America Is Not Europe

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):

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Sources:

The source document will always be posted on the website:

https://www.romuluseurope.eu/youtube/...

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-Nat...

[Figure of European Language Groups] Distribution of Major Language Groups in Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_...

[Mark Zuckerberg Image] added black and white filter and mosaic modifier
Author: JD Lasica from Pleasanton, CA, US
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Elon Musk Image
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Bill Gates Image
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Plenaire zaal Tweede Kamer Image
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Inside Parliament of Sweden
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Deutscher Bundestag Plenarsaal Seitenansicht
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Footage:

[Senator Ted Cruz][59:36] Sen. Cruz and Sen. Sanders Debate Tax Reform on CNN - October 18, 2017
link:    • Sen. Cruz and Sen. Sanders Debate Tax...  

[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:    • 1988 Flashback: George H.W. Bush Says...  

[Bloomberg Quicktake Now | CSPAN] Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Votes Against $15 Minimum Wage Effort
link:    • Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Votes ...  

[Bill Gates] The wicked problem of school funding
link:    • The wicked problem of school funding  

[Big Think] How overparenting backfired on Americans | Jonathan Haidt | Big Think
link:    • How overparenting backfired on Americ...  

[CPSAN] Constitutional Role of Judges
link: https://www.c-span.org/video/?301909-...

Music:
Expand by Hazy
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Music provided by https://www.plugnplaymusic.net

Wonder by Hazy
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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