America The Story of Us: Why do Immigrants Come to America?

[sharifdubai1]

long live 2 America

[BANTYxROOSTER]

Thanks for the beautiful statue France!

[ItsKervin]

It must have been freaking SCARRY AS HELL TO built these HUGE buildings !

[joeshone2011]

What do American people think of British immigrants?

[MetalSights]

@joeshone2011 They come into the country legally, unlike our some of our southern neighbors. Don't think of yourself as an immigrant, think of yourself as an American! Hell, everyone in America is an immigrant from somewhere. Irish, German, Spanish, etc. The only thing is you have to suck up with the jealous taunting and namecalling that comes with being in such a blessed country. Other than that, stay in school, get a good job, (buy a gun, you can do that now :D ) and enjoy your life!

[fredsucksbutt124]

fuck hispanic immigrants nuff said

[SeoRodain]

Great if you think your country is better, but pushing your countries beliefs on others is what causes all sorts of wars. It is true that the US government has a lot of problems, but so does every other countries government. We're all homosapiens and we need to stop calling each other pieces of crap, just for the country we live in. Now its not "oh he's black" or "oh he's white" its "oh he's a American so he must be an idiot" or "oh he's Arab so he must be a terrorist" stop fighting on youtube!

[didjo3]

I WISH A DAY NATIVE AMERICANS WILL TAKE BACK THEIR OWN COUNTRY, AMERICA.

[tetsubasan]

@didjo3 I'm sorry, I understand people wanting to take back their own country, but just to let you know, the device you're using to comment on this video is made by an American, not a Native American.

[anniettgirl1996]

@didjo3 We whites today didn't steal an acre from the Native Americans, nor do the Native Americans today deserve any more land than what they already have. Our ancestors stole the land, yes, but not us.

[carleone09]

well, thats what Americans always say, but its hard for a black man to get a taxi

[TombMan12]

Almost every American is technically an immigrant.

[Kmagnus80]

@TombMan12 ya think? But most black and white americans have native american blood in them and have been in the US for almost 400 years. They are AMERICAN through and through, not european or african, most don't have a clue what country they are from, or if they do, they rarley celebrate those customs. We understand we came from immirants, but technically every person on this planet is an immirant from ethiopia. Where do we draw the line...

[joemoin]

if u truly want to see how idiotic and ignorant americans are look at the comments below and the possible results of me typing this

[TheVKfan1]

Actually, I believe America is the #1 worst country in the world... don't worry, its true colors will shine through within this decade. ^^

[1Historygenius]

@TheVKfan1 We are worse than Nazi Germany wow you are weird.

[00IRON001]

america is so fucking badass

[jeyjcastroinfinito]

America is not that great hahaha

[MisterFallout]

@jeyjcastroinfinito You're from Costa Rica wtf would you know?

[jeyjcastroinfinito]

@MisterFallout and  wtf did i say? i forgot

[NinMoha]

الله يلعن الأمريكان الكلاب

FUCK US

[jjd705]

@NinMoha go blow your self up you arab piece of shit.

[Antifaarefags]

@jjd705 Fuck you jew!

[jjd705]

@Antifaarefags nope, christian.

[jamesdav77]

@NinMoha Who said you can talk?

[00IRON001]

@NinMoha go bathe in camel shit sand dweller

[devdanger]

My buddy and I used to get baked and watch this. Pretty moving shit.

[TheBeerNut1]

America is NOT perfect, certainly not. Yes, it does have it's dark history, every country out there has it's own "demons". What I love about this country is that it is a magnet for people from throughout the world that come here with their dreams of a better life for themselves and their families. It doesn't always end in success for them. America was always a haven for those who were oppressed and persecuted in their own countries. America was always that beacon of hope.

[Paulmarti]

America is the country where no matter your background, you are considered an equal. People come here because in America, their efforts bear fruit. People come here to seek equality. People come here to escape poverty and persecution. People come here to ensure a higher standard of living for themselves and their posterity.

[0mgwtfbbq21]

@Paulmarti dont forget pie

[Botjer1]

@Paulmarti and nowadays america does everything it can to keep them out :P

[Kmagnus80]

@Botjer1 Are you kidding!?!? America has some of the most laxed immigration laws in the world, we have largest despora populations in the world, & we take more immigrants than any other country in the world! We R tightening up a LITTLE b/c we R really stuggling & going down fast, we have to focus on our country now and our people, we can't keep being the soup kitchen of the world, we can't afford it (2 unnessacary wars don't help either). BTW I am Swedish-American, Hej!

[shevah2]

@Paulmarti its a shame this country is inevitable from collapse. This was not from our free market, or the fault of democracy. This country cannot pay medicare medicaid and Social Security on its own if it cut all goverment spending to 0. The dollor is not money, not backed by gold. Real inflation at double digits and you realize the price of living is going wayyy upp. If that happens and busniess wages do not go up, standard of living goes down.. Has gone down 50% since 1970. only getting worse

[shevah2]

@Paulmarti let mme also make it clear that is was not our fault, it is a conspiracOur monetary system was ruined. If we followed the constitution, we would hav avoided alkinds of disastersHousing market collapse is one of the many bubbles and college loans at 900Billion dolalrs will be the next one Without monetary system, you lose busniess confidence, thats why real unemplloyment is at 22%. There is no middle class, inflation is destroying stand of living. Im not trolling, juslet you kno

[Paulmarti]

@shevah2 tl;dr

[RastafariPoet]

Typical nationalism..

People still flock here for a better life, having to work hard. Just like the precious european settlers and what not.

[LuNaTeCh66]

I do not feel immagrints come here to "Live off the government". I kno wmany hard working immagrants that came here from mexico and colombia and have made a better life. They work harder then any people I know. I am proud to call them fellow americans.

[jmfigone209]

People USE to come to America to work hard and to create a better life for themselves. Now days id say 80 percent of people come here to be taken care of by uncle sam.

[RastafariPoet]

@jmfigone209

Facts or gtfooooooo

[jmfigone209]

@RastafariPoet Its common sense. If I lived in a less fortunate nation I would want to go to a country that would provide certain aid programs for me to live a better life. Back in the early 1900's there were no aid programs, and success was only guaranteed to those who worked hard. They didn't expect to be taken care of; they just came and worked. I want people to come to this country who want to come for the right reasons; all people from all walks of life... So call me a racist idc. Happy 4th

[RastafariPoet]

@jmfigone209

Why would I call you a racist?..

Although.. your judgement is slightly off. Regardless if aid programs exist, they don't provide much for a family. Therefore, that family will have to STILL work hard to live. Look at the illegal mexicans, or newly legal mexicans, out in the fields doing the hard work for us. Colombians, Africans, Chinese, Japanese, English, Dutch, Spanish, Puerto Rican, Jamacian, etc. You can't just assume things unless you've experienced them. Happy 4th.

[K9erMP]

@RastafariPoet Regardless of how much it provides it s still are tax dollars at work. We are so post to be a country of laws. We all like to talk about the laws that help us at the time and not talk about the ones that dont. You wouldn't like it if someone came into your house illegally would you. The big picture here is if the people who come here illegally would come here legally they would be us!!!!!

[dmtau]

Why do Immigrants want to come to US the last 40 yrs ? 98% of them came for welfare &Food stamps. . ..but from 90s.. .Soviet help good US! Immigrants came in US. . ..China(Mongols) must pay by Gold per head no matt children or adut. . ..

The story of US was made by Hollywood 99% distort. .So if you are Good US please . .use your minds!

[Clay3613]

You people are acting like you've lost a game of HALO on XBOX, grow the fuck-up!

[1024zer]

120 years of immigration has been sufficient time to bring all undesirables to America. Now we must face the policies that these people had created in their home countries to preserve order. Diversity without segregation or integration creates a society of violence and unrest. This is the true story of modern America.

[jpapca]

ive given this seriers 3 chances and ive turned it off all three times because its a load of uneducated morons (Al shaprton, P. Diddy) spouting liberal bullshit views of American history.

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[joekane1979]

Give another person a chance to have a good life is what everything is about.How selfish of people saying "no" im speciall and no one else deserves a good life. People walk hundreds of miles in the desert to make it here risking everything and there kids for an oportunity like people runing from there king or queen.

[ufousa69]

@joekane1979 if the sacrifice is so big, how come they keep waving their foreign flags and forcing their kids to speak spanish?? And segregating themselves in their own culture absolutely refusing to melt in the American society? When it comes to benefits, yeah...America. But when it comes to be honorable, respectful and thankful, nothing. Support the state of Arizona, enforce the laws. Game over.

[ljp711]

@ufousa69 My my my, look at the dirty little scum from Chile here illegally having all the gall to talk about immigration. Get the fuck out of my country! You're no different from all the wetbacks around here.

Again, I'll have you arrested. I'm pretty sure you're complicit in Pinochet's crimes, otherwise you wouldn't be hiding in this country. I'm gonna look into contacting the Chilean authorities right now, and there's nothing you can do about it.

[joemoin]

@ljp711 the funny thing is you are technially an immigrant

[ufousa69]

@ljp711 Don't forget to call la raza and taco bell too.

[TheMonoman14]

wow i didnt know the statue of liberty was built by two guys lol

[78amilcar78]

@TheMonoman14 hey plus their was a lot mexicanos working but nobody decided to show them.

[clubamerica16]

@TheMonoman14 lol 

[1Historygenius]

@TheMonoman14 It was not

[metallicavlad]

@TheMonoman14 haha

[jiapau]

The Statue of Liberty Look annoyed.

[NCOProductions]

yay, all i know is i get to watch this in 7th period US Histtoryyyy! and it's awesome because it takes up the entire class period and isn't on boring bullshit that doesn't matter! :D :D :D :D

[AfroMageman]

@PrezDaNTX No, THE MIGHT OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC CRUSHED ANYTHING THAT MODERN MAN COULD ACHIEVE!

SPQR ROMA!

[drmaikati]

That just lame :) "No, THE MIGHT OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC CRUSHED ANYTHING THAT MODERN MAN COULD ACHIEVE!" :)

[RetSquid]

@totz2

That is what happens when Stone Age Man meets Industrial Age Man.

[ErikNikolai]

@totz2 The settlers and pioneers claimed the land from the savage primitives, yes. They then established a republic which protected the individual rights of the citizens, and which developed into becoming the most prosperous nation, and the greatest force for goodness, in human history. Enough with your nihilism.

[pumista64]

@ErikNikolai the most prosperous,corrupt,imperialist­ic,and basically in the midst of a totalitarian nation(Patriot Act)...The U.S. is always the last country to realize things...

[ErikNikolai]

@pumista64 If the United States was imperialistic, it would have reclaimed the oil fields in the Middle-East a very, very long time ago. It would also have taken out the regime in Iran in cooperation with Israel, and set up it's own government there, a very, very long time ago. Those facts alone are enough completely discredit your accusation. The United States military is the only force that protects us from all the totalitarian would-be imperialists of the world.

[pumista64]

@ErikNikolai HAARP,Big Brother,The Bilderburgs,The Freemasons etc...all reasons alone as to why the U.S. is a Totalitarian and Imperialistic country in hiding...yet patriotism is what blinds most americans from the truth.

[ErikNikolai]

@pumista64 "Big brother" can be used about any government, and the UK is certainly more of a surveillance state than the U.S. at this point. The Freemasons aren't inherently American either, and there's certainly no legitimate argument of them being some Illuminati-like organization. It's a silly organization which men join in order to feel important. No legitimate arguments against HAARP either, it's all conspiracy theories.

[ErikNikolai]

@pumista64 There's certainly a Bilderberg group though, and they certainly protect their privacy, and yes, I know that many of the members are big-time politicians and social engineers. I don't approve of the group. However, suggesting that they poison all our food and all our water supplies in order to control the population, etc, is frankly absurd. Paranoid conspiracy theorists are jumping to conclusions.

[imtherealthing]

@pumista64

If you don't like the U.S...then get the hell out of it..tell you what..go live in the middel east or other such wonderful places that are not "imperialistic"...of course the countries where Islam is the main religion or go live in China or North Korea or good ole poor Russia..yessir..let's see how you will like it there..get out of our free country you freak.

[dadevi]

@ErikNikolai The United States is imperialistic without being obvious about it. It would take too much money, waste too many American lives, and be terribly unpopular(for obvious reason) to wage war willy nilly. So what does it do? It installs military bases all over the world to imply it's power. It's kind of a warning to certain countries to keep themselves under control. If that's not an empire, I don't know what is.

[gjuandarg]

@dadevi

It does not have military bases around the world what are you talking about?

They have embassies around the world and so do most countries and the US has military bases in some countries but its not a hostile military presence, the US mainly has military bases in countries they have a friendly or previously hostile military history with or they train other nations soldiers, Israel soldiers train the US soldiers in anti-terror tactics you know.

[dadevi]

@gjuandarg The United States does have military all over the world, from sub bases, to air force bases, to your run of the mill army bases. And you're doing a lot of double talk. You say that the American forces aren't a hostile military prescence, but then admit that some of the bases were established during hostile relations with some of the foreign countries. That's like saying the Romans who were conquered by the Celts weren't imperialistic because they were evetually "accepted".

[gjuandarg]

@dadevi

And your saying other countries don't/didn't have a military presence in countries they had previous military history with, the Soviet Union had a military presence in Germany after WW2, I'm not trying to say this as a bad thing but the UK has military presence in Canada, Brunei, Kenya, Belize, Germany, Pakistan. Plus the US has Embassies in most countries where their military is the only so called hostile presence is in Iraq and Afghanistan where we are at war

[gjuandarg]

@dadevi

And there is truly no other place in the world other than arguably Pakistan where we have military fighting which is for WAR AGAINST HOSTILES NOT THE COUNTRIES THEMSELVES I would like you to name some countries where the US has a so called hostile military presence where they control the government and are instilling leaders other than really Iraq or Afghanistan and American troops are leaving Iraq by 2014 the latest and you do realize the Romans conquered the Celts not the other way

[MrGeek1]

@dadevi, dude you're close, but no cigar. Is the United States an imperialistic country? Yes, without question. But we actually have relatively few bases in the world. We have to get approval from the countries to set up bases there, and that includes Iraq. The way we imply our power is through our economic might and political influence. By our sheer reputation many countries do what we tell them to do just because we tell them to do it.

[dadevi]

@MrGeek1 Reletively few bases around the world? As compared to what other countries? And if having a military base in a foreign country is such a good thing, then why doesn't the US invite the UK, Canada, Sweden or other friendly countries to set up shop over here?

[MrGeek1]

@dadevi Yes, relatively few bases around the world as COMPARED to how many countries there are in the world. There are about 191 countries in the world and we have about a dozen bases (I mean real bases not ports a couple buildings shared with a foreign counterpart) in other countries. Now why don't we let Canada, Sweden, and the UK set up bases in our homeland. Sure if that is what they want, we can negotiate something. But why would Canada want set up a base in the US when they live next to us

[totz2]

@ErikNikolai how were the natives savages? for the most part they were generous and kind to the early european settlers. if any one group of people is savage in this situation its definitely not the natives. the USA is the greatest source of goodness in human history? are you on crack? and none of what i said is nihilism. i dont know how you can defend nationalism, anyone who knew shit about history would be against nationalism.

[ErikNikolai]

@totz2 You know nothing about the natives. Study something other than Zimm's revisionist version of history. I'm thoroughly against nationalism, which is a rather silly collectivist concept. There should be open borders, free trade, zero protectionism, and no favorable treatment of any ethnic group. The USA is indeed the most moral nation in the history however, as it's the only nation which has truly protected individual rights and only used the military in defense of liberty.

[totz2]

@ErikNikolai so youre saying i know nothing about native history cuz i said they were more peaceful than the colonialists.. right... you dont seem to even know youre own history, youre deluded in thinking the US is the most moral nation in history, surely even canada has a more moral history, along with atleast 20 other countries.

[ErikNikolai]

@totz2 As President Andrew Jackson said:

"What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute, occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people, and filled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization, and religion?"

[ErikNikolai]

@totz2 "The idea that a handful of wild, half-naked, thieving, plundering, murdering savages should be dignified with the sovereign attributes of nations, enter into solemn treaties, and claim a country 500 miles wide by 1,000 miles long as theirs in fee simple, because they hunted buffalo or antelope over it, might do for a beautiful reading of Hiawatha, but is unsuited to the intelligence and justice of this age, or the natural rights of mankind."

[ErikNikolai]

@totz2 "All history and honest observation will show that the Red Man is a skulking coward and a windy braggart, who strikes without warning—usually from an ambush or under cover of night, and nearly always bringing a force of about five or six to one against his enemy; kills helpless women and children, and massacres the men in their beds; then brags about it as long as he lives, and his son and his grandson after him glorify it among the "heroic deeds of their ancestors."" -Mark Twain

[ErikNikolai]

@totz2 "I suppose I should be ashamed to say that I take the Western view of the Indian. I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn't like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian." - Theodore Roosevelt

[ErikNikolai]

@totz2 All men of sane and wholesome thought must dismiss with impatient contempt the plea that these continents should be reserved for the use of scattered savage tribes, whose life was but a few degrees less meaningless, squalid, and ferocious than that of the wild beasts with whom they held joint ownership. -Theodore Roosevelt

[ErikNikolai]

@totz2 "Indians have nothing human except the shape. The gradual extension of our settlements will as certainly cause the savage, as the wolf, to retire; both being beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape." - George Washington

[ErikNikolai]

@totz2 Before the founding of the United States there was no true liberty; there was feudalism, absolute monarchy and the Inquisition. The American Revolution had a worldwide influence, especially in Europe. It did, among other things, spark the French Revolution. In less than 200 years with relatively free markets, the U.S. skyrocketed past all ancient nations such as China, and became the worlds most prosperous nations, bringing more people out of poverty than ever before in recorded history.