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You are amazing
It’s amazing the difference between an incompetent fool and a statesman. Democracy is unpredictable but in the end worth the effort.
Also there is a lot of shipping out of the Great Lakes.
@european-reacts there's a few metals needed for technology needs we would struggle for but other that America could be self sustainable for quite some time
@@european-reactsand the Cuba question is stems from communism once upon time Cuba allowed ussr to put nukes on the island
Mostly yes, as to self-sufficiency. People underestimate the US ability to provide for itself.
true but remember nearly 20% of agricultural and food products are exported
@@andrewtrenkel
Which just underscores the sheer capacity of the US. With very few exceptions, starvation is something that the US has almost zero experience with as a nation. The US could actually produce a lot more food than it does. Most of the corn (Dent Corn) grown in the Midwest isn't for human consumption, but rather used for animal feed, bio-fuels, and other byproducts as opposed to Sweet Corn predominantly eaten by people.
@@andrewtrenkel I will leave this right here
The U.S. is the world's top food exporter thanks to high crop yields and extensive agricultural infrastructure.
Yea but if we stopped exporting, we loose the allies we do have. It’s kind of a catch 22.
@@andrewtrenkel we should export food to make the global price of food lower making necessities supply higher is alwyas good?
Also, the US is one of the few nations in the world who can be totally self sufficient. We actually have a ton of minerals, oil, coal, gas, and rare earth's that we refuse to mine while getting them from the rest of the world. So ours is held in reserve. So, while the world expends their resourced, the US holds theirs in reserve
And just this year we discovered in northern Nevada the worlds largest deposit of lithium, surpassing anything China has. So there goes that strategic hold that China has had for decades. The US has been extremely strategically smart with its resources. Very very long term thinking from a lot of leaders.
@@mycroft16You're giving our leaders way too much credit. They're all a pack of loons and losers. We got lucky. Our capitalist owners found it cheaper to buy things like refined rare earth minerals from China. They saved money, period. Of course it really is working to our benefit now, but I don't think it's part of some clever plan by our political leaders.
Or as Li'l Kim said, "Why spend MINE when I can spend YOURS?"
Shhhhh
We all know
This is a great vido and I think most Americans don't appreciate how fortunate we are in having all resources that allows us to prosper and which helped us to become a superpower. Your English is perfectly understandable. More people should watch such videos to better understand the world.
I agree with that. This video gives a lot of amazing information 🙌
At 6.65, if you look at the overlay of the US and Europe - that size difference explains why Americans normally don't (typically) visit as many other countries or speak as many languages as Europeans; We can go vastly farther than most Europeans and never leave our own country.
Also Europeans traveling between European countries are visiting significantly different cultures while Americans traveling between states are simply visiting different geographical features.
@@ashfordj81 You don't know much about American cultures. Like Native American tribes, there are significant differences in the states and even parts of each state. New York, Texas, California, Florida, Washington, North Dakota - all very different cultures and have a different feel from each other... and have different histories. For instance, Texas has different founding fathers that the greater part of the US.
The river changing paths isn't really a Climate Change issue. It's more like a land erosion issue. That would happen regardless.
Yep, it was due to change course regardless of 20th century or any climate change.
Came here looking for this comment. Natural erosion that has been occurring throughout all of the existence of the river. Specifically, in relation to rivers and their course changes, the term avulsion is used.
Additionally, of note, river courses can be significantly affected by even small changes in surface elevations due to tectonic plate shifts.
River course changes are usually caused by silt (dirt) in the river. This is a bigger problem for slower - and more navigable - rivers. The Yellow River in China has the same issue.
It happens near the continental divide, where rivers flow to the Atlantic or Pacific 😂🎉
And especially since the Mississippi River is a Meandering River by Nature
Those lakes are MASSIVE. When you stand on the shore and look over one of them it looks like the ocean. You cannot see the other side
As a Michigan resident, I can attest to this. Standing on the beaches of the West side of the state makes it appear very big.
I thought it was funny to listen to the video that was shared and that lack of knowledge the narrator clearly had in regard to the importance of the Great Lakes and the connection to the Atlantic. They could be classified as inland seas.
Re: Ships on the Great Lakes. The Baltic and the Caspian seas are each roughly 370,000 square kilometers. Combined, the Great Lakes cover 244,000 square kilometers, so they really are like an inland sea. For a good picture of life on the lakes, listen to Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."
The Great Lakes are beautiful and there are many beautiful islands in them and amazing beaches!
Most Americans don't know how blessed we are in our geographical
Location, and Abundance of resources.
The military complex is an entity of its own. It really doesn't matter which party is in control the military always gets the money they need.
And the military gets very little 3.1 % compared to healthcare 19.1 % of our GDP and one is the absolute best in the world and the other is mediocre at best
Thank god it gets what’s it needs.
@@JustMe-gn6yf”very little”
Thank God.
Yeah we are all realizing this. Ex-Bush conservative here… and a resident of VA… the MIC is nuuuuuuuts….
One thing many Europeans do not really understand is the size and depth of the great lakes. They are as big as some of the European seas and the only reason they are not actually seas is that they are fresh water.
And sea level plays into it as well as they ( The Great Lakes ) are all above sea level.
Republicans believe in funding one of the govts primary stayed function and that is to protect the republic, dems prefer to waste it pretending to care about the downtrodden
Not to mention they produce their own weather.
I tell my Euro friends to read the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald to understand the power and magnitude of the Great Lakes. It blows their minds.
@@DoomHat1776 He needs to do a review of the song by Gordon Lightfoot.
A "barrier island" is a long stretch of island which has broken off from the mainland. Water separates the mainland and island, making safe channels in between them.
Their existence implies:
•Easily-made harbors and ports. You can put ports on BOTH SIDES if you want.
•Easily-defendable mainland with a natural, physical barrier between it and the enemy. Want a fort? Put it on the barrier. No problem. Put one on the mainland, too. Doubly-defended, both sides.
•Safely-traversable water with mild, predictable currents. The islands are like water breakers in a way. Water inside is calmer and shallower.
These factors make a barrier island a sort of "screening area" where a potential invasion has to find a way through the islands' water channels. If they try, they will have two major options: Take the barrier island (which might be heavily-defended) quickly, or power through the small channel, going into a bottleneck where their actions and movements are predictable, and they have a high chance of being quickly surrounded.
Neither are good options, so the best course of action is to not invade at all.
For all intents and purposes, a "barrier island" is a free, natural castle wall. And they are EVERYWHERE along the East Coast.
1 Your English is great! No need to worry about it; not only is it perfectly understandable, your accent & cadence is very pleasant to listen to.
After hearing over and over again how the world hates us.... it fills my heart with so much joy to hear someone love america and speak about its beauty the way you do. America is my home, I have native blood, I'm so proud of my home
Yes, he has a positive sense of innocent enthusiasm...
I'll leave it there! 😊
@CZH3982 yeah you probably should...
I suspect a lot of that is people hating the US government and foreign policy directives, but loving America itself. Generally, that would be my stance.
@TheSobeysworker nah... people think we're rich, lazy, spoiled, think we're better than everyone else or just flat out evil... im talking about what they think of us as a people.... britts are constantly hating on us... shit I've even seen signs in France outside of coffee shops that say no americans allowed
Having grown up and lived overseas for a good part of my life, I can honestly tell you that many more people are totally in love with the US and Americans than there are people who hate us. Yes, there are people who hate us, but we hate them too, so it all balances out...lol Most people are very curious about the US and Americans. They want to talk to you and have a lot of questions.
I’m from Michigan. To give you perspective: You can start at the bottom of my state, drive north for about 6 hours, and if you look to your left it is still the same lake.
Excellent I live in Duluth MN at the wolf's nose at the beginning of lake Superior 😂❤
I hate the lakes in Minnesota. Too many damn leeches...😂
@mysanityizgone4576 Lakes? More like ponds lol
Same here...I live at the bottom of Lake Michigan in Chicago and it's more dangerous than the ocean.
The closest distance from US to Russia is in the Bering straights. Between Russia and Alaska. Specifically Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (US).
We never said we were perfect...we just try harder
& work harder & believe freedom and liberty are as important as breathing.
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I understand every word, your english is excellent and your accent is charming. Don't worry about it.
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Certain syllables you struggle with can be fixed by properly learning the alphabet.
Agree. Much easier to understand than some English accents.
Your accent is great i & love when you pause to react pause as much as you want, apologize less your doing great
The Chesapeake Bay coastline being longer than India's coastline is a mindboggling thing. Most Americans don't know about that.
Google the coastline fallacy and you’ll see why this is ultimately inconsequential
Coastlines aren't measurable
@@Senriamhhahah came here to say that
Definitely! I had no clue and I lived in the area for over 8 years.
What are you on
Your accent is like listening to English being spoken in cursive.
Your words flow into each other.
No hards breaks between words.
Perfectly easy to understand AND somewhat smoother and softer to listen to.
Of course, some of that smoothness might just be the timbre of your voice
He does have a very pleasant voice, doesn't he.
I'm a native English speaker from rural midwest.
Your English is very good and I haven't had one time in your videos where I've went "what is he saying?"
Really, don't worry about your English, it's great. Always understand what you're saying without fail.
Me too.
We could supply all of our food and energy needs, But without bananas, coffee and chocolate our civilization would possibly collapse...
We could grow all those if push came to shove, but it would be second rate compared to the imports (at least for a couple generations).
Hawaii already grows bananas, coffee and chocolate
@@bobcatfan5966you tell'em LMAO. We can survive alone just like we did in the 1800's if we had too. Coffee and chocolate is a bonus lol
😂🤣😂 We would cry but we could survive as far as food & oil.
Sorry , had to 👎. Please don’t bring Chocolate into this.
We use other nations oil for one reason. Simply, when they run out, we will still have a LOT of domestic oil to use completely under our control.
lol. Keep ours in the ground where it’s safe. The truth is more complicated. Refineries are designed around specific grades of oil. We have refineries that can only handle foreign sources.
America exports more than 9 million barrels of oil a day since a 40-yr-old ban on oil exports was lifted in 2015 (to lift producers' profits). Gulf Coast refineries can refine heavy sour crude, which is cheaper, to create speciality products. That's why we import oil.
@@eekus1494Great information 💯
That's not why but sounds good if that was
Shit never thought about it from that angle🤣
I adore your admiration for our country! 🥰 I am always proud to be an American, but it’s easy to forget to be grateful day-to-day.
I understand you perfectly; your English is impeccable. As an American I enjoy watching your reactions regarding our country. These videos are educational and interesting. These are facts that we learned growing up, but a lot of us do not think about them in our daily lives so this was a nice refresher. I am always curious about how America and Americans are perceived by people from other countries. Most Americans are proud of our country and we would like for other countries to prosper and treat their people well.
The US never should have tried nation building in Afghanistan. As soon as Bin Laden had been dealt with we should have left.
I 1000000% agree!
@@Navybrat64Infinity%.
Truly, I believe in my core that Most Americans just don't want to deal with the rest of the world anymore.
Of course, the extent is variable.
I'm leaning towards going back to seclusion. Not full seclusion. Semi seclusion is where I'm at.
Historically, We're stronger, more cohesive, and better off overall without being in the globalist schema
Agreed. I get leaving a small force there for counter terrorism concerns, but once BL was taken out we should have tapped out.
I get the attempt though. It's kinda shitty to invade a country then leave abruptly leaving the people to rebuild from the ravages of war. They felt the responsibility to help.
@@Vendrix86
I *might* would agree with that thought, except Afghanistan has almost never been anything BUT a war torn shit hole. The people who grew up under the American aegis in Afghanistan for 20 years, many were literally clinging to leaving US aircraft as they were taking off and falling to their deaths. Parents were literally THROWING THEIR BABIES over the fence hoping the Americans would take them away with them. They *knew* that without the American Overwatch that Afghanistan would go right back to being a shit hole. So, was it really worth it to try and turn Afghanistan into something it had never been? That being a functional unified and free country? After 20 years and Trillions of dollars spent with nothing to show for it, I think not.
You asked why we have ships on lakes, please consider the American Great Lakes are more than 2.5 times larger than Portugal! Many Great Lake Ships (Freshies) are longer, but narrower than Blue Water ships (salties.)
Lake Superior is larger than Portugal on its own says Google anyway, and it contains more water than all of the other Great Lakes combined. Both sound nuts.
@@Kenneth_James Well Australia's Biggest Cattle Station (US Ranch!) is the size of Israel, The Australian Great Lake while Dry is filled would cover 1/3 of the In land (Mostly QLD, VIC, NSW and a bit of SA and NT!) it would hold more Fresh Water than the North Pole or so I am told!
The Great Lakes are actually considered in-land oceans.
@@susanoakeshaufSeas, but yes, they are huge and hold over 20% of the earth's fresh water
America was historically very isolationist before the 20th Century. It was a huge task for President Wilson to pull us into WW1, and almost certainly wouldn't have happened without the Zimmerman Telegram. We have always striven to be entirely self-sufficient, and now that there are so many synthetics to replace natural resources we don't have, like rubber, we can be.
18:45 Literally had no idea till now
Canada being an extremely close ally and basically brothers is a huge reason why North America is OP.
I'm glad Canada isn't an angry neighbor
@@johnreese7973 Even if it was, Canada would be over run in hours.
And a lot of Canadians and Americans are blood relatives.....
@@landenschooler6726 If you mean by "alot" a couple thousand, then yes.
But Canada is a socialist shithole with taxes out the ass, and a 6 month to 2 year wait list to a see a specialist and a 8 hour wait time in most hospitals. Canada can only afford to be socialist because of America. If the USA did not have such a powerful military, Canada would have been forced to build their own. Right now Canada's military is 2 rowboats and a squirt gun.
Canada is family. Period.
The Great Lakes are large enough to act as seaways. This allows the north border of the US to also have ports
Remember too that you can travel the rivers from the Gulf to the Great Lakes. The Great Loop takes you from the Gulf, up the Mississippi to the Great Lakes, then out through Canada and to the Atlantic Ocean.
I’m from Chicago. My wife calls the Great Lakes oceans. As a Kansas American it’s hard to comprehend how big these lakes are
Your English is easy to understand. Don’t worry about it. It’s so fun to watch you react. You are a really curious person - I’m also very curious about everything too.
Your English is great. Very easy to understand. I don’t normally care for reaction videos, but I keep watching yours. Keep up the great work. I hope you continue making videos for a very long time.
Yes, a "barrier" island is an entity that protects the actual coastline from receiving damage or stress from tidal and wave damage.
And as such, large war vessels cannot storm any beaches on any of its shores. God truly did bless America…and would continue, until it turns its back on Him.
As an american from the midwest, i knew we had OP geography. But, damn, I was honestly surprised by most of this. Fantastic video and reaction 😊
Same! And no trouble understanding your accent and English.
Same actually sht surprised me
A barrier island is an island that creates a bay on the land side and takes the brunt of the power of the ocean on its side facing the sea.
I love your content bro. I’m a U.S. Army combat veteran. I watch all your videos. I love your reactions. Most Americans cannot appreciate our great country. It’s so awesome watching you be amazed about how great America really is. If you ever visit the States I’d love to meet you and show you around. Anytime. And your English is perfect by the way.
You should check out the video about how the US Navy originally got started, by fighting pirate ships. The guy who makes the video is an amazing story teller and have a fantastic video about it. It's called "America Dismantles Pirate Nations for Touching Their Boats - The Barbary Wars" by The Fat Electrician. I think you will enjoy the story and his video a lot.
Also habitual line crosser. Explains why we don't mess with our Canadian Brethren. When the Sorry stops, the war crimes begin.
I love that video
Thanks for the recommendation!
I second this, such a great video I love the fat electrician 😂
That video made me want a movie or series about that war. Fascinating time in American history that had huge long term ramifications.
Not only is your English very good, you have a very impressive vocabulary.
I was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and retired to Texas. I have not previously heard of the long line of barrier islands all the way from the TexMex border all the way up to the New England states. Wow! Lots of great information in this video. All Americans should be watching this ❤
I remember 20 years ago talking to a coworker from Greece about our energy independence. He thought Americans were crazy for worrying so much about it. He was convinced it wasn’t a problem. He always said this country could flip a switch and start producing oil whenever it wanted. Looking back on it now, it seems he wasn’t far from the truth.
@tonyk4615 Many do not realize how many drills are capped in the US, also in the Gulf of Mexico, and leases on government land for drilling that are not used, just kept as an option.
The issue with oil and gas is never, in the US, the supply. The issue is how profitable it will be to extract it. This is what determines how much we get from our own territory and how much we buy from others.
And a company will make the decision on investing into a drill based on a projected long-term profitability estimate. It's a bigger initial investment that will take years to pay off.
The reason we are now getting more of these resources from our own territory is new technologies made extracting them here more profitable. We always knew the resource was here in abundance.
Another factor is just improving the technology, allowing them to not only drill existing sources more profitably but unlocking access to deeper reserves. There is a limit on how far down you can go (If you go far down enough that the delicate parts in your drill that let it move start fusing or melting then its pretty much over) but we probably haven't reached it just yet.
@@randymotter51
add to that by forcing the middle east to trade only in American standard dollar and controlling the global energy market, we are able to boost the overall value of the American dollar on the international trade market.
That and nobody but the weakest and elderly would freeze here anyway.
@@tinatidmore3809 Everything about the US is based on profit.
Don’t worry about pausing, my man. That’s why we’re here - to hear your commentary.
I have lived in the US my whole 60 yrs of life. I am learning alot about our country I did not know.
Also you must remember the huge amount of flooding in New Orleans every time there is a hurricane the city is 9 feet below the top of the Mississippi river
Barrier island; like a long and narrow island, separated from the main land by ocean water, that helps to protect the main lands both militarily, and geographically.
Additionally, the ecological significance of the barrier islands plays a big role, when it does help to protect the mainland from hurricanes and other natural phenomena, first acting as a barrier and also the marshlands protecting the marine and land species. Many of them do use it for reproduction and protection purposes.
I understand you just fine.
And is a weather and tidal buffer...
Canada is very cold and very mountainous. Mostly uninhabited.
The Great Lakes are more like inland fresh water seas. Lake Superior alone is larger than some European countries. It is the largest lake by surface area in the world. The combined Great Lakes alone, contain something like 21% of the entire world’s fresh water.
unless you consider the Caspian Sea as a lake (a saltwater one granted)
When it comes to the Great lakes, the United States and Canada have control over the world's largest supply of freshwater. There is more fresh water within the Great lakes than any other area on the planet.
For your oil question as to why the US still imports most of it's oil used domestically while exporting oil produced here, the two products are vastly different. The oil produced domestically is categorized as "Light Sweet" and the oil that the US imports are "Sour oil". Our refineries are set up to refine the "sour oil" and building more refineries would cost anywhere in between 5-10 million dollars. So importing is way more inexpensive than building more refineries
Do you mean millions or billions?
Barrier islands are low lying islands off of coastlines that protect the shore from storm damage (hurricanes), which are prevalent between May & December.
Your accent is incredibly clear. My only problem as a native English speaker is that every time you are looking for a word I yell it out, forgetting you can’t hear me. 😂
Agreed lol, The Accent is definitely "heavy" but... I can understand him better than most Southerners 😅
@@seanziepoo7495 Southerns have an accent that makes words sound different, it's entirely different. His accent is like listening to words with different tones only.
I did that! 😂
Fossil stuff, you were looking for the word fuel.
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Actually, Americans love Cubans. Our governments have issues but not us. Many live here and have assimilated very well. Many of us also speak Spanish and they all speak English. They have brought the food and culture that has been welcomed and embraced by us.
Don’t worry, your English is fine. And your comments are very well appreciated.
One of the perks of having the entire continent, coast to coast. 😊
A barrier island is a constantly changing deposit of sand that forms parallel to the coast. Basically, it makes our coastlines safer to navigate. Which is why when you visit the Atlantic Ocean on the East Coast, the waves aren't as big. But the West Coast has no barrier islands, so the waves are bigger, which makes berthing more difficult.
Side note: the Intracoastal Waterway is man made, not natural as is represented in this video. It was built by the Army Corp of Engineers.
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@@ccormx Some of it was always naturally navigable. Though there has been lots of changes over time to mitigate flooding, extend how far can be navigated, and maintain a minimum levels year round.
@@ccormx this is true of much of Louisiana to South Carolina, but the majority of Texas, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and especially North Carolina (via the Outer Banks) are naturally navigable. But for instance the Intercoastal Waterway (North Landing River) in VA is a partially manmade canal connecting Norfolk to the intercoastal sounds in NC. There's actually only about 60 miles of manmade canals connecting Wilmington, NC to Baltimore, MD. The other 400 some miles are natural.
Great reaction video. The USA never sought to be a superpower, we just like trade, travel, friends md things that go boom ( fireworks and guns, our civilians have more guns than our military 😅)
Argentina has vast advantages, but has managed to be a consistent underperformer. Political systems matter.
Being a republic works.
Good luck w Milei, hope his plans work. US needs an overhaul herself.
100%
US interference in South America leaves the US much to answer for.
Definitely. If I remember correctly, there was a time when Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world.
I always love the pictures of the Navy Fleet with the Air Carriers.... because you see all the ships above the water and you are like.... yeah... that alone is enough to destroy anyone... but then you gotta remember.. theres probably 2-3 subs also working with them at any point of the ocean... literally just waiting to rise up enough to launch their insanely incredible prescise and deadly tomahawks... and if they need bigger boys.. its over for everyone... they literally carry thermonuclear and nuclear bombs.... and they travel at mach 19... good luck and god speed...
There is a HUGE amount of oil under the Rocky Mountains. My brother, at one point, built temporary housing for oil workers. He was given orders to start building housing SOMEWHERE in the Rocky Mountains, but his company abruptly changed his destination from there to the Canadian border in North Idaho, where he eventually moved to. He was given NO EXPLANATION, so he dug into this on his own. He told me, proudly, that the U.S.A. will continue to purchase foreign oil until we are the last holders of oil. Whatever you do, don’t get kicked out of any site where you can expose any irregularities.
Don't worry about your accent. There are people from all over the world here in America so we hear lots of accents. I live in southwest Florida and there are lots of Germans in my town so I hear that accent all the time.
Also, you are correct about the intercoastal waterways around the coast. The islands just offshore block the waves so it's like having a river around the coast that boats can safely sail on.
I was born and raised in NYC. I speak fluent accented English. 😊
The barrier reefs not only keep the waters calm, but also restrict troop landings b hostile forces and the ability for submarines to sneak in. This is because the barrier reefs only allow access to the mainland in certain spots that are easily defendable
They are islands, not reefs.
This was AMAZING! I honestly didn't know what to expect, but it turned out to be really interesting. One of my top 5 so far on this channel.
I think your English is very good. There are some words that I have trouble understanding but I do that with my native English speakers so I think you're doing amazing.
If the world cut the US off it would be really bad for a while But it would recover after a few decades. The major issues of self reliance in terms of the us would be medicine, computer chip production and lack of general manufacturing. All of those things were covered but greed caused corporations and politicians to outsource cheap labor to foreign countries.
That trend has been reversing in recent years, with many manufacturing plants returning to the US (called Reshoring).
"Cheap" overseas labor isn't all returning, but places that have themselves seen huge economic growth in the past 50 years (especially China) have experienced an increase in their real wages increase by a factor of around 500%...
That "cheap labor" isn't particularly cheap anymore, so it's being moved to areas like Vietnam and other Asian countries, or back to somewhere in the Americas (some South, some North).
Added to the labor considerations are potential interruptions/delays in logistics (transport of goods), therefore "closer=better".
Here's the title of an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal earlier this year -
"America Is Back in the Factory Business"
++++ Record spending on manufacturing construction heralds a made-in-the-U.S. rebound, stoked by green-energy incentives and concerns about foreign supply chains; ‘this is here to stay’++++
That's a bunch of nonsense. Show actual facts, not opinions.
@@Navybrat64 lol I'll do whatever I want take it or leave it. 🖕
@Navybrat Most of what was said was accurate, exactly what was it that was just “opinions?”
Things like rare earth mining is essentially outsourcing pollution. Those mines are incredibly toxic.
As a young country, the US not only survived, but prospered. It wasn't until politics got a hold beyond looking out for Americans and ways certain people could become wealthy by promoting foreign interests that things went downhill, bringing in cheap and at times deadly products from other countries.
Well that's an oversimplified picture of our problems. It certainly happens and is a problem - just look at Chinese produced Fentanyl now, but it isn't like that alone is the culprit.
And who owns those factories...? American companies...? I thought so.
Your English is excellent. I just discovered your very informative podcasts. I am enjoying very much.
This is a great react video. I am an American, most importantly a Texan, and there are some things I didn't know. I am a military mom so knew a good part of it. Thank you...and by the way...your questions are not stupid.
This video never mentioned the Appalachian Fall Line that powered hundreds, maybe even thousands of water powered mills in colonial times and the huge coal fields that powered our Railroads and factories during our Industrial Revolution. Most of the land between the East Coast and the Mississippi River was old growth hardwood forests and the most common type of tree was the American Chestnut which provided a huge food supply for wildlife, which was abundant.
and the black soil in the deep south (Alabama, for example) for cotton and peanuts.
I Live on Lake Michigan, the Great Lakes are essentially inland freshwater seas. They're only called "lakes" because they're fresh water. They are massive. Most people don't realize the sheer size of them. Oceananic sized ships and ports are very normal sights here in the Great Lakes since they're sea sized bodies of water, that are also connected to massive rivers that lead to oceans.
The largest USA Navy training base is located on Lake Michigan just north of Chicago. All new Navy recruits train on that base on Lake Michigan.
During the second World War, the US Navy even operated two aircraft carriers on the Great Lakes and used them to train new pilots in how to take off and land on a moving ship.
I'm kinda okay with not too many people knowing how nice the Lake Michigan area is.
I've seen what happens to places that get _too_ popular as tourist destinations or people moving to the area.
One of the best things about this area is it's not too crowded and the cost of living is low.
FALSE! They are called Lakes because they have land on all four sides whereas a sea only has land on three sides 😂😂😂
@@jeffhampton2767what about the Red Sea
Tbh I think the cold in the winter keeps a lot of people away and I'm very okay with that! ~A Minnesotan @@nrrork
when explaining the size of coastlines, they are including all of the small ins and out of jettys, and ports.
if you had a yard that zig zagged a foot back and forth for a mile, you could claim your yard is tens of miles in length.
The Mississippi River starts in Minnesota and I have stood beside it there.. it can literally be stepped over! Amazing river!
Much of the US coast has essentially a sandbar beyond the coast which creates a protected sound between the continent and island. This sound is collectively known as the intracoastal waterway.
Only the East coast!
Canada is mostly a vast beautiful land that's cold,with a side of freezing. California alone has more people than the total of Canada. We love our neighbors to the north
Not everybody in the United States love Canada. Speak for yourself😂😂😂
I hate their politics, but love the Strip clubs, and the Tim Hortons.
You've obviously never been there.
Barrier Islands act as breakers so the waves are cut out before they can develop into Hugh waves
I learned most of the geography information in middle and high-school. But that was back in the late 70's and early 80's. The school systems quit teaching a lot of it in the 2000's.
We learn a lot of these geology facts at school, but usually just as memory facts. How these things play into the rise and success of the nation are often glossed over.
I'm an American and I love the Canadian and Mexicans in our country. Great people
I can understand you clearly, my friend. Texas, USA here
I've never heard all of this at once. We learned a lot in school. Love your accent ❤ Understand every word! Love your videos and your commentary ❤
1. Your English is wonderful. I've never had a problem understanding you😊
Fun fact about the Mississippi River . . . see that little bump on the northern border (state of Minnesota, into Canada), the US didn't know exactly where the river started when the border was established, and thought the body of water on the bump might be the start of it. . . So they made sure to get it.
Canada has 40M people while California alone has almost the same population. Canada just passed it in population last year.
America as to always respect foreign COUNTRIES , NO MATTER WHAT.
The Great Lakes aren't really "Lakes" but are more like inland seas. So they can handle large shipping containers. Lake Superior is about. 1300 ft deep Lake Michigan 920 ft deep
The Great Lakes are lakes and not Inland Seas😂😂😂
Have you ever been on Lake Superior? Believe me, it’s like an inland sea, with its own weather!
@@jeffhampton2767No, James has the right of it. While they are called, and technically are lakes, they do have more of the size and other attributes of a sea. They are far deeper and networked than traditional lakes, with tides and weather that are more reflective of a sea. They are large enough and deep enough to handle large ships. In fact, they're large enough that large ships can be lost in their depths. The only reason that they aren't called seas is because they are landlocked and freshwater. They are an anomaly.
@@kellytrimble7019 being like an inland sea does not make it an inland sea 🤔😆😆
@@caraiya Okay but they are still fresh water lakes.
This is why its good to have friendly neighbors.
That's why it's so good that we got rid of the mango mussolini.
Here in Texas, we pay about $2.00/gallon for gas, when places in the northwest USA are paying over $5.00/gallon.
In Texas here and completely understand your English.
Thank you for the commentaries. Extremely entertaining and informative.
your english is fine my friend. Your accent sounds a bit slavic sometimes, but honestly overall you are completely understandable and have a cool demeanor and good sense of humor! keep up the cool videos bro
The video forgot another major transportation asset: the Interstate Highway system. Virtually every part of the U.S. is accessible by car or truck despite geographic barriers.
true but this is geography not manmade stuff. plus, the goods moved over the rivers and oceans is immense compared to the highway. the rovers are way more valuable
The answer to military spending is both parties. Military spending is approved by Congress and is only approved by a majority vote from both parties together.
Your English is very good . Do not worry, I can understand you well. I love how you talk and explain. Keep doing what you do for more quality of your video vs other peoples videos. I always watch your video first over all the others. Keep up the good work. I am watching you from Alabama! God bless you sir!
Another Texan here, I also have some hearing impairment. I usually have trouble understand words when I am listening to videos. I do not any problems understanding you at all. Your English is great.
1. I don't need subtitles to understand 100% of the words that you're saying. Anyone who's bilingual I respect but your English is top-notch in my mind.
Fun fact because you can go so far up the rivers in the US, even bull sharks have been seen by where I live and I live by Cincinnati, Ohio, the rivers are a part of life around here, lots of cool bridges too!
Really, what history book did you read that in?@@1Hour6glass1
During times of drought great white sharks have been caught in the Neuse River in North Carolina
How do they get upriver during a drought?@@kayecaban5324
Your English is great man. Also I love watching your reaction videos. I live in the USA and I love watching other people's reaction to our country.
There's plenty in the US who don't understand the Mississippi's importance. Just look at their comments about New Orleans after Katrina.
When I was a child in the “60’s, almost everything was made in the US. It wasn’t until the “80’s that we started exporting jobs. Could we do it again? Absolutely. This is a very interesting video.
the only exception is for some resources for high technology we might need to import but besides that, yeah, pretty much
The reason many manufacturing jobs were exported was because of the cheap labor available overseas, which is truly the reason the cheapest tv doesn’t currently cost a thousand dollars (to name one of the many examples). Automation (robots) is currently changing the equation, and the sole reason a lot of factories have returned to the US, but our economy is still dependent on cheap overseas labor.
Free trade
@@Yuki_Ika7 Well, that's a matter of national security law. Most of the rare earths in the US are mixed with Thorium, Processing out the rare earth result in reactor grade Thorium, which can then be used with other radioactive metals to create bomb material, so the US has a lot of restrictions in place. If we spent money to create actual power producing thorium salt reactors, then it would make it more economical to do. Those reactors are actively being fought against by other plant designs. 🤷♂
The other reason is economics, b/c it's cheaper to buy rare earths and lithium from China than to pay wages here. 😒
Greedy corporate execs would rather pay children in third world countries 50 cents a day than pay living wages to American workers.
America's independence on energy and resources is the reason why you feel so comfortable with America holding the dominant position in the world right now. We simply don't need to take other people's stuff. We have everything we need right here. It is the countries that are resource starved or economically desperate that you need to worry about. They turn aggressive and expansionist.
good point. However, ironically, Russia is not dependent on others for resources. And up until the full-scale invasion, had access to technology and expertise. Yet, it turned aggressive. Could it be the resource they wanted was the population because their demographic future was/is bleak?
The biggest problem in Sudan, DRC Congo, and Mexico and Venezuela is government corruption.
Eh, that's not quite true. The counterpoint to this is our continued involvement in the affairs of the Middle East. It's not really out of some sense of justice and altruism. It's because we want their oil. They have more oil than we do. We have some and could be independent if needed, but we have an inclination to use others' resources before our own. We've also become keenly aware of the impact it makes environmentally...
@@tinatidmore3809 You are correct that the demographics is the reason for their invasion.
It's too bad we have to keep being the police force for the world just to get sh*t on too. We need to start taking care of our own first. Biden gives billions overseas and $700 to people in Hawaii who lost everything is all.
I think your English is great! My grandpa is from Madeira and the only thing I know how to say in your language is "thank you" 😅
I've been really disillusioned by my country due to our political climate over the last decade, especially the last few years, so I just wanted to thank you for posting these. I've been binging your channel for the last day after stumbling upon it and it reminds me that America isn't all bad, it just feels that way sometimes. Thank you for helping me appreciate my home a little again ❤
98% of America has no friggin' idea!
Yea. Its sort of baffling and annoying
We have too much of looking at the past that has already happened and taking it too personally and to heart then focusing and learning what’s currently happening and what’s gonna happen in the future to improve
They have no clue how efficient we could be with everything from raw material extraction, agriculture, and manufacturing.
I knew a bunch of the things discussed in this video. But not about how important the Mississippi River is.
In my defense, I grew up in Colorado where are biggest river is a creek compared to the Mississippi.
I was 14 when I first saw a big river. It was the Missouri River and I couldn’t believe rivers could be so big.
I think a LOT of people here in America need to watch your videos. Too many people here don't understand how geopolitics, and geo economics work. We can't become neutral, without the world's economy dying, and another power filling our void.
I am American and now learning how I am so blessed to be living in the greatest country in the world!!
We call it “The Chesapeake”. And it is the largest freshwater estuary in the world, and yes, it has more coastline than India. I’ve seen it, and it is magnificent! 🙀😸