The foundation of the current positive relationship between Japan and America was constructed by General McArthur post WWII. He had a choice when rebuilding Japan. He could take the approach Russia did with the Germans or partner with the Japanese. He did the later. McArthur refused to make Japan's Emporer kneel before him and instead wanted to shake his hand and stand beside him in solidarity. Not to mention baseball is big in the US and in Japan. Food is another area where both nations respect the other. Sushi has become very popular in America and the Japanese love American beef and have made spectacular variations of it.
Our economies have also been strongly connected. It helps, when deciding whether or not to like someone, if their good fortune is also your good fortune.
@@rhoetusochten4211 I agree, however, I believe everyone deserves respect. My great uncle (my grandma's little brother) faught the Japenese and was extremely racist towards Japanese until the day he died. I understand his view point BUT I never championed it. I lived near Pearl Harbor from 2006 to 2010 and met many Japanese as well as Japanese Americans and always tried to learn from them regardless of our economic ties.
1:15 Re: Canadians saying "Eh" that the end of most every sentence. While yes, on the east side of Canada you expect to hear French, go to the west coast of Canada and the stereotype is proven out. Considering many Americans who choose to drive to Alaska usually travel up the west coast of Canada, that's the exposure we experience. Personally I have only met on type of Canadian that was impolite, and that was the geese. Re: Canada being a socialist country, that stems in part from the US media coverage surrounding the Bricklin SV-1, and the production issues that the company was having. Canadian unemployment regulations at the time allowed workers to take essentially half a year off work and live on a government check. 1:50 Re: Mexicans coming to the US to "Steal Jobs". There has always been a large Hispanic migrant worker population in the US, and many Mexican nationals will not be able to go through the paperwork to get a work visa every year. As a result of the red tape nightmare, many just cross into the US illegally, and then US employers will turn a blind eye to hiring them (And most times at a relatively low payscale). Considering many choose to bounce back and forth between countries, and don't commonly pay the US government via taxes, but will also draw government economic support (Welfare, paid for by taxes) there is a TON of animosity towards them in agricultural communities. 7:30 Re: Americans thinking that Germans thought WW2 is considered as "A-Okay". These are predominately the Americans who still live in highly bigoted parts of the country. The ultimate irony to me is these folks will cuss about Germans while holding a lager... I can say many Americans believe that Germans drink pretty much nothing but beer, and alot of that stems from the German Bier Gardens and marketing packaging on beer in the US. 9:15 Re: Asian stereotypes. As far as China or N Korea, there is not a lot of factual information beyond the negatives that are plastered all over the media, or the fictional based on martial arts films. A direct comparison can be made to the USSR in the mid 80's. In the absence of information, any information can be taken as "Valid". 12:50 Re: Americans seeming to know more about Japan. My opinion is that comes from A) Americans occupied Japan for a time and were exposed to the culture, and B) Factual information has been released about Japans culture, and not all of it negative. Many Americans have become accustomed to being spoon fed information rather than expending the time and effort to research for themselves. Hence there are a TON of conspiracy theories, most of which are started by a VERY small portion of US citizens, but the larger group just accepts it as facts. And now I'm going to take cover, half expecting my IP to be traced by a shady government organization seeking to spy on US citizens reacting to UA-cam reactions just so they can send out hit teams in black helicopters to silence the minority... ( *Edit: See how that works? FYI, I don't actually think that, was just spoon feeding an example...* )
I come from a small town, and stereotypes where pretty much the only information I had about other countries (or even regions of the US) when I was younger. The more people I met, the more I began to understand that stereotypes are a super-narrow and shallow view of someone. Now, in my 40s, I have an insatiable appetite for learning about other people and places... and what kind of stereotypes they have of me and mine. PS: ohhhh, you're Gen Dit's Mauritian. I thought the Great and Wise Algorithm just randomly selected a new person for me to watch. Either way, closing in on 1k!
These are the extremes of stereotypes, almost no one I've met in my life thinks like this. This does align with many jokes I've heard, but part of the reason they're funny is because of how silly they are. Infographics exaggerates quite a bit just to make their content engaging, and makes some very questionable statements. Though for the record... I am some white guy with a gun 😅.
Howdy y'all, subscriber 850 here. I believe that most Americans who share those stereotypes are typically people who have never traveled outside the confines of their home state. Those of us who have done even minimal amounts of travel outside of the continental United States tend to realize very quickly, upon landing on foreign soil, that most, if not all, misconceptions that they had about that place evaporated almost immediately after their arrival. That's definitely how it was for myself and most of the soldiers I was with in Iraq. People are only going to be knowledgeable about the topics that they choose to educate themselves in.
Europeans think Americans are backwards and do not travel! But Europeans should realize that America is like 50 countries!! I can name and find on a map all European countries! Can Europeans name all 50 American states and find them on a map? Probably none!!
@@MauritiusWithLove I understand I just think this is the elder generation of america and only some of the elders at that but I'm curious what do you think of Americans
@@MauritiusWithLove and I'm gonna subscribe when you get to 999 I want to be number 1000 and tell gen dit I respect him and his gaming skills I'd like to play COD with him one-day
. U.S. Cars: 45% of cars in the US are from Ford, GM, and Dodge, 39% are from Japanese companies. By the time the average American reaches age 35 it is about 75% that they will have owned or used as personal car a Japanese car. familiarity. MacArthur was able to not destroy Japanese honor while being Japan's ruler. He also instituted a huge land ownership transfer program: breaking up old fuedal estates so the people working the land could own it. plus, NOPE: it is the cars which by and large are excellent vehicles.
I'm a bit late but congrats on the 1k! Awesome job 👏
The foundation of the current positive relationship between Japan and America was constructed by General McArthur post WWII. He had a choice when rebuilding Japan. He could take the approach Russia did with the Germans or partner with the Japanese. He did the later. McArthur refused to make Japan's Emporer kneel before him and instead wanted to shake his hand and stand beside him in solidarity. Not to mention baseball is big in the US and in Japan. Food is another area where both nations respect the other. Sushi has become very popular in America and the Japanese love American beef and have made spectacular variations of it.
It is nice when two countries respect each other
Our economies have also been strongly connected.
It helps, when deciding whether or not to like someone, if their good fortune is also your good fortune.
@@rhoetusochten4211 I agree, however, I believe everyone deserves respect. My great uncle (my grandma's little brother) faught the Japenese and was extremely racist towards Japanese until the day he died. I understand his view point BUT I never championed it. I lived near Pearl Harbor from 2006 to 2010 and met many Japanese as well as Japanese Americans and always tried to learn from them regardless of our economic ties.
1:15 Re: Canadians saying "Eh" that the end of most every sentence. While yes, on the east side of Canada you expect to hear French, go to the west coast of Canada and the stereotype is proven out. Considering many Americans who choose to drive to Alaska usually travel up the west coast of Canada, that's the exposure we experience. Personally I have only met on type of Canadian that was impolite, and that was the geese.
Re: Canada being a socialist country, that stems in part from the US media coverage surrounding the Bricklin SV-1, and the production issues that the company was having. Canadian unemployment regulations at the time allowed workers to take essentially half a year off work and live on a government check.
1:50 Re: Mexicans coming to the US to "Steal Jobs". There has always been a large Hispanic migrant worker population in the US, and many Mexican nationals will not be able to go through the paperwork to get a work visa every year. As a result of the red tape nightmare, many just cross into the US illegally, and then US employers will turn a blind eye to hiring them (And most times at a relatively low payscale). Considering many choose to bounce back and forth between countries, and don't commonly pay the US government via taxes, but will also draw government economic support (Welfare, paid for by taxes) there is a TON of animosity towards them in agricultural communities.
7:30 Re: Americans thinking that Germans thought WW2 is considered as "A-Okay". These are predominately the Americans who still live in highly bigoted parts of the country. The ultimate irony to me is these folks will cuss about Germans while holding a lager... I can say many Americans believe that Germans drink pretty much nothing but beer, and alot of that stems from the German Bier Gardens and marketing packaging on beer in the US.
9:15 Re: Asian stereotypes. As far as China or N Korea, there is not a lot of factual information beyond the negatives that are plastered all over the media, or the fictional based on martial arts films. A direct comparison can be made to the USSR in the mid 80's. In the absence of information, any information can be taken as "Valid".
12:50 Re: Americans seeming to know more about Japan. My opinion is that comes from A) Americans occupied Japan for a time and were exposed to the culture, and B) Factual information has been released about Japans culture, and not all of it negative.
Many Americans have become accustomed to being spoon fed information rather than expending the time and effort to research for themselves. Hence there are a TON of conspiracy theories, most of which are started by a VERY small portion of US citizens, but the larger group just accepts it as facts.
And now I'm going to take cover, half expecting my IP to be traced by a shady government organization seeking to spy on US citizens reacting to UA-cam reactions just so they can send out hit teams in black helicopters to silence the minority... ( *Edit: See how that works? FYI, I don't actually think that, was just spoon feeding an example...* )
I come from a small town, and stereotypes where pretty much the only information I had about other countries (or even regions of the US) when I was younger.
The more people I met, the more I began to understand that stereotypes are a super-narrow and shallow view of someone. Now, in my 40s, I have an insatiable appetite for learning about other people and places... and what kind of stereotypes they have of me and mine.
PS: ohhhh, you're Gen Dit's Mauritian. I thought the Great and Wise Algorithm just randomly selected a new person for me to watch.
Either way, closing in on 1k!
These are the extremes of stereotypes, almost no one I've met in my life thinks like this. This does align with many jokes I've heard, but part of the reason they're funny is because of how silly they are. Infographics exaggerates quite a bit just to make their content engaging, and makes some very questionable statements. Though for the record... I am some white guy with a gun 😅.
I go to school in Georgia and met two people who had stereotypes like this
Howdy y'all, subscriber 850 here. I believe that most Americans who share those stereotypes are typically people who have never traveled outside the confines of their home state. Those of us who have done even minimal amounts of travel outside of the continental United States tend to realize very quickly, upon landing on foreign soil, that most, if not all, misconceptions that they had about that place evaporated almost immediately after their arrival. That's definitely how it was for myself and most of the soldiers I was with in Iraq. People are only going to be knowledgeable about the topics that they choose to educate themselves in.
I've never had the desire to travel to these places.
Subbed. Almost there 1k
Europeans think Americans are backwards and do not travel! But Europeans should realize that America is like 50 countries!! I can name and find on a map all European countries! Can Europeans name all 50 American states and find them on a map? Probably none!!
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Lol no only 42% of Americans have passports
7 to go 👍
1k your on the money 💰 x
Bro we know Africa is a continent and we know not all hispanics are mexican wtf
He did say not all americans think like that ✨
@@MauritiusWithLove I understand I just think this is the elder generation of america and only some of the elders at that but I'm curious what do you think of Americans
@@MauritiusWithLove and I'm gonna subscribe when you get to 999 I want to be number 1000 and tell gen dit I respect him and his gaming skills I'd like to play COD with him one-day
. U.S. Cars: 45% of cars in the US are from Ford, GM, and Dodge, 39% are from Japanese companies. By the time the average American reaches age 35 it is about 75% that they will have owned or used as personal car a Japanese car. familiarity.
MacArthur was able to not destroy Japanese honor while being Japan's ruler. He also instituted a huge land ownership transfer program: breaking up old fuedal estates so the people working the land could own it.
plus, NOPE: it is the cars which by and large are excellent vehicles.
As an American I can say that we are the most willfully ignorant people on the planet
Cant lie almost all us americans think like this haha