Why Do You Live in a Country You Hate?

[@ogawasanjuro]

I, as a Black man, have lived in Japan now for over 15 years. I like the fact that I do not have to spend my waking hours worried about when the cops will pull their guns on me AGAIN. In the US it happened multiple times for "driving while Black". I will never go back to the US.

[@Tsvna-f8d]

And were you going to tell us how you’re treated as a curiosity by much of the population and how the Japanese will never consider you as Japanese, no matter how much you integrate into their culture? Or you’re ok with letting other black men learn that the hard way?

[@michaelrexrode3759]

Sorry man, but all foreigners in Japan are subject to profiling and anyone, foreign or Japanese, can be held in jail for up to 23 days, for ANY REASON. There's no habeas corpus in Japan.

[@Morning404]

@@Tsvna-f8d Use your common sense - Japanese people not fully accepting him is obviously NOT as bad as being HARRASED by racist law enforcement.

[@Tsvna-f8d]

@@Morning404 that would actually be a lot worse. Idk what common sense you’re talking about but I’d much rather deal with a couple of bad cop encounters over my entire life than constantly being marginalized by everyone I interacted with. But wouldn’t they both be a problem that should be talked about? So then why be dishonest and lead others down the wrong path?

[@draageel]

@@Tsvna-f8d I'm white and American and I don't feel any sense of community in America compared to Japan. In Japan, you're welcomed in. Sure, you're not Japanese but at least you're not being screwed every day with lackluster infrastructure and poison food.

[@AtarahStorm]

I was born and raised in America. I have held jobs since I was 14 years old. I have worked in Public Service for 30 years. I am currently homeless because my Public Service Pay stub is less than the minimum requirement to rent a studio apartment. The pension I'm promised to get next year is even less. Banks cancelling accounts without reason, GMOs, poison water and soil, lab made meat, too easy to offend people when you can't keep up with neoprnouns, and the women are over the top entitled princesses. I feel betrayed by my Country.

[@notsosuavemate]

Lucky you being able to work at 14

[@DAndyLord]

What's the problem with GMOs and lab grown meat?

[@A_friendwithoutbenefits]

Nobody can objectively say any country is the greatest or best country on earth, because ‘greatness’ or ‘best’ is so subjective. Different people value some metrics over others. What you mean is, USA is the best country in the world FOR YOU. Doesn’t mean it is the best country in the world.

[@BillyTimes-dw7vs]

Well said now that make sence facts

[@williamfrost9910]

If you could live in a country where you don't have citizenship and the support that goes along with it and still feel that it's better than your home country, then your home country is definitely not the best. The best times of my life have been spent outside of the country, but I had a pretty good time in California, too. Some people prefer the familiar and some prefer the unfamiliar. Citizenship pulled me back to the US, but I'll go abroad again when I retire and stay as long as is financially possible.

[@matthewramsay1190]

If I were to say the United States is the best country in the world because that's where my family and friends are and that's where I developed my skills, that's fine. But all of those things are incidental. A person from Ghana would say Ghana is the best country because that's where his family and friends are. So you would have to say something qualitative, like the United States is the best because it has the best healthcare, or crime is low, or the people are generally happy, or the weather is fantastic, or something along those lines. Then we could have a discussion about whether it really is the best at that thing. Also, I think just because people come back to the states, doesn't mean they prefer living here or think it's better. There may be better financial opportunities. So you could say that the US is best because it has better financial opportunities.

[@linuxman7777]

The US is probably the best country on earth to build wealth in, wages and opportunities are very good here, there is very little low level corruption, There is alot of choice in where and how to live, Speech in the US is freer than almost anywhere in the world, The education system is pretty good but it is highly regional, America is probably the least racist and most tolerant country on earth at an institutional level, especially in major cities. These are some of the immediate pros I can think of about the US.

[@matthewramsay1190]

@@linuxman7777 I would agree that the US has the best opportunities to build wealth. It also places a lot of value in freedoms, such as freedom of speech, press, and the right to arm yourself, that you’d be hard pressed to find in any other country. America has an unfortunate history of institutionalized racism, with things such as red-lining, that affected where people of color could live and buy homes. Institutions such as the prison system and the police also have a history of over-targeting people of color. So I’m not sure I’d agree with the US having the least amount of institutional racism. That would probably go to a majority black country, like Jamaica or Nigeria. While there are a lot of options on where and how to live in America, your options largely depend on your wealth. But that’s true everywhere so I’d say the US is standard in that regard.

[@linuxman7777]

@@matthewramsay1190 Nigeria and Jamaica are incredibly racist countries. Not all racism is white on black, you should see how bushmen and pygmies get treated in Africa not even the institutions in the south were that bad. The US at least tries to deal with racism in ways so long as they don't interfere with certain rights and freedoms. The only exception is Freedom of Association, before the Civil rights era, the North had true freedom of association like Japan does today, You could discriminate or integrate and so long as it was between private individuals the state had nothing to say about it. Of course, the South had Jim Crow laws which are also anti-Freedom of association as they are forced discrimination. Today, Civil RIghts laws clearly violate freedom of association and are really just an overcorrection for Jim Crow Laws.

[@matthewramsay1190]

As a current US citizen, I can say there are many great things about this country. Unfortunately, the war between the north and south didn’t end racism. Even now, after the civil rights movement with MLK, the US still struggles with the effects of systemic and institutional racism, as evidenced by the things like the high mortality rate for pregnant black women in the healthcare system and the recent Black Lives Matter movement which saw millions of citizens around the country take to the streets. I’m not saying that the US is the worst when it comes to systemic racism, I’m disputing your contention that it is the best country in the world when it comes to that.

[@linuxman7777]

@@matthewramsay1190 while that is fair, the Black people in America do better than they do almost anywhere in the world except for maybe Europe or Japan. There is still racism in the institutions but that is charicteristic of all countries.

[@AsterCalibur]

I travelled abroad lived most of my time in NZ. At heart you love your home country at the same time you see it's not the same place you loved. Isolation is a benefit and a curse of living in NZ. While I like the security and life feels comfortable. I find it hard to make good friends after being abroad a lot and but making some connections again you have days that old demons will come back in your life. Travelling abroad makes you appreciate home but not appreciate the mindset of some of the people around you.

[@danielxbox28]

That's very subjective , going to America i thought some of it was depressing. The food was so artificial if you haven't been raised with it , it tastes nasty

[@Imkflow]

I get what you're saying. If it make you happy to say it, so be it. It's not true, though.

[@BillyTimes-dw7vs]

Great video but living in the Philippines was a game changer for me. Cheap housing, the Philippine pesos is 57php to a US Dollar. Beautiful beaches, and beautiful women who's not worried about are you 6ft tall, 6pack abs and a 6figure income like women are in America your still young and got alot of life left but why waste it in America the country isnt like it use to be . I'm 6mo in America and 6months overseas Great 📹 video 👍.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

It may be more fun in the Philippines, but there are reasons the vast majority of the Filipinos in the USA are in no hurry to go back. We can build a beautiful new house in Mindanao for only 40,000 dollars / two million pesos, but we can earn 10,000 a month in the USA with a small business.

[@BillyTimes-dw7vs]

@jamesrecknor6752 Right i agree but also be buried in debt and having more strokes and heart attacks due to trying to achieve making that $10k a month trust me their starting to wake up and realize is it worth it anymore my next door neighbor is Filipino and told me in 2years he retireing and moveing back to the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@ayzikj6819]

These are all just personal perspectives. Just like food, someone's favorite food could be pasta, which doesn't mean this holds true for everybody, because everybody is not the same person.

[@michaelrexrode3759]

It IS the best country, but we need to make it BETTER.

[@linuxman7777]

If we had M4A here the US would be unquestionably the best country on earth, it would fix alot of our other problems.

[@draageel]

Yeah biden, BUILD BACK BETTER loll

[@Qantz]

Best country for you, not the best country in the world. What do you base best in the world with? America ranks nowhere near top.

[@mysteriousman4966]

cause my parents came from turkey to germany as gastarbeiter back then. i was then born and raised in gerrmany and get that: i only had one german friend in my entire life and that was as a kid. i just dont vibe with german people man. i dont like the culture. my parents came here to earn money and then unfortunately stayed in germany. people are so distant and cold to each other i never got used to that even though i was born in germany. i like warm people you know? i dont know how to say this....umm like people you can hang out with after getting to know them after a couple of days weeks etc. with german people its impossible you have to know them from a childhood. so yeah after my apprenticeship im gonna maybe work 1 to 2 years max and then move i dont know where but i have to or else i have the feeling im gonna lose myself if i havent already.

[@Morning404]

bro your video is a quite dumb in my opinion no offence. No depth or nuance in your dialogue.

[@natanfurman2467]

nice room

[@mankymoo]

Most of the reasons people complain are rooted in poverty. It's cute that you like the country you're from. You might even like it better than any other place. But to declare it better than everywhere else is a step beyond, and I think blinds you to the virtues of other places. By putting nations in competition in your mind, and putting yours first, I think you're downplaying the negative aspects of the USA. Your thoughts on travel and emigration show that you're lucky enough to have the ability to choose to move. All americans have that freedom, but not all have that luxury. If you really love the USA, you have to love it, warts and all. You have to understand that in many ways it is the best, and in others it isn't. Loving america is about making up that difference. Doing your part to fix what's broken. Not standing on a pedestal and saying look how great this all is, stop complaining. You seem level headed, but boy is this a bad take

[@aidarosullivan5269]

Yes, I live in Russia.