Here's my video on the worst ghettos I saw! kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGWuy5SKp9O1nMY.html

@theahalme

2 жыл бұрын

can you do nuclear installation maps and military installation maps do prepper themed videos where's cheapest foods that kinda stuff humor required 👍🙏 thanks

@peaceevol

2 жыл бұрын

What city is this

@tkcoyote9376

2 жыл бұрын

Your sistem is coming to an end to many people are poor in a materialistic nation food is high Gass and the cost of living can't afford to live or die the American people are domesticated, and institutionalized

@aheat3036

2 жыл бұрын

One decade (you say the 1950s) of power and wealth doesn’t make an empire!… Besides, the U.S. was created from the British Empire so it’s part of the new world!… Now was far as America being less powerful now compared to the 1950s, blame the left in the U.S. who believe capitalism & democracy are bad and America is the evil empire!

@g4joe

2 жыл бұрын

And not a Russian Tank in sight.

Imagine if that 6.5 trillion you spent in Iraq and Afghanistan was spent on infrastructure in your own country??????

@manusiasejati577

2 жыл бұрын

They can't do that because the money is a freshly printed money that will be exchanged for internasional debt from other countries. They are basically making money by offering debt, some kind of money laundry practice.

@dinorasidkadic3670

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if the rich would pay taxes and families wouldn't ;)

@Itwasme007

2 жыл бұрын

imagined if your Boy Osama Bin Landen didn't attacked the USA. Maybe we would of not gone to Iraq and afganistan

@calebroman9880

2 жыл бұрын

@@Itwasme007 they only had to kill him not one million people and spent the tax payers money in a pointless conflict that didn't change anything.

@olegsoben

2 жыл бұрын

USA have sent around 13 bln dollars to Ukraine, and now they have sent 40 bln dollars more. Is Ukraine that important to the US?

I was homeless in Portland oregon for 2 months in 2006. I met this older man who was drifting and he claimed he was a teacher. He told me to read about the fall of the Roman empire. He told me that America was going to collapse.

@therabbitchannel2059

Жыл бұрын

Both times I was homeless I had a job but couldn't afford housing. I'm well to do now but I remember it well. If you make minimum wage, good chance you'll live on the streets.

@haruyanto8085

Жыл бұрын

@Virtus empires collapse not cause of an emperor, sams thing happened with Dutch Empire, British, Mongol etc

@jeannehunter5344

Жыл бұрын

Asian countries have plans they are executing. America has Biden.

@ravenouself4181

Жыл бұрын

@Virtus You know... the top 1% that don't pay taxes.

@elelegidosf9707

Жыл бұрын

Well, "duh". Of course empires don't last forever. This is why you are not being governed from Egypt.

Brazilian here. I lived in California from 2019 to 2022. It has a wonderful landscape and beautiful mansions and nice cars but the cities' downtowns full of drug addicts and terrible rent prices made me rethink and come back to my country. I feel happier here!

@miroperinich2495

4 ай бұрын

I see such pictures from America all the time, and you confirm it. You are lucky to have somewhere to escape.

@redruby747

4 ай бұрын

Lucky u usa sucks

@3Kefka6Palazzo9

3 ай бұрын

@@miroperinich2495 I'm 40 and share the same sentiment as you. To think, America used to be the place others jostled to get into, now, even those who immigrated here are luckier to have an escape back to their country of origin while we born to America can only wish for an escape...

@stayingfitandfocused

Ай бұрын

Bro I'm coming to brazil soon and never coming back

@Sora_Nai

15 күн бұрын

brazil is even worse so IDK wtf your are complaining about. Its cool tho we don't want you here anyways.

I helped my daughter raise her three kids, and we took them out of school early on, homeschooled all three. They finished in a private highschool, and all three graduated with honors. Proud to say we did the right thing.

Every "empire" crumbles. It's inevitable. Especially when you factor the unbelievable greed we have today.

@douche8980

2 жыл бұрын

Entropy

@freddythamesblack8479

2 жыл бұрын

There's only so much resources in the world and that is running out..

@virginiapicker

Жыл бұрын

True, but some have lasted longer than others. The Romans and Ottomans lasted hundreds of years. We've barely made it 100 years as an international contender so far.

@patienceobongo

Жыл бұрын

A central bank loots the wealth from a nation.

@dundermiflin3523

Жыл бұрын

We need to put more folks in jail (not really).

I read somewhere that a gas station attendant in the 1950s could support his family and pay the mortgage on his single salary. Think about that for a moment.

@timmayeaux2743

Жыл бұрын

when I was young, we had two keys to our family car. One of those keys stayed in the ignition switch, all the time. Communist & savages are killing Amerika

@LK-pc4sq

Жыл бұрын

YES VERY TRUE!!! a 1950s minimum wage could buy a house!!! Its called "INCOME EQUALITY" or the Gini index. Its horrible in the united states!

@LK-pc4sq

Жыл бұрын

@@neutrino78x Nope California and Arizona where a house cost $8,000 and 1/3 minimum wage is equal to that of the mortgage payment!

@antonius_006

Жыл бұрын

Blame religious fundamentalists.

@sandystanley1237

Жыл бұрын

@@timmayeaux2743 my dad used to put it on the sun visor

Brilliant man. Our country is a disaster and people feel hopeless and helpless today. Too much division and fighting between politicians who should be bringing us together

It all comes down to greed! We want to hold someone accountable, but most of them are so far out of reach, that we fight amongst ourselves. 😢

@ernestcotton9324

8 ай бұрын

It was done on purpose

@charlesphilhower1452

8 ай бұрын

And jealousy of those that have more is more destructive than people that come up with new ideas and make big money. Many people that are making good money are doing it because they are good at something and enjoy what they are doing. It is a myth that most people that became wealthy did so by taking from to those that have nothing because the fact is people are compensated on the value of what they have to offer as far as filling a need or desire of others. There are many businesses that thrive on the bad decisions of others like Uber Eats and Door Dash.😊

@tylerhaynes8546

7 ай бұрын

"They" want us divided and fighting, and fear mongered. It's an easy way to control and DISTRACT the population. I don't think there's a truer statement than "United we stand, divided we fall"

@tylerhaynes8546

7 ай бұрын

United we stand. Divided we fall.

@godfreynicholson3202

7 ай бұрын

@@tylerhaynes8546 real life. Facts.

As I grow older, the more I can feel the weight of America's demise pulling everyone down into the abyss. If you take the time to notice, workplaces are not civil anymore and there is no incentive to keep employees safe anymore. No incentives for advancement in any company because advanced positions are reserved for the owner's family members. Sober minded people are having to fight addicts everyday in the workforce to survive. it has reached a point where America tolerates too much.There is no shared moral compass. no direction, no goal. Just purposeless.

@fy4729

Жыл бұрын

Greed. Our individualism has gone too far. There is too much fear of certain socialist policies. Communal living is the way. People need to care about each other. Greed has ruined our government and subsequently our country. We spend way too much on the military and issues outside our own country. We can’t be the world police anymore….

@suchgreatheights8841

Жыл бұрын

This. The workplace comment is spot on. Camaraderie is gone. Priorities are excessively based on pleasing management and backstabbing colleagues or gossiping. That has always existed but especially the fact that companies dont care and your just a number is sad.

@dogma8538

Жыл бұрын

yes...all of this. its sad to see

@MA-xv5qn

Жыл бұрын

@@runningcommentaryinc.4480 yup, i worked with heroine addicts before. Seen them doping up in the bathroom. Also alot of ketamine amd fentanyl users. Drugs are way to accessible now.

@insideimagery133

Жыл бұрын

I'm afraid America is not alone in the road to that abyss. I sense the same thing, here in Portugal. The very own nature of people has changed, to a point where their cellphones are treated like people, and vice versa. Our food production was destroyed by govercancerment subsidies, we handed over our sovereignty to the EU and others, to such an extent that THEY dictate how much fish we can catch, and how much fuel tax we can decrease (to help with the high fuel costs). Never mind the political world, it's horse crap all the way, side to side ridiculous and meaningless debacles / scandals that nobody gives a flying fart about, and so on... Radio and tv programs are full of low iq content and rude and crude "comedy", and the music is equally, morally and spiritually dead, describing sexual activity explicitly and other stuff which shouldn't be there. Inflation or fartflation as i call it, increases by the week (day?) and our gasoline is more expensive than the one being sold in the US. If you earn minimal wage, forget about renting a house, unless it's located in a very old and rural town with no jobs. However, i believe us southerns are resisting more to these cancers, compared to other countries. But we're getting there... I notice this as a millennial, but for some reason, older people seem to be just fine with these trends. A lot of it seems scripted, to be honest. It's just a matter maintaining what good we have in life, and shield against the rest.

I was born in 1967. My father worked a full time job, and supported the whole family, and our mother was a housewife. We weren’t rich by any means, but we lived in a nice little house. I had an awesome childhood!! In today’s America, it takes both parents working 12-15 hours a day, just to stay afloat. The middle class neighborhoods in my town, look very run down.. I think because people don’t have the money, or time to properly maintain their property. People don’t dress very nice, and the majority of them look absolutely worn out! America is in the process of throwing all morals out the window. Most children are being raised by single mothers, or come and go live in boyfriends/girlfriends. I personally believe, that we as a country, will soon see the middle class disappear. There will only be the very poor, and the very wealthy. I feel sorry for my 26 year old son, he will never have the life I had..

@kyliepechler

Жыл бұрын

The middle class have been in a steady decline since the 1980's.

@ShawnBen

Жыл бұрын

I was born in 1975 prematurely with ongoing health issues. My late mother was a stay at home mom. My late father told her no one was going to raise their children like them. Society fed my working class parents the narrative of having children brought happiness which didn't come. I grew up poor and hated every second because I was bullied for being born poor. I don't wish to bring children into a country that believes that way.

@god-son-love

11 ай бұрын

@@ShawnBen, I am sorry to hear that. People didn't know better, and bullying was commonplace. Maybe your parents were bullied and normalized bullying behaviors since no one feels its wrong.

@generator6946

10 ай бұрын

Richard M. Nixon

@Eng995

9 ай бұрын

True

I like Cal …love his persona and especially love those truths he drops here. He’s respectful and comforting while being at the same time enlightening. He nailed it here! The remedies and cure he points to are so so simple too. But we love our depravity evil and ignorance more.

@aaajjj9632

7 ай бұрын

I feel same about Cal.

Hi Nick, I just wanted to say thank you for your time explaining the whole truth! You are appreciated😊 God bless you 🙏

This is the end result of Greed. All the other countries in the world, protect their country's manufacturing base, and other businesses, that produce products that can be sold abroad. Our politicians took money though lobbyist to help facilitate companies moving to cheaper labor countries, to help them make bigger profits. By moving their company's out of the US, and then ship the products back here to be sold. Those jobs that were lost, were all union jobs at one time. That's how now you just see a shell of what our cities used to be.

@austinhernandez2716

2 жыл бұрын

@@rogersmith7396 bs. When bribery is allowed and there are restrictions on the working man but not on the rich, that's not a free market at all.

@MC-pz3ps

2 жыл бұрын

@Arvin ant Agreed. Look at all the European and Asian countries, they don't allow their major employing companies to move their factories out, to third world countries, and then ship back home the products. It's as simple as that, some call it protectionism. Right now though the greed for profits, most of all America's goods are assembled in a fake communist country, China, who's whole economy relies on trade with what's left of America. When it collapses, there will be war, and we'll have a climate change, it's will be a nuclear winter that will last for decades.

@australianpatriot

2 жыл бұрын

It's just the life cycle of empires, it repeats itself throughout history.

@johnswanson3741

2 жыл бұрын

Thank your vote for dumbacrat politicians in bed with unions!

@johnswanson3741

2 жыл бұрын

@@austinhernandez2716 you are delusional

My mother was born in 1954. She died in 2019. Before she passed away she commented on the big changes she has seen take place with this country. She described the world is a waste land. She kind of made me feel like she was happy that she may be passing on soon. I’m still here.

@oldladytrexarms

Жыл бұрын

My grandma was born in the same year but she's still alive and makes sure my siblings and I know that she at least gets to die soon so who cares what happens to the world cause it won't affect her any... why do they not care about the people they leave behind who have to deal with the hell of them being gone and deal with the world? On top of that, my family gave me shit genetics so I not only get to deal with all that but I also have a failing body and can't work. It really sucks...

@charleshoang566

Жыл бұрын

@@oldladytrexarms The family like your that what makes America crumble.

@Anonymous-qj3sf

Жыл бұрын

My grandfather was born in the USSR in 1956. He's still here and turned 66 in April

@tias.6675

Жыл бұрын

I don't blame your mother for possibly feeling that way. Hope she's in a better place than this dumpster.

@jimcrawford3185

Жыл бұрын

I m a 68 yr old fossil It s great to be almost dead I m looking forward to my quite narrow cabin at the corner of 6th & Green Yes, when l go, it ll be good for me and party time for all the little worms Good bye, good night, good luck Got Jesus?

Wow bro. This is a much different post from what I'm used to. Well informed and very well articulated perspective. Good work man.

Wow! You got Cal Thomas to be on your program program--that sure speaks to the quality of your videos. This is such a helpful video at a time when it is sorely needed. Everyone must pay attention. Cal was right- we need a shared moral sense. Also need people who follow God and love and care about their fellow man, their fellow children of God. Than you!!

Im from eastern Europe and the hell some of the buildings you showed seemed to be in worse situation than our abandoned buildings , and even Houses seem closed off somehow and amount of tents is absolutely terrifying hope you guys get back on your feet

@412StepUp

2 жыл бұрын

I just drove around my city in the US and there’s barely any abandoned buildings and no homeless tent cities that I saw. They are showing the absolute worst parts but not showing the other 99% of America.

@bradwright25

2 жыл бұрын

@@412StepUp Yea this hogwash. Crime rates are actually much lower than they have been in decades. The late 80s and early 90s was the height of crime. A lot of this is just catering to a scared base which seems to be most of this channels followers.

@AZ-rg3rf

2 жыл бұрын

@Abarst Ukraine, LOL

@Faygo2215

2 жыл бұрын

@@412StepUp even if theres no tents or abandoned buildings its still pretty bad

@glorymanheretosleep

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a fair comparison because your buildings are made from materials that won't crumble.

Peruvian here. When I was a kid I used to think the US was paradise on earth, and that It would be cool to contribute to its development. As I grew up, I learned more and more about the dark secrets of the US, and changed my mind. Americans digged their own grave.

@nikkiwilder660

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I regret most of my votes, especially Bill Clinton.

@dennisvillacorte4122

2 жыл бұрын

America is a joke today. The world is now awaking to the ugly face of America.

@EnglishSaxons

2 жыл бұрын

The public of the empires are never responsible all the fingers in the American Pie aren't American or are loyal too it Its all kosher

@beyourself2444

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikkiwilder660 The Free Trade guy

@FrostyBob99

2 жыл бұрын

Not all Americans wanted empire. My people haven't wanted anything but isolation for decades well back to before WW2. America used to be a self reliant economy that fell victim to globalism. It cost us quality of life and it's going to be the end of our civilization .

I listened to Nick with so much sadness and tears in my eyes: unfortunately, everything he said is true. It's the truth from one person who really cares dearly for this country. Wake up, people!

@ronseaberg2262

8 ай бұрын

It is highly probable that it’s too late already… cheers

Nick your narration is fun and keeps it interesting. You are not shouting and playing annoying music. I am able to actually watch your videos. Good work!

People always say ''there were plenty of problems in the old days'',....and I always say,..''yeah,..but,...we still have all of those problems,....and so many more''.I am recently retired at 60,..and will finish out my life in relative comfort,...but,....I am so glad I don't have children,...or grandchildren to worry about.The future is looking grim for sure.

@jonlouis2582

2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@StallionFernando

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 26 and have wanted children for a while but the way things are idk if it's the right thing to do. Sucks that things are the way, the west is collapsing at an alarming rate, no empire last forever I guess.

@Tonymanero1960

2 жыл бұрын

@@StallionFernando I feel for you,.I know children can bring immense joy,...but,..I have seen families/parents suffer excruciating despair and sadness courtesy of their offspring. If you aren't ready for a lifetime emotional and financial commitment to them,....DON'T HAVE CHILDREN.

@tomslife2956

2 жыл бұрын

If you are working hard not lazy and you woll succeed in life.I'm retired from UPS at age 58 year old.

@at2130

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomslife2956 You also are from a generation that could do that. A little different for younger generations than just working hard.

“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” ― Thomas Sowell

@jeannehunter5344

Жыл бұрын

And if in doubt, print money!

@XxRaliXx

Жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell is for alt right shit heads

@jamesbrown9553

Жыл бұрын

@@jeannehunter5344 Thomas so well is a disgrace to Black America and his slave ancestors and to the history of America's black slavery

@dojocho1894

Жыл бұрын

Sowell is a genius shows you liberals only like the dumb black man...not the one that calls them out

@watchingitallhere

Жыл бұрын

Story checks out. ✔

Amazing interview. It's exactly how I've been feeling and I'm going to go by his book right now

Nick, great episode. Cal’s a terrific guest. He really gets it!

I was born in 1951 in Chicago and grew up in the 50s and 60s, amid a time of prosperity and optimistic hope. What I see now is squalor, despair and the formerly great cities as cesspools of crime and human misery. I feel sorry for the young people of today who have to cope with such a dysfunctional society.

@videomaniac108

Жыл бұрын

@Jose Ortiz We lived in the Northside of the town, not the Southside, so things were pretty safe up there.

@videomaniac108

Жыл бұрын

@Jose Ortiz In the 50s & 60s when I was there it wasn't so bad. I lived in apartments near Wrigley Field, Lincoln Park, Rogers Park and other neighborhoods on the North side near the lake. These were low income, white working class neighborhoods where you had to grow up being street smart and tough, otherwise you'd be fair game for the bullies. When I look at these neighborhoods now on Google Earth I can see that the physical and economic conditions have deteriorated badly, so I'm sure that crime and violence are more of a problem.

@cinder2085

Жыл бұрын

You sound like such a fucking pessimist. I am a young person and I don’t see the world in such a terrible way like you do. My generation is fighting for real change and that’s why we still have hope

@cinder2085

Жыл бұрын

In the old days you guys had a lot bad shit problems of your own . Like did you forget that a lot of murders and serial killers existed . You had murders , rape, kidnappings that would go unnoticed and wouldn’t get solved due to the lack of technology advancement we have now. You had people dying from Hiv in the 80s due to lack of medical advancement. You had lynchings and segregation throughout the 50s and 60s. You think your times were perfection but they were just as bad. I rather live now where I know I won’t get murdered by some crazy maniac in his basement and people think I just went missing and people not finding out what happen to me for years . Or catching things that would have killed me then but are very treatable now

@videomaniac108

Жыл бұрын

@@cinder2085 You'll get murdered now at random by some crazy maniac who's angry at the world because he lost his job or his girlfriend cheated on him. Maybe your kids will get mowed down by a serial shooter at their school because of some nut job who doesn't like the government. Enjoy your wonderful new world.

In 1972, I worked in a factory for three months. It gave me enough money to pay for one year of private college and a seven year old Volkswagen. My daughter, in 2010, by working in an amusement park (which was the only real work around), could not pay for one semester of school, let alone a used car.

@phoenixrising4995

2 жыл бұрын

where I go cant even pay for 6 weeks of school, freaking ridiculous.

@_Wai_Wai_

Жыл бұрын

college is not necessary. There are other options.

@_Wai_Wai_

Жыл бұрын

maybe your daughter should have found work in a factory? One that pays real money.

@geraldmiller5260

Жыл бұрын

No factory work cheap Chinese labor for increased corporate profits

@kingsleyoji649

Жыл бұрын

@@_Wai_Wai_ that's true, but it's not the point

thanks for the great video - the interview with Erin was my favourite - seems grounded with common sense

Nick I can understand the unique position that your job has given you, and the opportunity to see what's happening to America. Sadly it's not just happening to the US but to all the nations in the same way, ie the UK, Japan, and even the nations with dictators such as China, North Korea, Russia, etc. I appreciate that you are inviting different speakers/writers, those who may have a number of solutions to fix the problems we face. I believe there is one reason and one reason alone that if changed, may mend America. And also I can prove it. :)

@sudarshang6956

3 ай бұрын

What can be that reason?

@patmahoney7513

3 ай бұрын

@@sudarshang6956 greed & money. Politicians do what they can to line their own pockets. They don't care what happens to their constituents or towns or businesses - the businesses they send overseas. Politicians and lobbyists are corrupt. Period. Trump took one dollar each quarter he was in office, and the rest he donated to different causes. You don't hear that on MSM..

This makes me grateful my husband and I never had kids and I'm older...I saw America when it was still at it's best, had morals and rules that most of us followed...

@slevinchannel7589

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you have a totally twisted Idea of America, which never had 'epic morals and rules'. I BET, without even knowing you, that your probably in love with the Nuclear-Family and probably-deeply-homophobic. Wanna bet? Those wankers who dream of a Past that never was and remember a 'perfect, epic America' are usually the dumbest-idiots; no offense. No, you have never seen 'America, the Land of the Free, the Mostest-Best Nation' cause that was always unreal.

@slevinchannel7589

Жыл бұрын

Elmo, you cant understand how bad this f-ed up Country always was. Maybe watch 'Cuba Protests' by KZreadr Second Thought to at least get a Glimpse.

@elmobolan4274

Жыл бұрын

@@slevinchannel7589 My dad was in the military and my family was stationed in England in the late 70's -through the early 80's...I was a pre-teen/teenager and I knew it was bad...my mom use to buy a little extra at the American Commissary for her English friend because that country was always going on strike and there were items her British couldn't get...it was bad then and it seems like it's just gotten so much worse-well if ur just an average joe....looks like u must be uber, uber rich the enjoy an comfortable British life...

@slevinchannel7589

Жыл бұрын

@@elmobolan4274 That's a lot of not-very-relevant details.

@slevinchannel7589

Жыл бұрын

@@elmobolan4274 And your comment legit ends with a RANDOM Assumption with no evidence about me being Super-Rich, haha.

I didn't realize how much of a decline America is in until I lived in New Zealand and then Switzerland. It was a shocker on how much better things were there for common people. Here everything is better only if you're super rich. But in other countries, there are so many small things you never think of that are better for common people. It was an eye opener.

@patrickmelson4745

Жыл бұрын

Like what?

@erossinema8797

Жыл бұрын

Australia is the same way--- higher standard of living

@alexbleks

Жыл бұрын

@@Freja_Solstheimwhy are you allowed on KZread as a Chinese?

@williamschlenger1518

Жыл бұрын

Try Germany 😊

@Saeglopur89

Жыл бұрын

@@patrickmelson4745 Like what? No trash everywhere, world's top infrastructure, no ghettos and people running with guns. Although last things are changing here in Europe - more and more cities are filled with Middle Easterns and Africans. Scale of this is nightmare. Most of them have nothing to do. Trash and crime starts in those regions, sad to watch specially last 15 years.

These videos are really sad but so true thank you for posting these we have to all come together before it's to late and we can't give up on law enforcement you have to have law and education!

Saludos desde Argentina... me.gusta mucho lo que planteas... Está buenísimo que sumes un poco más de historia... felicitaciones!!

As a merchant mariner first time I landed in the U.S. in 1963, I found it a great country bursting with prosperity. After that, I visited the U.S. many times over the years and found it going down in poverty and despair. Ghettos, ghost towns and slums are cropping up all over, and the crime rate is high. America of 1963 does not exist.

@carefulconsumer8682

Жыл бұрын

So true. Sad, but true. An I see no will to change it for the better.

@windyvista3657

11 ай бұрын

I don't envy the people who remember some America that seems fantastical and childishly idealistic. American life now is defined by an increasingly short meaningless existence defined by shallow, brutish, and often sociopathic pragmatism in pursuit of pointless idolatry (generally greed). The American nightmare

@atkinsr1421

11 ай бұрын

Our great country is collapsing. Small towns big cities. Are we becoming a third world nation. You may ask why. Look into the past countries that failed. Refocus on small communities and watch the explosion of growth. Job creativity in smaller communities. Humbly my observation. Not a red or blue problem but a community problem. Local.

@lindalocklin6981

10 ай бұрын

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS OPENED OUR SOUTHERN BOARDERS / NOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STILL COMING IN OUR USA / GOD HELP US ALL AMEN

@ozzyhouston2535

10 ай бұрын

Private equity firms are cannibalizing the country.

So true, I think greed by the upper class doomed us( tax breaks and subsidies, bailouts for the rich) . Corruption and unnecessary wars gutted our treasury .

@solaireofastora8609

Жыл бұрын

Depends on the upper class, the government elite is the majority problem because they dont care about the working class and would rather print trillions of dollars and waste money on leftist bullshit than actually help Americans. Government dependency and overreach is why we will fall, why morals and religious purpose is dead, why the family system is fucked. The super rich is a problem, but the government is worse

@bartduynstee1577

Жыл бұрын

yes, but Nick is blaming the lower class for getting to much handouts, and thus creating unstable conditions, whereas the upper class is the one responsible for starting it..... and maintaining it.

@thejfactor1

Жыл бұрын

Fiat currency is the root cause

@solaireofastora8609

Жыл бұрын

@@bartduynstee1577 The people who came up with the idea of section 8 housing, welfare and handouts are to blame

@Helaw0lf

Жыл бұрын

Ruling that corporations are people and not just a company.

I actually remember watching these old educational videos in elementary school. there's a whole plethora of these videos we watched all the way up to high school.

In many cities, the infrastructure has not changed for 50 years and is falling into disrepair, but there is no money for a new one, since everything is spent on foreign policy. At the same time, the richest Americans are getting richer due to production exported to Asia, while the poorest and middle class are getting poorer.

In 1982 in my neck of the woods on Long Island a pair of Turk brothers took an abandoned Flying 'A' gas station, put a lot of sweat equity into it, renamed it Rallye Gas and after 8 months of upgrading opened up for business. Their prices were just slightly less than almost all the other stations, but the big difference was that they stayed open from 5:30 AM to Midnight each day 7 days a week. Their success helped improve the appearance of the service station. After 4 years of being in business successfully and now part of the neighborhood. One day the younger brother was on duty, when about 10:00 PM a man pumped his own gas at the self serve Island then went inside and instead of paying, plunged a knife into the stomach of the younger brother and cleaned out the register. He ran to his car and jumped into it to run, but forgot to remove the nozzle from his cars gas filler and ripped the hose off just as a Police car passed. The PD hesitated just long enough to see the Younger brother run out of his door, holding a bloodied hand to his stomach and pointing to the car wildly. The PD took chase and called in other PD's. The robber in a panic miles away, dumped the car near some woods and ran just as several other PD's arrived moments after the chase ended. (An ambulance and another PD had been called to the gas station and transported the Turk to the hospital). The robber turned out to be an illegal entry Cuban. He was cornered in the woods and the PD found both the knife and the stolen money on him. At first the Turk didn't want to press charges as he and his brother were also illegal aliens who'd overstayed their passport's time limit. They were offered immunity to testify in court, so the stabbed brother testified in court against the Cuban. Unknown to the Brothers but their immunity ended when the trial concluded. The Cuban got 11 years in prison and was sent away. Within a month of the trial's end, Immigration came knocking on the Turk's door and within 4 months both were deported. The gas station was never resold and soo became more derelict than when it was taken over by the Turks. The immediate neighborhood around the service station became victimized by intoxicated and drugged up individuals who used the abandoned place as a shelter.

@andyusfca

10 күн бұрын

lol

Every American need to hear this. NOW

@NickJohnson

Жыл бұрын

Help me tell them!

@gattlinggun9881

10 ай бұрын

S0RRY, BUT 0NLY B!LL0NA!RES CAN C0NTR0LS US G0VERMENT!!! 🤑🤑🤑🤭🤭🤭

He is right...most people don't really care about their rights but just want to be left alone. In the long run, NOT going to happen..

Thank you for addressing the fact that morals and values have gone to hell instead of casually avoiding that fact like most do. I applaud the courage to point this out as a major factor nowdays. 🙂👍

@anaibarangan4908

Жыл бұрын

Those have to begin from very young, because there's so much self righteous opinions on others, that completely forget to look at ownselves first. Such good families? Really? As far as I know, too many bad example Dads, and Moms just putting up with it all or pretending that it wasn't happening, or somehow really fooled by husbands. Nothing has changed. Then the wanting to get married to someone since high school. I just wasn't raised with the same mindset, because what does it take to catch husbands in high school? It's not going to be just holding hands the whole time. I just find it all so backwards mentality, in both issues I'm addressing, and if it is about women that way, it is about men. My mom was out to catch my stepdad if she suspected hanky panky going on, and she did multiple times until she decided that no more. Divorce. At some point her self esteem just wasn't taking it ANYMORE. Egomaniac narcissistic blindness snowflakes, all about money and status? Will take it all until one of them dies.

@jeannehunter5344

Жыл бұрын

Yes, with the Kardashians, drugged rappers and Hollywood as your main brands, no-one has respect for the USA anymore. The dirty mud-slinging politics also doesn't paint a good picture.

@kendavies945

Жыл бұрын

America has never had "morals and values", it was founded by religious maniacs who committed genocide on the native population then proceeded to build on the backs of 240 years of brutal slavery.

@ShawnBen

Жыл бұрын

People want other people to love them because of self hate. Stop depending on your neighbors love you when they also hate themselves. I can't put you above me without putting myself first. People have no right to demand respect without giving it!

I was born in the USSR and witnessed the collapse of the soviet empire. Every time I visit the US these days (and I spent quite a lot of time there) I have a feeling of deja vu. When the soviet empire collapsed the setting was undoubtedly different but in the essense, problems were quite similar.

@alexbleks

Жыл бұрын

Same with East Germany, economy was bad, no jobs, etc

@yuliasergeevna2310

Жыл бұрын

Same feeling, what we have lived through when the USSR collapsed is scary to remember, but still then we had highly educated and strong spirited people, I don't think the current generation has gotten those guts, so only God knows how they pull through, just praying the barbaric politicians of the dying empire don't start ww3.

@Saeglopur89

Жыл бұрын

@@yuliasergeevna2310 Maaaany people from whole "Soviet Union" emigrated -to western countries, I doubt Americans will. Also in Soviet it was more about bankrupcy of goverments, not mass immigration from different cultures like in Europe now at huge scale :/ This ruins western and norhern Europe now :/

@chowwh308

Жыл бұрын

@@yuliasergeevna2310 I've no doubts russians are better educated and much more cultured than the west..a big contrast is in the way russian leaders speak and conduct themselves (esp putin n lavro) vs the mostly babbling western politicians. Greetings from Sg.

@Natalie-oo9ly

Жыл бұрын

@@chowwh308 As a Russian , I will tell you one secret- our young generation is no way better than yours. I would assume more or less the same level of education, because similar educational system was implemented. Soviet education was much better compare to the modern Russian education system. I think Chinese, Koreans , Japanese and Indians are much more advanced nowadays. They are really pushing hard.

THIS VIDEO SHOULD BE SHARED EVERYWHERE!

I drive thru the most affluent towns in Massachusetts & the roads are like the moon surface. Potholes,cracks, bridges crumbling. More money than ever being printed and we cannot even afford to keep our infrastructure from caving in.

Just watching those old clips of America makes you smile and gives you a happy feeling! I was born in 1962, and my childhood was magical! Then we move to what America is today and it is so tragic and frightening!

@DeanDewnuffun

Жыл бұрын

Democrats brought us this. Hippies and Leftists.

@allsouls5997

Жыл бұрын

Thomas Jefferson said "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” ( And the Federal Reserve is a private Bank )

@lesbutterworth7804

Жыл бұрын

@@allsouls5997 you have to ask yourself who owns and runs the banks including the fed bank, i know but cannot say on here,

@allsouls5997

Жыл бұрын

@@lesbutterworth7804 the IMF the city of London the Vatican

@mihirm3632

Жыл бұрын

@@CARRERA12A Reduce taxes on the rich (job creators and risk takers), ban abortion and sex before marriage, ban divorce, zero capital gains tax, increase prisons - boom the country is fixed.

I love how he says get your kids out of public schools. I couldnt agree more because of what my 2nd grader would come home and tell me I was shocked. Thank you for posting this video.

@jjkigtu

2 жыл бұрын

What exactly does your 2nd grader tell you?

@oldladytrexarms

Жыл бұрын

If anything, it's to protect them from shootings. It's interesting that they were few and far between (despite people having guns) and now it's just an everyday thing. As I kid, my mother used Thurston Shooting as a guideline for red flags to look for as a kid (which I ironically ended up living right down the street from Thurston High when we moved here from Arizona) and I in turn used that to prevent a shooting when I was a senior. Now it's like every other day I hear about a shooting.

@whopper5150209

Жыл бұрын

@@oldladytrexarms it’s because of how isolationist our society has become it’s all about me me me

@believestthouthis7

Жыл бұрын

The original purpose of the school system was to teach people to read so that they could read the Bible. 3 John 1:4 - I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

@Godovereverything8

Жыл бұрын

@@believestthouthis7 that’s even worse. Brainwashing kids to follow an artificial belief system. That’s the root of the cause. Religion destroys.

It used to be that if you work in a company that was successful, you had part in that succes. You could improve yourself too. These days only the top improve themselves, and make more money in one month than you will make in your entire life. Anti-social greed has become the norm. Sharing has become a very VERY dirty word.

Thanks so much for the reference to Cal Thomas' book! I'm a'gonna read it now. :D

America had it good when they produced the goods and the other countries had to deal with our economy. Now its a global economy and manufacturing goes to the cheapest bidder. We import more than we make. Now we have smarter business's with a need for a smaller workforce. Jobs that pay enough to support a family are disappearing. You have college students with degrees that cost them 200k and less opportunities to pay them back. People get out of school and want to become CEO's overnight. The American Dream is dead and you have to be asleep to believe in it. George Carlin RIP

@brucemarsico6

2 жыл бұрын

Someone has to enlighten you about George Carlin and that someone is I. You don't think that George lived a fine, wealthy life? He made lots of money bashing the society that enriched him. He had the best of medical care...do you? He associated with the monied and socially connected. You are beguiled by the bull shit spewed by the Hollywood types. George did live the dream....he just wasn't man enough to be grateful for what he had and chose to scorn the nation that enriched him. A common flaw of the american elite......

@user-ms4ef8xz9t

2 жыл бұрын

Could not agree with you more. There is no easy answer to cheap labor overseas. Those of us here in the US are, at some point, going to just have to suck it up. We can't compete if we expect to $20 dollars an hour and a guy in Vietnam only requires $2 a day. We have been living "high on the hog" since WW1. Those days are coming to an end.

@grandwonder5858

2 жыл бұрын

@Ed530, the rich billionaires disagree with your assessments! Just during Trump’s presidency alone we have added over 100 billionaires to the billionaires list that are now reaching 748 and counting! And the billionaires that were already billionaires have more than doubled their wealth thanks to Trump’s tax cuts, loopholes for the billionaires, and the deregulations that helped the billionaires save money from having to follow rules and clean up after the mess that their companies were making! Together these billionaires now hold more wealth than the bottom 68% of the US’s population!

@ed5308

2 жыл бұрын

@@grandwonder5858 That's wonderful. I am not saying money is not flowing. I am saying the average person is worse off. Are you a billionaire penchant???

@MrManfly

2 жыл бұрын

The guest mentioned "personal responsibility"....good luck with that with people who feel entitled in 2022 !!

It’s not just the US. It’s the same in Canada. I’m in my 60s. The Canada I grew up in is unrecognizable to what we see today. Political parties had differing opinions, but at least they seemed to be paddling in the same direction nevertheless back then. My Dad never finished high school, punched a time clock in a factory and managed to buy a house whose purchase price was equal to one year’s salary. He fed our family on one income; my Mother was a stay-at-home Mom. One generation later, my wife and I bought a house similar to what my parents bought, but it was equal to three years of our combined salaries. We’re both university educated with good white-collar jobs, and it takes both our salaries to get by. We never had any children, but my nephews and nieces cannot hope to become homeowners, and are relegated to a lifetime of renting apartments and living paycheque to paycheque. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see a trend. It’s even worse for my great-nephews and nieces.

@markrobby7136

Жыл бұрын

The same people runs Canada. Greedy p^gs and corporate greed.

@dimitristripakis7364

Жыл бұрын

I live in Greece and with one year's salary now you buy a car. And 40% of the population can not even do that.

@LouisPaquette

Жыл бұрын

Same here, And every day the federal and provincial governments look for new ways to take over economic activity. Only they are 1/10th as efficient at doing so - so taxes consume and ever growing portion of our earnings. We need a new nation - separated from big government - anti-white and anti chrisitians from all those who hate us. This is the only workable solution.

@coshyno

Жыл бұрын

@@dimitristripakis7364 wow

@teresalyle2431

Жыл бұрын

Leave out God(Christianity) the devil takes over.The lifeline is cut off,and death sets in!!

i love the segments of speakers in the middle to the end of the video nick! (:

Pay the politicians minimum wage ...that may weed out the pretenders

@user-ms4ef8xz9t

2 жыл бұрын

I like it. Treat like the public servants they are, not like a Gods they think they are.

@catholicdad

2 жыл бұрын

That's intelligent. Cause the BEST are always drawn to minimum wage. 🙄

@catholicdad

2 жыл бұрын

@@AksfscDefine "hard work?" Congressional work doesn't require much physical labor.

@uploadvidz4490

2 жыл бұрын

There should be no minimum wage

It’s crazy that we send so much money out of the country when our country is crumbling….great vid Nick!

@coreyanderson7424

Жыл бұрын

We spend more money on immigrants.

@mohammedalikhan6834

Жыл бұрын

To prop up anti Muslim terrorists across the world.

@xyleblack2545

Жыл бұрын

Maybe try saving money on the bombs your government is constantly dropping on country's the US isn't even at war with.

@kennethmarston8687

11 ай бұрын

The only reason we send money and military aid out of the the US is so our elected officials can receive kickbacks

@jordie4423

8 ай бұрын

True that but … I believe the USA has a great potential to become the new manufacturing powerhouse with the Chinese demise. Production will bring positives for the trade balance and with it, capital to rebuild America as a powerhouse

Abraham Lincoln said it best..."We don't have to worry about our country collapsing due to outside powers or forces...it will collapse from within" and he seems to be correct! Reading about Rome, Greece, etc...those are a blueprint for what is happening now. I believe we are witnessing this very thing. I would love to be wrong...but the reality is upon us and our behavior and morality will certainly bring us down...we are headed in that direction.

@insideimagery133

Жыл бұрын

He understood the behavior of collective consciousnesses over time.

@judithgrace9850

Жыл бұрын

Real truth.

@smartypants4571

Жыл бұрын

I think he was talking about the Civil War !

@barbaratatton3855

Жыл бұрын

Appropriate quote Ty.

@robertcampbell8639

Жыл бұрын

All true. America is being dismantled right before our eyes by a corrupt political party and others. Most have sold out to foreign powers including some high ranking military leaders if the people don't wake up and see what's happening then we've lost our country. It up to all people of the US whether we keep it or loose it...

The lack of Home Markers is also an issue (stay at home Mom/Dad). Their jobs were basically to maintain society. It just burns people out when society asks everyone to work full time jobs, maintain social lives, stay healthy, raise kids, and care about their communities

@australopithecusafarensis5386

Жыл бұрын

Stay at home moms. Men need to work or they’ll be criminal

@gmailacct9496

Жыл бұрын

Can cut social and community out save alot of time

@australopithecusafarensis5386

Жыл бұрын

@@gmailacct9496 save it for what

Nick, this video could be a primer on the culture of Portland Oregon

Debs husband says it's the summer of love!!! Come feel the love! Everyone needs a summer of love hug and the opportunity to hold hands and share how their feelings were hurt! The summer of love makes everyone feel warm and fuzzy. The summer of love yeah baby bring it!!!

The part about polarised and divided politics is so true. It's becoming a problem here in the UK as well. I'm a centrist, I always have been. I believe a society needs a balance of Conservative and Liberal policies to function properly. Yet there's no political party to represent me anymore. It's becoming impossible to debate politics in a civilised adult way. You have to pick a side, left or right. It really pisses me off.

@Pdmc-vu5gj

Жыл бұрын

I thought the UK had the option of many parties besides the main two? The USA really needs more than 2 parties to moderate the zero sum game of the GOP and Dems.

@jamesrobert4106

Жыл бұрын

We have the left pretending to be the right and the extreme left, resulting in the infested, multicultural cesspool we live in.

@RoySATX

Жыл бұрын

Being middle of the road has never felt more like you were about to become roadkill than now.

@allsouls5997

Жыл бұрын

Thomas Jefferson said "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” ( And the Federal Reserve is a private Bank )

@christopherbrooks6355

Жыл бұрын

I used to be a leftist and now I'm politically homeless. But I believe we need that same balance. I didn't know that what centrists were

As a portuguese, we "conquered" the world, and now some people don't even know our existence, even geographically. Don't worry to much about pride and all, worry about keeping the country stable for everyone. That's how I see it.

@D-Fens_1632

Жыл бұрын

Can you take some of the heat off us white American guys? Im still getting yelled at for stealing the Louisiana Territory.

@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047

Жыл бұрын

@@simonyip5978 what land have you conquered

@lovelypolishperson5566

Жыл бұрын

@@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047 brazil

@babagalacticus

Жыл бұрын

don't know about "CONQUERED" (what GOA?) but the portuguese couldn't sell slaves & religious hokum around the world fast enough.

@ellav5387

Жыл бұрын

@@xxo-deathshot-oxx2047 The Portuguese were everywhere. Sugar in Brazil, spice trade in the Indian ocean and they had colonies in East Indies and China.

Drug addiction is also another major factor.

Good Commentary! Thank you Brother

I would say the number one problem what hurt American the most, and you did touch on this, was along about 1980 or so, the mentality of looking out for number one. You only care about yourself and forget everybody else.. In the old days, the spirit was just the opposite, of where we're all in this together and we help each other along. There was love then. Today, love has been completely forced out of the picture. Today's people have no knowledge, no concept whatsoever, of love. Love of any kind. We live in a world today without love. That's the main problem. People don't care about each other, they way they once did.

@RadioPsychicAstrologyByPepper

Жыл бұрын

This is sad but true! I'm not wired like most people my age because I still care so much about other people and should know better by now that isn't going to be reciprocal. I'm sorry. I'm 47 and I remember right before I started school this was true, the love and consideration of our fellow human beings. I don't know how to combat the selfishness and how not to keep getting rolled over on by people whose abundance and prosperity I might appear to be in the path of.

You know who is doing well? Mappy, he always seems so chiper, never complains and has a job where he can set his own hours. I need to get into the same career as Mappy

@NickJohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Mappy says hi!

@drop_messages6226

2 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson Wow, Mappy is such a big shot, he cannot even talk to me directly.... or I am just not cool enough. kidding, I like your channel. By the way, is Mappy hiring?

@pussygalore731

2 жыл бұрын

Out of all that you saw in this video that's what you got out of it...And you're a teacher...smh

@michaelmcmillan1425

2 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson As a Black MAN from the South, I totally agree with you Nick!!! Your content is totally on Point! Everything is F@@@@d right now. Keep Bulking Up! We NEED you out here!

@michaelmcmillan1425

2 жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson Nick Johnson for President! 2024

Just look at Detroit, and it explains everything, Greed is the elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge, Everything has price when it comes to greed, even a national dream. Great information

Congratulations for this compelling, yet balanced diagnosis.

After 40 years of work as a car mechanic at a full service gas station 6 years and plumber 34 years,I always looked for the best person on the job and try to keep up and learn from them.

One of the most pivotal changes is the cultural change that happened with corporations in the 80,90 and now. It used to be that you could work in one corporation for most of your life and that corporation took care of you and your family. Corporation even paid for your kids to go to college. They help with mortgages, cars etc. The corporation was loyal to its workforce and workforce loyal to it. Then big change was when corporations became beholden to their shareholders rather than their employees. Once that happened, it became easy to ship jobs outside. The erosion of the middle class followed soon after. Now you have a huge disparity between rich and poor because more of the middle class became poor. Poverty is a cancer, once it takes hold it grows. Efforts to deal with poverty have failed. These failures make the remaining middleclass and the rich resist paying taxes because they know how funds get squandered. The cure is to take money out of politics. Once u do that, politics because about ideas rather than greed. Then scale back on the military spending big time. The other thing is to change how the US advances it’s influence in the world. Look at China in Africa. They go to Africa and build stuff and teach the Africans and win them over not through bullets and brutality.

@jeffcushman9725

2 жыл бұрын

I am surprised there was no mention of NAFTA the beginning of the end what all of our jobs went to China

@SELondonUSA

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with all of your views but have one point to make. Corporations have always been beholden to their shareholders. The truth is that all businesses are there to make money. Not computers, domestic appliances, cars, services, etc. The old paternalistic relationship with employees is long gone, never to return.

@sweetla4750

2 жыл бұрын

U can’t be serious,China in Africa has ZERO to do with enriching their lives…has EVERYTHING to do with the Chinese being greedy & evil…let me know when the Chinese come to town & employ any locals let alone make their lives better

@tinkerinjones6604

2 жыл бұрын

70% of corporations left the USA altogether...either through NAFTA where they split and went to mexico and canada or just outright left for china or taiwan. On top of that, we used to have immigration laws that were enforced, you had to support yourself if you came here, etc. Now we have 2.5M refugees, bettween 13-20M illegal aliens viaing for the affordable housing our 37.2M americans in poverty need. They also split available funding for support, food, education, etc which is leaving our poor in worse conditions than previously...simply is no afforable housing to shelter twice the number of people. etc. Poor policy, not a crumbling country...just REALLY bad policy

@sweetla4750

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinkerinjones6604 perfectly said!

What you are saying is true. I've been an expat most of my adult life. I just retired and didn't go back to the states. It's really ashamed what has happened in the US. When you are on the outside looking in, it hits you harder.

@NickJohnson

2 ай бұрын

Where'd you move to

@user-lc1nh1dd9z

Ай бұрын

Moved to the Philippines, not paradise, but affordable.

Because we continue to elect politicians who make everything about themselves rather than the people.

Our weekly groceries went up by a $100 from last week. I split the grocery bill in half with my mom and we each paid $240 so a total of $480. Last week we both spent $200 and we got the same amount of stuff. We were already in a recession, Mark my words another Great Depression in upon us. I give us 1-3 more years until that happens...

@oldladytrexarms

Жыл бұрын

What are you buying that it costs you and your mom $480 for food? It costs my husband and I less than $250 for a month's worth of groceries. We're on Low-Fodmap/Keto diets that are still healthy and none of our doctors are calling us unhealthy.

@juvezhang1715

Жыл бұрын

Dollar is being printed 150 billion every month.

@indy_go_blue6048

Жыл бұрын

Well, after a decade of $1-2, maybe $3 of annual increases in my social security, last year it went up $50 and this year over $150. Thank you all you US voters who allowed the venom aimed at Pres. Trump and went with biden. One thing is certain, my 50 year belief that Nixon is the worst president ever sure came to a quick end in 2021.

@millerforester6237

Жыл бұрын

You are right. Any time now. You can eat a lot cheaper than you put on. No junk or prepared food, cook at home.

@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon

Жыл бұрын

@@oldladytrexarms You probably live in an armpit state.

I visited Russia just after the collapse in 1992 and the similarities with the US today are startling. A feeling that there is a criminal element that is operating and maybe even running things. We took a train overnight on a ten day tour and the tour operator provided an armed escort on the train for our group! The other thing that was incredible was the complete loss of value of the ruble at the time. We were able to travel on the famed Moscow metro for a couple of Kopeks which amounted to several cents. The loss of liberties today in the US thanks to the Patriot Act, we've regressed to a form of what the Soviet Union used to be. Incredible.

@NickJohnson

Жыл бұрын

Sounds dangerous

@jnucleo

Жыл бұрын

@@NickJohnson Hey Nick! Love your videos! Just watched the one on "San Ber'dino".

@spankduncan1114

Жыл бұрын

@@jnucleo you a Zappa fan?

@remc0s

Жыл бұрын

@@spankduncan1114 No, he's just a dancing fool.

@spankduncan1114

Жыл бұрын

@@remc0s The unmitigated audacity of the guy...

You're so right. It's so obvious that America is no longer a thriving, wealthy, healthy, nor safe nation.

Not to mention cold war ii. Canada is feeling it, too.

Went back to your video. Your comment/analysis of what the US are going through is spot on and honest as far as politics and social issues. Not too common videographers/reporters have the courage to bring it up. Thanks Nick!👍

I think you nailed it. I understand why I am the way I am. I long for the old days. You said: we were wholesome and motivated. Everything was good and expanding. The sky was the limit. Now everything is rotten rubbish.

Excellent information. We need to learn about our country before we open our mouth and criticism of others.

Staying on top is not an easy job, as Cal said, every generation must reinvent a new spirit for America. I think most of the problems can be solved if both parties can do away with partisan positions and work together. I think the middle ground between the right and the left is the best strategy.

I was in Medellin Colombia couple weeks ago. I was so shocked to see they have ten times better transportation than South Florida. Too many cars on the road ,no mass transit, congestion everywhere

@therealtoni

2 жыл бұрын

So move to Colombia...

@rogermichaelwillis6425

2 жыл бұрын

@@therealtoni I would love to, but I live in Istanbul, where the mass transit is even better

@phoenixrising4995

2 жыл бұрын

Even funnier is Kenya has higher test scores than American schools overall. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@harenterberge2632

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but public transport is communism /s

@rayn3038

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely dude….been telling People for years America is becoming a hectic…noisy Crap Hole over crowded with Rats in a big Hurry….creating a massive Rat Race you cannot escape from….they all have Automobiles and Go everywhere and mob everything.

We can not allow greed to exist in our very own homes and then complain about Corporations taking advantage of that. Every year we pay $300 extra on a phone that has 1 more lens or twice as memory and then we line up outside the store like its some ground breaking technology. We get what we deserve.

@therabbitchannel2059

Жыл бұрын

It sounds like you don't deserve what's coming and neither do I.

@arongilbert5828

Жыл бұрын

Stop buying i phones bud. I will never buy any apple products.

I'm in the uk 🇬🇧 and we're going down the same road . Towns and my home town i was raised in is a shadow of what it was in even as recent of the 90s. I would hate to be young like my adult sons now. I'm glad that they've got their plans and education to make a positive move.

This ''WE over extended our ability to help other nations'' made me cough m'y morning coffee out.

My oh my I'm so blessed to have found your video - thank you and your guests (you Nick Johnson especially) for so succinctly epitomizing the mindset & precarious precipice the U.S. is experiencing !!! Please viewers, if you are a "sharer", please do so & make this vid viral just like others make nonsense viral 👏👏👏

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within." ~ Will Durant

Teachers used to have 30+ students in a concrete room without a/c. The teachers were better and so were the students and curriculum. Parents used to be welcome in the classroom as helpers and now they want to keep parents out of schools.

Awesome 👌 video great love your videos thanks 😊 ❤

You know... sometimes I hate how spot on you are. RIP America... it was a good run :(

@marilouinot6379

2 жыл бұрын

Rest in pieces

@hellodigitalworld8224

2 жыл бұрын

@@marilouinot6379 rest In $hit

@szvqorwnpstahskypfwmp9821

2 жыл бұрын

@@marilouinot6379 Chinese or Russian????

@lucashaskins242

2 жыл бұрын

Don't give up, that's what Got us here.

@007kingifrit

2 жыл бұрын

jobs will come back as globalism ends. factories will retreat into america to get away from conflict

Nick just in the very beginning I'm crying because all of those emotions that you're talking about... the depression the anger the sadness is exactly how I'm feeling and have for a while now. I was actually lining you up to help me find a new home in Florida but now I'm so scared to do anything because of finances and my business is taking an even harder hit. I honestly don't know how much more I can take and that's all I have to say but thank you for the videos you post and all the hard work you put into them. You are so appreciated!

@gloglo1275

2 жыл бұрын

Things are hard for sure. I have over 20 years of experience in IT, MBA in technology management, and bachelors in computer science. I was the Chief Technology Officer, and I have been unemployed for a long time. Despite doing everything to gain employment, it is all the same. No interviews. I even apply Nationally with same results. It is truly sad.

@conservativehippie9736

2 жыл бұрын

@Glo Glo I'm so very sorry!!! I pray things turn around for you...I truly do 💚

@conservativehippie9736

2 жыл бұрын

I won't be near water or major cities...scaling my life down...already eliminated most possessions so if your saying this to me you definitely have the wrong person

@gloglo1275

2 жыл бұрын

@@conservativehippie9736 Thanks.

@UpsheetscreekWOapaddle

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in Colorado and been trying to find someone to start a business. Hard to find motivated people imagine that Although a native Floridian. I'd NEVER go back. Give me a holler perhaps we can help each other . Robert

Everything you said is true all great nations fall when their leaders turn their backs on God and believe they are greater than he so enjoy what we had in memory for our clock is ticking down to zero hour.

Sad to say but every great nation must fall. May God bless you all my brothers and sisters.

Nick you are doing important work. Just wanted to share that the one remnant of the middle class that people are still hanging onto is their car. People are living in terrible housing and decaying cities but they still have decent vehicles parked on those streets. When those start disappearing, that will be another significant indicator.

@AlmightyFortune5

2 жыл бұрын

We're starting to just live in our cars. I live in my van. I'm 30 with no kids. I've met so many displaced PEOPLE out here

@significantsort2181

2 жыл бұрын

At the beginning of the last century with the advent of the affordable Model-T, the car companies bought up the trolley companies and paved over the tracks. Then we were enticed to move out to the suburbs which were developed with the car in mind. Of course big oil was a player in this as well. Now a new car can easily cost over $40,000 and you have to have one. The American people have been had.

@bvcbeans

2 жыл бұрын

Cars are the last refuge for many and are cheaper and easier to finance than a house. How many are reliable, insured and paid for?

@tuckerhiggins4336

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people are "poor" because they just had to drive a new Mercedes. They should pay their loans off first

@gloglo1275

2 жыл бұрын

@@tuckerhiggins4336 Exactly. We refuse to finance any car. We own 4 all paid off. I learned how to fix my own vehicles as well.

Insane levels of income inequality and a senseless war on drugs with harsher sentencing certainly hasn't helped. With increased desperation people become angrier and more polarized with each generation.

@rejuvinatez347

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what happen in Ancient Rome. All those wars and the wealth went to the elite. The gap between rich and poor increased just like in America. Ancient Rome dealt with inflation problems by social welfare programmes.

@Joaocruz30

2 жыл бұрын

In the "mouche"!

@rejuvinatez347

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joaocruz30 Is that the word they used?

@Itwasme007

2 жыл бұрын

I don't hate anybody but "Fock" the Liberal progressive Democrats

@mablo168

2 жыл бұрын

America has fallen because it let migrants with non american principles in.... you guys can cope however you want but that is the reality.

Greed along with ignorance at all levels not to mention complacency is what brings a decline of any empire.

The greed at the top of the food chain, has an insatiable appetite that will be the end of all of us as a country.

I was watching an old video of Baltimore City from 1920's & there had 2b a couple dozen kids playing together & they all were laughing & smiling from ear to ear! I couldn't help but think that all they had was one another & "togetherness" & that was all they needed..

@phoenixrising4995

2 жыл бұрын

That was the most real America. America despised empires but after WW2 became one itself and expanded its central government. America wasn't meant to be big government and top dog in the world. It was supposed to be a place for free thinkers and small government. This is why America is socially falling apart as the two branches of government are pitting us against one another.

I'm a Russian who moved to Canada when I was 8. I visited the US a few times and it was a shocker, the obesity, the drugs, the poor, the atmosphere in the air was just depressing. Canada in some parts is becoming slightly similar as well, which is concerning. I visited Russia as well a few times in the last years and of course there are downsides there too, but the people were all happy and kind and the streets are so clean, no drugs or homeless in sight. Lots of culture and reading, etc. People are very insightful. I hope to move back one day when I'm ready.

@user-iz8rr5mf4m

Жыл бұрын

Возвращайтесь! Возможно, сейчас самое подходящее время.

@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975

Жыл бұрын

Please go back tomorrow. I will pay for half your ticket.

@BitterSweetPoundcake

Жыл бұрын

@@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 you clearly you have no experience living in both countries and have no clue what you're talking about. Sore ego?

@kingsleykester8167

Жыл бұрын

@@BitterSweetPoundcake Then what are you doing in Canada? Go back to Russia. For your information, Russia is a poor backward country

@kingsleykester8167

Жыл бұрын

What are you finding in Canada then? Go back to Russia where you can swim in poverty

OMG just came back from a day in Boston today we traveled the same path lol It’s very crowded and busy again The video shows the really hard hit areas,more urban than suburbs Boston is expensive

In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his Governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the U.S. Congress to repeal most of MHSA. The MHSA was considered landmark legislation in mental health care policy.

You always have a great video Nick, but none made me teary like this one. Deep sadness in my heart. My Mom emigrated here in the early 80’s, and she speaks highly of America. I finally came here to get married 7 years ago, and I saw a different America. I would tell my husband, “I should have come sooner” cause now, I am a witness to its decline. Still, there are lots of people who are in denial of whats really going on. Even from other countries, from my country. My friends and family can’t believe when I share them what’s really going on. And yes, the main stream media and Hollywood have something to do about it. All those lies and cover ups. Sad, really sad. Let’s keep praying for America.

@josweetlove1537

2 жыл бұрын

There is no where to go but down. It is written in prophecy. Too much freedom, arrogance, aggression and not enough righteousness.

@NatsNiche

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, America has been a mess since the early 80's. You didn't miss much.

@olddave4833

2 жыл бұрын

​@@NatsNiche I've been around since 1940 and believe America started going down hill when we started putting women and minorities in our government and other governments around the world. today it's got so that a minority has to have a certain job even if they have no qualifications at all.. Politicians have to be politically correct to get the votes to stay in office

@NatsNiche

2 жыл бұрын

@@olddave4833 wow! What a shitty belief.

@MrApple12610

2 жыл бұрын

@@olddave4833 you are the reason why the US is in decline.

Thank you Nick for one of the best videos out there. I hope ALL AMERICANS see it.

Great video should be viewed by schools and politicians....as a wake up call not just in the USA... Watching from Australia 👍