How I view the US after 12 years living abroad

How I view the US after 12 years living abroad

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2022年10月9日

I have been living abroad for 12 years and a lot has changed in the US during that time. In this video, I will talk about some of the biggest changes I have noticed and how my views have changed on these issues. Have you noticed these changes? What other things do have you noticed changing in the US? Leave a comment and let me know. 

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I've been living abroad for 12 years now and I thought it'd be interesting to talk about how my opinions and how My Views have changed on the US after living abroad for so long； I saw a tick tock asking other Americans that live abroad the same question how their views have changed since they've moved abroad and how they view the US now and I thought it'd be interesting to add this into my 12 years abroad Series； so let's Jump Right In with number 12 which is
freedom we are jumping right into it
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with freedom if you know anything about
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the us then you know what I'm talking
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about the US Prides itself on its
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freedoms I don't know how many times I
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was told growing up that America is the
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land of the free and the home of the
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brave and I should be willing to die for
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that freedom as you can imagine I just
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kind of believed it because I didn't
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know better and why would they lie about
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that well I can tell you my opinion has
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definitely changed since traveling and
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living abroad it turns out the US isn't
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even in the top 10 freest countries
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according to the human Freedom index it
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is in the top 20 ranked at 15 but the
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way the media and government talk about
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freedom in the U.S makes it sound like
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all other countries are imprisoning
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their people and forcing them to work
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which is kind of ironic because the US
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actually ranks number one in
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incarcerated people according to World
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prison brief the United States leads the
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world in total number of people
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incarcerated with more than 2 million
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prisoners Nationwide My Views have
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definitely changed on the us being the
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freest country in the world the US does
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have a lot of freedoms and has a strong
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judicial system but so do other
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countries around the world and the US is
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not ranked number one moving on to
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number 11 on our list is something that
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many people argue about and often goes
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hand in hand with the idea of freedom
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and that is gun ownership in the U.S it
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is very interesting to talk with people
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who are not from the US and who haven't
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grown up with gun ownership being a
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common and real thing growing up in the
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US it was normal to own guns and many
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people I knew had guns I remember my
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brother having a shotgun in his house
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and I didn't think it was that strange
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or weird but this is isn't normal
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globally and actually only three
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countries have constitutional rights to
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own a gun While most countries allow gun
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ownership they impose strict laws
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regulating which types of guns you can
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own and how they are stored according to
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Insider Americans own nearly half of all
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the civilian-owned guns in the world and
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on a per capita basis the U.S has far
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more guns than any other Nation with so
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many guns come mass shootings which is a
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uniquely U.S thing these attacks rarely
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occur in other countries and the
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frequency and destruction caused by
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these attacks is heartbreaking My Views
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have changed a lot on gun ownership from
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this is normal to what is wrong with the
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US
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speaking of what is wrong with the us
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next on our list at number 10 which ties
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back into the last two points is
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national pride Americans are extremely
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patriotic and they believe that the US
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is the best country in the world and you
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better not disagree with them because
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they might shoot you jokes aside they
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are extremely patriotic because they've
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been lied to their whole lives the US is
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a good country but it is not the best
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country or worth chanting USA USA USA
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everywhere you go
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most Americans don't realize how bad
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they're getting screwed by the
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corporations in the government and they
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truly believe that the US is number one
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in the world it really depends on what
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you are ranking but the US is usually in
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the middle or lower half of a top 20
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list from freedoms to Quality of Life to
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education the US is ranked all over the
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place and rarely is number one except
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for prisoners guns military spending GDP
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and a few other things that aren't very
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flattering it isn't until you move
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abroad and remove yourself from the
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media enforced lies that you start to
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realize the rest of the world isn't that
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bad and some countries are even better
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than the US in one way many countries
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are better than the US is education
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number nine on our list is education
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according to results from the program
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for international student assessment the
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U.S ranks 39th in math 23rd in reading
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and 25th in science out of 73 surveyed
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countries this is low for a country that
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claims to be number one
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after living abroad for some time it is
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clear that the US does not value public
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education and universities are run like
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businesses the cost of higher education
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is appalling compared to the rest of the
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world and don't get me started on public
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schools there are videos of teachers
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asking for school supplies and Mr Beast
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just did a video about helping students
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and teachers because the US government
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doesn't provide enough resources the US
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government doesn't seem to care about
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education and this means the general
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public also doesn't seem to care about
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education just search Americans are
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idiots and you will see how bad it is
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not to mention the dangers around
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teaching after living abroad for a long
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time it has become clear that education
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is not a high priority in the U.S which
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is a shame because it is the best way
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for people to improve their lives and
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economic situation
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speaking of improving situations we are
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about to hit number eight on this list
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but before I reveal that one be sure to
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hit the like button because it really
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helps improve the situation of this
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video okay let's jump back in with
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number eight which is Healthcare I
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remember growing up that I never went to
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the doctor and I never understood why it
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was just my family didn't go to the
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doctor unless somebody was dying I mean
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literally the one time I spent the night
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in the hospital I was actually dying and
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if I didn't have a surgery I would have
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died and I never really thought anything
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of it it's just we didn't go to the
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doctor
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well it turns out we didn't go because
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it costs a fortune just for a simple
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checkup the US has state-of-the-art
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hospitals and medicine but unless you
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are rich or have good insurance good
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luck accessing it the U.S spends more of
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its GDP on health care than any other
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high-income countries yet ranks last in
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access to care administrative efficiency
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equality and Health Care outcomes
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according to the non-profit Commonwealth
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fund I just typed into Google what
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countries have Universal Health Care and
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I realized it would be faster to look up
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which countries don't have Universal
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Health Care some of the countries that
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don't have Universal Health Care include
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Pakistan Yemen Syria and of course the
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United States
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basically the entire world is covered in
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some form by a government-backed program
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but the U.S is the only High income
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country that doesn't have adequate and
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affordable coverage affordable being the
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key word in that last sentence there are
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people that pay thousands of dollars on
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medication and treatment each month in
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the U.S but if they lived in almost any
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other country it would be free or
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affordable My Views have changed a lot
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on Health Care in the United States
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since leaving and it's one of those
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situations that could be solved if
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people were willing to and if the
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corporations didn't make so much profit
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off of keeping the system the way it is
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and it's such a shame because people are
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you know suffering because of this
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system and one of the ways it is
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profitable is by treating obesity
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related health issues which brings us to
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number seven on our list food
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in The Tick Tock video I was watching
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about Americans and how their views had
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changed after living abroad many of them
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were complaining about gaining weight or
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getting sick when they moved back to the
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United States because of the food
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the food industry in the U.S is
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basically producing poison the FDA
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allows food and packaging companies to
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use harmful chemicals when handling and
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processing food these chemicals end up
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in the food which can cause cancers and
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other health problems again growing up
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in the U.S eating Pop-Tarts for
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breakfast seemed like a normal thing to
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do Little Debbie snacks and mac and
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cheese with hot dogs was a balanced diet
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all washed down with Coca-Cola it wasn't
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until I moved that I realized that some
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of the Obesity problems in the US are
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actually food problems it is easy to
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blame and say it is an individual's
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problem which is part of the problem but
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also a lot of the issues are related to
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the food industry and access to healthy
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foods but changing the laws are much
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harder and not as profitable as changing
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people's attitude towards obesity now if
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somebody says he she they are fat or
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unhealthy they will get canceled for
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body shaming so obviously My Views have
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changed a lot in relationship to health
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care and and food in the United States
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which brings us nicely to our next point
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on the list woke culture a quote that
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always makes me laugh is if you're not a
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liberal when you're 25 you have no heart
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if you're not a conservative by the time
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you're 35 you have no brain the cultural
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war that is Raging right now in the U.S
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is insane like literally insane and it's
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all a distraction to keep people from
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enacting any real change in the
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government or Society if all sides are
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fighting with each other and themselves
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the people in power and the corporations
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can pass legislation that hurts both
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sides and makes them more profit the
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last thing they want is for all sides to
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unite under their common struggle and
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oust the people currently in power the
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craziest thing is that when you are
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removed from it and you're living abroad
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you can just see how crazy and insane it
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is and how damaging it is to society
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while Americans are fighting about what
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a woman is or if the celebrity has used
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the correct pronoun the rest of the
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world knows what a woman is and isn't
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wasting time on things that don't make
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their country or economy stronger while
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American students are in their gen
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understudy classes wondering if they are
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a man woman or other Chinese and Indian
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students are in their maths and physics
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classes gaining real knowledge that
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might lead to the next breakthrough in
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science or technology learning about
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someone's gender isn't a real skill and
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won't create a breakthrough that could
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revolutionize any industry it isn't even
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medical science at best we might learn
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about groupthink when people study this
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time period in the future but in its
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current form woke culture in the
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backlash to it is destroying Society
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societies only exist when people are
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willing to share the same goal and work
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towards that goal together currently
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both sides are unwilling to find common
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ground and they're literally tearing
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each other apart they're tearing this
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Society apart and the people in power
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absolutely love it My Views have changed
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a lot on this after traveling to many
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countries because these types of debates
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aren't even considered in most places
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most people around the world are too
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concerned about feeding their families
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and improving their lives to even think
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about pronouns but enough about all that
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we've made it to number five on the list
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and if you're still here then you
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probably agree with me on many of these
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points you probably also know that
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YouTube will not push this video to
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anyone so be sure to like and share it
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with your friends to help others
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understand how the US looks from abroad
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next up on this list is another thing
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that is destroying the United States
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from the inside and it's this
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consumerism Flex culture celebrity
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worship I'm sure there's a term for this
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but I don't actually know what it is
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it's basically the worship or the Love
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of Money a Harris poll of three thousand
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children between the age of 8 to 12
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revealed that YouTuber was the first
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choice of 29 of them don't get me wrong
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I would love to make a full-time income
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on YouTube but I don't think that young
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people should be inspiring to be social
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media Stars if the US culture continues
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to inspire children to become
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celebrities and only fan Stars the us
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will lose its competitive advantage in
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science and technology when I was
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growing up children wanted to be doctors
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astronauts teachers and scientists sure
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there were some kids that wanted to be
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WWE stars or actors but they were
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usually outliers and not the norm
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nowadays based on the polls children
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want to be YouTube stars and they look
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up to Mr Beast I get the appeal of money
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and fame but it is a slippery slope if
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children look up to YouTube YouTubers
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celebrities and hustle culture promoters
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and not doctors or scientists I feel the
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future is doomed the internet has
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created a lot of opportunities for new
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work and ways of making money but very
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few content creators are curing cancer
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or creating the next tech Revolution if
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all the kids want to be YouTubers who is
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going to build the future speaking of
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building the future we all have to work
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which brings us to our next point the
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U.S mistreats employees more than 120
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countries around the world provide paid
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maternity leave and health benefits by
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law including most industrialized
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nations except Australia New Zealand and
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the United States according to reports
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from the international labor office just
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think about that for a second mothers
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who have just given birth are not given
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paid maternity leave by U.S law because
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there are no laws on the books it is up
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to employers to decide how much time and
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money new mothers are given this is
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supposed to be a happy moment in a
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couple's life but most parents miss out
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on important bonding because they have
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to go back to work you'll be lucky to
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get three or four weeks off and even
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luckier if it's paid if you're
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commenting about the Family and Medical
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Leave Act of 1993 right now I get it
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there are some protections but that
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really only covers unpaid leave with the
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average family in debt and less than 6
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000 in their bank accounts it is hard to
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take 12 weeks unpaid leave maternity
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leave is just one example of how U.S
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employees are getting hurt another good
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example is employment at will contracts
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which only benefit the employer
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because many workplaces don't offer
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full-time contracts with salaries and
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benefits employees are constantly
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anxious about their jobs there is little
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job security with employment at will
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contracts which pressures workers to
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work harder and longer because they are
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worried about losing their job these
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types of contracts allow managers to
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create schedules that keep employees
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from reaching full-time hours which
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means companies don't have to pay for
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insurance or other benefits that
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full-time employees should receive
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employers have even gone farther by
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creating gig work and refusing to
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classify workers as employees reducing
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their tax insurance and benefit
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obligations they create campaigns
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claiming that it is good for employees
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and that it provides more flexibility
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but in reality it only burdens workers
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people don't want to feel insecure about
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their livelihoods reports and studies
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show that people are more productive and
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happier when they feel secure in their
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workplace employment isn't always fair
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and balanced in the United States and
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two things really jump out to me when
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talking about this first Americans have
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been trained to hate unions it is
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surprising just how much effort has gone
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into breaking or stopping unions this is
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a video in itself but history has shown
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that workers have benefited the most
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when strong labor unions Force business
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owners to increase wages and provide
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more benefits but because this history
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is not taught in schools call back to my
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previous Point workers believe unions
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cost them money and don't help their
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employment situation the second thing
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I've noticed is that people Define
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themselves by their work they are what
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they do in other countries people are
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more concerned about their family
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relations or Hobbies but in the U.S your
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job is who you are and everything else
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is secondary because success is defined
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by money and not happiness or
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relationships people in the US are
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obsessed with their careers this creates
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a culture of unfulfilled and unhappy
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people because they care so much about
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their work but their employer doesn't
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care about them I'm not saying it's
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perfect around the world but there does
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seem to be a hyper focus on productivity
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and self-worth through work within the
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United States which should be changed to
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create a better working environment for
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U.S workers we are about to make it into
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the top three ways My Views have changed
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around the us but before we make it to
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number one be sure to hit the like
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button because I'm afraid that YouTube
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will suppress this video YouTube doesn't
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always push videos that tell the truth
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so uh hit that like button or share it
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with a friend because they might also
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like the video
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moving on to number three Transportation
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this one might seem strange at first but
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let me explain if you live in the United
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States and you want to get around you
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have to own a car period
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most cities do not have adequate public
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transportation or even good bike Lanes
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the US is car dominant and without a car
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you will struggle to do basic tasks
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things have changed in the last 12 years
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with ride sharing apps and food delivery
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apps but it is still really difficult to
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get around in the United States if you
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don't own a car growing up in the US
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that seemed normal because it is normal
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for the us but outside of the US many
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countries have decent public
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transportation countries like the
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Netherlands Sweden and Denmark all have
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designed cities to incorporate biking
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and many people Bike To Work many
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countries in Asia like Japan Korea and
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China have subways and high-speed trains
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connecting cities and areas which makes
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it convenient to get around with all the
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money the US government spends on the
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military and subsidies it could have
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redesigned many of the cities to include
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bike lanes and Subway systems when
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people feel safe on the roads and the
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cities encourage biking people will bike
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there are enough examples of cities
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redesigning their downtown areas and
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encouraging bike thinking to support the
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investment but despite these examples
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nothing seems to change bus routes
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Subways trains and bike lanes are not
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developed despite evidence that it
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improves people's lives and commutes
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if the US took a little bit of their
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military spending and diverted it back
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into infrastructure they could create
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more jobs in better cities my opinions
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on public transportation have changed a
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lot after living and traveling in cities
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that have good public transportation
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speaking of government spending number
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two on our list is the U.S government
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and there are two things I want to talk
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about let's first talk about the
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military the U.S doesn't need to police
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the World by taking on this role it has
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allowed other nations to expect and rely
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on U.S military support but that has
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weakened both the U.S and Reliant
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Nations it has weakened Reliant Nations
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because they spend less money on their
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own militaries and as weakened the us
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because the U.S spends too much money on
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the U.S military if the U.S spent 10 or
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20 percent less on the military each
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year and diverted it back into building
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the U.S it would be a stronger nation in
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terms of domestic strength the U.S would
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have better health care schools
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infrastructure and public services but
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that will never have happen because the
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US government is fractured and
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dysfunctional which brings us to the
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second point that I want to address the
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two parties are not working to benefit
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the people and because of this people
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are voting more and more extreme the US
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government allows lobbies to push
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specific agendas that don't benefit the
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people and because of this the people
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vote for anyone that promises change
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right or left it doesn't matter because
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both sides are becoming more and more
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unhinged
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the two sides are no longer working
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together and the lobbies are funding
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special projects that only benefit the
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corporations the politicians are corrupt
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and always have been but now it seems
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like there is less cooperation between
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the two sides and this is all spurred on
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by the mainstream media which brings us
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to our final point but before I talk
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about the mainstream media be sure to
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hit that like button because YouTube is
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part of the problem and they will
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probably suppress this video okay let's
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talk about the US media
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it's all fake news I don't support Trump
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or his policies but I totally understand
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him and why people voted for him he
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coined the term fake news but he's not
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wrong you can't even really call it news
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anymore and it's bad on both sides in
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the past we used to have tabloids in the
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supermarkets at the checkouts and they
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would always have the most ridiculous
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headlines like a woman gives birth to
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alien and claims the father is Joe Biden
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we have the exclusive interview you
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won't believe what she said we all knew
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it was fake but it was kind of fun to
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read nowadays this is every news
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headline because the news is a business
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and needs to make money they will print
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the most outrageous headlines to get
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more views and clicks mix the mainstream
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media in with social media and actual
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fake news by your favorite YouTuber and
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you create a nation of misinformed
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people if you can't distinguish between
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lies and truth then you will forever be
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lost and I feel many people in the
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United States right now are lost they
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are fighting over lies and because they
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want something to be true they are
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willing to believe lies this goes for
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both sides doesn't matter which opinion
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you hold about a topic someone is
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creating content to push you farther
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down the rabbit hole as long as there's
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money to be made off of content then Fox
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and CNN and YouTube and Tick Tock and
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Facebook and Twitter all of the social
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media platforms will continue to push
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this content out regardless of the truth
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this is not just a US problem but
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because most of the mainstream media is
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us-based or U.S Centric and because most
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of the popular apps are us-based it is a
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major problem for the US my opinion on
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news and popular apps have changed a lot
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after moving abroad and I think this
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problem will continue until better
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regulations are implemented so there you
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have it 12 ways my opinions have changed
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about the US after living abroad for 12
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years if you want to know where I've
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been living this whole time and why
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click here and if you want to watch more
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of the series click here I hope to see
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you in the next video bye-bye