Indians React to How Geography Made The US Ridiculously OP!!

[@robkoenig3355]

A lot of people who aren’t American forget also, if anyone ever invaded or tried to take over a area of America , every single citizen that lives there could potentially be a threat and defend their homes from the invaders . Americans are armed and have lots of guns they know how to use. Of course no one hopes or wants to see that happen or things get to that point ever

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

Amen...❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸❤️

[@aaronabraham5199]

You got that right ✅️ 🔫 us Yankees are strapped. N proud of our 2nd amendment 💪

[@enigmagrieshaber5555]

That's why it's pretty much impossible to invade US as well as zombie Apocalypse happening in US 🤣 like dawg you will see tanks in their farm or fighter just hiding

[@michelemohr8586]

I have mine. I feel safer having it.

[@bigfellamike1913]

Which is why our own government is currently trying to disarm us. Because they're our enemy. Only your enemy would disarm you.

[@tylerpaschall4363]

I'm an American, and there are problems that come with geography as well that affect a lot of people. The biggest one is the two mountain ranges we have run North/South, while in the rest of the world has mountains running East/West. The uniqueness of the mountains going this direction in the US is that it forms a tunnel for the cold air from the North to meet the warm air from the South. In other continents, this couldn't happen very much because the mountains would block the air from both directions. What happens in the US are pretty severe tornadoes. A little over a year ago, a tornado flattened a small town very close to me. So the geography of the US is very advantageous, but it's also a liability.

[@markpukey8]

Without that, the midwest would not be an agricultural powerhouse. And the river network would not exist. It would be like the Ganges and Indus in North India and Pakistan. It would destroy the capital generating opportunities we have enjoyed here. Nothing is perfect, but if you had NONE OF THE THINGS THIS VIDEO MENTIONS but got rid of tornadoes... is that really a plus? I would say it's not. Tornadoes are just a thing we have to accept in return for all the good parts of those North-South ranges.

[@tylerpaschall4363]

@@markpukey8 I said literally none of that. All I said was that the demography of the US has a downside that wasn’t mentioned in this video

[@sodblitz3445]

very incorrect. the majority of mountain ranges on earth run north and south

[@tylerpaschall4363]

@@sodblitz3445 congratulations, your need to be right missed the entire point of my comment. Yes, most mountain ranges run north/south, but the US has two that do so without having any that run east/west. This creates a wind tunnel of cold air meeting warm air, and is why I have a fear of losing my house to literally air blowing every spring and autumn. The mountain ranges of the US are the reason we experience more tornadoes than the rest of the world combined

[@Myth1c1003]

The mountains ranges of Earth overwhelmingly run North to South...

[@gordonliu3972]

I love you guys!! You make me appreciate my country more!! God bless India 🇮🇳 from USA 🇺🇸 !!

[@guamsoncruz5107]

It was a long bloody road we made mistakes, committed heinous crimes, been humbled time and time again... every gift we've been given at one point or another we've squandered and took for granted. Yet when our country was first made we bound it to a dream where a man can, by the sweat of his brow, pursue peace, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. To this day we still have that dream deep inside us every American no matter his race, creed, or religion holds this to be true "we simply want to live our life." And we will fight and die by this simple lesson etched in our hearts. In other words we live in a paradise disturb at your own risk

[@cuzzo5666]

Shut up

[@danpals7678]

Very well said. I live that every day.

[@dontsaygabe]

Beautifully said. Saved it for future reference.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Well put. Although I can't think of many times we've been humbled so to speak, outside of Pearl Harbor, and perhaps 9/11. The other examples one might try to name were either the result of now aged flower children, or foolish decisions by Alzheimer's patient in the White House for about 11more months.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@davidmarquardt9034]

About 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. Our neighbor in the 70"s used to go fishing up in summer, he and his wife had an old school bus with a CB radio. They would ask a few questions at the border and they would hand over the mic for the CB and they would get it crossing back. NO PASSPORT REQUIRED. Sadly that all changed after 9-11.

[@kdrapertrucker]

And after they left the border checkpoint they'd pull out their other C.B. mic.

[@SilvanaDil]

The people who left the UK to settle in America were very different from their fellow Brits, and VERY different than the French & Spanish (who were conquerors or traders, more than settlers). Could "anybody" have made the US what it is today? Maybe eventually, but certainly not as quickly.

[@ΒΞΔΝ]

We had a lot of help and luck along the way as well. France for instance. It's fun to dig on them for world war actions, but if not for France the USA would probably not exist. Not only their huge role in the revolutionary war, but also the vital land purchases we were able to make for very cheap that proved vital in our country in modern times.

[@michealdrake3421]

Also because of its distance across the ocean and the hazards of the crossing, combined with the low economic output early on, the British didn't want to invest too much effort and resources into colonies that might never be of any real value. So it was decided that the American colonies would exist under a system of "salutory neglect" where they would get no (or almost no) economic support from Britain, but the colonists got to retain their British citizenship while being exempt from most taxes and many laws. This attracted a unique breed of person, even among colonists, who was willing to give up many of the securities and comforts of society to be free of its rules and obligations. The American colonies were also used as a place to dump convicts right up until the end of the revolution, so most of the people who came to America by choice tended to be adventurous, independent, confident, and often distrustful or even openly hostile to government and authority. Right from the start America has attracted a "different sort" the type who go against the grain of the rest of the world. Sometimes that's good and sometimes it's bad, but I do think that either way it's a contributing factor to many of America's successes and problems alike.

[@michealdrake3421]

​@@ΒΞΔΝActually, a pretty strong argument could be made that until the modern era France's decision to support the colonies was the most important thing about the revolution, far more significant to history and global politics than the founding of the US. France sank a lot of money that it didn't have into backing the rebels, and when the war ended, they had nothing to show for it. This lead to an economic crisis and a power vacuum that Napoleon was able to exploit to take power. If France hadn't supported the rebels, that economic crisis still would have happened, but they probably could have kicked that can a few more decades down the road before then. In which case, Napoleon likely wouldn't be in a position to take power, which means no Napoleonic Wars, no ingrained fear of the French for Bismarck to terrorize the Germans with to unite Germany, which removes a lot of the tension that eventually lead to WWI. And I mean yeah, European politics was still unstable and like I said France's economy was still bust, but pretty much everything in global politics to this day is fallout from WWII, which was a direct consequence of WWI, which a string argument can be made was a consequence of France's support of the American rebels. And all of that completely aside from any influence the US itself had.

[@joshjones6072]

From California, U.S., I would like our country and yours to be allies, with Australia and Japan as well. Together we are strong. In some way we were subjects of the British once, and it is good that we would be allies as we were once during WW2. India should be remembered in that.

[@trep8387]

Grew up in Hudson river valley now in San Francisco bay coast to coast nothing more beautiful

[@sonnystaton]

The key difference between Indian rivers, and the U.S, is NAVIGABLE rivers. Indian rivers such as the ganges are heavily silted. Which is good for agricultural, but horrible for navigation. The Ganges for example really isn't navigable for ships past Kolkata.

[@lindamowday2492]

Well actually I have always been so grateful I was born here live here and I Love my country!!!!

[@julesverne2509]

All the things that make our geography work are innovations put into action.

[@mvpdjg4965]

Love the videos and keep in mind America has more guns than people would be very hard to get past just the civilians

[@creinicke1000]

Your point about comparisons of India resources is valid... and probably why India has developed in so many ways.

[@michealdrake3421]

1:10 Yeah, geographic isolation is an immensely valuable characteristic. Actually, a huge number of wars have been fought ultimately in pursuit of that goal. I saw a diary from a German soldier in WWII who was imprisoned at a POW camp in the US. He said that on the train ride to the camp (which he noted was far more comfortable and dignified than the converted freight cars the German army had transported soldiers in) he noticed that our cities were active around the clock, brightly lit all through the night, which Germany couldn't do. They had to have nightly blackouts because of allied bombing, but the US wasn't afraid of getting bombed. There's one other thing he doesn't mention when talking about the logistics of invading America. Fire one, it would be millions of troops. The US sent 2 million to Europe in WWII, so it would be well above that number. And then there's the fact that while not every American owns a gun, far more Americans own guns than most of the rest of the world. Literally, the US accounts for 50% of all the privately owned firearms in the world. And many of them have more practice and experience with their own guns than many foreign soldiers do with the weapons they're supplied. Some armies don't even do live fire training, while any American can go down to a range and fire off as many rounds as they like. And a huge number of those gun owners are veterans who've just spent 20 years learning how to run an insurgency, how to make IEDs, how to make improvised rocket propelled explosives, and they have no rules of engagement when someone steps onto their land. And for many of them, "their land" means North America. Any invader would be facing a ruthless, brutal, and extremely numerous and well armed insurgency.

[@ColoradoGrami]

When they were talking about Cuba, that incident was called "the Cuban Missle Crisis". I think you would enjoy learning the background of this situation and there is probably a video similar to this one covering the subject. I'd like to see your reaction to that. I was maybe 10 yo or so and remember it vividly.

[@kerrijohnson2303]

Yep and with the death of Castro, Cuba and it’s people no longer cared much about playing a part in any global conflict. Cubans very much want trade freely between the US and Cuba as US tourist dollars spent in Cuba greatly prop up a better way of life for people there. There’s no real reason for the US to keep an embargo on Cuba other than pure political spite. Add to that the very large and long settled population of Cubans living in south Florida in Little Havana and it’s easy to see that Cuba is no longer the geographical threat it might have been during the Cold War.

[@rg20322]

Your reactions at 11:00 are priceless!! Puget Sound is beautiful and so much nature around that area. I'm on the east coast (near Boston) and have traveled there in the past. Great content as always!

[@aazo5]

Same! I live in Ohio but all of Western Washington is absolutely beautiful, and an area I plan on moving to eventually!

[@JohnnyD-u7]

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[@corinnepmorrison1854]

@@JohnnyD-u7 Me, too!! 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇳

[@SilvanaDil]

The U.S. would never allow anything beyond a token base to be set up in Cuba by anybody. Re oil & gas: Petroleum engineering originated in American colleges/universities over a century ago. Even non-petroleum students like I was back in the day, usually took at least one petroleum engineering class.

[@curtism-w6b]

Russia has been talking about it. I'm sure there are 30 or 40 battle plans drawn up already.

[@kerrijohnson2303]

Yes we now have massive oil fields in the US again due to fracking but fracking itself is a process that is highly controversial due to how it’s done. Water is pumped by pipes deep into these oil fields essentially forcing the oil to the surface with millions and millions of gallons of water pushing it to the surface. This process is now beginning to cause as many problems as it solves. The water forced underground disturbs the deep rock layers, many of which running through the US lie on earthquake fault lines (though most nowhere near as dangerous as in California), but this fracking process is setting off small to medium sized earthquakes and aftershocks along these fault lines. Places in US lying on minor fault lines are seeing unheard of seismic activity and if the fracking is very close to fault lines, nearby towns/areas can see near daily rumbles and shakes under their feet. The water used to frack has to be poured somewhere when it comes back to the surface in return fracking pipes..the water is nasty and often filled with toxic chemicals like benzene or asbestos that are byproducts of oil production in general. This nasty water is finding it’s way into rivers, lakes and groundwater and is damaging environments and sickening people. Fracking is fairly new and it’s long term effects on the environment are almost completely unknown. My daddy (died in 2017 of cancer age 70 after a lifelong career in lil fields and proud of it), told me many times before he died that fracking and its impacts on generations to come was way too risky and unknown for energy companies to be given free reign to drill and frack Willy nilly with, many times, little oversight. He was very against it as an oil supply process. America has recently been tapping into massive underground domes of natural gas..drilling it out much like oil and turning it into usable natural gas for vehicles and power grids. It’s cheaper and cleaner but limited. Oil not only is needed for fuel, but petroleum is the base component of nearby every thing humans touch/use/need every day like medical equipment, ropes, helmets, furniture, tires, and on and on and in those things, there’s nothing that can be used in place of petroleum to help humans move away from fossil fuel dependence.

[@kdrapertrucker]

It is only controversial due to anti energy activists spreading lies and disinformation about fracking.

[@starmnsixty1209]

I'm not so sure that will always be true. Where there's a will, there's generally a way, remember.

[@halicarnassus8235]

The threat of sinkholes though. We still don't know yet, but entire cities and counties might become vulnerable due to fracking. Imagine sitting in your home and then seconds later ear dropped hundreds of feet down into the Earth😮

[@ccormx]

We BUILT the intracoastal waterway, it is not a “unique geographic feature. The Army Corps of Engineers dug it.

[@Navybrat64]

Regarding the war in Afghanistan, I want to say that the Afghans, especially women, had 20 years of freedom. Those ppl who grew up in that era had a chance for an education. I read recently that the Taliban has gone back to restricting women from getting a higher education. It broke my heart watching the Afghan ppl running and hanging onto the American planes as they were leaving. Ppl hanging on to the wings and climbing on the side of the planes as they were taking off. Many fell to their deaths. They watched freedom flying away. That is the saddest thing I have ever seen.

[@kerrijohnson2303]

It was sad. People under age 20 had been born there with US troops keeping it somewhat better for all but especially girls and women. Now it’s gone back to the strict Muslim rules it had before we went there and young girls and woman have been thrust into a way of life they’ve never experienced…girls can only go to school until 6th grade and women can’t go to college or work outside the home or even go in public alone or drive. Women must be covered head to toe with burka and can’t go anywhere without a male chaperone. I’m 54 and born/raised in US so I’m only speaking for myself but if I’d been born a woman during US troop occupation and then was forced into life like it is for women now, I’d find a way outta that country or die trying. That life is worse than death in my eyes. Education, knowledge and by independence are everything to me and if they were taken away from me, I’d no longer be me at my core and wouldn’t want to go on like that. It was heartbreaking watching the desperate trying to cling to our planes and none of us wanted it to go down like that. Our hand was forced in those last days though as the Taliban/isis armies moved towards the airport. They were shooting at our soldiers and planes trying to land and take off. On that last day the Taliban had the airport surrounded and they were shooting at our men and planes and the risk of not getting all of our own people out of danger was very high. We couldn’t have gone back again after that last flight if we’d wanted to because the Taliban had taken the country and airport and any men/planes that we might have sent back would never have made it out again. Idk what the answer was or is now other than this..if the people living under that oppression don’t fight back or fight against the Taliban, there’s nothing any outside force can do..yes fighting back means certain injury and death to perhaps many who fight back but sitting back and doing nothing but watch as the Taliban take over again won’t benefit anyone but the Taliban. Guess that’s an American mindset though. We’re raised to believe our freedom and democracy are everything and to never sit back and let that be taken from us. Any and all of us would rather die trying to stay free than live on our own soul under tyranny or oppression. I’m a woman, have two daughters. Two sisters and a granddaughter and I’m thank the fates everyday that we weren’t born female in a place like Afghanistan.

[@johnalden5821]

I have seen it now twice -- Afghanistan and Vietnam. Largely the same outcome, just a generation apart. And yet, we don't seem to be even trying to figure out why we keep engaging in these never-ending conflicts without being able to conclude them successfully. Clearly, there is a flaw in our political or military planning or institutions that we are not addressing. And everyone just moves on, except for the individual people and families whose lives were forever changed. What will keep us from repeating the same scenario in some other part of the world 20 years from now?

[@mattomara]

@@johnalden5821 less Americans died in the 20 years occupation of Afghanistan than the Russians in the first week of the Ukraine war. Not like Vietnam at all really

[@johnalden5821]

@@mattomara You might be missing my point. I am very glad that casualties in Afghanistan were low relative to those in Vietnam. In both cases, however, U.S. goals were not met. U.S. war aims failed. And in the end, those failures affected not only thousands of Americans but millions of Vietnamese and Afghans. And yet, I see no systematic U.S. government effort to figure out HOW we failed -- in either case. And I think you can draw a direct line from the lack of proper understanding of the Vietnam quagmire to the lack of understanding of the Afghanistan quagmire. Why did we pursue these winless wars for so long? Why did we not have an end game in either case? Why did the most powerful military in human history fail to win either war against adversaries with supposedly inferior firepower and resources? Which country will we mindlessly occupy next and for how long? Don't pretend it doesn't matter. The next generation of American kids is at stake.

[@mattomara]

@@johnalden5821 I understand your points. I was just saying they were different types of conflicts. Morally it makes sense to fight for human rights but I agree at what cost? Vietnam and Afghanistan has been hard places for conventional armies to fight in since the beginning of history. Personally involvement in middle eastern affairs is a slippery slope. Personally I feel that the Sykes-Picot agreement fucked that region and its a shame buts it’s not our fault as Americans. Hell of a KZbin comment clearly a gentleman and a scholar respect lol

[@kerrijohnson2303]

Yay..I live in Shreveport (6:26)..we used to be home to a very busy port for the timber industry with logs/timber moving out of our port on the Red River in Shreveport on to Mississippi River and out into the ocean. We haven’t been an actual functioning port city for probably a hundred years. The Red River is still wide, big and long and other ports along the red are still functioning. We are a big tourist area now..lots of tv shows and movies filmed here (including recent True Blood) and we have four riverboat casinos floating on the Red River that are for gambling..gambling on land here is technically not legal so they put four big riverboats on the river parked right next to the bank and it’s now water based gambling which is legal..silly I know.

[@queencerseilannister3519]

In Alexandria here! Hi neighbor! 😁💚⚜️💜

[@thomashiggins9320]

Just as a fun fact, a lot of elderly retirees in the United States use the Mississippi River and the intercoastal waterways to travel widely. They sell off all property on the land, and instead buy a 10-15 meter sailing yacht. They also set up "addresses of convenience" in Florida or Texas, neither of which have state income taxes. They start their journeys in the springtime, in the Caribbean or the Gulf of Mexico. As the weather gets hot in the south, they chase the cooler temperatures northward, by sailing up the coastal waterway to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. They take the Saint Lawrence Seaway into the cool waters of the Great Lakes, and spend the hot summer in the resorts and islands, there. Then, as autumn approaches, they take the canals at Chicago or Duluth, Michigan, to access the Mississippi River basin. They then chase the warmer weather southwards, and arrive in New Orleans by early November, after the Hurricane Season ends. Once the weather calms down for the winter, they sail out into the Gulf of Mexico from New Orleans, and spend the winter either in resorts in Mexico, or the Florida Keys, or in the islands of the Caribbean. When spring comes again, they repeat the "Great Loop," until such time as they grow too old to sail. However, by then, all the money they've saved from property taxes that don't apply, and state income taxes they don't pay, allows them to purchase small but comfortable retirement homes somewhere on the Gulf Coast or in a U.S. island territory in the Caribbean. As an addendum, I'm fairly certain the war in Ukraine has surpassed Afghanistan as the most important military conflict of this century, thus far.

[@ronileigh9336]

I just want to say I love you guys. I really enjoy your channel. I'm glad you are researching that's how we learn.

[@Neeneros]

I feel so bad being American, my grandparents had it hard here, but that is why we fight for it

[@matthewhawthorne8411]

Don’t feel bad we have been given the greatest gift ever living in the wealthiest and most powerful nation ever to exist take advantage of it to help more people!!!

[@reneemaciag3084]

It would be interesting to see an overlapping study of environmental impacts of such production and enterprise as well--the effects of industrial agriculture, oil and gas, deforestation, geoengineering, consumption and waste disposal/management. It would also be interesting to see an economic breakdown of how these systems are sustained. One would think that with such geographical advantages that there would be no poverty in such a nation. All of these systems are subsidized by the federal government. And consider who pays for that impressive military might. (Even more complicated overlap.)

[@johnalden5821]

I agree. For example, we all know that rivers require massive amounts of capital to keep them navigable. That means dredging and, in many cases, engineering of the river to prevent flooding and keep the channels free for shipping. It is not as simple as everyone buying a boat and using the rivers for free (as the video suggested). Once you begin managing a major river, you can't stop, and the investment and impact can be costly in terms of money and environmental degradation.

[@edwardkuenzi5751]

I think OP stands for overpowered. It's an analogy with video game design.

[@SilvanaDil]

China and India need energy imports. (In China's case, it needs food imports, too.) Russia has enough food and energy, esp. with less than 150 million people to sustain. But, as a backwards authoritarian country, it lacks everything (financing, high tech, etc.) other than raw materials.

[@shannonhoenig873]

The USA didn’t loose the war we withdrew because continuing and actually resolving issues in the Middle East to our favor would require two outcomes we didn’t want to do

[@JohnnyD-u7]

✝️🇺🇸🦅✌🏻God bless and protect America !!!

[@colinjames7569]

America needs your Indian Power. The Indian heart. We share many covert religious beliefs and ideals. Where do you think Europeans come from?! I don’t think Indians are given the information and knowledge to know how influential they are to peace

[@alisong826]

If you’re interested in what it was like for New Orleans “to be under siege” react to Hurricane Katrina (2005) 😮 13:01

[@kerrijohnson2303]

North Louisiana here (born and raised Louisiana whole life) and nothing in Louisiana history gutted me more than watching the aftermath of Katrina. All these years later and it still guts me. They just recently buried the last unclaimed Katrina dead in a potters field near the city (several unknown/unclaimed dead) and that in itself is tragic beyond belief. The morgue in New Orleans had kept these last unclaimed dead in cold storage I guess all these years hoping family would come for them but I guess they decided after 17ish years, no one was coming for them. Six Flags New Orleans (old jazzland) still sits outside the city in ruins, looking just as it did when the water finally receded a few months after the hurricane.

[@kdrapertrucker]

Keep in mind there are more Cubans in Florida then there are in Cuba.

[@julesverne2509]

We also have hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes that destroy towns EVERY year equaling BILLIONS in damages yet we still remain.

[@julesverne2509]

and flooding, snowing, deserts... in other words, not very friendly weather.

[@kenyonmoon3272]

He didn't explain that Louisiana is *very* flat, and mostly wetland, swamp, lake, and stream. Any time there is a lot of rain or snow further north all that water collects into the many rivers and flow to Louisiana. Louisiana gets full of water and new river channels are carved by the flooding. This means that for thousands of years the last stretch of the river would move every decade or so as flooding made and destroyed the river channel, each new river outlet forming the land in that area as soil would deposit and extend the shoreline here for a while, then there for a while, etc. That's not a problem if you can move your village every so often to follow the river as the indigenous people did for thousands of years, but we thought it WOULD be a problem to move the port all the time in the industrial world. But we were wrong. It turns out that not allowing the river to move means the ocean is reclaiming the shoreline in all the areas the river once visited every so often, and we have a very big problem of "the middle of nowhere" losing a lot of land to the ocean, so you could say we fixed an economic problem and created an ecological problem. Finding a way to maintain a primary river channel to the port while ALSO allowing the river to occasionally flood and refresh the land is very important,unfortunately it will take a long time and a lot of money.

[@colinjames7569]

Gia. Love from Irish American 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 Gaelige is mo chroi❤ 2:11

[@colinjames7569]

I am Irish I come from Gaelige. Beautiful west Ireland. From The grass plains of Asia. we went west. and Indians went south

[@alexpumpkin4551]

OP means over powered not on point but I still like your definition of op :0)

[@rolandgold4988]

I think the opening statement is incorrect on th featured video. The U.S isn't really an empire. It's more of a hegemony. Look up the meaning for both words and you will see what I am saying. That aside... interesting stuff!

[@DeusSalis]

Vancouver is not in that highlighted area, it's on the west coast many thousands of kilometers away

[@colinjames7569]

We are self sustainable.

[@bayareathrasher666]

Proud San Francisco Bay Area Resident here

[@LSFA-KrissyL16]

any and every time this subject comes up I've said exactly the same thing. we're OP from the jump because the land is vast with yonks of space for crops or industrial development, with oceans on both coasts, many natural resources, ecosystems, travel routes, plant & animal species, a large enough labor population to turn a lot of those natural resources into widgets and therefore GDP, and two neighbor countries not wanting any smoke. hard to go up against that.

[@wiilli7685]

💯💯💯💯💯💯Educational and enlightenment. It’s great to have resources to survive and flourish. 🤙🤙🤙🤙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸

[@chrisbryz1652]

Confused are u 2 are couple and the other is a daughter or friend ? Been confusing both love ur channel and the movie channel food for you guys

[@kerrijohnson2303]

Also, as a lifelong born and raised Louisiana native, I like all Louisiana natives are well versed in our state’s geography, ecology, biodiversity, and our relationship with the Mississippi River, New Orleans port and the Gulf of Mexico that the bottom of our state borders on the Atlantic Ocean. If you two ever wanted an in person education and tour, any of us would gladly put you up, feed you and school you in all things Louisiana. To note..the current drought affecting much of the US due to climate change has dropped the levels of water in the Mississippi so low that it’s beginning to affect commerce/boat transport up and down from ocean to Canada. Scientists in the area and around US have been very busy in recent months trying to brainstorm ways to keep the Mississippi navigable due to its importance not just for us in the south, but the US and around the world. Much of the US food exports of wheat, corn and soy to countries dependent on imports to keep from starving are in serious peril right now. Wish the leaders of all countries would wake up to climate change before it’s too late for everyone. Much love to you both from Shreveport Louisiana! ❤️

[@donaldsmith283]

I love your videos thank you.

[@colinjames7569]

When you realize the strength of the People. You will know, you you have felt our presence. A response. and it will be too late for a response. From any enemy. You cannot and will not be allowed

[@Dgunner22]

Do not confuse manufacturing with Producing . US went from producing and exporting to importing parts and assembling and calling this manufacturing .

[@timfeeley714-25]

"Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex" ~ F.Z.

[@dcummings336]

Thanks for this video! Was hoping you'd watch this.🤣

[@Sword_of_justice103]

We are truly blessed!

[@Dgunner22]

During wW2 the US was the main supplier of goods because the US had great steel and manufacturing capabilities this is no longer the case . The US now depends on china for goods and we are not using our energy reserves actually we have Politicians opposed to US using our energy reserves.

[@markpukey8]

The US accounts for over 20% of ALL GLOBAL manufacturing. The 5% of the world who are Americans build like freaking beavers with power tools! It's easy to miss this when you go to WalMart and only shop for the cheapest sneakers you can find. If you look for heavy machinery, industrial grade chemical works, refineries, pipe manufacturing (actually super valuable for many industries) the US does way more than hold its own. But that doesn't change anything. If we really had to, we could retool civilian manufacturing just like we did in 1940. Oh, and find me one single thing where "Politicians opposed to US using our energy reserves" is a real thing. Not a headline on a news site selling ads, but an actual THING any US politician has done to limit domestic production of energy. You can't. Bush II did less than Barack Obama! Trump wanted to make money on real estate and did nothing to promote US energy production (But even he did not block anything!). Team Biden sold more leases on public land for private companies to drill and exploit than ANY President before him, in his first year in office! Whatever issue you have with energy production, you need to take it to Chevron and Exxon. The US government IS NOT the block here! This data is public, you can find real info in like 2 minutes. US oil and energy production is up double digits since Biden took over. And US energy prices here at home are some of the cheapest in the world because of things he supports and works to help. It ain't cheap, but try buying natural gas in France this year. Or China. They pay 4x to 10x what you do. What more do you want?

[@Dgunner22]

@@markpukey8 During WW2 the US was the biggest producer of steel I lived and worked at what was the biggest steel Mill in Gary IN. its now a ghost town and we import steel look it up. Manufacture what ? Tanks and planes with imported steel? We cant even stop a spy balloon it took a civilian to spot and report it look that up as well .

[@Dgunner22]

@@markpukey8 And Look up Keystone pipeline yes it was Joe Biden who stopped that.

[@markpukey8]

@@Dgunner22 Dwayne, the military spotted the balloon over Alaska and tracked it. A civilian reported it to a newspaper later. Not the same thing. Also, the balloon got shot down once it was not going to drop on someone's head. You did catch the part where its payload was the size of THREE BUSES right? You really don't want to dump that on someone's house. The US in 2022 was the 3rd largest steel producer in the world. We use a lot, so we import some, but that's not the same as not making it. If the factory in IN is shut down, go find the capitalist who decided he'd rather move operations somewhere else instead of modernizing a decades old factory. Blame the right person, the owner. The US is still the third largest producer of steel in the world. Tank Armor and any 'sensitive' military materials are always sourced domestically. Just a few months ago the DOD grounded all F-35's until they could be sure they removed a Chinese sourced magnet and replaced it with one from an approved supplier. (That contractor is TOAST and won't be getting any more DOD contracts...) Nothing we use "can't" be made here. If it's cheaper to buy from an ally (not China!!!) we do, but we retain the ability to make it ourselves.

[@Dgunner22]

@@markpukey8 The balloon was shot down AFTER it flew across the US and collected and reported the spy information thats the Point ! Why did they not shoot it down BEFORE it entered Alaska ?! And simply ASSEMBLING parts thats imported from everywhere is NOT the same as PRODUCING! Even the US Govt. admitted we was to reliant on China goods during Covid ! We had to use the defense production act just to supply mask and Ventilators how bad would it be during a all out war scenario?!

[@johnnybautistajr5608]

What kind of shoes do you like?

[@julesverne2509]

No! I have to disagree. You can't take any group of people and put them in the geography of what is America and expect the same results. That's same as saying any group of people anywhere will be successful but to just different degrees because of geography. No, values and laws and the society you live in is the key. Yes, geography played a gigantic role but the native tribes I doubt would have been the world superpower today had Columbus never shown up.

[@jonathonfrazier6622]

Not every culture would be able to achieve this with just North America. People lived here for 20,000 years and never even managed to climb out of the stone age.

[@speedy01247]

the issue is that natives didn't have the same sort of government system that the old world has, perhaps given enough time they would have been able to better take advantage of the land they live in. do consider that it took tens of thousands of years for humans to reach systems like ancient Egypt and such despite having been there for millennia

[@jonathonfrazier6622]

@@speedy01247 Perhapses are not worth much. Personally I doubt it. On a side note, for the most part, humans never stayed in one place but were always moving so the people of the Old World weren't sedentary until they started civilization.

[@mykuljax]

Might I say, we are a young country. Our resources are fresh and new compared to the "old" world...

[@happycactus]

Also remember. We export our culture as well. Only India can come close to Hollywood. Music, movies, TV. That is done on purpose, you wouldn’t want to attack your favorite rock band or film star now would you.

[@kens32052]

So if we are so oil independent, why when any minor conflict happens halfway around the world, do gas prices skyrocket?

[@stoffejs]

One scary fact may affect America's dominant geography in the long term. If you look at the long term effects of climate change, there is a lot of bad for us and quite a bit of advantages for some of our rivals. For example, much of the fertile heartland of the USA is projected to become hotter and drier, which would negatively impact food production. Conversely much of the land in Canada and more troublingly Russia, would actually become more fertile and usable. Also, changes in rainfall and sea levels could weaken the navigable waterways of the USA, while opening up possible ports on the northern shores of Russia as well... Do you guys now understand why global warming is a threat worth taking seriously?

[@gordonliu3972]

She is right: "You name it and they will make it."

[@cenewton3221]

So could someone please just hold up their hand and say, "Umm they don't need the oil, they have their own." ?

[@jonathonfrazier6622]

If an enemy mitary showed ups the citizens could tear them up.

[@I_double_u]

BULLS**T, MILITARY UNITS ARE EQUIPPED WITH BULLET PROOF SUITS, AK47S, GRENADES, ROCKET LAUNCHERS, AND EVEN TANKS, YOU THINK YOU CAN TEAR THEM WITH YOUR PISTOLS 🤣😂

[@colinjames7569]

Remember the People rule❤ The people rule. Not government

[@terrywayneHamilton]

A little hipped but mostly true. America has fought 200 wars in 200 years but has only needed to win three of them ; so why fight, because it is insurance against having to fight wars we must win. War is part of the world we live in and there is no escaping that reality. The three wars we needed to win, the war of independence from Brittan , the Civil War, and WW2. The next great war is just around the horizon but we will fight smaller conflicts to push the great war down the road. The other reason we fight is to win the support of the world that expects us to fight.

[@adamskeans2515]

the longest war in American history was the Seminole War.

[@craighann7974]

You seem like a very nice couple, I'm an American and I live in America but I'm afraid for all the nice people in your part of the world, because in a very short time India and China's going to be running out of energy and food. So please stockpile all the food you can

[@georgesands5254]

It’s an interesting thought exercise, but we have to assume every country’s military has war-gamed this scenario, even as a joke/theoretical exercise. Even following the extremely skeptical framework of this scenario eliminating nuclear weapons, the outcome is that the world economy would collapse. Regardless of the eventual “victor,” such a conflict would spell the end of the current world order.

[@shampoovta]

You guys want to watch a good movie watch Hellfighters 1968. Great movie about the dangers of oil well fires. Based on a real guy who put out fires at wells after they were bombed by Saddam Hussein. It's a good movie.

[@colinjames7569]

Imagine the people. Who were so desperate to find shelter from the world. Hunger. Poverty. Subjugation. Now have everything anyone could ever want. Ridiculous. Tell me a kind God does not exist ❤

[@happycactus]

Don’t forget India is a formidable military plowed. India will have 2 naval carrier groups very soon. That my friends is called power projection. All this is done with the blessing of the US. The Indian navy will be part of the group of nations ensuring freedom of navigation. That is something your nation can be proud of. India will soon be able to power project. Along with nuclear weapons. This is an exclusive club and India is part of it.

[@kdrapertrucker]

Not only the blessing, but the U.S. Navy advised India on the design of India's first indigenous built carrier. Providing the benefit of 100 years of carrier operating experience.

[@julesverne2509]

If people exist, you are having an effect on the environment unless your a nomad. The question is, how much of an effect are you willing to have?

[@julesverne2509]

even if a nomad just helps make the point

[@LeslieHarvey607]

This video says it's easy lol

[@allisonoconnor8055]

What's truly astounding is the U.S.A. isn't even 300 years old.😳🤯😜

[@matthewhawthorne8411]

Yet one of the longest running regimes ever

[@keithforgie8717]

Couple things are wrong but okay canada has more coastline plus he goes back and forth north America and USA big difrents

[@JuneBaby01]

That was not a war that was a chastisement and containment by the US military, laid upon the Taliban...

[@blackpowder99]

Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. America has her issues, but democracy works in the long run. America is great because it has the best people from all over the world.

[@DashRiprock513]

😎✌🎼🎶🎵

[@shadow50119]

All I have to ask ... As to that person who said that the US can't take on the planet ... *Does this person live outside America?* Me thinks he's a little full of himself and maybe a little jealous. In that other video where the Planet vs. USA was fought no nukes were used. FYI kids ... In a real and serious war the planet has 195 Countries, and the US alone has 5,600 nukes. So how many American NUKES will land in your Country. Do the math. Take 5600 and divide by 194 = NUKES in your Country. (Russia has 5,900 nukes)

[@hugoespinoza3675]

Its jus a video bro i think thats why he said no nukes cuz we all know that outcome. But by the looks of russian weapons in uckraine im not sure how many of them actually work ill say around 40 percent its still alot tho

[@clone_genius_99]

The video is sped up a bit

[@ember1471]

We shouldn't stop the river...lol..don't get jealous because we had the ingenuity to help our people get fresh water and electricity..that is just awful. Try to learn from others is how humanity should be..look at India's issue with drought..why wouldn't you say something like.".wow that is great that America helped their people maybe we could do something,like that so our people could get water.. " This world needs to cooperate together to help it's citizens..there is good and bad about all countries...communication and cooperation is the key.

[@mississippirebel1409]

Not only do i disagree but the video is actually wrong when it says that any group of people who inherited what is now the US would have become a superpower. For the US to become what it is today it took a certain type of people with specific belief system, hard working and values. For example, the native Americans would have never come close to building a superpower because they did not have the technology and believed in a totally different way living. Also they were constantly at war with other tribes. Actually the ONLY people at that time capable of turning what is the US into a superpower where to Europeans and it was them.

[@justinapps3047]

....you cant militarily defeat an ideology

[@squidwarddiesel8462]

👍❤️🥂

[@Sunset553]

If you ever visit the U.S., I would love to meet you. I live in Florida. I spent my first 50 years in California, so I’m familiar with West Coast and this unpopular nub where people still come to vacation in Miami and Orlando

[@MrJeddYoung]

As an American - let me tell you both - this video is nonsense. It's not technically wrong - all the "facts" it lists are accurate - but when it claims that history is inevitable and that ideas don't matter - pure nonsense. Ideas shape reality. Ideas shape history. America was not destined to be what it is today. However, this video is wrong on a 2nd critical point - it is only looking backwards. Everything in this video is the past. The future for my country is not so bright. Why? Precisely because ideas matter. Ideas shape a peoples' culture. And the culture of my country is in steep decline. Don't believe me? Watch videos on Los Angeles' Skid Row. Or the tent cities inside of San Francisco. Watch videos on the drug addiction / homelessness in New York City, or the street violence in Chicago. My country is in decline because American culture is in decline. Drug addiction and crime are running rampant through large parts of my country and the leadership instead focuses on building more jet fighters and celebrating tech innovation. Watch videos on Twitter of violence in American public schools. Sickening. And decadent. Many American children no longer want to become educated. The whole time - while more and more of America slips into decline, it's being masked by "feel-good" videos like this. For these reasons, I am not optimistic about the future of my country. I hope your home country prospers.

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

You can't predict the future.

[@Alex-dh2cx]

One thing to note, Canada supplies a big chunk of our oil imports. We're pretty safe as far as oil goes

[@mattycakes1161]

The part they he left out was that even if they can beat the military and invade the mainland, they now have to face maybe a hundred million heavily armed citizens, which probably have better rifles than the invaders do. It would take a massive amount of soldiers to invade.

[@markpukey8]

You're not wrong, but even THAT is not the main worry. The US military has most of its bases INSIDE EVERY STATE! Well over 3/4 of our soldiers are based right here at home! And of course, that totally ignores the various National Guard units. US National Guard is NOT what most nations consider "the home guard" of old men with hand me down gear. It's a fully modern force that trains every single month and is equipped with 2nd line US military gear. They get the stuff we're willing to sell to Israel and other strategic allies. It's better gear than any hypothetical Russian or Chinese invader is going to have. Tanks, artillery, APC's, fighters, air recon, etc.... Oh, and modern encrypted US comm systems and access to satellite intel. Hard to over estimate the value of being able to block their communications while you can coordinate your actions. The US National Guard already flies a whole bunch of F-35's! Who else has 5th generation stealth fighters for their second string home defense force? No one! The heavily armed locals will hardly be needed in most cases!

[@mattycakes1161]

@@markpukey8 Yeah, but there are 40 million prior service citizens in this group. The armed populace is definitely a force to be reckoned with, if the invaders can even get past the military, which is unlikely, and the local citizens know the terrain, bridges, infrastructure, and locations without a map.

[@markpukey8]

@@mattycakes1161 I agree that our armed populace is a real threat if we got invaded. I just don't think the invaders would get past the more formal troops. "Red Dawn" was fun, but it's not reality.

[@mattycakes1161]

@@markpukey8 It was a few times actually. People fought British, Mexico, and our own Government.

[@DeusSalis]

OP means overpowered, not on point

[@hakuna..matata]

Why is he making videos with so many different women and not just one?

[@MichaelPatrick447]

It’s not just the geography but also the !Founding Principles! that help America succeed. The combination is what’s amazing. Great channel btw!

[@SilvanaDil]

Agreed. The people who left the UK to settle in America were very different from their fellow Brits, and VERY different than the French & Spanish (who were conquerors or traders, more than settlers). Could "anybody" have made the US what it is today? Maybe eventually, but certainly not as quickly.

[@dilbertdoe601]

😂🤣 🤡

[@SilvanaDil]

@@dilbertdoe601 - That's a cogent counterargument ... NOT.

[@joker-pilled5892]

@@dilbertdoe601 👈🤡

[@luisrivera3056]

I think we all have to agree that God had a hand in creating The United States and the human values it stands for, can you imagine if Iran, China or Russia was the sole superpower and the world would be at the mercy of those animals??

[@jdanon203]

God had nothing to do with it.

[@luisrivera3056]

@@jdanon203 go ask your dad.. lol

[@0z074]

I think we all have to agree that Bigfoot had a hand in creating The United States.

[@billythecud5042]

Jesus built my hotrod.

[@katrinaprescott5911]

An important thing to consider, if one contemplated trying to invade the continental United States, is that due to the private ownership of firearms being a Constitutional right, there are more privately owned firearms in the United States than there are people. Because of the long-running wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, there are many ex-servicemen who are trained in combat operations - an enormous potential source of fighters in addition to the large active duty military and reserves. In addition, there are large numbers of civilians who privately hone their shooting skills at gun ranges across the nation. If one tried to invade the United States, you wouldn't be just facing the active duty military, reserve military, and National Guard, but the majority of the adult population.

[@colinjames7569]

India should join NATO

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

We're not an empire, dammit. We're a hegemony.

[@alisong826]

WHOA!!! As an American, I now understand why the white were so keen to take this land by any means! What would the world be like of the most fertile land with excellent natural transportation was not conquered but allowed to grow and improve?!

[@Seastallion]

You act like the Native Americans weren't constantly fighting, conquering and genociding each other for centuries prior to and even after European settlers arrived in the Americas. Virtually EVERY tribal land was owned and occupied by previous tribes who were either driven out or genocided by the newly arrived tribes. Did European settlers behave and act in shameful and or regrettable ways? Of course they did. That doesn't mean that the settlers weren't doing anything intrinsically immoral that the natives themselves weren't already doing. In addition, the European settlers brought more advanced technologies that allowed them to have a decisive edge in development that the natives couldn't match without centuries or millennia more development of their own. The point being, one shouldn't over idealize the Native Americans who were far from a united front and continued to fight amongst themselves during the centuries of European settlement, even going so far as to join in colonists' conflicts just to get a chance to fight their rival tribal enemies which they were eager to destroy.

[@bobbarker14]

A famous guy who isn't very popular in India once said "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else".

[@RageKage987]

no wonder hes not popular bc thats not true at all. lmfao

[@voidmstr]

WTF is OP?

[@cbmalm]

ive always considered myself fortunate to have been born in the usa

[@TheMikeman1971]

Listen to this How old is your country and where you are and how old America is and where we are at . Technically, America is 245 years old . So why is the youngest Country in the world so powerful ? That is my Question to the rest of the world.

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

It's not the youngest country in the world. There are countries in Europe that are younger than the US. Germany only became a country in 1871.

[@colinjames7569]

Tell me. Do think God has been kind? You cannot tell me otherwise. The message is. DO NOT mess w us. Or you will feel the effect of our power. We do not hold back against our enemies