America Is Insane.

Guns and puppies. I should commit a crime. Listen guys, America is a very insane country. Let me explain why. Today I'm outside of the bull over in Wall Street. Look at all the tourists. You know, this represents American capitalism, the stock market, the power that America has. But yo, I got to tell you, America is just a wild, wild place. Cuz I've been thinking about it more as I've been traveling more. Also, my brother David, he obviously lives abroad right now in Bangkok. So obviously I I've been definitely having a lot more like outsider thoughts lately. Reason number one is that America's patchwork state laws are insanely different from one another. Number two is America loves criminals. And number three, America's still the best at a lot of things. So let's talk about reason number one. You know, they call it the United States of America. And yeah, we're all kind of united. Like Taylor Swift sells out in every city, but that's really about it. You can buy a militaryra AR-15 in a lot of states faster than you can adopt a dog. like, "Hey buddy, you want a AR-15? You know, I'm let me do a little background check." Oh, you're good to go. Here you go. Oh, I'm sorry. You want to adopt a dog? Well, you know, we're going to have to need the application process. We're going to interview you. Then you're going to Zoom call us from your home and then you're going to come in and meet the dog. And just in case you make the dog go crazy, you can't have your puppy. What some laws say that might make you a patriot literally makes you a felon in the next state. basically where you can buy a gun, buy weed, get an abortion, and what the age and consent is is so wildly different from state to state. And literally, yeah, you can just cross over a state line. There's no border, there's no checking, there's no customs you have to go through. It's just you just cross a state line and it's completely different. And so that's why when people say, yeah, it's really like a patchwork. You know, we're not actually made of the same thing, but we are sewn together. And by the way, this diversity of the state laws, I do believe is a beautiful, beautiful thing. But it's also very, very complicated. By the way, loves tacos. Number one, some of the best tacos in New York. Just face it. You know, it's true. Funny enough, I was walking past this building and I smelled this like, you know, spicy chicken like flavorful herbaceious aroma. And then I was like, "Yo, what am I smelling? What spot is this?" I look up and it's Chipotle. I mean, listen, you don't think it's insane that you can carry around a AR-15 in public in Texas and Arizona, but then if you even bring that gun into California state lines, you're a felon and it's a crime. So, obviously, not all states see crimes the same, and all states are pretty different. I'm not saying there's a right or wrong answer, but I will tell you this, as much as people want self-defense out in New York City, if everybody had a gun, it would be kind of an insane place, especially with this density of people. I guess those are the two things that America loves, guns and puppies. So, they love the guns so you can have all the guns you want, but then they love the puppies so that they got to background check you and make sure you're not going to be an abusive dog parent. And my point number two is America loves criminals. And right behind me is Wall Street where some of the finest criminals in the world operate. I'm just kidding, man. I'm a capitalist. Go invest in the spy. QQQ. Do whatever you need to do. I'm just kidding. America loves criminals, especially if you have money and you're charismatic. So, this is a really funny thing that America does is like I think we love like police. We love the heroes. We love the firefighters. We love like judging people and trials and justice. We love it. But then we also love criminals and we love redemption stories. And we love people who have fallen to the bottom, committed crimes, hurt other people. They've fallen to the bottom, but yet they bounce back up and become famous. Like basically, the bigger the crime, the better the Netflix documentary is. I mean, just think of all the criminals, killers, fraudsters who have gotten actually more famous after it happened. Or even people who everybody knew did the crime but still got off free and then still managed to have a career in media. Man, those crows, pigeons were flying fast. You know what else I learned randomly about pigeons is that those pigeons are not native to North America. They were brought over by the Dutch. Let me be very, very clear here. I am not saying people do not deserve second chances. We've all gotten second chances in life. We've all made mistakes and someone compassionate forgave us. But I just don't know if the crime should give you clout instead of the cuffs. And then once you're out of the cuffs, you get more clout and you get street credit. And it kind of made me think, what is the historical context for all this? Considering America was built on a rebellion originally and also the Wild Wild West was also just a bunch of criminals running around but also building a lot of stuff in the West Coast. And then not only that, I do think it has to do with capitalism and the entrepreneurial spirit of failing up. Uh yeah, I mean also Hollywood kind of promotes it. So it's really just a really glorified thing to do is to be a criminal. Like actually to be cool in America, you kind of have to do a crime. Maybe that's why I'm not cool enough. I should commit a crime. I'm going to steal something. All right. All right. That's not the crime that I wanted to commit. Okay. That's not really going to give me the clout that I need for the next step of my career. Yeah. Criminals, comeback stories, redemption. People love it. They love it more than if you were just good your entire time. Cuz if you are just a goody two shoe your entire time, you did everything right. You're corny. Point number three is despite all this, America is still the best at a lot of stuff. Okay, maybe affordable healthcare is not the one. and maybe average test scores as far as math and science goes. Probably not it, but best fast food, best coffee, best uh expensive vegan soap, best fries, best multinational chains, best athletes, best sports in general, best military, best universities, most exported pop culture, best music. Still a lot of the big and best tech companies are coming from America. Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia. Best career mobility. It's probably still the best country for an hardworking immigrant who's locked in to come here and really raise themsel up levels within just a span of like 10 years. Definitely the best Asian-American YouTubers. 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