America Is Not Europe

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I can be wrong, and I will be wrong. Please check out IntoEurope. It's a great channel that is extremely bingeable and produces European content (if the name didn't give it away already): https://www.youtube.com/c/IntoEurope Sources: The source document will always be posted on the website: https://www.romuluseurope.eu/youtube/america-is-not-europe/ About this video: This is the most American-centric video I think I will make a in long time. I am not trying to claim that these differences between the United States and Europe are the most relevant (consumption tax and inequality overall, education financing, coddling of Americans, and the political system generally), or that these are the only differences that exist. I made this video mainly because I've always felt that Americans and Europeans both engage in just looking at each other and thinking there are these simple differences that could be tweaked easily, and I just think that's far from the case. There are a lot of large and relevant differences between the two regions. Also, this video engages in a bunch of generalizations, and there are enough relevant differences between 'East' and 'Western' Europe already not even including the differences with the US. That being said, I wouldn't be making this channel if I didn't think there were more similarities between Europeans that we would care to admit. Assets: Images: [Figure of Cultural Groups in Europe] American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America https://www.abebooks.com/American-Nations-History-Eleven-Rival-Regional/31090269912/bd?cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Trade-_-product_id=COM9780143122029USED-_-keyword=&gclid=CjwKCAiAxJSPBhAoEiwAeO_fP0EZS1FDFbrA4LxWT5DBSJlCPL51JhX16mpsRrsMT26RhuSAHu88uxoC9kkQAvD_BwE [Figure of European Language Groups] Distribution of Major Language Groups in Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Europe#/media/File:Simplified_Languages_of_Europe_map.svg [Mark Zuckerberg Image] added black and white filter and mosaic modifier Author: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Mark_Zuckerberg_(7985186041).jpg Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Elon Musk Image Author: Duncan Hull Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elon_Musk_Royal_Society.jpg Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Bill Gates Image Author: Kuhlmann /MSC Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bill_Gates_2017_(cropped).jpg Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Germany Plenaire zaal Tweede Kamer Image Author: Husky Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plenaire_zaal_Tweede_Kamer_-_panorama.jpg Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Inside Parliament of Sweden Author: Suyash Dwivedi Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_Parliament_of_Sweden_01.jpg Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Deutscher Bundestag Plenarsaal Seitenansicht Author: Times Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deutscher_Bundestag_Plenarsaal_Seitenansicht.jpg Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Footage: [Senator Ted Cruz][59:36] Sen. Cruz and Sen. Sanders Debate Tax Reform on CNN - October 18, 2017 link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izKL_3tmpM0&t=3645s [France 24] Emmanuel Macron Video. Can’t find the link anymore but the title was ‘France - Emmanuel Macron réunit le parlement pour tenter de se relancer.’ Video was also used as an image. [NBC News] 1988 Flashback: George H.W. Bush Says, ‘Read My lips: No New Taxes’ | NBC News link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdVSqSNHhVo [Bloomberg Quicktake Now | CSPAN] Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Votes Against $15 Minimum Wage Effort link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNo_U7PTGzk [Bill Gates] The wicked problem of school funding link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4tbM59_75s&t=70s [Big Think] How overparenting backfired on Americans | Jonathan Haidt | Big Think link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoXpNJLFngc [CPSAN] Constitutional Role of Judges link: https://www.c-span.org/video/?301909-1/constitutional-role-judges Music: Expand by Hazy https://soundcloud.com/hazy_music Music provided by https://www.plugnplaymusic.net Wonder by Hazy https://soundcloud.com/hazy_music Music provided by https://www.plugnplaymusic.net Title: Blue Wednesday, tender spring - Exhale Artist: Blue Wednesday Link: https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/track/e... Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Taxation 02:26 - Federal Responsibility 03:05 - Education 04:58 - Coddling of the American Mind 06:19 - Scalia Rant 08:01 - Conclusion