I Grew Up in Conservative America. Then Europe Changed Everything.

I grew up in rural, deeply conservative America, but living in Europe forced me to reconsider what I had been taught about freedom and responsibility. Get a 7-day free trial of Lingoda and up to 35% off during the Back to School Sale with ASHTON35 at https://try.lingoda.com/ASHTON_BTS Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 02:14 Deep Red America in a Blue State 06:25 Bible-Belt Adjacent 09:37 How I Learned German 11:18 “Protect the children” — but from what? 14:43 "That" Subject 18:10 What Leaving Makes Visible All Sources at End of Video to Read More Other Videos You Might Enjoy: How I View the US After 7 Years in Europe    • How I View the US After 7 Years in Europe   I watched European news and it changed me as an American.    • I watched European news and it changed me ...   Episode No. 204 📷 Follow me on Instagram:   / typeashton   🤳🏻 TikTok:   / typeashton   🖥 Website: https://www.blackforestfamily.com 📧 E-mail: typeashton@gmail.com SUPPORT ME 👑 Patreon:   / typeashton   Attribution: Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Thank you to AP Archive and the Library of Congress for access to their archival footage. Stock footage and others clips by Getty and Envato Elements Narrated and produced by Dr. Ashton Schottler #europe #usa #eu #cultureshock #europeanunion #US #americaningermany #germany #consumerism #society #language #freedom #community #wealth #worklifebalance