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What 2025 permanently added to American culture

J.J. McCullough | October 9, 2026



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  1. @nabrzhunter

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    Funny, I haven’t heard much about USAID being gone in awhile. Maybe if it wasn’t being leveraged as an ideological tool of postmodernism it wouldn’t have had to go. Maybe the “left” ought think about that next time they capture a state institution.

  2. @nmnm2007100

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    At least for people my age and possibly younger (34), video games like Fortnite, "Comfy Games" like Animal Crossing, and any multiplayer games with voice chat were giant in 2020 and only mentioning Among Us is a disservice to just how big video games are in pop culture. My 50 something year old sister and cousins who don't even play games know about them

  3. @alicekalasouski4744

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    I would say at least with Nick Fuentes he the 2020s equivalent of George Lincoln Rockwell. Rockwell was a far right American neo Nazi during the American Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. He really hated MLK Jr for being pro desegregation and want America to remain segregated. He really liked and respected Malcom X who was also pro segregation. I would say a lot of the stuff Fuentes argues is very similar to the things Rockwell was going back in the 1960s. Keeping America white or mostly white in Fuentes case.

  4. @billowspillow

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    I'm not sure if that take on USAID was dishonesty or ignorance. At the absolute worst, USAID was a kickback channel for politicians and their allies. At the absolute BEST, USAID was nation building and control. To represent it as "aid" as if it was some kind if charity tells me you didn't spend two minutes doing actual research on it.

  5. @SeabooUsMultimedia

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    Unlike the Canadian government the US government actually hasn't they've only discontinued the circulating Penny because they're still required to mince them Penny by law because Congress will never bother updating the laws like it's still being minted in 2026 alongside the half dollar coin and the dollar coin which are only produced for the collectors Market.

  6. @AnonymousVenator

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    Ngl. I've not seen USAID mentioned once for months these point lol. Also, didn't alot of the non-undeserved/egregious use of taxpayer money get shifted unto the State Department itself rather than entirely shelved like the more ridiculous uses?

  7. @Dickipedia_Inc

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    🚨You are so out of touch with average America, it's embarrassing 🤦‍♂️ Maybe understand what you're talking about, before you simp for some completely fabricated progressive ideology. To just declare the suffering and potential killing of millions, with zero evidence is pure ignorance 🚫 Especially when you're so thoroughly uninformed about what USAID even was 🤨 Exclaiming a soft power/intelligence apparatus(responsible for actual wars & death), to be some noble financial assistance program is almost comical, if it weren't so incredibly irresponsible and disingenuous. Rather than letting emotions manipulate reality and logic, try actually educating yourself with facts and evidence… to see if your absurd allegations hold even the slightest proof⁉️ You should feel insulted, that dishonest, influential organizations have no problem exploiting your feelings, weaponizing your empathy and compassion to expand their power and control‼️ Do better, I can tell from watching your channel that you’re not stupid 🤔

  8. @anonyarena

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    US Citizen here…and I've sincerely never even heard of this "Hasan" guy AT ALL. And I watch lots of Youtubers on the Left: I've seen Parker Getajob, Dean Withers, Keith Edwards, Brian Tyler Cohen, Chris Mowery, Harry Sisson, Luke Beasley, Brett Rowley, David Pakman, Adam Mockler, Robert Reich, Ben Meisalis, Michael Popock, Farron Cousins, Jack Cocchiarella, Erin Ryan, Alyssa Mastromonaco. Mary Trump, and the three brothers; Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas, and Jordy Meiselas. But who the heck is this "Hasan" guy? Never heard of him.

  9. @nomisanthropy

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    I find it so odd that a Canadian simps to American culture so hard. It's like it's beyond you to even consider what Canadian culture added to the 2020s. It's really sad that all of the ugly of American culture in 2025 were completely ignored. You honestly think the racist "good genes" add was a permanent installation in American culture? And not even tackled with a critical eye. Also, Charli XCX is British, not American.

  10. @jg36

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    The government of the United States of America exists for the people of the of the United States of America, millions of whom still live in poverty. Why should any of our resources be sent overseas to help foreigners instead of our own people? It's a noble thing to help others, but a father who lets his own children go hungry to feed the neighbors has his priorities out of order. That's setting aside the fraud, of course.

  11. @aidanmcnabb4816

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    I think an incredibly important change was META relaxing its moderation on Facebook and instagram in January 2025. In my perspective this paved the way for more extreme pundits to enter the mainstream discourse

  12. @srajandikshit7590

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    Quite conviniently ignored how USAID had huge role in coupd and foreign intervention. There was a reason State Dept was so involved in their activities. It was just regime change via NGOs. So no it was not as big moral force. You could use that money to better donate to UNICEF

  13. @ReyNG8

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    always liked you and will continue to. as a gen z canadian in his 20’s i have to disagree with you strongly about fuentes and that being said i do think that gen z men and woman growing more and more in his base will prove to be many of the smartest influential people in the coming decades including himself

  14. @tedkarp3142

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    Some big additions to the 2025 cultural cannon would be

    The end of the war in Palestine. And the starvation campaign.

    Epstein

    Corporations removing “wokeness” from their values

    The concept of brain rot broke into the mainstream

    And didn’t Canada get a new PM, eh? This cements the legacy of Justin Trudeau.

    Although not immediately visible, I think the impact of the media corporation mergers will be felt. Also the end of federal funding for public media.

    Generally this feels like the time for widespread adoption of the post postmodern moment

  15. @DavidDarling-k7u

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    ok so chat gpt has been trying to recommend right leaning channels so I can understand where people are coming from. I went through quite a bit till I got your channel, the only that sucks is it appears your channel seems to not provide input on things I would be curious about, but at least I found one channel not stuffed with nonsense… subscribed

  16. @cruel.nebula1741

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    in the sports world, i feel like 2025 will be seen as the start of a new era in men’s tennis between sinner and alcaraz. even though tennis itself isn’t the most popular here, i feel like the federer-nadal rivalry was able to break through in ways that the sinner-alcaraz rivalry will do so too over the next few years

  17. @freopt

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    Not all of these deserve a spot but yk
    Bad Bunny
    Morgan Wallen
    Benson Boone
    IShowSpeed
    Zohran Mamdani
    Five Nights at Freddys
    Myles Garrett
    Shai Gilgeous Alexander
    Carlos Alcaraz/Jannik Sinner
    Curt Cignetti/Indiana football
    Shohei Ohtani (maybe you did him before)
    Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce engagement
    Taylor Swift backlash
    Elon Musk backlash
    AI backlash/slop
    Wicked
    Pedro Pascal
    Instagram Reels popularity
    Roblox popularity
    Minecraft movie
    Epstein files
    Kash Patel
    Pam Bondi
    Karoline Leavitt
    Kristi Noem
    Stephen Miller
    Pete Hegseth
    67
    Druski
    Labubus
    Generation Beta
    Italian Brainrot
    Gulf of America
    War of the Worlds
    American public opinion of Israel

    And for 2026 we already have
    Maduro
    ICE killing
    Stranger Things ending
    +
    World Cup
    Olympics (maybe)
    Avengers Doomsday
    Midterm elections
    GTA VI
    Death of you know who 🙏

  18. @iambigdeal4175

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    The USAID situation is truly the worst single-action taken by a president in my 34 year lifetime. 700,000 starvations and counting (2/3 of which are children). Meanwhile, Trump also gutted medicaid and got into trade wars at the financial expense of American citizens all to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. If you wrote a movie with our timeline as the plot people would call it over-the-top and not believable. Astounding stuff.

  19. @tjosiahhaynes

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    I'm so sorry. Nick Fuentes? No. You are too online. USAID? Dept of State is still managing health, humanitarian, and disaster response functions that USAID did. And, interesting you didn't mention that Trump, despite being "more aggressive," is more popular than ever – both compared to himself and other presidents at this time in their second terms.

  20. @Chasingfredo

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    The way you call Hassan “reliable” and boil down Nick to a typical r*cist . Tells me where you stand. How about you be honest actually look up his views. I don’t agree with him on much but if you sit here and act like there’s something deeper that people are resonating with. You’re intellectually dishonest. Shame on you JJ

  21. @overseer7004

    October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am

    Us aid was and remains evil, propogandize all you want. Pennies on the million actually went to real aid. Almost all was a racket to pay into an international political machine

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