Is the European Union Worth It Or Should We End It?

Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways?
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GDP EU:
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largest Market EU:
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creation of the European Union:
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Franco-German Rivalry:
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easy travel:
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cheap telecommunications:
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EU vs. Facebook:
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Transparency:
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Civil Society Europe:
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refugee crisis:
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Oxford Refugee Studies Centre:
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Why Muslims fail to integrate in christian heritage societies:
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The Failure of Multiculturalism:
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France and its Muslims:
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Don't Fear Muslim Immigrants:
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Immigration and the Challenges of Integration
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Economist:
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some countries have accepted more refugees:
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Discrimination of immigrants:
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Princeton:
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Challenges for the EU
EU development beyond NATO:
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Third largest military in the world:
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Trade boost:
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12% higher GDP:
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cost of labour:
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forestry in the EU:
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Eurozone crisis:
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Is the European Union Worth It Or Should We End It?

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[@sele5129]

Can you make a video about only one country in the world?

[@jeremysnead9233]

Wait Europe Led in science before the EU. In fact Europe advanced far faster prior to the EU. EU military would be a Bureaucratic Hell of Catch 22 proportions. European countries as do not pay their fair share of NATO defense funding. The majority of EU nations military Leader have no true field experience. EU intelligence and security is antiquate. The only reason the EU has successful is the US supports the EU Militarily and Economicly.

[@engineergaming5989]

@@jeremysnead9233 soooooo how does the US support the EU when it is made up of multiple countries and looks pretty stable EDIT:oh yeah yeah

[@dukehayden5155]

Great video kurgesagt

[@jovanjanevski3747]

Explaining everything with chickens makes things easy to understand.

[@cletusdiabetus7726]

Jovan Janevski because everything is better with chickens

[@lbruhmomenm]

Jovan Janevski THEY ARE DUCKS ARRRGH *TRIGGERED*

[@athenaatwar475]

Jovan Janevski Yeah. These birds are not chickens, at least not all of them. Let's argue violently about this. FITE ME M8

[@aldhizak]

I thought they are birds

[@hussainattai4638]

Did you just assume their species?!

[@Kosinuss]

I think Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš said it best: ''The EU is not and never will be perfect. But it's the best damn thing I can think of.''

[@kugaththeplaguefather6332]

YES!

[@kugaththeplaguefather6332]

THE PERFECT COMMENT THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR! GREAT BUT NOT PERFECT!

[@kyleking3839]

Bruh that's awesome

[@ancientslav4863]

@Sebbo h No. Many people, not just Italians "because of Salvini", are against the EU because of what the EU has done, especially since 2015. I hope other countries will fight back like Poland and Britain. In the V4 countries the disgust with the EU grows each year, as the EU not only does not acknowledge their faults, but also their turning a blind eye to the criminal aspects as a result of the numerous aspects the EU promotes and takes 0 responsibility. in fact, they try to silence and convince others of their crooked ways.

[@ancientslav4863]

@Sebbo h If you are informed and live in the eu, you know. If you aren't, you won't believe me anyway. If you do live in eu, and don't see what has been happening these past years, then I really wouldn't know where to begin. Maybe advise you to watch some Paul Joseph Watson videos

[@gianlucacetraro1724]

Together we're stronger. Just imagine if the EU ceased to exist: different currencies, non-stop immigration queues, visas and bureaucracy. The EU isn't perfect, of course. But as one of the comments I've read said: when a system with benefits has its flaws, you change it, don't end it. Long live Europa! - a proud Italian/EU citizen

[@dumigamez397]

Perfectly said.

[@CarlosMendes-cn2hc]

The EU would protect/ameliorate the European countries in case of a economic war of sanctions that US has been keen of using against others that might overtake them. Even Germany cannot sustain an economic sanction/war with the US. And by the way, if the US sanctioning the EU seems a ridiculous idea, Germany has been threatened with sanctions. The US had sanctioned EU aluminum and steel. The EU is the best weapon for European security against any threat.

[@olgateshlia2008]

Germany and EU sending Putin 1 billion per day. They participated with murder of Ukrainian citizens. Blood is on there hands

[@olgateshlia2008]

Germany and EU sending Putin 1 billion per day. They participated with murder of Ukrainian citizens. Blood is on there hands

[@Adrian-pp6qy]

immigration queues? Sign me up, we don't need immigrans, they can stay wherever the fuck they are. And no, eu is delibetary trying to weaken its own countries.

[@jairomejia616]

As a Colombian guy living in Germany, I was a sock when I see the EU from inside the first time. You always hear stories about the EU and why they decided to create these Union among the founders and so on, but when I saw the border, the healthcare, the security and the enormous advantages that has the EU citizens over me, it makes really hard for me to understand how there are people who wants to eliminate the EU seeing all these Incomings only for being a EU citizen. I have lived my whole childhood in a war, I have seen what the war has made in my country and how the culture of my country has changed because of the narcotraffic. I have seen so many people without a job and opportunities that break my heart. It was damn hard for me to be in Germany, because of all the things that I need to do and to have in order to get a residence here and all of them worth the shot for live in the EU. I have known a lot of stories of Immigrants trying to get in the EU, for friends who struggle to find something to do in order to stay and so many more. I just hope that every EU citizens at least heard one of those stories before saying that the EU does not worth it, because there are so much people trying to get what you have gotten for granted.

[@1001digital]

I'm really sorry for you, nobody should experience these things. Hopefully you can live in peace now and stay here. Too many people don't realize that they were lucky to be born here. Or they just don't care about the rest of the world. Anyway: Willkommen in Deutschland und alles Gute für dich!

[@willem.z91]

Willkommen in Deutschland mein Freund !

[@fashiongirl1784]

Pues hay gente que no le importa porque finalmente estén o no estén en la unión Europea seguirán teniendo beneficios , salud gratuita , educación, etc los más afectados serían los países más pobres de la unión europea, de todos modos me parece que es mejor que siga unidad ya sus Ciudadanos pueden andar libremente sin trámites.

[@inasapostle13thapostleofthe12]

In short many people living in the EU never had to experience the sort of things you did and simply dont know how good they have it, yet they love to complain about the "worst" things in their lives even though in the grand scheme of things those are basically nothing. Sorry to for what you and your country had to go through. But happy to have you here!

[@cellistrae994]

You story should be spread.

[@FBWe]

When you see flaws in a system with benefits, you don't end it, you change it

[@4tbf616]

Fax

[@dangerous1580]

Fax

[@4tbf616]

@@northscrow9316 cuz u didnt bother to search them up, dumbass

[@FBWe]

@@northscrow9316 That's the most stupid thing I've heard in a while

[@FBWe]

@@4tbf616 couldn't have said it better

[@Kj16V]

It's funny how, nearly three years on, this video is exactly as relevant as it was when it was made in 2017.

[@yoma2977]

Well yea, because it's only nearly three years on, not thirty fucking years

[@doyoufeel...thatyoulackcri6760]

*Is Ayatollah Merkel literally Hitler?* *Answer:* _While Ayatollah Merkel, the current fascist dictator of Germany, does have traits from Adolf Hitler, she isn't 100% Hitler. Ayatollah Merkel is actually a mix of Adolf Hitler and Abu Bakr al-Bagdhadi._

[@icehot900]

@@yoma2977 😂😂😂😂😂 IM HOLLERING ODed ddjdjfjfj

[@yoma2977]

@@icehot900 lol i'm so funny. srsly how old is this dude, 5? Cuz then 3 years feels like a long fuckn time

[@icehot900]

@@duncanhw how about now buddy ?

[@oskarstenson4769]

The fact that they even looked up and animated the correct fighter jets for the different EU countries really shows their passion for quality!

[@olgateshlia2008]

Germany, Hungary sending Putin 1 billion per day. They participated with murder of Ukrainian citizens. Blood is on there hands

[@froggomcfroggin9392]

I feel as European as I feel Italian. We share so much history, so many values, and so much of our culture is intertwined. Also, one of the biggest blessing for Europeans is the ability to work in any EU country. And as as big union we have much more power against big companies like Facebook than we would have as individual countries. This doesn't mean we can't improve it. But hey nothing is perfect anyway

[@fabian-mihaistefan5369]

It's cool being from the EU when you're lucky to be from one of the "good" countries, but EU is like a high school, there are jocks, the football players, everyone likes them and they bang the hot chicks, they're influencial, and then there are the outcasts that no one likes or have prejudices about, mostly Eastern Europe (I mean everyone says "wow such a beautiful country I love it here" when they visit but they wouldn't want to actually live and survive here)

[@bcfed]

@@fabian-mihaistefan5369 im part romanian and part italian and have lived for a long time in romania, but i've never heard people "outcasting" eastern european countries, i've only heard a few stereotypes but that's it.

[@fabian-mihaistefan5369]

@@bcfed I have a cousin who's exactly like you except he lived in Italy all his life, romanian is his second language, but that didn't stop him from being bullied at school for it I'm not saying everyone is bad, but there is definitely some xenophobia present in western europe

[@xudacteq2720]

Exactly how I feel

[@davideghirelli5856]

@@fabian-mihaistefan5369 lol, in most cases are the romanian who bully there

[@StochomackTheEbonyEagle]

How much does space EU have since the United Kingdom left? 1GB

[@dedsec3938]

Good one

[@nugstendo]

Good joke, but the UK and GB are different things

[@dweller9393]

Giga-Brit

[@TroublingStatue]

That is actually a good one. (might want to rearrange "does" and "space" though)

[@munyvgm]

Stochomack - The Ebony Eagle Space EU.

[@sargonavocado4582]

“Since it looks like the UK is leaving the EU.....” big lol from 2019

[@lestaven8871]

Indeed

[@sargonavocado4582]

A dozen of potatos and a fat cat smelling them ?????

[@dieselgeezer18]

​@@sargonavocado4582 It wasn't me

[@MrSh4des]

The will of the people means nothing.

[@kealani6535]

Italy too, yes?

[@TheSpearkan]

I think there are a lot of people who stand to benefit from the EUs disbanding, none of them being the people of European countries. The US would want the EU to disband to create better and more subservient clients. Russia would want the EU to disband to assert it's influence over Europe, especially former Soviet nations. China would want the EU to disband to reduce its global influence and to build state owned facilities in its land to extract tribute from it. There's nothing a superpower hates more than a group of small nations banding together to form a unified economic and military bloc.

[@ThePowerMoves]

Bingo! well said

[@fedbat2199]

I'm italian. For centuries Italy didn't exist as a country. Our hymn says: "We had been for centuries / Mistreated, mocked / Because we aren't a people / Because we are divided. But we existed for a long time as a nation. A book from 1300 tells a story about a merchant from Venice and another one from Genoa meeting in a foreign country. Genoa and Venice for a long time hated each other and so the people, but the book says that they were both happy "to see another italian". In the 1300. Why am I a european? Because when I will travel to another country, I will be happy to meet another european. Because that's my people.

[@rambolambo3441]

🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

[@gregorionocco5641]

THIS.

[@komocity269]

7:15 : Do you want stars in your flags? all super powers : YES!

[@frankmcnally5993]

Hehe a common theme

[@GKCanton]

Ooooh, that's gotta burn for the RF

[@Schwariovski]

🇹🇷

[@fatih9511]

Russia

[@KillerofWestoids]

@Fatih BEKTAŞ USSR's flag had a red star and all soviet army equipment had the red star.

[@lorenzogumier7646]

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together :)

[@flyingminecraft7178]

if you want to go steady and far, go alone, and be independent

[@kaiserslavaniaashur1623]

@@flyingminecraft7178 If you want giant debt to china. Go american

[@setokaiba4414]

if you want to do something well, do it yourself

[@kaiserslavaniaashur1623]

@@setokaiba4414 Unless you don’t have the available resources to do so.

[@spammen0155]

@@setokaiba4414 but if you can't to it better hand it to someone else

[@WildSheWolf_]

As a resident of a country that was part of the Soviet, EU provides the people so much freedom that was unimaginable 50-30 years ago. It really was horrible, because it pushed people to their limits - horrible, unpaid, unfair hard work, while still trying to keep your integrity and soul not exchanged for money or gone missing. I like that it supports us, even though we don't offer much. We've always been with open hearts for differences, and I personally appreciate the efforts made

[@randomdude4207]

You're still recovering, I for my part can't wait to see the immense potential of the east once you've fully embraced your potential! Good luck with that from the west.

[@spyderman4206]

Regional blocks are the best way to prevent superpowers from meddling into small nations local affairs. Latin America should definitely do this, consdiering all the advantages from a cultural and historical perspective it has.

[@a-aron5405]

I think all of us Europeans can say that having access to live and work in any country of the EU is a blessing.

[@barrystubbs983]

Aaron Lozano as long as all work pay rates are equal in member states ?

[@a-aron5405]

@Kristian Well if you wanna live in another country you also have to put your part

[@a-aron5405]

​@@barrystubbs983 No, I don't think so. Even tho these countries are all in the EU, some of them have different currencies and others are still working on making there economic situation better.

[@yassin8036]

well.. come in Italy

[@MaruskaStarshaya]

you could do it with visa too, but be worth it at least.

[@racejay]

Just the fact that almost 100 years have passed without a major war across Europe is something worthwhile...

[@racejay]

NO we DON'T..!

[@steppedonmyglasses]

War is sweet to those who have no experience of it

[@hersy5050]

Peace between countries comes with free trade and movement. It's not worth it to go to war with your business partner. It's a massive regulatory superblock necessary to achieve that?

[@hersy5050]

@I_Can See_You 👓 dum dum

[@mustra678]

Yugoslavia be like: Am I a joke to you?

[@joseluissolas4735]

I am a Spanish living in Italy since 2013, before that I lived, studied and worked in France . My humble opinion is that Maybe one of the biggest problems we have as EU and this is just my opinion, is that we still need to create an EU identity. Think of the USA, they are 50 states but everyone (most of them) have that idea of a single state. Here if there is problem with Spain, is their problem, as a country. I hope that this new generation that will have their parents from different countries will help to open up and create that idea. As Jorge Drexler says: En este mundo tan separado No hay que ocultar de donde se es Pero todos somos de todos lados Hay que entenderlo de una buena vez.

[@Ratselmeister]

So you wish to kill the spanish identity and culture? You are a shame for your country!

[@igorbednarski8048]

the EU and USA are nothing alike. USA has been a federate country since its foundation, hell even before the independence it was united under the British rule. It has always been majority English speaking in every state and while there is cultural variation, it's comparable to that of Germany. The countries of EU, on the other hand, have been separate nations and countries for centuries in some cases and for millennia in others, speaking different languages, with thousands of years of history. Of course there is no national identity of Europe, even if possible it would take centuries to be formed.

[@notaspider4084]

We, the United Kingdom, voted to leave the EU based on lies and deceit fed to us by those in power. I'm leaving this country as soon as I can. The EU could certainly do with reforms, but it's better to be in it than not

[@otsutsukiindra2647]

The EU needs to be reformed, not abandoned. It has to become more transparent and democratic. We need the EU, because without it, we have no chance against world superpowers like the US, Russia or China. Europe needs to become a superpower for itself, independent from America but this is only possible with the EU.

[@malaysianmapping9767]

NOOOO, NO MORE COLONIES IN EUROPE

[@GreatReplacement]

No, Switzerland is in the middle of countries in the EU and we have treaties, people can pass the borders without getting controlled i.e. EU is absolutely tra*h and not needed

[@kagakai7729]

@@GreatReplacement imagine unironically thinking that a cluster of nations with vastly different political climates can "just get along" without any overarching geopolitical guidelines or mutual, _enforcable_ commitments. I, for one, stand for a united, powerful Europe, over a weak, pathetic Holy Roman Empire sequel.

[@GreatReplacement]

@@kagakai7729 not all european nations have the same goals that is the problem 🤦‍♂️ this is an utopia...

[@kagakai7729]

@@GreatReplacement yes, but we can probably agree that "avoid another league-of-nations type worthless institution" is one of them, given the consequences of fundamentally weak international bodies in the past.

[@mutedunknown2734]

"Soldiers from 27 different counties serving one purpose" *Austrians* : Aw Sh*t here we go again

[@mutedunknown2734]

@Jacob Scrivener I'm talking about the old Austrian empire where the armies were made of a lot of different peoples with their own languages and cultures making communication almost impossible

[@sirtrix.]

@@mutedunknown2734 now everyone can speak english

[@pills2927]

@@sirtrix. dude, you are hella wrong

[@pills2927]

@@sirtrix. just look at the Kazakhstan

[@pills2927]

@@sirtrix.they are worst at english by far

[@dirtyfoxx4205]

Thank you very much, you are the best educational and informative channel on youtube, for me. I wish you good luck in the future, more new subscriptions and lot of views on your channel, because you deserve it. Great work.. Btw.: Sorry for my English :D

[@Khobotov]

Imagine an EU army: -The overambitious goals of the Germans -The supply situation of the Italians -The clusterfuck of the Balkans -The morale of the French -The infighting of the Spanish -The shenanigans of the Austrians -The trust of the Poles. -The alcohol problems of Ireland -The budget of Greece *Switzerland in the corner making sure nothing bad happens to the money of all parties involved*

[@mrcool2107]

And uk just sips the tea

[@scubasausage]

There will never be an EU army. The EU will never be able to agree on who should be the commander in chief.

[@AkhmatProductions]

@@mrcool2107 except modern uk army is poop

[@Redimus]

"Let's have a civilized, fact based discussion about politics." ... ....Where do you think you are?

[@jairon_2518]

Redimus This... is... KZbin!

[@cool2570]

civilized? REEEEEEEEEE GET OFFF MY KZbin!!! REEEE I'M TRIGGERED

[@henrywilson5072]

I'm going to set four simple questions. Do you live in a democratic country in the EU? Did you elect the leaders of the EU or even know who they are? Do you think it is okay that these people control the size, shape and colour of fruit that can be sold, how to sell packaged goods or countless other miniscule laws which the majority are oblivious of? Is this democracy?

[@kaziislam2785]

Redimus A uncivil society based on opinions

[@slimburg1]

Well don´t get your hopes up, it´s youtube after all.....

[@Azivegu]

"It's complicated" The de facto motto of the EU xD

[@GothGF-ArcaneBunny]

Well it is tho and very serious

[@mlc4495]

The world is complicated in general. So too are countries. We do our best to muddle our way through, not take a can of petrol to our problems and burn it all down like what Brexiteers advocate.

[@dm0065]

More like "Its too complicated for the rubes to understand, so we wont let them vote"

[@santic.8120]

************************** 🇪🇺

[@SuperSmashDolls]

The EU flag is literally ten asterisks.

[@breakthepatriarchy]

we watched this video in class! loved it, very nicely done.

[@bboylogan4147]

Simple and still amazing! I love your job guyz!

[@mountainous_port]

Havent seen a comment section this calm in a long while.

[@Adrian-rb4qp]

D. R. Hahaahha

[@Alpha.Phenix]

@D. R. Brother! Get the Flamer! The HEAVY Flamer!

[@Alpha.Phenix]

@D. R. EXTERMINATUS IT IS THEN!!!

[@doyoufeel...thatyoulackcri6760]

Anyone who supports the EU Caliphate is a confirmed pedophile

[@kalumW]

-mountainous port, 2019

[@joephorbach2656]

Although I myself am very pro-EU, there's an important thing here that bothers me. You're blaming the fact that many people don't trust the EU on a disconnect, lack of transparency and lack of knowledge about how the EU works. By doing this, you avoid all actual criticism on the workings of the EU by implying that if only the EU was better at communicating, no one would have any problems with it. The way the EU works at this point is very undemocratic. The only part of the EU that is elected is the European parliament, which has a fundamental lack of power and even its election process is the subject of a lot of criticism (unfair seat division by country, inability to vote on parties outside your country). Things like this make me hesitant about a European army and thus giving military power to an institution that has democracy-issues. Please focus on the actual EU criticism instead of implying it's just a matter of marketing. It's belittling to those with legitimate concerncs.

[@saskiabuck812]

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[@daniel2k22]

Well guess what, you don't need to 'vote' for the other important institutions because you already have. In the Council and in the European Council you find those that you've voted for in national elections. True, we could vote for the members of the Commission, but 1) good luck with that, we're talking about 30k people 2) top-roles in the Commission are decided by the Parliament, so you do (indirectly) have control over them 3) the Commission is main promoter or further European integration, it acts in a supranational way and so it's stupid to let decide of its composition by the peoples who are gonna vote for their national interests and not for the interest of the EU as a whole. If you're referring to other institutions (e.g. ECB), let me remind you that you cannot vote for the Central Bank of your own country either, so why the big deal? Although I agree with you that the EU has big structural problems, I don't think its 'democratic legitimacy' is one of those. The EP does not lack power at all (at least since the Lisbon Treaty), but you're right in saying that its election process could be improved. Keep in mind, however, that first you have to fix the low turn out problem the EP faces at the elections, so in order to make any changes (improving the functions of the EP), you first have to get people to 'be more interested' in the way the EU works and to be more active in their role of voters.

[@joephorbach2656]

You are right, I would not suggest the Commission, the Council or the ECB to have seperate elections for them. That was not how I meant my statement. I didn't mean to imply that the EP shouldn't be the only part that is directly elected and I apologize if it appeared that way. I used "only" just to point out how important it is that this institution works well because it's the only elected part. So I don't disagree with most of your first paragraph. What I meant to say is that the EP being the one part that is directly elected has very little power. And it does. The fact that, as the legislative power, it still doesn't possess any legislative initiative is very strange and in my opinion: wrong. This alone is a massive lack of power for a parliament to have. Then, the fact that the European Council consists of people voted in nationally, means the EP doesn't have the power to hold them responsible or send them home if they lose trust, despite the Council having so much influence on the direction of the EU. This can only be done nationally, meaning one does not have a say in what happens to a Council member from a different country. Also, I'm not convinced with your order of doing things. You want to fix the low turn out problem the EP faces first and only then make any changes to how it functions. I'd suggest the reverse. Improving the way the EP and its elections function is the way to get more people interested in it. If military power is given to the EU, I'd want a strong EP (voted for in a way where every European has the same voting power and can vote for the same people) which is able to intervene when the executive power does something with this military power that the EP doesn't like. Right now, this is simply lacking. Despite that, I'm still very pro-EU, admire all it has achieved and optimistic about its future. I just wish actual criticism was addressed in the video.

[@SinNombreYQueWea]

This is a very good comment, unlike most of them.

[@joephorbach2656]

Etrandir, your last post was automatically removed as spam and not visible to most people and I am not able to recover it. Try posting it a second time without naming a certain historic leader of Germany (which is probably what triggered it). You made solid points, so it's a shame otherwise.

[@KenLinx]

I’m not from Europe but I think the EU is one of the most ingenious organizations in the world. The US is the most powerful country in the world because all states are unified under one government. You can’t be powerful and have global influence if you’re separate. Population and land are key factors in modern power dynamics and each European country individually lacks them.

[@KenLinx]

@content_enjoyer4458 Yes, I know what the differences between the US and the EU are. I’m just saying they are comparable. In fact, they are a lot more alike than not. Each state has its own government system just like each EU country has their own government system, but ultimately, they are parts and are subject to the laws and regulations set by their greater whole. By name, the states don’t have militaries but there are personnel stationed at each, so it’s not like the US states are completely defenseless.

[@brent.]

@@KenLinxWait till this guy finds out about the European Parlement. It’s litteraly 1 big hive of thinking as 1. 😂

[@brent.]

Europe is also rated as the nr 1 continent to live in on almost al factors. Also most countries are rich as FUCK

[@kurtcobain3720]

As my history teacher said there are two ways Europe and the rest of the world has achieved peace; coercion, or cooperation. Coercion is how Europe has been for thousands of years with various empires and kings and warlords fighting in an effort to outdo one another. Think of the Thirty-Years War, World War I and World War II were all about coercion. The EU has achieved something remarkable it has attained peace and prosperity through cooperation. By the nations working together instead of being absorbed into empires they have done something unattainable since the days of the Roman Empire which is maintaining continental hemogemony. The EU is not perfect and should be reformed instead of abandoned. Otherwise it's back to wars and coercion.

[@0w784g]

The question is, when did it start going wrong? The EU is always 'more Europe'. It had arguably succeeded it its goal back in the 70's/80's when the EU was known as the common market. Since then the EU introduced the single currency - a disaster. Free movement. Arguably a disaster. What will it mess up next on its road to ever closer union?

[@gji486]

@J J The majority of the modern problems within the EU stem from being within a transition period in terms of integration. A common currency without common economic and taxation policies is unstable and vulnerable - but the solution is MORE europe, not less. Massive immigration movements into a region that is wealthy AND CAN HANDLE EVEN MORE THAN THEY'RE LETTING IN, is good, but being unable to coerce states into fulfilling their obligations means that there will be a mismatch between who is let in and how able they are to get where they need to go. The solution is common policy, not less migration - climate too is going to make migration even more powerful than before. When you have a place worth living people are going to want to live there and you just have to find a way to deal with it rather than punching your head into a wall. More EU, not less. Finally, in terms of Defense, there are real challenges integrating national armies into a meta-national EU army - but they would all be solved by common regulation. Most citizens of the EU are already multi-lingual to the extent that the challenges of the Austro-Hungarian empire are a thing of the past, and the manpower pool of the EU would be deep enough that you can just mandate that everyone speaks a common language without losing any meaningful fighting power - more EU, not less. In addition, standards for ammunition and equipment being vastly different is a super easy solution - if you change what you purchase then you change what gets made. If the EU army was the primary purchasing military force in europe the supply would VERY rapidly change. More EU solves the problem. Less EU just makes the old problems come back. The EU has been integrating far too slowly during a very important transition period, extending the negatives and putting off the benefits. If it were to integrate further the vast majority of the problems would fade away and the benefits would become much more real.

[@deadded5793]

@@gji486 agree. I just wish my country was a part of EU. It is in Europe, but is not a part. Hopefully, yet.

[@Mark-xh8md]

Except the Fourth Reich under the Führership of Germany and France is attempting to - and largely succeeding in - achieve by the pen what Hitler and Napoleon failed to do by the sword: Crushing Europe under their jackboots.

[@dorijancirkveni]

I wholeheartedly support the EU. And I believe we must listen to the skeptics - if anyone can see the EU's potentially catastrophic flaws, it's those who are looking at it without any rose-colored glasses. And these flaws must be fixed as soon as possible.

[@edwardlawrence4428]

Dorijan Cirkveni as an Englishman I’m depressed that we left, I think the EU was made with the best of intentions. And sure it may have flaws, but pulling out makes life far more difficult.

[@marzuqahmed218]

@@edwardlawrence4428 Honestly I hope it leads to the break up of the uk. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should just join the eu.

[@edwardlawrence4428]

Marzuq Ahmed I couldn’t agree more. I think Northern Ireland will join Ireland and Scotland will leave the UK. I don’t think Wales will though, they’re too small. Even so, none of this will happen with the disgusting government we have now, they’re slaughtering our country.

[@edwardlawrence4428]

frederick dinsdale I kind of agree. I feel like getting a good deal (or really any deal) is making the best out of a bad situation, but no deal is making a bad situation oh so much worse.

[@Daniel-bb9qj]

Lana Joy they’re like England’s drunken fun uncle

[@AlexIdk.]

"We", "us" and "ours" just really makes me feel I'm in the same team as Kurzgesagt, and that feeling like "together we are strong and significant" like that moment when you finally realize in which team you are, making you proud for being a part of it.

[@Illus1ongmr]

You just told my thoughts and this wonderful feeling of being able to say "we" or "us"

[@AlexIdk.]

@@Illus1ongmr exactly that! and... wow 44 likes?! cool thanks guys!

[@vamp6767]

Well, they are Germans. Of course they want the Anschluss :P

[@AlexIdk.]

@Jacob Scrivener Ooo i got it! Yea kind of... but is not like- in relation with US and UK?

[@AlexIdk.]

Yeyeye 110 likes! thanks

[@mausexx2459]

My opinion: The EU needs to get reformed, but it's still the only thing we have, if we want to keep up with China or the USA

[@williambarraclough8712]

Innit

[@666hanii]

I love being part of EU, started PhD in another country, worked with ESA, Erasmus, healthcare anywhere in EU, many opportunities. I hope EU would have more power to help people when extremist alt-right leaders (that fuel hate and bend laws for their personal agendas) come to power, as it happened in Slovenia. :/

[@froggomcfroggin9392]

THIS!

[@tristanmorris9432]

What country did you get your PhD from?

[@666hanii]

@@tristanmorris9432 Austria and I am doing it now

[@lau6438]

More power to EU? No thanks.

[@claian12]

The alt-right/far-right who are the ones who push the "euro-scepticism" no less, and who are funded by Putin's regime (La Pen for example). A few years back I would at least give euro sceptic arguments the benefit of the doubt, until I discovered that it's every alt right party and political figure spouting their hyper nationalistic nonsense in a more roundabout way.

[@jeejo7021]

UK has left the chat

[@jen_sen8508]

😔

[@Monker851]

@@JohnSmith-ou5un Why

[@JohnSmith-ou5un]

R idk

[@georgeno812]

Thank fuck 🇬🇧

[@JohnSmith-ou5un]

George No u r much dumb kid

[@thecubularemperor]

“You just have a different opinion, and that’s fine” Twitter: hold my *c a n c e l c u l t u r e*

[@theliberator1002]

Facebook: I agree

[@perlyax]

No, it only is illegal to make up things or to actively hurt someone. Everything can be said if respect, education and empathy remains.

[@aliski768]

​@@perlyax that's it my friend, everybody get hurt so easily in those times... that i don't care anymore.

[@cana0]

Worst app ever made

[@martontarki7063]

Donald Trumps be like:

[@borond]

comment not necessarily about this video in particular, but about the whole of kurzgesagt. after receiving understandably limited amounts of info about a topic delivered in such high quality that it sparks my interest 20x more than it would if it weren't for the insanely high quality of kurzgesagt videos, i would always love to dig deeper into topics but i always fall into the mistake of expecting THIS high of quality from other info sources as well, and it always leaves me disappointed, lol :D in short, kurzgesagt's video qualitites are above and beyond anything i've ever seen and i pity anyone who hasn't got a taste of what valueable information delivered in an enjoyable way feels like

[@yes.elevens3688]

Everything is flawed but peace is never a bad thing.

[@gergokertesz4092]

"Strong health standards" Me in hungary: 👁👄👁

[@habib6499]

They mean Western Europe in like this whole video

[@Vloedje]

@@habib6499 🤣

[@stefanoiacobitti3809]

well, Hungary is now also under economic sanctions for anti-civil rights policies, if it were a little more progressive you wouldn't be so bad

[@habib6499]

@@stefanoiacobitti3809 if the eastern countries behaved they would get looked after but you misbehave this is what you get *cough* Poland, hungry *cough*

[@stefanoiacobitti3809]

@@habib6499 exactly, that's what i said and i think is fair

[@porpedroiiebertrand]

Worth it. I’ve visited every EU country with only my italian passport.

[@gorrthebutcher4696]

i can visit every country in the world on my uk passport

[@Animatron11]

@@gorrthebutcher4696 Lies, you ain't getting into North Korea with it.

[@csntb6822]

@@gorrthebutcher4696 but not permanently. Btw, GERMANY, SWEDEN, SPAIN, FINLAND, SWITZERLAND, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, PORTUGAL, AUSTRIA , LUXEMBOURG, ITALY, GREECE and IRELAND have a better passport and they can stay indeterminately within the schegen zone.

[@gorrthebutcher4696]

@@Animatron11 yes i can

[@raddestshiba1589]

@@gorrthebutcher4696 nice bait

[@alicanemiir]

I find very useful and necessary cooperation for single European countries. Congratulations for 80 years without war ! I hope it continues like that. From Turkiye...

[@palaius]

I mean, 80 years without war isn't quite accurate. Just 80 years without war in europe. And even that is no longer true, since.... you know.... Ukraine-Russia happend. Edit: I just noticed that even then it's not true. War within Europe happend in that 80 year span too so...

[@randomdude4207]

@@palaius Well, no major european war is what they meant. And neither Russia nor Ukraine are in the EU so it still was successful in that regard.

[@palaius]

@randomdude4207 But Europe and the EU are some very different things. Also, even then, EU members were involved in wars during those 80 years. Falklands (Britain) and Kosovo (pretty much everyone in NATO).

[@1scott921]

It's scientifically proven this channel is the best thing on the Internet! Kurzgesagt, if you have it somewhere in your scope... Since migration crisys in Europe is heated and emotional topic most of the time I would really appreciate your take on it.

[@kurzgesagt]

This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less political and economic integration, some want more of it. Some want to stop immigration, others want better integration instead. Some want an EU army, others want to disband Nato. And most will have a collection of different opinions about all of that. It’s the same for our team, we don’t all share the same vision for Europe and the world. We tried our best to present different sides and view points, while being fair and as neutral as possible. But obviously we can’t go into too much detail in a video that is only 7 minutes long. We also clearly marked where we are stating our opinion. The sources we used are in the video description. The last year has taught us that we have to try our best to get everybody back to the table again and stop screaming at each other. We all could have done a better job at this in the past, Kurzgesagt too. Everybody comes from a different place and has different ideas of where the world should go and how to tackle our problems. And as long as we are trying to base our opinions on facts then that is completely fine. In the end we all have to share this planet with each other. SOURCES: population EU: bit.ly/2mMm4Cy GDP EU: bit.ly/2ouh1mL largest Market EU: bit.ly/1FhL3jv creation of the European Union: bit.ly/2cnX6Dg Franco-German Rivalry: bit.ly/2nw7uxC easy travel: bit.ly/2neE9oT cheap telecommunications: bit.ly/1MfZsRZ bit.ly/2nUsOKj EU vs. Apple: bit.ly/2bOwMln reut.rs/2cafPTv EU vs. Microsoft: bit.ly/2nwfYVr econ.st/2oTo0d1 EU vs. Facebook: bit.ly/1FUc1iu bit.ly/2olVXA2 Number of scientists and research output: bit.ly/2nqHkek bit.ly/2neJEnD go.nature.com/1d1HQWc bit.ly/2mMfcFc Election turnouts: bit.ly/1OK06oG bit.ly/2oXzQTi Transparency: bit.ly/2ouxsPR bit.ly/2o1SicC Civil Society Europe: bit.ly/2oTW4pA refugee crisis: bit.ly/2bOZCn4 bit.ly/1Nkj485 Oxford Refugee Studies Centre: bit.ly/2nA1INa Why Muslims fail to integrate in christian heritage societies: amzn.to/2o96mhB The Failure of Multiculturalism: fam.ag/1R3ibj1 France and its Muslims: fam.ag/1jBLUCm Immigration and the Challenges of Integration bit.ly/1RqJot8 Don't Fear Muslim Immigrants: fam.ag/2kHbjfb News deeply: bit.ly/2ij4j8n Economist: econ.st/2nULVnD some countries have accepted more refugees: bit.ly/1A4Ljx8 Discrimination of immigrants: EU Agency for Fundamental Human Rights: bit.ly/1Mj4A7F Princeton: bit.ly/2o2JGiY Challenges for the EU EU development beyond NATO: bit.ly/2kvZ73G Third largest military in the world: bit.ly/2neTaXP bit.ly/2o2122s Trade boost: bit.ly/2nIbnQv bit.ly/1TNJ5dn 12% higher GDP: bit.ly/2nwzGAE Eurostat/ Economy: bit.ly/23kKY7L cost of labour: bit.ly/1PPLTU2 shares in economy for production: bit.ly/2o2fxn9 shares in economy for tourism: bit.ly/2nwFav1 shares in economy for fishing: bit.ly/2ouKFbq forestry in the EU: bit.ly/2nIbPOV Eurozone crisis: bit.ly/2ouGJY5 Explanation of the debt crisis by The Balance, a financial advice website: bit.ly/2o7kbjW Eurocrisis Monitor: bit.ly/2oUaXYH Future of Europe: bit.ly/2mKCPJV

[@user-et5kr4ym5r]

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell bb

[@Jsamul1]

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Jesus loves you

[@WarTex]

2muchLinks pls

[@whonny_]

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell keep making your great videos mate!

[@WarwickGames]

I love your videos so much keep it up man! Plz reply

[@wojtekpolska1013]

7:17 Kurzgesagt: YOU! Bird: ME? Also Bird: **Does Backflip in a chair**

[@EdzusViksna]

My favourite scene! :D

[@Linterna001]

xD.

[@whipcreamie1395]

Ahahahahahah

[@screewedup3938]

Super video, you are one of the best chains i can watch on youtube!

[@marcoespanyol34]

Hi, i'm from Spain and I am proud of the European Union and the great work it does to make life easier for its citizens 🇪🇸❤🇪🇺

[@thulx3997]

EU: "Passes Article 13" EU citizens: *DAAA, IT'S VPN TIME*

[@JJisF_Alt]

EU: *blocks VPNs*

[@daemoh3696]

when you realise russia isn't part of the EU

[@skulldaren]

@@daemoh3696 russians are not the only ones to use "da"

[@daemoh3696]

@@skulldaren ok fair enough, but for western europe english is the most spoken language

[@opinionated6293]

They block the VPNs sites, there is no escape.

[@daniilrayu1911]

I'm proud to represent Bulgaria: the European lowest minimum wage at 2 euro per hour.

[@mishobankata8980]

Браво

[@Monkey-bz8ul]

that isn't fair

[@mishobankata8980]

@@Monkey-bz8ul That's former communism

[@Monkey-bz8ul]

@@mishobankata8980 or it's called colonialism

[@klapiny]

Same here in Romania , neighbor.

[@imbatman1757]

In the future, there are gonna be tons of potential problems to solve. Hence, having a corporation like this will help us a lot. Logically, when we work in a group, we will try to help others; in contrast, when we work seperately, we will ignore others.

[@theinterstellarpodcast7252]

The problem is mainly integration , many refugees keep their religion ( which is fine ) and become radical about their religion ( look at France ) . The other problem is that if they keep their ideals and standards , the civilisation becomes flooded with new values and norms which makes a civilisation unstable because everyone is different from eachother and won’t come to compromise . This is the Anomy theory , because the civilisation grows to fast , people become disconnected from eachother leading to a hard time for democracy to work

[@vegito9019]

What you say isn't that stupid.

[@sparhelt718]

As a Hungarian, I can say that our government often goes against the EU, but it's really our only way of survival in this world. We're only powerful if we keep together.

[@rosariolomas3630]

hungria is in eu ? xd

[@mazloumkobani2392]

@@rosariolomas3630 not really xd. Hungary is the bloodsucker of eu.

[@vladiiidracula235]

@@mazloumkobani2392 Hungary is back in Transylvania!

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Yeah, in case of my country our government also often goes against EU (mostly to turn the attention of the citizens from their own failures and blame them on the EU).

[@mazloumkobani2392]

@@tomaszzalewski4541 same in Hungary. Our government doesnt take the responsibility for anything

[@jamesharris603]

im from the us and im still shocked by how they created this union of peace right after a world war amongst themselves OMG guys I cant believe this got so many likes!!! tysm

[@denisrizzardo2722]

Well, you have also to consider that the ww2 starded because 2 nationalistic dictators (Hitler and Mussolini) had expansionist visions and want of revenge for the ww1 peace acts, these mindset where not shared by the majority of the population so after their regime fell all the anger disappeared with them. The peace was easy because people don't want war, only the nationalistic leaders want it not the people.

[@jurassicthunder]

peace always the answer

[@vkishan2089]

@@denisrizzardo2722 Nationalist leader are now trying to exploit our nationalism.

[@michazadkowski8516]

@@denisrizzardo2722 germans and italians(Less than germans) wanted war so Hitler and mussolini give them it and they lost. Communistic countries also tried to conquer others nations , imperialist/globalistic nations also did it. Nationalism isn't about expansion (usually) only about intepedence . After ww2 communist rise in west and we see efects , these effects boosting modern "counter-revolution"

[@EEdwin345]

@SpangeBab ofc there has to be a judgemental european that thinks all Americans are ignorant. Even though there are stereotypes about europeans, I don't judge nor approve until I go and experience it for myself.

[@biddutadhikary6170]

Thank you so much..i have understood it in just a few minutes Love from India ❤️❤️

[@victorandrei02]

Those who say that the EU is overly dominated by France and Germany and that that is a bad thing, you are right. Now consider this: if there was no EU, France and Germany would dominate Europe anyways considering their size and power. The smaller countries, rather than having legal and diplomatic pathways to balance power within Europe, would have no say within the European economy or political sphere. The EU empowers small countries, and works to level the playing field. Reforms and changes in policy can work to make sure that France and Germany no longer have too much say in the EU.

[@vid5506]

Your profile picture is perfect

[@victorandrei02]

@@vid5506 thanks dude, I'm glad you like it

[@someonefar5600]

As a lawyer (from India), I really respect the CoE and EEC/EU for its anti-trust and competition laws, human rights laws and personal data protection laws. Were it not for the initiative and lead taken by the CoE and EU in protecting personal data, multimillion mega corporations would've chewed us all alive by now, not that they've given up, but at least the European Courts and regulators try to make them behave.

[@simonarnold7094]

Yes, true, I'm so goddamn thankful for that

[@casperes0912]

I'm Danish. That's the fundamental element of my nationality. I see myself as having a different nationality to Spain, Germany, etc. But when I travel and trade with these countries, they are safe brothers that I can trust. That's what the EU makes me feel as a person, and I think that's quite cool

[@fabiann-e1743]

That was how I felt as a Briton, but clearly others thought otherwise.

[@christos.5302]

yes same, I'm Bulgarian and also feel that

[@meinkopf3855]

Spanish over here. Same. Generally people against the EU are people that either haven't lived in a different Union country, or don't have business in the EU. It makes things really easy if you need to travel or trade with other countries.

[@fabiann-e1743]

It just makes everything so smooth and simple. People that voted Brexit were mainly doing so to 'kick out the immigrants' (mostly non-EU nationals) or regain some imagined idea of sovereignty that we've somehow given up to the EU - despite the fact we can leave.

[@tomtomwarwar9101]

@Fabian N-E. I agree with this, but the EU forces us (the UK) to take too many refugees for the size of our country E.G. France has the same size of population than us, but over twice the land mass, it isn't fair for us to be forced(by the EU) to take the same amount of refugees. Its all good and well to say "all of the refugees need homes, so they can come here" but we need to think of ourselves, I know this might seem selfish, but with the current amount of money we give to non-working people, it could very easily negatively affect our economy and cost the taxpayer. Sorry for the paragraph XD

[@ashwanthvinod5190]

As someone who is living outside of Europe.I think the EU is a beautiful concept.Holding this much countries together is such an amazing thing. I think one of the best abilities of EU is its ability to tackle climate change as it is easy to do so a collective group of different people brought together than small individual countries.

[@subharupchakraborty522]

26th Feb,2022 - I have only one question...if EU's main aim was peace....then,why is Ukraine getting bombed

[@deepdream1119]

1) Ukraine's not in the EU 2) Russia isn't in the Eu

[@jegeization]

I'm proud to be European and feel every EU citizen as a friend. I wish we united more in the future and keep working towards a better future, together.

[@kye4216]

Sounds a little communist

[@samuraidom6542]

@@kye4216 sound like a boomer American who grew up in the Cold War

[@kye4216]

@@samuraidom6542 sounds like a reddit simp

[@raddestshiba1589]

@@kye4216 sounds like you're just baiting and don't actually know what you're talking about, because that's what's actually going on right now

[@IelhereBlogspotIn]

@@kye4216 yoo

[@nervun8097]

Every time I watch a video about EU and they say about the Greek crisis, I feel... UNIQUE 😂😂 GREETINGS FROM GREECE.

[@o_akcam]

Good luck pal, and I hope you can make things better in Greece.

[@leonleon2021]

Greece borrows more money from Germany 😂

[@user-ue6gg3zv3o]

@@zidan40o0wow I never thought of that

[@AnatoFIN]

What I understand, they should have led Greek default, it would have been better in long run. Problem was the big lender Germany didn't want this. Sadly Euro and EU are flawed systems that are barely hold together. I doubt it can resist US and China.

[@UrWifiIsSlow]

Greetings from Monaco

[@survivalist2607]

1:58 - 2:08 well, i mean, The EU actually told Meta to fuck off when they said "we'll shut down facebook in your country if we can't collect data from European Users.", so, not lying there.

[@DziadekMroz6666]

There are so many mistakes in this video It's Schengen area that allows traveling without need to stop on boarders. NOT EU

[@Thepietro5000pp]

Kiedy polska wyjdzie z Unii wyjdzie też z Schengen...

[@DziadekMroz6666]

@@Thepietro5000pp jest to niepowiązane z tym co napisałem

[@Thepietro5000pp]

@@DziadekMroz6666 skrót myślowy tak, taki jaki jest w praktycznie każdym filmie na tym kanale

[@DziadekMroz6666]

Przez takie skróty myślowe ludzie myślą że dzięki unii europejskiej są otwarte granice a jest to czysta nieprawda :)

[@ceoofeurope1710]

The Schengen area is part of the EU, but it doesn't apply to all members, just like the Euro

[@pixelman6025]

“unrestricted travel” Corona virus: I’m about to ends this mans whole career

[@vladthecon]

if the eu was structured better it wouldn't collapse into either dust or tyranny.(just copy paste the US constitution and do slight changes then it would be somewhat competent currently there are to many tyrannical loopholes and byzantine bollocks)

[@woodbag80]

“Finland closed there borders” “Oh that’s sad” “I know no one can cross the Finnish line

[@houkouha4427]

@@vladthecon are you sure about what you said? US is leading in coronavirus infections and deaths, since they have the government they have

[@vladthecon]

@@houkouha4427 yes. our republic is stable enough to survive this bullshit European attempts to build a republic always end in an absolute monarch. despite democratic governors attempts to demand trump do their jobs for them he has refused at every turn.

[@ComradeHellas]

lmao

[@andreabarbieri6751]

As an european, hearing _or should we end it_ its kinda blow to the heart

[@Arcaryon]

Reforms. There will be so many reforms. As long as people like you and me are around, this project will continue to improve itself - slowly but surely,

[@NormanWasHere452]

Yeah, doesn’t make me optimistic. Everyone is in conflict. My perspective from the U.K: people are so heavily divided on left wing and right wing politics, labour voters absolutely despise conservatives and there’s almost an instant hatred in some cases. Then on a bigger scale England is in conflict with Scotland, where there’s constant argument and talks of splitting up. Then of course you have all the conflict in the EU which seems to be falling apart at the seems. Globally we can’t even establish effective policy to literally preserve our species and where we live, it’s like people care more about their opinion and having it their way rather than working together. I just don’t understand.

[@Arcaryon]

@@NormanWasHere452 I think the situation is less dire than you think. Sure, there is conflict but in times of change, battles ( rhetorical or otherwise ) are natural. The EU in particular is a fairly young institution that is still moving relatively fast considering how difficult negotiations tend to be. Change is usually very slow when it comes to politics. In regards to the survival of our species - even if a 4 billion people were to die in rapid succession in the next 100 years, there would still be more than enough for the rest. Technological advancements will also fix a lot of issues and if things get too dire, 2 child policies will prevent an implosion. Europe is creating a new form of state that in and of itself is revolutionary as a political construct. We use diplomacy instead of firepower or economical threats. That's a less flashy way of doing things but as far as I can see it, we have had 70 years of peace, are wealthier than ever before and still moving forward. The press has a way of spelling out doom that can make things seem worse than they actually are and it is not bad that they do this ( most of the time ) for fear and anger in the right doses make the people want to work for the things they believe in and get things done. Giving up when we are pretty much third place in the global superpower ranking would seem like a very unwise decision.

[@NormanWasHere452]

@@Arcaryon I understand your points. In terms of the species thing, it was more about how we're destroying all these ecosystems and not managing the global commons, but you're entirely correct in that it's very difficult to wipe out the entire species (doesn't mean that we're not vulnerable to a poorer standard of living if we don't act with consideration of the future). In terms of press I'm typically very aware of that, I study geography and economics in school and read about it in my free time so I'd like to think I'm at least slightly above average when it comes to those sorts of things. As a whole I think things are better now than they used to be but there are also issues like never before. I certainly think we shouldn't give up but it's definitely far from simple.

[@Arcaryon]

@@NormanWasHere452 Agreed. Our time will be difficult but if we make the right decisions, we will have a great chance at longlasting success.

[@viniciusfernandes2303]

Thanks for the video!

[@dennisengelen2517]

As a Belgian, I'm happy our capital is seat of the EU and NATO. Everything better than being used as a fucking battleground AGAIN!

[@trollmcclure2659]

France and Germany almost fought another war over which country should host EU lol, bad thing for hosting NATO though especially after the end of cold war when it was meant to be against Soviet Union which doesn't exist anymore, creates more trouble and continues of allowing the USA to enslave Europe while playing you against USA's enemies when it shouldn't be your business

[@dennisengelen2517]

@@trollmcclure2659 Tbqh I think the only thing that kept Europe peaceful against the East block countries and big mom Russia was the power of the USA. When it comes to war these days, the EU doesn't hold a candle against Russia and its allies or China (even though historically China always kept its influence in Asia).

[@randomhistoryfan7803]

Flemish or waloon?

[@kingthe13]

@@dennisengelen2517 I wouldn't really put faith in the USA while it does have one if not the biggest military spending it many uses it on new toys and all together has a bad track record in wars especially if you don't count world wars.

[@Ratselmeister]

Brussels is a good reason to invade you again.

[@ElvynBliss]

I'm pro fixing the EU, abandoning it would be a disaster.

[@born2lol]

That would mean Brussels giving away all the power to reform it. And they are too addicted to holding power.

[@olsensth]

Funny thing is Brussels power is actually very small.

[@Channel-nd5fo]

Even if you don't change eu in the slightest it still has measuresble being its that far outweigh its negatives. Even if the only bienfit was the scientific output I would be for a stable eu rather then a bunch of states smashing there heads together

[@ChrisInToon]

Lukas Bliss did verhofstadt send you

[@b_lumenkraft]

Why do you think you can't fix it?

[@faker1705]

"Let's have a fact based discussion about our future" and here weee go

[@MrF1n0G4m3s]

faker nice nobody replied soo...

[@treyphillips9191]

You did

[@somethingg29]

It's youtube it's never gonna happen.

[@mikhailmobius2308]

Am I the only one that noticed you are probably quoting "Death Battle?"

[@thedefenderofeorzea3473]

you tried

[@PURE_DAnK_MEMES]

As a British person brexit was a mistake

[@pc-9826]

just why british decide to leave eu?

[@miklosbene4824]

@@pc-9826 politicians lied to get votes. And then panicked, when the referendum said "fuck eu"

[@danieldimasi1332]

@@pc-9826 idiots are everywhere.... one day even on mars

[@arctrix765]

@@pc-9826 cause they think the're better than everyone else (cause they managed to have a quater of the world 100 years ago)

[@Gigachad-mc5qz]

​@@pc-9826because they are idiots. Every constituency regrets it today except one

[@robertbetlejewski7233]

Like in the big familly. There are always some fights or love, but if we are together we are stronger ;) Greatings from Poland.

[@Boo-lz7fm]

Europe Union may not be the best thing,but it is one of the best solutions we have come to agree so far.

[@Ssacred_]

Bruh, Spain stopped a lot of factories and production to join to the EU and to not compete with France if i remember well, Germany continues loaning money, knowing that spanish politicians Will literally steal It xd

[@mikeykm1993]

I agree, I voted remain here in the UK and even though we have left I wish the EU nothing but success and hope they go from strength to strength

[@whitezombie10]

@@mikeykm1993 I don't really know, why did people want the brexit?

[@neonspark5084]

@@whitezombie10 because they where stupid and now everyone here has to deal with the consequences

[@whitezombie10]

@@neonspark5084 ok

[@-riley9997]

I just want humans to live peacefully together so we can all use our brains to get closer to becoming a type 3 civilization.

[@sgtloko]

T Riley thank you very much, was looking for this comment, EU should stand for Earth Union

[@muratcandemir5155]

Gabriel Henrique Rodrigues Well I would want that but Europeans doesn't give a shit about rest of the world so it is almost imposible sorry...

[@PvtLingo]

That's quite the pipe dream.

[@appi105]

Keep Up its easy to say "eu doesnt give a fuck" without any weight behind

[@-riley9997]

It doesn't help when people refer to world peace and egalitarianism as pipe dreams. It definitely won't be instant, maybe not even in the near future, but it's not impossible.

[@Daco-]

Its the 1th September right now and today we are (Croatia) starting to adapt to euro. I will be missing kunas :')

[@Hienox]

I love EU with all my heart and I'm proud to be european!

[@robertaglarsen]

Holy shit, the Kurzgesagt visuals are so sick!

[@organicchemistry6357]

Robert Larsen yup, mostly pro-enstablishment. They didn't make any anti-EU argument.

[@intigfx]

Olliver Tjon Soei Len Did we watch the same video? There are many arguments critical of the UE. But if what you want is "THE UE IS TYRANNY BURN IT ALL" then indeed this is not the place for it.

[@ordinarypen8369]

Olliver Tjon Soei Len Then make your own! Jesus, they can't please everyone in a seven minute video.

[@maxverstappen8135]

Who else watching after the UK left?

[@HoshikawaHikari]

Me, but I'm not European

[@133col]

Me, and I hope my country will leave as well within a few years!

[@eres8303]

@@133col unlikely

[@133col]

Haha, VERY likely :). The UK was the first - and certainly not the last.

[@jaroslavkalivoda3496]

@@133col czech ?

[@matthiaskritzinger5509]

So it's been 4 years and i have been looking through the comments...did nobody see the easteregg at 7:17? Never knew i wanted He-Duck and the masters of the Duckverse but now i need it! 🐤😂

[@darkmatter9643]

Don’t bash the European Union, just remember, how many times has Europe been at war since it was formed? And reevaluate your life choices

[@athenaatwar475]

Video content aside, these animations are so beautiful and brilliant (as always)!

[@niquib5085]

Agreed

[@ruinenlust_]

Same, I absolutely love it!

[@tomio8072]

athenaatwar475 what's wrong with them looking childish? It makes it easier for most people to understand fully (including myself) in my opinion.

[@okorieprecious1172]

its a style and i love it

[@DaydreamingSwede]

4:39 i find it highly offensive that the Danish gun is bigger than the Swedish one

[@andersbogen]

Haha

[@jona7357]

I see nothing wrong with this

[@jona7357]

Kristian nah they’re not even in the fucking video

[@DaydreamingSwede]

@Kristian you do realise i made it as a joke?

[@jona7357]

Kristian even then Denmark still got a bigger gun

[@scientist_altruist]

"When you see some flaws in a system that has wide benefits and potential, you develop and bettern it, not disrupt it wholly, if we don't have a much better, wiser solution yet" Thought play inspired by this video and F.B We's comment

[@couch_philosoph3325]

I'm swiss, so not in the eu, but we greatly profit from the peace in the eu. I think one peoblem the eu has, is thinking very different economies could all have the same currency. Of course it is way more convenient when travelling, but it seems to produce a lot of instability

[@randomdude4207]

As a fellow swiss I agree, but I think further financial and economical integration is the solution rather than abandoning the Euro, a strong and globally releveant currency.

[@couch_philosoph3325]

@@randomdude4207 that might be true; i don't study economics, so not sure which solution would be best

[@FactHubREAL]

When Kurzgesagt uploads twice in a month...

[@FactHubREAL]

Is it just me or are there a lot of Russians spamming KZbin comments nowadays?

[@almostayoutuber-gamesandmo3368]

*shrugs*

[@galactica58]

First one I've seen this month

[@Halcypian]

Well, to be fair, he's actully speaking French, but I'm sure his name is slavic, although I wouldn't conclude it to be particularly Russian.

[@SirDude456]

ITS A DOUBLE UPLOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

[@christianpena8139]

I really liked that last sentence, "let's have a fact based discussion about our future". :))

[@BossKnight]

I saw 2 people from the eu start cursing out some guy because he said article 11 and 13 are bad actually everyone there was from the eu just yelling at him

[@theodoros_1234]

@@BossKnight WTF, I don't understand how are there people that think that articles 11 and 13 are ANY good (except from the music labels that will benefit from this).

[@izzybrizzie9133]

As someone from Turkey, even here we see some help from EU and it's always incredible to see the works on the other side of the border

[@sandal_thong8631]

Last week I watched a video about how the Turkish Lira is out of control. Someone from Lebanon said they were in the same situation. Sounds like they should emulate the EU by creating some kind of union with other nearby countries for common currency. Maybe Turkey, Lebanon, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia?

[@jaysinha0]

I'm from the UK and I am terribly sad that we left. There was a lot of misinformation spread about the EU, mostly by politicians to further their own careers.

[@antonygikas8817]

@Nick V No, he is just racist and calls it the Anti-European Union, meaning it hates Europeans. On other comments he says he thinks it is run by George Soros, BLM, Antifa and Muslims. So he seems to have lost all grip on reality.

[@SagaciousNihilist]

@Fuck Antifa & Fuck BLM Based Username dude...

[@JoshKit]

Just wanted to say that this topic is near to impossible to cover, especially in a 7 minute video, but you guys have done a great job at it. :)

[@Bananenbauer123]

The negativity in the comment section is real though. Maybe they should have gone into more detail.

[@JoshKit]

Maybe not dishonest, but I think it's basically impossible to make a political video without being a bias.

[@JBinero]

Laughing Tree How were they dishonest? List some examples.

[@Larencia91]

Jeroen Bollen Lies by omission. They didn't address the huge problems of sovereignity of states and the undemocratic nature of EU Commission, which is the only actor in the EU able to propose new laws but what is not elected by the Demos of Europe. Also stating that EU is nothing but good for the economy while omitting the fact that overbearing regulations actually pulls down small-time entreprenuers who have to bend to the regulations just like the big multinationals.

[@paulelephant9521]

It's the lack of democracy within the European Union that makes it impossible to support for me. I love the idea of freedom of movement,trade and decent central standards for workers rights/safety etc but the system under which the EU operates is intrinsically flawed, and there seems to be no intention to improve this. I remember reading Gorbachovs autobiography and his explanation of how the soviet political system worked to deny the general public any say in the policies it pursued, and the EU is organised pretty much exactly like the old USSR (sounds a little melodramatic, but read Gorbachov, he explains it a lot better than i ever could). I really hoped Britain threatening to leave would lead to some sort of reform of the parliament and how the powers are distributed and regulated, but unfortunately not, and i just can't see the EU ever reforming without some total collapse that forces them to.

[@activesocialmenace]

4:37 Who else tried to find their own flag, and smiled when saw it?

[@JuanJose-fw2uq]

Me

[@billsmith305]

what?

[@n25783]

*cries in brexit*

[@n25783]

@@shiloh1852 lmao

[@chrisvaccaro229]

i tried to find my flag but I'm american so now i'm depressed. not depressed i couldn't find my flag; depressed I'm american.

[@shazlink35]

My Teacher out this on in Geography Class cause we are learning about the EU lol. love your vids.

[@renaultfreak5024]

As a swiss i stay neutral about this

[@bajk_arts2069]

I probably laughed at this comment harder than I should've have

[@nucleonjohn]

Hint: Don't ruin your day by scrolling further down.

[@BlazeBluetm35]

you need more upvotes.

[@Mar_Ten]

John yeah thanks

[@Jaybiooh]

I think you just saved me some minutes of infuriating troll fueling.

[@JohnTCano]

John Thank you.

[@ThePado3]

Okay, thank you.

[@marcusalm7350]

Can't remember who said it, but I have found the quote: "The EU is made up of small nations and nations that don't realize that they are small yet". A country of 10-60 million doesn't have the influence (as in possible market) needed on the world stage to promote it's values and protect it's citizens from countries and corporations alike.

[@CDeliu]

@Jake Sangria Sources? Or maybe your only source is a nearly empty bottle of vodka?

[@CDeliu]

​@Jake Sangria First of all drinking vodka does not make you an alcoholic and I'm not sure what exactly you meant by "from European". But maybe you should stop spreading lies and have your fun somewhere else? Am I asking too much?

[@genevieve.annabelle3296]

Canada would like a word. Were part of the g7 and have a massive economy with 34 million people.

[@toxicelamain2494]

Jake Sangria Why won’t you rest your undereducated fata$$ in the nearest taco bell instead of spreading nonsense?

[@dallysinghson5569]

Thing is that European countries have more in common with each other than the US and China, so they ought to focus on their common goals/values.

[@trismica]

yes pls for Scotland

[@vegito9019]

Totally agree on this.

[@sailor2913]

As a portuguese citizen, I feel European and i believe in the EU project, even with its current flaws🕊️🇪🇺🇵🇹

[@SR-jr5nh]

Same from Spain 🇪🇺🇪🇸

[@Moepowerplant]

Well, I won't comment rn on your own strengths/flaws/whatnot, it's yours primarily, but can you please keep from dreaming of ruling your old colonies again? Something's brewing in Parliament lately and Neumann is donning conquistador armor, fancying for herself lands and servants to keep.

[@MelkorPT]

@@Moepowerplant it's 2020, no one gives a shit about colonies.

[@Moepowerplant]

@@MelkorPT These are the same old peeps doing the same old habits to other countries. If you still can't accept this, then I guess no one can make you.

[@MelkorPT]

@@Moepowerplant wtf are you talking about? You're mewling about us "dreaming of ruling our old colonies again" and I'm telling you that in 45 years I've never met anyone who gave a shit about "taking back the colonies". My father was forced to go fight in the jungle for 3 years and _he_ didn't give a shit about the colonies, absolutely *_no one_* is eager to take over some 3rd world countries especially when their rightful inhabitants have made it crystal clear they didn't want us to rule over them.

[@andrew4363]

I’m Scottish, it’s definitely worth it. *get us away from these psychopaths*

[@andrejzlall]

Could you please explain how they’re psychopaths?

[@andrew4363]

@@andrejzlall joke about wanting to leave the EU, there are genuine reasons the tories are psychopaths, but it was just for effect. “Idiots” would have been more apt.

[@andrejzlall]

@@andrew4363 I hope Scotland can one day rid themselves of English rule, you deserve better, in the EU

[@andrew4363]

@@andrejzlall yeah, soon hopefully. They can dig their own grave, not ours.

[@edwardlawrence4428]

I'm English but fuck brexit, and I sincerely hope you guys can become independent and hopefully rejoin the EU.

[@MUSTASCH1O]

I'd still rather we the UK would have stayed part of the EU, but I have grown more open minded of the flaws of the EU as in its current state. I hope we can all find ways to continue to work together and flourish together. I think free trade and as free a movement as is politically possible between the UK and EU will be essential continued peace and prosperity.