I live in Germany, have never heard anyone in Europe use gofundme or similar for anything. Medical debt is also not know here. Exceptions are people in poor countries ask for donation to get their kids treated in foreign country (usually US), in case social ensurance is not able to cover it (but is very rare), due to local doctors are of the opinion there is too low or no chance to succeed… Regarding funerals, people just donate some money when they are at funeral, but are not asling uknown people for any donations over social media.
TBH, the US is no longer a medical destination for citizen of the 3rd World. Medical advances in the US have been hampered by the overwhelming cost of healthcare and a lack of talent because the cost of medical education is so high. The top US medical schools are catering more and more to foreign students who have very little attachment to the US, its people or their welfare. America is now importing nurses from 3rd World countries but doctors from India where educational corruption is the norm.
I have heard of people using gofundme if their pet - usually a cat or a dog - needs eg a very expensive medication, or the doggy equivalent of a hip replacement, and they can't afford it ... Here, at a funeral, the only money that people donate will be to a charity which was a favourite of the deceased person, or which helped him or her in some important way. Funeral/death announcements and notifications often include, 'donations to 'XYZ' charity in lieu of flowers, please'.
I got to know of a case where a parent with a handicapped child used crowdfunding to pay for physio- and speech-therapy for his child. That was in the UK. So I would assume medical debt exists as well here in special cases.
To be honest, as a German, I feel sorry for US citizens. In some ways, the US resembles a third world country. The US is all about money and guns. Similar to Somalia. It's unsafe, you'll go bankrupt if you have an accident, lose your job for whatever reason. Your schooling costs a fortune, etc... I don't know of anyone using go-fund-me. At least not to pay his medical bill.
In some aspects it's even worse than Somalia. I just checked labor laws in Somalia, you get at least 21 paid days off, maternity leave is 3 months paid and paternity leave is 2 weeks paid.
@@ldubt4494 Oh no doubt about that. Still, it's kind of shameful for the US, isn't it? (also, it's not like US employers always follow the lax rules imposed on them)
@@ldubt4494 aaaaahm the goverment is pretty strict thats why eg somali pirates chose to be imprisoned in the eu nations that take part in Atalanta, rather than get delivered back to somalia....also the major cities are pretty advanced not the bush you think they are :D
One phrase which I have heard and is the impression I get of Americans is "Willfully ignorant". To busy shouting "we do it best" to actually look around the world, take lessons from others and change it to be the best. The "Pledge of Allegiance" in schools to me smacks of indoctrination. Obviously only talking about generally, not individuals.
"2 lines of Linda" just killed me. If people in England stood at the side of the road with signs asking for money for funeral costs the local news channels would be there because it would be so weird.
If she killed you, are we collecting for you..........l simply don't suss the few made remarks made........l fail to see the rapier like wit..........Simply weird............not to worry.........
In Sweden you pay a burial tax of roughly 0,25% if you have any income. That way anyone dying will get a regular state funeral prepaid with taxes if they cant afford a fancy one or die without any relatives. But most will opt for a private funeral with more options if they want to hold it for surviving family. Never heard of anyone needing to use gofundme here.
American dream is nice... but you don't live in a dream. American way of life is closer of a nightmare for lot of peoples there, from my European point of vue. Even if i'm sure our life here is not paradise.
Hi there. We don't use gofundme as far as I know. I lived in San Diego, CA for a year and a few months in NY. I had a great time, a fantastic experience but I have to say that I would not live in the US for all the money in the world :- ))) That being said, most americans are very friendly and nice indeed.
Considering available resources and technological/educational abilities, the US is by far the worst run society on earth, no matter the political administration.
15:50 In Europe, the three main bodies of the EU (European Parliament, European Commission, and the EU Council) have banned TikTok for those who work there. Similar bans exist in the UK, Denmark, and Belgium. The TikTok app is seen as a cybersecurity threat due to its ties to the Chinese Communist government.
As long as the US keeps the "2 party system" there will be no change. You have to chose between Shit A or Shit B.. That is a very strange and twisted democracy.
I've never seen anyone do gofundme in Finland or Estonia, because we don't have any use for it really. The only time I see people begging for money is to buy beer (it's meant more like a joke, not really like begging in earnest) or some refugees begging on the walkways. But other than that, it doesn't happen.
An American rock band touring Europe gave the drivers in Luxembourg trackers, so they knew where we were at all times. We left the trackers in the canteen. This is not North Korea! 😅 Can't believe anyone would work under those conditions.
I live in Australia, I just spent 4 days in hospital because I suffered pancreatitis, the whole experience including the ambulance journey cost me nothing
Gofundme? No. In Europe most governments actually care about people. But Americans think it is communism. You think Bernie Sanders is left? In Finland he would be center.
I realy never heard of anyone in EU using gofundme for any serious stuff like healthcare or education. Sure there are things like Buy me a Coffee or Patreon if someone is providing some popular services to certain community to partially cover the cost, but that realy are laughable sums like 200 eur a year and so on. As for the funeral i think its expensive everywhere, but then again it depends on what is considered "expensive" in each country. Here in Czech republic its probably like 5k eur for top notch all in one solution (nice coffin + ceremony + pimp ass granite grave with 2 positions next to eachother - usually 3x3 or 4x3 meters + other funeral services) sometimes people if religious bigtime give some money to church to perform requiems, but that doesnt realy count. If a family decides to do a cremation, its a lot less, maybe around 1 - 1.5k
I live in Den Haag (The Hague), it's the 3rd largest city in The Netherlands with nearly 550,000 people living here, and although there are homeless people, you'd barely see them roaming on the streets anymore. Used to be different about 20-30 years ago, when I saw a lot of them. Most now have some form of shelter provided by the municipality or subsidized/sponsored ngo's. So there are also no public or social charities as you'd have in the USA. The systems here work differently. The people that don't have any shelter usually have a complex mental illness or so and run away from anything, or have not been in contact with a correct instance to get help. I see less people sleeping in the streets over the years and that's a good thing. And no, GoFundMe is not a thing here. It is pretty ironic that a country that doesn't want to 'share' the medical costs by the people, have a system where people have to beg others for help, to share the costs. It's sad. To be honest, a lot of Europeans see the USA as the richest third world country on the planet. The gap between the haves and the have-nots is just too big.
@@Ohjeezno I guess ScottMcLure's comment was a bit impressionist. Both Ireland are the Caiman Islands are known for thriving based on parasitic business models. The Caiman Islands together with other places such as the Channel Islands and London form a network of jurisdictions that make it easy and legal to hide the owners of companies at low cost. The owners use this so that nobody asks where the money comes from with which they are buying these companies (could be drugs, could be a bank robbery, could be 20% of the money a European state paid to a developing country, ...) and so that they don't have to pay tax. When the EU began to seriously crack down on this, suddenly Brexit was a big topic. For some companies the above trick doesn't work. Ireland has them covered. Big international concerns such as Microsoft and Facebook make sure to have their main seat for tax and data protection purposes in Ireland. Ireland obviously profits from this by getting some tax from them. Ireland pays for this by making it very easy for these companies to dodge most of their taxes, some even legally, and by having a data protection office that is so tiny and understaffed as to be equivalent to no data protection enforcement at all. (Luxembourg offers a similar service for companies such as PayPal that want to offer banking services while not following the rules for that. For example just not giving people their money if they don't feel like it.) As the EU is beginning to crack down on the first type of abuse and London isn't even in the EU's common market any more, European companies and individuals that want to use such services now use a different marketplace. There was talk of London's role being taken over by Amsterdam. I don't know, but it seems likely that the Netherlands are setting up an Ireland-style grift in this context.
@@j.a.1721 80% of your salary. How the leave is taken is up to the parents, days/weeks/months. The leave can be used up until the child turns 12 years old. Parents also receive child benefits of $120 per month. If you have a 2nd child +$15, 3rd child +$70, 4th child +$165, and then +$120 for any additional children.
@@j.a.1721 Interesting. There are also other benefits such as "housing allowance" depending on salary and housing expenses (rent etc) maximum of $622/month. Healthcare is free of charge up until age 20. Dental care is free of charge up until age 23.
@@gindrinkersline3285 And between the age of 24-29 you get 600 SEK (about 58 USD) per year for dental care. Between 30-64 you get 300 SEK (29 USD), and then again 600 SEK (about 58 USD) when you turn 65.
I live in austria. We have up to 3 years of parental leave. The pay gies down with duration. We have 25 pto and 13 matinal paid holidays. We have unemployment benefits. We have free healthcare. We only have 8.8 Millionen people
In Australia nobody goes bankrupt for medical debt. There's just no debt. And nobody goes to prison for debt, it's just not a thing (and no laws permit it).
Main difference between Europe and US is in US Guns are free and Boobs are taboo. In Europe Boobs are free and guns are taboo. I wonder who lives a happier life :)
Interesting discussion about what actually made people more aware of other countries and what really happens there. From own experience, Internet as a whole did change this substantially from the moment on that it was available to essentially everyone. I instantly researched topics from media that were simply not available before, or took weeks to get. Newsgroups, internet forums (until today), international chats, and, as maybe the biggest factor for me: UA-cam. UA-cam really took over, what people used TV for, when it gets to more information that is more in-depth as the news. And especially, since everyone can use it as a creator. IMO, from the standard social media, FB turned out to be more on the regional level in the end, for simple practical reasons, Instagram wanted to take over, but pictures are not, what makes you interact on a deeper level most of the time, and Tiktok is not that established in older generations and turns to be the twitter of videos. Short, sometimes much too short, and often very superficial. I mean, there is a reason you guys thought of a YT channel to put out your thoughts, right? 🙂 This video was a nice one. But the title was somewhat misleading? It was more about spontaneous immediate reactions to some facts about American life. But well, sometimes the looks say it all. There are so many f*d up things in the American lifestyle that we Europeans have a really hard time to wrap our heads around, it's crazy. Brian shortly mentioned it, and I found it very accurate: In general, Americans as people are mostly seen quite positive over here. This may be, because being friendly is a huge part of your culture. IMO, this is a kind of necessity in a society that does not provide what most people in other countries consider the basics of social security. In the US sometimes even your life can depend on having lots of friends and family, e.g. when it comes to medical bills or other, ehm, catastrophes. I know an American who survived a horrible bus accident where he and his wife got horrible injuries, and they were in coma for years and both woke up again. Like a miracle. The medical bill of both were literally millions of US dollars and all their possessions were already sold and liquidated, and if the city they lived in did not provide them with a house to somehow start a new life, which was more like charity than social security, they would have ended up on the streets (or even worse). But they were very social people before and very respected and everyone knew them. In Europe, you are actually taken care of at least on a good basic level, no matter how people think of you on a personal level. Germans are known for being very honest about their opinions, even if this hurts other people (esp. from cultures like the US). Danish people are very nice, but can be very grumpy or rude as well, compared to Americans. In both countries, being extremely positive is not always seen as a good thing, because it can be dishonest or hinders things that do not work from being fixed. In the US on the other hand, it is probably mandatory to not get depressive from the many issues in society, that are always told to be "in the process of fixing", but actually are never fixed ... So, for Europeans, Americans, may they be a bit louder, a bit more superficial, a bit too positive ( 🙂). are still seen as refreshingly nice and friendly and quite funny people on a personal level, easy to come in contact with, easy to handle, nice to have around and being friends with. the USA on a country and society level with all of it's issues - whole different thing... I think it is very important to know that. American tourists and expats can sometimes be very confused about this, maybe because of the patriotism and because they identify themselves much more with their country than other nations. Criticism towards the US is not automatically criticism towards the American people.
A good way to highlight gun crime rates is that a single gun death in the UK would be national headline news on TV and newspapers for days. Would it even make national news in the US.
7:25 It's mostly because we eat less processed food, better quality, smaller portions and yes, we WALK ;) On the flip side, everything is pretty close so it's doable to just walk your way around. At least if you live close to a city. In rural areas, you need a car. Possibly 2 :D
"Go fund me" is totaly American thing. I think that begging is illegal here in Finland. If you raise money for anything you need permit for that from police. Also if you get large amounts of money as a gift you have to pay taxes from it. Here is also laws how corpse is handled after death. If tou haven´t testamented your body to science the corpse have to bury or cremate. And even if you want to cremate the dead you need to have casket. That have been criticised why can´t just burn in a cardboard box but law is a law. It is way cheaper bury cremated body than full cascet, but cremation costs too.
In Italy gofundme is used mostly to finance indipendent workers at the beginning. Comics, videogames, short movies or fan movies...for example. I'm sorry for the Inglish. I came from Italy, and you now the situation here with yours language. 🤣🤣
It's been 15 years since my trip to the USA. The many homeless people were a shock for me and the strict police (just after 9 11). "Don't get too close to my gun." one officer just yelled at me for not filling out some travel document properly. I liked how people usually spoke and treated strangers in a friendly way. It's completely different in Germany. The other day my bike fell on someone's dog, I apologized and the other people were upset but they never looked me in the eye even though we waited 2 more minutes at a train barrier. Unfortunately, people in Germany are often so shy towards strangers. On the other hand, one is not so easily sued in such a situation.
One of your own german youtubers 'Germany in Venice'. When back to visit his mother. His mother told him how she afraid to go out at night, because it was not safe in her german town anymore. He also showed homeless in germany and spots in towns that even the german police would not visit. I guess he's not afraid to show the worse of germany.
What did you expect? Did you break a bone of that dog? Did it get a concussion? Will you - if needed - pay for the medical treatment? For some people their dog is like their child. If your bike fell on someones child, you'd apologize and expect an "okay"? TBH, Ich hätte dich zur Schnecke gemacht...
@@orangeguy3314 Yes, we have a few camps with homeless people too - e.g. in Berlin. There are people on some large streets (Kudamm) as well as at large/crowded places like Alexanderplatz, Zoologischer Garten and the main train stations and more. However, from what I did hear and see it's nothing compared to the USA, not in numbers and neither in size.
@@harbingerofevil Doesn't matter. Germany as your homeless have reported that germany doesn't care about them. As a german youtuber German in Venice also reported how his german mother feels unsafe for her to go out at night in the german city of Krefeld thinking she will be robbed or killed. Maybe this is why he left germany for america. Also we have a other german female youtuber Feli from Germany. That also gave up her german citizenship for a american citizenship. She own a nice america home. That she said she could never be able to buy one in germany along with most of germany friends. Envying her owning a home in america. Knowing this how people gain wealth in life. By owning property and not renting. She also talks about germany being a nation of renter's in one of her videos.
@@orangeguy3314 Nobody says that other countries don't have issues. BUT - the dimensions of the problems are not remotely comparable. A good indicator of this is, how much trust people have in their governments. Let's take Germany. I think most of the last German governments did pretty bad. Still, I have some trust that they do not make the worst decisions possible, that they are not corrupt to the bone, that they have some human decency and common sense and a minimum of education and sensibility. And I am still very happy to live here and not in the US, esp. BECAUSE I am not rich at all. I know I generally will be taken care of, by law, at least on a basic level. Trust of people in the US government? The political right: "Too much government!" The political left: "They are all corrupt!" Opinions extremely divided, but none of them really positive. Trust is extremely low.
From someone who was born in Croatia, grew up in Austria (Vienna or Wien) and is regularly in NYC or LA: I think America is like Disneyland but without the fun. I once had a ruptured appendix, in the US I would have had to sell my kidney to afford it. Or the insurance would have increased my rate until I shit myself 💩 In Austria parental leave with full payment is 12 months. Another 8 months at 75% of salary. In Austria EVERY employee (who is not self-employed) gets 14 salaries, even Cleaners or Mc Donald's employees, anyone! One additional salary in June (Vacation bonus) and one in November (Christmas bonus). 28 days paid vacation, if you add the bank holidays then it's 35 to 38 Of course, no company would do all that voluntarily. It is the law in Austria. The companies don't really complain because productivity, sick leave and loyalty to the company is so much higher than if these benefits were not there. As these "benefits" have existed since the early 19s, these comparisons could only be made internationally, not nationally....
@@loners4life Americans should, too. Some of my best friends live in NYC and LA and it is frustrating to see that for many Americans certain services are a privilege, for the rest of the world this is considered a human right. Don't get me wrong, I have never met an American who was rude, unkind or anything like that. These people are really lovely but the system that has been set up for you since 1776 sucks. Hope you can change the system soon with your votes or emigrate somewhere with your UA-cam earnings. 💸
TikTok is mainly being banned because it's Chinese. They have to provide the Chinese government with whatever they want. US and Europe thinks it's being used by the Chinese as a tool surveillance tool both for their own citinzens living there and for native European and US citizens and companies. There was a big case here in Norway very recently because a government minister used TikTok.
I enjoy your little chats during and after the video,they are very insightful,and i love how you treat the insanity of having to actually pay to bury or even incinerate your kith and kin,Cheers.
american healthcare blows my mind... i live in slovenia, and compared to other european countries, we don't have the best healthcare, but it's a fairy tale compared to usa. i pay 35 bucks per month for the health insurance and that's it, no extra charge for any medical service or medicine
Portion sizes maybe bigger but the unnecessary shit they put in there is horrible, lots of additives etc that are banned in Europe. Thank god we don’t have to ingest that here
In Switzerland gun ownership is very high but there are very few shootings, in the US there have always been large amounts of gun ownership but gun violence was much lower before, as an example, there was less gun violence during the prohibition then there is now. By far the biggest cause of gun violence in the US is gang related, just some things to think about.
I am also Swiss. Gun mass shooting in US are slightly linked to gang. A) In Switzerland vast majority of gun owners have done the military. We know that guns kill. In USA many deny the fact. B) We’re law abiding therefore we respect a strict regulation about firearms. NRA instructions about handling a firearms is done in ONE day… Sad and laughable. Lack of regulations, no real knowledge to how handle a gun (high rate of self shooting). In USA owning a gun is “I do all I want” In Switzerland is responsibility. I’ve my Fass57. So you can guess my age.
I am from Finland, and the only time I have used Go fund me was when my American acquaintance needed help with his medical bills... Here it is not used.
The Reason that TikTok shows more of that kind of content is not because Meta pre filters it, but because Instagram was a picture platform, while TikTok is a short video platform which makes it better for political or short informational content.
Burial has rules due to public heath issues... but yeah funerals and such can be quite costly depending on circumstances, Still you folks in the US see to make everything more expensive than it needs to be.
Sounds 3rd World, homeless on the streets? Doesn't happen here in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK, I obviously live in paradise... I've never heard of anyone ever using Go Fund Me for anything...ever...
Hi, Have a look at "Nieuws [2017] Nederlanders bouwen tunnel onder snelweg in één weekend [HD]" I watched another of your videos and you talked about road construction being so dramatic there. This video is us Dutch doing a weekend of road work. =)
Hey Loners....please watch from Michel Moore...Where to invede next...you will see all the differences on film😁I was a part of the Sloveanian student stand up😁✊
@@tenniskinsella7768 Nobody minds paying tax towards the NHS, & most voters would like more revenue to help fund health services properly. I'm not well enough to work right now so not paying income tax, but was always happy to contribute more when I was.
16:45 To answer your question, never used it. And, to my knowledge, most people here (Europe) use it to fund Art, Engineering project or things like that. Again, we do have a working "single payer" "SOCIALIST" health care. It's not perfect, but it's functional and it serves its people well.
I think that some charities in the UK use Gofundme but most wouldn't because of the administration costs. They object to people making a sacrificial gift only for a corporation to take a slice of that money for their profits. Also I find it fascinating that it costs so much to have a child the childcare is so expensive in the US so many young people are putting off having children or not even bothering. But then the very people who seem to be happy with those costs are also anti immigration. Falling birthrates, an aging population and an attempt to stop most immigration just who do these people in the right are going to do the work in the future? Because if they get their way there will be no one.
I literally never heard about go fund me until I started watching these kind of videos about the US. I have heard about crowd funding campaigns but only for computer games or stuff like that.
Minute 8:26 - 14 weeks of paid parental leave are the MINIMUM guarantee if you want to be in EU country. Many countries gives much more than that. Denmark and Sweeden 52 paid weeks, Norway 54 paid weeks, Lituania 54 paid weeks + another 54 weeks at 80% paycheck, Italy 5 months (22 weeks) at 80% paycheck. France 14 weeks for the first child up to 26 weeks for the third plus 104 unpaid weeks
Regarding gofundme its the same as many other things, The people that should be responsible for fixing those problems have convinced society that there is no way to fix it and that is normal to beg from strangers. Its the same type of example as when a waiter begs for a tip from random people cause his salary depends on it.
I recall reading somewhere that the funerary business has largely been cornered by a small number of corporations. It's also a fairly territorial business, so I have my doubts that those with the biggest market share compete with each other. I wonder how the cost of funerary expenses have changed over time? Normalized for inflation for easy comparison between years. I think that would be an interesting chart.
It's two years paid maternity/paternity leave in Romania (3 years if the baby suffers from a handicap). Also the mother can take 126 paid days before the birth, which are like a medical leave.
The only Go-Fund-Me I know about was A woman saying she spoke for every body in our area, when she said in court that we didn't want our local airport (Manston) reopened, for bogus reasons, it was over turned recently and she tried again an failed.
There was a gofundme for a friend of mine who wanted treatment from a very specific facility outside of the country. Often even that can be covered by insurance, especially if it's in the EU, but this particular one wasn't, so she had to pay for it herself. Otherwise gofundme seems mostly things like business ideas, where people need to pay upfront to produce something. Stuff like that. Funerals are not super cheap or anything, but funeral insurance is pretty common afaik, and fairly cheap. That may just be my bubble though. But it helps that embalming isn't really a thing, and absurd coffins that are basically nuclear explosion proof aren't really a thing. That does reduce costs by quite a bit. The only thing that can raise costs is how elaborate you want the service to be. In my area it's pretty common to have at least some kind food and coffee afterwards. Mostly sandwiches, but salads, soups, and other warm dishes aren't uncommon either. So that can drive up the cost if it's a big funeral.
From my European point of view (Frenchman living in Belgium, close to the German border) the worst part of American life is indeed that getting sick or sending your children to college might push you into debts and poverty. And the availability of guns and the number of deaths by shooting (12 times as many as in Europe, proportionally) is sheer madness. This being said, I've been to the U.S. twice, one month each time (New England, then California and Arizona), and nobody has threatened me, I did not feel in dangere anywhere, and I mostly met nice and friendly people there; of course as a tourist I was not confronted to the hardships of regular life (like in any country) and I did not visit the "bad" places.
The average American with a decent job can afford health insurance. Going bankrupt for medical bills only happens to people who have a medical emergency when they are uninsured. I pay about $300 a month for good health insurance that covers all my medication's, doctor visit's, dentist, ect... Also in the USA college is only necessary for certain jobs there are many promising career paths that do not require college education. Skilled tradesmen like plumbers, electricians, carpenters, construction workers, and mechanics are in high demand in the USA and you can get an apprenticeship for free for these jobs and employers will take time to teach you the skills needed to do the job and you get paid while learning. Also I think that the vacation time and benefits that European's get would be abused by American's. My little brother recently worked for a European company here and was given a month of paid time off and sick leave. He did not like his boss and ended up getting another job somewhere else but just told his boss at the European company he was sick or on vacation for an entire month while he was working at the other job so he could get two paychecks from both jobs until the European company finally realized he wasn't coming back lol.
Few years ago whole country was collecting money for a little boy with some rear genetic illness. We needed to raised in very short time around 2 mio. €. (We have a little less then 2 mio. citizens ) . It was important that he gets a treatment before age of 3 otherwise he would be on will chair. And nobody new if this new treatment will be successful since the illness is so rare. He went to the treatment in USA, and few month ago I saw video him walking and running. So, yes we do raise money here and there.
Regarding TikTok: Some European countries also thinks about banning it. But it's much more about personal data protection and protection of the youth, not because of the content. And I like that they care about that. Also, you are aware it belongs to a Chinese company, and that the content outside of China is completely different to that what Chinese people can see? (--> censorship) Regarding GoFundMe: you see it more now but not as much as in the US. And it's not often about healthcare costs but pretty diverse causes. There are also other donation platforms. About the high costs in the US and the missing outcry about that, I think that's also because of the highly individualistic lifestyle and mindset much Americans have. In documentaries you often hear "why should I pay for other people's healthcare?". Which makes me sad. European insurance systems are built more on the thought of a community of solidarity.
My mate set up a 15 quid go fund me one Friday t time for his pizza he was going to order. After 10 mins he closed it and bought his own pizza. Lmao get snortin Linda/Lynda that gave me a laugh.
gofundme really is what you'd have with a tax system more like a European model where taxes pay for schooling, health care and all that.. Because you're relying on other people to donate money that they might not be able to give.. I'd rather pay taxes to help the kid with cancer now because I know that I'll get it back when I turn 85 and all my health care will be payed for by my previous taxes or the kid with cancer who survived because I helped pay for their treatment..
We're very furtunate here in Norway with our welfare state, but not everything is covered. There are certain rules. If you want an operation that Norwegian authoritizes does not support or if you go abroad to do your operation, the patient cannot expect Norwegian taxpayers to cover it. Some people are being so silly going to the US like, and send the bill to the Norwegian health authorities and so surpriced when they are being refused. Norwegians can be so spoiled. Anyways they might use gofundme etc for that.
I mean you seem to have been grown to be the thinking and kind and realize relativley early "Something isn't right here", but you also see an influcation of USA inhabitants learning about countries outside the USA and sometimes it feels like a few of them are actually gobsmacked on how "screwed they truly are." If it wouldn't be so sad and there is always a fear that our politicians still like to steal your politicians ideas...it would be kind of adorable.
Good to see Lynda looking less exhausted, today - but still incredibly pale, particularly next to Bryan. Your job clearly keeps you under artifical light too much.
14 weeks? Norway has one year, paid, and you can choose how much each of the parents get. And, I think there are other European countries that have even more...
Here in the Netherlands you take out insurance, you pay between € 8.00 and € 20.00 per month, it is age-related when taking out. You can also save yourself, many believers do this and if you do nothing, and you are too poor, the city where you live will pay for a simple funeral. There are no relatives or otherwise who have to beg for this.
People of my age 84 years old, took out Insurance policies when we were young to cover funerals. I have a couple of policies on. that I don't have to pay any more money on ,it's called paid up. Advised to place actual policy away safely with important documents.l also have other policies that I took out later, which I paid a little more on, to make sure that Nobody would have to pay anything out for a funeral.
I'm Bulgarian. As the dude said, we are the poorest country in the EU. We are still not as fucked as USA. $3000 for an ambulance? Really? This is beyond messed up.
You are incorrect. It is not half of Americans but half of USAians. Several American countries already have universal health care. Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico have made progress towards UHC but still have a coverage of only about 80%. USA though, have a loooong way to go!
We cremated my Da last month here in Ireland. Obviously we waited for him to pass away first, he wanted a republican funeral the whole thing cost us €6.5 grand
About guns. In Czech republic's constitution there is the right to carry firearms, but their gun related crimes and deaths are 1/7 than US... why? Because to have a licence to use your consitutional right to carry a gun you have to: 1- Pass a psycological test (once a year) 2- Pass an earing test (once every 5 years) 3- Pass a visual test (once every 5 years) 4- Pass a gun using test hitting a target 4 times on 5 from 10 meters with a gun and from 25 meters with a rifle 5- Have a completely clean criminal sheet (always... if you get a sign on your criminal sheet, your licence is removed) 6- Pass a law exam about guns: storing guns, storing ammonition, place where guns aren't admitted (schools, courts, public offices and so on) The fact that citizens have right to carry guns doesn't mean that any mentally unstable, half blind and deaf, untrained and ignorant criminal should be allowed to carry one It's not that hard to understand
As of September '22, 41.9 percent of US adults are obese. Black adults had the highest level of adult obesity at 49.9 percent. Hispanic adults had an obesity rate of 45.6 percent. White adults had an obesity rate of 41.4 percent. With that, overweight rates are very close to 80% as of the same time. In NZ (our nation as a whole), our rate is somewhere around 38%. So we aren't much better. *A quick check, NZ has the third highest obesity rate in the OECD. (as of mid-late '22)
I live in Sweden and I've never heard of anyone here using gofundme or any similar sort of service to help with any type of funding.
Same in N.Ireland. It's practically begging in our eyes.
I live in Germany, have never heard anyone in Europe use gofundme or similar for anything. Medical debt is also not know here.
Exceptions are people in poor countries ask for donation to get their kids treated in foreign country (usually US), in case social ensurance is not able to cover it (but is very rare), due to local doctors are of the opinion there is too low or no chance to succeed…
Regarding funerals, people just donate some money when they are at funeral, but are not asling uknown people for any donations over social media.
TBH, the US is no longer a medical destination for citizen of the 3rd World. Medical advances in the US have been hampered by the overwhelming cost of healthcare and a lack of talent because the cost of medical education is so high. The top US medical schools are catering more and more to foreign students who have very little attachment to the US, its people or their welfare. America is now importing nurses from 3rd World countries but doctors from India where educational corruption is the norm.
I have heard of people using gofundme if their pet - usually a cat or a dog - needs eg a very expensive medication, or the doggy equivalent of a hip replacement, and they can't afford it ...
Here, at a funeral, the only money that people donate will be to a charity which was a favourite of the deceased person, or which helped him or her in some important way. Funeral/death announcements and notifications often include, 'donations to 'XYZ' charity in lieu of flowers, please'.
I got to know of a case where a parent with a handicapped child used crowdfunding to pay for physio- and speech-therapy for his child. That was in the UK. So I would assume medical debt exists as well here in special cases.
The average European would never accept living conditions like those in the USA.
To be honest, as a German, I feel sorry for US citizens. In some ways, the US resembles a third world country. The US is all about money and guns. Similar to Somalia. It's unsafe, you'll go bankrupt if you have an accident, lose your job for whatever reason. Your schooling costs a fortune, etc... I don't know of anyone using go-fund-me. At least not to pay his medical bill.
In some aspects it's even worse than Somalia. I just checked labor laws in Somalia, you get at least 21 paid days off, maternity leave is 3 months paid and paternity leave is 2 weeks paid.
@@hansdieter2923 But if employers follow these rules is an other question...
@@ldubt4494 Oh no doubt about that. Still, it's kind of shameful for the US, isn't it? (also, it's not like US employers always follow the lax rules imposed on them)
@@hansdieter2923 yeah it's extremely shameful for them, I agree
@@ldubt4494 aaaaahm the goverment is pretty strict thats why eg somali pirates chose to be imprisoned in the eu nations that take part in Atalanta, rather than get delivered back to somalia....also the major cities are pretty advanced not the bush you think they are :D
One phrase which I have heard and is the impression I get of Americans is "Willfully ignorant". To busy shouting "we do it best" to actually look around the world, take lessons from others and change it to be the best. The "Pledge of Allegiance" in schools to me smacks of indoctrination. Obviously only talking about generally, not individuals.
"2 lines of Linda" just killed me. If people in England stood at the side of the road with signs asking for money for funeral costs the local news channels would be there because it would be so weird.
If she killed you, are we collecting for you..........l simply don't suss the few made remarks made........l fail to see the rapier like wit..........Simply weird............not to worry.........
@@williamwilkes9873 ?
In Sweden you pay a burial tax of roughly 0,25% if you have any income. That way anyone dying will get a regular state funeral prepaid with taxes if they cant afford a fancy one or die without any relatives. But most will opt for a private funeral with more options if they want to hold it for surviving family.
Never heard of anyone needing to use gofundme here.
In southern Europe: Portugal, Spain & Italy. Most people pre-pay it via life insurance.
American dream is nice... but you don't live in a dream. American way of life is closer of a nightmare for lot of peoples there, from my European point of vue. Even if i'm sure our life here is not paradise.
Hi there. We don't use gofundme as far as I know.
I lived in San Diego, CA for a year and a few months in NY. I had a great time, a fantastic experience but I have to say that I would not live in the US for all the money in the world :- ))) That being said, most americans are very friendly and nice indeed.
Considering available resources and technological/educational abilities, the US is by far the worst run society on earth, no matter the political administration.
15:50 In Europe, the three main bodies of the EU (European Parliament, European Commission, and the EU Council) have banned TikTok for those who work there. Similar bans exist in the UK, Denmark, and Belgium. The TikTok app is seen as a cybersecurity threat due to its ties to the Chinese Communist government.
That makes sense
As long as the US keeps the "2 party system" there will be no change. You have to chose between Shit A or Shit B.. That is a very strange and twisted democracy.
same in UK ....
I've never seen anyone do gofundme in Finland or Estonia, because we don't have any use for it really. The only time I see people begging for money is to buy beer (it's meant more like a joke, not really like begging in earnest) or some refugees begging on the walkways. But other than that, it doesn't happen.
An American rock band touring Europe gave the drivers in Luxembourg trackers, so they knew where we were at all times. We left the trackers in the canteen. This is not North Korea! 😅 Can't believe anyone would work under those conditions.
Ah, 'Murica! The richest 3rd-world country!
Is 31 trillion dollar debt being rich?
Those 14 weeks of paid maternity leave are a minimum. Theres ofc paid parental leave on top of that (a year or even two, depending on the country)
I live in Australia, I just spent 4 days in hospital because I suffered pancreatitis, the whole experience including the ambulance journey cost me nothing
Gofundme? No. In Europe most governments actually care about people. But Americans think it is communism. You think Bernie Sanders is left? In Finland he would be center.
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The best description I ever heard to describe the US was "America is a 3rd world country with a Gucci belt"
In UK the gun death rate is close to zero per 100,000.
I realy never heard of anyone in EU using gofundme for any serious stuff like healthcare or education. Sure there are things like Buy me a Coffee or Patreon if someone is providing some popular services to certain community to partially cover the cost, but that realy are laughable sums like 200 eur a year and so on. As for the funeral i think its expensive everywhere, but then again it depends on what is considered "expensive" in each country. Here in Czech republic its probably like 5k eur for top notch all in one solution (nice coffin + ceremony + pimp ass granite grave with 2 positions next to eachother - usually 3x3 or 4x3 meters + other funeral services) sometimes people if religious bigtime give some money to church to perform requiems, but that doesnt realy count. If a family decides to do a cremation, its a lot less, maybe around 1 - 1.5k
I live in Den Haag (The Hague), it's the 3rd largest city in The Netherlands with nearly 550,000 people living here, and although there are homeless people, you'd barely see them roaming on the streets anymore. Used to be different about 20-30 years ago, when I saw a lot of them. Most now have some form of shelter provided by the municipality or subsidized/sponsored ngo's. So there are also no public or social charities as you'd have in the USA. The systems here work differently. The people that don't have any shelter usually have a complex mental illness or so and run away from anything, or have not been in contact with a correct instance to get help. I see less people sleeping in the streets over the years and that's a good thing. And no, GoFundMe is not a thing here. It is pretty ironic that a country that doesn't want to 'share' the medical costs by the people, have a system where people have to beg others for help, to share the costs. It's sad. To be honest, a lot of Europeans see the USA as the richest third world country on the planet. The gap between the haves and the have-nots is just too big.
"The gap between the haves and the have-nots is just too big" - exactly
That doesn't take away from the fact that Neederlands is turning into the EU Caiman Islands together with Eire
@@ScottMcLure I may need more context to understand, please explain.
@@Ohjeezno I guess ScottMcLure's comment was a bit impressionist. Both Ireland are the Caiman Islands are known for thriving based on parasitic business models.
The Caiman Islands together with other places such as the Channel Islands and London form a network of jurisdictions that make it easy and legal to hide the owners of companies at low cost. The owners use this so that nobody asks where the money comes from with which they are buying these companies (could be drugs, could be a bank robbery, could be 20% of the money a European state paid to a developing country, ...) and so that they don't have to pay tax. When the EU began to seriously crack down on this, suddenly Brexit was a big topic.
For some companies the above trick doesn't work. Ireland has them covered. Big international concerns such as Microsoft and Facebook make sure to have their main seat for tax and data protection purposes in Ireland. Ireland obviously profits from this by getting some tax from them. Ireland pays for this by making it very easy for these companies to dodge most of their taxes, some even legally, and by having a data protection office that is so tiny and understaffed as to be equivalent to no data protection enforcement at all.
(Luxembourg offers a similar service for companies such as PayPal that want to offer banking services while not following the rules for that. For example just not giving people their money if they don't feel like it.)
As the EU is beginning to crack down on the first type of abuse and London isn't even in the EU's common market any more, European companies and individuals that want to use such services now use a different marketplace. There was talk of London's role being taken over by Amsterdam. I don't know, but it seems likely that the Netherlands are setting up an Ireland-style grift in this context.
Soda sizes in the USA are irrelevant because of free refills. You just don't get them here, so the size of a soda relates to price...
9:00 In Sweden by law parental leave is 480 days (almost 16 months) per child.
How much pay do you guys get during that time?
@@j.a.1721 80% of your salary. How the leave is taken is up to the parents, days/weeks/months. The leave can be used up until the child turns 12 years old. Parents also receive child benefits of $120 per month. If you have a 2nd child +$15, 3rd child +$70, 4th child +$165, and then +$120 for any additional children.
@@gindrinkersline3285 oh that's actually pretty similar to how it is done here in Austria.
@@j.a.1721 Interesting. There are also other benefits such as "housing allowance" depending on salary and housing expenses (rent etc) maximum of $622/month. Healthcare is free of charge up until age 20. Dental care is free of charge up until age 23.
@@gindrinkersline3285 And between the age of 24-29 you get 600 SEK (about 58 USD) per year for dental care. Between 30-64 you get 300 SEK (29 USD), and then again 600 SEK (about 58 USD) when you turn 65.
I live in austria. We have up to 3 years of parental leave.
The pay gies down with duration.
We have 25 pto and 13 matinal paid holidays.
We have unemployment benefits.
We have free healthcare. We only have 8.8 Millionen people
Look up the Blackforrest Family - will show some interesting aspects
here in spain we have 16 weeks of maternity *AND* paternity leave😊
In Australia nobody goes bankrupt for medical debt. There's just no debt.
And nobody goes to prison for debt, it's just not a thing (and no laws permit it).
Must be nice 😅
I was born in South Africa and I am thankful I was not born in the US. That's how bad the US is.
Main difference between Europe and US is in US Guns are free and Boobs are taboo. In Europe Boobs are free and guns are taboo. I wonder who lives a happier life :)
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Interesting discussion about what actually made people more aware of other countries and what really happens there.
From own experience, Internet as a whole did change this substantially from the moment on that it was available to essentially everyone. I instantly researched topics from media that were simply not available before, or took weeks to get. Newsgroups, internet forums (until today), international chats, and, as maybe the biggest factor for me: UA-cam. UA-cam really took over, what people used TV for, when it gets to more information that is more in-depth as the news. And especially, since everyone can use it as a creator. IMO, from the standard social media, FB turned out to be more on the regional level in the end, for simple practical reasons, Instagram wanted to take over, but pictures are not, what makes you interact on a deeper level most of the time, and Tiktok is not that established in older generations and turns to be the twitter of videos. Short, sometimes much too short, and often very superficial.
I mean, there is a reason you guys thought of a YT channel to put out your thoughts, right? 🙂
This video was a nice one. But the title was somewhat misleading? It was more about spontaneous immediate reactions to some facts about American life. But well, sometimes the looks say it all. There are so many f*d up things in the American lifestyle that we Europeans have a really hard time to wrap our heads around, it's crazy.
Brian shortly mentioned it, and I found it very accurate: In general, Americans as people are mostly seen quite positive over here. This may be, because being friendly is a huge part of your culture. IMO, this is a kind of necessity in a society that does not provide what most people in other countries consider the basics of social security. In the US sometimes even your life can depend on having lots of friends and family, e.g. when it comes to medical bills or other, ehm, catastrophes. I know an American who survived a horrible bus accident where he and his wife got horrible injuries, and they were in coma for years and both woke up again. Like a miracle. The medical bill of both were literally millions of US dollars and all their possessions were already sold and liquidated, and if the city they lived in did not provide them with a house to somehow start a new life, which was more like charity than social security, they would have ended up on the streets (or even worse). But they were very social people before and very respected and everyone knew them.
In Europe, you are actually taken care of at least on a good basic level, no matter how people think of you on a personal level. Germans are known for being very honest about their opinions, even if this hurts other people (esp. from cultures like the US). Danish people are very nice, but can be very grumpy or rude as well, compared to Americans. In both countries, being extremely positive is not always seen as a good thing, because it can be dishonest or hinders things that do not work from being fixed. In the US on the other hand, it is probably mandatory to not get depressive from the many issues in society, that are always told to be "in the process of fixing", but actually are never fixed ...
So, for Europeans, Americans, may they be a bit louder, a bit more superficial, a bit too positive ( 🙂). are still seen as refreshingly nice and friendly and quite funny people on a personal level, easy to come in contact with, easy to handle, nice to have around and being friends with.
the USA on a country and society level with all of it's issues - whole different thing...
I think it is very important to know that. American tourists and expats can sometimes be very confused about this, maybe because of the patriotism and because they identify themselves much more with their country than other nations. Criticism towards the US is not automatically criticism towards the American people.
A good way to highlight gun crime rates is that a single gun death in the UK would be national headline news on TV and newspapers for days. Would it even make national news in the US.
We have too many gun deaths that don't make national news.
Just to state the obvious: you two are Europeans living in the US... You just get it
They told the people in the USA that they are the greatest and everybody wants to be like them...this is a big big lie...
That's crazy for me. Last school shooting in Poland we have in 1925 (Wilno, today Lithuania), and 1 terrorist attack after WW2 (one people wounded)
7:25 It's mostly because we eat less processed food, better quality, smaller portions and yes, we WALK ;)
On the flip side, everything is pretty close so it's doable to just walk your way around.
At least if you live close to a city. In rural areas, you need a car. Possibly 2 :D
"Go fund me" is totaly American thing. I think that begging is illegal here in Finland. If you raise money for anything you need permit for that from police. Also if you get large amounts of money as a gift you have to pay taxes from it.
Here is also laws how corpse is handled after death. If tou haven´t testamented your body to science the corpse have to bury or cremate. And even if you want to cremate the dead you need to have casket. That have been criticised why can´t just burn in a cardboard box but law is a law. It is way cheaper bury cremated body than full cascet, but cremation costs too.
In Italy gofundme is used mostly to finance indipendent workers at the beginning. Comics, videogames, short movies or fan movies...for example.
I'm sorry for the Inglish. I came from Italy, and you now the situation here with yours language. 🤣🤣
It's been 15 years since my trip to the USA. The many homeless people were a shock for me and the strict police (just after 9 11). "Don't get too close to my gun." one officer just yelled at me for not filling out some travel document properly. I liked how people usually spoke and treated strangers in a friendly way. It's completely different in Germany.
The other day my bike fell on someone's dog, I apologized and the other people were upset but they never looked me in the eye even though we waited 2 more minutes at a train barrier. Unfortunately, people in Germany are often so shy towards strangers. On the other hand, one is not so easily sued in such a situation.
One of your own german youtubers 'Germany in Venice'. When back to visit his mother. His mother told him how she afraid to go out at night, because it was not safe in her german town anymore. He also showed homeless in germany and spots in towns that even the german police would not visit. I guess he's not afraid to show the worse of germany.
What did you expect? Did you break a bone of that dog? Did it get a concussion? Will you - if needed - pay for the medical treatment?
For some people their dog is like their child. If your bike fell on someones child, you'd apologize and expect an "okay"?
TBH, Ich hätte dich zur Schnecke gemacht...
@@orangeguy3314 Yes, we have a few camps with homeless people too - e.g. in Berlin. There are people on some large streets (Kudamm) as well as at large/crowded places like Alexanderplatz, Zoologischer Garten and the main train stations and more. However, from what I did hear and see it's nothing compared to the USA, not in numbers and neither in size.
@@harbingerofevil Doesn't matter. Germany as your homeless have reported that germany doesn't care about them.
As a german youtuber German in Venice also reported how his german mother feels unsafe for her to go out at night in the german city of Krefeld thinking she will be robbed or killed.
Maybe this is why he left germany for america.
Also we have a other german female youtuber Feli from Germany. That also gave up her german citizenship for a american citizenship. She own a nice america home. That she said she could never be able to buy one in germany along with most of germany friends. Envying her owning a home in america. Knowing this how people gain wealth in life. By owning property and not renting. She also talks about germany being a nation of renter's in one of her videos.
@@orangeguy3314 Nobody says that other countries don't have issues.
BUT - the dimensions of the problems are not remotely comparable.
A good indicator of this is, how much trust people have in their governments. Let's take Germany. I think most of the last German governments did pretty bad. Still, I have some trust that they do not make the worst decisions possible, that they are not corrupt to the bone, that they have some human decency and common sense and a minimum of education and sensibility. And I am still very happy to live here and not in the US, esp. BECAUSE I am not rich at all. I know I generally will be taken care of, by law, at least on a basic level.
Trust of people in the US government? The political right: "Too much government!" The political left: "They are all corrupt!" Opinions extremely divided, but none of them really positive. Trust is extremely low.
Happy birthday Brian, enjoy your day. Phil N, from sunny St Helens England.
From someone who was born in Croatia, grew up in Austria (Vienna or Wien) and is regularly in NYC or LA: I think America is like Disneyland but without the fun. I once had a ruptured appendix, in the US I would have had to sell my kidney to afford it. Or the insurance would have increased my rate until I shit myself 💩
In Austria parental leave with full payment is 12 months. Another 8 months at 75% of salary. In Austria EVERY employee (who is not self-employed) gets 14 salaries, even Cleaners or Mc Donald's employees, anyone! One additional salary in June (Vacation bonus) and one in November (Christmas bonus).
28 days paid vacation, if you add the bank holidays then it's 35 to 38
Of course, no company would do all that voluntarily. It is the law in Austria. The companies don't really complain because productivity, sick leave and loyalty to the company is so much higher than if these benefits were not there.
As these "benefits" have existed since the early 19s, these comparisons could only be made internationally, not nationally....
Wow! That’s crazy! Glad you are doing better
@@loners4life Americans should, too. Some of my best friends live in NYC and LA and it is frustrating to see that for many Americans certain services are a privilege, for the rest of the world this is considered a human right.
Don't get me wrong, I have never met an American who was rude, unkind or anything like that. These people are really lovely but the system that has been set up for you since 1776 sucks. Hope you can change the system soon with your votes or emigrate somewhere with your UA-cam earnings. 💸
TikTok is mainly being banned because it's Chinese. They have to provide the Chinese government with whatever they want. US and Europe thinks it's being used by the Chinese as a tool surveillance tool both for their own citinzens living there and for native European and US citizens and companies. There was a big case here in Norway very recently because a government minister used TikTok.
I enjoy your little chats during and after the video,they are very insightful,and i love how you treat the insanity of having to actually pay to bury or even incinerate your kith and kin,Cheers.
american healthcare blows my mind... i live in slovenia, and compared to other european countries, we don't have the best healthcare, but it's a fairy tale compared to usa. i pay 35 bucks per month for the health insurance and that's it, no extra charge for any medical service or medicine
Irish here, I've heard of gofundme but I thought it was only for charity lol.. I've never heard of anyone using it?!
I have never seen a gofundme in Greece.
To give you an idea about what it costed me for one year At the VUB Brussels was about € 250 a year for inscription fee and about € 150 for the books
Portion sizes maybe bigger but the unnecessary shit they put in there is horrible, lots of additives etc that are banned in Europe. Thank god we don’t have to ingest that here
In Switzerland gun ownership is very high but there are very few shootings, in the US there have always been large amounts of gun ownership but gun violence was much lower before, as an example, there was less gun violence during the prohibition then there is now. By far the biggest cause of gun violence in the US is gang related, just some things to think about.
I am also Swiss. Gun mass shooting in US are slightly linked to gang. A) In Switzerland vast majority of gun owners have done the military. We know that guns kill. In USA many deny the fact. B) We’re law abiding therefore we respect a strict regulation about firearms. NRA instructions about handling a firearms is done in ONE day… Sad and laughable. Lack of regulations, no real knowledge to how handle a gun (high rate of self shooting). In USA owning a gun is “I do all I want” In Switzerland is responsibility. I’ve my Fass57. So you can guess my age.
@@karldehaut My point was that owning guns in itself isn't the problem, it is deeper social problems.
I am from Finland, and the only time I have used Go fund me was when my American acquaintance needed help with his medical bills... Here it is not used.
The Reason that TikTok shows more of that kind of content is not because Meta pre filters it, but because Instagram was a picture platform, while TikTok is a short video platform which makes it better for political or short informational content.
Friendly on the surface
Lots of anger
Burial has rules due to public heath issues... but yeah funerals and such can be quite costly depending on circumstances,
Still you folks in the US see to make everything more expensive than it needs to be.
What south Europeans think of each other or what North Africans think of each other are good videos
like #2balkan4You XD
u guys r so real and so smart
Thanks!
Sounds 3rd World, homeless on the streets? Doesn't happen here in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK, I obviously live in paradise... I've never heard of anyone ever using Go Fund Me for anything...ever...
Hi,
Have a look at "Nieuws [2017] Nederlanders bouwen tunnel onder snelweg in één weekend [HD]"
I watched another of your videos and you talked about road construction being so dramatic there.
This video is us Dutch doing a weekend of road work. =)
Hey Loners....please watch from Michel Moore...Where to invede next...you will see all the differences on film😁I was a part of the Sloveanian student stand up😁✊
From Sweden. Never heard of any using gofundme.
If i didn't watch this kind of videos I would have never known what go found me is...I'm from Croatia.
Pozdrav iz Bec i Rijeke Mate 😄
Go fund me nije toliko nepoznat. Bar sam mislila da nije. 😅 doduše, u RH se to skoro pa nikako il vrlo rijetko koristi. 🙈
We have go fund me for medical expenses here in the UK. We call it tax.😂
Globe's odyssey rynoticex iti have had thousands of pounds spent on me y the hs nobody should mi d paying income tax for hs
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@@tenniskinsella7768 Nobody minds paying tax towards the NHS, & most voters would like more revenue to help fund health services properly. I'm not well enough to work right now so not paying income tax, but was always happy to contribute more when I was.
@@pegamini7582 I'm British and I also don't understand it.
16:45 To answer your question, never used it.
And, to my knowledge, most people here (Europe) use it to fund Art, Engineering project or things like that.
Again, we do have a working "single payer" "SOCIALIST" health care. It's not perfect, but it's functional and it serves its people well.
I think that some charities in the UK use Gofundme but most wouldn't because of the administration costs. They object to people making a sacrificial gift only for a corporation to take a slice of that money for their profits.
Also I find it fascinating that it costs so much to have a child the childcare is so expensive in the US so many young people are putting off having children or not even bothering. But then the very people who seem to be happy with those costs are also anti immigration. Falling birthrates, an aging population and an attempt to stop most immigration just who do these people in the right are going to do the work in the future? Because if they get their way there will be no one.
I literally never heard about go fund me until I started watching these kind of videos about the US. I have heard about crowd funding campaigns but only for computer games or stuff like that.
That’s insane! Go fund me is so popular here especially for medical debts
Minute 8:26 - 14 weeks of paid parental leave are the MINIMUM guarantee if you want to be in EU country. Many countries gives much more than that. Denmark and Sweeden 52 paid weeks, Norway 54 paid weeks, Lituania 54 paid weeks + another 54 weeks at 80% paycheck, Italy 5 months (22 weeks) at 80% paycheck. France 14 weeks for the first child up to 26 weeks for the third plus 104 unpaid weeks
Regarding gofundme its the same as many other things, The people that should be responsible for fixing those problems have convinced society that there is no way to fix it and that is normal to beg from strangers. Its the same type of example as when a waiter begs for a tip from random people cause his salary depends on it.
Ask a mortician has some really good insights on funeral costs.
I recall reading somewhere that the funerary business has largely been cornered by a small number of corporations. It's also a fairly territorial business, so I have my doubts that those with the biggest market share compete with each other. I wonder how the cost of funerary expenses have changed over time? Normalized for inflation for easy comparison between years. I think that would be an interesting chart.
In UK it is 1 year of maternity leave, and is the same in many European countries.
And Paternity?
@Gambit771 in the UK it is 1 year shared with maternity of which 37 weeks is paid. So it could be split 6 months each or 9 month and 3 months.
we can choose up to 3 years in 🇨🇿, amount is the same and also father can have it if you choose to..poor us ppl
It's two years paid maternity/paternity leave in Romania (3 years if the baby suffers from a handicap). Also the mother can take 126 paid days before the birth, which are like a medical leave.
@@daianajurca4106 that is truly excellent.
The only Go-Fund-Me I know about was A woman saying she spoke for every body in our area, when she said in court that we didn't want our local airport (Manston) reopened, for bogus reasons, it was over turned recently and she tried again an failed.
There was a gofundme for a friend of mine who wanted treatment from a very specific facility outside of the country. Often even that can be covered by insurance, especially if it's in the EU, but this particular one wasn't, so she had to pay for it herself.
Otherwise gofundme seems mostly things like business ideas, where people need to pay upfront to produce something. Stuff like that.
Funerals are not super cheap or anything, but funeral insurance is pretty common afaik, and fairly cheap. That may just be my bubble though. But it helps that embalming isn't really a thing, and absurd coffins that are basically nuclear explosion proof aren't really a thing. That does reduce costs by quite a bit. The only thing that can raise costs is how elaborate you want the service to be. In my area it's pretty common to have at least some kind food and coffee afterwards. Mostly sandwiches, but salads, soups, and other warm dishes aren't uncommon either. So that can drive up the cost if it's a big funeral.
BTW. Gofundme is used to support startups - as it was initially meant to be.
It´s "Saan Diaaagooo" like in the song from 1987 when it was invented by pure white americans.
From my European point of view (Frenchman living in Belgium, close to the German border) the worst part of American life is indeed that getting sick or sending your children to college might push you into debts and poverty. And the availability of guns and the number of deaths by shooting (12 times as many as in Europe, proportionally) is sheer madness. This being said, I've been to the U.S. twice, one month each time (New England, then California and Arizona), and nobody has threatened me, I did not feel in dangere anywhere, and I mostly met nice and friendly people there; of course as a tourist I was not confronted to the hardships of regular life (like in any country) and I did not visit the "bad" places.
The average American with a decent job can afford health insurance. Going bankrupt for medical bills only happens to people who have a medical emergency when they are uninsured. I pay about $300 a month for good health insurance that covers all my medication's, doctor visit's, dentist, ect... Also in the USA college is only necessary for certain jobs there are many promising career paths that do not require college education. Skilled tradesmen like plumbers, electricians, carpenters, construction workers, and mechanics are in high demand in the USA and you can get an apprenticeship for free for these jobs and employers will take time to teach you the skills needed to do the job and you get paid while learning. Also I think that the vacation time and benefits that European's get would be abused by American's. My little brother recently worked for a European company here and was given a month of paid time off and sick leave. He did not like his boss and ended up getting another job somewhere else but just told his boss at the European company he was sick or on vacation for an entire month while he was working at the other job so he could get two paychecks from both jobs until the European company finally realized he wasn't coming back lol.
Few years ago whole country was collecting money for a little boy with some rear genetic illness. We needed to raised in very short time around 2 mio. €. (We have a little less then 2 mio. citizens ) . It was important that he gets a treatment before age of 3 otherwise he would be on will chair. And nobody new if this new treatment will be successful since the illness is so rare. He went to the treatment in USA, and few month ago I saw video him walking and running. So, yes we do raise money here and there.
Regarding TikTok: Some European countries also thinks about banning it. But it's much more about personal data protection and protection of the youth, not because of the content. And I like that they care about that. Also, you are aware it belongs to a Chinese company, and that the content outside of China is completely different to that what Chinese people can see? (--> censorship) Regarding GoFundMe: you see it more now but not as much as in the US. And it's not often about healthcare costs but pretty diverse causes. There are also other donation platforms. About the high costs in the US and the missing outcry about that, I think that's also because of the highly individualistic lifestyle and mindset much Americans have. In documentaries you often hear "why should I pay for other people's healthcare?". Which makes me sad. European insurance systems are built more on the thought of a community of solidarity.
My mate set up a 15 quid go fund me one Friday t time for his pizza he was going to order. After 10 mins he closed it and bought his own pizza.
Lmao get snortin Linda/Lynda that gave me a laugh.
Should of paid your tea taxes. Also she is adorable x
Haha thanks!
gofundme really is what you'd have with a tax system more like a European model where taxes pay for schooling, health care and all that..
Because you're relying on other people to donate money that they might not be able to give..
I'd rather pay taxes to help the kid with cancer now because I know that I'll get it back when I turn 85 and all my health care will be payed for by my previous taxes or the kid with cancer who survived because I helped pay for their treatment..
The US is great if you have money. If you don't then it's not.
Thank God I was born in Denmark !!
Funeral are not free in England in fact they are very expensive, my husband and I have a life insurance to cover Funeral cost
You can ask for a council cremation. A whole lot cheaper than ... the usual.
We're very furtunate here in Norway with our welfare state, but not everything is covered. There are certain rules. If you want an operation that Norwegian authoritizes does not support or if you go abroad to do your operation, the patient cannot expect Norwegian taxpayers to cover it. Some people are being so silly going to the US like, and send the bill to the Norwegian health authorities and so surpriced when they are being refused. Norwegians can be so spoiled. Anyways they might use gofundme etc for that.
Interesting!
I mean you seem to have been grown to be the thinking and kind and realize relativley early "Something isn't right here", but you also see an influcation of USA inhabitants learning about countries outside the USA and sometimes it feels like a few of them are actually gobsmacked on how "screwed they truly are." If it wouldn't be so sad and there is always a fear that our politicians still like to steal your politicians ideas...it would be kind of adorable.
Good to see Lynda looking less exhausted, today - but still incredibly pale, particularly next to Bryan. Your job clearly keeps you under artifical light too much.
Did she ask for your input about how she looks?? Extremely rude.
@@sannaolsson9106 I'm not allowed to show concern? Clearly you don't care for anybody.
14 weeks? Norway has one year, paid, and you can choose how much each of the parents get. And, I think there are other European countries that have even more...
Here in the Netherlands you take out insurance, you pay between € 8.00 and € 20.00 per month, it is age-related when taking out. You can also save yourself, many believers do this and if you do nothing, and you are too poor, the city where you live will pay for a simple funeral. There are no relatives or otherwise who have to beg for this.
People of my age 84 years old, took out Insurance policies when we were young to cover funerals. I have a couple of policies on. that I don't have to pay any more money on ,it's called paid up. Advised to place actual policy away safely with important documents.l also have other policies that I took out later, which I paid a little more on, to make sure that Nobody would have to pay anything out for a funeral.
At 11:52 ... you are spot on!!
It’s so true!
If America really is the best country in the world you wouldn't need to be told,you would just know.
This is true
Watch the film 'Where to Invade Next' ....
yes
Gofundme in Poland is basically just for really sick kids like with cancer or something like that (adults too but kids mostly) or for dog shelters
I'm Bulgarian. As the dude said, we are the poorest country in the EU. We are still not as fucked as USA. $3000 for an ambulance? Really? This is beyond messed up.
You are incorrect. It is not half of Americans but half of USAians.
Several American countries already have universal health care.
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico have made progress towards UHC but still have a coverage of only about 80%.
USA though, have a loooong way to go!
We cremated my Da last month here in Ireland. Obviously we waited for him to pass away first, he wanted a republican funeral the whole thing cost us €6.5 grand
About guns. In Czech republic's constitution there is the right to carry firearms, but their gun related crimes and deaths are 1/7 than US... why?
Because to have a licence to use your consitutional right to carry a gun you have to:
1- Pass a psycological test (once a year)
2- Pass an earing test (once every 5 years)
3- Pass a visual test (once every 5 years)
4- Pass a gun using test hitting a target 4 times on 5 from 10 meters with a gun and from 25 meters with a rifle
5- Have a completely clean criminal sheet (always... if you get a sign on your criminal sheet, your licence is removed)
6- Pass a law exam about guns: storing guns, storing ammonition, place where guns aren't admitted (schools, courts, public offices and so on)
The fact that citizens have right to carry guns doesn't mean that any mentally unstable, half blind and deaf, untrained and ignorant criminal should be allowed to carry one
It's not that hard to understand
Nobody in spain knows Go fund me
I know "gofundme" system only via channels I follew from US...
As of September '22, 41.9 percent of US adults are obese. Black adults had the highest level of adult obesity at 49.9 percent. Hispanic adults had an obesity rate of 45.6 percent. White adults had an obesity rate of 41.4 percent.
With that, overweight rates are very close to 80% as of the same time.
In NZ (our nation as a whole), our rate is somewhere around 38%. So we aren't much better. *A quick check, NZ has the third highest obesity rate in the OECD. (as of mid-late '22)
What is go fund me? 🇩🇪
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