Why does the U.S. have 800 bases? That's the easiest question to answer, There's actually three parts to it as well 1. To show/hold power over other countries. 2. Troops can be deployed to areas faster. 3. Most are airbases, which gives bombers plenty of areas to deploy, rearm, and get repairs at
One key factor for America's success is that no other state was trying to prevent America's fast growing at 19th century. The civil war did not last too long and the country went back to united with not too much damage. This allows US to grow from thirteen colonies to a sleeping giant at WW1 and WW2.
Being separated by a giant ocean definitely helped that’s for sure. It’s actually kinda genius move, make a country across a large ocean in an era that was difficult to travel.
The only way to beat America : Strengthen navy and get them ready at Pacific ocean, convince Mexico, Canada, Cuba and many other North American countries to participate, have some average winter clothing, weaken USA's supplies and material income by airforce and naval force and invade (Dunno if that would work)
There was significant damage in the Southern USA with the economy basically blown out, but the major powerhouses in the North side kept the nation performing well in the Reconstruction period in the South.
Uuuuh no? It went from the feudal and archaic, kinda medieval state that it was before the Meiji Restoration of 1867-8 to an humongous Empire that challenged Russia (winning) before, China, and USA 30 years later. Then, after the utter defeat of WWII, Japan had a skyrocketing economy that made it the world's largest manufacturing economy in 1993, just when the asset price bubble exploded.
@Heinrich “Harry” Gehrsack You guys are so desperate to put yourselves in the same sentence as USA...You’re in our RUclips pages, American politics 24/7... britain cleans 🧼 our American shoes 👞
And then we surprise the world this with 'CANZUK' as USA falls to racial and political civil war. As a wise man once said "The Separatists have been defeated, and the American rebellion has been foiled. We stand on the threshold of a new beginning. In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Commonwealth will be reorganised into the Second British Empire, for a safe and secure society" muhhahah
@@brandonford7026 but i do see very beginning of the USA decline, unless it really starts to make some serious changes in its country, it will start to crumble over the next 10 to 75 years
3 things: 1. Napoleonic Wars in Europe 2.First world war in Europe 3.Second world War in Europe (Europe was strangling each other and while this was happening the US was chilling comfortably)
@@Captainrave Generally speaking, there are three reasons why the USA is at the top: 1: natural resources, 2: long-term neutrality policy, 3: educated people who migrated.
first of all, why u act like the US wasnt involved in ww1 and ww2, second of all, the US always starting wars ever since WW2, cold war, vietnam war, afghanistan war, war in iraq, and now yemen
@@RevanoRasyikhUSA didnt start ww2 nor the Cold War as that just naturally occurred right after ww2, the Vietnam war was started between French and Vietnamese but USA would get heavily involved.
Thick Daddy While I dont agree with hunk, that’s just not true. Invading China and Russia would be nearly impossible without allied support and although we do have a much larger military, we would be on the defensive most of the war which would cause destruction and economic downfall. Excluding nukes a war between both at the same time would be a decisive stale mate. If we were to fight 1 at a time with allied support I think it would then be very likely to be a victory.
@@LEMONSPatusky if nato broke out into war with Russia China probs won't get involved since their relations with Russia have weakened a bit and China might probaly not invade Russia becasue they are distracted with Europe and take some lands they claimed some time ago
@@lewiss.9632 It really isn't. In WW1, the US just tipped the balance of power over at the end of the war and in WW2, it basically was busy in Asia and ignored Europe until Russia had broken the back of the Wehrmacht.
@@Arcaryon I know perfectly the history of both World Wars. I just don't like it when a joke, accurate or not, is "corrected" by people who think they know best.
Fun fact, despite "Victory" being associated mostly with Churchill's rethoric, it was used way more often by USA marketing, ex. "victory steak", "victory bond", "victory garden" etc.
The real reason why the USA is a super power: Geography Just think about it, we have access to the two largest seas while the only countries that could pose as a threat to the US is from Asia and Europe. That’s why throughout the development and expansion of the US we were basically untouched.
@American Patriot Exactly 💯. This has been said even by economists. The entire Americas’ with their strategic location, unique shipping routes, 2 seas, Natural Resources and the fact they are far away from trials and tribulations of Asia, Mid East, europe, africa issues makes it a force to be reckoned with. Their is also legal ownership of airspace & seas that makes even countries more powerful. US & Canada by far have the best. When Hawaii joined US it also expanded US legal ownership of large parts of the Pacific ocean reaching east Asia, meaning if austrialia & nz airlines fly in they must pay up airspace fees to US govt. Keep in mind Canada charges airlines flying over their airspace via the Atlantic...so actually it’s legal for US to do this too😏. If Russia closed its airspace it would do nothing to North America......but it would affect europe especially flights going to Asia, south east, Oceania.
So basically when America does something , regardless of good or bad , it is not a big deal. But when others do the same , they get criticized and sanctioned , etc.
The main reason: U.S. is protected by two massive oceans on either side + frozen wilderness to the north and inhospitable desert to the south. It's a fortress. Any rival powers (Mexico, Spain, UK) were quickly weakened in the region, leaving the U.S. free to expand unopposed. Then the U.S. is in the richest agricultural land in the world, with some of the most navigable waterways and natural harbours, plus abundant quantities of literally every single resource you could need, and a massive population. And all of this was free for the U.S. to develop as no one else posed a threat. It was pretty much the ultimate hand that could be played. Additionally, the U.S. was one of the first countries to embrace democratic and liberal ideas that allowed prosperous development as opposed to the feudal European kingdoms of past.
200 years is a short time to become incredibly dominant, yet something so powerful can be highly fragile as well. It only takes one incident to undo two centuries worth of work, let's hope that it doesn't happen anytime soon.
200 years isn't a short time. The most powerful empires in the west have historically taken around that time. The previous one, England took 300 years before their decline. And America has already begun its decline.
BayleyTSE Yeah you're right, just from history look at all the world powers that crumbled. Rome, Greece, Mongolia, etc. The US can't and won't be around forever.
I find it intriguing how the USA literally started from the bottom, after breaking away from Britain, and soon over 200 years, they rose up and became one of the most powerful countries In the world, when back then, no one thought they would last, not even Britain.
philip nowell There's a lot of other factors too like diverse climate and natural resources.. with also the fact that they are far from most wars and conflicts even the ones they're directly involved in
Ratonhnhaké:ton AKA Connor Kenway Didn't get here very ethically though.. (like any other global super power before I'll give you that) but America has been the most hypocritical about it lol.. not surprising considering the importance of public opinion in this day and age..
and they did it in the most unethical ways. slavery, genocide against native americans, and imperialism. obviously no country is perfect, but you can look to countries like sweden or iceland. countries that are doing well without all the baggage that russia, china, the us, etc has done
I'd love to see a similar video about the UK. We're a tiny little place, with a surprising effect on the world. It's most likely something we won't be proud of, so worth seeing
The UK lost all its legitimate power after WW2. They are a regional power at best and wouldn't be able to do anything without US/EU support these days beyond their borders.
Joe Brown to you guys aren't always small. you were extremely imperialist and had land all over the world including India. but once countries fought for their independence, the UK shrunk back to it's original size
Actually Kabloosh, in the 80´s they won a war against Argentina. I mean, the UK nowadays is nothing but a small shadow of its former self, but the UK still pulls heavy weight. Its one of the 5 nations with Aircraft Carriers and one of the 4 with Nuclear Submarines
@@av8worm have you seen the debt? I saw a debate between whether the US should buy Greenland after Trump suggested it supposedly. The side where they shouldn't won by a huge margin :/ especially with the environmental damage extracting the materials would cost
The distinction between the United States and the Soviet Union was a difference between capitalism and a form of socialism, not democracy and communism
Yeah that irked me as well. I mean, yes the Soviet Union was not democratic, but the US also supported a lot of other regimes that were not democratic either. It just feels like such a weird unscientific loaded way of naming the two sides of the cold war. I mean we are not in the time of the red scare anymore, we can use neutral terms to describe things.
@Tsar Nicholas II the British Empire took whatever they wanted for many body whenever they wanted it as long as they were a world power. After the colonies broke loose in a rebuild and the USA grew, the English still had a hard time getting over their egos. I'm American and dad said that we were all just a bunch of rejects but really not. The settlers came here to the USA because of the expansion and it's nice and peaceful here in the country unlike the bigger cities in Europe that are crowded and they were then. People here could be Protestant without people busting in their doors and burning them because they weren't Catholic or Anglican.
Question: if racism it’s what drives US, why are they letting millions of people from “inferior races” come this Country and becomes Citizens and reproduce “inferior babies”?
@@ryandanngetich2524 i think he means if it’s a military conflict occuring somewhere in the world, the UK had a hand in it (i.e., israel & palestine) but if its internal (domestic unrest in a country, coup d'état, etc.) the US has a hand in it
Don't want to be that guy but United Nations are supposed to be the successor of the League of Nations, but they're kinda useless so yeah you're in theory wrong but in practice right 🤷🏻♂️😅
@@cottonball5499 North Korea has a dictator that hates America and israel is democratic ally of the United states who handles much of our war against "terror" in the middle east. Also Israel is our only true ally in the middle east so it needs nukes to protect itself from the countless enemies that surround it.
pjw2000 I agree! when they say Secretary Seward had wanted to expand to the caribbean, they highligted some place just off the pacific shore of El Salvador, do you know what place are they refering to?
MooMilkMilk I have heard this argument before and I understand it. BUT, you had back to back giant global wars which basically were able to happen because of the industrial revolution. So to the point, had the US not taken the role we did at the time, there is no reason to think that there would not have been a WW3, 4, and who knows. By strangling the only real opposition at the time by basically outspending them, the US was able to position itself as the world police officer. Now, many will and can argue the United States intentions, but I have always felt that the opinion of the American people in my lifetime has been that to be a just nation and look out for other nations as well as our own interests. I am fully aware that could be debated, and in some cases, possibly rightfully so.
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Yes, it is. US took the advantage in WW1, when British Empire got weakened by his neighbours. By selling weapons and join the war at late time so they didn't suffer too much from the War, they really did it. War is a good bussiness for a country
That's definitely one reason, but not the only one. Part of it was geographical: we control a massive amount of land rich in a variety of resources, and is flanked by the two biggest bodies of water on earth (this is also what made GB as powerful as it was before we came along, just on a much smaller scale) We also basically paid for both world wars, to be paid back with interest, and managed to install the USD as the default currency for all international commerce by creating the petrodollar system
@@Khorne_of_the_Hill True. Geography was a factor in the equation, however your last part probably wouldn't have come to pass had the British Empire not been slowly crumbling ever since the late 1800s. The US had a lot going for it, but if we pretend both world wars never happened, it would have remained a regional power. Likely they would have become the most powerful nation in the Americas, but not a global hegemony like they are today.
@@dimdimbramantyo7666 "War is a good bussiness for a country" As long as you're far away from it. The closer you are to it, the less profitable it gets.
We are not a democracy. We believe in the power to the states and republicanism. The people through their state get to decide the president. Trump won 31 states, she won 19.
Which country are you talking about? Just curious. I get the dictatorship part, but it was never a democratic country in the first place. It's always either religious leader taking over or another dictator taking the spot. The US only sees the opportunity. But the problem was always there in the first place.
I think the fastest way in wich the USA grew it's territory in the first decades of independence, becoming one of the largest countries in the world and with a whole immense territory to explore, was decisive for that transformation into a world power. A teritory with vast plains contrary to what is Brazil, by comparison.
I'm Brazil side I can say 100% that it the Rulers fault and our Elite. The Guys, Destroyed our potential, and now this country is a failed country. It's hard to say as a Brazilian...
@@kj6597 At least 40 of the American Presidents have direct English/Scottish/Irish ancestry hence they are British. That is the reason why English dominated the US in the first place because the newly independent US at the time was heavily English speaking from Britain and Ireland. Even though there are sizable German population and French was the language of business and trade hence French was the Lingua France they chose the English language because of Britain. With Biden today, who had an English and Scottish ancestry, US is fundamentally a British colony like the rest of the Commonwealth.
America in the 1910’s: “a giant European war with millions of deaths? Eh that’ll blow over” America in the 1950’s-2000’s: “what’s that, an impoverished landlocked nation half the world away said something mean about us? WELL WE BETTER SEND IN THE TROOPS BOYS”
@@Hellingame you know it's fun saying this but it's not fun thinking about the innocent people who are living there and suffering did you think about it for a second?while you are inside the comfort of your home going to eat fast-food whenever you want people are worrying if their family members died is being tortured starving to death living in bad conditions and being abused
@@kaijuslayer_1814 yay we killed native americans and there are no consequences( yes the natives fought wars among themselves and were not united before in a thorough manner like the american civil war)
“The US was the only country that avoided economic ruin in the war” The graph also shows the UK as not entering economic ruin despite the fact that it did.
Because that determination was based on more than just that graph, which they probably showed just to illustrate the general difference with a clear visual aid
@@simasima9455 that's why CANZUK is gaining popularity, to free ourselves from under America's boot, that way the UK isn't left out in the cold, Canada doesn't become dependent solely on the US and Australia and New Zealand won't become part of China's 'Sinosphere'.
@@perrychrispy1 the Korean war was to gain south Korea more of North Korea land. But the war did nothing but move the dmz a few inches north. The capital of old Korea is still in North korea. It's considered a loss. When hundreds and thousands of American and South Korean soldiers died, just to gain a few inches.
It was pretty much ww1 and ww2 right? Most of the major powers before both of the world wars were concentrated within Europe I.e. Britain, France, Germany. The world wars destroyed their economies, hence America’s relative wealth increased, but America’s overall wealth increased via lending money and selling resources to the European allies - consequently America ushered in its current state of economic prosperity. It also had a brilliant geographical land base at the time - looooaads of resources to sell to warring countries.
Half correct the three main reasons is economy,geography,and military as the us is bordered by weak countries and invading army from ocean can be weaken that invading army the US also has the number one economy and the number 1 military
Not really. The US established itself well before both world wars. Just like he states in the video, the US prettty much controlled the entire Western Hemisphere and Pacific Ocean, starting from the Spanish American War in 1898 and up until World War 1.
Living in the US myself, and having not been born here, it’s amazing to me the way or of our communities and society as a whole functions - we are so focused and have such a pure emphasis on our rights as a people , some of the best intentions and success with them I’ve witnessed
Oh yeah right of course, are you sure that it's not (obviously) because your population went from 5 millions in 1800 to 95 millions before WW1 and 150 millions in WW2 ? All because of the European-wide immigration? That's why America was a success: amongst the fully industrialized countries, it held and still hold the largest population (+300 millions today), by far. You never wondered why Germany (82 millions of people) had a bigger economy than France and UK (around 65 millions each)?
@Solle America will likely one day end up as the British Empire, when we do not know. And i doubt any of us will witness it, atleast i hope i’m dead by then..
And all the major wars happened far away on other lands. So unlike other countries, their infrastructure and by extension their economy, was not decimated because the war was just not taking place in the USA.
***** Actually the British empire was considered a superpower before they lost India. The soviet union was also considered a superpower. The US only became the sole undisputed superpower after the fall of the USSR.
First User They were considered a regional superpower because that's all they were. They only have/had influence over "satellite states" of small countries directly surrounding Russia. Even their military is based upon being regional. Lot's of tanks and AA ground based, whereas US has a large navy and air force, capable of projecting massive military presence anywhere on the globe. A superpower is more than just being powerful though, it's cultural influence/military prowess, technological advancements. US was beating Russia in every category.
Forgot to mention one of the key takeaways from Brettonwoods that helped the USA become a world power: the USD became the reserve currency for every country on the planet.
Farid_Goat 69 In the modern day you can’t take a country’s resources, unless you are taking a country for yourself. You cam guard it from the enemy, but you mostly can’t take it.
Step 1: After America gains independance, waits for europe to destroy itself within just 200 years Step 2: Uses the opportunity to take advantage of the situation by loaning countries for billions of dollars in exchange for their capitalist influence Step 3: Turn into a world power and influence more countries of their capitalist ways Step 4: Invade and change the governments of those countries to keep their influence in a "strong tie" Step 5: prevent other countries from expanding their oil industries and influencing it to other countries. Step 6: Profit Step 7: Repeat
Why are so many Americans in the internet ashamed of their country ? America is great. It's the richest and freest society in human history. It's the country that, alongside alies , defeated naziism and communism. As an outsider, I wish that my country were to be more like America, with freer markets, with the right to defend ourselves with guns, with free speech, with limited government, etc. You Americans should be proud.
felipe jannotti have you been brainwashed or what?? American freedom? America fighting Islam? Behind the scenes they are doing shades stuff, just like how this video states they funded rebels etc
NortexG - Art People in America are free. Free to say what they want, to open business, to drink, to have guns, to marry with who they want... It's something they take for granted, but most people in the world don't have that. The islam part I exaggerated a bit. I know that there are interests behind it.
I would argue that based on accomplishments in such a short time that the USA is the greatest country on earth. I mean if you look at the accomplishments and inventions of the USA and Americans, the USA is certainly top of the list. The USA invented the internet, traffic lights, the modern airplane, transistors, cell phones, the MRI machine, and the space shuttle. And the aforementioned list is only a small list of inventions. Also, the USA was the first country to make it to the moon. Lastly, take into account that the USA has only officially been a country since 1776. For the USA to accomplish all of this in such a short time is quite miraculous.
US accomplishments are certainly very impressive and they’re one of the most influential for sure. However, I wouldn’t say it’s an uncontested fact. Britain is up there too, the Industrial Revolution is basically the most significant event of the modern era and vaccines and penicillin saved hundreds of millions of lives. But really you can’t narrow down progress to any one nation as human achievement is diverse.
The US was discovered by an Italian. The first businesses set up there ,trading tobacco, were British, and the revolution was done by the French. These europeans gave development a head start, then with vast amounts of land, slavery, and crops, and being an ocean away from danger on each side, so no real threat of bombing or invasion. Then trade and alliance with the most of Europe, and a political system which favours GDP instead of the people, works in its favour. Also the u.k invented traffic lights, the uk invented the internet, and the uk invented the jet engine, the uk invited the telephone (not cellular though).
@@tomhigginson6855 I agree with some of your comment, but some of it is factually incorrect. The United States Department of Defense invented the internet. The British on the other hand invented the World Wide Web, which is something totally different from the internet. Your only other mistake is where you claim that the U.K. invented traffic lights. This is not technically accurate. The British were the first to use a modern day traffic signal, however the first electric traffic light was invented by an American named Lester Wire in Salt Lake City, Utah. Lastly, I am certainly grateful for the inventions and discoveries of the British. In fact, in my opinion, the most important invention of all time came from the British: Alexander Fleming and antibiotics.
@@archivesoffantasy5560 The Industrial Revolution started in the 1740’s and 2nd Industrial Revolution before ww1 so not so modern. The modern era started in the aftermath of ww2 so I argue that the most important event of the modern age was the Bretton woods system and the American trading system which bought the world to prosperity and peaceful though there is still wars but not in scales such like ww2. The American trading system meant that any country could trade (Globalization) unlike the past world where only major powers could trade each other
you guys should talk about american soft power next. even if the US declines or is surpassed militarily or politically - the US still has a lot of cultural influence on the world. from Music to films to video games - the US has a legacy that will still stand even if when she is inevitably not the greatest country in the world.
How to become a superpower. Don't have a global war on your soil twice in 40 years. Just keep building, no rebuilding - make money doing that for others instead.
War is part of what strengthened all wartorn nations, technologically, innovatively, judicially, socially, and projection of power and through strength of defences. You can't disentangle war from human history.
HAL Different times. In the past yes but now humans are pushed by industrialization. Tug of war between Russia and USA helped USA and Russia compete for space domination but when USSR collapsed USA stopped exploring as much. Now industries are being created by private citizens to explore the space front.
Failed to answer the question. The answer is that the two world wars were hugely profitable for the USA and transferred wealth and power from Europe to the USA.
Ed O'Meara it's because of massive immigration and the great scientific exodus that occurred during WW2. Sure people made money off the war... but that's not how we acquired our wealth and power.
Step 1 create yourself a defender of "democracy" image Step 2 finance questionable individuals around the world to take power in their country Step 3 make 'deals' with your fresh friend leader Step 4 use Stock exchange to grab 95% of the ressources of your friend's country
@@shabolealquesimi9420 yeah tell that to the American Revolution. A tiny band of colonist against one of the greatest forces in the world at the time. Something about American spirit
And hundreds of thousands risk life and limb, literally crossing in trunks of cars and in boats every year heading to Russia, no wait, to Mexico, no wait to the Philippines....no to the U S. Why? If we're so terrible?
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You mentioned nothing about America Profiting from both world wars. America benefited economically throughout both wars and thus, when others were poor due to fighting. America became a superpower.
Not ww2, yes ww2 was important for the US but even before it the US could outproduce every other participant combined. WW1 is what drove them up to that position. Well that and the fact that they were one of the few countries with oilfields at the time.
s0RxEaRs Yes because when lumping 300 million together using the word retarded, nationality is completely relevant. Besides making it obvious you're a bigot that panders to the status quo ad hominem, what else is new? There's a lot of reasons why the US became the superpower that it is. Though, people tend to only consider the negative aspects, as is usual.
Literally. It is so inspiring. This influence is a result of culmination of all the decisions and choices of political leaders since the last 100 years.
The Pretentious Giraffe i suggest you to stay pure and not indulge in what i ve said .... rather roam the vastness of africa maybe start a family with SUPREME DICTATOR OF AFRICA : FALCON LOVER !
Gee, I wonder how those little countries are able to bully America into spending all that money to protect them? Oh, that's right - they aren't bullying us. So they aren't freeloading because they didn't ask us. We choose to do it and then brain surgeons like you call them "freeloaders."
Monty tout they didn't ask for it? Well they should ain't complaining about this protection. If Europe could all raise their defense spending to about 2%, which is modest, then America could just have a very minium presence in Europe. Everyone's happy. Of course no one likes to change the current balance which is to have America doing half the works for Europe.
Also why is the map of the USSR flag drawn on Yugoslavia and the Warsaw pact countries? They weren`t part of the Societ Union. And if it was just meant to show the spread of communism, why didn`t the flag expand to China, Vietnam and Cuba?
zh11147 Makes sense. Europe was the main battleground. Because if Soviet influence spread any further, it would have been very dangerous for the US. The Soviet Union having conciderable influence in East-Germany and Poland (especially the Western part) was already extremely dangerous. Given the knowledge in industry there and weapon production. The Soviet Union lacked this in a sense. They had Matrushkas and T-35s. But the cutting edge has till then belonged to Germany. That intelligence has suddenly become very porous. Very scary for the United States.
***** Doubtful. Especially in Yugoslavia. Soviet influence was strong in the beginning in the Warsaw pact countries though, but eventually it declined.
40 percent of U.S. oil needs are met at home. Most of the imports currently come from five countries: Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela and Nigeria. We "steal" virtually zero oil. www.npr.org/2012/04/11/150444802/where-does-america-get-oil-you-may-be-surprised
US would have the same fate even without invading some islands in Pacific and Philippines. Their natural resources stretching across an entire continent are just massive. The two oceans protecting them, a friendly neighboring country at north, a weak neighboring country at south, form of government, and relative stability are also a perfect recipe.
***** Yeah, the world is at peace because Democracies don't like fighting each other, and its way more profitable to play nice with each other than in the past. No way a US thing.
+Murtadha Hamza World War 1 signalled the death of the Old Europe, where war was common. World War 2 was a vengeful nation taking extreme and un-necessary actions.
Watch next: Why does the US 800 military bases all around the world? bit.ly/2B3IiFx
Why does the U.S. have 800 bases? That's the easiest question to answer, There's actually three parts to it as well
1. To show/hold power over other countries.
2. Troops can be deployed to areas faster. 3. Most are airbases, which gives bombers plenty of areas to deploy, rearm, and get repairs at
@Thành Hoàng Ngọc That's false, Trump has actually paid off 2 billion dollars worth of debt gained by mostly Obama.
@@ThePolecatProcess oh really? That's why 6.5 Trillion was lost a couple years ago?
And @Vox I disagree that there's less conflict today, America is just involved in all of it so it seems like less..
@@Arirezz that was a mistake by an accountant
Those simpler times when you could literally buy an entire state from a country
Or country (Iceland)
@@KingAgniKai they didnt buy iceland...... obviously
@brian bowes 7.2million* (their days value)
120million (todays value)
when there's an unpopulated piece of land, it's quite simple. as soon as there are people, there are complications
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find out in the next season of america
Season 2: The Destruction of the New World Order.
You misspelled final
Jack Long my favorite show
I hate Cliffhangers, hopefully next season doesn't get delayed.
Hopefully it doesn't get cancelled. I don't know what else I'd watch.
Fun fact: Americans called hamburgers “liberty steaks” during ww2 because they thought “hamburgers” sounded too German.
Most American thing I've ever heard!
liberty steaks and justice potatoes for all
Well hamburgers were German, coming from the city of Hamburg. Same with hot dogs originally being Frankfurter, named for Frankfurt.
No it was liberty sandwiches
Makes sense, my country insisted that we are capable of being the next Superpower
One key factor for America's success is that no other state was trying to prevent America's fast growing at 19th century. The civil war did not last too long and the country went back to united with not too much damage. This allows US to grow from thirteen colonies to a sleeping giant at WW1 and WW2.
Being separated by a giant ocean definitely helped that’s for sure. It’s actually kinda genius move, make a country across a large ocean in an era that was difficult to travel.
The only way to beat America : Strengthen navy and get them ready at Pacific ocean, convince Mexico, Canada, Cuba and many other North American countries to participate, have some average winter clothing, weaken USA's supplies and material income by airforce and naval force and invade
(Dunno if that would work)
@@nonameman7114 their geography is too OP to begin with
Hard to influence a country across the ocean in the 1700-1900s
There was significant damage in the Southern USA with the economy basically blown out, but the major powerhouses in the North side kept the nation performing well in the Reconstruction period in the South.
"Use these 10 quick tricks to become a superpower in only 200 years, number 7 will blow you away"
LMAO!!
Well Japan made it in 70 years. TWICE.
Uuuuh no? It went from the feudal and archaic, kinda medieval state that it was before the Meiji Restoration of 1867-8 to an humongous Empire that challenged Russia (winning) before, China, and USA 30 years later.
Then, after the utter defeat of WWII, Japan had a skyrocketing economy that made it the world's largest manufacturing economy in 1993, just when the asset price bubble exploded.
"See the secrets the U.N. doesn't want you to see!"
"number 7 will blow you away" - hiroshima happens
USA: *invades other countries and makes them dependent*
UK: *in tears of joy* “That's my son!”
lol
@Heinrich “Harry” Gehrsack You guys are so desperate to put yourselves in the same sentence as USA...You’re in our RUclips pages, American politics 24/7... britain cleans 🧼 our American shoes 👞
@@xav215xl7 OMG, you're the most self-right person i've ever seen
My country Philippines is 1 of the victim of usa :(
I Want Coconut Blame the Spaniards.
America: Topples smaller governments they don’t agree with
Britain: *Tears of parental joy*
And then we surprise the world this with 'CANZUK' as USA falls to racial and political civil war.
As a wise man once said "The Separatists have been defeated, and the American rebellion has been foiled. We stand on the threshold of a new beginning. In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Commonwealth will be reorganised into the Second British Empire, for a safe and secure society" muhhahah
The Psychotic Wizard are you joking?
The Psychotic Wizard because the us isn’t going in a civil war even if canzuk happens it still won’t be a major power
@@brandonford7026 well yes i was joking, i was quoting star wars...
@@brandonford7026 but i do see very beginning of the USA decline, unless it really starts to make some serious changes in its country, it will start to crumble over the next 10 to 75 years
3 things:
1. Napoleonic Wars in Europe
2.First world war in Europe
3.Second world War in Europe
(Europe was strangling each other and while this was happening the US was chilling comfortably)
While the US was chilling and profiting hugely off every conflict
@@Captainrave Generally speaking, there are three reasons why the USA is at the top: 1: natural resources, 2: long-term neutrality policy, 3: educated people who migrated.
The United-States and Europe should'n ever exists
first of all, why u act like the US wasnt involved in ww1 and ww2, second of all, the US always starting wars ever since WW2, cold war, vietnam war, afghanistan war, war in iraq, and now yemen
@@RevanoRasyikhUSA didnt start ww2 nor the Cold War as that just naturally occurred right after ww2, the Vietnam war was started between French and Vietnamese but USA would get heavily involved.
US: *starts becoming an superpower/empire*
UK: *I raised that boy.*
@Hunk_ you fail to remember nato is a thing
@Hunk_ The US can literally beat Russia and China combined at the same time without even NATO's help if we exclude Nukes of course. إستحي شوية 😂
Thick Daddy While I dont agree with hunk, that’s just not true. Invading China and Russia would be nearly impossible without allied support and although we do have a much larger military, we would be on the defensive most of the war which would cause destruction and economic downfall. Excluding nukes a war between both at the same time would be a decisive stale mate. If we were to fight 1 at a time with allied support I think it would then be very likely to be a victory.
@@LEMONSPatusky if nato broke out into war with Russia China probs won't get involved since their relations with Russia have weakened a bit and China might probaly not invade Russia becasue they are distracted with Europe and take some lands they claimed some time ago
JackHas4.6MillionLegs Yes of course, I was just answering to Thick Daddys hypothetical, even if it will never happen.
the US is like that son who ran away from home but ended up succeding in life
69 likes, nice
By doing exactly the things he ran away for
@@theskiypdee taxes?
Invading other countries
FACTS
World: How do you help defeat Germany in both the World Wars?
America: The key is to be late.
Well, America Joined WW2 in 1941 but even before supplying Great Britain and China.
@@cede4587 You know it's a joke, right?
@@lewiss.9632 It really isn't. In WW1, the US just tipped the balance of power over at the end of the war and in WW2, it basically was busy in Asia and ignored Europe until Russia had broken the back of the Wehrmacht.
@@Arcaryon I know perfectly the history of both World Wars. I just don't like it when a joke, accurate or not, is "corrected" by people who think they know best.
Arcaryon You clearly don’t know history
Fun fact, despite "Victory" being associated mostly with Churchill's rethoric, it was used way more often by USA marketing, ex. "victory steak", "victory bond", "victory garden" etc.
"V-Day."
literally 1984
Victory gin?
I remember learning about victory gardens in social studies
Churchill mom was a american btw
The real reason why the USA is a super power: Geography
Just think about it, we have access to the two largest seas while the only countries that could pose as a threat to the US is from Asia and Europe.
That’s why throughout the development and expansion of the US we were basically untouched.
@American Patriot Exactly 💯. This has been said even by economists. The entire Americas’ with their strategic location, unique shipping routes, 2 seas, Natural Resources and the fact they are far away from trials and tribulations of Asia, Mid East, europe, africa issues makes it a force to be reckoned with. Their is also legal ownership of airspace & seas that makes even countries more powerful. US & Canada by far have the best. When Hawaii joined US it also expanded US legal ownership of large parts of the Pacific ocean reaching east Asia, meaning if austrialia & nz airlines fly in they must pay up airspace fees to US govt. Keep in mind Canada charges airlines flying over their airspace via the Atlantic...so actually it’s legal for US to do this too😏. If Russia closed its airspace it would do nothing to North America......but it would affect europe especially flights going to Asia, south east, Oceania.
Yeah you got point there
Yep. And America has some good and bad when it comes to that
No country can be superpower throughout history after 100or 200 years our successors will see the downfall of United States
Manvik Km if the US were to fall, it’s going to bring the world with it.
Kinda like the Roman Empire.
I doubt the US would fall in the future
Warning ⚠️ : Everyone, in the comments think’s they are a five star general, and a historian.
Exactly
@@delmont2916 why'd you name your RUclips Bismark. You l Iike Germany or something.
@@Ryno_D1no why do you care do you not like Otto?
@@delmont2916 no, wondering why you chose such a name. One that has no ties to yourself and your life.
@@Ryno_D1no he's just very interesting to me my bad if im offending you
One day my native country of Antarctica will become the World Superpower... One day, One day!
Chidubem Ezinne found the penguin.
Long Live the Emperor Penguins, our true masters!!!
All Hail Emperor Pengu!
Chidubem Ezinne nootnoot
One day people will realise that Nauru is a real country, one day...
USA : Hey Imperial Japan wanna hear a joke ? Here it is : Oil
Japan : I don’t get it
USA : exactly
This was good
russia: americans wanna hear a joke? here it is : low gas prices
americans: i dont get it
russia: how the tables turn
@@custom3505
USA : wanna hear a joke Russia? Here it is : Winning the Cold War
Soviet Russia : I don’t get it
USA : exactly
@@custom3505 we have gas and oil 💀
Look up the "Lil Hitler" skit from Robot Chicken.
US looking at UK.
"I'm da captain now...."
From the comments you can really see that the UK wants to be mentioned in the same sentence as America. 😂 Guess what England is no longer relevant.
@@ferdayan8632 its only because of ww2 that the usa is the global super power and the uk is not
@@ferdayan8632 friendly reminder that you guys are just the offshoots of the guys we didn't want
@@will_press7687 1. He was wrong to say that
2. There is no denying that Britain is losing its importance but as of now, they are a key player
@@em3876 so what if it's only because of world war 2 face it they won we lost
Sell weapons to both sides, when one side are losing, declare war on it, that's the key to success
hhahahahaa
yeah , it's just a buisness , what's wrong with that 😂
haha superpower
@@beyondalldreams Innocent lives beginning lost while the rich sit back & allow poor people to fight wars
@@bgiovannic that’s not America. That’s the entire world.
So basically when America does something , regardless of good or bad , it is not a big deal.
But when others do the same , they get criticized and sanctioned , etc.
That is definitely not true if you have ever paid attention to the RUclips comments about a video that regards the US in a good way.
They pull out every sort of problem with the US they can find
Henry Clinton pretty much and u ask Americans here about bad done by country they’ll be disagree and come up with excuses
UncreativeFun it’s both
DJ Grandpa Nah it’s usually the opposite
I think Vox should've included Geographical, Economical and soft power reasons for US's rise as well.
Haanji
The main reason: U.S. is protected by two massive oceans on either side + frozen wilderness to the north and inhospitable desert to the south. It's a fortress. Any rival powers (Mexico, Spain, UK) were quickly weakened in the region, leaving the U.S. free to expand unopposed. Then the U.S. is in the richest agricultural land in the world, with some of the most navigable waterways and natural harbours, plus abundant quantities of literally every single resource you could need, and a massive population. And all of this was free for the U.S. to develop as no one else posed a threat. It was pretty much the ultimate hand that could be played. Additionally, the U.S. was one of the first countries to embrace democratic and liberal ideas that allowed prosperous development as opposed to the feudal European kingdoms of past.
200 years is a short time to become incredibly dominant, yet something so powerful can be highly fragile as well. It only takes one incident to undo two centuries worth of work, let's hope that it doesn't happen anytime soon.
*cough cough* donald trump *cough cough*
It's called imperialism.
200 years isn't a short time. The most powerful empires in the west have historically taken around that time. The previous one, England took 300 years before their decline. And America has already begun its decline.
it really isn't. through out history the largest empires happen in about 200-300 years
BayleyTSE Yeah you're right, just from history look at all the world powers that crumbled. Rome, Greece, Mongolia, etc. The US can't and won't be around forever.
Next video:
"How Disney became a global superpower"
Imagine Disneland as a country
But don't forget tech Giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook..they all have data of individuals and can manipulate us accordingly
@@Imran7jr youtube is here to expose them, dont worry
Ans: Marvel !
@Ashy do oh!
I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who said "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep arguing what's for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb."
Which is why we live in a republic instead of a direct democracy.
WRONG!!!. it wasn't ben franklin but someone named gary strand.
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others."
+Hunger of Sylar then what is the best form of government?
+Hunger of Sylar or system to run the country.
the intro is the only time ive ever heard Vox praise the USA, i shed a patriotic tear.
Wrong devil 😅😅😅😅😅😅
I find it intriguing how the USA literally started from the bottom, after breaking away from Britain, and soon over 200 years, they rose up and became one of the most powerful countries In the world, when back then, no one thought they would last, not even Britain.
True.
we are the most powerful country in the world
philip nowell There's a lot of other factors too like diverse climate and natural resources.. with also the fact that they are far from most wars and conflicts even the ones they're directly involved in
Ratonhnhaké:ton AKA Connor Kenway Didn't get here very ethically though.. (like any other global super power before I'll give you that) but America has been the most hypocritical about it lol.. not surprising considering the importance of public opinion in this day and age..
and they did it in the most unethical ways. slavery, genocide against native americans, and imperialism. obviously no country is perfect, but you can look to countries like sweden or iceland. countries that are doing well without all the baggage that russia, china, the us, etc has done
I'd love to see a similar video about the UK. We're a tiny little place, with a surprising effect on the world. It's most likely something we won't be proud of, so worth seeing
The UK lost all its legitimate power after WW2. They are a regional power at best and wouldn't be able to do anything without US/EU support these days beyond their borders.
Joe Brown have you seen the crown?
I haven't, no. Worth seeing?
Joe Brown to you guys aren't always small. you were extremely imperialist and had land all over the world including India. but once countries fought for their independence, the UK shrunk back to it's original size
Actually Kabloosh, in the 80´s they won a war against Argentina. I mean, the UK nowadays is nothing but a small shadow of its former self, but the UK still pulls heavy weight. Its one of the 5 nations with Aircraft Carriers and one of the 4 with Nuclear Submarines
Whoever failed to buy greenland - shame.
true tons of resources there that Denmark doesn't have the money to get but we do
Wouldn't maintaining Greenland be a pain though? For any country with a developing economy
But the USA back then had the industrial might to do it and the economy
It would still be hard tho
@@av8worm have you seen the debt? I saw a debate between whether the US should buy Greenland after Trump suggested it supposedly. The side where they shouldn't won by a huge margin :/ especially with the environmental damage extracting the materials would cost
The distinction between the United States and the Soviet Union was a difference between capitalism and a form of socialism, not democracy and communism
It was literally both of these things simultaneously lol
Yeah that irked me as well. I mean, yes the Soviet Union was not democratic, but the US also supported a lot of other regimes that were not democratic either. It just feels like such a weird unscientific loaded way of naming the two sides of the cold war. I mean we are not in the time of the red scare anymore, we can use neutral terms to describe things.
Congress: we don’t want to take over the world
Some person: Why?
Congress: Because, *other races*
Complete argument
"They have different skin tone than us"
My mind went from “how moral of them to resist imperialism” to “oh”
@@AnagramGinger lol it's so funny how that specific reason and other reasons guaranteed my country's independence.
Thats kinda racist
Step 1 - Another country finds oil
Step 2 - steal oil and sell it to them
Step 3 - stonks ↗️
@@odd8716 you lot are not better. You literally made the arab world into what it is and degraded them for years.
stealing gold too
Ottomans lets not forget the ottomans role in ww1
@Tsar Nicholas II the British Empire took whatever they wanted for many body whenever they wanted it as long as they were a world power. After the colonies broke loose in a rebuild and the USA grew, the English still had a hard time getting over their egos. I'm American and dad said that we were all just a bunch of rejects but really not. The settlers came here to the USA because of the expansion and it's nice and peaceful here in the country unlike the bigger cities in Europe that are crowded and they were then. People here could be Protestant without people busting in their doors and burning them because they weren't Catholic or Anglican.
The British took over Ireland and charged the Irish to live on their own land.
"The congress had a strong anti-imperialist bent"
me: :)
"These people worried having to integrate populations from 'inferior' races"
me: :(
Corny meme
@Jessewastaken I guess bad things turn out for good after all
Question: if racism it’s what drives US, why are they letting millions of people from “inferior races” come this Country and becomes Citizens and reproduce “inferior babies”?
@@Justforthefifteen coz the days are gone now but still I agree white population would be really good for development of the state
You missed the biggest part of the story: US dollar!
If its an external conflict : Its UK
If its an internal conflict : Its USA
HUh ?
@@ryandanngetich2524 i think he means if it’s a military conflict occuring somewhere in the world, the UK had a hand in it (i.e., israel & palestine) but if its internal (domestic unrest in a country, coup d'état, etc.) the US has a hand in it
@@glossygloss472 the us has no hand on anything 😂 it's a corrupt burocrat country ruled by jews and world elites
@@rawsupershow123Stick to anime
League Of Nations: Guy who said the joke
NATO: The guy who said it louder
Don't want to be that guy but United Nations are supposed to be the successor of the League of Nations, but they're kinda useless so yeah you're in theory wrong but in practice right 🤷🏻♂️😅
@@stefangrubesic2708 not as bad a nato didn't even care when germany took over Europe.
UN*
Ok
@@juliuszkocinski7478 UN= USELESS NATIONS
In short: we invaded some stuff, and then told others not invade stuff.
Wow thank you for all the likes!
Well to be fair, there isn't a single modern country that doesn't reside on conquered land
But you still hold an empire
Also "North Korea isn't allowed nukes but it's okay for Israel to have them"
Duncan M you know what’s funny? The fact that realpolitik is actually something rather than the misspell of real politic 😂😂
@@cottonball5499 North Korea has a dictator that hates America and israel is democratic ally of the United states who handles much of our war against "terror" in the middle east. Also Israel is our only true ally in the middle east so it needs nukes to protect itself from the countless enemies that surround it.
As a geography geek, the lack of Gadsden Purchase is horribly distracting.
I didn't even know it was called that, but I know exactly what you're talking about. LOL.
pjw2000 Dang girl, are you the Gadsen Purchase... 'cause i wanna put more than just a railroad through you...
This was me the entire video -.-
6:54 Shikoku Island in Japan and the southern portion of Cambodia were unshaded too. Grrrrrrrrr
pjw2000 I agree! when they say Secretary Seward had wanted to expand to the caribbean, they highligted some place just off the pacific shore of El Salvador, do you know what place are they refering to?
Salute to US a young country but dominating the world more than a century right now. 🇺🇸💪
2024 is the end
Salute. truly a great country.
@@salahahmed7379 stop crying 1 year old kid
@@salahahmed7379well no…
@@salahahmed7379 yeah i can confirm 😂
You missed the biggest part of the story: US dollar!
What do you mean?
Chris Kyriakopoulos money controls everything, US dollar is the strongest currency in the world.
They didnt missed it, they already mention the bretton woods aggrement
Wrestling PH lol even the British currency is stronger and their empire ended.
SDPRZ its the primary reserve currency and is held by both central and commercial banks all over the world.
America: I’ll be the biggest super power forever
China: hold my factory
India: hold my cheap labour
Mexico:hold my marijuana
Canada: hold my maple syrup
@@theguywhoasked5591 sure *takes and drinks the syrup*
africa: Hold my mud hut
@@commenter674 lmao
Video: "low levels of conflict"
Literally the rest of the entire planet: *D O U B T*
MooMilkMilk I have heard this argument before and I understand it. BUT, you had back to back giant global wars which basically were able to happen because of the industrial revolution. So to the point, had the US not taken the role we did at the time, there is no reason to think that there would not have been a WW3, 4, and who knows. By strangling the only real opposition at the time by basically outspending them, the US was able to position itself as the world police officer. Now, many will and can argue the United States intentions, but I have always felt that the opinion of the American people in my lifetime has been that to be a just nation and look out for other nations as well as our own interests. I am fully aware that could be debated, and in some cases, possibly rightfully so.
SVTStrikesback nah
SVTStrikesback ok boomer
Statistically, we are in the most peaceful period of human history
Pax americana
The most important aspect to the success story is to be sure that your business will grow as you move forward with it as well as you build the your brand
William H. Seward: " All prosperous nations must expand."
Singapore: Am I a joke to you???
land reclamation
Switzerland: am I a joke to you?
They do reclamation by buying the material from all its neighboring countries for a very cheap price.
john domdom it’s not powerful though
@@raulantunez4228 Whether powerful or not is irrelevant to the original comment.
Before watching the video - Easy answer: The US took advantage of the power vacuum left by the crumbling British Empire.
Yes, it is. US took the advantage in WW1, when British Empire got weakened by his neighbours. By selling weapons and join the war at late time so they didn't suffer too much from the War, they really did it. War is a good bussiness for a country
That's definitely one reason, but not the only one. Part of it was geographical: we control a massive amount of land rich in a variety of resources, and is flanked by the two biggest bodies of water on earth (this is also what made GB as powerful as it was before we came along, just on a much smaller scale)
We also basically paid for both world wars, to be paid back with interest, and managed to install the USD as the default currency for all international commerce by creating the petrodollar system
Can't argue with that
@@Khorne_of_the_Hill True. Geography was a factor in the equation, however your last part probably wouldn't have come to pass had the British Empire not been slowly crumbling ever since the late 1800s. The US had a lot going for it, but if we pretend both world wars never happened, it would have remained a regional power. Likely they would have become the most powerful nation in the Americas, but not a global hegemony like they are today.
@@dimdimbramantyo7666 "War is a good bussiness for a country" As long as you're far away from it. The closer you are to it, the less profitable it gets.
*Installs military dictatorships in democratic country's and calls it a liberation.
"Oh. I see you've democratically elected the wrong leader. Let me help." - USA
"Countless humans rights abuses being caused by the dictator that we propped up? Nooooooo.... hey look the Middle East"
We are not a democracy. We believe in the power to the states and republicanism. The people through their state get to decide the president. Trump won 31 states, she won 19.
Kyle Skopec I think you replied to the wrong comment chain, buddy
Which country are you talking about? Just curious. I get the dictatorship part, but it was never a democratic country in the first place. It's always either religious leader taking over or another dictator taking the spot. The US only sees the opportunity. But the problem was always there in the first place.
I think the fastest way in wich the USA grew it's territory in the first decades of independence, becoming one of the largest countries in the world and with a whole immense territory to explore, was decisive for that transformation into a world power. A teritory with vast plains contrary to what is Brazil, by comparison.
I'm Brazil side I can say 100% that it the Rulers fault and our Elite. The Guys, Destroyed our potential, and now this country is a failed country. It's hard to say as a Brazilian...
Brazil got Amazon
@@DADDYG-Ryder not the same story
It's ironic that we fought two wars against the UK to become independent and now we are basically the same as Brittan was back then
I think those wins are just an illusion, UK is still running the USA.
@@hithere748 what? you're serious or no?
I'm serious.
@@hithere748 are you serious you joking the uk is not weak but bro its more powerful now
@@kj6597 At least 40 of the American Presidents have direct English/Scottish/Irish ancestry hence they are British.
That is the reason why English dominated the US in the first place because the newly independent US at the time was heavily English speaking from Britain and Ireland. Even though there are sizable German population and French was the language of business and trade hence French was the Lingua France they chose the English language because of Britain.
With Biden today, who had an English and Scottish ancestry, US is fundamentally a British colony like the rest of the Commonwealth.
US: *invades/annexes Hawaii, American Samoa, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, etc.* Any other country: *annexes one place* US: *ThIs iS NoT oKAy*
You forgot Mexico
@@casual_ice_consumer4148 thanks
they also annexed half of their country from their own.
Okay, but none of those annexations happened recently. A country can evolve it's thinking
@@curranfrank2854 Okay, but the US backed a coup against a democratically elected leader last year.
Fun fact: Greenland is not as big as it’s drawn in every maps. It’s much smaller than it is
You can see it’s size on google earth
Well, if you compare surface area, algeria is bigger than greenland soooooo...
It's slightly smaller than Argentina right?
And africa is much larger than shown on most maps
Yeah
"low levels of conflicts" yeah right
"peacemaker" 😂😂😂👏👏👏
i share your irony... but... cut down with the cancer emojis....
it is
adi ansari 😂😂
adi ansari hitlar was also peacemaker like usa :-D :-D :-D
adi ansari I disagree with a lot of the stuff America has done but the period of American dominance has been the most peaceful in human history.
I thought it was bitten by a radioactive spider or something.
Beef Stew a radioactive spiders would give them leukemia, not powers
UberGamingHD both comments were funny.
Beef Stew no its donald trump getting elected
And murica became the most badaas country in the world!
Troy the slayer KingDestroyah umm no.
Russia is the most badass. They send agents over here to meme.
America in the 1910’s: “a giant European war with millions of deaths? Eh that’ll blow over”
America in the 1950’s-2000’s: “what’s that, an impoverished landlocked nation half the world away said something mean about us? WELL WE BETTER SEND IN THE TROOPS BOYS”
Which nation?
Ryan Walker several nations
@@Ryno_D1no Who cares? Send in the troops, make money for the military industrial complex, and ask questions later. :)
@@Hellingame you know it's fun saying this but it's not fun thinking about the innocent people who are living there and suffering did you think about it for a second?while you are inside the comfort of your home going to eat fast-food whenever you want people are worrying if their family members died is being tortured starving to death living in bad conditions and being abused
@@KikogamerJ2 Dude Chill its a joke
I love how the words "annexed" and "acquired" are used instead of genocide and terrorism
@@Zikato they bought Alaska
A wins a win🏆
They're American
What do you think would they say
Snooze you lose🎊
@@kaijuslayer_1814 yay we killed native americans and there are no consequences( yes the natives fought wars among themselves and were not united before in a thorough manner like the american civil war)
“The US was the only country that avoided economic ruin in the war”
The graph also shows the UK as not entering economic ruin despite the fact that it did.
Because that determination was based on more than just that graph, which they probably showed just to illustrate the general difference with a clear visual aid
@FiveGreenBottles britain dickrides America today....that’s your answer.
@@simasima9455 that's why CANZUK is gaining popularity, to free ourselves from under America's boot, that way the UK isn't left out in the cold, Canada doesn't become dependent solely on the US and Australia and New Zealand won't become part of China's 'Sinosphere'.
@@simasima9455 that insinuates that britain dickrides itself
Canada ?
Me: are we going to talk about Vietnam?
US government: Well yes, but actually no
Clearly Vietnam hurt the progress of America lmao
@@BYUBOY33 so did the Korean war.
Russia lost their own vietnam
Its called Afghanistan.
@@Ecoean Korean War wasn't lost. There would be no K-Pop or Samsung Galaxy phones if you were correct.
@@perrychrispy1 the Korean war was to gain south Korea more of North Korea land. But the war did nothing but move the dmz a few inches north. The capital of old Korea is still in North korea.
It's considered a loss. When hundreds and thousands of American and South Korean soldiers died, just to gain a few inches.
It was pretty much ww1 and ww2 right? Most of the major powers before both of the world wars were concentrated within Europe I.e. Britain, France, Germany. The world wars destroyed their economies, hence America’s relative wealth increased, but America’s overall wealth increased via lending money and selling resources to the European allies - consequently America ushered in its current state of economic prosperity. It also had a brilliant geographical land base at the time - looooaads of resources to sell to warring countries.
Half correct the three main reasons is economy,geography,and military as the us is bordered by weak countries and invading army from ocean can be weaken that invading army the US also has the number one economy and the number 1 military
Not really. The US established itself well before both world wars. Just like he states in the video, the US prettty much controlled the entire Western Hemisphere and Pacific Ocean, starting from the Spanish American War in 1898 and up until World War 1.
Yeah it was.
I say it was the American Civil war.
We passed the largest economy in the world ( Britain ) in the 1850's.
Living in the US myself, and having not been born here, it’s amazing to me the way or of our communities and society as a whole functions - we are so focused and have such a pure emphasis on our rights as a people , some of the best intentions and success with them I’ve witnessed
I'm an American born and raised in Texas. Do you think we're doing well nowadays? Genuine question btw
@Highfive 046 A lot better than we used to
@@vyros.3234 Even right now?
@@vyros.3234 😬😬😬 that being true is kinda chilling
@@highfive0468 yes, we still have a long way to go but we’re better as a nation now than ever before in our history. literally in every facet of life.
1. Weapons sale. 2. Causing wars in the world.
hee hee
no
Tony Stark 😂😂😂😂😂 "Tony Stark" in it too lmao
well at least we didnt start WW1 or WW2
America started WW2. They forced Japan to attack Pearl Harbor to defend itself.
Literally, we became stronger because of alliances and no one wants to realize that
"Once There Was An Ugly Barnacle, He Was SO Ugly That Everyone Died, the end" -Patrick Pinhead Star
Alliances through debt.
Dude! I see you everywhere Patrick!
You were, are not and never will be strong.
Oh yeah right of course, are you sure that it's not (obviously) because your population went from 5 millions in 1800 to 95 millions before WW1 and 150 millions in WW2 ? All because of the European-wide immigration?
That's why America was a success: amongst the fully industrialized countries, it held and still hold the largest population (+300 millions today), by far. You never wondered why Germany (82 millions of people) had a bigger economy than France and UK (around 65 millions each)?
xenotypos Populations built up of foreigners and immigrants that wouldn't be present if it weren't thanks to us being in open arms to other countries?
It’s like playing Civ on easy difficulty
I always rush for a nuke, then push for the non-proliferation treaty in the world congress 😏
ayee haha. best game of all time
God dam it I was gonna say America started with the big stick
Jake Tn civ 6
?????
America just like Rome started off as a weak country from a backwater region of the world and became the most powerful country in the world.
@Solle nope like US
@Solle America will likely one day end up as the British Empire, when we do not know. And i doubt any of us will witness it, atleast i hope i’m dead by then..
Rome was never the most powerful country
@@Calculuscuck They were arguably the most powerful for their time
Not backwater in the slightest in fact probably the best place a nation could start
It became a superpower when the rest of the superpowers were ruined by wars. That's all the wisdom.
They also had a resources of an entire continent at their disposal as well.
And all the major wars happened far away on other lands. So unlike other countries, their infrastructure and by extension their economy, was not decimated because the war was just not taking place in the USA.
"the rest of the superpowers" what? No... US was and is the only one.
***** Actually the British empire was considered a superpower before they lost India. The soviet union was also considered a superpower. The US only became the sole undisputed superpower after the fall of the USSR.
First User They were considered a regional superpower because that's all they were. They only have/had influence over "satellite states" of small countries directly surrounding Russia. Even their military is based upon being regional. Lot's of tanks and AA ground based, whereas US has a large navy and air force, capable of projecting massive military presence anywhere on the globe.
A superpower is more than just being powerful though, it's cultural influence/military prowess, technological advancements. US was beating Russia in every category.
Forgot to mention one of the key takeaways from Brettonwoods that helped the USA become a world power: the USD became the reserve currency for every country on the planet.
*Next up: How Corona Virus became a global superpower*
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Thanks to China everything is made in China.
Over Time nah the origin of the virus still remains unclear
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US will never be dethroned as the superpower
The thumbnail is GORGEOUS, masterful work.
Country with oil:*exists*
America: hippity hoppoty you’re oil is my property
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Farid_Goat 69 In the modern day you can’t take a country’s resources, unless you are taking a country for yourself. You cam guard it from the enemy, but you mostly can’t take it.
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Step 1: After America gains independance, waits for europe to destroy itself within just 200 years
Step 2: Uses the opportunity to take advantage of the situation by loaning countries for billions of dollars in exchange for their capitalist influence
Step 3: Turn into a world power and influence more countries of their capitalist ways
Step 4: Invade and change the governments of those countries to keep their influence in a "strong tie"
Step 5: prevent other countries from expanding their oil industries and influencing it to other countries.
Step 6: Profit
Step 7: Repeat
*STONKS*
Step 8: move all western production to China
Step 9: ignore the fact that it is growing
Step 10: inevitably get taken over by them
Are you mad?
@@ubiguy2137 ayup (On a further note though. All of that production will eventually move out to cheaper countries)
@@ubiguy2137 to say the truth I'd rather have US over china
Why are so many Americans in the internet ashamed of their country ? America is great. It's the richest and freest society in human history. It's the country that, alongside alies , defeated naziism and communism. As an outsider, I wish that my country were to be more like America, with freer markets, with the right to defend ourselves with guns, with free speech, with limited government, etc. You Americans should be proud.
felipe jannotti are you American?
The freest society with the highest prison population in history.
felipe jannotti have you been brainwashed or what?? American freedom? America fighting Islam? Behind the scenes they are doing shades stuff, just like how this video states they funded rebels etc
Gringo Show It really is a huge problem, and it's mainly caused by the war on drugs. Drugs need to be legalized .
NortexG - Art People in America are free. Free to say what they want, to open business, to drink, to have guns, to marry with who they want... It's something they take for granted, but most people in the world don't have that. The islam part I exaggerated a bit. I know that there are interests behind it.
I would argue that based on accomplishments in such a short time that the USA is the greatest country on earth. I mean if you look at the accomplishments and inventions of the USA and Americans, the USA is certainly top of the list. The USA invented the internet, traffic lights, the modern airplane, transistors, cell phones, the MRI machine, and the space shuttle. And the aforementioned list is only a small list of inventions. Also, the USA was the first country to make it to the moon. Lastly, take into account that the USA has only officially been a country since 1776. For the USA to accomplish all of this in such a short time is quite miraculous.
US accomplishments are certainly very impressive and they’re one of the most influential for sure. However, I wouldn’t say it’s an uncontested fact. Britain is up there too, the Industrial Revolution is basically the most significant event of the modern era and vaccines and penicillin saved hundreds of millions of lives. But really you can’t narrow down progress to any one nation as human achievement is diverse.
Totally agree. The US is a remarkable country.
The US was discovered by an Italian. The first businesses set up there ,trading tobacco, were British, and the revolution was done by the French. These europeans gave development a head start, then with vast amounts of land, slavery, and crops, and being an ocean away from danger on each side, so no real threat of bombing or invasion. Then trade and alliance with the most of Europe, and a political system which favours GDP instead of the people, works in its favour.
Also the u.k invented traffic lights, the uk invented the internet, and the uk invented the jet engine, the uk invited the telephone (not cellular though).
@@tomhigginson6855 I agree with some of your comment, but some of it is factually incorrect. The United States Department of Defense invented the internet. The British on the other hand invented the World Wide Web, which is something totally different from the internet. Your only other mistake is where you claim that the U.K. invented traffic lights. This is not technically accurate. The British were the first to use a modern day traffic signal, however the first electric traffic light was invented by an American named Lester Wire in Salt Lake City, Utah. Lastly, I am certainly grateful for the inventions and discoveries of the British. In fact, in my opinion, the most important invention of all time came from the British: Alexander Fleming and antibiotics.
@@archivesoffantasy5560 The Industrial Revolution started in the 1740’s and 2nd Industrial Revolution before ww1 so not so modern. The modern era started in the aftermath of ww2 so I argue that the most important event of the modern age was the Bretton woods system and the American trading system which bought the world to prosperity and peaceful though there is still wars but not in scales such like ww2. The American trading system meant that any country could trade (Globalization) unlike the past world where only major powers could trade each other
you guys should talk about american soft power next. even if the US declines or is surpassed militarily or politically - the US still has a lot of cultural influence on the world. from Music to films to video games - the US has a legacy that will still stand even if when she is inevitably not the greatest country in the world.
THIS!!!..
It's hard to imagine America falling from grace. She dominates in nearly every sector.
Agreeee!! 💯
exactly!!
@@riyadougla539 I'm sure a lot of people have said this about past empires. Sooner or later, they all fall.
Britain: I have ships and people here to annex and colonise your land
America: I have money
Avengers: we have a hulk
Captain jack: I have got a jar of dirt
Cjphonehome Cheat so does captain Miller
What? It was never their land and they didn't have money, that was literally the problem lol.
Australia: we got fires
The comments are made up of:
- 50% European elitists
- 30% Discussion of the video
- 20% People saying america is a continent not a country
ok
2 continents actually
One of these is half correct.
Wakanda is more powerful than USA
European elitists suck balls
i can't believe i thought about this, but this is the best thumbnail on youtube, it's so beautiful and well designed (not even U.S. fan)
Oh. What do you get on your recommended?
@@alexanderzhang1513 what?
@@Morgan_dZG you get boring stuff on recommended, so you don't get good thumbnails...
@@alexanderzhang1513 nah. i meant on picture i like this kinda of art, in my original comment I didnt interpreted clearly...
Teacher: If you could have any superpower, which superpower would you have?
Me: The United States.
Sky 201 That wasn’t related at all to what he said. And Israel barely has any oil.
India in civ 5
@Sky 201 You know, if you were actually a smart person, you wouldn't rely on stereotypes as political statements.
You'd be rich, strong, stupid and idiotic yet incredibly smart and advanced in many subjects
So being fat?
Any country: Haves oil
America: Did someone said Freedom!!!!
Xdddd
It's has but I get what you mean
Diego Perez not really also fix ya grammar son
Did someone say... "democracy" and "humanitarian aid"?
@@DynamicAndrew Did someone say democracy?
How to become a superpower. Don't have a global war on your soil twice in 40 years. Just keep building, no rebuilding - make money doing that for others instead.
Absolutely right
Creepy Stares
So true. Look at china growing now. No war and buying influence by building countries up through trade and sharing education.
War is part of what strengthened all wartorn nations, technologically, innovatively, judicially, socially, and projection of power and through strength of defences. You can't disentangle war from human history.
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Different times. In the past yes but now humans are pushed by industrialization.
Tug of war between Russia and USA helped USA and Russia compete for space domination but when USSR collapsed USA stopped exploring as much.
Now industries are being created by private citizens to explore the space front.
Also, have a country that's separated by an ocean from all the craziness of Europe.
God bless America 🇺🇸
Salute from Iraq 🙏🏼✟
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Saddam Hussein: Wait that's illegal
Unexpected comment
Love to Iraq from Australia, hopefully Iraq can once again become one of the most powerful countries on Earth
Failed to answer the question. The answer is that the two world wars were hugely profitable for the USA and transferred wealth and power from Europe to the USA.
Ed O'Meara that's only a small part
It's a huge part.
Ed O'Meara it's because of massive immigration and the great scientific exodus that occurred during WW2. Sure people made money off the war... but that's not how we acquired our wealth and power.
I agree with you but, it's a massive part mate
its just that Europeans were killing each other while the US had its mainland territory untouched
The US' rise from isolationism sounds like my social life in a nutshell
Me too
@@Impaled_Onion-thatsmine what
you became less racist
@@meatballsub7536 No for me its opposite
@@chad2522 chad
Vox: America has unseen low levels of conflict
Me: *Spits my coffee
Kinda in it right now arent we
Nothing is more American than coffee 👌
Internet User, well. Sweet tea. At least in the southern U.S. 'cause coffee is pretty global ;)
@@michael120. wtf coffee isnt murican killing innocent citizens with bombings is murican.
Your so brain washed
Step 1 create yourself a defender of "democracy" image
Step 2 finance questionable individuals around the world to take power in their country
Step 3 make 'deals' with your fresh friend leader
Step 4 use Stock exchange to grab 95% of the ressources of your friend's country
America has its problem, but you have to admits its one of the most remarkable countries in history. In way more ways than one.
Not really, with their geography it's like playing a game in easy mode
the US is way overpowered, just like Britain in the old days.
@@shabolealquesimi9420 yeah tell that to the American Revolution. A tiny band of colonist against one of the greatest forces in the world at the time. Something about American spirit
@@williamweaver820 And the help of the French, the other superpower and the time
@@kadanseward3022 very late in the game, but yes. We had no structured navy so we needed the sea support
I shocked that white men and racism weren't said once in this whole video. This is Vox right?
They talked of racism limiting expansion as that would incorporate non white races into the country.
***** yes but they didn't explicitly use the buzzwords
Eric Walker what the hell does this have to do with racism? Stop trying to find something to complain about.
***** I think you missed the point of my comment.
Eric Walker you obviously don't watch Vox if you think that every video is about racism.
USA: I have a strong anti-imperialism!
Also USA: Literally colonizes many islands outside its region to become part of it.
True but sad :(
And hundreds of thousands risk life and limb, literally crossing in trunks of cars and in boats every year heading to Russia, no wait, to Mexico, no wait to the Philippines....no to the U S. Why? If we're so terrible?
@@fredflintstone2449 yeah but usa is still a terrible country
@@quinfaciousbendelictusocta5941 yeah, ok. Then move. If you're not here in the US, please never visit. Thanks in advance.
MauInUrSubbox - yeah our dead ancestors may have done some bad things but what people haven’t
Most beautiful goal of all time. Miss touch - fights for the ball back - up, back, through, to the forward who holds the defender and finishes far post on the ground. Absolutely brilliant. Beauty ⚽
You mentioned nothing about America Profiting from both world wars. America benefited economically throughout both wars and thus, when others were poor due to fighting. America became a superpower.
Not ww2, yes ww2 was important for the US but even before it the US could outproduce every other participant combined. WW1 is what drove them up to that position. Well that and the fact that they were one of the few countries with oilfields at the time.
Joshua A you nailed it
Joshua A not directly, but it did mention at some point of the video that the US economy was not affected during the war...
They did mention that America had an economic boon during the world war.
s0RxEaRs Yes because when lumping 300 million together using the word retarded, nationality is completely relevant. Besides making it obvious you're a bigot that panders to the status quo ad hominem, what else is new? There's a lot of reasons why the US became the superpower that it is. Though, people tend to only consider the negative aspects, as is usual.
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A country with oil “exists”
USA : Bad news old sport. You can’t live there anymore.
Michael T kind or ironic since America is the largest exporter of crude oil.
Ali we produce a lot here, but our massive military requires more oil than we can produce in the USA.
Ali they produce a lot in America. But their army requires more oil . That’s why they invaded other country. Easy peasy!
UofSC Residence Hall Association no the largest is saudia Arabia
@@jecobreza2406 so they need oil to fight of the people they are taking oil from . Lol
You have to applaud the vision of the cunning politicians who created such a powerful nation, it's impressive.
Literally. It is so inspiring. This influence is a result of culmination of all the decisions and choices of political leaders since the last 100 years.
title should be "rise of private banks "
adi ansari rise of the banks came later.
Vaibhav Gupta what ?
let's say 'rise of capitalism' in general
rise of Hollywood
The Pretentious Giraffe i suggest you to stay pure and not indulge in what i ve said .... rather roam the vastness of africa maybe start a family with SUPREME DICTATOR OF AFRICA : FALCON LOVER !
Some rich European countries only spend less than 1% of gdp on defense. So I agree with Trump, that many countries are 110% free loading on US might.
Gee, I wonder how those little countries are able to bully America into spending all that money to protect them?
Oh, that's right - they aren't bullying us.
So they aren't freeloading because they didn't ask us.
We choose to do it and then brain surgeons like you call them "freeloaders."
Monty tout they didn't ask for it? Well they should ain't complaining about this protection. If Europe could all raise their defense spending to about 2%, which is modest, then America could just have a very minium presence in Europe. Everyone's happy. Of course no one likes to change the current balance which is to have America doing half the works for Europe.
ARVIN
ARVIN wrote "they didn't ask for it?"
Produce the links that prove they did.
Take your time, we'll all wait while you find them.
ARVIN
ARVIN wrote "Well they should ain't complaining about this protection."
How do you know?
Links please.
excuse me, since when did "freeloading" come to imply "bullying"?
it all started with a couple of libertarian rebels with hunting rifles and taxes they didnt want.
heavy sniper > hunting rifle
@@yunglifty get outta here with that fortshit reference
Amanda Estevez except they weren’t libertarians but conservatives
Michael Shimp oop i didnt know sorry broski im just calling them libertariens because they wanted liberty from britain sorry
Amanda Estevez
Yeah because a group of liberals wouldn’t want guns to be legal lol
america: **invents the league of nations**
Europe: so when you going to join
america: i dont think i will
"most powerfull country in human history" hmmmm *angry british empire noises*
And French empire
*Laughs in bald eagle*
Phil 21 the French empire was uHhHhHh kinDa tRash
@Julian Monette x
The British benign empire was amazing considering the size of Britain.
Also why is the map of the USSR flag drawn on Yugoslavia and the Warsaw pact countries? They weren`t part of the Societ Union. And if it was just meant to show the spread of communism, why didn`t the flag expand to China, Vietnam and Cuba?
zh11147 Makes sense. Europe was the main battleground. Because if Soviet influence spread any further, it would have been very dangerous for the US. The Soviet Union having conciderable influence in East-Germany and Poland (especially the Western part) was already extremely dangerous. Given the knowledge in industry there and weapon production. The Soviet Union lacked this in a sense. They had Matrushkas and T-35s. But the cutting edge has till then belonged to Germany. That intelligence has suddenly become very porous. Very scary for the United States.
zh11147 LOL did I really say matrushka? I mean Katyusha... hehe my bad.
***** Doubtful. Especially in Yugoslavia. Soviet influence was strong in the beginning in the Warsaw pact countries though, but eventually it declined.
***** You are right, I am being a bit neurotic about this XD
neejohnenjegek Kiv Americans created this video remember. They know all about "world affairs" but actually know nothing.
every video that shows America being successful is bombarded with dislikes LOL
Meh Heh Brits just salty that their country lost the war.
COD Boss but at the end we do benefit from all that ....
America is successfully bombarding many countries in the world, thats why people living there dont like you.
40 percent of U.S. oil needs are met at home. Most of the imports currently come from five countries: Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela and Nigeria.
We "steal" virtually zero oil.
www.npr.org/2012/04/11/150444802/where-does-america-get-oil-you-may-be-surprised
US would have the same fate even without invading some islands in Pacific and Philippines. Their natural resources stretching across an entire continent are just massive. The two oceans protecting them, a friendly neighboring country at north, a weak neighboring country at south, form of government, and relative stability are also a perfect recipe.
Am really am impressed how US is advanced in everything from sports, medical, science, government, military, weapons etc.
Me too
Not medical
More impressive for the U.K. Considering how small it is
@@coronaguy1829 yes medical
@@coronaguy1829 Yes medical. Even though it's expensive.
"Brought prosperity and low levels of conflict" Tell that to the 50 countries it has invaded since World War 2.
***** Yeah, the world is at peace because Democracies don't like fighting each other, and its way more profitable to play nice with each other than in the past. No way a US thing.
The most peaceful? the the 20th century was the bloodiest of all, we're just starting in the 21st.
+Murtadha Hamza World War 1 signalled the death of the Old Europe, where war was common. World War 2 was a vengeful nation taking extreme and un-necessary actions.
and why is it that most countries are democracies the USA, if the US lost or didnt win the cold war half of the world or all of it would be commuunist
Acka lol go learn history, hate us but continue comsuming our culture and using our technology like youtube for example, Hate us cuz they aint us
America became a superpower with the creation of Captain America.
Phoenix America is a continent my friend
Because America always praying for Israel. That makes God of Israel gave blessings over United States.
Alvin Ho that's right habibi, finally someone who understands that America's blessings came from Hashem after america supported Israel. Baruch hashem.
I'll make America great again.
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