How America became a superpower
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- Опубліковано 22 лис 2016
- America grew from a colony to a superpower in 200 years.
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2:07 Correction: Cuba seceded from the US in 1902.
With over 800 military bases around the globe, the US is easily the most powerful nation on earth. But it wasn't always this way. The US once played an insignificant role in global affairs. In this 8-minute video, you can see the transformation.
Military budget data: www.nationalpriorities.org/ca...
US foreign bases based on David Vine's book, "Base Nation" www.davidvine.net/base-nation....
Troop numbers: "Total Military Personnel and Dependent End Strength By Service, Regional Area, and Country". Defense Manpower Data Center. November 7, 2016.
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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
Get the Monopoly money out
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.
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.
One day my native country of Antarctica will become the World Superpower... One day, One day!
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One day people will realise that Nauru is a real country, one day...
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, 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
I think Vox should've included Geographical, Economical and soft power reasons for US's rise as well.
Warning ⚠️ : Everyone, in the comments think’s they are a five star general, and a historian.
Exactly
@@delmont2916 why'd you name your UA-cam 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
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
@@gaymermoment taxes?
Invading other countries
FACTS
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.
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
@@aghomidaniel1937 They were arguably the most powerful for their time
Not backwater in the slightest in fact probably the best place a nation could start
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.
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 UA-cam 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.
the intro is the only time ive ever heard Vox praise the USA, i shed a patriotic tear.
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)
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
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
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.
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.
"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
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.
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
@@Arkham-kq9uf not the same story
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
*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 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
Hey Vox! Really love all the videos that you people make the ones on Netflix too! I love the content and the video direction is just perfection.
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 ⚽
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
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!
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
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
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
"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.
4 years ago
Still very informative and thank you 🤓👍
If its an external conflict : Its UK
If its an internal conflict : Its USA
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.
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.
I love all countries but so proud and blessed to be born in USA. Its like winning the citizenship lottery.
❤ true
@@WHITE-pz8svthe citizenship lottery? 😂
To be born there doesn't mean to be happy.
What i came for: How the USA became a global superpower
What I got: America influence everywhere
Expected something more on the economy too instead of pure history
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.
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
Wow, great educational Video - thank you for the knowledge and enlightment.
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...
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.
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A lot of the vox viewership is probably sad the USSR lost
Super power days are gone for USA now. After August 2021
There really not tho xd
We still the most powerful country in the world bozo. If u think not try us and watch the sun get dropped on u
@@stephcurry9524 In your dreams......
wdym?
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
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 UA-cam 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
america: **invents the league of nations**
Europe: so when you going to join
america: i dont think i will
Long story short
USA was a first mover and Was Really smart. That's why they became world superpowers
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.
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
I just wanna mention to a near spiritual level that what and how America has been able to do and prove, is an absolute miracle and if studied many amazing principles can be learned about how we can run our civilization and with it our leadership
America is great because we believe in Jesus Christ
A simple answer: Corruption
Cuz ‘MERICA
It worked before and it works now
Rey C. while we were anti imperialist at the same time ...
Isn't Imperialism and being a superpower the same thing?
Rey C. All superpowers are imperialistic
Imperialism implies that the country is actively engaged in taking over other countries and making them colonies as part of expanding their control. Superpowers have no such need as they have the power to have a say in how countries are run across the entire world, the superpower's ability to take over other countries is a merely a backup plan in case things don't go as they planned.
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
Imagine one day someone discovers a whole new country that we didn’t notice before
That would be cool but insanely hard to hide cos of satellite view.
@@connorc4044 ikr, there are no more places to be found so sad 😢
@StarJes Ocean still needs to be mapped and explored, and if we don't destroy each other eventually space will need to be explored
This enormous country came from some small rebellion over tea. America has come a long way in short time
More than just a small rebellion over tea, but you're not entirely wrong lol
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.
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
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.
Low levels of conflict? They're the main reason behind every single major conflict in the world rn
They mean conflict where the enemy actually stands a chance. The US has fought practically no actual world powers.
What major conflicts besides Ukraine are you talking about (which is one they aren't part of at all)?
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?
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
@@WrestlingPH Not true. The dollar isnt the strongest currency
Wrestling PH lol even the British currency is stronger and their empire ended.
"we should be peacekeepers"
Ah, the irony, lol
Long story short: your business is mine.
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.
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.
Everybody has it's rise and fall.
India was never a superpower
How they become super power because they makes most superhero movies
@Orange Fort exept china and russia
Simple. After WW2 we were the only ones not destroyed completely. (This is pre video btw.
The US basically rebuilt the world. The only standing country left that had the means to mass production. It makes perfect sense. While all europe got bombed we were able to send munitions, transportations and other goods. Supercharging our economy
...while simultaneously increasing relations with said nations substantially.
yeah, the destruction came 71 years later instead and is self inflicted.
***** well it could be argued they rebuilt the economy of the world.
We rebuilt the entire world. The whole wide world has the United States to thank for our single handed lone effort of the sanctity of international infrastructure and economics.
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.
Britain and america are basically like “when son beats father”
Yeah its called "i raised him well"
I can't believe you so candidly defended US imperialism.
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.
Country with oil:*exists*
America: hippity hoppoty you’re oil is my property
*your*
your
Yrou
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.
Yrou
I'm so proud of my story
Im not.
Please take me in.
Very well done and informative.
3:45 "The United States was the only power to avoid economic ruin during WWII."
This is because all of its competitors were in ruins from the second inter-imperialist global bloodbath. All were desperate for American aid to rebuild.
😂 USSR are too imperialist they invaded Finnland invaded baltics and killed more polish people then Germany did
@@zombiefytv7348 Define imperialism
It's probably because usas mainland was hardly touched by ww2 so it's industrial strength stayed the same meanwhile Europes was destroy
Canada 🗿
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 congress had a strong anti-imperialist bent"
me: :)
"These people worried having to integrate populations from 'inferior' races"
me: :(
Corny meme
yeah racism is the only real reason why we don't have huge colonies today.
@@superbigj1878 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
USSR was not second largest power
US and USSR both were global superpowers
I argue the USSR was never was an superpower
I enjoyed this video. 👍
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
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
in hundreds or thousand years,the world may change,but USA,UK,Germany will always be remembered and remain Legends.
Great upload.
I'm literally waiting for the video to mention how America was able to bank on decades of slavery with no consequence.
Charles Lin IKR
Hundreds of years of free labor
One word. Cotton. Northern factories, along with English & French spinners & weavers all said one thing but never took their eyes off cotton. Cotton, coal and iron fueled the industrial revolution. That didn't change until the 1950s when mechanized harvesters started to show up in force, followed by - the Civil Rights movement shortly afterwards. No coincidence in my mind.
"no consequence". Yeah I mean we only fought a war that almost completely split our nation in two. No biggy.
No consequence? What UnicornLord4 said- The civil war was the biggest war in our history... 100% of the casualties were americans and we lost 2% of the population... That would be like if 7 million americans just died.
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.
Watching this in 2022 and the first thing that came to my mind is "Not Anymore".
We still are tho……
@@dylanjohnson4624 not under Biden.
Because Europe was basically a battle royale
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.
“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 ?
America and the UK have a border crisis, so many people trying to get in. Russia and China do too, although their border crisis is people trying to get OUT.
one thing to remember: every empire has fallen
Good thing we thing an empire
not really as time is changing and more younger kids are being exposed what politics those and want to do better than those in power and plus all of them will be dead in 100+ years and new one will come that the good thing about america it’s always changing sometimes it’s good or bad but who cares not every country is perfect
Empire means Dictatorship which includes Communism. USA is democratic. It's not an empire. I think USA will remain super power till 2050 till Climate Change hits the world
@@ElonMusk-tb2yi Empire means emperor. Simple. Go to read about Roma first.
@@fcool umm usa has emperor?
*Next up: How Corona Virus became a global superpower*
Lolllĺl 💀💀😂😂😂😂👍
Thanks to China everything is made in China.
Over Time nah the origin of the virus still remains unclear
Hg CHINA
US will never be dethroned as the superpower
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
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The thing about the world economy is that it is now dependent on trade. The reason we avoid war nowadays is because if we did fight, both sides would suffer intensively due economic breakdowns, not military ones. So America might be powerful, but if the majority of the world refuses to trade it with it. It will collapse just like other countries.