Americans can't name countries

[Arvaos]

https://youtu.be/umpalMtQE50?si=aej8oPv3KBx3_bp-

Do Americans learn about other countries and cultures around the world in their formal education?

In this video, the Americans can barely name countries on their own continent, let alone in Asia and Africa.

Is this clip representative of Americans or is it an exaggeration?

[George Washington]

Publicado originalmente por Arvaos:

it is illegal for any state to secede from the United States or issue their own currency.

or make trade agreements. california already made its own trade agreements

[Arvaos]

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Publicado originalmente por Arvaos:

States are closer to "mini-republics" than countries but they are not countries.

They are still under federal law and it is illegal for any state to secede from the United States or issue their own currency.

Is it legal for Scotland to secede without permission or for it to issue its own currency? Again I'm not saying States are countries but they are just as much countries as what the UK calls countries.

The technical intricacies of what territories are named are quite interesting.

Countries, states, municipalities, oblasts, provinces.

I'm not an expert but I assume they wanted to label them as countries to acknowledge the many centuries of history, culture, and wars.

[brain stew]

Publicado originalmente por Arvaos:

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Scotland, Wales, and England are counties?

States are closer to "mini-republics" than countries but they are not countries.

They are still under federal law and it is illegal for any state to secede from the United States or issue their own currency.

Having certain states that have for example decriminalised marijuana, despite it remaining illegal under federal law, shows that states are not always willing to enforce federal law.

[Arvaos]

Publicado originalmente por Baron Twirly von Moustache:

Publicado originalmente por Arvaos:

States are closer to "mini-republics" than countries but they are not countries.

They are still under federal law and it is illegal for any state to secede from the United States or issue their own currency.

Having certain states that have for example decriminalised marijuana, despite it remaining illegal under federal law, shows that states are not always willing to enforce federal law.

I'm sure there are lots of inclusions and exclusions depending on individual circumstances.

There's not some strict regulation on what countries name their territories.

[Electric Cupcake]

Publicado originalmente por Arvaos:

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Scotland, Wales, and England are counties?

States are closer to "mini-republics" than countries but they are not countries.

They are still under federal law and it is illegal for any state to secede from the United States or issue their own currency.

The 10th Amendment guarantees State governments have certain autonomies, in theory. Of course, historically the Commerce Clause and Supremacy Clause and the magic words "national security" have been used to completely ignore 10A and the entire Bill of Rights.

[☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n]

All nations have their fair share of dumb people. Here's one from the UK.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-36150328

[kingjames488]

this is actually one of the funniest things I've ever seen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZE0TuKTpo4

[Rio]

Publicado originalmente por kingjames488:

this is actually one of the funniest things I've ever seen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZE0TuKTpo4

Seems normal to me. We just don't know much about Canada. Mexico could make up almost anything too and most americans wouldn't know.

The 24 hour clock one though, was funny.

[Xero_Daxter]

If it makes you feel any better I thought Polynesia was a country.

[kingjames488]

Publicado originalmente por Origin:

Publicado originalmente por kingjames488:

this is actually one of the funniest things I've ever seen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZE0TuKTpo4

Seems normal to me. We just don't know much about Canada. Mexico could make up almost anything too and most americans wouldn't know.

I mean, to be fair I don't know a ton about america... but if someone told me you'd just legalised staplers I'd be skeptical...

[Rio]

Publicado originalmente por kingjames488:

Publicado originalmente por Origin:

Seems normal to me. We just don't know much about Canada. Mexico could make up almost anything too and most americans wouldn't know.

I mean, to be fair I don't know a ton about america... but if someone told me you'd just legalised staplers I'd be skeptical...

In america

Idaho bans fishing while riding a camel

Horses are banned from eating fire hydrants in Iowa

It’s against the law to hunt whales in Nebraska

Arizona: you can't have a donkey sleeping in your bathtub after 7 p.m.

Alabama, Kentucky and Georgia: it's against the law to walk down the street with an ice cream cone in your back pocket

[kingjames488]

Publicado originalmente por Origin:

Publicado originalmente por kingjames488:

I mean, to be fair I don't know a ton about america... but if someone told me you'd just legalised staplers I'd be skeptical...

In america

Idaho bans fishing while riding a camel

Horses are banned from eating fire hydrants in Iowa

It’s against the law to hunt whales in Nebraska

Arizona: you can't have a donkey sleeping in your bathtub after 7 p.m.

Alabama, Kentucky and Georgia: it's against the law to walk down the street with an ice cream cone in your back pocket

lol, there are a bunch of ridiculous canandian provencial laws too...

like it's illegal to wear a hat "in a ridiculous manor" in some place... or something like that.

but they can still arrest you for wearing a hat "in a ridiculous manor" if they want to...

[BigBallinChester]

Paid actors

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Publicado originalmente por RRW359:

Publicado originalmente por Heitor Villa-Lobos:

I don't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ know what "latinx" is and speaking a language in the same linguistic branch does not constitute an ethnicity. In fact, there are hundreds of ethnicities in America.

It's a gender-neutral term for Latino.

There are hundreds of native cultures in the US and they are extremely different but have somewhat similar backgrounds and commonalities that require them to have an umbrella term, whether that's Latino or Latinx is another subject but don't be surprised that the anglosphere has a need for such a term.

Well, that is just very discriminatory. The "anglosphere" has no right to throw very different peoples under one generic term, specially when they'll generalize them/us, usually with hatred and prejudice.

No wonder the average Anglo-American sucks st Geography: they're taught to make very bad groupings and care very little about others.

[R-S!N]

I'm quite certain that many other people in other countries can't do certain things too..

Some videos/people are just biased.