NO BORDERS?? 😳| The European Union Explained.. (American Reacts)
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As a citizen of EU: no borders is GREAT. Makes travelling sooooo much easier.
It's also extremelly important for economics
@Good Morning EU citizens is what people from countries among the EU are called
@Good Morning wooof
No thank you
If you’re a poor Slav
Americans reacting to concepts that go way over their head.
So much for the great American education system.
Okay that isn't a fair example in this case.
We're not taught about the European Union, that's why he's reacting to the EU explained
It is a fair example when you proclaim to be the greatest country in the world. When you're a first world cpuntry, but your education clearly comes up short when its about elementary knowlegde. The fact you're not taught about the EU is a failure of education in itself.
What do you guys actually learn about the world outside America?
Yeah, why don’t you enlighten us all with how wonderful and democratic the EU is. I look forward to this yarn!
@@dollyjeanstevens We have free elections, freedom of press and freedom of religion. We also allow all political opinons unlike america, That ban people from seeking citizenship if theyve been part of a communist party. Want to know something else? We also have state instutiotions that protect people from poverty. Ofcourse there are Outliers in the EU like Poland and Hungare that have acted more like fascist states.
Wow. I feel underwhelmed by American intelligence once again.
It is the same everywhere.
You gotta understand them. They can't pay 200 euro of University taxes per year. And they even have to pay for what we Europeans call "mandatory school".
@@antoniousai1989 american mandatory school is free?
@@jimmybaldbird3853 yes, but it stops earlier
@@davidefinzi8145 no it doesnt. Are you really that ignorant of US life? Mandatory school is free in the US. University is not mandatory in Europe or the US.
The EU is the most beautiful thing that has happened to Europe in centuries. For my parents that lived under a dictatorship in Portugal to be able to travel freely in Europe, it's a dream come true. I can't imagine life without the EU, stuck in a tiny country.
European countries are small compared to others, with many being smaller than your average US state.
It's a blessing to be able to be in a sum which is greater than its parts.
It's not gonna be great when they import like 100million arabs and africans into your continent
No eu is worst thing ever
@@ganargxkraken no not near your assumption. I personally live in germany and we took the most refuges in europe and i can tell that they r the most funny people ive ever met😂
EU is the most shitty thing. EU is a Dictatorship. EU ks second soviet Union.
What are you talking about? EU isn't necessary for travel. You realize europeans travel outside of the EU all the time right?
Jeez, I’m an Indian (living in Canada) who is 16 and I know about The EU to some extent. This shows how much America doesn’t give a s**t about stuff happening around the world
Quite true, many Americans do not look over their borders.
Most of them couldnt even point europe on a map 😆
Every country have their own ignorance people. That's a fact. America have 350+ million people and many of them also travel all over the world. Your hatred toward America and Americans most of the time make you biase. Anyhow, the modern generation don't pay much attention to education and to reality but spend a lot of their time on social media (people in every country).
@@m5184jhd i dont hate the Americans.. its just pretty obvious they are ignorant and think they are the best.. even tho they score very poor on alot of things. #facts
@@danobanano2505, dude, just like I said, there are ignorant people in every country. Majority of people all over the world know very little about European countries (I'm not talking about EU people). Many people well known best about EUis Paris the city of France. Other than that they only can name some European countries but know next to nothing about every European country. You can travel the world and ask random people about Europe. Most people know a lot about America because she is the world leader and is the country that have the most influences to the world. I dare say people all around the world watch American movies and know many Hollywood celebrities as well as many English celebrities but they do not know any celebrities such as movies celebrities, singers, etc. of EU countries. I do truthfully say many people around the world know a lot about football celebrities and EU products. Oh, not all Americans are dumb. 350+ population and millions are or have been traveling the world. There are millions of Americans who are smart and many of them are not showing off. You can also see smart Americans on youtube as well. Every single one of us have been in the first time or begginer in learning something so don't easily judging others. America is very transparent and there are so many videos about America and Americans but I can't say about other countries. I speak broken English and I hope you understand what I mean.
As a citizen of the EU: I honestly love the EU travelling around freely is so nice and good!!
I can call myself a proud citizen of the EU. I know we have many problems and we squable for every goddamn word in any agreement and law we make together, but this is how international politics work. In the EU's case the difference is only that we word on together on almost everything related to any sphere of living and politics. And do I need to mention, that we have put an end to over 1000 years of near constant wars? I take a messy union over trenches every day of the week.
Same☺️❤️
Pride EU citizen here too! 🇮🇹
Round of applause to the proud European, why not state your country within Europe? Did not know Europe was a country? May need to redefine ‘continent’ then! Supranationalism is alive and well in the EU!
@@dollyjeanstevens He didn't say he was a proud European, he said he was proud to be a EU (stands for European Union) citizen.
@@Sarablueunicorn it is the same indoctrination of supranationalism.
This is a perfect example of a video being so clever, it loses the basic points on the subject in the detail. The EU's main reason for existence is for the free movement of people and goods between member countries. For which they need common citizenship, common product standards, common regulations and a common currency etc. Individual countries have "opt outs" for certain things due to technical or political reasons. "Brexit" was the UK leaving for internal political reasons. As many in the UK objected to their perception of the EU heading towards taking more centralised political control.
To realise what Europe was like before the EU, think of what it would be like if every US state was a separate country. With it's own laws, currency, passports and borders. Where you had no rights to live or travel to another state without a passport and visa. Where you paid customs tariffs on goods moving between states. Where using roads crossing a state border was only allowed if the road had a customs post.
PS: Check out videos on the book "How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States" by Daniel Immerwahr. Which will be an eyeopener on how many "asterisks" the USA has applied to it's overseas territories/colonies.
@@corringhamdepot4434 Thats a bizarre analogy.... the EU is nothing like the US except superficially.
@@barryfeatherstone1616 That is a perfect analogy! Who said the EU is like the US?
It's not a perception. The EU has many problems and a brain-washed belief that it is the greatest thing ever. I suppose telling Poland that European Law is more important than their own Consitution, and Law is not centralising political control, then?
"What country is that???"
That would be Greece. They had a major financial crisis and it turned out they had lied to the EU about their financial situations.
I think this would not help anyway. I bet he never watched world news. He barely noticed that theres some kind of pandemic going on. :D
No. It turned out that Europe was totally aware they were "lying" about their financial situation, but it needed another chicken to pluck... so everybody played that old game that goes like I-know-that-you-know-that-I-know-but-let-us-pretend-that-we-don't.
Quite different.
It is greece
@@janeyre82 as a greek i can tell you best explaining ever in such short lines. mind if i use?
@@stavroskontargyris ay remember when the vice president gave over an isle?
There's more to it but i think the turks were trying to bribe the Goverment to give islands.
So I'm from Finland and just yesterday we were driving next to a river where the other side is in Sweden. You can just drive across the bridge into Sweden without having to stop on a boarder checkpoint or something like that.
I remember coming into Finland from Sweden in the eighties and being completely stripped bare (including the car!) by Finnish border guards. They must have thought that two young Dutch men MUST mean drugs. Even all the medicines we had were checked by fax and telephone to some central Pharmacy in Helsinki! The sniffer dog was cute though. It did not want to sniff. It only wanted to play with us, but we were confined to a wooden bench whilst the car's interior and carburettor was disassembled. Even the tyres were deflated. After the ordeal (it was already close to midnight), we were cleared. But we insisted that they would reassemble the car, pack our suitcases again, before we would leave. After some persuasion (nobody seemed to talk anything else than Finnish....), they finally gave in. So, that was not too positive. On the other hand, a supermarket manager in Inari walked with me, not being asked, to translate into English all of his product names! So, the quick shopping to get some milk and food turned into a 90 minute ordeal. You can also be too friendly.... My verdict: Extremely extreme people living there... But... later in life I worked with people all over the EU and I could work best with the Finns.
To me I don't agree with that I think you should be checked at the border thoroughly we are talking about national security here a good example is the swoth of terror attacks that happened over the last couple years you can't tell me the lack of border security didn't help those people because it did.
@@samuel10125 Border posts have nothing to do with national security. I have no idea how you got that idea, sorry. National security is intelligence gathering, military power to defend the territory and airspace, and guarding the ruling political and economic strategic assets. The only reason border posts exist is an economic reason. To shield the integrity of your economic area. Now that the EU has one market, border posts are obsolete and thus abolished.
@@ronaldderooij1774 not true . Having abolished their inner borders it is all the more crucial to control the OUTER borders of the EU to prevent illegal migration and organized crime from getting in . This has very much to do with national security ! Or why do you think that with every G7 / G8 summit or other major political summit taking place inside the EU, they always temporarily do border controls again ? It seems that „national security“ is a legit reason for controlling borders , or maybe only if the V.I.P.s are involved , not the common peasants .
@@ronaldderooij1774 which European country (and former EU member state) has the best intelligence network? I'll give you a clue, I live in the UK and I currently feel more at ease with regards national security than if I lived in say Rotterdam and were relying on interpol.
Imagine lots of different states uniting together into one federation, in somewhere like, oh I don't know, north America. Maybe they could have one currency, lets call it the dollar! There could be total freedom of movement and trade between all these states. Each state would have its own capital and legislature but share common federal laws and values. Inevitably things would be extremely complicated in all the minutiae of everyday............................. No, stupid idea. It would never work.
Americans don't do irony!
Imagine the same thing involving already established countries (which the US has been since 1776, so its not suddenly happened) in North Central and South America. Would that work 🤔🙄 more of a realistic comparison.
Except one came about from revolution with regards to self-government and individual rights, the other was a plot carried out by many attempts via dictatorship and most recently by underhand methods.
@@Brecconable Self gov't and rights? For some. And which EU country joined as a dictatorship?
@@jamesmoran189 americans are the funniest people on the planet with canada and england following.
7:49 Yeah you Americans are also too good for that: Guam, Samoa, Puerto Rico... not to mention all the American bases you guys have scattered across the surface of this planet.
8:03 Like in every country the authority has the right to ask for your identification, pretty easy to keep this in check.
The EU is something worth protecting and calling it "stupid" would be pretty hypocritical considering the state your own American Empire is in as well. All these asterisks we have are sure complicating and it does shed some light on many issues this union has. It hinders a bit on the sovereignty of several nations if you're not either France, Belgium or Germany who btw have an immense monopoly and power on the whole union. The EU is not perfect, nor are the countries in it, in fact many have a lot of problems, some even related to the EU, but it's a union that has also brought the greatest benefits to this "Continent of War" with free movement of people and goods, regulations, common stanards etc. European nations not part of the EU or its "influence" are in the dangers of being "bullied" by the Russians, the Chinese and... of course, you Americans. I much prefer living in a country that abides to a union without borders, free passage, freedom of movement despite issues on sovereignty, immigration, finance and many more rather than live in a state that abides to a union with intense gun violence, unrestricted capitalism, lack of tolerance by the higher powers and many more, and you know what union I'm talking about as the latter.
Vive la France. Vive la Belgique. Lang lebe Deutschland. Lang leve Nederland. Lang lebe Luxemburg. Lange leve Sverige. Vive la Suisse. Long live Ireland. Długie życie Polska. Hosszú élet Magyarország. Længe leve Danmark. Viață lungă România. Ζήτω η Ελλάδα. Да живее България. Viva Italia. Viva España. Vida longa Portugal. Lang lebe Österreich. Dlouhý život Česko. Nech žije Slovensko. Dolgo življenje Slovenija. Viva Andorra. Dug život Hrvatska. Sorry if I butchered some of these but you get the point... VIVE L'EUROPE. And we shall stand independent and safe form Russia, China and espcially you, the USA.
FREUDE my dear European brother
You tried your best in different languages part 😉
An American saying : empires are not gonna let go, is quite fun when you think about their "Empire" ( From Guam to American virgin islands ).
Think about it : Taxation without representation.
Isn't that how they supposedly started ?
Hey, most the territories can literally move here without a passport and do whatever they want, voting included.
Regardless, while the meme says "taxation without representation", the problem was meddling in American affairs when we had been taken care of ourselves for a hundred plus years. It was called "salutary neglect". In a very big way, we maintain a large amount of salutary neglect for our territories, where they are mostly affected by their own local governments. Not to mention the fact that all of our territories have relatively low population, with the exception of Puerto Rico, where most citizens at least come to the mainland proper a few times in thier lives.
@@SeanWinters if u listened the territories of france etc can move too without passport and viceversa, for example i can go from italy to the carrabean without a passport thanks to that
@@SeanWinters About Ouerto Tico, it's the only territory or state that is not, by federal law, allowed to file bankrupcy.
In 1984, Congress explicitly forbade Puerto Rico from declaring bankruptcy under Chapter 9, Title 11, United States Code. Between 1996 and 2006, Congress eliminated the tax credits, contributing to the loss of at least 80,000 jobs on the island and causing its population to shrink and its economy to contract in all but one year since the Great Recession.
@@olivierdk2 the only thing I can say to that is this: after hurricane Maria, President Trump send a bunch of water and other forms of aid. All of that aide made it to the island of Puerto Rico, and the government of Puerto Rico was so corrupt that they didn't even hand out the supplies, instead hoarding much of it for themselves.
The us, at least the people who have any understanding of the situation, still does not want Puerto Rico to become a state for two main reasons: One, most of them are still primarily Spanish speakers, with their own culture distinct from the rest of America. Two, their government is extremely corrupt, and their people have voted in many socialist/redistributive policies, which have in turn kept the people poor.
These cultural differences have kept puerto Ricans who move to the mainland to only two real locations, pockets in New York city, and throughout the coastal regions of Florida, especially Tampa and Miami. This is because of the existing Hispanic communities and the generally left policies in place locally.
So to be clear, no, puerto rico is not, and probably never will be, a state. They cannot declare bankruptcy because the US is not willing to foot the bill, which it inevitably would do. You can absolutely criticize it, but literally anyone who lives in PR can leave whenever they want and come to the US. It's not even a 4 hour flight. However again, I will say that yes, PR is a weird exception to many rules concerning American territories.
@@SeanWinters Don't you people not consider puerto ricans as not MURICANS and sometimes tell them to go back to their country ?
I’m proud to be in EU.
Wow… I knew the education system in the us was bad, but damn…
😏 Sad they don't understand the system
This guy literally lives in a country that is sorta like the EU but then calls the EU trash, it would 100% help you to imagine it as a “United States of Europe” as someone in the comments pointed out
edit: you can stop commenting on this i know it's dumb now
"A lot like EU" isn't true
@@realdragon thank you for correcting me
@@realdragon how about sorta?
@@tzshchsjsjxijyo Yea I guess it's sorta like that
@@realdragon yeah
Regarding your flag: If one has genuine confidence in what ones' country stands for, it's unnecessary to display overt symbols of patriotism.
This unquestioned indoctrination from pre-school onward - the daily Pledge of Allegiance, the Stars and Stripes flying everywhere (even undergarments for godsake!), the feeblest excuses to once more sing the national anthem....... to me it suggests a deep insecurity about the real well-being of the country. This type of pretty much enforced patriotism (either by law, or social pressure) is more akin to more obviously "authoritarian" countries, and a bit weird for somewhere that likes to think of itself as "The Land of the Free".
I can see your argument with the anthem and pledge, but we're keeping the flag. You don't think there's Union Jack undergarments? What makes then any more overt and cringe than star spangled banner undies?
@@luciferkotsutempchannel We probably do have that sort of tat, but it's not very popular. Some people might wear Union Flag clothing at an international football match, but that's about it. Maybe a few tiny plastic flags for the kids to wave. And we don't usually bother with public building, unless it's St Georges Day - and certainly not seen adorning normal peoples homes. People who go OTT with the flag are regarded by most folk as a bit odd.
Freedumb!
Christ your logic is, awful.
Cringe bruh
Let's complicate things a bit more! Irish and British citizens can travel and live in both Ireland and the UK even after Brexit! I'm one of them
The CTA is something will never be broken. We are far too connected to allow anything especially the eu to break us
Yeah I can still walk freely from northern ireland to the republic.. not like I need to but still...
The Anglo Irish agreement long predates the EU.
@@sirrodneyffing1 Agreed,
@@lydiariera4953 I think the five Nordic countries had something similar to the UK/ROI CTA long before they joined the EU/EEA.
I still remember what it was like before the EU. I was a pain. Different passport controls, always having to keep different currencies, and moving product from one country to the other was nightmare. Form after form after form after form.
In the early 1990s I started a company and in 1999 I opened a small factory in Hertfordshire. In 2014 we had started plans to expand, which would have meant hiring another 40 people, with the staff of 51 that we already had. The staff was all very pro-brexit, i kept my mouth shut. But in 2018 when it looked like what ever deal the UK would have made with the EU was going to be a nightmare. I notified the staff that I would be closing and relocating to Belgium. Of the 51 people laid off only 7 have found other jobs. I wasn't the only one who did this. Many relocated their head offices and operation to the EU. This is exactly what I predicted what would happen.
How many businesses relocated? And how many were paid off by Brussels?
@@Brecconable you don't need to be "paid off" to know that it's probably more profitable to have 500 million customers in 26 countries than to have just 65 million in one.
@@Brecconable Dude, it's basic economics. When you can ship goods more easily to more people and have increased access to workforce you'd be stupid not to move
Calm down dear early doors yet. Come back with your predictions in 10 years and see if you are right.
@@dollyjeanstevens His predictions are for the short term and he predicted right. I don't know what you're on about, it is literally the only move that makes sense to move head offices to Europe
"what contry was that?" just one of the most famous and recognisable, greece. for a moment i feared you would have called greec "italy"
aahh yes. the "gib money" country xD
since when is was greece one of the most recognisable and famous
@@DoubleAAce since antiquity man. just the basis of the western culture. for the shape, looks like a hand isn't it? with the boot shape of italy i think those are one of the easisent. and island country too are easy to recognise usually
@@russko118 ur either greek or european which have small populations compared to the rest of the world and also recognisable countries are USA france UK germany not greece. id argual turkey is more recognisable that greece.
@@DoubleAAce i'm talking about shapes not population. US is an easy recognise but turkey over greece
the US is part of the greek-infuenced world my man and your ignorance about that make me thinks that you are from there.
Btw your flag is hung wrong. The field (blue part) should be in the upper left hand corner, whether hung horizontally or vertically.
your*
that's pretty dumb
Ok?
I've always been confused when people point out things like this in people's pics/videos. Like where did these "rules" come from and why does it even matter
@@Wormboderpepe you’re right thanks
I can't speak for the other territories, but the Dutch Carribean territories were allowed a referendum in 2004-2005. In this they could choose between:
1. Becoming and autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands (like England, Scotland, North-Ireland are in the UK)
2. Integration into the Netherlands (becoming a municipality of the Netherlands proper)
3. Independence
4. Remain part of the Netherlands Antilles. (retain the status quo).
Aruba, Curaçao and Sint-Maarten voted for autonomous country status. Bonaire and Saba voted to be integrated. Sint Eustatius voted to retain the status quo, but since every other entity voted something else this wasn't really an option. So they chose to be integrated as well.
So the Dutch islands are in the situation they chose to be in.
I'm from Spain and calling the Canary Islands a colony was beyond stupid in the video. It's not a colony and has never been. It's one of Spain's 17 states, with the same status as Madrid, Andalucía or Catalonia, sending representatives and senators to our Congress. The fact that you have a state out of the continental or contiguous land mass doesn't make them automatically a colony, just like Hawaii is not a colony but a state with the same status than California.
Same goes to Madeira and Açores( Azores), they have their own government, but still are part of the Portugal and obey the Portuguese constitution. They are not a colony like this video implies, it's simply a territory that is not attached to the mainland and is partially managed locally because it's more practical and much easier for everyone.
*laughs in free healthcare*
As someone from Switzerland, I can say yes, they will definitely kick you out. If you try to live there without a permit, the government will make you leave. It is also quite difficult to get a permit, let alone become a citizen. To become a Swiss citizen you either have to marry a swiss person or pass lots of tests including a language and a culture one. In some places the village you live in can even vote and say they don't like you so you get denied citizenship.
Sounds like Rural Nothern Italy with extra steps
Don’t think there will be many arguments, to be fair the EU has pros and cons and as a traveller the no borders is perhaps the best.
You asked at the end how do they know you’re not a citizen, it doesn’t matter
Much better than USSR ..
and human traffickers get it easy. your comfort shouldn't always be a priority
@@coryhawley738 human traffickers get what easy? Tho Schengen borders of the EU have pretty solid security measures. There were even conflicts on these measure during the migrant crisis from 2015. I love in one of the Schengen border countries Hungary.
@@peterjuhasz9741 have you literally been paying attention you can go across the majority of Europe without a passport or major checks, a charity that specialises in child sex trafficking has warned the eu that these measures do nothing and that free travel is the problem why else do you think human trafficking has quadrupled since free travel became introduced. why was the begum child traffickers able to transport children all our Europe to top eu politicians and aristocrats without being stopped. the Schengen borders have done nothing to stop human trafficking its extremely easy to bring in children from other counties the border is useless. even if these victims are only from Europe which about half of the victims are there are no internal borders to stop them from trafficking from one eu country to another making it virtually impossible to track these people. also eu counties don't seem to care about catching traffickers since they ignore charities that actually want to help. im asking do you even know what the Schengen borders are.
@@coryhawley738 the Schengen borders are not useless as I said I live in one of the Schengen border countries. Now I completely understand you and I agrre with most part and I politely ask you to be a bit less aggressive.
The advantages and disadvantages of free travelling need to be weighed carefully, but internal border control is only one of the ways of fighting human trafficking. Cooperation of anti criminal organizations can help immensely as well. It is also possible to implement the rule of using periodic security checks at one countries borders. As I know in Switzerland its a thing. I hope solutions can be found that protects citizens from being trafficked while also protecting the interests of economical and civil members of the EU.
As an EU citizen I haven't heard any new information in the explanation video. You see, this is something that is taught in schools here. If you get to university you often get to learn about the proper decision making, the detailed structure, the CJEU (Court of Justice of the European Union) etc., every asterisk.
Calling the EU stupid and lame is really, I mean really ignorant. Try to open up to the world more.
You know, the more i watch videos from us People, the more i am happy not to live there... instead i live in a country with free education and Healthcare, which is Friends with all bordering countrys, where the police isnt racist politicans arent corrupt and you dont need to fear to get shot every second....
Speaking facts my bro
The country they pointed out was Greece. There was a massive thing about tax evasion and poor government choices. Greece also is like 2nd in the world now by country debt (had to google it, I knew they were in the top for sure)
Yeah i don't even wanna know what japan is doing 💀
To be precise, it's country debt in percentage of their GDP. Not country debt in general.
@@takasu9246 Japan is trying to crush their currency :D
Notice how they panned to Greece when they spoke about monetary goals.
Because they downright LIED just to get membership and have been taking money ever since !
@UCtdbV5RM7CCcqzIpQcLjzSQ the perfect attitude, just told Angela Merkel to sod off 😂😂😂
@@johnnosiennek7066 The while economy and politics of greece is driven by Fakelaki....look it up . Fakelaki is the industrie contributing most to it's GDP...
@@TremereTT "Corruption" then !
@@thepharmacist4651 well they did lose actual islands over this, to pay of the debts.
For all the people talking about "taxation without representation" I suggest you look up the US practice of citizenship based taxation. The US and Eritrea are the only two official countries that practice this - when Eritrea introduced this the US led the charge to condemn Eritrea.
The US also forces citizenship upon accidental americans (people born in the US but left as babies or abroad to a US parent - never intended to be US citizens) so even through they may have never lived in the US they must file & pay US taxes no matter where you live. This also applies to former green card holders that have moved out of the US. Some may point to the Foreign Earned Income Exemption but that does not cover "unearned income" such as unemployment, state retirement benefit or things like scholarships/grants. There are also additional forms you must file as a "US person for tax purposes" that people living in the US do not have to file. The forms are complex and should be completed by a professional tax accountant which can easily run into thousands of dollars to have prepared.
The Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) must be filed on any account that has 10k in it. Failure to do so carries a minimum 10k penalty. Even if you had 5k in one bank and transferred it to a new bank the US would consider you to have 10k because at one point you had 5k in one bank then the other - so must file an FBAR.
Then there's Foreign Account Taxation Compliance Act (FATCA) which has caused many those overseas "deemed to be US persons for tax purposes" to be unbanked. Although it's claimed it's only for accounts 50k+ the fact is if you live overseas and have a bank account your account no matter the balance on the account will be reported to the US. Their local bank is considered "foreign" by the US; banks failing to report this group face 30% withholding on all transactions plus other fines & penalties if they fail to report even one person. It also applies to businesses that employ anyone "deemed a US person for tax purposes" that is a signatory on their accounts - guess who doesn't want said people working in payroll or as business partners. It's a bit ironic that people living in the US can have an account with Deutsche Bank (US branch) but those living in Germany can't have an account even though it's a local bank.
Even more irony is the fact when similar legislation (without the penalties & fines) was proposed for those in the US, people screamed it was unconstitutional & violation of their rights but support the more offensive FATCA. These are regular people living ordinary lives yet have been wrongly painted as criminals & tax cheats. The US is now the worlds #1 tax haven as money can be easily hidden there with 0 accountability where that money came from or for what purpose it is used.
Of course then comes Global Intangibles Low Taxed Income (GILTI) which treats someone that owns a small family cafe as if they were Amazon. This included a transition tax which was retroactive to 1986 - so even though they were tax compliant & paid they had to fork out more money to the US. Some when faced with this new US tax bill had no choice but to close up shop.
There are approximately 9 million people that are "deemed US persons for tax purposes" not living in the US. There are other things that only apply to them that do not apply to homelander US persons & residents. As for representation in US government, well it depends on the state where they were born in or their US parent - some states do not allow them to vote in federal elections and those that do, do not consider them constituents so those US persons have 0 representation in US government.
Their only way out is to pay $2,350+ to renounce their citizenship, you must be over 18 years old & mentally competent. In March 2020 this service was unavailable and only a few embassies/consulates have started some but there is a backlog. Once you renounce you will have your name published on a federal register as if you had committed a crime. Those registers are supposed to be up-to-date and published quarterly but reality is there are people that renounced years ago yet to appear. Remember that embassies & consulates have not been doing renunciations throughout 2020 into 2021 yet the published registers would have you think otherwise.
For those that scream traitor or tax cheats at people living abroad, you should know that most countries have a much higher rate of taxes. The difference is that the taxes they pay where they live they actually benefit from - affordable healthcare, higher education etc whereas the US provides 0 benefit but expects full obedience.
Oh get off the high horse over other countries having overseas territories as the US also has 12 of their own.
There's also the problem that you could live abroad and not have another citizenship. So you'd not be able to renounce US citizenship anyway, 'cause you don't wanna be a stateless person.
Yeah this is bs. I honestly want EU to grow some balls and say fuck you to US
"What country was that?"
I lost it
you can definitely stay in Switzerland if you want as an EU citizen. After 90 days, you have to register yourself and show proof that you can sustain yourself financially or a job offer and you will get a residence permit that is automatically renewed after certain years if you still have one of those.
Yea but try to become Swiss.. they ain’t gone let you, not even in their nightmares
@@ja_u after 10 years living in Switzerland you can apply for citizenship, less if you are married to a Swiss and even less if you are Swiss descent (3 years).
@@ja_u Well that's the same in the USA,
But for European standards they're quite strict yeah.
@@BramLastname Try Germany.
Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people who were born here, speak native German and have a job have to go through tedious bureaucracy to obtain citizenship.
These "permanent residents" are nothing more than second class citizens.
Fortunately our new government has committed to lower the hurdles towards citizenship.
@@cloman7199 in the US "permanent residents" are allowed to live in the USA,
Until they decide to revoke the status,
Which governmental bodies are allowed to do at any point,
Regardless of marital status, employment and years of residence.
To get anything better than this requires the signature of a licensed lawyer, a state representative, a US born financial guardian with a stable above average income and a legal guardian that is legally obligated to make any decision you are unable to make yourself,
If they are of course mentally sound and alive at the moment this decision has to be made.
And while a willing lawyer and legal guardian are often quite easy to find,
Getting the state to approve your financial guardian is usually a big problem,
Since the state representative can just say "that isn't a reliable job" regardless of the actual financial stability.
So yes, I agree that the US isn't alone in this or even the most xenophobic,
But they're pretty far up there.
It’s always sad as an American to see so many of my fellow citizens dragging their knuckles along the ground :(
What are you even talking about? He’s just watching a video
Didn’t even know Greece 🇬🇷 or the € crisis
What on earth are you talking about?
The country at 4:30 was Greece, I think this is an old video because countries like Latvia and Lithuania also use the Euro now too.
They also forgot to mention Montenegro - not in the EU, but uses the Euro because their central bank is tied to Germany, so they'll use whatever currency Germany has.
Bosnia's Marka and Bulgaria's Lewa are also tied 1:1 to the old german currency Deutsche Mark, so they're indirectly tied to the Euro as well.
@@johgu92 Yup, their exchange rates are fixed to the German Mark, which in turns has a fixed 2:1 exchange rate.
So 1 Marka or Leva equals 0.5€
"American reacts" = watches the video in complete silence and says "what?" once in a while 🤣
Useless piece of information for the day: the "Hotel Suizo" which appears in the video at 3:54 is not actually in Switzerland - it's in Barcelona city centre in Spain near the port.
The EU is complicated for everyone who want's to make it complicated (politicans and civil servants), for the general population, we tend not to pay too much attention other than we can go to (more or less) whichever country we want without having to have passports, or having to change money.
I've literally driven for 27 hours through 6 countries and only had my passport checked going through Serbia, and even that with a British/EU passport was pretty much painless
'We tend not to give it much attention ' haha where have you been the last few years . For the privilege of not having to show your passport , your country has to follow laws which are made up by unelected morons (and you can't vote them out , a bit like the USSR) which don't suit your country .
@@bramolini4835 I remember voting in numerous European elections, and was in regular contact with MEPs representing my region about votes that they would take in the European Parliament. May I presume you didn't vote in any European elections?
@@scottcabal Laws, or Directives if you prefer, made up by unelected Commissioners and basically just waved through by the MEPs with hardly any debate and imposed on the member states. Not very democratic is it?
@@markkominek9820 the people who write EU laws are their equivalent of the civil service. Do you elect the civil service in the UK?
Once laws are written they're waved through parliament to a completely unelected body (House of Lords) where people are deposited by the government for life. There isn't such an unelected body in the EU, where people stay in post for life.
Only other lifelong position with any power I'm aware of in Europe is the pope, and even he's elected.
@@scottcabal You don't elect either civil service in the UK nor the EU. The EU Commission is unelected, so is the EU Council and the Council of Ministers. The Pope is not elected by the people.
the boy's expression seems perplexed, in theory he should know how complicated it was to unite these nations to prevent us from exterminating each other, we have never been an isolated continent where Indians lived, our history is much more ancient and complicated, we hope to improve it before anyone can take advantage of it
EU: Yo, is your economy good enough to handle the Euro?
Greece: Oh yeah, def' bro, it's all golden down here.
Narrator: But secretly, it wasn't.
RIP Greece
I can imagine Jeremy Clarkson saying that.
I mean it was the biggest shock/drama of past few years. Arguably more suprising than any actual war conflicts even. Like it isn't something you would ever expect to happen - the amount of hidden information and trickery from Greek Gov just to keep the lavish lifestyle and support.
Italy is/was the same the tho a couple years back atleast they were
well, the other Europeans countries were at fault for... not checking and according a "free pass" because Greece was the 1st democracy and not including them in the initial members of the € would have been insulting etc etc...
Greece was at fault for:
-initial lie
-bad management afterward (no try to rectify the situation)
-wasting tons of cash for the Olympics with no use for the majority of the build infrastructures afterward... the 2007-2008 crisis just accelerated the fall and made it worse...
the other countries were of course "a little" pissed, since in addition to having to rescue Greece, they had to look out for others who were also put under scrutiny from the financial institution and had difficulties to get loans as a result... this could have ended very badly because Spain, Portugal and Italy were on the brink of falling too, not mainly for their debts, but for the loss of confidence of the financiers after the fall of Greece...
You're a shining example of the Republican Party's vision of public education.
You're a shining example of brainwashed liberal lol
i mean look at the kid, clearly between watching superhero movies and eating mcDonalts he didnt had time to learn about the world, give him a break.
This must be an old video, because we simplified it a bit by leaving.
How's that working out for you? shortages, higher immigration, less sovereignty and debt your great great-grandchildren will be paying for...
@@steveparker8065 great thanks, I don't know what lies you have been told.
@@orwellboy1958 None I have the intellect to understand and research the issue. You obviously do not.
2009 Labour were in power immigration was 197,000 and we were in the EU.
2020 Tories are in power we left the EU and immigration is around 300,000.
Shortage of HGV drivers, Nurses, Doctors and Abattoir workers so the Tories have relaxed immigration standards...
We also have a debt to GDP ratio of almost 100%, £2 trillion national debt and the government just spread the pound even thinner by creating £400 billion in bonds.
I could go on but I doubt you can interpret written language...
@Lee Hallam And how's leaving working out? Not very well 😂 the biggest mistake this country has made in a long time 🤦🤷
@@outdoorsocialist8774 I don't agree, it's a long term decision.
The free movement of people and goods in the EU is one of the founding principles of the EU and it works perfectly well. The whole point is in the name, it's a Union?
Though Germany seems to be pushing EU towards federation
@Allan Manson Well, given how world is, i wouldn't be surprised if it would happen in close future.
Is it bad or good? Well, that depends on the policies of the Union at that point.
To me it's not weird at all, it's a union of (most) European states, and the ones who are not into the union, mostly are part of the shengen zone, which means you can travel without any problems
The EU may be complicated, but without the EU it would be much more complicated, to travel, to trade, to invest...
The idea of the EU is that people can move freely between EU states. If you don't need border restrictions between NY and NJ, why would they be needed between Belgium and The Netherlands?
True man 👍 I'm very thankfull for that.
People , capital , services and goods can move freely between EU states. And this is a great thing in all aspects.
@William Davis The EU is not falling apart and, having lived in Belgium, the attitude of many Europeans is more united than my fellow native New Yorkers feel about NJ. The UK, however, is very much at risk of breakup.
@William Davis The UK is the fifth largest economy in the world by only one measure. In fact, California has a larger economy than the UK. Only three economies are large enough to be self sufficient: The US, China and the EU. In terms of America being more United than the EU, New Yorkers have nothing in common with people from Alabama or the south. It is a foreign country. When I worked n Brussels it was with Belgians, French, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish and German citizens. All of them were proud Europeans. Only blood and soil uneducated people cling to petty nationalism.
@UCnwPsoyDLpIpBuBTLxERGLg Clueless.
"No borders within the EU " , that is the part he is suprised about ? As far as i know the US has so real border within as well!
Well yeah, but have you seen how insane their other measures are?
Airport security takes 5 times as long as it does in Amsterdam
Citizenship requirements more xenophobic than Japan and Switzerland
And a GPS tracker and multiple cameras on almost every rental car.
People in the USA are genuinely afraid of foreigners.
@@BramLastname True
@@BramLastname lol they have good reason to be strict on airplane security
@@STEP107 well there's a difference between strict and paranoid
@@BramLastname The usa is also probably the biggest target for terrorist attacks in the world. No terrorists are attacking the netherlands. better to be safe than sorry
“What country is that?”-the most American phrase ever.
I'm glad you're extending your interest beyond the British Isles for your reactions! I love the EU. I'm from The Netherlands but live in Latvia and have previously lived in Ireland, Finland and Belgium. My parents live in Hungary and I have spent extended periods of time there too... as well as in Sweden, Italy, Estonia, Czechia, Poland and Denmark. All this without ever needing visas or work permits. By no means is the EU perfect but I am very happy to be a European citizen.
I’ll agree with that. The EU has many things seriously wrong with it in my opinion. But, I’m happy to be a European citizen and would definitely say that it’s positives far outweigh its negatives. I believe that it has been fundamental, in its various forms, to keeping peace in Europe after the two World Wars.
Again, a lot to be debated about a lot of the specifics, but presented with that choice, I would never vote to throw the baby out with the bath water.
There is no such thing as a 'European Citizen'. The EU is not a nation state.
@@shoutinghorse That is true. But, it is a short way of saying that one is a citizen of an EU country with all the rights and privileges that come from it. That’s why it is written on the passports.
I’m very happy that you’re privileged and wealthy enough to be able to bounce around European nations and benefit from visa-free travel, but the overwhelming majority of Europeans are not in this position. Things like wage depression / pressure on public services result from these policies- the people who have to worry about these issues really aren’t in a position to be worrying about moving country without having to fill in forms.
@@SirIsaacTheRed Doesn't alter the fact that there is no such thing as an EU citizen.
The Schengen Area still has borders and border controls. The controls aren't fixed at the border anymore but mobile like police cars. Anyone can expect a a border control car at any time even deep into a country.
Yes i saw it when i went in Belgium from France ! This birder has more controle since november 2015
British won't let go of their land? LOLOLOLOLOL. You're sooooo young!
He is just an American
@@user-zp4de5lq9i bit patronising! He just needs to learn about British history and maybe an introduction to the commonwealth will explain a bit more to him.
I know that ignorance is bliss but it apeears that in this guy's case ignorance reaches a whole new level.
The country at 4:32 was Greece! I'm a little disappointed about you not recognising the "cradle of democracy"
Is that supposed to make it recognizable on map?
@@alanrodrigues4014 Well it was actually shown and mentioned by name at 1:48
@@whattiler5102 So were like 20 other countries, it was a bit of an information overload. My guy probably wasn't able register it all. I'm European and even I'm unable to recognize all countries in Europe, there are simply too many and It's information I'm unlikely to need so I never bothered memorizing all the locations.
@@alanrodrigues4014 It is a very distinctive Mediterranean country if you have a very general idea of the geography of that area.
@@kingspeechless1607 For sure, except Americans don’t really bother learning about the Balkans.
Curious why you called this video “So Stupid”. The EU is not perfect but it is a quite a radical partnership amongst countries that used to fight wars with each other and has been more of a success especially keeping peace for many decade, promoting rights and cooperation. Though some will disagree, I think we were fools to leave it in Britain.
I don’t want to get into a Brexit debate with you, but I’m curious about this often-repeated claim that the EU has kept the peace in Europe. On what basis is that claim made? It seems to me to be a classic case of confusing correlation with causation. Yes, it is true that there has been peace in Europe since the Second World War, but there are literally dozens of factors that have contributed towards this, and it’s entirely impossible to single one out and say “this is the thing that did it”. For fully 25 years, only 6 (or fewer) countries were in the EEC, so what was stopping the remainder from going to war with each other during that period?
@@langdalepaul the fact that so many countries came together to agree common borders, laws, financing, support immigration, and settlement. That kind of cooperation runs contrary to societies aimed at making war with each other and it was the founding premise for the EU.
@@joed7691 but you don’t know that it was the only reason. You don’t know that, without the EU (or the EEC), there wouldn’t otherwise have been peace anyway, for a multitude of other reasons.
And, as I said, for a long time, it wasn’t “so many countries”, but peace was nevertheless maintained.
From an outsider's view (so obviously take this with a grain of salt), this video does make the EU look kind of messed up and disorganized, but I would think it would make more sense to fix/update it rather than leave it altogether. Like why not just update immigration and economic rules instead of separating from it entirely? I read somewhere that a ton of people who voted for Brexit regretted it pretty soon after they voted (not sure if this is true or not, but if it, that's kind of sad).
I’m sure someone else has already said, but ‘that country’ that was zoomed in on is Greece.
He did say France was the Queen of not giving back lol our Queen has given a lot back
Idiots. France is Current a Republic not a Monarchy
@William DavisMy apology. I know all of these. I know France has been a Monarchy/Kingdom Monarchy for a very long time. Starting with the King Henry IV "Dieu sauve le Roi". Also France is known for it's Empire not for it's Dictatorship
Im French by the way
There's a lot of people resisting the itch to comment about Brexit here 😂
LOL!Sorry,as a Brit,no comment!
As a Brit, a monumental fuck up.
@@emmanuelrobert208 Cool name
And a lot who don't
@@lmn6023 Report yesterday, the impacts of BREXIT on the economy will be worse than COVID.
The British voted to leave the E.U. in a referendum and called it 'Brexit' (British Exit). However this has divided the country into two tribes called 'Remainers' and 'Leavers' which has caused bitter tension. I've tried to be non biased because Brexit tends to cause arguments between both tribes.
You will find most want out after vote people should be listened to
*remoaners* corrected it for you
@mcchickenz why would you not give a fuck? It affects literally everything. It affects your life, you may not realise it but you will.
@mcchickenz Really????????
Really?
It effects everyone and affects everyone in the UK!
@@jimbell364 Corrected what?
You criticise the UK for not letting their territories go though we do have referendums in those countries so the people choose whether to stay with Britain or leave and so far all of them have voted to stay. But do you think America will let go of their territorial claims on their islands America has colonies as well and territories outside of the United States and those territories don't get to vote whether they want to stay with America or not at least the territories Britain own's always gives the residents the option they have referendums roughly every 10 years and like I said so far they voted to stay part of the United Kingdom can you say the same for territories that belong to America.
They can't choose to stay or leave Great Britian, it's an island. You can't just connect to an island.
Also, are you sure all the citizens of all UK's overseas territories agreed to still be a part of UK?
@@PouLS that is what a referendum is for the people choose.
@@vladangelus7530 But are you sure literally every single one person on all of these islands agreed to stay in UK?
@@PouLS A referendum is a vote the majority people vote to stay.
@@vladangelus7530 Stop trying to avoid my question. I know what a referendum is, you said all of them voted to stay.
With the flag, you could get away with the Hawian flag...its got both the US and Union flag combined into one!
Hehehe ... I always catch Americans out with that question - "Which US State still flies the British Union flag?" drives them nuts 😆
@William Davis - Listen, if Hawaii flies it's state flag is the Union flag rippling in the breeze along with it or not? Yes it is, so they fly the flag! It's not misleading and it's not lying, it's fact!
And I never said more Brit's know the state flags than the yank's. What I said was I know more about THAT state flag than many Americans I've caught out with that question.
Is it considered intelligent in the US to twist someone's words so that you might look good?
"What country was that?" Can't you tell he's American! Geography not a major subject there, apparently 😂
If i showed you an unlabeled map of the United States, could you name every single state?
Is geography so important over where you are that you learn of irrelevant borders to your daily life?
Countries in the EU do not matter to american life. We learn of the big players like england, france, germany, spain, italy, greece, and a few others depending on where we go to school.
What do foreigners learn of the US geo? New York? Virginia? California? Florida? Anyyhing else actually matter to your daily life?
@@KatsuhiroHebi states are not the same as countries. And He asked what country it was at Greece so he should know it because it is in your list
@@KatsuhiroHebi Agreed. NY, NYC and California are communist-fascist dictatorships. Virginia, I am not sure. Florida, ah yes. Home of *FLORIDA MAN*
@@xzaz2 States with bigger land area, population, and economies than entire european countries. Us states are more like countries than real countries in europe are
@@STEP107 economic does not define countries.
Ooo I'm gonna come back and read some of these comments later 😅
yeah i imagine there will be some interesting views here indeed lol
Zooms in on Greece and goes “what country is that”
UK? Not now.
yeah video is obv from years ago but it is possible he wont of heard of brexit
Thought I would say as I was one of the majority that voted for brexit and the right to have our own people to make our decisions, not unelected and faceless people in Europe.
That has got to be a old video cos we are no longer in the EU in the UK.
Yeah but to be fair to him, as crazy as it sounds to us he probably has not heard of brexit, imagine that? haha
BRitain to EXIT the eu. You could look this up but I would recommend you save yourself.
He would probably lose his head with confusion over the hole miss of it. 😭 As a lot of people have already done here in the UK.
Narrator zooming at Greece when talking about lying in Euro requirements.
Him: pretends like he knows what is happening
To understand EU, you need to also understand historical context…post world war II.
Biggest mistake the UK has done leaving the EU, their economy is in a shambles
Are you serious? Our economy is performing better than many countries that are in the E.U. right now. You obviously know nothing. 😂
Our Constitution overrules your short-term economic problems.
Ireland was saddled with European bank debt that was not ours due to the EU but sure what does that matter as the EU is the greatest thing ever
You carry on paying for the indebted countries. We shall look after our own thanks!
But they have "sOvEReIgnTY" . I wonder if one can eat or drink that...
The flag is fine. :) Interesting note, though. I have never seen a British flag in anyone's room here (or even outside their house). The only exception to this is when there are international football tournaments going on, then they are everywhere. 😂
It’s very true when the World Cup or something is on everyone has the England flag flying round here other than that only see it at like pubs etc
Plenty of people fly the flag here. One of my neighbours has the union flag flying alongside the flag of St George and the Kent Invicta. All year round.
I have a throw and cushions with the flag on, but I wouldn’t have just a flag flying
We always have the Union Jack in our home, as do many people across the country ...
@@omegasue In England, perhaps. In certain parts of the UK, it's seen as a bit of an insult to fly it.
Also US as federation has its asterisks, like Puerto Rico, part of US but not. EU is based in diplomacy because millenniums of wars sicked us. I'm a proud European Citizen and Italian as well.
That was Greece my friend. how can you not know that that was greece? the italian is too stunned to speak
Uk/Britain left the EU on New Years Eve (last year)
You’ve really decided to open a can of worms with this. Just try to prepare yourself for the almost inevitable war in the comments between those who were in favour or against leaving the EU in the UK referendum.
I am in the “prestigious” position of being a citizen of both the UK and one of the non-asterisk EU island states in the euro zone. A former colony which the UK hasn’t really let go because they have military bases on it.
Another interesting fact about my little island of Cyprus Joel is that it has the last divided capital of Europe after the reunification of Berlin.
Quite a good video you selected there Joel. It roughly explains things that are very, very complicated. Look up what the European Council, Council of Ministers and European Parliament are. And then, if you aren’t bored/tired, there’s the European Central Bank. We here know all about that…
Oh well, come on, he makes videos to pay for a bit of vices: the fact that he knows that the EU is a community of independent states would put many of his peers in crisis.
We can leave Cyprus if you want. I'm sure the Turks would appreciate it too.
EU countries having a military presence in other EU countries is not that uncommon. Ask Germany and some of the Baltic States. Yes I know about Brexit.
No war at all WE are out of the EU
To be fair Brexit was actually only relevant in UK. Like yeah it was talk for continent, but in the end - no one actually cares, especially when pandemics hit. It was hot topic for one year and that's it.
I was actually surprised that some British people thought that EU hates them for that - where aside maybe people who were directly affected by it, no one actually cares. So no - there won't be any wars about that.
Imagine just getting those fancy RVs that have everything up to a bathroom, and satellite internet... Travel through Europe working from the internet just living the best...
The fact that the europeans in this chat are forgetting that the North American content is vastly different and more diverse in nearly every single way is the most shocking thing I’ve seen today…
No borders is great, went to Poland today, looked at a fortress in Küstrin, ate something, went back home, didn't need to show my passport once.
Be prepared, you are going to trigger a lot of people from all sides if you keep watching content regarding the EU 🙂
But please do, the comments section will be great entertainment. 😄😀😀
People correcting him or the video = triggering
@@Alexandros.Mograine Its nice to see American surprised that there are cites where a border goes in middle , when USA has non that type of city , that are in two states , like Chicago that people think is in Illinois , but dont know that east side is actually in Indiana . State border is middle of State Line road , on Illinois side there are strict gun laws and on Indiana side they sell guns to criminals .
The UK has "let go" of almost all its conquered land (e.g. Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore). The places they keep are almost all islands that have voted to stay British.
Scotland too. Most of us don't want to be a part of them anymore now that we got forced out the EU.
@@ShrunkedDude "Most of us..." is a moot point. At the referendum it was very clear that "most of us" wanted to stay in the union.
@@stevegray1308 Only to stay in EU
@@NoName-hg6cc the question of leaving the EU hadn't even arisen at the time of the Scottish Referendum. It was a very clear result.
@@stevegray1308 It did actually and Scots were lied to
I am British and I live in the EU (France) rather than my own country. as for the French Islands of Martinique, etc they are a much French citizens as if they live in Paris and in French elections they send elected representative's to the Senet in Paris. After Brexit were the UK had a referendum on leaving the EU this has coursed it seems more problems for the UK, and none for the EU.
To be allowed to continue living in France we British in France had to apply for a "Carte De Sejour". I am a strong believer in the EU principle's of equality of all nations and no boarders, which is a problem, the the UK is having now in N. Ireland I could suggest if you look for youtubes which show how the boarder is between N Ireland (UK) and the Republic of Ireland (EU) there are situations were half an house could be in the UK and half in the EU, or the house in one and the garden in the other, which is nothing compared to the N. Ireland protocol .
Not even close nothing was ever built on the the borders of NI as it got blown up or burnt so not such a problem .
Northern Ireland is another Yugoslavia waiting to happen.
We all know the NI can be reunified, whatever with Ireland tomorrow. The catholic republican major have outbred the prossys .
Apart from green tinted spectrum of I believe I am Irish (overseas gobshites) x, the cost of maintaining the peace if possible is going to have deadly consequences as you cannot force a way of life on some NI people. Us in Ireland say the planters should go back to England although they think they are Scottish. What can be done but tread very carefully .... and a hard border may only be the right choice in the short term .
What situations are there where half the house is in the UK and half in the EU?
@@hugh-hoof-hearts4360 I am an English protestant, but I am all for a united Ireland.
@@thedogsdiddies8421 As in PJS video you saw how borders can a cross a street The boarders between the USA and Canada are just as strange one side of the road could be in the USA and the others side is in Canada. There are a lot of tubes out there about boarders.
@@jamieouthere you stated that there are houses divided by the BORDER and I'd like to know where this is?!
If we dont become a federation, the EU has absolutely 0 chance in the future against China, US, India, Russia etcetc. There are two paths forward: we either stay decentralized which is a vote basically for lower economic and political significance, OR we could be ambitious and try to increase unity and show the world that europe is not dead just yet.
Just as an example: Do you think if we remain a group of nation states we have any chance at all in the space race that has already started?
Well ESA is pretty dope actually. But i would agree that we should invest more into space research.
Compulsion to create citizeships without/before citizens is the main feature of Euromaniac thought... and exactly what will eventually destroy Europe.
@@janeyre82 Well said!
I see Supranationalism has caught on here with the belief that smaller nations have to be part of a bigger block. Man, EU propaganda is good!
More centralization, more, more,more. All EU supporters believe bigger is better which is part of the indoctrination to create a European identity that trumps one’s national identity. Happy countries are independent and rich countries too. Look at Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Switzerland, South Korea and Botswana for just a few. Do they need to be tied too a political union to prosper?
I can't even imagine border checks again, that's something I know only from old movies, mostly from communism time. I remember when I was on foreign vacation for the first time (in 2006) we went thru Switzerland and there were still border checks, it was so annoying even when they didn't really check us, they just look on us and show "go," but even that is annoying and it slower you on your trip. We (Czechia) entered Schengen officialy in 2007, but I don't remember any checks at German border in 2006, there were just some cops showing "go" gest to everyone, so border existed, but they didn't check anything.
well free movement is why human trafficking specifically child sex trafficking is rampant in Europe and out of control i would rather have border checks then let millions of innocent children get raped just saying that's why so many people have a problem with free movement
@@coryhawley738 > millions of innocent children
Source please. The numbers I found after a quick google search say there's an estimated amount of 140 000 victims of human trafficking, of which around 20% are children, meaning around 28 000. Now this is of course still a bad thing, but you're exaggerating the problem by 2 orders of magnitude, which shows to me that you don't really have an idea of what you're talking about. And remember that's for a total population of 447 million in the entire European union. So we're talking about 0.03% of the total population, a significant portion of which comes from *outside* the EU, which means they still need to cross borders that are *not* open.
@@TijmenZwaan you do know that those numbers are inaccurate a nice the EU doesn't have a dedicated task force to catching human traffikers they are also old statistics. They have literally let people get away with human trafficking also a human trafficking charity has stated that statistics around child trafficking are inaccurate since a child is alot less likely to be found or help than an adult. Children in general will likely never be found after they have been trafficked they are extremely hard to track and often get killed when they have served their purpose.
@@TijmenZwaan for example a famous Belgian child trafficker had said he had trafficked thousands of children to politician's and powerful people within the EU they were never found not one of them were rescued, he also stated that there are alot more traffickers like him.
@@coryhawley738 You know that human traffickers don't usually hide their victims in their trunk, right?
They cross borders legally. They either give false promises to their victims, or pressure them.
Also, there are random border patrols within the EU. Police wait at the border for suspicious vehicles and pull them over.
The US actually has a slightly higher number of identified victims of human trafficking, despite the EU having a 30% larger population.
Most human trafficking in the US is actually domestic. Border patrols within the US are even more lax than between EU members.
We were taught about history and geography of various continents starting from 6th grade, looking at this guy looks as if the education system got diverged to very specific topics at a very early stage, and put the flag in a way it supposed to be, your constitution dictates the proper way of handling the flag don't disrespect that.
This video didn't mention Finland's Åland in overseas territories even though legally it's similar case. Åland is part of Finland and uses euro for their currency, but because it's autonomous region, they have not joined EU and are excempt of some EU laws which Finland has to follow.
This video is the reason the dislike bar got shut off.
The stupidity is insane.
5:21 G E K O L O N I S E E R D
for the english people here:
C O L O N I Z E D
the Netherlands has 6 islands in the caribean
Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao(ABC islands Bonaire has closer ties to the Netherlands while A and C are more on their own but still are a part of the Netherlands)
Sint Maarten(bordered by the French Saint Martin), Saba and Sint Eustasius(the first one has the same ties as Aruba and Curacao while Saba and Sint Maarten have the same ties as Bonaire)
Hey, I have a question (dont call me a dumb american) but is the Netherlands a province of Belgium cause i learned that on school but u guys talk about it as if it is a country?
@@belgy7868
The Netherlands is its own country, and has almost twice the population of Belgium, so it would be a little weird if it were a province of Belgium. Belgium was part of the Netherlands for a while, but because Belgium is mostly catholic and the Netherlands is mostly protestant, Belgium revolted (in 1831) and broke off to form a separate country.
@@Lilliathi Oh okay but why do they call the people in the Netherlands dutch if thats the language of Belgium?
@@belgy7868
Belgium speaks 3 languages; French, Dutch, and some German. The Netherlands speaks almost entirely Dutch, with a small group also speaking Frisian.
The follow to this has to be the UK vote to leave the EU in 2016 and what then happened with that exit (often called brexit) since
Simplest way to check is to ask for a passport at hotels and such, or maybe some other form of ID that shows your nationality.
Even his face says he has no clue lol
You can normally go to Switzerland as EU citizens without passport and you can stay there freely as visitor, but you can't stay there for living and working without permission as in EU member countries.
You just need a job but its not so hard like for Non EU member
@@ivantulumovic861 To go to Switzerland as EU citizen you don´t need any job. Switzerland as most of EU countries is also member of Schengen area.
@@davidpelc Yes but to live there u need a job like in Norway where you have 6.months time to find a job as a Eu citizen
@@ivantulumovic861 There is a difference between Norway and Switzerland for EU citizens. As EU citizen you don´t need a work permission in Norway, which you need in Switzerland.
I'm from Norway. Our border with Finland still has manned border control, but it's lax for personnel vehicles and you can freely move through it. I feel like it's mostly there for cargo transport.
Nordic Passport Union - open boards since 1952
4:34 That's Greece, you know, where all the great philosophers came from a lot of time ago, where Zeus, Hades, and all the other greek gods came from, and a pretty nice country with amazing food and better and cheaper healthcare than the US.
For a more easily understandable take on the European Union, watch "The European Union Explained (with restaurants)" from the channel 'Into Europe'. 😉
I think the good old US of A has a few colonies around the world or protectorates. I'm sure there are a great many asterixis attached to many of them. I loved the US Virgin Islands by the way, you should visit them sometime.
You’ll have to look at a video explaining BREXIT. That’ll be fun.
Good luck finding one that isn't heavily skewed towards one side or the other.
@@Mat-eq8mk Good luck finding one that'll get a sane explanation either way, because it's just moronic from start to finish.
What is it with Americans and their flag? It's got this weird nationalistic/bordering on the fascist dictatorship vibe. Reminds me of all the flags in Berlin in the 'thirties. The British are a heck of a lot better at 'letting go' than France is. At a certain point, an overseas territory stops being an asset and becomes a financial liability. Prime Example being Greenland. Denmark would just love for Greenland to go her own way, but the people of Greenland just won't let go. Why? Because good old Momma Denmark is a money cow that the people of Greenland just can't give up. Britain, on the other hand, gave up India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa... and yes, even the good old USA because it was just too damn expensive run run (amongst other reasons).
That must be an old video you are watching, since it still list the UK as a member of the EU.
The country he was talking about was Greece. It defaulted and the rest of the countries had to bail it out
Bailed out they (EU) made them suffer hugely work longer, changed retirement age, cut pensions and look at the unemployment and debt in Greece, these are down to the crazy rules enforced on the Greek people in the name of the EU.
@@petercb1644 Hmmm...had nothing to do with their mismanagement now!
@@petercb1644 How do you think financial ruin looks when you don't have any outside assistance? Either way the lesson here is not to enter a union under false prtenses
Let me guess: the video you're commenting was made by an American, wasn't it?
Can you even point to those European countries on a map? 🇺🇸
He really just said what country was that................ Americans, gotta love them.