What 2025 permanently added to American culture
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@JJMcCullough
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
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@caesaraugustusmaximus
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
11:39 Wrong. USAID was not managed well and many NGOs used the money to push the Left's agenda rather than actually helping people.
@americanloyalist458
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Why didnt you mention the left celebrating kirk death?
@Kowynnieee
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Hasan is barely a communist. He's a democratic socialist at most. He's not radical enough that he wouldn't get press.
@roflchopter11
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
11:34 USAID was always just the medium-firm arm of the CIA.
@jaykob1968
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Who gives a fuck
@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.
@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
@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.
@Orxngejulius
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
You’re my favorite teacher 🥹
@mrpickles7812
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Smiling friends was pretty big this decade too, I think
@KittySnicker
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Hearing about Fuentes makes me gag. And those “alpha” bros can go to hell too
@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.
@cosmicrevolt7476
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
With men, I would say The Weeknd would be a big musician for 2020's
@forwardslash1
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
2:53 So far, Tyler the Creator and Kendrick Lamar have both had pretty good decades (though by no means are either of them breakout stars)
@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.
@pubert_
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Cam here from the Chon Digital shout out, great video!
@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?
@joshsobchak9902
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
I would also include Chadwick Boseman as a recent dramatic death of a famous person.
@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 🤔
@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.
@ni1ith587
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
lol nothing.
@morgancasey5783
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Not my blind ass thinking JJ was incorporating some tasteful gray GIGANTIC swoosh with the hair for like the first 30 seconds of periodic glances. Wooooow that’s a hat 😂
@ErikGonzalez-q3p
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! JJ!!! YOUR VIDEOS ABOUT COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES ARE INCREDIBLE!!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🎆🎇🎆🎇2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣
@splint1872012
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
If America invades Canada i bet you jj will be a collaborator
@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.
@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.
@randomassname445
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Was the year America reached a new level of stupid.
@beaucacho
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
the hair, the tilted hat, the background of silly children's toys… what kind of millennial hell channel is this?
@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
@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
@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
@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
@zebra1327
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
That's a wild view of Christian nationalist and racist Charlie Kirk
@Vesda09
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
2:19 laughs in deltarune
@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
@zanedouglas3011
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
The foreigner complaining about the embezzlement agency is crazy
@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
@eastcoasttone3952
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Damn looking back 2025 was pretty ass for America
@HumaneVitae1968
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
I hate White Lotus so much I hope Mike White is the first boot on Survivor 50 so bad
@Pyromystic92
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
USAID was a scam
@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 🙏
@jhonlo-m3x
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Hasan Piker is a democratic socialist.
@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.
@SovrantyThruChrist
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Forrest Frank
@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.
@gabrielhathaway4234
October 9, 2026 at 10:26 am
Woah, Philip Roth is your favorite author too! I got hooked on Letting Go
@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
@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