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I filmed this exact same video in 2014,

but a lot has happened since then.

So I went out and filmed a new, updated

2019 version, asking Australians what they

think of America.

Are you Australian?

Yes I am.

What do you think of the United States

of America?

I don't know, they're a bit of a joke.

It's alright.

It's a solid five out of ten.

I don't mind it. I've been a couple of

times. It's nice, I don't know about to

live in, but to visit it's a nice place.

Bigger is better.

I love America, it's cool.

America is great.

Yeah? Why do you say that?

Well, actually can I be honest.

They're very lucky. The place is basically

as big as Australia except instead of

desert, they just got lush, green

wilderness from one side of the country to

the other.

Pretty crazy politics. A lot happening

there. Way too much to unpack.

Just pretty hectic.

It's a bit messy. Their whole political

state is a bit out of control at

the moment.

But it seems like an interesting place to

be. I don't know if I'd live there, but

it'd be a good place to holiday,

in my opinion.

Yeah, I agree.

At the moment, I think it's in decline.

I think their society is declining, social

fabric is breaking down.

I was actually planning, I don't know if

other people have this but I really want

to travel to America but with all the

gun laws and violence and all that stuff

that's happening. You know, the shootings

on the news all the time. That kind of

puts me off sometimes for travelling

there. I don't know if anyone else gets

that, but that's just what I think in

general. But I think other than that, it's

a really great place.

I think if America want to improve itself,

they should vote for Bernie Sanders.

I think, yes.

Getting political?

I am getting political. America would

solve a lot of its problems that we fixed

here in Australia by voting for Bernie

Sanders.

Well I think it's a fantastic country and

I've got some very good friends in

America, really good friends who I'm in

constant contact with.

Great! What do you think is the best thing

about the country?

I think that compared to Europe, they're

part of the New World just like we are

here in Australia.

The best thing about the country is the

nature. It's a beautiful wilderness there.

Just the national parks. Grand canyon.

That is such- I want to go there.

The best thing? Oh geez, they make some

pretty cracking films. The film industry.

A lot of cool stuff has come out of it.

Like companies, inventions, businesses,

stuff like that. Maccas.

Probably the amount of different variety

of food places and stuff. I've been there

a few times so it's pretty good there.

It seems like it has a lot of things to do

there, like there's a lot of entertainment

there. It doesn't seem like a place you

can get bored easily.

What do you think is the worst thing about

America?

The worst thing is Donald Trump and all of

his supporters.

Guns. Just guns.

America, their gun laws are so bad.

I feel like Donald Trump is making it

worse for you guys.

Probably the gun control and just the way

they run things, especially-

Yeah, the politics kind of, at least from

what I can see, I don't really follow too

much but it looks to be in shambles.

I heard the health care is really bad.

There is a lot of inequality over there.

Just between the poorest of the poor and

the richest of the rich.

They're very materialistic. Very

individualistic. Like everyone for

themselves, like you go there and people

just like dying on the streets and living

under bridges and no one like-

it seems like there's no community to help

each other.

There's a long list of problems with

America but I think maybe the news outlets

is a very big problem there, the news

cycle. Spread of information, bias. A lot

of the time even open bias.

Well I think the worst thing about the US

is how it's trying to change the rest of

the world and influencing other countries

overseas.

You could say that they're bullies.

They're bullies, they dominate a fair bit.

But as far as people are concerned,

I think that they're very democratic.

Have you ever met an American and what

impression did they give you?

Yeah, so I've travelled to the United

States like five times and I've got a few-

I don't, I find I either love them or

hate them. I have some really good friends

that are Americans and are like- yeah.

So I find there's no in between.

The American people I've met have all been

lovely. But whenever I've travelled

anywhere you can always tell there's a

group of American people just by how loud

and the accent, and you're like okay quiet

down a little bit, you know.

I don't know, they're sort of like us

Australians. There's nothing really

different about them apart from the accent

Yeah, I do like them. The only thing is

when they're talking, they get caught up

in the nitty-gritty of things. Like,

you're trying to say- you give an over

exaggeration as an Australian, like

everyone out here is being stupid and they

go come on dude, not everybody. Well no,

not everybody, of course. It's an over

exaggeration, they just didn't get the

context.

That was a great accent.

Do you think they're the best country in the

world? They claim they are.

Maybe at a time they were, but definitely

not now.

Yeah, I think it's true.

Why is that?

They're free. They've got it in their

national anthem, they're free.

No, they're not. They're a lot less

educated and they really love their guns.

Definitely not the best, no.

No, not at all. Definitely not.

No.

I don't even know if they'd be top ten.

Every country- ask most Australians,

they're going to say actually America is

so stupid they think they're the best

country in the world. They're stupid

because it's actually Australia that's the

best country in the world.

Every country is lovely.

Like it or not, they are the most

influential country in the world. For a

very long time after World War Two they

were the biggest super power, the only

super power. So I think a lot of their

issues get put under a microscope and a

lot of people forget that all countries

have these issues.

Final question, if an American was

watching this, what would you want to say

to them?

Um...

I pray for you, my friend.

I hope you guys are okay, is all I can say

I hope you're having a great life, I guess

and I'm sorry if we offend you in any way.

Sorry you have to pay for health care.

It's not your fault individually. But

collectively, definitely.

Except Jerry.

We know what you did.

What I would say to Americans is come on

down. Spend your money here in Australia

and have a great time. We're very similar

creatures. We both fought revolution

against the British, the only difference

is that the Americans kicked butt and the

English kicked our butt at the Eureka

Stockade, we lost. But apart from that,

we're very similar creatures to the

Americans. Very, very similar indeed.

God bless America.

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