Is This The Collapse of the Great American Empire?

What is happening is perhaps a change in the world as we know it.
You may not be old enough to remember it, but in the 1950s, the United States was the undisputed world leader. It wasn’t even close. We had helped liberate many nations in two separate World Wars. Our nation was rich, wholesome and motivated. There was excitement all over the place and national pride was higher than it had been since the end of the American revolution. It didn’t matter if it was big cities or in the exploding suburbs. Most of the country was happy, healthy, in good spirits and relatively well off.
Many of us are depressed, unhealthy, broke, worried, overworked, underpaid and super negative. We are a divided nation now. And our power is waning. Fast.
Since recorded history, this planet has seen superpowers rise, rule and then fall. The Romans, the Greeks, the Assyrians, the Egyptians, the Babylonians, the British. There have been many books written about the fall of once great empires. Each is unique in its demise.
The question is - Are we next? Look around. The signs are all around us. Our people sleep on the streets, our young generation is broke and is refusing to work and start a family. Good jobs are gone and many of our former great cities are crumbling. Our population growth peaked. We’re divided politically. We’re getting fatter and poorer. Our teachers, our nurses and our police officers are overworked and underpaid.
It’s not a bright future. Look around you. There are a lot of signs that indicate our empire is close to coming to an end, if it hasn’t happened already. The decades of US dominance in trade, culture and morality is threatened. You COULD say we’re just an above average nation now.
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[@NickJohnson]

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[@theahalme]

can you do nuclear installation maps and military installation maps do prepper themed videos where's cheapest foods that kinda stuff humor required 👍🙏 thanks

[@peaceevol]

What city is this

[@tkcoyote9376]

Your sistem is coming to an end to many people are poor in a materialistic nation food is high Gass and the cost of living can't afford to live or die the American people are domesticated, and institutionalized

[@aheat3036]

One decade (you say the 1950s) of power and wealth doesn’t make an empire!… Besides, the U.S. was created from the British Empire so it’s part of the new world!… Now was far as America being less powerful now compared to the 1950s, blame the left in the U.S. who believe capitalism & democracy are bad and America is the evil empire!

[@g4joe]

And not a Russian Tank in sight.

[@terryf3282]

Imagine if that 6.5 trillion you spent in Iraq and Afghanistan was spent on infrastructure in your own country??????

[@manusiasejati577]

They can't do that because the money is a freshly printed money that will be exchanged for internasional debt from other countries. They are basically making money by offering debt, some kind of money laundry practice.

[@dinorasidkadic3670]

Imagine if the rich would pay taxes and families wouldn't ;)

[@Itwasme007]

imagined if your Boy Osama Bin Landen didn't attacked the USA. Maybe we would of not gone to Iraq and afganistan

[@calebroman9880]

@@Itwasme007 they only had to kill him not one million people and spent the tax payers money in a pointless conflict that didn't change anything.

[@olegsoben]

USA have sent around 13 bln dollars to Ukraine, and now they have sent 40 bln dollars more. Is Ukraine that important to the US?

[@Andy-pd9tt]

I was homeless in Portland oregon for 2 months in 2006. I met this older man who was drifting and he claimed he was a teacher. He told me to read about the fall of the Roman empire. He told me that America was going to collapse.

[@therabbitchannel2059]

Both times I was homeless I had a job but couldn't afford housing. I'm well to do now but I remember it well. If you make minimum wage, good chance you'll live on the streets.

[@haruyanto8085]

@Virtus empires collapse not cause of an emperor, sams thing happened with Dutch Empire, British, Mongol etc

[@jeannehunter5344]

Asian countries have plans they are executing. America has Biden.

[@ravenouself4181]

@Virtus You know... the top 1% that don't pay taxes.

[@elelegidosf9707]

Well, "duh". Of course empires don't last forever. This is why you are not being governed from Egypt.

[@ronaldomamedee]

Brazilian here. I lived in California from 2019 to 2022. It has a wonderful landscape and beautiful mansions and nice cars but the cities' downtowns full of drug addicts and terrible rent prices made me rethink and come back to my country. I feel happier here!

[@miroperinich2495]

I see such pictures from America all the time, and you confirm it. You are lucky to have somewhere to escape.

[@redruby747]

Lucky u usa sucks

[@3Kefka6Palazzo9]

@@miroperinich2495 I'm 40 and share the same sentiment as you. To think, America used to be the place others jostled to get into, now, even those who immigrated here are luckier to have an escape back to their country of origin while we born to America can only wish for an escape...

[@stayingfitandfocused]

Bro I'm coming to brazil soon and never coming back

[@Sora_Nai]

brazil is even worse so IDK wtf your are complaining about. Its cool tho we don't want you here anyways.

[@montanamombo]

I helped my daughter raise her three kids, and we took them out of school early on, homeschooled all three. They finished in a private highschool, and all three graduated with honors. Proud to say we did the right thing.

[@MA-xv5qn]

As I grow older, the more I can feel the weight of America's demise pulling everyone down into the abyss. If you take the time to notice, workplaces are not civil anymore and there is no incentive to keep employees safe anymore. No incentives for advancement in any company because advanced positions are reserved for the owner's family members. Sober minded people are having to fight addicts everyday in the workforce to survive. it has reached a point where America tolerates too much.There is no shared moral compass. no direction, no goal. Just purposeless.

[@BigTroubleD]

Greed. Our individualism has gone too far. There is too much fear of certain socialist policies. Communal living is the way. People need to care about each other. Greed has ruined our government and subsequently our country. We spend way too much on the military and issues outside our own country. We can’t be the world police anymore….

[@suchgreatheights8841]

This. The workplace comment is spot on. Camaraderie is gone. Priorities are excessively based on pleasing management and backstabbing colleagues or gossiping. That has always existed but especially the fact that companies dont care and your just a number is sad.

[@dogma8538]

yes...all of this. its sad to see

[@MA-xv5qn]

@@runningcommentaryinc.4480 yup, i worked with heroine addicts before. Seen them doping up in the bathroom. Also alot of ketamine amd fentanyl users. Drugs are way to accessible now.

[@ValiantVisions314]

Yes I definitely notice this. The laws are also crazy. I worked fire EMS for 7 years before I moved to Florida. Then worked EMS for my first two years in Florida. Up until I received a letter from the Agency for Health Care Administration telling me I was disqualified from working as a Florida healthcare worker because of a criminal record with dismissed charges from 20 years ago. Wait, what. I have to apply for an exemption. Let me remind you that I obtained my Florida C C W around the same time as getting my AHCA disqualification letter. So what they're saying is this. I can carry weapons and do whatever comes with that, but I can't save lives until I get an exemption. That makes no sense at all. I'm also a combat vet. Let me tell you in the real world that DOES NOT MATTER..

[@MyerShift7]

Every "empire" crumbles. It's inevitable. Especially when you factor the unbelievable greed we have today.

[@douche8980]

Entropy

[@freddythamesblack8479]

There's only so much resources in the world and that is running out..

[@virginiapicker]

True, but some have lasted longer than others. The Romans and Ottomans lasted hundreds of years. We've barely made it 100 years as an international contender so far.

[@patienceobongo]

A central bank loots the wealth from a nation.

[@dundermiflin3523]

We need to put more folks in jail (not really).

[@cynthiaduke4913]

Hi Nick, I just wanted to say thank you for your time explaining the whole truth! You are appreciated😊 God bless you 🙏

[@rockinrollin8306]

It all comes down to greed! We want to hold someone accountable, but most of them are so far out of reach, that we fight amongst ourselves. 😢

[@ernestcotton9324]

It was done on purpose

[@charlesphilhower1452]

And jealousy of those that have more is more destructive than people that come up with new ideas and make big money. Many people that are making good money are doing it because they are good at something and enjoy what they are doing. It is a myth that most people that became wealthy did so by taking from to those that have nothing because the fact is people are compensated on the value of what they have to offer as far as filling a need or desire of others. There are many businesses that thrive on the bad decisions of others like Uber Eats and Door Dash.😊

[@tylerhaynes8546]

"They" want us divided and fighting, and fear mongered. It's an easy way to control and DISTRACT the population. I don't think there's a truer statement than "United we stand, divided we fall"

[@tylerhaynes8546]

United we stand. Divided we fall.

[@godfreynicholson3202]

@@tylerhaynes8546 real life. Facts.

[@astralplainer]

I read somewhere that a gas station attendant in the 1950s could support his family and pay the mortgage on his single salary. Think about that for a moment.

[@timmayeaux2743]

when I was young, we had two keys to our family car. One of those keys stayed in the ignition switch, all the time. Communist & savages are killing Amerika

[@LK-pc4sq]

YES VERY TRUE!!! a 1950s minimum wage could buy a house!!! Its called "INCOME EQUALITY" or the Gini index. Its horrible in the united states!

[@LK-pc4sq]

@@neutrino78x Nope California and Arizona where a house cost $8,000 and 1/3 minimum wage is equal to that of the mortgage payment!

[@antonius_006]

Blame religious fundamentalists.

[@sandystanley1237]

@@timmayeaux2743 my dad used to put it on the sun visor

[@21bluefins]

I was born in 1967. My father worked a full time job, and supported the whole family, and our mother was a housewife. We weren’t rich by any means, but we lived in a nice little house. I had an awesome childhood!! In today’s America, it takes both parents working 12-15 hours a day, just to stay afloat. The middle class neighborhoods in my town, look very run down.. I think because people don’t have the money, or time to properly maintain their property. People don’t dress very nice, and the majority of them look absolutely worn out! America is in the process of throwing all morals out the window. Most children are being raised by single mothers, or come and go live in boyfriends/girlfriends. I personally believe, that we as a country, will soon see the middle class disappear. There will only be the very poor, and the very wealthy. I feel sorry for my 26 year old son, he will never have the life I had..

[@kyliepechler]

The middle class have been in a steady decline since the 1980's.

[@ShawnBen]

I was born in 1975 prematurely with ongoing health issues. My late mother was a stay at home mom. My late father told her no one was going to raise their children like them. Society fed my working class parents the narrative of having children brought happiness which didn't come. I grew up poor and hated every second because I was bullied for being born poor. I don't wish to bring children into a country that believes that way.

[@god-son-love]

@@ShawnBen, I am sorry to hear that. People didn't know better, and bullying was commonplace. Maybe your parents were bullied and normalized bullying behaviors since no one feels its wrong.

[@generator6946]

Richard M. Nixon

[@Cent-130]

True

[@jamesgeist9535]

Wow bro. This is a much different post from what I'm used to. Well informed and very well articulated perspective. Good work man.

[@peterdelgiudice5559]

Nick your narration is fun and keeps it interesting. You are not shouting and playing annoying music. I am able to actually watch your videos. Good work!

[@MC-pz3ps]

This is the end result of Greed. All the other countries in the world, protect their country's manufacturing base, and other businesses, that produce products that can be sold abroad. Our politicians took money though lobbyist to help facilitate companies moving to cheaper labor countries, to help them make bigger profits. By moving their company's out of the US, and then ship the products back here to be sold. Those jobs that were lost, were all union jobs at one time. That's how now you just see a shell of what our cities used to be.

[@austinhernandez2716]

@@rogersmith7396 bs. When bribery is allowed and there are restrictions on the working man but not on the rich, that's not a free market at all.

[@MC-pz3ps]

@Arvin ant Agreed. Look at all the European and Asian countries, they don't allow their major employing companies to move their factories out, to third world countries, and then ship back home the products. It's as simple as that, some call it protectionism. Right now though the greed for profits, most of all America's goods are assembled in a fake communist country, China, who's whole economy relies on trade with what's left of America. When it collapses, there will be war, and we'll have a climate change, it's will be a nuclear winter that will last for decades.

[@australianpatriot]

It's just the life cycle of empires, it repeats itself throughout history.

[@johnswanson3741]

Thank your vote for dumbacrat politicians in bed with unions!

[@johnswanson3741]

@@austinhernandez2716 you are delusional

[@yuriyu123]

Peruvian here. When I was a kid I used to think the US was paradise on earth, and that It would be cool to contribute to its development. As I grew up, I learned more and more about the dark secrets of the US, and changed my mind. Americans digged their own grave.

[@nikkiwilder660]

Yes, I regret most of my votes, especially Bill Clinton.

[@dennisvillacorte4122]

America is a joke today. The world is now awaking to the ugly face of America.

[@EnglishSaxons]

The public of the empires are never responsible all the fingers in the American Pie aren't American or are loyal too it Its all kosher

[@beyourself2444]

@@nikkiwilder660 The Free Trade guy

[@FrostyBob99]

Not all Americans wanted empire. My people haven't wanted anything but isolation for decades well back to before WW2. America used to be a self reliant economy that fell victim to globalism. It cost us quality of life and it's going to be the end of our civilization .

[@patmahoney7513]

Nick I can understand the unique position that your job has given you, and the opportunity to see what's happening to America. Sadly it's not just happening to the US but to all the nations in the same way, ie the UK, Japan, and even the nations with dictators such as China, North Korea, Russia, etc. I appreciate that you are inviting different speakers/writers, those who may have a number of solutions to fix the problems we face. I believe there is one reason and one reason alone that if changed, may mend America. And also I can prove it. :)

[@sudarshang6956]

What can be that reason?

[@patmahoney7513]

@@sudarshang6956 greed & money. Politicians do what they can to line their own pockets. They don't care what happens to their constituents or towns or businesses - the businesses they send overseas. Politicians and lobbyists are corrupt. Period. Trump took one dollar each quarter he was in office, and the rest he donated to different causes. You don't hear that on MSM..

[@briansim1648]

Nick, great episode. Cal’s a terrific guest. He really gets it!

[@Apsolution1]

Im from eastern Europe and the hell some of the buildings you showed seemed to be in worse situation than our abandoned buildings , and even Houses seem closed off somehow and amount of tents is absolutely terrifying hope you guys get back on your feet

[@412StepUp]

I just drove around my city in the US and there’s barely any abandoned buildings and no homeless tent cities that I saw. They are showing the absolute worst parts but not showing the other 99% of America.

[@bradwright25]

@@412StepUp Yea this hogwash. Crime rates are actually much lower than they have been in decades. The late 80s and early 90s was the height of crime. A lot of this is just catering to a scared base which seems to be most of this channels followers.

[@AZ-rg3rf]

@Abarst Ukraine, LOL

[@Faygo2215]

@@412StepUp even if theres no tents or abandoned buildings its still pretty bad

[@glorymanheretosleep]

It's not a fair comparison because your buildings are made from materials that won't crumble.

[@BlackHeather777]

My mother was born in 1954. She died in 2019. Before she passed away she commented on the big changes she has seen take place with this country. She described the world is a waste land. She kind of made me feel like she was happy that she may be passing on soon. I’m still here.

[@oldladytrexarms]

My grandma was born in the same year but she's still alive and makes sure my siblings and I know that she at least gets to die soon so who cares what happens to the world cause it won't affect her any... why do they not care about the people they leave behind who have to deal with the hell of them being gone and deal with the world? On top of that, my family gave me shit genetics so I not only get to deal with all that but I also have a failing body and can't work. It really sucks...

[@charleshoang566]

@@oldladytrexarms The family like your that what makes America crumble.

[@Anonymous-qj3sf]

My grandfather was born in the USSR in 1956. He's still here and turned 66 in April

[@tias.6675]

I don't blame your mother for possibly feeling that way. Hope she's in a better place than this dumpster.

[@jimcrawford3185]

I m a 68 yr old fossil It s great to be almost dead I m looking forward to my quite narrow cabin at the corner of 6th & Green Yes, when l go, it ll be good for me and party time for all the little worms Good bye, good night, good luck Got Jesus?

[@davidvillalba3694]

Saludos desde Argentina... me.gusta mucho lo que planteas... Está buenísimo que sumes un poco más de historia... felicitaciones!!

[@videomaniac108]

I was born in 1951 in Chicago and grew up in the 50s and 60s, amid a time of prosperity and optimistic hope. What I see now is squalor, despair and the formerly great cities as cesspools of crime and human misery. I feel sorry for the young people of today who have to cope with such a dysfunctional society.

[@videomaniac108]

@Jose Ortiz We lived in the Northside of the town, not the Southside, so things were pretty safe up there.

[@videomaniac108]

@Jose Ortiz In the 50s & 60s when I was there it wasn't so bad. I lived in apartments near Wrigley Field, Lincoln Park, Rogers Park and other neighborhoods on the North side near the lake. These were low income, white working class neighborhoods where you had to grow up being street smart and tough, otherwise you'd be fair game for the bullies. When I look at these neighborhoods now on Google Earth I can see that the physical and economic conditions have deteriorated badly, so I'm sure that crime and violence are more of a problem.

[@cinder2085]

You sound like such a fucking pessimist. I am a young person and I don’t see the world in such a terrible way like you do. My generation is fighting for real change and that’s why we still have hope

[@cinder2085]

In the old days you guys had a lot bad shit problems of your own . Like did you forget that a lot of murders and serial killers existed . You had murders , rape, kidnappings that would go unnoticed and wouldn’t get solved due to the lack of technology advancement we have now. You had people dying from Hiv in the 80s due to lack of medical advancement. You had lynchings and segregation throughout the 50s and 60s. You think your times were perfection but they were just as bad. I rather live now where I know I won’t get murdered by some crazy maniac in his basement and people think I just went missing and people not finding out what happen to me for years . Or catching things that would have killed me then but are very treatable now

[@videomaniac108]

@@cinder2085 You'll get murdered now at random by some crazy maniac who's angry at the world because he lost his job or his girlfriend cheated on him. Maybe your kids will get mowed down by a serial shooter at their school because of some nut job who doesn't like the government. Enjoy your wonderful new world.

[@Tonymanero1960]

People always say ''there were plenty of problems in the old days'',....and I always say,..''yeah,..but,...we still have all of those problems,....and so many more''.I am recently retired at 60,..and will finish out my life in relative comfort,...but,....I am so glad I don't have children,...or grandchildren to worry about.The future is looking grim for sure.

[@jonlouis2582]

Same here.

[@StallionFernando]

I'm 26 and have wanted children for a while but the way things are idk if it's the right thing to do. Sucks that things are the way, the west is collapsing at an alarming rate, no empire last forever I guess.

[@Tonymanero1960]

@@StallionFernando I feel for you,.I know children can bring immense joy,...but,..I have seen families/parents suffer excruciating despair and sadness courtesy of their offspring. If you aren't ready for a lifetime emotional and financial commitment to them,....DON'T HAVE CHILDREN.

[@tomslife2956]

If you are working hard not lazy and you woll succeed in life.I'm retired from UPS at age 58 year old.

[@at2130]

@@tomslife2956 You also are from a generation that could do that. A little different for younger generations than just working hard.

[@apes29]

Amazing interview. It's exactly how I've been feeling and I'm going to go by his book right now

[@paul-andregravelle]

Congratulations for this compelling, yet balanced diagnosis.

[@alexkachur6358]

I was born in the USSR and witnessed the collapse of the soviet empire. Every time I visit the US these days (and I spent quite a lot of time there) I have a feeling of deja vu. When the soviet empire collapsed the setting was undoubtedly different but in the essense, problems were quite similar.

[@alexbleks]

Same with East Germany, economy was bad, no jobs, etc

[@yuliasergeevna2310]

Same feeling, what we have lived through when the USSR collapsed is scary to remember, but still then we had highly educated and strong spirited people, I don't think the current generation has gotten those guts, so only God knows how they pull through, just praying the barbaric politicians of the dying empire don't start ww3.

[@Saeglopur89]

@@yuliasergeevna2310 Maaaany people from whole "Soviet Union" emigrated -to western countries, I doubt Americans will. Also in Soviet it was more about bankrupcy of goverments, not mass immigration from different cultures like in Europe now at huge scale :/ This ruins western and norhern Europe now :/

[@chowwh308]

@@yuliasergeevna2310 I've no doubts russians are better educated and much more cultured than the west..a big contrast is in the way russian leaders speak and conduct themselves (esp putin n lavro) vs the mostly babbling western politicians. Greetings from Sg.

[@Natalie-oo9ly]

@@chowwh308 As a Russian , I will tell you one secret- our young generation is no way better than yours. I would assume more or less the same level of education, because similar educational system was implemented. Soviet education was much better compare to the modern Russian education system. I think Chinese, Koreans , Japanese and Indians are much more advanced nowadays. They are really pushing hard.

[@geraldmiller5260]

In 1972, I worked in a factory for three months. It gave me enough money to pay for one year of private college and a seven year old Volkswagen. My daughter, in 2010, by working in an amusement park (which was the only real work around), could not pay for one semester of school, let alone a used car.

[@phoenixrising4995]

where I go cant even pay for 6 weeks of school, freaking ridiculous.

[@_Wai_Wai_]

college is not necessary. There are other options.

[@_Wai_Wai_]

maybe your daughter should have found work in a factory? One that pays real money.

[@geraldmiller5260]

No factory work cheap Chinese labor for increased corporate profits

[@kingsleyoji649]

@@_Wai_Wai_ that's true, but it's not the point

[@lawrencetrapani5623]

Good Commentary! Thank you Brother

[@Antonio-tl6ex]

thanks for the great video - the interview with Erin was my favourite - seems grounded with common sense

[@Timetravel1819]

I didn't realize how much of a decline America is in until I lived in New Zealand and then Switzerland. It was a shocker on how much better things were there for common people. Here everything is better only if you're super rich. But in other countries, there are so many small things you never think of that are better for common people. It was an eye opener.

[@patrickmelson4745]

Like what?

[@erossinema8797]

Australia is the same way--- higher standard of living

[@alexbleks]

@@Freja_Solstheimwhy are you allowed on KZbin as a Chinese?

[@williamschlenger1518]

Try Germany 😊

[@Saeglopur89]

@@patrickmelson4745 Like what? No trash everywhere, world's top infrastructure, no ghettos and people running with guns. Although last things are changing here in Europe - more and more cities are filled with Middle Easterns and Africans. Scale of this is nightmare. Most of them have nothing to do. Trash and crime starts in those regions, sad to watch specially last 15 years.

[@adamharris1406]

As a merchant mariner first time I landed in the U.S. in 1963, I found it a great country bursting with prosperity. After that, I visited the U.S. many times over the years and found it going down in poverty and despair. Ghettos, ghost towns and slums are cropping up all over, and the crime rate is high. America of 1963 does not exist.

[@carefulconsumer8682]

So true. Sad, but true. An I see no will to change it for the better.

[@windyvista3657]

I don't envy the people who remember some America that seems fantastical and childishly idealistic. American life now is defined by an increasingly short meaningless existence defined by shallow, brutish, and often sociopathic pragmatism in pursuit of pointless idolatry (generally greed). The American nightmare

[@atkinsr1421]

Our great country is collapsing. Small towns big cities. Are we becoming a third world nation. You may ask why. Look into the past countries that failed. Refocus on small communities and watch the explosion of growth. Job creativity in smaller communities. Humbly my observation. Not a red or blue problem but a community problem. Local.

[@lindalocklin6981]

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS OPENED OUR SOUTHERN BOARDERS / NOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STILL COMING IN OUR USA / GOD HELP US ALL AMEN

[@ozzyhouston2535]

Private equity firms are cannibalizing the country.

[@micosstar]

i love the segments of speakers in the middle to the end of the video nick! (:

[@debbiemartin8523]

Debs husband says it's the summer of love!!! Come feel the love! Everyone needs a summer of love hug and the opportunity to hold hands and share how their feelings were hurt! The summer of love makes everyone feel warm and fuzzy. The summer of love yeah baby bring it!!!

[@freedomtosayno7880]

“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” ― Thomas Sowell

[@jeannehunter5344]

And if in doubt, print money!

[@XxRaliXx]

Thomas Sowell is for alt right shit heads

[@jamesbrown9553]

@@jeannehunter5344 Thomas so well is a disgrace to Black America and his slave ancestors and to the history of America's black slavery

[@dojocho1894]

Sowell is a genius shows you liberals only like the dumb black man...not the one that calls them out

[@watchingitallhere]

Story checks out. ✔

[@ed5308]

America had it good when they produced the goods and the other countries had to deal with our economy. Now its a global economy and manufacturing goes to the cheapest bidder. We import more than we make. Now we have smarter business's with a need for a smaller workforce. Jobs that pay enough to support a family are disappearing. You have college students with degrees that cost them 200k and less opportunities to pay them back. People get out of school and want to become CEO's overnight. The American Dream is dead and you have to be asleep to believe in it. George Carlin RIP

[@brucemarsico6]

Someone has to enlighten you about George Carlin and that someone is I. You don't think that George lived a fine, wealthy life? He made lots of money bashing the society that enriched him. He had the best of medical care...do you? He associated with the monied and socially connected. You are beguiled by the bull shit spewed by the Hollywood types. George did live the dream....he just wasn't man enough to be grateful for what he had and chose to scorn the nation that enriched him. A common flaw of the american elite......

[@user-ms4ef8xz9t]

Could not agree with you more. There is no easy answer to cheap labor overseas. Those of us here in the US are, at some point, going to just have to suck it up. We can't compete if we expect to $20 dollars an hour and a guy in Vietnam only requires $2 a day. We have been living "high on the hog" since WW1. Those days are coming to an end.

[@grandwonder5858]

@Ed530, the rich billionaires disagree with your assessments! Just during Trump’s presidency alone we have added over 100 billionaires to the billionaires list that are now reaching 748 and counting! And the billionaires that were already billionaires have more than doubled their wealth thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, loopholes for the billionaires, and the deregulations that helped the billionaires save money from having to follow rules and clean up after the mess that their companies were making! Together these billionaires now hold more wealth than the bottom 68% of the US’s population!

[@ed5308]

@@grandwonder5858 That's wonderful. I am not saying money is not flowing. I am saying the average person is worse off. Are you a billionaire penchant???

[@MrManfly]

The guest mentioned "personal responsibility"....good luck with that with people who feel entitled in 2022 !!

[@sueware8377]

Abraham Lincoln said it best..."We don't have to worry about our country collapsing due to outside powers or forces...it will collapse from within" and he seems to be correct! Reading about Rome, Greece, etc...those are a blueprint for what is happening now. I believe we are witnessing this very thing. I would love to be wrong...but the reality is upon us and our behavior and morality will certainly bring us down...we are headed in that direction.

[@judithgrace9850]

Real truth.

[@smartypants4571]

I think he was talking about the Civil War !

[@barbaratatton3855]

Appropriate quote Ty.

[@robertcampbell8639]

All true. America is being dismantled right before our eyes by a corrupt political party and others. Most have sold out to foreign powers including some high ranking military leaders if the people don't wake up and see what's happening then we've lost our country. It up to all people of the US whether we keep it or loose it...

[@oriplaydirty]

China would disagree that’s why American media has propaganda against them

[@elmobolan4274]

This makes me grateful my husband and I never had kids and I'm older...I saw America when it was still at it's best, had morals and rules that most of us followed...

[@slevinchannel7589]

Yes, you have a totally twisted Idea of America, which never had 'epic morals and rules'. I BET, without even knowing you, that your probably in love with the Nuclear-Family and probably-deeply-homophobic. Wanna bet? Those wankers who dream of a Past that never was and remember a 'perfect, epic America' are usually the dumbest-idiots; no offense. No, you have never seen 'America, the Land of the Free, the Mostest-Best Nation' cause that was always unreal.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Elmo, you cant understand how bad this f-ed up Country always was. Maybe watch 'Cuba Protests' by KZbinr Second Thought to at least get a Glimpse.

[@elmobolan4274]

@@slevinchannel7589 My dad was in the military and my family was stationed in England in the late 70's -through the early 80's...I was a pre-teen/teenager and I knew it was bad...my mom use to buy a little extra at the American Commissary for her English friend because that country was always going on strike and there were items her British couldn't get...it was bad then and it seems like it's just gotten so much worse-well if ur just an average joe....looks like u must be uber, uber rich the enjoy an comfortable British life...

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@elmobolan4274 That's a lot of not-very-relevant details.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@elmobolan4274 And your comment legit ends with a RANDOM Assumption with no evidence about me being Super-Rich, haha.

[@hulloweliyah]

"Our prisons are empty" My dude, our country has built more for-profit prisons than hospitals in the last decade. Indeed our country is in decline, but mass incarceration is a key factor in that decline.

[@briquetaverne]

In 1982 in my neck of the woods on Long Island a pair of Turk brothers took an abandoned Flying 'A' gas station, put a lot of sweat equity into it, renamed it Rallye Gas and after 8 months of upgrading opened up for business. Their prices were just slightly less than almost all the other stations, but the big difference was that they stayed open from 5:30 AM to Midnight each day 7 days a week. Their success helped improve the appearance of the service station. After 4 years of being in business successfully and now part of the neighborhood. One day the younger brother was on duty, when about 10:00 PM a man pumped his own gas at the self serve Island then went inside and instead of paying, plunged a knife into the stomach of the younger brother and cleaned out the register. He ran to his car and jumped into it to run, but forgot to remove the nozzle from his cars gas filler and ripped the hose off just as a Police car passed. The PD hesitated just long enough to see the Younger brother run out of his door, holding a bloodied hand to his stomach and pointing to the car wildly. The PD took chase and called in other PD's. The robber in a panic miles away, dumped the car near some woods and ran just as several other PD's arrived moments after the chase ended. (An ambulance and another PD had been called to the gas station and transported the Turk to the hospital). The robber turned out to be an illegal entry Cuban. He was cornered in the woods and the PD found both the knife and the stolen money on him. At first the Turk didn't want to press charges as he and his brother were also illegal aliens who'd overstayed their passport's time limit. They were offered immunity to testify in court, so the stabbed brother testified in court against the Cuban. Unknown to the Brothers but their immunity ended when the trial concluded. The Cuban got 11 years in prison and was sent away. Within a month of the trial's end, Immigration came knocking on the Turk's door and within 4 months both were deported. The gas station was never resold and soo became more derelict than when it was taken over by the Turks. The immediate neighborhood around the service station became victimized by intoxicated and drugged up individuals who used the abandoned place as a shelter.

[@andyusfca]

lol

[@CJM6]

Think about the amplification with 20 million "newconers"

[@o2kala649]

One of the most pivotal changes is the cultural change that happened with corporations in the 80,90 and now. It used to be that you could work in one corporation for most of your life and that corporation took care of you and your family. Corporation even paid for your kids to go to college. They help with mortgages, cars etc. The corporation was loyal to its workforce and workforce loyal to it. Then big change was when corporations became beholden to their shareholders rather than their employees. Once that happened, it became easy to ship jobs outside. The erosion of the middle class followed soon after. Now you have a huge disparity between rich and poor because more of the middle class became poor. Poverty is a cancer, once it takes hold it grows. Efforts to deal with poverty have failed. These failures make the remaining middleclass and the rich resist paying taxes because they know how funds get squandered. The cure is to take money out of politics. Once u do that, politics because about ideas rather than greed. Then scale back on the military spending big time. The other thing is to change how the US advances it’s influence in the world. Look at China in Africa. They go to Africa and build stuff and teach the Africans and win them over not through bullets and brutality.

[@jeffcushman9725]

I am surprised there was no mention of NAFTA the beginning of the end what all of our jobs went to China

[@SELondonUSA]

I agree with all of your views but have one point to make. Corporations have always been beholden to their shareholders. The truth is that all businesses are there to make money. Not computers, domestic appliances, cars, services, etc. The old paternalistic relationship with employees is long gone, never to return.

[@sweetla4750]

U can’t be serious,China in Africa has ZERO to do with enriching their lives…has EVERYTHING to do with the Chinese being greedy & evil…let me know when the Chinese come to town & employ any locals let alone make their lives better

[@tinkerinjones6604]

70% of corporations left the USA altogether...either through NAFTA where they split and went to mexico and canada or just outright left for china or taiwan. On top of that, we used to have immigration laws that were enforced, you had to support yourself if you came here, etc. Now we have 2.5M refugees, bettween 13-20M illegal aliens viaing for the affordable housing our 37.2M americans in poverty need. They also split available funding for support, food, education, etc which is leaving our poor in worse conditions than previously...simply is no afforable housing to shelter twice the number of people. etc. Poor policy, not a crumbling country...just REALLY bad policy

[@sweetla4750]

@@tinkerinjones6604 perfectly said!

[@litaheffley6990]

Awesome 👌 video great love your videos thanks 😊 ❤

[@ginacoghlan217]

Brilliant man. Our country is a disaster and people feel hopeless and helpless today. Too much division and fighting between politicians who should be bringing us together

[@jackrepairlobo3790]

I was in Medellin Colombia couple weeks ago. I was so shocked to see they have ten times better transportation than South Florida. Too many cars on the road ,no mass transit, congestion everywhere

[@therealtoni]

So move to Colombia...

[@rogermichaelwillis6425]

@@therealtoni I would love to, but I live in Istanbul, where the mass transit is even better

[@phoenixrising4995]

Even funnier is Kenya has higher test scores than American schools overall. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@harenterberge2632]

Yeah but public transport is communism /s

[@rayn3038]

Absolutely dude….been telling People for years America is becoming a hectic…noisy Crap Hole over crowded with Rats in a big Hurry….creating a massive Rat Race you cannot escape from….they all have Automobiles and Go everywhere and mob everything.

[@MrDaddynomates]

The part about polarised and divided politics is so true. It's becoming a problem here in the UK as well. I'm a centrist, I always have been. I believe a society needs a balance of Conservative and Liberal policies to function properly. Yet there's no political party to represent me anymore. It's becoming impossible to debate politics in a civilised adult way. You have to pick a side, left or right. It really pisses me off.

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

I thought the UK had the option of many parties besides the main two? The USA really needs more than 2 parties to moderate the zero sum game of the GOP and Dems.

[@jamesrobert4106]

We have the left pretending to be the right and the extreme left, resulting in the infested, multicultural cesspool we live in.

[@RoySATX]

Being middle of the road has never felt more like you were about to become roadkill than now.

[@allsouls5997]

Thomas Jefferson said "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” ( And the Federal Reserve is a private Bank )

[@christopherbrooks6355]

I used to be a leftist and now I'm politically homeless. But I believe we need that same balance. I didn't know that what centrists were

[@user-pt7ct5sg8t]

Wow! You got Cal Thomas to be on your program program--that sure speaks to the quality of your videos. This is such a helpful video at a time when it is sorely needed. Everyone must pay attention. Cal was right- we need a shared moral sense. Also need people who follow God and love and care about their fellow man, their fellow children of God. Than you!!

[@MoveInSilence23]

That should tell you the caliber of fearmongering and trolling this channel does.

[@user-lj8bl8wq8u]

In many cities, the infrastructure has not changed for 50 years and is falling into disrepair, but there is no money for a new one, since everything is spent on foreign policy. At the same time, the richest Americans are getting richer due to production exported to Asia, while the poorest and middle class are getting poorer.

[@piobmhor8529]

It’s not just the US. It’s the same in Canada. I’m in my 60s. The Canada I grew up in is unrecognizable to what we see today. Political parties had differing opinions, but at least they seemed to be paddling in the same direction nevertheless back then. My Dad never finished high school, punched a time clock in a factory and managed to buy a house whose purchase price was equal to one year’s salary. He fed our family on one income; my Mother was a stay-at-home Mom. One generation later, my wife and I bought a house similar to what my parents bought, but it was equal to three years of our combined salaries. We’re both university educated with good white-collar jobs, and it takes both our salaries to get by. We never had any children, but my nephews and nieces cannot hope to become homeowners, and are relegated to a lifetime of renting apartments and living paycheque to paycheque. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see a trend. It’s even worse for my great-nephews and nieces.

[@markrobby7136]

The same people runs Canada. Greedy p^gs and corporate greed.

[@dimitristripakis7364]

I live in Greece and with one year's salary now you buy a car. And 40% of the population can not even do that.

[@LouisPaquette]

Same here, And every day the federal and provincial governments look for new ways to take over economic activity. Only they are 1/10th as efficient at doing so - so taxes consume and ever growing portion of our earnings. We need a new nation - separated from big government - anti-white and anti chrisitians from all those who hate us. This is the only workable solution.

[@coshyno]

@@dimitristripakis7364 wow

[@teresalyle2431]

Leave out God(Christianity) the devil takes over.The lifeline is cut off,and death sets in!!

[@meganruchwatercolors7186]

Just watching those old clips of America makes you smile and gives you a happy feeling! I was born in 1962, and my childhood was magical! Then we move to what America is today and it is so tragic and frightening!

[@DeanDewnuffun]

Democrats brought us this. Hippies and Leftists.

[@allsouls5997]

Thomas Jefferson said "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” ( And the Federal Reserve is a private Bank )

[@lesbutterworth7804]

@@allsouls5997 you have to ask yourself who owns and runs the banks including the fed bank, i know but cannot say on here,

[@allsouls5997]

@@lesbutterworth7804 the IMF the city of London the Vatican

[@mihirm3632]

@@CARRERA12A Reduce taxes on the rich (job creators and risk takers), ban abortion and sex before marriage, ban divorce, zero capital gains tax, increase prisons - boom the country is fixed.

[@johnsolodovesky582]

excellent video!

[@wisetibetanmonkey1624]

Much appreciated 👌

[@codyj1162]

Thank you for addressing the fact that morals and values have gone to hell instead of casually avoiding that fact like most do. I applaud the courage to point this out as a major factor nowdays. 🙂👍

[@anaibarangan4908]

Those have to begin from very young, because there's so much self righteous opinions on others, that completely forget to look at ownselves first. Such good families? Really? As far as I know, too many bad example Dads, and Moms just putting up with it all or pretending that it wasn't happening, or somehow really fooled by husbands. Nothing has changed. Then the wanting to get married to someone since high school. I just wasn't raised with the same mindset, because what does it take to catch husbands in high school? It's not going to be just holding hands the whole time. I just find it all so backwards mentality, in both issues I'm addressing, and if it is about women that way, it is about men. My mom was out to catch my stepdad if she suspected hanky panky going on, and she did multiple times until she decided that no more. Divorce. At some point her self esteem just wasn't taking it ANYMORE. Egomaniac narcissistic blindness snowflakes, all about money and status? Will take it all until one of them dies.

[@jeannehunter5344]

Yes, with the Kardashians, drugged rappers and Hollywood as your main brands, no-one has respect for the USA anymore. The dirty mud-slinging politics also doesn't paint a good picture.

[@kendavies945]

America has never had "morals and values", it was founded by religious maniacs who committed genocide on the native population then proceeded to build on the backs of 240 years of brutal slavery.

[@ShawnBen]

People want other people to love them because of self hate. Stop depending on your neighbors love you when they also hate themselves. I can't put you above me without putting myself first. People have no right to demand respect without giving it!

[@welsthe3rd]

The lack of Home Markers is also an issue (stay at home Mom/Dad). Their jobs were basically to maintain society. It just burns people out when society asks everyone to work full time jobs, maintain social lives, stay healthy, raise kids, and care about their communities

[@australopithecusafarensis5386]

Stay at home moms. Men need to work or they’ll be criminal

[@gmailacct9496]

Can cut social and community out save alot of time

[@australopithecusafarensis5386]

@@gmailacct9496 save it for what

[@omariorocks]

Can’t wait

[@tylerhaynes8546]

This video is dead on, much respect to you for exposing the reality of what's going on beyond our phone and gadget screens. I've intuitively seen the falling of this country for quite some time, but nothing more so than today

[@lc9183]

So true, I think greed by the upper class doomed us( tax breaks and subsidies, bailouts for the rich) . Corruption and unnecessary wars gutted our treasury .

[@solaireofastora8609]

Depends on the upper class, the government elite is the majority problem because they dont care about the working class and would rather print trillions of dollars and waste money on leftist bullshit than actually help Americans. Government dependency and overreach is why we will fall, why morals and religious purpose is dead, why the family system is fucked. The super rich is a problem, but the government is worse

[@bartduynstee1577]

yes, but Nick is blaming the lower class for getting to much handouts, and thus creating unstable conditions, whereas the upper class is the one responsible for starting it..... and maintaining it.

[@thejfactor1]

Fiat currency is the root cause

[@solaireofastora8609]

@@bartduynstee1577 The people who came up with the idea of section 8 housing, welfare and handouts are to blame

[@Helaw0lf]

Ruling that corporations are people and not just a company.

[@jnucleo]

I visited Russia just after the collapse in 1992 and the similarities with the US today are startling. A feeling that there is a criminal element that is operating and maybe even running things. We took a train overnight on a ten day tour and the tour operator provided an armed escort on the train for our group! The other thing that was incredible was the complete loss of value of the ruble at the time. We were able to travel on the famed Moscow metro for a couple of Kopeks which amounted to several cents. The loss of liberties today in the US thanks to the Patriot Act, we've regressed to a form of what the Soviet Union used to be. Incredible.

[@NickJohnson]

Sounds dangerous

[@jnucleo]

@@NickJohnson Hey Nick! Love your videos! Just watched the one on "San Ber'dino".

[@spankduncan1114]

@@jnucleo you a Zappa fan?

[@remc0s]

@@spankduncan1114 No, he's just a dancing fool.

[@spankduncan1114]

@@remc0s The unmitigated audacity of the guy...

[@davidmoore3479]

I actually remember watching these old educational videos in elementary school. there's a whole plethora of these videos we watched all the way up to high school.

[@mahikhan2604]

Staying on top is not an easy job, as Cal said, every generation must reinvent a new spirit for America. I think most of the problems can be solved if both parties can do away with partisan positions and work together. I think the middle ground between the right and the left is the best strategy.

[@KCFromTheIE]

It’s crazy that we send so much money out of the country when our country is crumbling….great vid Nick!

[@coreyanderson7424]

We spend more money on immigrants.

[@mohammedalikhan6834]

To prop up anti Muslim terrorists across the world.

[@xyleblack2545]

Maybe try saving money on the bombs your government is constantly dropping on country's the US isn't even at war with.

[@kennethmarston8687]

The only reason we send money and military aid out of the the US is so our elected officials can receive kickbacks

[@jordie4423]

True that but … I believe the USA has a great potential to become the new manufacturing powerhouse with the Chinese demise. Production will bring positives for the trade balance and with it, capital to rebuild America as a powerhouse

[@lyl3645]

Don’t blame China for US high crime rate - instead, blame the drug lords and justice system. The Chinese people have worked very hard to rebuild their country post colonial invasions and WWII destructions; most factory jobs offshored to them were undesired by most Americans anyways. Lowering labor costs (by offshoring or automation) is the nature of capitalism and free market.

[@wayneCA]

That's the point.

[@dirtyspriteisgood1857]

Is it really a free market when bailouts exist

[@TheMabes69]

gtfoh---Fact: China engages in intellectual property theft, cyber theft, and the Chinese government discriminates against foreign firms in such areas as regulatory enforcement, licensing, and market access. It's not a level playing field. Oh, and thanks for sending us all the deadly fentanyl to kill our youth.

[@strippergavemmepinkeye2.023]

Yeah but joe Biden is pro China it’s all apart of chinas plan there winning the war the next step is to attack Taiwan and if they take Taiwan they win

[@marktonello3535]

He is right...most people don't really care about their rights but just want to be left alone. In the long run, NOT going to happen..

[@maryakers1901]

In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his Governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the U.S. Congress to repeal most of MHSA. The MHSA was considered landmark legislation in mental health care policy.

[@ethanwetzel7]

Insane levels of income inequality and a senseless war on drugs with harsher sentencing certainly hasn't helped. With increased desperation people become angrier and more polarized with each generation.

[@rejuvinatez347]

Thats what happen in Ancient Rome. All those wars and the wealth went to the elite. The gap between rich and poor increased just like in America. Ancient Rome dealt with inflation problems by social welfare programmes.

[@Joaocruz30]

In the "mouche"!

[@rejuvinatez347]

@@Joaocruz30 Is that the word they used?

[@Itwasme007]

I don't hate anybody but "Fock" the Liberal progressive Democrats

[@mablo168]

America has fallen because it let migrants with non american principles in.... you guys can cope however you want but that is the reality.

[@davidarroyo1375]

We can not allow greed to exist in our very own homes and then complain about Corporations taking advantage of that. Every year we pay $300 extra on a phone that has 1 more lens or twice as memory and then we line up outside the store like its some ground breaking technology. We get what we deserve.

[@therabbitchannel2059]

It sounds like you don't deserve what's coming and neither do I.

[@arongilbert5828]

Stop buying i phones bud. I will never buy any apple products.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

It used to be that if you work in a company that was successful, you had part in that succes. You could improve yourself too. These days only the top improve themselves, and make more money in one month than you will make in your entire life. Anti-social greed has become the norm. Sharing has become a very VERY dirty word.

[@gelan111]

Nick you are doing important work. Just wanted to share that the one remnant of the middle class that people are still hanging onto is their car. People are living in terrible housing and decaying cities but they still have decent vehicles parked on those streets. When those start disappearing, that will be another significant indicator.

[@AlmightyFortune5]

We're starting to just live in our cars. I live in my van. I'm 30 with no kids. I've met so many displaced PEOPLE out here

[@significantsort2181]

At the beginning of the last century with the advent of the affordable Model-T, the car companies bought up the trolley companies and paved over the tracks. Then we were enticed to move out to the suburbs which were developed with the car in mind. Of course big oil was a player in this as well. Now a new car can easily cost over $40,000 and you have to have one. The American people have been had.

[@bvcbeans]

Cars are the last refuge for many and are cheaper and easier to finance than a house. How many are reliable, insured and paid for?

[@tuckerhiggins4336]

A lot of people are "poor" because they just had to drive a new Mercedes. They should pay their loans off first

[@gloglo1275]

@@tuckerhiggins4336 Exactly. We refuse to finance any car. We own 4 all paid off. I learned how to fix my own vehicles as well.

[@BitterSweetPoundcake]

I'm a Russian who moved to Canada when I was 8. I visited the US a few times and it was a shocker, the obesity, the drugs, the poor, the atmosphere in the air was just depressing. Canada in some parts is becoming slightly similar as well, which is concerning. I visited Russia as well a few times in the last years and of course there are downsides there too, but the people were all happy and kind and the streets are so clean, no drugs or homeless in sight. Lots of culture and reading, etc. People are very insightful. I hope to move back one day when I'm ready.

[@user-iz8rr5mf4m]

Возвращайтесь! Возможно, сейчас самое подходящее время.

[@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975]

Please go back tomorrow. I will pay for half your ticket.

[@BitterSweetPoundcake]

@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 you clearly you have no experience living in both countries and have no clue what you're talking about. Sore ego?

[@kingsleykester8167]

@@BitterSweetPoundcake Then what are you doing in Canada? Go back to Russia. For your information, Russia is a poor backward country

[@kingsleykester8167]

What are you finding in Canada then? Go back to Russia where you can swim in poverty

[@CM-sy3to]

Teachers used to have 30+ students in a concrete room without a/c. The teachers were better and so were the students and curriculum. Parents used to be welcome in the classroom as helpers and now they want to keep parents out of schools.

[@talalsebai4292]

This ''WE over extended our ability to help other nations'' made me cough m'y morning coffee out.

[@gratefulmin1180]

You always have a great video Nick, but none made me teary like this one. Deep sadness in my heart. My Mom emigrated here in the early 80’s, and she speaks highly of America. I finally came here to get married 7 years ago, and I saw a different America. I would tell my husband, “I should have come sooner” cause now, I am a witness to its decline. Still, there are lots of people who are in denial of whats really going on. Even from other countries, from my country. My friends and family can’t believe when I share them what’s really going on. And yes, the main stream media and Hollywood have something to do about it. All those lies and cover ups. Sad, really sad. Let’s keep praying for America.

[@josweetlove1537]

There is no where to go but down. It is written in prophecy. Too much freedom, arrogance, aggression and not enough righteousness.

[@NatsNiche]

Don't worry, America has been a mess since the early 80's. You didn't miss much.

[@olddave4833]

​@@NatsNiche I've been around since 1940 and believe America started going down hill when we started putting women and minorities in our government and other governments around the world. today it's got so that a minority has to have a certain job even if they have no qualifications at all.. Politicians have to be politically correct to get the votes to stay in office

[@NatsNiche]

@@olddave4833 wow! What a shitty belief.

[@MrApple12610]

@@olddave4833 you are the reason why the US is in decline.

[@ManeAzeem]

You know... sometimes I hate how spot on you are. RIP America... it was a good run :(

[@marilouinot6379]

Rest in pieces

[@hellodigitalworld8224]

@@marilouinot6379 rest In $hit

[@szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821]

@@marilouinot6379 Chinese or Russian????

[@lucashaskins242]

Don't give up, that's what Got us here.

[@007kingifrit]

jobs will come back as globalism ends. factories will retreat into america to get away from conflict

[@naturalfreeness322]

Just look at Detroit, and it explains everything, Greed is the elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge, Everything has price when it comes to greed, even a national dream. Great information

[@elviscollector]

I drive thru the most affluent towns in Massachusetts & the roads are like the moon surface. Potholes,cracks, bridges crumbling. More money than ever being printed and we cannot even afford to keep our infrastructure from caving in.

[@user-xz9ed8pw2s]

I do not think the word “entitled” is the accurate way of portraying the reality of being a Gen Z in America. When will older generations acknowledge that our salaries have not kept up with inflation! 45-50k in the 80s,90s and even early 00s just ain’t what it used to be adjusted for todays dollars. I think it’s fair to say that individuals have grown plum tired breaking their backs off the sweat of their brows for 40+ hours per week and not having anything to show for it, like basic necessities (affordable housing, cars, college and other things younger generations aren’t afforded with like our parents, grandparents and great grandparents). After taxes, rent, student debt there’s nothing left to save let alone live a COMFORTABLE lifestyle. Let’s go back to more on the job training for white/blue collar jobs instead of requiring Masters degrees that require a CRAP load of debt just to make 40-50k per year, with a 2-3% annual raise IF YOU’RE lucky!!

[@user-xz9ed8pw2s]

Younger generations are really one catastrophe away from being homeless and on the streets, but hey at least We’re “EDUCATED” right 🤣

[@Tikitackfouls]

Millennials too

[@K.Fulkerson]

The older folks would have never paid 1000,00 for a cell phone. They wouldn’t have three different streaming services and satellite tv. They wouldn’t buy 5.00 cups of coffee and they wouldn’t use doordash . They wouldn’t buy 5.00 energy drinks and take vacations every year. A big difference is, they knew they needed to save money and they did without “frivolous” things. They didn’t drive new cars or have credit cards and they lived within their means. It’s not popular now, but that doesn’t make it any less true.

[@user-xz9ed8pw2s]

@@K.Fulkerson chile bye 🤣

[@user-xz9ed8pw2s]

@@K.Fulkerson also, you describe a LAVISH lifestyle. One I don’t have the luxury of!

[@aquecedoroleo]

As a portuguese, we "conquered" the world, and now some people don't even know our existence, even geographically. Don't worry to much about pride and all, worry about keeping the country stable for everyone. That's how I see it.

[@D-Fens_1632]

Can you take some of the heat off us white American guys? Im still getting yelled at for stealing the Louisiana Territory.

[@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047]

@@simonyip5978 what land have you conquered

[@lovelypolishperson5566]

@@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047 brazil

[@babagalacticus]

don't know about "CONQUERED" (what GOA?) but the portuguese couldn't sell slaves & religious hokum around the world fast enough.

[@ellav5387]

@@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047 The Portuguese were everywhere. Sugar in Brazil, spice trade in the Indian ocean and they had colonies in East Indies and China.

[@peachsangria8704]

Your interview with Cal Thomas was ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Ivanjones-xj9oe]

Everything you said is true all great nations fall when their leaders turn their backs on God and believe they are greater than he so enjoy what we had in memory for our clock is ticking down to zero hour.

[@michaelhenderson2657]

Pay the politicians minimum wage ...that may weed out the pretenders

[@user-ms4ef8xz9t]

I like it. Treat like the public servants they are, not like a Gods they think they are.

[@catholicdad]

That's intelligent. Cause the BEST are always drawn to minimum wage. 🙄

[@catholicdad]

@@AksfscDefine "hard work?" Congressional work doesn't require much physical labor.

[@uploadvidz4490]

There should be no minimum wage

[@wakingup1421]

This is my best video yet Loved it 👍

[@nicolen.9642]

Went back to your video. Your comment/analysis of what the US are going through is spot on and honest as far as politics and social issues. Not too common videographers/reporters have the courage to bring it up. Thanks Nick!👍

[@jimiedwards4494]

You have a great voice, Thanks Brother, Peace Love Dove from Jimi Edwards and 444 RECORDS

[@notacontractor]

I love your videos but one thing with the intro, I'm in the younger generations and we are working. I have 2 actually jobs and work 80 hours a week (and am considering getting a third job) and all my friends are in similar situations so I hate hearing that our generation "refuses to work" because it's not true. We just aren't getting ahead from doing it :/

[@s3.14dervision]

I was homeless for 8 years and was so grateful to get an apartment. Until the tenants here let all the homeless crash here which is against the rules. Now it's a filthy trap house littered with piles of garbage and heroin addicts. My son now lives with friends because it's so dangerous. I can't afford to move. The city I live in is literally a giant pile of garbage 🗑🙃

[@catface3473]

8 years ?????

[@fahema2003]

I love how he says get your kids out of public schools. I couldnt agree more because of what my 2nd grader would come home and tell me I was shocked. Thank you for posting this video.

[@oldladytrexarms]

If anything, it's to protect them from shootings. It's interesting that they were few and far between (despite people having guns) and now it's just an everyday thing. As I kid, my mother used Thurston Shooting as a guideline for red flags to look for as a kid (which I ironically ended up living right down the street from Thurston High when we moved here from Arizona) and I in turn used that to prevent a shooting when I was a senior. Now it's like every other day I hear about a shooting.

[@whopper5150209]

@@oldladytrexarms it’s because of how isolationist our society has become it’s all about me me me

[@believestthouthis7]

The original purpose of the school system was to teach people to read so that they could read the Bible. 3 John 1:4 - I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

[@KingJonathanThe1st]

@@believestthouthis7 that’s even worse. Brainwashing kids to follow an artificial belief system. That’s the root of the cause. Religion destroys.

[@believestthouthis7]

@@KingJonathanThe1st Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

[@karltontom5817]

OMG just came back from a day in Boston today we traveled the same path lol It’s very crowded and busy again The video shows the really hard hit areas,more urban than suburbs Boston is expensive

[@peternorthrup6274]

I grew up in the 60s and 70s. Middle class. Inflation destroyed the American dream. The average wage earners don't stand a chance today. On my street I'm seeing many adult children moving back in with there parents. The average college graduates are being paid entry level wages because they have no experience. Why would a company pay someone big money with no work experience?

[@Scorpioking1987]

“The last thing that anyone in Washington wants to do is solve the problem, because if they do they will no longer have an issue (to fix)”

[@kshillingford4921]

And because they are evil and problems is what they do.

[@austinhernandez2716]

It's because bribery is legal. And the Republicans? They simply don't care. They say you're in your own, unless you got enough money to donate to them.

[@taoist32]

@@austinhernandez2716 And the Democrats make you dependent on them with stimulus checks and welfare programs. Both parties are to blame, and it doesn’t matter which one has more contributions to our decline. We can blame each party to kingdom come,but that won’t solve anything.

[@matt11994]

Yeah, no.

[@austinhernandez2716]

@@jackip2ava wtf are you talking about? What did you even just say? Are you on drugs? You know that Trump praised Putin right?

[@ByHis3Grace]

My oh my I'm so blessed to have found your video - thank you and your guests (you Nick Johnson especially) for so succinctly epitomizing the mindset & precarious precipice the U.S. is experiencing !!! Please viewers, if you are a "sharer", please do so & make this vid viral just like others make nonsense viral 👏👏👏

[@hawhee]

This is an excellent episode. You really covered the issues very well. The interviews are enlightening and informative.

[@Electro489]

Another great video by Nick Johnson. Judging by some of the comments posted here no matter how bad things get there are plenty of people that will deny it, are oblivious to it, or make excuses for it. There is an old saying; "A democracy gets the government it deserves". So I guess we have arrived. We are entering the downfall that we all predicted, it's just that it arrived sooner than most of us expected. * Keep up the great reporting Nick! *

[@gratefulmin1180]

So true.

[@Electro489]

@Jeremie M Good point Jeremie! I cant help but wonder if (or when) we will hit that point of no return. But you are correct! There is indeed a point at which our downfall (into a thousand years of darkness as Reagan explained) is inevitable. The number of Americans that despise America is pretty frightening too, but that discussion is for another day.

[@GenXfrom75]

We need to remember why we're a Constitutional Republic. The difference between us and a democracy is in a democratic country, the majority rules. In our Constitutional Republic, the rights of the individual is protected FROM the majority. We can still get back to what's great about America. Yet, it will not happen until we stop marching, lock step, with this two party stranglehold.

[@americafkyeah8695]

@@Resmith18SR places like NY, California, New Mexico have reached the point of no return.

[@taoist32]

@@Electro489 I have read that we will no longer be a superpower country by 2030. It might end even earlier.

[@robertcuminale1212]

I was working in New York City when the Supreme Court agreed with the ACLU that the mentally ill were being "warehoused" and didn't need to be in the mental hospitals. We ended up with 40,000 of these people sleeping everywhere, in the subways, the trains, on the sidewalks and the stoops of the private homes in Midtown. One guy would sit all day on the steps of the Paine family's Brownstone wrapped in a blanket and occasionally running up to a passerby screaming F--k you at them. He would disappear occasionally and return with a fresh crew cut and blanket. I figured the police must have picked him up on a complaint and taken him to Bellvue Hospital. He finally disappeared when he ran up to someone and beat them with a piece of 2X4. The city went to a lot of trouble to find halfway houses for them to live in. There they would receive their medications and some spending money from their disability checks. They hired people to manage the houses and dispense the money and pills. Many of them stopped living in them. It was too restricting and so they slept in the streets and pan handled. The empty hospitals were torn down because they were from the 19th century and cost too much to maintain. There was no place to take them to except the police stations and city hospitals which would treat their wounds, give them some meds and turn them loose on the street again. Yeah, the ACLU and the Supreme Court really improved their lives. I want to add this story. There was a guy who lived on the subway grating off Madison Avenue and 25th Street. He had made a tent for himself of plastic. Every time a train passes there is a rush of warm air from underground so he was OK except in the most severe weather. Parking on that street was limited to 2 hours. The Meter Maids would mark the time on a tire. When she came back if you were over she'd leave you a summons. For a fee this guy would feed the meter and wash the time off of your tire. I don't know what he charged but considering that parking was at least $15 to $20 a day he would be worth half of that. I'm sure he did pretty good at it

[@TruWzrdTexas]

Too much time for Brandon to do so much more damage to our country. But I’m terrified with that cackling hyena in the number two spot. Let’s Go Brandon.

[@Dark_Asteroid]

That was done so they could claim SSI benefits and choose their own long term care options.

[@robertcuminale1212]

​@@rogersmith7396 Really? You know but won't admit it, it's the people on benefits who are spending OUR tax dollars. I spent a number of years working in the "better" neighborhoods in the South Bronx , Miami and Charlotte as a telephone repairman. We have more service problems in the bad neighborhoods than any other part of the cities. In the 1960s we had a lot of old phone cable that was insulated with paper and covered with a lead jacket. Thieves would use an ax to chop the cable from the poles and sell it for scrap metal. They didn't care how many people were put out of service. You don't see that any more because the cable is covered in PVC and the junk yards don't want it. Plus, the company's name is embossed to the company's name. The same with the copper wire the power company uses. I worked at a an apartment and spoke with a woman who had grown up in that Welfare complex and got an apartment of her own when she had a baby. Her mother still lives in the old apartment. And her daughter got an apartment of her own when she got pregnant. That's four generations of women in one Welfare complex. When I worked in the South Bronx I would see women throwing tissues with money and a note out of the window to bet on the numbers when the collector came by. I understand Spanish. I picked it up growing up in Miami, and The South Bronx. I also lived Puerto Rico for four years when I was in the Navy. I listened to a woman selling her food stamps for 50 cents on the dollar to the store owner. I watched another woman who wanted a beer and a pack of cigarettes buy a few cases of water with her food stamps, pour all the water out on the ground and then take all the bottles back for the 5 cents per bottle deposit and use the money to get what she wanted. I watched and listened as a store owner ring up two packs of fresh chicken parts for one rotisserie chicken. At that time you couldn't use food stamps to buy prepared foods. And you know what? I've seen this done in my own family. I have 7 younger siblings. All the girls were pregnant before they were married. Then they collected food stamps, section eight housing vouchers and free medical care. And now some of their children are doing the same game. It's not Republicans not paying enough taxes as you believe it is the freeloaders sucking every dime out of the governments to pay for their irresponsible behavior. It's Union contracts that favor the unions' demands so the members can fork over money to their favorite politician. How many millions of dollars went to the Democrats when Obama put GM into a packaged bankruptcy, wiped out the stockholders and suppliers and saved the overpaid GM workers' jobs so they could contribute heavily to the Democrat Party? At least Republicans are spending their own money. They're mostly Middle Class people who work hard to support the Welfare State who may have grown up poor but motivated to rise up from their humble beginnings. I know one of them. ME! Until I retired I worked 63 hour a week for Ma Bell as a repairman. I worked every every bit of overtime offered. My wife and I saved to put our son through college so he could graduate debt free. My wife paid for college by cleaning rooms at the Jersey Shore, busing tables at the college cafeteria and cleaning lab animal cages. And me? I didn't finish high school. I was working too many hours. I got a GED while I was in the Navy for four years. You are so misinformed as to who is destroying this country. It's not the Middle Class Republicans. It's you!

[@robertcuminale1212]

@@rogersmith7396 Who the Hell appointed you Commissar to make judgments on how people spend their earnings?

[@edmurks236]

That's the shame of it, it became "cost too much to maintain" it was cheaper to let these people roam the streets to care for themselves . Some of the laws governing the mentally ill and the institutions were draconian and cruel but instead of " throwing the baby out with the bath water" because it was too much trouble, too costly, etc why not improve the system, not just discard/abandon it with no decent replacement.And yet the US is spending and has spent billions of dollars in its oversea wars most of which have failed, are failing or turned to dust.

[@agcala9619]

We have not watched TV in a long time. Recently we ran across KZbin. Not only is it entertaining but it is packed with information about so many things. Not just the United States but the entire West is in trouble. And it is not just the West. So much of the world is getting fat. It will be interesting to see what happens in Argentina. Holland has also just elected a conservative government. BRICS is becoming more and more important as more and more countries become members. . Ask yourself. Does anyone need to run the world? Eva

[@lopinitupou4626]

I agree with this guy...Home education is crucial for the future of the person and their country. Not only is this true for secular schools, but also for religious schools like Bible colleges and seminaries. I was a student at a seminary college, and my experience there was no different from being at a secular school. My point is, if religious schools are becoming more secular and no longer seeking the spiritual path that is the requisite for such education, then it proves that the world is becoming more corrupt. Education is being controlled, so that people will not come to know truth.

[@NickJohnson]

👆👆👆

[@conservativehippie9736]

Nick just in the very beginning I'm crying because all of those emotions that you're talking about... the depression the anger the sadness is exactly how I'm feeling and have for a while now. I was actually lining you up to help me find a new home in Florida but now I'm so scared to do anything because of finances and my business is taking an even harder hit. I honestly don't know how much more I can take and that's all I have to say but thank you for the videos you post and all the hard work you put into them. You are so appreciated!

[@gloglo1275]

Things are hard for sure. I have over 20 years of experience in IT, MBA in technology management, and bachelors in computer science. I was the Chief Technology Officer, and I have been unemployed for a long time. Despite doing everything to gain employment, it is all the same. No interviews. I even apply Nationally with same results. It is truly sad.

[@conservativehippie9736]

@Glo Glo I'm so very sorry!!! I pray things turn around for you...I truly do 💚

[@conservativehippie9736]

I won't be near water or major cities...scaling my life down...already eliminated most possessions so if your saying this to me you definitely have the wrong person

[@gloglo1275]

@@conservativehippie9736 Thanks.

[@UpsheetscreekWOapaddle]

I'm in Colorado and been trying to find someone to start a business. Hard to find motivated people imagine that Although a native Floridian. I'd NEVER go back. Give me a holler perhaps we can help each other . Robert

[@nancybode6159]

Entropy happens when things go from a state of order to a state of disorder. It takes more energy and effort to restore order than it takes to destroy it. This is true for both raw eggs and human societies. It's going to take a massive effort to fix what's wrong with America. 😭

[@valfletcher9285]

You said it. You can not unscramble an egg. We are living in the neo dark ages.

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

But which order?? I can only think of 3 orders. 1.) The old system 2.) The original system OR 3.) the NEW System??

[@nancybode6159]

@@analyticalhabitrails9857 What's the difference between the old system and the original system? Personally, my preferred system is the one where all people are created equal and everyone minds their own business, they're responsible for their actions, and they don't abdicate their part in taking care of those in need to the government.

[@GrandTourHTX]

@@nancybode6159 That never existed, Nancy. The last 100 years was a fluke, fueled by the largest economic growth period in human history.

[@TH-qb5fx]

And with how the US handled the pandemic nobody is fixing anything anytime soon. Declining empire for sure ☹️

[@MP72792]

Sad to say but every great nation must fall. May God bless you all my brothers and sisters.

[@bertieb07]

Cal Thomas, I agree with most of your opinions but you have to say that sending jobs overseas coincides with a significant rise in crime, drug abuse, and homelessness.

[@jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069]

I would say the number one problem what hurt American the most, and you did touch on this, was along about 1980 or so, the mentality of looking out for number one. You only care about yourself and forget everybody else.. In the old days, the spirit was just the opposite, of where we're all in this together and we help each other along. There was love then. Today, love has been completely forced out of the picture. Today's people have no knowledge, no concept whatsoever, of love. Love of any kind. We live in a world today without love. That's the main problem. People don't care about each other, they way they once did.

[@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper]

This is sad but true! I'm not wired like most people my age because I still care so much about other people and should know better by now that isn't going to be reciprocal. I'm sorry. I'm 47 and I remember right before I started school this was true, the love and consideration of our fellow human beings. I don't know how to combat the selfishness and how not to keep getting rolled over on by people whose abundance and prosperity I might appear to be in the path of.

[@VictorianMaid99]

I think you nailed it. I understand why I am the way I am. I long for the old days. You said: we were wholesome and motivated. Everything was good and expanding. The sky was the limit. Now everything is rotten rubbish.

[@user-dh8sg8ur5e]

Imagine if the Government worked like any private citizen or business. Balanced budgets, fiscal responsibility -- Efficiency -- If a citizen was able to print money at will and spend without limit, no one would lend them a penny. We're only a 1-2 trillion in the hole for the next fiscal year budget. This money should come out of each bureaucrat's assets and or pay until this mess they created is resolved.

[@duanegraybill9001]

I totally agree 👍