 Late night show host Jimmy Kimmel has just called America disgusting after visiting Japan for the first time Let's run the clip traveling to Japan. I realized that this place this USA We're always chatting about is a filthy and disgusting We were in Japan for seven days Not only did I not encounter a single dirty bathroom the bathrooms in Tokyo and Kyoto are cleaner than our operating rooms here Everywhere you go the bathrooms are clean. They don't smell bad They have those toilets that wash it from the inside out And not just in a hotel restaurants bars trucks. I went to two truck stops I swear to God the bathrooms cleaner than Jennifer Garner's teeth the clean Beautiful and it's not just the bathroom. There's no litter. They clean up after themselves It's like the whole country is Disneyland and we're living at Six Flags Boom and or this is making headline news, of course a lot of conservative commentators have picked it up But it just went viral in general. Let's read the headline Jimmy Kimmel says his trip to Japan last week made him realize that the US is a filthy and Disgusting country Andrew. He went on to call Japan Disneyland whereas America is Six Flags Anyway, guys, we're gonna break it down. Make sure you like subscribe turning your notifications Check out small eyes sauce small eyes sauce calm. It is available for pre-order Andrew This is a pretty basic assumption, right? Like anybody who's been to Japan just watch one of those 4k walkthroughs of any part of Japan You could notice this to be true, but I guess why did this go so viral? Is it because Jimmy Kimmel is just a big late-night show host and him saying it is different than somebody else Well, I actually have a theory and my theory is this as America gets worse People are gonna be looking at places like Japan or maybe the Netherlands things that Seem to run a lot better and they're always gonna compare that to America But I think it's funny that Jimmy Kimmel is this famous this rich and just realize this at this age But I think it isn't because he had never been to Japan before though Like I noticed a lot more people are going to Japan in 2024 like we've known this because we're Asian Yeah, I'm saying the non-Asians are just finding out about it because they're they're making their first tips trips to Japan this year Well tons of non-Asians have actually known But I think this more speaks on Jimmy Kimmel and how he how untraveled he is if he's just making this joke now now I don't really know what the precedent is. I think it's just because there's so much talk about America getting worse There's more homelessness. There's more. There's less laws. There's more lawlessness So that's why everybody wants to bring up Japan even though we all know Japan has its own problems So I don't know. I think it's I just think it It came out of nowhere Yeah, I agree with you and I think that Jimmy Kimmel almost represents this guy who came from the man show who was like almost like a Really Middle America guy who became moved to LA probably started meeting Japanese people who said yeah I will set up a trip for you in Tokyo and then he probably was like, oh, okay Yeah, I'm far from my man show days and then he has this realization to your point. Um, obviously Japan is different on so many fundamental different levels You can't even write all them write write all of them down Andrew There might be a thousand reasons But of course maybe the conservative commentators that are roasting Jimmy Kimmel who's a big liberal Andrew are gonna point out Some reasons but ignore other reasons, right? So that's one thing of that. I've noticed I'll say this man. Japan is so different. The kids are safe going shopping by themselves when they're like 10 11 12 years old I mean Andrew the kids take down all their custodian duties at school They don't even really have janitors the kids clean the school. So it's already completely different their level of collectivism their level of pride for their country just Japan is the cleanest place. I've ever been on planet Earth, right? So I guess what I'm saying is is I always think it's interesting the way America looks up to like for example, Japan They look up to Germany when they fought wars against Japan in Germany in World War two. Is that weird? Oh, they didn't just fight wars. They bombed Japan So this place that you love so much or that you Admire so much in a weird way that you're like, oh my gosh Japan so clean. It's such a peaceful society You like well you nuked it. Yeah, and that's what Godzilla minus one is about but Godzilla in general is about the aftermath of the nukes. Right. Yeah I mean also a lot of people are pointing out 99% conviction rates and in the judicial system in Japan If you get charged with a crime in Japan, they have a 99% conviction rate of guilty. Yeah Also nuclear families right now as of 2020 54.2% of Japanese families have a dad a mother living in the same house as the child in America It is dropped to 37% So obviously it's different in a lot of different ways I will say this though if you look at Japan and Taiwan and Singapore these are three island countries in Asia that have similar metrics like Japan's metrics Taiwan's metrics and Singapore's metrics are similar really low crime Good economics. They produce a lot of valuable things that the rest of the world needs But I'll tell you this. I noticed that in Japan and Taiwan That the number one thing holding everybody together is almost like the culture and the pride But I think Singapore achieves it through rules There's like to there's I guess what I'm saying is there's multiple methods to the same outcomes I think that in general though like taking a side a race aside like oh It's because Japan's a homogenous society. So yeah, we should make America homogenous homogenous society You see that comment on that Yeah, but I'm just saying like there's just no guns and drugs in any of these places in Singapore Taiwan or Japan There's no guns or drugs very very hard to find. Oh and now violence is heavily heavily heavily punished Yes, heavily punished hard punishment on guns drugs and crime of violent crimes like crazy punishment So it's like and they study math a lot You can't even imagine how different it is so for people to be like tall jeez. I went to Japan and it was different. I'm like Duh Yeah, it's different on a trillion levels guys How do you rank them on your pie chart distribution in terms of weighted metrics could be different and of course It's gonna be dependent on your own personal bias as well Let's get in the comments section Somebody said America is filthy disgusting and fatter than anywhere else on earth and a lot of people were arguing about that I'll say this America In a way Andrew is such an exciting country, but it's so disgusting given the GDP per capita Like it's not really disgusting compared to everywhere on earth But I think considering how rich America is and where it could be for some reason people are allowed to like Explore their worst impulses, right? Somebody said maybe if we set aside our differences and work together under other people were more optimistic about America coming back from these From this downside, what do you think? Man, yeah, I mean for sure we need to work together better. Yeah, I mean some people think America's wash some people think we can come back Well, who knows I it depends The truth is man, no leadership is gonna save you. It's on your own personal agency you and your own community Somebody said love it or leave it get out Jimmy Kimmel you you want to be Japanese so bad go be that one song I think I'm turning Japanese from the 90s, huh? I just wish that every time someone Criticized America, which I think it's totally fine to criticize America and you should but you should also in turn do one thing That is supposed to help America, but we can't even decide on what's gonna help America. Yeah, that's true Matt Walsh who is a really big conservative commentator said isn't that funny that Jimmy Kimmel wants to prevent America from doing any of The things that would be necessary to clean it up because it's such a mess But Jimmy and the left are soft on crime and we need to come hard on crime dude Listen, I'll tell you this everybody's focusing on like their like issues that they can strike points with in an election year Everything matters culture matters a conviction rates matter Just how we're raising kids in school to like lean into or not lean into their impulses It all matters and you know, like we said Japan is incredibly different I'll say the two overlooked aspects that people don't understand and are in the West about East Asia in general is one shame and Collectivism I do not think they understand that shame and collectivism drive a lot of things and yes those things may have an impact on the suicide rate and things like that and It kind of leads me Andrew to this Thomas soul quote. That's really famous saying there are no solutions There are only trade-offs politics allows people to vote for the impossible Which may be one reason why politicians are often more popular than economists who keep reminding people that there is no free lunch There are no solutions only trade-offs. You try to get the best trade-off that you can that's all you can hope for Listen, is it a is it a matter of trade-offs in America? I mean it definitely feels that way obviously if you raise taxes and give the poor more money That's good in a way, but it also hurts other people and then businesses and the rich people who run the businesses Don't like it and then they pull out and what if they leave America and yada yada yada and all this stuff So there's just trade-offs to everything right? Yeah, I mean ultimately I think it's really interesting that Jimmy Kimmel said this I don't think he had a lot of deep intellectual rigor behind this statement But it's true It is true like if Japan is Disneyland and you know how well run Disneyland is America's certainly like six flags It's way more messy. You might find just like a pretzel or a churro randomly by the Ferris wheel. Well, you know what if Jimmy Kimmel said this to go viral to make a joke obviously But to also get people to think about What could be done in America and And this state that America's in then I guess that is what a comedian is supposed to do right They're supposed to bring up harsh truths in a funny way Would also have them stick with you. Yeah, I think that it is certainly is sticking It's going along with the overall narrative right now Let me know what you guys think in the comment section below guys listen man I always say this people just need to understand there's not really as much as people think there's always right things and wrong things It's all gear boxes and like a watch or like a car and how the pistons fit with like the rotor and stuff like that It's not really about all this is a good rotor a bad rotor Is it the right rotor for that piston to keep the system flowing anyway guys? Let us know what you think in the comment section below until next time with a hop-hop was we out peace