The 12 New Countries That Might Exist Soon

[@ottoterask3771]

Bro i think your mic is giving up. This and last video seems to have the gain pushed up way too high

[@4X4StudiosHR]

Someone finally said. His videos are now unwatchable. He has millions subs. He sure can afford a better mic. Or move from a cave.

[@dansharpe2364]

@@4X4StudiosHR AI has no ears

[@acerIOstream]

His mic is clipping like crazy, yeah. He needs new gear.

[@JackSeries44]

Tbh he made a lot of work recently, man is probably on the verge of a burnout, hope he gets some vacation and take a step away from NATO propaganda, he's at risk of developping brainrot and make our ears bleed by the same occasion.

[@RationallySkeptical]

​@JackSeries44 NATO propaganda? How about YOU stop listening to MAGA B.S. propaganda? There's no such thing as NATO propaganda. That's what you've been indoctrinated with (by the right.)

[@DanatronOne]

Can we hold a referendum on you getting a new mic?

[@tbraghavendran]

He may change it soon. So many comments on it.

[@jonlohrenz5446]

I think it’s just the input gain being too hot.

[@LaurensPP]

Dude. This is all Text to speech and it has been for a long time, approximately one year. I think it has been going unnoticed because it sounds pretty similar to Wendover Productions but that is actually a real voice over.

[@jonathan248]

@@LaurensPP What are you talking about? This is obviously not text-to-speech.

[@jwr2904]

​@@LaurensPP this channel has videos from 8 years ago. He has a few channels, but he's organic. This video is overly loud, like Metallica's Death Magnetic

[@CleberSantos-io9bk]

0:22 New Countries 4:00 🇵🇬 / Bougainville 10:08 🇫🇷 / 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 16:10 🇮🇩 / Western New Guinea 19:50 🇩🇰 / 🇬🇱Greenland 23:10 🇬🇧 / 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland 28:40 🇪🇸 / Catalonia 34:00 🇪🇸 / Basque Country 38:10 🇨🇦 / Quebec 41:50 🇹🇷 / Kurdistan 45:40 🇲🇱 / Azawad 46:20 🇨🇲 / Ambazonia 49:40 🇾🇪 / South Yemen

[@rambleroodle2369]

fckn legend

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Yeah, most of these ain't happening.

[@Lockfly]

Kurdistan is in more countries than just Turkey

[@Lockfly]

@@MeanBeanComedy As a Kurd it might be impossible but we'll never stop trying.

[@therealtaco7328]

I made a rating for all of them but apparently that counts as insulting bloodlines now omg

[@Billcoper]

I'm from CAMEROON. We have a saying here which goes, "if someone explains the situation of cameroon to you and you understand it, it means the person didn't explain it properly" 😅

[@bagusprihastomo7439]

Same for Indonesia bro 😂

[@nevermind541]

Thats a funny way to say it 😂😂😂

[@crescentb3am]

I understood what you said...regardless of how good/badly it was explained.

[@danielskrivan6921]

I'm going to use this line for other things.

[@RealLifeLore]

Yes, at 23:33, I say that James VI of Scotland became John (when it should just be James still) I of England for some reason. I don't know why my brain said that when I recorded this. Please ignore

[@therealtaco7328]

Huh

[@ValouroverFear]

Can you please slow down or try to enunciate individual words a bit? You talk way super fast.

[@MuhammadAhmad-db6sf]

Reallore Life is the worst channel in the world..!

[@therealtaco7328]

@@MuhammadAhmad-db6sf rage bait

[@macroxela]

​@@ValouroverFear I actually think he talks to slow which is why I speed-up his videos

[@just10joy]

It's a real testament to the quality of the content that, despite murderously bad audio levels, it still has over 1.2m views.

[@carolannhartley359]

The sound quality doesn't bother me at all. I find the pace of delivery rather rushed, but just speed up my listening rate.

[@JoaquinMarquez-cc6sp]

I didn’t even notice it until I saw the comments it’s not that bad people

[@jeffoh1990]

Real

[@bloemkoolendestreetgang450]

RealLifeLore can make a 50 minute video on “why nobody lives here” and the answer will be some very obvious “bad climate/environment for living” and i will still watch every minute of it

[@cyninbend]

@@JoaquinMarquez-cc6sp It's terrible when you have to deal with the speed, too. I tried slowing it down, but then it drags a third of the time. The longer I try to listen, the worse it seems. Maybe because I'm older? When I was 19, I prob would not have noticed.

[@joshhale7004]

You must invest in a new microphone. The content here is top notch but the audio quality is lacking. It's an easy fix and well worth your time and money. Keep kicking ass and living your passion.

[@chrisoconnor9521]

The dude is a moron.

[@theantagonist801]

Reminds me of an 80s newsreel

[@kurtbob6451]

I turned my volume down and had no problem whatsoever.

[@littlejerryseinfeld4168]

wow i finally learned where timbuktu was

[@Tripdj]

sam

[@jaredhunter3629]

Bosnia: we want to go to the beach Croatia: No

[@therealtaco7328]

Bosnia actually has a seaport🤓

[@TorreFLoeckx]

​@@therealtaco7328🤓 = 😎

[@vitoanania6042]

It's actually Nooooooooooooooo oo

[@Itzarzky]

​@@vitoanania6042 clever

[@bababababababa6124]

Neum: 😐

[@zameernizam3825]

This channel is perfect to watch while eating

[@dedmunwahking398]

That’s exactly what I’m doing

[@skeetrix5577]

exactly

[@loveinseattle]

I'm also eating. 😅

[@Antwon22]

literally just finished my last grape as I read this, only 2 mins in lmao didnt see the rest of the replies lmao, what yall munchin on

[@calebp6114]

Chicken sandwich 😍

[@readyintrovertone5808]

I understand why Greenland is hesitant to become independent. They can travel anywhere and study anywhere in Europe under Denmark. Independence would be a mistake for the economy and the people living there

[@WREFMAN]

Independent.

[@pacotaco1246]

Theyd be able to more eaisly push towards a confident independence after getting guaranteed EU permissions/privileges before splitting from denmark

[@wawrzynieckorzen78]

Add to that security issues as ice melts and Russia expands into Arctic. As part of Denmark they are protected by NATO. IMHO present arrangement is perfect: Greenland has her authonomy and gigantic external support. Especially when your entire nation is of a size of medium town.

[@WREFMAN]

@@wawrzynieckorzen78 autonomy

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

@@pacotaco1246 They expect to have their cake and eat it too...

[@warwolffr6309]

Well the part on New Caledonia is aging interestingly...

[@lulu-xt5xx]

what happened ?

[@ProfoundKrab]

@@lulu-xt5xxThey’ve discovered… *Old Caledonia*

[@Jake_Sherrell]

I do really want to know what happened.

[@Tom42600]

@@Jake_Sherrell Mostly, Azerbaijan is supporting the independentists, and so things are getting violent Yeah, considering Azerbaijan location in the world, it may seem strange, but as the Russians in Africa, they are probably interested in natural ressources (nickel)

[@2fvnk]

Azerbaijan wants a port in the area.

[@pauldaplayfulpanda3042]

"as history continues evolving with time.." has to be the most ChatGPT sounding opening line to a script...

[@pauldaplayfulpanda3042]

@afroprideworldwide no, just sounds off

[@bandoo1882]

@afroprideworldwideyeah that’s evident if you’ve ever watched this channel lmfao

[@AtechG35]

​@afroprideworldwide What are you saying dude? It's not an agree or not situation, it's about the way most of these videos are written. Get off your knees.

[@soundscape26]

That's because he uses ChatGPT to do the heavy lifting on the script.

[@bobthegoat7090]

@@soundscape26 If he really did, I feel like the subs would not be autogenerated. Plus I have watched him for a long time and his scripts have always been like this. His language is way too "simple" to be ChatGPT. Either way, who cares? If it is an interesting video, it is an interesting video. Doesn't matter if its AI generated or not. Plus, if he were a total YT sellout, I feel like he would not make 1 hour videos.

[@PipoVeVideos4097]

As a basque person i can tell you that independence is more impossible than ever. Although the main political parties here are basque nationalists, independence as an objective is hardly even mentioned. Basque people just want higher autonomy and care more about social issues like housing or healthcare

[@allahu-s2h]

ethnic basque people are dying out either way

[@pablos.reyero4511]

@@allahu-s2h ethnic? They are mainly iberian as all of spaniards, do not try to make them special when their dna is almost the same as the rest of spaniards

[@saulspanco854]

​@@pablos.reyero4511ethnicity is dna plus language.

[@jameslarkin4567]

@@saulspanco854so if they don’t have the dna then they are just culturally basque

[@AL-lh2ht]

I mean when you have max autonomy its like many of the benefits of independence and withot most of the drawbacks.

[@foolzcat1761]

This mic quality is killing me, it's almost physically painful to listen. It sounds like something out of a 1980s soviet broadcast

[@Dumbledore6969x]

Didn’t even notice it. You people really love to whine

[@Κωνσταντινος-ξ1ψ]

your lying you little crybaby

[@shengkunlin5658]

@@Dumbledore6969xI thought my phone broke, it’s very noticeable

[@Dumbledore6969x]

@@shengkunlin5658 no it isn’t

[@leandersearle5094]

I wouldn't go that far, but it is noticeable.

[@Simis999]

Hi, thanks for the new video. However, could you try to compress the audio gain to be less dynamic and then silence it about 25 %?

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

Much of the history with most independence movements are like this.. 1. Minority group gets mistreated, so they want independence 2. Majority group cracks down and treats them even worse for wanting to be independent 3. Minority group wants independence even more because of that. Maybe people wouldn’t want to leave if you didn’t treat them like crap

[@ghju]

Greatly summed up. Although I feel like this calls for a 2.5 and a 4. 2.5. Majority group would have something big, maybe even huge to lose (resources, geostrategic positions, influence, diplomacy ties, you name it) and so don't violently hold on to the minority out of the sheer goodness of their heart; while citizens from the majority almost always cry about how they pay _fortunes_ (FORTUNES, I TELL YOU... even if the minority barely sees any of it usually) for the peasants in the minority without taking into account what the majority is gaining out of it. 4. The Majority and its citizens will spend an obscene amount of time all year long, for entire lifetimes sometimes, belittling the Minority and anything related to it, mock it, insult it, dehumanize it and wish evil stuff on it sometimes, all while reminding it how it costs them _oh so much_ but will laugh at and ridiculize any mention of independence or greater autonomy because, like every bona fide abusive husband, "you're nothing without me, what will you do anyway, you have nothing, you owe me, blah blah blah" but freaking out big time deep down when the wife talks about leaving.

[@raihanrusli2720]

Yeah if you based in on only known and accepted history. There is always a possibility that even the minority start the violence first, forcing the legitimate government to respond

[@raihanrusli2720]

Yeah if you based it on known and accepted history. There is always a possibility that the separatist are the one who start the violence first, forcing the legitimate government to respond

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

@@ghjuTrue. It basically just comes down to bigotry and illogical thinking. Even putting ethics aside, it’s more logical to strive for equality and integration from economic and stability point of view for several reasons. 1. The majority group tends to exploit whatever natural resource in the area at the detriment of whoever is living there because they just care about profit, but they fixate too much on short term profit. Dealing with the inevitable uprising is going to be a lot costlier and could cut you off from the resource. 2. Barring an entire region of segment of your population from opportunities will just deprive you of anything those people could contribute to the economy otherwise if they were given the opportunity to grow.

[@ghju]

@@thedapperdolphin1590 Personally speaking, the bigotry I don't really care about to be perfectly honest. Humans -- all of us, to various degrees, no exceptions -- have been idiots for as long as our species has existed so I'm definitely _not_ gonna lose sleep over whatever a stranger thinks of me, my background or how I live, what my values and traditions are etc. Let alone one who seems to have a miserable existence and complains about their own nation 24/7 🙄 Yeah, I'm a peasant and they're part of the civilization. Congrats? Idc, go on about your own life and let me be. Once shtf I hope they think about us when all they have to eat is their paper and digital numbers lol. What I do have a problem with however, is the illogical thinking part. Or better put, the hypocrisy. Because I think illogical thinking is more often than not just playing dumb, a cover for the absolute shame that saying "granted, I hate you, but I don't want you to leave though. We have too many benefits and advantages from exploiting you and/or controlling you to lose" would bring. Rare are those honest enough to own up to having that kind of colonial mindset and they never do it in your face, always online. In my specific context it would also be a case of "it would inconvenience me greatly to have to get a passport, obey your own voted laws and spend more for my next door holiday. Don't worry, we'll soon go back to loathing you for the other 10/11 months of the year, but for a short while we'll enjoy everything you have, make your locals' life miserable and still find a way to complain about it, about you and literally everything in existence". I mean, when they call your people's and ancestors' home their country's "🍑 tanning spot" during summertime and a "leech" place that needs "some serious beating from law enforcement" the rest of the time because there are graffitis calling for their departure (what can I say, we like street art 🤷🏻‍♀️) or reps so much as dare speaking their own language in their own assembly building, then rejoice when tragedies hit (including deaths) and make the news cycles, you know everything you need to 🤪 Luckily some still have a brain and some modicum or decency/morals and understand that letting us exist as ourselves would appease many, MANY things, but unfortunately they too, are the minority in their own way. Anyway, sorry for the tangent/rant. It's the politician in me lol 😆 I feel like many of us around the world can somewhat share some of these feelings being on the minority side, regardless of the specificities of each place. Every single one that has an independence desire is clearly not out of nowhere. And as you said, the more the majority reinforces that nuisance and its attitude of disdain and superiority, the more independence desires and movements grow. Anyway, have a good day/night wherever you are 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@thetylersherman]

Great video, as always. Sounds like your audio track is a little too hot on this one, it's sort of peaking / clipping throughout.

[@mtaylorfoofa]

I thought I was just being sensitive lol

[@My_Lacrimosa]

It's not, it's youtube's new method of processing audio

[@garlandstrife]

AI made video.

[@Edyime]

Half of these definitely won't happen

[@jamespeterson1042]

Is it his voice, but ai?

[@jackbrown3985]

Next RLL vid be like: Why these 12 countries might cease to exist soon

[@ijoeysnake]

Lolol

[@RaifuEnthusiast]

​@@JonathanB138let's be honest the us would be all 12 lol

[@simorx580]

​@@JonathanB138lmao you wish

[@ijoeysnake]

@@JonathanB138 not too sure about that one bub

[@bluegold1026]

I would watch that. I'd put North Korea, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on that list.

[@whitenoise509]

Love this channel, and your content is second to none. Check the gain on your mic though.

[@alsiniz]

Whats with the audio this upload? Sounds like the mic levels are clipping or compressed to death.

[@User-jr7vf]

It worked normally here.

[@acerIOstream]

It's been that way for a few uploads now, he needs to revise his setup.

[@wiiztec]

yeah mike sounds a bit overly bassy to me

[@GalihStone]

i smell Practical Engineering scam, " if you want clear audio, subscribe to our patron account"

[@fgmods]

Like it's been compressed heaps then someone turned the gain down? It's aweful though.

[@braxtyn3328]

I really thought it was just me with the mic quality being terrible I checked 2 different videos to make sure it wasn't my headset

[@idkm4n35]

It sounds almost like he is chewing food

[@GrassWarlock1]

Almost as if his voice was AI generated 🤔

[@jaibruh]

​@@GrassWarlock1probably the dumbest theory I've heard from this lmfao, not everything has to be a convoluted conspiracy lil bro it ain't that deep

[@matercan5649]

he's done it, real life lore is becoming watch mojo.

[@danijeljovic4971]

I gagged when I saw Quebec and the Basque country highlighted on the map

[@thexchox1554]

@@danijeljovic4971I’ll be beyond happy if Galicia gets independence.

[@danijeljovic4971]

@@thexchox1554 Turns out they talked about the Basque counry and not Galicia oops. Also most of them don't want independence afaik since economically it's just more proftable for them to be part of Spain

[@TorreFLoeckx]

Here before this comment goes viral 😏

[@Sailed_away]

Didn't got the reference

[@Imperial_Dynamics]

Get your facts right: north Cyprus is NOT claimed by Cyprus, it is a region illegally occupied by Turkey

[@a-s-greig]

It can be both

[@twitteringothers5059]

And if the Cypriot Greeks didn't move to incorporate Cyprus into Greece, Turkey won't have invaded. Good. I hope Cyprus stays divided.

[@Parallax3599]

By the way, what happened with your audio quality? It's sounds a bit blown out compared to your former work, and has been like this for a few videos now. Honestly it kinda sounds like youre talking over the phone and not into a proper microphone.

[@Jaymo00]

My Iphone recorded audio sounds better than this tbh

[@blakeistheking2]

my Samsung too

[@stefanjasper]

He’s using AI now, that’s how he’s been able to pump out these almost hour long videos like every week for a while. Can’t blame him for chasing the bag but the dip in quality is so bad.

[@frankkobold]

​@@stefanjasper the audio is awful, but to claim that it's bc of AI is just ridiculous oO What are you basing your assumption on? Guessing bc AI is a hype?

[@stefanjasper]

@@frankkobold Editing, audio recording, and scripting for videos this length is incredibly unrealistic for a week even with a team

[@hb3393]

Audio sounds a bit dodgy and distorted to me compared to usual..?

[@albertytube5547]

I guess he’s changing his mic

[@mike_tw3876]

Maybe AI?

[@mikeking9388]

Quak quak

[@bongusdongus2137]

@@mike_tw3876definitely, you can hear the telltale stutters and artifacts all over the video.

[@soundscape26]

@@mike_tw3876 Most probably. His own synthesised voice.

[@ZeroToMidnight]

If this comment gets 1k likes I will send RLL a new mic 🎙️

[@GuyWhoHasAnOasis]

Who the FUCK is RLL

[@Tabarnako]

​@@GuyWhoHasAnOasis unReal noLife lore

[@bradyr8261]

no you won’t bub

[@ZeroToMidnight]

@@bradyr8261 bet

[@astr.4]

you prolly wont but i appreciate the cause so ill give you a like xD

[@barrydevine]

great research, mister. thank you! (ps, the sound was fine for me!)

[@davidvilchez2209]

This is more my speed with educational information like this rather than so many videos as of late being about war

[@Tony_Fortin]

Québécois french speaker from greater Montréal here. It’s absolutely true that support for independence amongst the younger generations is much lower, compared to the older, even though the mouvement never really died. But, as of right now, even if independence seems really unlikely since the movement lost its momentum of the 20th century, it’s an interesting fact that the highest polling party for the next Québec provincial elections is the pro independence party, the Parti québécois. I personally think that most younger citizens are relatively satisfied with the degree of autonomy that Québec has, so they just don’t really see the benefit. But I think it should be noted that it’s because of the older generations that fought for Québec’s greater autonomy from Canada that we today have this level of autonomy that most people are relatively comfortable with, notably with linguistic laws, immigration and judicial system just to name a few.

[@MJ-df9dv]

If Scotland and Quebec don't get independence soon, it will become a third world country

[@iansavard4489]

True! Personally I see the battle for our cultural preservation as mostly won. Now, instead of investing massive amounts of energy and ressources in independance, we should focus on keeping our beautiful french dialect alive and well for the future :)

[@Tony_Fortin]

@@iansavard4489 je ne pourrais pas être plus d'accord avec ton propos! 😁⚜️

[@etiennedaoust7397]

​@@iansavard4489Ya pas de futur pour le français au sein du canada. Ta juste a regarder l'état du français dans les autre province pour ten rendre compte.

[@davek303]

Don't give up! The rest of Canada would love for you to leave, so hurry up!

[@givorsthomas4235]

Very interesting video but you could have also mentioned Corsica, or the Wallonia and Flanders situation in Belgium !

[@chermal7311]

True! Honestly, I'd love to see a video about a bunch of the much lesser known movements like the ones you mentioned. All the ones in this video I had heard about to some extent, but I had no idea Flanders and Corsica were looking for independence!

[@needfoolthings]

Flawanelux

[@katego370]

Trust me, Wallonia and Flanders won't separate any time soon. This whole independence nonsense has actually started a bit of a Belgium trend. Many people now hang Belgian flags out on the Flemish holiday and most politicians still say the oath of parliament in both Dutch and French as a symbol of unity. So while a select group of Flemish people still scream and shout about an independent Flanders, the general consensus in Belgium is that splitting the country is a stupid idea that tramples on our identity and history. Nevertheless, there will continue to be a section of the population and parliament complaining about Belgium as one country but even they have temporarily abandoned the independence idea because so many people find it offensive.

[@needfoolthings]

@@katego370 I was waiting for a Belgian POV in this thread. Thank you!

[@katego370]

@@needfoolthings I personally think the 2010-2011 government formation period is a much more amusing topic. We actually broke a world record: 589 days from election to government formation! That's 589 days without government, new laws, or budgets. The partition of Belgium was the main blocking point as one party was making a big deal of this. So the king, who doesn't have any power at all, actually had to intervene, assigning politicians as mediators to try to get the parties to talk but one after the other quit the job 'cause it was such a headache job. It was a total circus but also the most Belgian world record to break... And that record is still standing.

[@kernkern2338]

You been pumping out videos like crazy, don’t forget to take care of yourself too ❤

[@Naruto1999cool]

Im blown away by the quality and length everytime, keep up

[@JohnSadler-px4nx]

Imagine if when you made that comment before watching the whole thing and then continued to watch it just to see the quality become garbage right after😂

[@deflatedsquidward8572]

@@JohnSadler-px4nx I think he meant the quality of it at 0:01

[@jordanjones4605]

@@deflatedsquidward8572 I mean to be fair the first second of the video is peak youtube content right there💯

[@Exoamy]

that's what she said

[@JimboRustles]

The quality is on the level where you're wondering if it's AI generated and the length is just too damn long

[@Arcboltkonrad13]

Don't forget that Westminster (under PM Cameron) promised a LOT more to Scotland if they remained (more devolved powers, more subsidies, etc) and then IMMEDIATELY backtracked on them all.

[@229andymon]

Actually, the “Vow” was never detailed, so it’s extremely difficult to prove the UK government backtracked on anything. The Scots were asked to take Westminster’s word on “extensive new powers” on trust. That was a massive mistake by independence supporters, since it allowed Westminster to define what that meant. In effect it actually meant a short and sorry list of pathetic rubbish that didn’t correspond to anything most Scots expected. Lesson learnt..!

[@Duchess_of_Cadishead]

If Scotland becomes an independent country, I feel Wales won’t be too far behind, and possibly Northern Ireland too.

[@mk_gamíng0609]

Do you remember all that money to farmers Westminster gave to Scotland that the SNP held back and then told Scottish farmers that Westminster did not give them money only to be proven liars pretty quickly when Westminster revealed that they did send money. Or how about all your Scottish taxpayer money going into the pockets of SNP backers What about all the bullshit claims of the SNP? - Scotland would be in the EU on independence - False all EU members need to say yes, several have already said no - Scotland would inherit some of the UKs military - False since the Military does not belong to one country but to all the UK , so it would all moved out of Scotland except personnel but several regiments have already said they would continue serving with the UK All the SNP do is lie and blame others What happens after they get independence who they going to blame then? The Scottish people for not being "Patriotic enough"

[@Tonydjjokerit]

@@Duchess_of_Cadishead Northern Ireland will go before Scotland!

[@kunik61]

Why nobody talks about Wales' potential independence? Tons of talk about Scotland and no news about Wales.

[@Viperey2]

Some notes on Catalonia/Basque Country: + In Catalonia there were two call outs for a referendum in 2009-2011 and 2014, but the legal body was watered down along the process. + Part of the boost the independence movement got in Catalonia was due to the crisis. Cat has always been a left-leaning territory and the capitalist crisis of 2008 (2010 onwards for Spain) shook the arena. Artur Mas saw his right wing govt in danger both due to demonstrations and corruption investigations, so, he pushed for independence as an escape strategy. + The autonomy setups in Spain are not exclusive to BC/Cat, every region has one. This was done in an attempt to avoid those regions from feeling special and claiming further rights in the future. + The only region with a historical legal right that rules over other spanish's laws is Nafarroa/Navarra. For instance, they collect their own taxes. This partially explains why Euskadi/Pais Vasco also has the capacity to collect their own taxes. Yes, the naming is confusing. Basque Country / Euskal Herria = Navarra/Nafarroa + Euskadi/Pais vasco + Iparralde. + Elections were just held in Euskadi a few days ago and pro-independence parties got majority, but both did without explicit calls to referendums in a near future. (Not a critique, both parts of the videos are neatly documented, but there are some small nuances that are hard to know and put in context from outside).

[@ruy123ofserenity]

Gora euskadi!

[@josepd.7629]

By the way.. what (or who) dictates who has or not rights on anything? Catalonia had its OWN PARLIAMENT and institutions, which of course were banned by the spanish government more than once throughout history. And the reason why there was that new uprisal of separatist movement in Catalonia was because of the nasty behaviour against Catalonia by the right-winged Popular Party, in power at that time, which again and again did everything to undermine Catalan institutions, culture and economics. One of the main problems being the clear intention by the Madrid government to suppress the Catalan language from schools in Catalonia, and even changing the official name of it in the Catalan-speaking area of Aragon from the original and accepted name "Català de La Franja" (Aragon's' Strip Catalan) to "Lengua Aragonesa Propia del Área Oriental" (LAPAO), which is simply a ridiculous attempt to terminate the Catalan language in that region by simply changing its name in official records. Sooo democratic!.

[@zch7491]

The more you know 🌈

[@BakingAndGhibli]

Great info, thanks for the inside scoop

[@osasunaitor]

It's good that you mention the recent Basque regional elections. The most voted parties were two Basque nationalist parties (EAJ/PNV with a right-wing approach and Bildu with a left-wing approach), but neither of them claim any specific intentions for independence at this point. What's more, both are engaged in supporting mainstream Spanish parties in the national parliament in exchange for greater autonomy for the region, and the Basque voters supported the continuation of this strategy when they overwhelmingly voted for them last week. So it's safe to say that although many Basques would desire independence in a hypothetical future, the majority of them agree with the current soft approach of negotiating greater autonomy within Spain for now. This is not the case in Catalonia, where nationalist parties clearly state that they aim for 100% independence asap. You could say that Basques are taking a more realistic approach while Catalans remain more idealistic about their independence

[@ashleysayss]

I think we all forget the beginning days of KZbin when content creators had the mic that was on their phone, laptops, oversized desk top computers, and webcams and the decent audio quality was an unknown treat we would be slowly exposed to over time. I think he gets it. He needs a new mic. Is it necessary for the content of this video to be overshadowed by the less then stellar audio quality? It’s really not THAT bad. It happens 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@HyperShadic101]

yeah, the audio isnt an issue for me, infact i noticed nothing wrong until i checked the comments and listened closely

[@iranimilitantzifu7015]

All other non-recognized countries: we have military! Sealand: Uhhhhh, we don't.

[@th8me103]

I feel for the Kurdish people!

[@PSIponies]

No, they do. They have a helicopter and a shotgun. Roy Bates actually took Dutch mercenaries who invaded it prisoner one time

[@iranimilitantzifu7015]

@PSIponies well, that would be the least militaristic non-recognized country

[@PSIponies]

@@iranimilitantzifu7015 And yet they still successfully fended off a foreign invasion lmao

[@RomeroRomeral]

​@@PSIponies Be serious.

[@ChiefG234]

I like that you said “South Sudan is the newest independent country and member of United Nation at least for now” because the Nuer people are now seeking to declare Rol Naath or NuerLand/Nuer Nation in English as sovereign nation-state. South Sudan is likely to break up into three countries, Rol Naath which is Nuer nation, Equatoria Region and Bhar-El Ghazal which is the Dinka land. South Sudan is a region comprised of different nations and these nations now seeks their own independence.

[@willsmackyahsmith9796]

Thanks for the clarification and confirmation. I just wrote a similar thing but in simpler terms. You’re correct.

[@johnscales206]

Thanks!

[@orderoftheyawgmoth]

23:42 That has got to be the most menacing looking church I've ever seen in real life. The outer darkness and the bright reds would make the church a fantastic video game dungeon - a place reeking pure evil.

[@V3ntilator]

I guess you haven't seen black Norwegian stave churches with dragons on them.

[@pierrelindqvist7726]

@@V3ntilator And what a sight they are, effin' beautiful. Best looking religious buildings in the world by far! I might be bias because of my Viking-descent.

[@V3ntilator]

@@pierrelindqvist7726 Yeah. I think the black ones is the coolest.

[@Fishtory]

@reallifelore what service do you use for your B-roll? I'd love to know. Thank you

[@Nalhirrim]

Hello Greenlandic inuit here. Yes, we want independence at some point but that is not sustainable right now. We don't have enough money to keep our country running if we did.

[@DisinterestedParty]

Hi Greenland, from America

[@TheMotz55]

Due to its massive size, Greenland would need a population of about 300,000 to truly manage its own affairs. The Inuit population of roughly 48,000 simply cannot produce enough engineers, doctors, architects, diplomats, scientists, airline pilots, economists, etc to govern such a large country. Independence would essentially be in name only because the majority of professionals would continue to be non-native Greenlanders.

[@CKDrechsel]

I partly agree with you here. The main obstacles, and these aren't simply resolved of course, are having a stable and somewhat self-sufficient government, and military capability, which is entirely Danish military. However, although I do agree that the population number has something to say in terms of education and so on (which is very sector specific as well), gaining independent status is not only about becoming completely unreliant. Look at island states such as Tuvalu and Palau. They have a lot less inhabitants, and although a lot less land, they have gained independence. Greenland has a lot of potential in quite a few industries, but in many cases, it is reliant on international interest, which in itself also poses some challenges. It needs to build industries as it atm relies heavily on fishing (the fishing industry contributes around 90% to the national economy). But other industries are slowly growing, and if they manage to grow sustainably, it could accelerate the independence proces. Independence, therefore, could be gained and most likely it will in the future. But the debates right now is, as touched upon in the video, whether it is economically viable at the contemporary state of Greenland. As of right now it is unlikely, but it remains a very realistic possibility as the Self-Rule referendum in 2008 has the mentioned term, that Greenland is allowed to commence an independence proces whenever it sees fit, and when the parties agree. And as of right now, there are debates on starting to write a national constitution, which means that Greenland could in the next few decades gain independency.

[@Johnnie-d9b]

Bring in mixed European/Eurasian people, from the USA and Russian Federation. Build a civilized country.

[@CKDrechsel]

@@Johnnie-d9b It is quite civilized bro

[@HenriBourkel]

I predict that if Greenlanders decide to become independent, they will quickly run into deep problems for the reasons you listed and they will then ask to become part of the Canadian Inuit Territory of Nunavut, making Canada much bigger than the USA in the process.

[@leaaugusta9924]

​@HenriBourkel Canada already is much bigger than the US 🤔

[@Huminahumina465]

Honestly I would include south Nigeria. They’re constantly being used by the Islamic north since the leaders are usually islamic. And they already had a civil war of north v south

[@zephanoah2510]

Biafra?

[@herisruns]

biafra got absolutely obliterated last time they tried. i think they learned their lesson. nigeria is a significant enough country that the great powers will chose sides and give support to whichever side they think is going to win, but nobody thinks for a minute that the nigerian government to play by european standards of humanitarianism

[@Huminahumina465]

@@herisruns yeah, and being a significant country there’s likely plenty of countries that wants it to fail. Like the DRC

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@Huminahumina465 No one benefits from it failing.

[@Huminahumina465]

@@AL-lh2ht France, other countries built around oil like Russia, jihadists, the south that is killed constantly by said jihadists

[@gabriellupisan7003]

Dude always comes clutch with good content to watch while I'm eating dinner

[@stlcards9881]

“Still live a prehistoric life as hunter gatherers” *wearing sunglasses in the videos lol

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Kurds are the most numerous nation without a state, 30-45 million people. Some sources say 70 million. That's bigger than most European countries. The Kurds definitely deserve their own state.

[@anmolsinghbath9434]

I've heard the Tamils are up there too. And the Sikhs are the largest religion without a home nation.

[@Norrieification]

Seriously. Whenever I hear "do you think ____ [country/territory] has a right to exist?" as I hear plenty in the last nine months or so, I think of the Kurds and Kurdistan, and how they've been oppressed but resilient for so long. If anyone deserves a state, it's them.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

@@Norrieification Most def.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

@@anmolsinghbath9434 I had never heard about the Tamils before, thank you for the info.

[@Norrieification]

@@anmolsinghbath9434 yeah here in Canada we hear about the Sikhs wanting Khalistan all the time, despite most Sikhs in India not being separatists. It’s oddly enough more of a Canadian problem than an Indian one at this point.

[@Z0eff]

Mic seems to be clipping badly or something else that creates a similar effect

[@agme8045]

I think it’s slightly sped up

[@mike_tw3876]

Could be sped up or he replaced himself with AI

[@soundscape26]

I think it's AI.

[@kabogaseitsiwe841]

I've learned a lot from this channel more than i did as a student

[@theeanup]

Did you change your mic?

[@saagisharon8595]

he always has that problem

[@alastairthegreat2887]

​​@@saagisharon8595It seems worse than normal Edit: checked a prior video and the audio definitely sounds much worse this time.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

the sound quality is low

[@agme8045]

I think they sped up the narration, it probably was too long

[@soundscape26]

It may well be AI... it does a really good job if you give it enough of a person's voice to work with.

[@JP-ee2tc]

When I browse KZbin I check the comments first to assess how interesting and worthwhile the listen will be, but there aren't any interesting comments here.

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Most comments are just tail kissers these days. Especially since pretty much all channels silence dissent. Bougainville? I hear that's where My Boogins lives. They should rename it to Krapopolis.

[@nivajaranjit4322]

3:43 hey taiwan claims all of china as its own too

[@williamlee7672]

The outside world would never believe they. All they see are mainland Chinese invaders even though Taiwan KMT goal was always a none China under republic rule.

[@AL-lh2ht]

Only technically. In truth basically no one believes that. But if taiwan reneounces it its basically the same as declaring independence and china will respond with war pretty much immediately.

[@reillycurran8508]

Only because formally abandoning the claim would be seen as declaring independence, prompting an invasion from the mainland.

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Shhh, He'll get demonetized if he says that lol.

[@luki26_]

Not just china, but also the entire Mongolia 😄.

[@captainbrainius6273]

Bougainville is the only one here that has an actual chance of becoming its own country.

[@aaronjaye8111]

The SNP didn’t get a majority of seats in the Scottish parliament in 2021. They got a plurality

[@hmu05366]

Shame we didn’t get independence though! Tory shambles unfortunately lol

[@JasonCliftJones]

Also Sturgeon is no longer leader of the SNP, so her claims for the next election are largely irrelevant. She was replaced last year (and her successor just resigned)

[@thirstyserpent1079]

The guy in charge also just got booted out/resigned because he is legendarily unpopular and their coalition collapsed due to their alliance with the Greens, so any idea of working with the Greens is probably dead while the alliance with the greens came after they shit canned the previous pro independence people xD.

[@kloppite1967]

They’re also seemingly in free fall at the moment politically, with Yousaf resigning today and Sturgeon being investigated for fraud.

[@EthanBGamer1]

No, but pro-independence parties did win a majority of seats (SNP + Greens)

[@mrstevo32100]

Loving what you have done with the audio, sounds kinda old fashioned, I like it 👍

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

French perspective on the new caledonia thing. First thing first, i'm genuinely interested in the subject so i know quite a lot about this topic, not just talking from my butt. The main thing to consider in the independence referendums is that the voting lists have been mostly frozen so as to not disadvantage too much the kanak side. i don't remember the exact rule but i think you need to have been living there for 5-10 years in new caledonia prior to the 1988 agreemenent to be on the voting list, that means that a 35 yo who has been living there his entire life would still not have a say in the vote for independence, which would be obvious BS. that is the only thing allowing the kanak side to pretend they actually have a chance. now times have changed and the wounds of the 1988 incidents are far behind, especially for young people. The pandemic had an effect on the vote too, but not the one the kanak side advertized. France made a LOT of efforts to get the population vaccinated, which would logically make at least a few independentists rethink a little bit (we all know that small independant island nations would not had it as good) AND recently there has been tensions with china in the region which made it clear that independence would have meant vassalization by china just like what is happening in the solomon islands (french news are very outward looking). so when they say that "oh no, the vote falls during our customary grieving whatever" i cannot help to call BS. Support for independance was already iffy, and the recent events did not play in their favor, I think the vote was doomed, and i think they knew it. But as per their agreement and as per UN decolonization rule, this third independence referendum was meant to be the last, and should they lose fair and square, they knew they would be stuck with it for a very long time, possibly forever if the youth doesn't end up caring as much. So they reached the conclusion that their only chance to win was to not play, and called for a boycott. Now where does that leave us ? the agreements freezing the voting lists have expired, and the french government if working toward enlarging it to most people who have a legitimate claim to participate in local affairs (likely anyone who have been living there for at least 5 years) which will lead to the kanak population being dwarfed in numbers by the non-kanak, and i don't see how they get away from it because democracy when 2/3 of the other side can't vote is not exactly democracy. Most likely the only path left to them is violence, or rather incite violence and hope that france does something as incredibly stupid as we did in 1988, but we have learned a thing or two since them. but even assuming that, i don't see it going well, what was made very clear during the peace agreement was that the kanak and local french people would build a future together and without violence, renegging on that would look very bad, so i think the carrots are cooked as we say.

[@thenuke4195]

Can you do a video about country that might disappear

[@shleaumeau7740]

Maldives 😢🌊🌊🌊

[@european-one]

Myanmar, Ethiopia, Russia, South Sudan are all posibilities.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@european-one yea myanmar is going to balkanize hard after the civil war.

[@saisyuumaho]

menacing comment from someone with this name and avatar

[@PeruvianPotato]

Myanmar is probably not going to survive if I'm being 100% honest.

[@SmokytheCat69]

How do you edit so good

[@TheOnlyWally]

Your videos are excellent as always! Just a heads up, for the past few videos, your mic quality is getting worse :( sounds like the gain or compression is extremely high.

[@Neatling]

Denmark didn't "acquire Greenland from Norway". Denmark-Norway was 1 unified kingdom, with Denmark at the helm. In-practice it was basically just the Danish realm we know today, with Norway being a part of it like Greenland and the Faroe Islands are today. With Norway as an internal subdivision in this Kingdom, it was technically through it Denmark-Norway laid claim to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. When after the Napoleonic wars Norway was given to Sweden instead, the great powers decided that would not include Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which would stay with the Kingdom of Denmark. So you can make some technically correct argument for your statement being true. But in practice what happened was simply that they stayed with Denmark when Norway left the union, despite Norway claiming the territories.

[@leaaugusta9924]

This is not his only error, so I'm more inclined to believe you.

[@benpriest1418]

Are the videos sped up recently or something? And the mic sounds awful recently

[@soundscape26]

Starting to think it's AI. It does a really good job with one's voice if you give it a lot of data to work with.

[@Zethonring23]

That Quebec story is honestly pretty remarkable, all these other countries ought to study Canada for a lesson on how different peoples can coexist in one country. A land dominated by two different peoples, speaking different languages, following separate strands of religion and were formally historic enemies, yet they're still on the same page ideologically and respect one another's culture and sovereignty.

[@richardhobbins9054]

You say that they respect each others culture and sovereignty. It's a pity that they didn't respect the indigenous aboriginal people's culture and sovereignty

[@C21H30O2]

North America was more violent before europeans arrived. Go change your tampon.​@@richardhobbins9054

[@matthewhungerford1861]

As a Canadian we are basically bribing them to stay in, Its not that complicated Quebec has a great deal going on for them we all know it. they kick out the PQ would wanted another referendum as during the election they said during independent they still get to have control over Canada's dairy quota's, still get oil money from Alberta, and still control of Canadian monetary policy... its PQ revealed they were full of BS that being independent had no downsides and your average voter realized it. Quebec threatens to leave now just to get concessions from everyone else now and its starting to grate on people nerves.

[@leaaugusta9924]

You're basically talking about two groups of white Europeans whose ancestral countries neighbor each other and which have colonialism in common. The cultural and linguistic differences between the populations in these other places are much greater.

[@joelloydhiggs8515]

Jakarta to Jayapura is actually more than 1000km further than London to Armenia, which is even more insane 😳

[@carlramirez6339]

Still nothing compared to the distance between Paris and Noumea or Papeete.

[@jhrdailies]

The new Nusantara Capital will definitely equalize everything throughout the distance ;)

[@stratm]

For those unaware: The French hostage rescue mission is known as the ‘Ouvéa cave hostage taking’

[@RR-gp3qy]

Hey dude. Just a heads your mic sounds like its in need of a service. Great vid

[@MalcolmIIofCaledonia]

The irony of him talking about Scottish independence when he has a deleted video calling potential Scottish independence a “the worse thing that could happen to NATO”.

[@bulldawzer5074]

I love how you pronounced Quebec right, and now "kwebek" like most others do

[@noelleggett5368]

Would those ignorant people pronounce ‘Basque’ as “baskwe”? Or Albuquerque as “Albekwerkwee”? Or ‘quiche’ as “kwychee”? Why can’t they at least be consistent with their stupidity?

[@noelleggett5368]

But he continued to pronounce ‘Anglophone’ as “Englophone” - or is that just a Philadelphia accent I’m hearing?

[@kakonthebed]

@@noelleggett5368?… because we’re speaking English..? Not French? A different language? Why do you think we say cro-sant instead of kwahsoh 🥐? It’s not mispronouncing, it’s speaking English.

[@derricktalbot8846]

LEAVE NO DOUBT.... the next Referendum on Quebec Independance will be a Canada wide vote..... where it will be clear that no one wants to put up with their "i'm superspecial" BS anymore.

[@Duchess_of_Cadishead]

@@noelleggett5368so, are you saying we should pronounce Queen as “keen”? Pronunciation of many words differs across the English speaking world.

[@videogage]

not sure if you've noticed but the gain on your mic is very high and makes it sound pretty low quality

[@LEGOSquidwardPainting]

This seems like a throwback to your older videos before you mainly started to focus on geopolitics.

[@Dezzo0721]

I studied abroad in Bilbao and the Basque Country is alive and fighting. The amount of protests I saw while I was there was empowering in a way. It felt like a different country within Spain

[@josemjerez2140]

you'd also feel that way if you went to Andalucía, Galicia, or Catalonia. Spain is a country of countries.

[@calebhaze497]

Greenland wanting independence is kinda absurd

[@riddernoah]

I agree. Our tax money goes to Greenland but we dont gain anything from it when they have lots of resources that could be mined that could boost The economy and also benefit Greenland themselves but they dont want to mine it. I believe it Should become a part of Denmark 100% but they Can still keep Their language and culture of course. Also an independent Greenland could be an easy target if they dont join un.

[@teaser6089]

@@riddernoah If greenland becomes independent they'd instantly have to half public spending and pay import and export taxes. It would fuck over their economy

[@european-one]

He didn't go into it in the video, but they are sitting on top of a lot of natural resources. It's speculated that with global warming, these will become accessible. However I'd anticipate a flood of migrants workers would soon make the Inuit a minority.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@european-one yea this is correct. The reason for the increased push for autonomy is so as soon as exploiting natural resources becomes viable, they can jump ship and get all the benefits for themselves. denmark is basically paying reparations.

[@amyparker9816]

@@AL-lh2ht Yeah, imagine Greenland wanting to use the natural resources they have as they see fit and reap the benefits of THEIR land...terrible eh? How dare they not kowtow to Denmark!

[@SaltyFrank1990]

I can't even imagine the amount of work that goes in the production of your videos

[@thejuror2009]

Seriously

[@nullc0ntext]

The levels on the mic are really harsh, could you tone them down a bit to make it easier to listen to? Thanks.

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@zousisargiris3370]

Does the algorithm now favors longer in duration videos because lately all these channels produce videos more than 40 minutes ?

[@morkusmorkus6040]

Good

[@osasunaitor]

True, I've noticed the same

[@perfectchaos0078]

Im surprised Puerto Rico didn’t make the cut

[@KaitouKaiju]

Most of Puerto Rico has no desire to be independent

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

U.S. statehood is more likely than independence, especially since that seems to be favored in non-binding elections. Though it could perhaps go the other way if independence is an option on a ballot. Though no referendum is going to pass unless democrats get a super majority, which isn’t likely to happen any time soon.

[@Soufriere84]

That's because, despite what you may hear, support for independence amongst Puerto Ricans on the island is low. Every time there's a referendum, independence only gets ~5%. The majority want either statehood or status quo, and the former is unlikely unless PR is willing to put itself more in line with the mainland (increase English literacy, ditch metric on its road signs, etc.). Puerto Rican independence seems to be more of a thing on the mainland.

[@christianlorre]

​@@Soufriere84we probably are never getting new states because the 2 most likely places are Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Both of which are pretty left wing and Republicans openly say they will do everything to prevent them from being states because that would lead to Congress and the Electoral College leaning left a lot more likely. And there isn't enough votes to force it through Congress unless Democrats get a super huge majority.

[@Nightdreaux22647]

The Indonesian Government is currently working very hard to build more infrastructures in Western Papua New Guinea. With the upcoming creation of Indonesian New Capital City and transfer of power that will be located on Kalimantan island. This new capital city will be named IKN (Ibu Kota Nusantara - Nusantara Capital City) and will be placed in the right side, near the edge of Kalimantan island as a strategy to shorten the distance to Papua. Making Papua more closer than ever to the Indonesian government.

[@RovenzalRobo]

Thank you my friend for including west papua

[@smarthomeoman528]

What about Balochistan, baloch people fighting against Iran and Pakistan more then 70 years to get their independence.

[@TheGahta]

If they are doing it for 70years already why do you think they will succeed in the near future?

[@waleedofficial2023]

Baloch people are going nowhere they have no grudge against the people of pakistan they only demand justice for the inhumane persecution by pakistani army against their ethnicity. Pakistan army is the elephant in the room creating unrest and terrorism in pakistan for the appeasement of Western democratic powers and they are paid in heavy dollars in other words they are a mercenary army of the west.

[@ci4549]

Baluchistan zanda bad🇹🇯

[@jubnaa]

Balochistan can never cecede from either pakistan or iran.

[@khizeral]

Balochistan independence movement is pathetically insignificant. Nothing more than small pockets of terrorists in two countries, ruining the lives of normal people.

[@jormungandrtheworldserpent8382]

the scotish part is outdated independence seems pretty unlikely now as different priorities have come up and the snp are falling apart

[@RobertsonHH]

But it's not about the SNP, the latest opinion polls suggest a larger majority in favour of independence "despite" the SNP turmoil

[@european-one]

The SNP do not own the concept of Scottish independence. There are a multitude of parties that have independence as part of their core goals, albeit they typically lose out to the SNP.

[@Pizza23333]

@@RobertsonHH This is incorrect. The last poll to show Yes in the lead was in early April at 44 to 42 (14 undecided). A poll shortly after saw No with an outright majority (51 to 44) and two other polls since have shown No in the lead without an outright majority.

[@stevieinselby]

@@RobertsonHH But who will push for it? The only parties campaigning for Scottish independence are SNP, Greens(Scotland) and Alba. With SNP imploding at the moment (partly down to them being largely a one-trick pony with no other ideological coherence, especially following the departure of Sturgeon who managed to hold them together through sheer force of personality), it's unlikely that either Scottish Greens or Alba will pick up enough votes to be a significant force in Holyrood, voters are much more likely to defect to Labour, Lib Dems or Conservative, who are all pro-union and won't be remotely interested in trying to get another indyref.

[@229andymon]

Why do you assume the emergence of new independence supporting parties in Scotland to be negative for the movement? Is it not more like the movement is maturing and moving away from being linked with a single political party? Is it not evidence independence is becoming more of a movement and less of a campaign? I think you’re seeing what you want to see.

[@williamlloyd3769]

As of April 2024, the strongman leader of Chechnya appears to have serious medical issues so who know what will happen in that area?

[@zebra1327]

Most likely one of his insane sons will take over and be Putin's new lapdog, just like Prigozhin's son who took over Wagner after his father's totally accidental death

[@peterj5106]

Is that Putin's soldier? Can't remember his name.

[@ced1244]

@@peterj5106 Ramzan Kadyrov

[@peterj5106]

@@ced1244. Cries like a little girl when Putin is giving speeches. Same dude?

[@Johnnie-d9b]

@@ced1244Ramzan Kadyrov’s descendants are likely to rule the Caucasus region, and perhaps the Russian Federation as a whole as it becomes more Muslim, ma sha Allah.

[@joaoleite8451]

Keep spreading the voice of independence throughout the world! People deserve to be free. The smaller our communities are, the stronger they will be.

[@PopEwLair]

rll never fails to educate me on things I never asked about 🔥🔥🗣️

[@joshygoldiem_j2799]

FUN FACT: The El Clásico football rivalry is highly politicised, with FC Barcelona equated with Catalan separatism and Real Madrid with Spanish unionism.

[@riggs20]

Thank you for this video, but could you slow down the narration to normal speed?

[@Lisa-x3n5x]

I slowed it down to 75%. Sounded weird, but I love the maps.

[@riggs20]

@@Lisa-x3n5x Me too, but it makes him sound slightly drunk. I’d guess he speeds it up by about 10-15% to get more info crammed in. But it’s hard to keep up. He’d be better off cutting out some content and playing the narration at a more palatable rate.

[@stephanledford9792]

The Faroe Islands are similar to Greenland in that they have quite a lot of autonomy politically but are still part of Denmark, and there is some interest there in independence as well. Both have 50K+ populations, which IMO makes them too small to be a separate country, especially Greenland, whose strategic location and potential mineral wealth would make them targets for Russia, the US and possibly Canada and China.

[@capnstewy55]

It always amazes me when people boycott a vote. Unless there is a required quorum it is essentially a guarantee of your own defeat.

[@SuperVladamere]

Their boycott meant nothing. The numbers still doesn't make it likely they would have had enough votes to vote independence.

[@kakonthebed]

The goal is to ensure that the vote looks as unreliable as possible so a possible referendum can held again at a later stage. Or in a different case to imply that the issue is irrelevant. Variety of goals depending on the situation

[@aaronkingston3444]

​@@kakonthebeda boycotted vote is always a vote for the opposition. Any leader calling for followers to boycott a vote, is clearly a plant working for the opposition.

[@hizersnizer]

New Earth update looking dope

[@Sailed_away]

Can't wait for the new set of balance changes , they should seriouly nerf USA and ban russia from the server

[@oBlasterBox]

3:15 did anybody notice Vietnam's flag being upside down?

[@klopsjoker3928]

You have a keen eye

[@xijinping880]

the countries flags are being viewed from behind lil bro

[@MohamIsMe]

You didn't mention the possibility of West Sudan. It would be a terrible outcome, but it is indeed a possibility in this war.

[@Yong_BL]

bijî azadî 💚❤️💛

[@doscassette871]

I feel like Alberta and Saskatchewan leaving Canada is more likely then Quebec at this point.

[@iansavard4489]

A pity, really, I love these guys :(

[@teaser6089]

unlikely

[@doscassette871]

@@teaser6089 more likely doesn't make it likely.

[@TheFreeBass]

I dunno 'bout more likely, but it's more discussed currently & therefore would have been a better fit for this list. As mentioned in the vid Quebec shot their shot & have pretty much mellowed out since then. Right now though... Western Canada is fucking angry & fed up with the broken electoral system.

[@raphaelvallee5651]

​@TheFreeBass Quebec desire for independence at its lowest point is still much higher than the desire of independence in Alberta or Saskatchewan. The support for independence in Quebec is still at around 35%, Alberta and Saskatchewan independence never reached support this high.

[@sauce_aux]

I would love to edit your dialogue tracks or consult.

[@markkays952]

What about Northeast India? Look into it! It’s a completely different culture, religion, and they want and need to govern themselves.

[@DisinterestedParty]

Communist China will probably try to steal that land anyway. That's all they know how to do, steal.

[@noelleggett5368]

I’m sure the (Lapp) speakers of Sami would like to assure the Basque people that theirs is not the only surviving Paleo-European language spoken in Europe. The Finnish and Estonians could also argue the same - as with other speakers of western Uralic languages (like Sami) - especially the Permic, Mari and Mordvin branches. The speakers of Georgian, Ingush, Chechen, Karbadian, Sven, Mingrelian, Laz, Lezgian and Avar might also have a case to put that theirs are also indigenous languages of Europe that survived the onslaught of the Indo-European language family.

[@graham1034]

Wait, 52% of Greeks are fluent in English? That was not my experience when I spent a month there, even in Athens. The bar for being considered "fluent" must be very low.

[@platyp1999]

As a catalan, I find it incredibly hypocrotical of European countries, the EU and UNO to say they advocate for democracy and freedom when they do nothing for these stateless nations in supposedely democratic countries, such as Scotland and Catalonia. And that's without even talking about the ones in more authoritarian countries. All we ask for is the right to decide.

[@gadsdenjack]

I have some sympathy for you in catatonia, but we Scots DID decide. We decided to remain, and it's hardly democratic for the SNP to keep pushing for a redo in the hopes of a different outcome. If we were to have a second referendum and the result was independence, would the pro-union side have the right to a redo of their own, best 2 out of 3?

[@GalacticEmperorAstronomus]

@@gadsdenjack Seeing as the pro-union side most likely voted for to leave the EU. I dont think having a second count is unfair since also its been over a decade gen Z is now being able to vote in this which they couldn't and they are poling to be majority being pro-independence. Not to mention as to how since 2016 the UK has been trending worse and more worse compared to their EU counterparts to the point that living in Poland is actually better then living in the UK. its hard to see that a second vote after a complete and utter screwup the last decade as been, that support for independence would grow higher. It is democratic for the SNP to push for a another referendum because its been a decade, a new crises has evolved shaking the world and the UK, a new generation is able to vote now and with conditions in the Uk gradually getting worse.

[@nickwatson8641]

@@gadsdenjack Brexit happening since the first referendum is kind of an important development, no?

[@gadsdenjack]

@nickwatson8641 if it wasn't for Brexit, the SNP would have found some other excuse to demand a redo. Voting no had consequences, one of which is that when UK-wide referendums happen we are bound by the outcome the same as England. A yes vote would have been permanent, why should a no vote only count until the next "important development"?

[@jeil5676]

Forgive my ignorance but I thought catalonia was a salad dressing. Not sure where it is. I'll do some searches.

[@dmfalk]

When mentioning Greenland, you should've mentioned the Faroese Islands, who also enjoy a similar devolution with Denmark as Greenland does.

[@aap6068]

Your Scotland information is outdated at this point. Sturgeon has left already and today her replacement has also resigned today and the SNP is now in shambles. Opinion polling is getting less and less in favour of Scottish independence and opinion polls have consistently shown the Scots would like to remain in the UK with a healthy 5-10% lead since January 2023. Opinion polling for the upcoming general election also predicts the SNP will lose a lot of their seats to Labour, a unionist party.

[@renerpho]

Yes, I think this must have been written at least 1 1/2 years before it was uploaded.

[@tracymuckle8512]

@aap6068 please give the sources for a sample of these polls?

[@renerpho]

@@tracymuckle8512 The Wikipedia article "Opinion polling on Scottish independence" has all polls about Independence. Links to the original polls from there. Similarly, "Opinion polling for the next Scottish Parliament election" has polls for the next parliament election in Scotland, and "Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election" has a Scotland section with links to the polls for the upcoming general election.

[@tracymuckle8512]

@@renerpho I've taken all of them since 2022 and I'm disregarding most of the ones on Wiki...12 haven't polled 16 & 17yr olds, 6 are samples of less than 900 people, some were weighted and some weren't, some were for the UK gov and some for the Scottish gov and most were in the margin of error! Theres no way you can get anything reliable from that mess...try an independent polling company, stick with the same one

[@renerpho]

@@tracymuckle8512 Why are you asking for polls if you already have them?

[@SebastianPeitsch]

"Begging the question" means the question is already answered when posed, or the questioner answers it with the question. What you mean at 3:15 is "POSING the question".