swords

[@Healermain15]

*Opens secret pommel stash* Viva la revolution!

[@MikeBrin96]

End them rightly!!

[@ryanlorenzo5003]

Jon complains about America's need for a navy... despite the only resemblance of a land connection to the rest of the world being Alaska (Not counting South America). Even in political planning, the -4 perception persists.

[@deoxysdominator8623]

Jon, no, making America a Dictatorship does not mean you took America back for Britain

[@misterscorbunny5524]

America was basically a dictatorship in british hands

[@jmarkellos]

But, he was the dictator, and he's a Brit. So even if G.B. doesn't want the U.S. he took it in their honor.

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

Well in a Simpson's comic Lisa got guns banned in Springfield and Britain annexed Springfield. Therefore we can conclude that if America bans guns across the country we become a British territory again. So yeah, Jon did make us a British territory again.

[@Thepoltergiest101]

"America is spending quite a lot on defense." He says, ignoring that huge chunk of the pie labeled social security.

[@april3534]

Zach Ritchie if there is one rule of politics, it is to not touch social security

[@april3534]

Zach Ritchie seriously, not even Reagan touched social security

[@Thepoltergiest101]

Seems that way.

[@april3534]

Elizabeth R fuck you. No offense, ( and I’m aware that this isn’t the best way to tell someone something) but your statement is so ignorant. 1) people do actually save for retirement, but it’s not easy: Paying for kids college, keeping a stable job, having good financial advisors that don’t fuck you over, not falling for traps, making sure your work has a good retirement program, saving for emergencies, saving money for when you are in the hospital for things like cancer, paying off your house, buying gifts for Christmas and birthdays, and general life “fuck you.” 2) you do realize you’re going to be old someday? I see young people complain all the time about this all the time, and I just don’t understand how people think that they are immortal. I guarantee that when you are old if someone tries to cut social security, you will flip your shit. And I can already see what you’re about to say “we’ll maybe if we weren’t taxed so much, we wouldn’t need social security.” Well that’s a nice thought. Unfortunately there’s this thing called reality. And the reality is, is that while i did say that planing for retirement is hard, people are still terrible about it. Cutting social security doesn’t mean more people will save, it means more people will spend. While that’s good for the economy, that’s really only short term. Elderly people not having enough money is a serious problem, that hurts the economy. People who live check-by-check are also heavily affected if social security is cut. They aren’t able to save for retirement, and cutting social security won’t do them any good because they aren’t taxed heavily for social security. I know what you’re thinking: That’s not my problem. You’re right. It’s OUR problem. Social security is for we. Not me. It’s for us. All of us. It’s for a middle class mom who sent 5 kids to college. It’s for the farmer from Montana. It’s for the 76 year old woman with dementia. It’s for the high school teacher who busted his ass for 40+ years. It’s for the Walmart employee who recently got laid off. It’s for all of us. Sorry that you having to help pay for that is such a god damn burden.

[@Circuitous]

I guess Elizabeth deleted her comment. Can't really blame her. I'm a big fan of social security, myself, at least partly because I depend on it for income. I'd just be dead without it. It could probably do with a reform, to clean up a lot of the mess it's infected with, but conceptually it's very important.

[@ThePepperskate]

well this comment section is cancer

[@samuelcarpenter2425]

Jon turns America into police state real quick

[@americancapitalist1618]

He sounds like a Chicago Democrat......

[@lugotorix6173]

Jonald Trump

[@jamesstudholme3161]

Lugotorix grab em by the tabby

[@paulalang5992]

Vise-President Tabby...

[@danoz67]

King Jon Un.....

[@sleaf6]

Jillary Jlinton

[@Sleepless493]

All of this bothers me.

[@Browns2433]

Many A True Commie

[@ssStolengrad]

Holmes1911 No it is Many A True Monarch

[@sirdigsalo1]

Many a true Dictator

[@themanhimself1229]

yes

[@kobalt63]

Bigger State = Commie = Dictator = State terror = loss of freedom ....there has never been a historical exception to socialists / communists getting in power, they always outdo the fascists in genocide historically.

[@alexmolinario]

Kontra Septic you can elect a communist government and re elect it in the correct system. Communism ≠ Dictatorship necessarily

[@jackiechuuan7645]

I watched the stream live and today i got the game and i got to say its shallow as hell. I picked Russia, which game flagged as very hard and before first election i cleared half the objectives including eradicating corruption... in russia. strategy for every country is basically 1. ignore budget 2. increase/decrease all government spendings to good thats it, done

[@comrademartinofrappuccino]

You comment makes my think i should not buy the game, so very helpful advice

[@djpelisek]

I never realized the second amendment actually provided the right to bear bicycles, but I suppose that makes sense. Bears are dangerous enough without bicycles, thank you very much.

[@Circuitous]

The Russians have gotten the efficiency level so high, their bears only need one wheel!

[@boringmanager9559]

I haven't watch the video yet, but since it's only 30 minutes, Jon probably shitted the US very fast

[@gyrasolune5436]

no he actually pretty much immediately solved all of its problems because it's apparently ridiculously easy to overhaul healthcare and gun control he didn't fix bike access though. americans apparently hate bicycles more than hitler

[@julianusvictor327]

You say that like the US isn't already "shitted".

[@cloggedwheel1563]

And if they die that’s ok- Jon 2017

[@movingparts6270]

Hello Dear Reader, you can stop scrolling down here. All comments below are just people arguing about politics. Have a nice day.

[@LordLambda]

This game is entirely unrealistic. There's no way someone this smart could be elected.

[@mattcurtis982]

The Lambda Complex true true

[@anthonyfoster7349]

Although I disagree with his actions, that is a pretty good complement

[@bethanyallis8199]

This is my favourite of your videos....I've drunk a lot of wine and I feel like I'm right there with you. Keep up the hilarity, thankyou so much for what you do :)

[@elijahdean9238]

This is my favorite video. Ever.

[@josephdedrick9337]

Invades Canada...wins game, coincidence....i dont think soo...

[@cjr5775]

This is a game? You just adjust sliders and there is seemingly no consequences

[@Mainline421]

Funniest thing Ive watched all year. Actually LOL repeatedly!

[@Redassassin53]

This is golden and I love it.

[@TheBigLoph]

Bit salty about the revolutionary war apparently...

[@lizardlenny]

Whoosh...

[@alexsr2841]

Jon, I absolutely have to draw the line at reinstating the monarchy, I'm sorry.

[@TheHuntermj]

You are the 2%!

[@8Biit]

I will protect Alex, let me grab my guuuuuuuuuu.....ewwwwwwww right....

[@tSp289]

Invading Canada, Iceland and New Zealand was alright though? Never mind nuking France though. I am completely on board with that decision.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

If he did better than most presidents, why not?

[@CarbonKnights]

I've gotta say, I did not see that coming! Great work!

[@reminder9146]

I LOVE THE Reference to Dr. Horrible sing along blog!

[@CaitiffFTW]

1.2% is NOT "acceptable growth". 2% is generally considered to be middling. 1.2% doesn't even cover inflation, therefore effective buying power drops, at 1.2%

[@TheNeoAvalonEmpire]

"corruption is fine"

[@sambongi6155]

absolutely loved the Dr Horrible reference!!

[@ProfessionalScumbag]

That ending was beautiful

[@slagged3713]

Your trying to get rid of guns... okay, but you want to improve bike lane's?... YOUR FING DEVIL SPAWN

[@movingparts6270]

I'm pro Jon Control and Single-Payer Health Claire!

[@longp1327]

I wish I watched this livestream. There's so much here

[@kriegofficergary6921]

Thats one hell of a twist

[@claytonweyl4135]

I'd just like to take a moment to say thank you to our police. Except for the corrupt ones. All you honest cops, though, thanks!

[@jackohagan6385]

Wild Productions here here

[@NathanK97]

no you probably should thank the corrupt ones too, after all it's the least you could do, since you did, after all, miss your most recent "insurance" payment, would be a shame if something where to happen.

[@tomchaney6085]

Not sure if this game is bugged, or just a massive power fantasy

[@DoAllDogsLikeMarmite]

It's a problem inherent in political simulators. One, you represent a government, not a single individual, or even a party. As a result, there's no party infighting, there's no need to get a majority to pass legislation, you just have boundless control over policies, with your only limits here being a sort of currency based on your own popularity, a pure abstraction. It also means whenever 'corruption' is a thing, it's just something the player spends money towards preventing, rather than it being a situation where the politicians themselves benefit from this 'corruption' on a personal level, as happens in the real world. Two, these games have to account for everyone's political views to be viable. You want a libertarian plutocracy with no government spending beyond police and military? Done. You want an Orwellian dictatorship of the proletariat that's always been at war with Eurasia? You can do that to. You want to bring back the monarchy and conquer the world like a modern-day Napoleon? Feel free. Essentially, the popularity of these games depends on mass appeal, and mass appeal here means 'are your own political views viable?'

[@Akeldama9]

After all, it is a game

[@fil627]

idk why but this guy cracks me up

[@samreid6010]

“Measles were shit. We’re not having it come back” If only... if only

[@lloydmullins2658]

Weelllllllllllllll......the USA would not have to spend so much on defense if the rest of the free world did their fair share.

[@coreygarris6524]

Lloyd Mullins Fucking sure. God bless America. We shouldn't have to change our ways. Everyone else should.

[@coreygarris6524]

THE1NONLY1 America is a veritable gold mine for comedy and if you believe otherwise, perhaps you just aren't very funny. As you can tell by this essay, I'm taking you quite seriously. The best course of action is probably to insinuate I'm not as smart as you but there you are. Two steps ahead of me. Run home, delicate flower, before a commie goes too far and suggests that America isn't the greatest place on Earth.

[@democracydignityhumanrights]

We need to stop spending all our money on the military and that’ll force the rest of our allies to spend more, and if they don’t it’s not our problem, we are not supposed to be the world’s police men.

[@democracydignityhumanrights]

Corey Garris commie here, America is in bad shape!

[@democracydignityhumanrights]

igor caique Cuba is not in as bad of shape as you think. If I could I probably would live in Cuba although I have one major disagreement with them politically that makes it unlikely. (Wow imagine that communists don’t all have the same ideas)

[@Flamingbob25]

Jon are you aware of the police thing thats been going on in the US lately? cause im not sure that your particular method is exactly going to help things :P

[@zrowe0233]

DwarvenSteel what? Cops are shooting people in self defense? That police thing?

[@rane932]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[@Joshrofl]

I can't bring myself to watch this because I would end up screaming at the screen. Thanks for the video anyways lol

[@The6Foot4Asian]

I’m sorry but rapists and peodophiles deserve the death penalty.

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

Crushinator192837465 hanging or the cross, which one would better teach a lesson?

[@chandlerfrantz3140]

This has to be the worst comment section I’ve ever seen

[@louisdesforges2175]

I assume the bike thing is because it calculates cost based on percentage not normal values and because it is so low if you change it at all the cost skyrockets.

[@normancomeauxjr4565]

Glad this is a game

[@Swift_Mei_Mei]

As an american, I'm ashamed that were so busy policing the world we cant take care of ourselves

[@batteredskullsummit9854]

Frank Elam as a libertarian (not ancap that's retarded) I agree

[@Swift_Mei_Mei]

thanks

[@kamieaston3016]

Well, if we didn't police the world tyrants and dictators would rise in the stead of Democratic governments. They would then of course seek to grow militarily and in size, granted the fact that they could get Nuclear weapons. Europe would fall back into war as Russia slowly gained momentum against NATO, eventually nukes would fly between both sides(With let's say America Abandoning NATO for some reason). The remnants would then ensue in a generation long blood war, America would be forced into a decision as the world slowly destroyed itself. To either become isolated from the world's problems or join in, let's assume they didn't join in and the one who came to rule Europe would then seek to expand towards America to try and take out a sleeping giant. Just as Japan attempted to in WWII. In essence if we weren't here to police the world we would be forced into war one way or another. That or we'd wait until Europe and many other areas eventually destroy each other before moving in to create a one world government. However that may not be possible as the remnants would still be at war and nuclear radiation would be vibrant. If we hadn't intervened in WWII, Germany would have devastated the ally powers of France(Which it did) and Britian. Their remnants would have continued to fight the war in the form of resistance groups and terrorism against the Nazis. Eventually the main Axis powers would control North Africa due to the absence of America support, aid, and industry. Removing Allied Power in the Mediterranean sea, Britian would begin losing at the sea in exchange for the German U boats and subs which would grow to dominate in technology and power. Though eventually the Axis powers would face off against Russia, without troops being placed elsewhere and aid from Italy the Axis powers may have overpowered the Russians. In effect ending Communism in Europe. Japan would then take over Asia unopposed, ending Chinese rule or any potential for it. In effect ending the war in favor for the Axis powers. Eventually though Axis would declare war on America due to their democratic and threat level, with their new-found Russian land they'd invade upper America while an even more powerful Japan taking the war to the seas, with Axis naval aid. Which would include a line of new Battleships, like the Bismarck. The US would be overpowered by Axis land blitz, just as France and Britian was. The German airforce at the time was powerful, and without Britian to introduce modifications for America's airforce they may loose the air battles. Eventually the overwhelming German forces from the takeover of Russia and their industrial advantage would lead to a long world war. America would probably loose the Sea and the Air superiority. While Axis powers gained land in North America, Mexico would then join against the US as the Axis powers forced their hands against the them. Eventually America would fall into the hands of the Axis powers, overwhelmed by the sheer numbers and war spoils of the Axis powers. Without the US, Italy may have turned into a New Roman Empire and Mussolini would've become it's emperor, without Allied powers to threaten Italy the resistance that overthrew him would've been way smaller. Eventually Axis could have come to rule the world in a way that eradicated Jews and diverse people, liberty would've been gone. However resistance groups of diverse people would form against Axis powers, just to no avail. Eventually Axis would become technologically advanced, maybe even using nuclear weapons to conquer more land. Whether good or bad Axis would in effect form a one world order, eventually under the rule of a dictatorship the people may have wanted freedom and more powers, attempting to overthrow the Axis powers in favor for a new Democratic Government. However the odds of success would be finite as Axis developed more into the field of militaristic technologies to crush rebellions and enforce their laws. However this is a just a theory of what would likely happen. Either way, if the US hadn't been forced into WWII we could have seen a very different world from our current one. A world where Human life meant nothing, a world where mankind was unified by a single white-race, a world where anyone different would be experimented on and eradicated, a world without liberty and freewill. In my personal opinion I'm happy the US came to power and not the Axis or the Russians, as both would have been devastating and would see the end of Democratic governments.

[@ryangray2544]

Was a tad annoyed at Canada being defiled by the US but once I learned that it was all a clever ruse to reincorporate the colonies back into the British empire I was ok with it. Long live the queen. PS let’s leave Australia alone though, that place is terrifying.

[@Hebdomad7]

ryan gray only if you camp under trees during drop bear mating season...

[@thattwitalex]

Kill everything needs to be done, or a relay game where you pass between Jon and Claire every quarter or 2 but the other doesn't see them making the changes.

[@unitedcorde7120]

Gosh Darn Yes!

[@DrakonWyverm]

Oh... well that happened. GOD SAVE OUR GRACIOUS KING! LONG LIVE OUR NOBLE KING! GOD SAVE THE KING! SEND HIM VICTORIOUS! HAPPY AND GLORIOUS! LONG TO REIGN OVER US! GOD SAVE THE KING!

[@justlily1209]

I think you meant, "my country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee i sing; land where my father's died, land of the pilgrims pride, from ev'ry mountainside, let freedom ring!!!

[@TheGrinningViking]

Cark. Jon did a better job running America than any president my entire life, and I think we all know how bad it is when Jon is in charge of things. Really says something about the current quality level.

[@garrettholland664]

The Grinning Viking presidents are presidents, not god kings. they have next to no power over domestic policy

[@TheGrinningViking]

Jon, on the other hand, would be a god king with 100% approval rating. Obvious win ;)

[@americancapitalist1618]

Yeah that a random youtuber does a better job than all presidents this side of Kennedy really says something. Trump though, in spite of his personal qualities, has done more good for this country, with no salary, lobbyist contribution, or other horsefuckery, than any president since Kennedy..... and the leftys hate him for it. The leftys still cannot get over the fact that total socialist meltdown has been abated for another 8 years.....yeah, bet your ass that the working class gives ol' pussy grabber another term, my retirement is now possible under Trump where under Clinton my job would have been sent to South America, and under Sanders been eliminated altogether. Play your bullshit cards CNN and NBC give out all you want. Two scoops, two genders, two terms. Get some.

[@czsmindhole3507]

Mate it's a game, it's supposed to be easy.

[@justlily1209]

Why is the background downtown Miami, I know it is because I have driven across that very bridge going on a cruise.

[@FilmsNerf2]

Jon for -king- president 2020!

[@tyrannovex]

At this point, I'll take a medium-sized KZbinr as our supreme leader over our current president

[@mango_popsicle8468]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TheTimoprimo]

Mango_popsicle You waited two months to reply. I admit, I do that too, but only on comments with few thumbs up.

[@tyrannovex]

TheTimoprimo LMAO I didn't want to say anything tbh, glad you did

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

Gabriel Runyon he would just turn the USA into a totalitarian dictatorship, but hey *IF IT ISN'T DONALD TRUMP I'M SURE HE'S A WAY BETTER CHOICE*

[@tyrannovex]

General Rommel lmao, slow your roll vrosky. Don't get so offended over a two month old joke.

[@jamesstudholme3161]

John I get the feeling that what your doing is actually sensible unlike all US governments

[@SocialistFinn1]

Yeah allowing unlimited abortions and banning guns is so smart right guise?

[@MikeBrin96]

Yeah. duh?

[@archbishopmactasty76]

Alucard Pawpad Pray to Jesus or terrorists will come get you, what are you talking? You are just sprouting stereotypes and using them as reasons as to why the us sucks.

[@sean668]

+Archibishop Mactasty If you lived here, you'd know that's exactly what the government is like. it's pathetic.

[@archbishopmactasty76]

Sean Brass I do i live in south Florida and no never have i ever heard anyone claim the only one who can save us from terrorists look bad. Even my religious friends don't believe that. Maybe rare cases in the bible belt but no where else.

[@SparrowFae]

This was at first hopeful and then utterly terrifying.

[@jasons7222]

I love it when you day the f-word

[@kennandunn7533]

Jon, people in America don’t like it when you make things compulsory, we enjoy having the right to choose. Also, you didn’t actually take the guns, you just made the law more strict about owning illegal guns. So killing unborn babies is always allowed but killing serial killers is never allowed. and at the end of it all, after consolidating his power, King Jon the first of America sets off the first nuclear explosion used in warfare for over 70 years and unknowingly starts the nuclear apocalypse.

[@calvinbissitt6558]

Kennan Dunn aaaaarrrghhhh The Salt

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

Kennan Dunn How about we just kill unborn serial killers and call it a day?

[@Londronable]

I mean, people do realize that it's likely one of(one of many) the reasons crime went down during the second half of the 20th century was the access to abortion right? One of the bigger reason is economics.(I can't afford a child) Poor people have more change of being criminals. Simple.

[@TheRealLachlan]

is this actual autism?

[@acbthr3840]

Kennan Haven't you contradicted yourself with the abortion comment? You enjoy everyone having the right to choose except when it comes to valuing potential future human beings over the well being of a long-lived human?

[@archiegent1357]

The only thing I love about America is how cute it is that all they can do is shout out their opinion about people they don’t like and refuse to see the problems with their country. Every country has flaws America, get used to it.

[@TheAbleAssassin]

Phony Aardvark to be fair Europeans do that a lot too by acting as if they're on a high horse compared to America.

[@Wyzecat]

Phony Aardvark Implying that some of us represent the entire country

[@idontknow11829]

You can't say that without being a hypocrite.

[@charlesrupp3976]

TheAptAssassin they aren't, and they do it a hell of a lot more.

[@nerofoxkrell]

The reason you guys have your so-called perfect little countries and government is because of America spending so much on defense and managing your defense and shit if you guys paid your fair share on it or just took care of it yourselves you wouldn't be the way you are you wouldn't have Universal Health Care and stuff cuz you'd be spending money on other things

[@ZackTheIII]

all hail king Jon

[@Yoshigasm]

The episode where Jon turns into a football hooligan at the end.

[@OleCrankyGamer]

What a very simplistic game with a very slanted view. Jon exploited it well "I am dictator and you have NO GUNS! Muahaha" as for reality, gun control doesn't decrease crime, we have this thing called black market. Chicago has strictest gun laws, highest gun crime. Cops come 15 minutes after a crime, no matter how many there are Big problem in America is poorly trained police officers, I do not want ONLY cops and criminals to have guns Rationing of healthcare? No thanks, Europeans! We need tort reform in America, we have the best aka worst lawyers in the world and THAT is why our healthcare is faltering & expensive I will have to stream this game with a Libertarian view...something tells me the developer will not reward that ideology

[@koganusan4025]

yeah cause libertarianism is bullshit

[@Wyzecat]

Maria726 "bullshit" lol

[@dpwellman]

Tort reform AND the ending of insurance mandates and community ratings. If the average person knew just how each affects the cost of health services and health insurance there'd be much more of a revolt. But the individual health insurance market is relatively small and, since PPACA, even smaller, so most people are insulated from the effects of burdensome regulations.. Then there's administrative compliance costs and it's not just charting and EHR (the worst software on the planet) Medical malpractice liability insurance premiums can cost north of 35,000 per year-- depending on state.

[@BlackIronGamer]

Maria726 “bullshit” yep sure bud

[@jumblack7684]

Yeah but in the game if he took all the gun he took literally all the guns and I assume that means strictly enforced laws and all across the board it is no guns at all. In real life Chicago has strict guns laws and gun crime is still high. That doesn't consider that the drive from Chicago to Indiana is about two hours to Indianapolis and even less if you are just trying to get into the state. In Indianan gun laws are a lot less strict. Chicago police complain of the amount being brought over to add to the Black market. It isn't exactly a good example of the lack of efficiently unless you ignore the difference of country wide laws versus varying laws and regulation.

[@rhyzvanic3660]

I'd elect Jon as president, but on the one condition that I at least get to keep my guns. All of his socialist stuff is dandy I guess, but... leave my poor babies alone :[

[@FarscapeSDC]

There's the problem. More socialism requires more government control, and exercising control over the people requires them to be disarmed so they can't resist you. Look at Britain for example. The British government passed its first real gun control legislation immediately after WW 1 because they were afraid the returning servicemen would be pissed off about the whole "dying for nothing" business and try to do something. When nothing happened, they left the gun control in place and then kept making it stricter and stricter to the point that the average British person has never even seen a gun let alone fired one.

[@Akeldama9]

FarscapeSDC It's actually very sad :/

[@Circuitous]

Guns confirmed "too much fun to ban".

[@americancapitalist1618]

SOCIALISM KILLS.

[@nader50752]

lolno? You know it's not that hard to get a gun right?

[@wolfqueen137]

All hail King Jon and Queen Claire XD

[@acrspeed]

Jon, where is the full stream?

[@potatomcdonalds2649]

Great.

[@gargoyles9999]

It seems that the game calculates approval point cost based on the percentage increase of the program where adding 1 billion to a 100b program isn't much while adding 30 mil to a nonexistent budget is a huge increase

[@jaimeruiz4132]

“Piss up a wall” idk why it was so funny

[@MultiSciGeek]

Well that escalated quickly

[@86neanicu]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[@movingparts6270]

As an economist, it is my professional opinion that this game is broken as shit.

[@benjaminhaines6565]

He actually just sent all dissenters to the gulag

[@matiasflores9043]

*THE RED COATS ARE EVERYWHERE*

[@sdv4675]

Question, what did the netherlands do to deserve an invasion?

[@alterionnarvien5933]

Also, the military is a supplier of like... 30% ish of the jobs in the U.S.

[@DoNotSubscribeToMePleaseTechzz]

That was a beautiful national anthem, Jon.

[@MW-pb2gf]

"i'm going to conquer it for you." jon sounds very romantic circa, like, 10,000 BC.

[@Jegria]

Can you try a kill-everything run?

[@dennispowell9035]

I, for one, welcome our new MATN overlords.

[@treblesureset2149]

Somehow, I figured something like this would happen.

[@Patrick-fw2ll]

“We’re not touching taxes right now” Does it 2 minutes later

[@Kaiimei]

If you cut out China, America does in fact spend more militarily than every other country combined. Putting China into that mix means it's only more than the top 10.

[@timeisthis4378]

The girl in this sounded like the “if ye had a chance to change ye faith, WOUDYA?”

[@John514s]

Could you do Greece? ...please?

[@space9535]

I mean, there are other weapons than guns. MARCH ON JON WITH SWORDS!

[@hinge777]

I'd vote for you....

[@stephenlamoreaux3252]

God save King Jon!

[@gunmunz]

I, for one, welcome our new British gaming overlords

[@blakechapman8744]

An American without a gun is a spider without legs.