Who Owns The Statue of Liberty?
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I claim Liberty Island as an overseas territory of Arizona
I claim Liberty island as a colony of Colorado
Lol... Clearly Hawaii owns those islands
I’d say they're apart of Canada.
French statue, French territory. Vive le France.
??? We all know it's the last remaining part of the ottoman empire.
Only grey could make the civil war look like an argument between two Girl Scout troops
😂😂😂😂
It wasn't?!?
Clearly, you haven't seen anime. They made the Japanese Imperial Navy look lovable.
This realization makes the video more fun to watch.
alice li I thought it was!
“If you don’t share the doll I will guarantee both of you that I will take it back” Love: Aunt France 🇫🇷
@@a-e3654 what
@@a-e3654 There is no stronger military in countries that own thermonuclear bombs just 2 devastated countries
@@ommsterlitz1805 that didn't make sense bruv
@@commanderdoom9192 I think he meant "Between 2 countries with thermonuclear bombs there is no stronger military just 2 devastated countries" basically if countries have atomic bombs both of them can destroy the other so neither of them have a stronger military.
@@a-e3654 Vietnam enters the chat.
4:59 The US calling France a bitch is my favourite CGP Grey easter egg yet.
"Breaking news: A video from youtuber sensationalist CGP Grey has just sparked a new legal battle between New Jersey and New York over who own The Statue of Liberty's gift shop"
Soon, Soon.
it doesn't matter who owns the statue. whoever owns the gift shop makes money off the statue and whoever owns the statue spends money maintaining the statue
so does the gift shop have New York sales tax or New Jersey sales tax??
@Bruht but multiple parties can profit off a tourist attraction just by being close regardless of actual ownership, a new gift shop potentially means half the profit, though half is better than none.
Wait, let me grab some popcorn.
"Possibly because neither state has noticed" CGP, Are you trying to start a war with this video...
Maybe
Some men just want to watch the world burn
just so you know that glitch in 4:59 had France say "The F stands for forever you idiot", and America replied "You pretentious bitch I hate you forever" pretty neat huh
Emmanuel Prado eat your cereal
As a New Yorker, i shall go get the guns ready for war.
"You know what would be on the New Jersey side? The gift shop." Grey... You could have very well plunged all of New England into civil war if any body with actual political power had been watching the video in that moment.
Breaking News: Civil War between New Jersey and New York uprising, the reason is due to question of who own the..... gift shop or liberty island????
Breaking News: New England breaks into civil war over land dispute completely outside New England
@@nate_storm Am I missing something? Are NY and NJ not parts of what's considered "New England"?
@@hhiippiittyy Yeah neither of them are New England. New England is Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
@@nate_storm Cool, ty. I always thought it went all the way down to Pennsylvania. TIL otherwise.
I like how fireworks go off every time Grey says "Liberty Island".
Ah yes new york logic, the Hudson totally doesn’t flow out to sea like every other river in the world, it just takes a quick detour around Staten Island
logic is contextual when you have the power to state what logic means.
I'm assuming that electricity in New York follows the path of highest resistance.
@@Cenentury0941 in New York escalator rides you! …what?
@@warrcoww6717 We’re reaching fetish levels that shouldn’t even be possible!
may pog
You have insanely expressive stick figures.
Riffi the Camel 141st like
It's cause he's added fingers and eyebrows on his models. Even in his newest video, he's added animation.
I’m ur 1k like. Be thankful. 😝
Drew Mckinnon no one cares.
Except himself
As a U.K citizen, this one got me: 'We have yet to talk about the squabble over the land, below the water, yes really.'
I agree, gift shops are WAY more important than ANY statue could ever be.
Grey: You know what would be on the New Jersey side? Me: oh no Grey: The gift shop. Me: *oh no*
Last time i was there they were building a new gift shop
BRO NOTHINgS BAD ABOUT THE GIFT SHOP. I LIVE IN NJ >:(
@@kowciller bringing in the heat
I just Googled and found that the sales taxes from the gift shop go to New York. Do with that as you will.
@@kingnothing3523 Ugh, Can’t NJ and NY just go to war already?
“Who owns the Statue of Liberty?” Me who is incredibly smart: America
America= North America+South America USA=United States
@@CJMapping The Americas = North America + South America = América America = USA = Estadounidense América ≠ America "América", the continent, does not exist in English. What you're referring to is "The Americas." When speaking English, "America" only refers to the USA.
@@CJMapping yeah fun fact no. Well sort of yes we are both right but your point has no valid ground. In the USA and most of the English world there is seven continents America not being one of them, instead America is known as the country. In parts of the non English world there is 6 (or less) continents America referring one of them instead of the country. Neither is wrong because continents are arbitrary so people can call the USA America all they wish.
@@revilsanjiani146 no the liberty is on land not liberty Island
It technically belongs to france
"Whoop NO! New York would tell the court to get bent!" I love this
I find the image at 3:12 of a little girl flipping off the Supreme Court incredibly entertaining
That moment when you realize cgp grey made a 7.5 minute long video just to start an argument between New York and New Jersey over who owns a gift shop
What would we do without him?! :]
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To be fair, it’s a pretty important gift shop
@@mitchlmitten5874 I bet you it's less than 1/10 of NYC's gift shop revenue. As for the State... less than 1/100.
So, where does the money (consequently tax as well) from the gift shop currently go to? Is it NY?
I like to imagine that if the world's oceans all dried up, New Jersey would technically own all of it as part of this pact and become a megastate as the ensuing apocalypse began.
oh my god
@@Luingus my thoughts exactly
New Jersey just figured out how to become the biggest state
“Not so small *NOW,* am I?”
@@Luingus global warming plot......
2:14 I never thought I'd see a subtle all your base reference.
Love how Grey made New Jersey and New York like a sisters’ rivalry
Supreme Court: how did the island get bigger? New York: idk
On trash
New Jersey: uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I mean, how does anything get anything, when it comes down to it, y'know?
I made it 1K
New york: *d i r t*
'England said, "Whatever, your problem now," and left the colonies to 300 years of squabbling.' Haha that is so like England.
England: am I forgeting something. New Jersey and New York: my Islands! (Add verbatum for 300 years)
Brits draw bad borders
@Nathaniel Tesfaye that's the point
British Dennis the Menace > the US one :-P .
Not really. The Indians were squabbling over everything before the British came, and resumed as soon as they left. With all those caste & religious problems, it was inevitable.
It should be noted that NY, especially in the late 1700s/early 1800s, was probably so hell bent on holding on to as much territory as possible because they had just lost Vermont and didn’t want to lose more land (likely especially in fear that the rest of its upstate land could leave).
Your videos are so perfectly hilarious! I love all the little hints and nudges to *major* problems in history. People like you make me want to learn history rather than avoid it :)
"I took some sovereign dirt from my state and put it in the water. So it's technically mine." -China, also New York
Yup seems right
Oh, shoot! That is the same strategy! Except, they drench the sea around those corals and don't technically use their own soil from the Mainland. Still good observation.
@Long schlong It's just coronavirus, one word which is a class of viruses that include the common cold.
maxis2k Seems right. At least NY isn't arming it with weapons!
@@FunnyMemes-dr3se *for now
"When New Jersey asked "why dont we split the river," New York answered "why dont you make me" is this not literally America's policy towards everything
@@You-pk6jh bitch
You shit Make me
Well, New York is called the Empire State for a reason.
@@You-pk6jh Why don't you make her
Where are my taxes from those piers?
I love how Grey put on a second pair of glasses to read the unreadable cursive
I just want to say I particularely love those brief frame gags at the "bffs forever" part.
I love that France was about to correct "bffs, forever" being redundent
France actually did correct. :D Watch again with .25x speed. there's one frame you can only see in slow speed.
@@kashifkhoso4356 Thank you, this has made my day!
France: The F stands for ‘Forever’, you idiot. USA: You pretentious bitch. I hate you. Forever.
I see it as Best French-speaking Friends Forever
@@pallasathena1555 Yass
3:20 America's hand is moving towards her pistol...
D E T A I L S
Why did I NEVER notice this until now...and why didn’t i make the connection what “settle the matter privately” actually meant
And New York is looking down at it, taking note.
Highlight enforce
Ummmm... let's not talk about the darker part that some of us may think.
I find it so fascinating that if you're willing to do the digging, there are no simple answers.
The bit with “BFFs, France, BFFs Forever!” Got me, didn’t expect *that* from you, Grey. Lmao
New Jersey is going to cite this video in their court case. Watch.
they dont wan ppl to know they got bodied so hard
lol
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Lol
#CalledIt
I just noticed that at 3:20 the U.S. is slowly reaching for the gun.
'Murica.
Thank you for pointing that out. What a brilliant detail. I like how New York also looks down at the gun partway through the conversation.
@@Victuracor makes sense considering the current state of New York gun laws
how did i never know this
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes...
6:10 "How Ellis Island grew three sizes..." I see what you did there. Nice The Grinch Who Stole Christmas reference.
i love that you can hear him smiling when he says “the gift shop”
Grey might have just started the second civil war by pointing out that gift shop.
It shall be fought with territorial acquisition via dirt-dumping
"Class, today we shall learn about the Second U.S. Civil War, begun in the year 2018 when a snarky American living in England posted a video to the internet. Open your tablets to chapter 23."
And 100 years from now someone will go "who would have known.."
@@Crick1952 *virtual reality simulations*
I wanna like this but you're on 420, I don't wanna be the one to ruin that.
1:01 At long last: the glasses behind the glasses.
It's Master Chief all over again.
The glasses behind the glasses behind the glasses
Under this glasses, is another glasses ^u^ pretty cool eh?
No you have it wrong those are the cameras from which the robot that is Gray looks
He's gonna pin this.
I didn't even know that the statue of liberty had ownership. I always just thought it was owned by the state as a whole since you know, the french sorta gave it to them. It never occurred to me exactly what state owned it. Thanks for the video.
4:59, I'm still glad that I found this little secret scene.
_"And so the fight for _*_The Giftshop_*_ began"_ ...
I'm lowkey hoping Grey opened a can of worms
The Giftshop Wars
That's the most American thing I've ever heard of.
"Capitalism, yeehaw!"
‘Technically correct in the most pointless kinda way’ is my favourite kind of correct
"Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct. The best kind of correct."
SKYRIM IS FOR THE NORDS oops sorry wrong land debate
Mine as well hahaha
Describes me perfectly. Technically correct in the most pointless kinda way.
I really like how cute but also simple your characters are
I love this rivalry between the two states. It's like two brothers fighting over who gets to play on the xbox next.
New Jersey: *watches video* NJ: *sees they technically own the gift shop* NJ: *starts shaking*
NJ: *begins Second Civil War*
Me: *ENLISTS BECAUSE I LIVE HERE*
Give me Liberty or give me death!
As a new jersian I’ll fight in the civil war for that gift shop 🤣 I’ve been there they got pretty good ice cream across the pavement.
i missed you so much grey
Are you not aware of the like 20 episodes of his podcasts he posted since the last video
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah he's back
Hikaru Yoroi where can you see his podcasts?
He's back
Daddy is back
4:54 slow it down to 25% speed
Here because of NJ v NY in the supreme court '23.
This will be the first time a youtube video of stick figures will be used as evidence in the supreme court
i wish you were right
Vash, what do you mean
"Let the record show that the Prosecution is hiding the comments so as to preserve the sanity of the Court."
"Your honor, I plead you to accept these video and stick-figure as depictions of the chain of incidents, if flow-chart are acceptable, by merit the stick-figure must deemned adequate representation as flow-chart, and lovely to look at, as additions of proof to NY transgression toward New Jersey!" -Plaintiff (NJ) counsel.
I only now noticed but the subtle hand movement of America towards her holster at 3:24 onwards - and New York getting the gist of it with a very quick look - is genius!
That one is really tricky to get
Omg I didn't even notice
America gun
@@JellyAntz gun america
@Nicholas Natale guneria
Well, this explains the beef NY had with NJ when it came to grading flags...
This is the greatest KZhead channel of all time. Thank you.
Me: Oh look, an old video of CGP Grey that I have never watched. Also me: No wait *THAT'S A NEW UPLOAD*
I'm glad I'm not the only one who did that.
wait this is a new upload
same, I ignored the bell
Exactly my thought! :D
It seems like one of his old bideos
I love how much personality these videos give different government bodies, it's such a fun and accessible way to learn history
Yeah! That's what makes me love these videos. I particularly love this video because New York radiates such sassy twin sister energy that's so entertaining.
I was literally thinking that to myself as I was scrolling through the comments; and then I see this comment.
4:42 so eternal, I bet most Americans don’t even know both the French and the Spanish help them win their independence. Probably think/taught they did it all on their own.
I love how France pointed at New Jersey saying “BFFs, France. BFFs, Forever!”, specifically at “Forever!” potentially showing that France is like “Ummmm actually, technically there was one time I was against you we don’t talk about…. But it technically wasn’t my fault….”
Correction: U.S. said it
“New York telling the Supreme Court to get bent” Seems right
But "blowing them off" just before....sounds psychotic if you ask me.
Get fuckin bent scrubs Ayeee I’m walkin here
I mean New York? Playing by the rules? Bahahahahahahahahahahaha
Yep
Really? New Yorkers seem to be hell-bent to force everyone else to obey the Supreme Court. F*ing hypocrites.
I love how you had the fireworks every time liberty island was mentioned. A lesser videomaker would've backed down after making the joke 2 or 3 times but you took it all the way.
🎆Smallpox!🎆
I like how it dialed up to 11 when the fort was built. :)
It reminds me of History With Hilbert, with the Dutch national anthem
Would like but it has 666 likes
@@themanwithnoname2183 Lol thanks for letting me know
I love the inclusion of Ontario in the “interesting territorial acquisition strategy” at 5:59.
Dude. Almost every problem is this world can be traced back to England
I'd say 'murica these days but I see where you're coming from. :)
@@Payadopa Nah. Only like a small handful. In the Middle East where America's screwing around has caused problems, the Europeans (England in particular) permanently fucked the place up at first that it became kind of unstable, but America did fuck up as well by bringing matches to an already flammable situation.
Or Canada. Blame Canada. :)
Crystal Kanashii Hmmm...what propaganda is it? From what source is this propaganda coming from? Thanks!
Actually Africa.
I just think the little animation of Grey glaring at liberty island as the fireworks go off for a 4th time is this channel’s peak
3:41
The gift shop moment made me so ridiculously happy!
I thought by 1832, it was confirmed that the Supreme Court had authority over interstate disputes. De Tocqueville discusses it in his book Democracy in America, which was written 1832-3.
50 years latter...... New Jersey: Since rising sea levels will puts the entire island underwater....everything belongs to us now.
New York: But because The Statue of Liberty still exists above the water, therefore the statue itself is within our borders, despite being federal land
And then New York invades and genocides all the Jerseyites
@@froogletanimations1086 oh yes, the "bigger stick strategy"
I mean if below becomes above is new jersey's then above becomes below should technically still be new york's land under new jersey's water which i don't know if it exists elsewhere or it would be unique to this
NY: Well now I plant 20 million more trees and the water goes back down! Its ours now.
The state borders, rivalries, and antics of the United States are historically absurd and filled with zealous ambition and hardened stubborn will.... but man, does it give America an undeniable charm.
Oh it's definitely not limited to America. Borders are fascinating, there are complications all over the world over them.
I don't think I would call it charm
@@gafeleon9032 What if I told you "Up yaws, ya filth animal, we'ya walking heye! I'll blow ya friggin' head awff!" See? Charm.
Zealous ambition and hardened stubborn will IS America's undeniable "charm"
fuggetaboutit
Starting at 5:40 I started dying laughing at the supreme court case. "Now, HOW did the island get bigger?" "well the LAND came from new york..." etc
Now that you brought up the gift shop, NJ will bring NY to court once again…
When you just forget to write down how you multiplied the size of an island
Well... when 80% of the mass is made up of dead mobsters you really dont want too much of a paper trail...
Big oof
@@SnootchieBootchies27 maybe all of their gold and silver teeth will be mined in the future, a valuable resource
"Who owns the statue of liberty?" *french national anthem plays in the distance*
"Allons enfants de la patriiiiiiieuh Le jour de gloire eeeest arrivé ..."
HONHONHONHON! *softly echoes in the distance*
*Rule Britannia plays in the distance
the true answer
When Britain fir-ir-ir-irst at heaven's command, aro-o-o-o-ose from out the a-a-azure main...
Damn, even as this early stage New York was just a hardass Crazy how some stuff never changes
A small example of what chaos England does, when it leaves countries.
Grey's country/state girl stick figures are just getting more and more adorable
David Yang was thinking the same thing exactly. The drawings are hilarious.
The new animator has been doing better and better every time
"Why don't we split the river?" "Why don't you make me?"
“Stop hitting yourself!”
New York in a nutshell
By 1832, New Jersey had enough
Proves that might makes right and will still apply in the future.
4:53 I mean, unless there is really heavy fog that doesn`t allow you to say further than around 400 meters, and unless you strategically plan your route, it is almost impossible to reach the Statue without seeing anything else of the US.
So in conclusion: Meanings: Location of Statue of Liberty (NY) Money: Location of Giftshop (NJ)
3:20 I only just noticed USA very slowly going for her holster when talking to New York.
twitch1692 holy shit. Good eye.
Political leverage
That’s exactly how it is I can confirm as a New Yorker
oh no hahahaha
holster what is
I cannot express enough how much I love the cute stick figure characters, I legit re-watched this video because of how adorable they are
So I'm not the only one.
xenotypos metoo
2:13 nice reference to the "all your base are belong to us" from zero wing
So basically my state (NY) said, “gaslight, gate keep and girl boss”
She owns herself she's a strong independant woman 🎇
strong independent french woman
She don't need no man?
Well she is Lady LIBERTY
*HOW DARE YOU ASSUME ITS GENDER IDENTITY* ?!?!
@@harrysarso she immigrated so possibly french-american dual citizenship or does she only have permanent resident status?
This video made me realize I want to watch an Anime with all the US states as girls in a small private school and then watch their wacky antics over an entire school year with plotlines drawn from events in US history.
There is an anime like that, but it is countries instead
Let's petition Japan
Yay fo Hetalia! Make a girls version now!
@@existerequo5349 make it yourself
@@sambishara9300 What's the name?
After years I just realised that at 3:23 america is slowly reaching for the gun
4:59 oh, uh. America just gave France the "read between the lines"
I was beginning to think that Grey forgot his password for the channel
😂😂😂
Naa man he uses dashlane
CGP Grey should explain all the “story for another time” parts into one video
That would take a decade to make real in CGP timeline style.
"is another story and shall be told another time"
As someone from New Jersey, I hereby claim the area of Liberty Island that contains just the gift shop specifically as part of NJ. Everything else New York can just have
i LOVE your stick figure explanations!
Smash the thumbs up button if you’d like to see a multipart video series called “What Is FEDERAL LAND Like What Does It Mean (For real though?)”
georgemachappy Bureau of Livestock and Minerals
With a 3-part segment on America's unconstitutional overseas island territories. Yes.
im not even (US) american and i want to see that(?)
@Phil Ad which is the reason I want it.
Reminds me of "Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities: What do they know? Do they know things?? Let's find out!"
The gift shop tidbit actually made me laugh, out loud, at 1:17am while my husband and daughter were sleeping.
Why are you watching grey at 117 am when you need sleep
Mikeln139 Why not?
Jenna Gets Creative TMI
Jorge Bush exactly
That made laugh too. It's even funnier than that bit of Minnesota that should belong to Canada, since it doesnt border the U.S.
I am rewatching it the third time, and it is as hilarious as ever🤣
Amazing animation! I’m learning a lot!
It all comes down to a gift shop... A GIFT SHOP.
The problem now is who wants the gift shop. Because if New Jersey claims the shop, then New York must receive funding through intellectual property and ownership of the statue. If New York claims the shop, well the taxes were on New Jersey land. So either way both parties are on the losing side unless the land was technically federal. Then neither can fight for the gift shop.
Funny thing is: Gift means poison in Germany.
It isn’t a problem because that gift shop sells stuff that is 300% more expensive than what it should be, so both New Yorkers and New Jerseyites? steer clear of it, and let the tourists and immigrants take care of it.
Day 47:Society has fallen,only the Gift shop remains,rations are low,morale is taking a beating,the statue is being mined for resources,but hey,the A/C still works,so hope is not entirely lost.
@@TransitUSA But both states are gonna want that sweet sweet tourist trap sales tax revenue ....
See, this is the kind of Arcane Squabbling that I subscribe to this channel for.
Exactly
CGP Grey: *makes a 7 minute and 29 second long video about who owns the Statue of Liberty* Also CGP Grey: *doesn’t give an actual answer at the end.*
i love the little gta iv reference on the constitution i dont know why
Thanks Gray, if it appears on the news that New Jersey and New York or fighting over the gift shop and liberty Island, we know who to thank!
I can't wait, either. Gonna be great.
Yeah, great move Gray, for real
You spelt Grey wrong
@@nathanlim5421 no grey and gray are both accepted in the English language. Gray tends to be used more by Americans and grey by the English.
@@kellyness6 Not if it's a name.... It's a name: CGP Grey. :)
What happens if, because of Global Warming, the complete island gets under water. Does it become New Jersey's?
ben22 now that’s how you steal a gift shop
And then if more land is dumped on the island New Jersey will own the entire island. It's a genius plan
Lady Liberty shall one day walk on water
Seems Legit....
Global Warming is a New Jersey plot to steal New York's islands.
4:59 In a single frame USA and France were fighting
2:25 got me dying xd "Why don't we share this?" and she responded "Why don't you make me?"
I'm really hoping some low level New Jersey attorney watches this video and runs straight to the supreme court
I got some friends that are in pre-law at Rutgers. This would certainly help them make a name for themselves once they graduate 🤔