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President Bush or Reagan said "Thr French have no word for entrepreneur " at a huge gathering. Entrepreneur is a French word lol
Sounds like something both of them would say hahaha
A very common saying is that "your freedom stops where my nose begins" pretty self explanatory I think.
French are good in claiming stuff too:
- French fries (originally from Belgium)
- Onion soup (made already in the Roman times)
- High heels (originally worn by men in the army in Persia)
- French kiss (c’mon even cows do this)
This clearly evidences and demonstrates that
the education system in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
and its franchised States are bottom of the barrel and among
the lowest standard of all the OECD countries.
It is of course not surprising since the establishment of a
program in 1970 and mooted in 1890 to dumb down the
population --
It is - given the current world events and those of the past four
decades - why such a dumbing down is of value and importance
to the governing elite.
A well-read - educated and analytical-thinking population presents
a danger to the status quo and rulership of the Elite (Slave masters)
who exercise control over the (sheeple) ignorant brainwashed masses
@@spectrumoftheseas6768 The terms French fries and French kiss were never claimed by the French. It was Americans that called them that. The French just call them frites and a kiss. The rest of the world has other names for them. For example, French fries in Australia are just called chips, unless you really want to get specific then you can call them shoestring chips or simply fries, and a French kiss has a variety of other names like pash, smooch, or tonguey.
Italy here. 22 years ago I fell in love with a foreign woman and soon after she got pregnant. She had come to Italy with a three months touristic visa which quickly expired, so when we went to the hospital for exams she was illegal in my country. At the hospital they told us that in Italy the life and health of an upcoming baby and of a pregnant woman were considered more important than passports or visas and that they will assist mother and baby completely free... That woman is now my wife, mother of a 21 y.o. girl and of a 19 y.o. boy
Nothing is free. Taxpayers have to pay for all of that. It's just a loan or a prepaid service, but not a free one.
Of course, but in some countries if you can't pay you can't enter an hospital 😁
@@PyromancerRift Always that lame smarta** comment... Guess what? People DO know this and most of them are perfectly fine with it!
@@PyromancerRift This is such a fucking idiotic argument. We all know we pay taxes, we don't give a fuck. We pay around the same taxes as the US, and we get benefits, the US pays taxes, and it most goes to military. We say its free because we don't have to go into debt to go to the hospital or get an education. Simple as that, we call it free, we will always call it free.
@@PyromancerRift No shit sherlock. Its a system of regulations and taxes that benefit the whole of society. Thats the fucking point.
As someone born and living in a European country, the stories about the American health care system scare me.
I can agree on that. I've heard many things that actually would make me hesitate to go there unless I've triple checked everything related to healthcare.
@@csaadelbo I am Australian and have lived in the US. Only needed a doctor once and had insurance. I had to pay $3000 for a 15 minute consultation and then claim was able to make a claim on my insurance. I got $2,800 back. I still had to go to the pharmacy and pay for my antibiotics.
@@marealanham2900 Wow.. That is excessive, I'm glad you got the majority back, but still.. Damn ._.
England here. NHS is great and we are much better off than yanks for health.
When americans have an accident in the EU and someone calls an ambulance and they while in pain beg please don't, that's someething sad.
Living for 11 years in California as a European, are been like 11 years of prison. What did I do in 11 years? Work! That's it. One time I asked for 2 days off right before my regular 2 days so having 4 days, I was planning to do something for our marriage anniversary. They answered me after a month of my request, basically just 3 days before my anniversary, asling if I could take just one. Wow, they were making me a favor because they could not give me 2 days in a row so, they were acting wonderfully offering me 1 day after struggling to be able to cut out this day from their business... I told them to forget my request (this is the nicer way to explain you what I really told'em), because just 3 days before the date, I do not have time (and wish) to organize anything anymore. In Europe if you are NOT lucky, you have 4 paid weeks of vacation per year . Unlimited days of sick time... Bye bye America am done with you!
I was raised in Southern Africa, we worked as hard as anyone anywhere AND very few of us went home with less than 10 hours of work BUT we did get somewhere between 20-30 days leave per year AND they always tried to accommodate you for requests of leave days around a country holiday day so that you could maximize your break.
I certainly don't subscribe to unlimited sick days AND I despise people who think that the annual "allowed" sick days are leave days.
Sick days are for recovering from illness.
“Unlimited” is a bit of an overstatement, and it depends on the specific country anyway. Here in the Netherlands for instance you can be on sick leave for up to two years before your employer can ask a judge to terminate your contract, but then usually other forms of social security kick in. Also, during longer sick leave the employee is paid 80% of the salary after a point, and there’s regulations of all sorts. In short, there’s systems in place, and others to prevent and punish abuse.
@Oruam It is not because if you have a serious injury, nobody can force you to go back to work. At least in Italy. I do not speak for others. . Anyways you said about 2 years, then there are other factors that can come in.. This means almost unlimited anyways. ..
@@albertomagnani3984 i was on sick leave for 9 years. we don't get fired while we're sick in croatia. but you do have to prove it and there are check-ups. which is not a problem when you're actually sick :) yes, you get payed 80%, then after a few months you get payed 70% of that 80% and after a year it's 50% of your last 70% paycheck. but you aren't left with nothing. you still have health-care, you are still employed (if you were imployed at the time of your sickness - if not, there are other measures) and it's so much easier while you're going through things like cancer for example. you're not just thrown away like garbage. i actually felt so guilty for having all that help and was constantly trying to go back to work to feel valuable. that was the main thing that made me mad - not being able to give back.
@@ianrundle5862 Sick days need to be justified. When he says infinite he is accounting for that and the fact that most contracts in Europe protect employess from being sacked if they get sick (for real).
You living in American the first thing you think is how to game that system, isn't it? You guys are just sad, afraid of going to a hospital and never recovering from the financial devastation ever again, while in europe health is not meant to be profitable, it's meant to be a justification for us paying taxes, otherwise might as well just keep my money, which I would if I were Murican.
As I understand it the pilgrims didn’t leave for religious reasons, they disliked that we had religious freedom in England, they wanted all religions banned except their own. Then acted the victims for 300 years apparently.
Yeah, their "religious reasons" were that they were extreme and they were upset that they couldn't force everyone to be like them.
300 years is a bit too specific...it implies an end time
Meanwhile in America they're still whining and entitled! 😂
@@tamielizabethallaway2413 "still"
@@benediktmathes2528 *IN TEARS????* ...... 😂🤣😅 Jesus Christ!
Should she even be allowed out unaccompanied? She sounds unhinged! Good grief!
It's not just the religious fanatics over there, it's the US culture in general...people having the audacity and the RIGHT to stick their nose, their opinion, or their finger in someone's face! So judgemental and nosey! Clear up your own mess and leave others to wallow in theirs if they want to! They think nothing of bowling up to a complete stranger and start telling them what to do! I would not put up with that! Any finger in my face is getting broken....grabbed and snapped backwards!
I am glad to see an increasing number of Americans though, clambering out of their bubble and realising their quality of life is NOWHERE near an American DREAM!!! Looking for information on their own and realising that our lives are not what they've been told. Now if we could just get the rest to wise up then America COULD be number one in the world in EVERY area of life....but it's got a long way to go yet. They're more like "Stepford" wives...than people capable of forming their own opinion. Robotic. The religion is crazy, over the top and woven into everything. Pledging allegiance every day like a servant or cult member. Weird! 😳😮🙄🤔
Oh well! 😂😂😂
Those are still religious reasons
German here. I currently have my second whole month paid vacation right now - basically the whole december.
I work at an insurance as an IT guy, my boss doesnt really like it (because of running projects), but its MY RIGHT to have that amount of vacation.
Its 30 work days per year, resulting in 6 weeks of vacation, plus at most 12 days for overtime.
And here it comes: If i get sick during vacation, i go to the doc, he writes me a sick leave (usually a week or so), and that time will not count towards my vacation days.
I guess for an US american that must seem like im telling lies... ?
Plus chuck in some Gleitzeit and you gain extra time off too..
North Americans have been lied to for so long that they believe their GOVERNMENT
STIER SCHEISSE - and they are so proud of their ignorance - I find it unbelievable.
I asked a couple the question:
What language did Jesus speak -- and they answered English --
No joke - That's what they answered.
They do not even know that the Word God Comes from the German language and from the
low-level Germanic language of Yiddish.
Neither of those words was ever used in the Middle East or even heard of.
Fundamentally - The US population is poorly educated - and ranks near the bottom end
of all OECD countries - averaging 45th out of the top 50
In the UK we get 5.6 weeks paid vacation by law, which works out at 28 days for a full time worker. I have never ever not taken every day I was entitled to, and pretty much every place I have worked sent out memos reminding us to book and use our vacation time before the end of the year.
That is much more then what we get here in your neighbouring country, the Netherlands. It’s about 23 days minimum depending on where you work and older people get a few more with age. Most companies are closed extra on certain days like the Friday after ascension day. That day is like a bonus and is not deducted from your vacation days. This is not standard for every employee but depends on the employer.
Most companies let’s you take the unused days to the next year.
"German here. I currently have my second whole month paid vacation right now"
and also u have zero chance to get own house.... even to get own flat is also impossible.
the pledge of allegiance is creepy AF
its the first part of indoctrination and manipulation ,,,,,so sad
The only other country where it happebs is North Korea.
And they used to do it with a nazi salute..... Also, "under God" wasn't added until after WWII.
it's something that can be done only in countries that have Fasces in their Senate.
each time I'm remembered you guys do that, I can only think of:
_REPEAT AFTER ME: I AM FREE_
I guess we don’t have the freedom in Europe to pick up 20 paracetamol and 50 rounds of .32, one-stop shopping.
I think I can manage 😂
Depends on how you count the stops... I have a shopping center near me where i could technically do that *if* parking my car at the shopping center counts as one stop. 🤓
(It just not the same shop, and you need a license to buy .32 ammo. 😎)
I think the US pharmacies just misunderstood a bad joke and thus want to sell "any headache pills, even the 9mm ones."😂
@@nirfzwas the first thing I had in mind, in the states they sell you a "pill" to end... all the pain, lol. And I thought german humor is dark.
No need to excuse yourself for your lack of knowledge, you are so young and grew up in an environment that didnt provide you with such knowledge. You are learning. You are willing to learn. Thats all that matters and everybody criticising you for being ... ignorant maybe?... they all can screw off.
Love from Germany ❤
"Ich weiß dass ich nichts weiß." or for our US customers "All I know is that I know nothing" or for our latin nerds „ipse se nihil scire id unum sciat“ Original by Platon, Sokrates, Cicero...
Very well said katringbbins love from UK
Heidi nooooo American bread is sooooo sweet it is like cake. 😊
Uk don’t have medical insurance our medical system is free.
@@wolfgangpreier9160 well that Latin isn't the same there... since the German and English are both in first person, and that Latin is in third person. Also Plato and Sokrates didn't speak Latin...
I am from the Netherlands, a few years ago I met a lovely couple from the US, born and raised there. They told me that Europe had more freedom, respect for workers and a better healthcare system then US.
The things I heard from them just shook me!!
Yeah I realized how fucked up they are when I heard if you have an accident and ambulance comes to pick you up you need to pay from 3 to 5k dollars, like wtf, even in my country which is in Eastern eu you don't pay them to do their job, the government does.
“In the US the idea of a hard working person is an overworked person.”
Never heard this line before but that’s spot on!
In reality the Puritans left England and the Pilgrims left the Netherlands for one specific reason. Many Americans have been taught it was because they were oppressed because of their religion but in reality they left because while they were perfectly free to practise their religion they were not allowed to oppress others for not doing so.
Mary Dyer was hung because she left the puritan faith and became a Quaker for example.
Not much has changed on that issue when it comes to the modern day puritans in America. They still argue that they should have the right to oppress others.
Mary Dyer has hanged, not hung.
I'd rather be well.hung than well hanged.
Oh is THAT why England had a nice long civil war and then after the Puritans where hated by everyone and were basically forced to practice non-puritanism because their side lost.
That’s what I wanted to mention . I don’t know the details about them leaving England, but they left the Netherlands because it was to free. The younger generations were ‘susceptible’ to the open and tolerant society we had and were starting to move away from their teachings. The elders wouldn’t have that and that’s why they left.
We have freedom of religion as well as freedom from religion. In Europe separation of church and state is more obvious than in the US.
Yes, far from being oppressed and wanting freedom they wanted segregation and oppression. Well, it worked.
That's a great point which is rarely mentioned. Cheers from Spain.
"No country is ever perfect" is used too much as a cop-out in the US.
Perfection has been ruled out since Plato 400 BC.
NOTHING in this world is perfect -
Neither can we achieve perfection
The best we can do is "strive for excellence"
But only in the context of the US, anyone else would have to be 100% perfect to criticize anything to do with the US.
I prefer Robin Williams' explanation for America; a group of people so uptight, the British kicked them out 😂
Also some was in and out of jail and finally they were given a ticket to America
The Puritans where a TINY MINORITY of people that came to America. Your hate for the country is gross.
Another thing is Americans are brought up with huge amounts of patriotism. Singing that pledge thing, having the flag everywhere, being told they’re the “land of the free”, that they’re the “best country in the world”. There’s more too. Unless they are someone who educates themselves, then they are very ignorant but also arrogant with it. When us Europeans criticise them they think we’re jealous💀we’re either laughing at them or criticising their country and their laws. Most of them are so stuck in their bubble of just the US they fail to even recognise what people are saying.
Also, they think it’s just Europe that does that. Honestly it’s most of the world. Also they think this thing between Brits and Americans is some weird rivalry💀💀obviously some people on TikTok get caught up in it and do that but the average brit isn’t mad about 1776💀we only get taught it once. It’s not that important to us because we have so much other history and it’s not our Independence Day. It’s Americans’ not ours so obviously it will be important to them. But they then expect us to care too. I forgot 1776 was the exact date and I’m a history nerd. I knew it was in the late 1700s but ygm. The simple matter of it is brits just make fun of the average American and always have.
Again, it’s not just brits it’s most of the world but OBVIOUSLY you’re gonna see more Brits saying it because of language barriers
Like I said this is the average American. I know that a lot also aren’t like this but too many are
Another example of Americans being stuck in their bubble of usa is (not all) but a lot of people when they refer to white people they often mean white Americans. They forget that European white people are quite different to white Americans. The real problem is generalising an entire race purely based off the type of ppl of that race just from their country. Poc too but I noticed it’s mostly white ppl
An American once said to me in a comment section “uk and Europe” so naturally I corrected her saying how uk is in Europe so you could have just said Europe
She THEN SAID “not from a recent referendum I heard”💀
I then explained to her the BIG difference between Europe and the EU.
She then said “I dOnt beLieVe yoU yoUrE lyiNg” 💀💀💀
@@lydiamichaels1976 To have that much hate, you have been well trained by your government and media and your lack of education is showing.
America is as diverse as all of Europe is. A person from Chicago is as different as someone from San Francisco as a person from Paris is from someone from London.
Americans are not a hivemind. Your view basically placed you on the same tier ignorance level as the person you attempted to use as "the" example for 320,000,000+ Americans.
Load's of cult's were pushed out of Europe and went to America 😊
That's the case about meny Scandinavias who moved.
I live in the U.K and have two medical conditions. I was diagnosed with Hydrocephalus from birth and Ankylosing Spondylitis at the age of 24. I feel….from what I have heard from the health care system in America, and if I was ever in need of medical assistance. Instead of contributing into medical insurance, I might as well put my money straight into a funeral package. Our system isn’t perfect, but I’m forever grateful the NHS is there if I ever need it.
thats why NHS is so famous around the world
@@GNMbg It’s nice to hear from someone who has watched the television news article about my personal experience.
I see that you've named yourself after your medical conditions, they define you.👍
@@kiwitrainguy So in what way does it “define” me in your expertise as you seem to have come to this conclusion?
@@hydroanky The first part of your YT name is hydro and you say you have been diagnosed with Hydrocephalus. The second part of your YT name is anky and you say you have had Ankylosing Spondylitis from the age of 24. So that is the way you have defined yourself on YT in just the same way that I am a New Zealander (kiwi) one of my main interests is trains (train) and I am a male (guy). Put them together and you get kiwitrainguy.
So true. I'm from Denmark and while it's a pretty good country by most standards, it's not perfect. It's totally alright to love the US (or any other country) and to be proud of who you are or where you're from. Just as long as you realize that there's always room for improvement. I've lived in the US 3 separate times due to work, a year each place each time. I've had our kids go to school (middle school and high school) in the US, too. We were pretty dismayed or shocked really by the Pledge of Allegiance tradition which does ring certain WWII bells loud and clear to most Europeans, but my kids were more taken aback by the lockdown drills. And sadly, while my daughter was in high school, an active shooter caused a real lockdown at her school. So, we have definitely been to the US if you know what I mean! We were all happy to return to Denmark but that's not to say that USA is all bad. The nature is beautiful, and most people act friendly. We just feel a lot safer and freer here in Denmark. I am so happy to see more and more Americans use the internet for seeking more knowledge about other countries. You have a beautiful country and its people deserve better than what I think you have right now. Lots of love from a Dane.
Im fairly certain that something like the pleage of allegiance generally didn't happen in school even under Hitler. That sort of thing would have been more likely going on in the youthorganizations etc...😅
The difference between patriotism and nationalism.
Patriots understand that our country is great, but it has flaws and can improve.
Nationalists would claim their country to "be the greatest, no matter what".
@@michaelmatschke525 or mor precise 'Hitlerjugend' the youth organisation for indoctrinating the youth...that thay was the best and bravest and humanitys future ....hum...something ring a bell here...
Idk why are ppl proud to be from somewhere, you did nothing personaly so why stupid pride??
A lot of us on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain ruins get some serious commie vibes from that pledge. Back in the '90s, when I was way too young and stupid to know anything about politics, they were actually showing the pledge of allegiance in cartoons. Now that I'm older and smarter, I can't unsee the similarities with the praise for our dear leader from the bad old days
People in the US- I have all this freedom. Me in the UK- I can cross the road wherever I like and meet my 19 year old students in the pub for a few beers.
In the Netherlands you can stop a policeman and ask what direction the prostitutes are in a cloud of weed smoke.
Give that a go in most US states.
Yeah and if you post anything online that hurts someones feelings the police show up to tell you to check your thinking...all while grooming gangs rape your girls.
@Dominic Rivers Jim Jefferies is amazing😜
in germany u can do this with 16 xD
Check out the laws in the US about curfew for minors.
JFK gave a famous speech where he said "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country". This leads to the question, what exactly does the US government do for it's citizens? Somebody please let me know.
It's the most infuriating quote everyone keeps using.
It depends on what you understand by "country". If it means the collective then it's not such a bad quote. If it means government then yikes.
As little as possible for as much money as they can squeeze out of you.
@@arjankraaijeveld9587agreed. Americans are always boasting about the second amendment, but instead of using it for its original purpose , to overthrow a tyrannical government, (which is exactly what they have) they use it on each other. Makes no sense to me!
@@sheogorath1374 Countries and governments should be there to serve the population, not the other way around. In my book it's always a bad quote.
The social housing thing - In the UK we don't tend to have 'ghetto' neighbourhoods. I have seen and heard about areas in LA/Washington/Virginia etc that have 'no-go' areas which is from purposely zoning everyone that are on social benefits etc in a pocket on one side of the city.
In the UK and most countries in mainland Europe, social housing is all over/mixed right in... You may still have a few streets or an estate (not what US calls Estates but purpose built high-rise blocks purely for those on social benefits) that might be a bit 'rougher/troublesome' but right around the corner is working/middle/upper class streets & houses. Which ultimately keeps crime down and somewhat stops an overall stigmatisation.
An example: I live near Notting Hill, West London. Historically a slum, then a poor immigrant melting pot, then a bohemian artist haven, then a bourgeois middle class enclave and now the most expensive neighbourhood in London. YET.. with all this gentrification.. it is roughly sill 55% social housing. You have a house that is subsidised by the government for its tenant right next door to a privately owned £3.5 million house.
What is my point? It works! It is a superb area to live in and I will be sending my child to primary school with a all kinds of children from different religious/ethnic/socio-economic backgrounds. And that is how I think it should be!
I'm so grateful that I was born and raised in Scandinavia and not in the US. Thank you for watching these videos, educating yourself on how other countries treat their citizens.
America has become the richest third world country in so many ways.
Norsk?
I know what you're trying to say, but by definition, US cannot be a "third world country". That's a Cold War term. The third world countries were those that were not aligned with the US and its allies, nor with the Soviets. A third block, then. The term is used in a completely wrong way nowadays.
@@Tranitosaur Dansk 😊
Skandinavien är bäst! Även om vi krigat förr om åren så är vi alla vänner idag: )
I'm british so i have it pretty good but i'm still jealous of the Scandinavian countries, if i could move anywhere it would be there.
Freedom of expression. Yeah. In Germany, the line is drawn at several points, generally following two principles: Your personal freedom ends, where another's begins and (most important, as it's the first sentence of our constitution) "The dignity of man is invioable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all public authority."
That means that insults (especially the more drastic ones), defamation and slander can be prosecuted.
The second important point we restrict the freedom of speech is in usage of symbols of anti-constitutional organisations - most notably the Swastika, SS-runes and other Nazi symbols. And we outlaw inflamatory (hate) speech (from a certain degree) and all forms of trivialisation, disavowal or approval of any crimes of the Nazi regime (up to 3 -5years in prison, depending on the situation) and especially the Holocaust (the penal code prohibits speech that "approves, trivialises, justifies or disavowes the national-socialistic despotic rule and tyranny in a way that may violate the dignity of its victims"). That is a hard red line in modern German law - we know about our history, we teach our history and we work hard to be a beacon of democracy, freedom and peace ever since.
While in the same time, a bunch of white supremacists can parade in US streets with Nazi flags and automatic riffles... because of murica freedom...
@@yannicklucas1836 exactly. I gladly forgo a small part of my possible freedom to live in a safe, modern and peaceful community.
Yet Germany censors movies (acrion movies, horro movies) while most of Europe does not. And yet Germany has higher crime rates per capita than Luxembourg, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands., etc. Germans will never enjoy the real version of Arnold's Total Recall 1990, the 1980s Robocop, Predator 1, Starship Troopers, Dragon Ball Z with blood scenes, etc. Germans will live in their censored movies and series bubble). They even censor regular action movies, ridiculous. A bit like the Chinese in CCP China.
True Freedom would imply that when you are over 18 years old or when it's 20h15 you can see movies uncensored like the rest of Europe does.
@@THEREALZENFORCE That is a common misconception and not remotely true. The system is complex. Tl;dr at the bottom of this post.
Germany doesn‘t censor, unless there is a violation of the Criminal Code. That can be violated here for instance by glorification of violence or denial or glorification of the Holocaust. In that case, the medium (movie, game, book, song, basically all forms of media) will be confiscated by court order. That means that all sales are banned (but sales prior to the confiscation or owning the medium in question is still legal). The lesser step is the index, which basically means the medium may not be openly advertised and not be sold to minors. If the voluntary self control commission of the movie industry (FSK) or the entertainment software self control commission (USK) gives the medium a rating, it can‘t be indexed. Furthermore, and here‘s the common misconception, if a movie or video game is rated a certain way by the appropriate commission (or even denied a label), it can still be published. Many publishers will then cut some content and re-enter the cut version to receive a (less restrictive) label (those are: 18+, 16+, 12+, 6+ and without restriction). That is basically the same system movie studios evaluate when planning a movie for production: many movies are less violent or contain less swear words or sex from the get-go due to fears to receive a NCC-17 rating and to tune it down to R or even PG-13. If a publisher wants to cut content, this is merely voluntary. And it‘s perfectly legal to sell stuff without rating or that is indexed, unless it is confiscated.
However, many, especially older, movies or games are re-entered into the rating system (there is a timeframe for that) in order to get a new rating. As the rating procedure and specifications are ever evolving, many media that were cut previously are now re-evaluated at way less restrictive labels, are taken down from the index and labelled or labelled with the same restriction. I myself own several movies that weren‘t even put before the FSK because they knew it would not be labelled - but again, it‘s perfectly legal. Sometimes, there is no German synchronised version, but the OV (possibly subtitled) can still be acquired or imported legally. As for your example of Predator 1: It was never confiscated. The uncut version was originally put on the Index in 1988, then re-evaluated on demand of 20th Century Fox in 2010, removed from the Index and labelled 16 by the FSK. Total Recall (1990) Uncut: FSK 16. Robocop was removed from the Index in the Unrated Director‘s Cut version and the R-Rated version in 2013 and labelled FSK 18. Since 2017, Starship Troopers is removed from the Index and labelled FSK 16. As for Dragonball Z: every episode is rated individually, and I won‘t try to evaluate that now. Basically, you are wrong in every possible aspect.
One more severe example: Tom Hooper‘s original uncut version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was indexed and confiscated. In 2011, the confiscation was reversed, it was removed from the Index and rated 18 by FSK.
tl;dr: Germany doesn‘t censor unless in very severe cases that break German law (by court order). If a publisher wants a lesser rating (say 16 instead of 18, compared to R instead of NCC-17), they are free to do so and enter the cut version for evaluation. Media can be put on an Index for youth endangerment and then not advertised or sold to minors. Yet, Even unrated or indexed media can be published, sold and owned legally, just not by minors.
In Italy is more or less the same, for example you can defamate someone even if you tell the truth. In Italy the Depp vs Heard trial would be concluded in few seconds, both guilty, done. No witnesses, no experts etc... it just doesn't matter if one or both of them telled the truth. Complaints are made in the prosecutor's office, not in the newspapers. Obviously the right to protest and the right to report is guaranteed, but that was not the case.
But there is no limitation on the usage of fascist symbol, you can expose a fasces or Mussolini images. The only thing forbidden is the apology of fascism: the promotion or organization in any form, the establishment of an association, a movement or a group having the characteristics and pursuing the aims of reorganizing the dissolved fascist party, or anyone publicly extolling exponents, principles, facts or methods of the fascism, or its anti-democratic purposes.
I honestly prefer the Italian way to the German damnation memoriae, never erase history.
I did hear a streamer from Canada talk about some companies trying out a 4 day work week with the same pay as a 5 day work week and productivity increased about 70%+, it was so successful that over 100 companies adapted that system permanently.
That percentage seems a bit high, but there are studies in Europe too that suggest a shorter working time could be more productive. For example here in Finland one company started that trial in early 2000's I think and their productivity went up 30% or something. And that was a manufacturing business, not an information-intensive work! Though their version was to go with a 6h per day for 5 days a week schedule (which is suggested as the best option in studies anyway).
Oh, and said company stayed with thay schedule until they were sold to a bigger rival, who then shut down a couple of these old factories.
The 6h/day in Sweden wasn't on a national level but, but a few local government and private companies have tested it. The result pretty much always is productivity/hour worked increase productivity/employee decrease.
Been on a 4 day week for years in the UK.
In Australia - we have a 38 hour work week
4 weeks annual leave _
5 weeks for shift workers
6 weeks for MILITARY
8 PAID SICK LEAVE days
+ 11 public holidays (PAID)
16 public holidays in the State of QUEENSLAND
Public holidays vary from State to State - as there are
specific State Holidays)
New Year’s Day falls on a Saturday, as a result - there is an
additional public holiday on Monday the 3rd of January
I live in Brazil, a country that is supposedly "dangerous". The amount of times I've personally seen Americans cower publicly at the sound of firecrackers outside because of Carnaval, or any other kind of celebration really, would be funny if it weren't so sad. I remember everyone around just turning and staring at them confusedly, and I, as usually the one person around who spoke fluent English, had to explain that those weren't shooting sounds, and that I've never even heard of a shooting happen in the city I live in my entire lifetime (I'm in my 30s), and they were perfectly safe.
As in all countries it depends on where you are in that country, some areas are worse than others. I googled murder per capita and found a list that had 175 countries. Brazil was in the 14th position. I would say that's pretty high up there. Sweden was number 137 on the same list, the country i live in. And in the last 12 years 5 murders have happened 5 minutes from where i live, 2 of them on my own street. I live in a small place with a population of 9k people. So it's pretty amazing how you are in your 30s in brazil and have never experienced what the statistics show.
Would i say that it's safe where i live? Absolutely but people have been murdered here. But you as a random person would be safe. If you get involved with criminals then you have a target on your back.
@@craftylemon2460 Well, shootings have been on the rise in recent years in Sweden. I think that list is a little old. Take Malmö for example, shootings and bombings have drastically risen recently. Same thing in Stockholm, especially in the suburbs (förorterna). Even where I live, in Nyköping, there have been shootings.
@@Robin_778 Yes that is true, the list was from 2018. But i live outside jönköping in the middle of nowhere and still there has been 5 murders 5 minutes from where i live in the last 12 years. And this guy has lived 30+ years in brazil and pretends that nothing is going on there. The updated list puts brazil from 14 to rank 15 so no big change. I would never visit a big city in brazil, i know too much and have seen too much from that country. And even if Swedens shootings have gone up it's not even close to the statistics of brazil. If you want to compare Sweden to Japan then you could strongly argue that Japan is much safer than Sweden. And Sweden is much Safer than Brazil.
And btw Brazil is safer than Honduras. Facts are facts.
@@craftylemon2460 You can hate all you want, but I'm Brazilian, I'm 41 years old, I live in São Paulo (biggest capital with a crime rate only second to Rio) I travel A LOT, usually by bus, and usually by myself, I have never seen a gun outside of a policeman's holster, I go to ALL odd places at night and walk around alone (people call me crazy) I have never been mugged, never witnessed one, and the only time I heard shots, it was a premeditated murder that came out in the news later, that happened near where I was staying, and that was I the safest city of Brazil. So, yeah say what you will, but we know of our life experiences, whether you like it or not.
My daughter went to live and do High School in the US and in her second month living there, there was a shooting at her High School.
I wonder who produces these "studies"? 🤔
@@teacherdenise5502 I'm not hating and i don't know why you bring up the US, everybody knows that they love guns in the US. And most people knows that Brazil is not as safe as you and the original commentator tries to paint it as. I guess you are very lucky to never have experienced anything bad, it's just like how winning the lottery has an extremely low chance of happening and yet some few people win it. You are the not seeing anything criminal in brazil lottery winner. The fact that other Brazilians calls you crazy for going around in certain places alone crushes your own arguments for how fantasticly safe Brazil is.
But hey, lets ignore facts and start to question studies that tells something bad about our country instead.
Damn it woman :) You made me sub when you admitted your ignorance on social housing and said you would do your research later. Respect!
This is all so true. I used to travel to the US a lot on business from Europe and i was simply appalled at the way society operates. That's not 'freedom', it's almost a form of slavery. The workers (particularly servers) are treated quite literally as serfs. not just by the rich and powerful, but also by each other.
Slave market for slave workers.
Here is a fact for you -
We are all slaves --
We are about as free as free-range chickens -
You will realize this when you start some logical thinking -
and study Law for a sufficiently long period of time.
Start by defining what Slavery is --
You can ask your family members - if they are Slaves.
They will all tell you NO
And they are all incorrect - because they do not understand the concept of slavery.
Would you like some lessons ?
You will realize WHY you and everyone else were NEVER taught this
at the CORPORATE GOVERNMENT indoctrination center - commonly
known as school --
Had you been taught - it would have let the cat out of the bag.
Write the definition of slavery - it doesn't change from country to country
Am Apple is still an Apple and an Orange is still an Orange no matter in
which country one sees it or eats it
I look forward to your essay -- My students age 12 successfully completed
the essay - Are you up to their academic level ?
Where? I live in italy and I have never seen workers or servers treated as serfs. Expecially because
1 the mentality that “the client is always right” is more an american mentality, in europe the saying was since forever “the client is king”. And while kings in europe get a lot of respect and deference…if they become very bad kings, well, hystorically we have the guillottine for it. And
2 the “karens” are also a more american thing. Sometimes such behaviour happen here too, but rarely ends well for the karen, the manager and employers are usually much more propense to side with their loyal employees than with a bully that probably is even trying to cheat the shop out of some money. Bullies are bad businnes. And
3 we have real minimum wages here. No servers needs tips to survive, and any minimum wage job full time is still enough to pay for a decent living standard in nearly every place in europe. Plus, you get infinite sick days and a month of vacation every year since the start. In America, the minimum wage isn’t enought to pay for even the rent of a single bed apartment in something like the 95% of the countries, and you have to slave off for a year to “earn” some sick days and some vacation days the next one, and still most employers will find ways to cheat you out of part of them by asking you to be reperible even during vacation, and also to do part of your job during vacation like working with emails and checking documents.
What have you ever seen in europe that you would call “be treated like serfs” by American standards? Because it seems to me that ANY server in America is treated as an ACTUAL serf, with barely any pay, nearly no benefit, riduculus working hours and actually be forced to submit to any local karen with a forced smile on your face because in America you would be written off even for not smilimg enought to the costumers. You all abolished slavery on paper just to turn it in a milder version of it with a different name in practice. Not counting of course the ACTUAL slavery of the convicts forced to perform forced labor, which is reconized as slavery in most modern world and called as such, while the USA changed the name and definition to keep using it after abolisching the private use of slavery.
@@marcorizzoni9766
Slavery was never abolished - anywhere
Only the "Ball and chain" around the ankle variety.
There are no of course electronic tracking ankle bracelets.
Slavery has become more sophisticated.
You have yet to give a definition of what slavery is.
So I ask you the question:
When one group of people gives themself power - authority and RIGHTS
that other people do not have - what do you call that ?
I can tell you - If you believe in GOVERNMENT then you believe in Slavery.
Also - understand that Government is a CORPORATION and it is also a religion.
Religions throughout history are there for the purpose of controlling people
by fear and violence - and profiting from them.
THe COURT is the place of worship where the disciples who transgress the
GOVERNMENT religious doctrines - known as 'Statutes" are taken to confess
their sins and make a plea for forgiveness - as in PLEAse don't hurt me.
• The Court is the synagogue.
[the temple of Baal - enforcing Babylonian Talmudic Law]
The gate (or bar) is the veil.
The bench is the altar.
The Black-Robed Devil (the judge)
Administrative magistrate/Administrator) is the high priest.
[vicarius dei]
The Attorney [from Attorn = to twist or turn] is the mediator.
[vicarius filii dei] (Vicar of the son of God){The attorney’s job
is to move one into Roman ‘Civil Law’ Jurisdiction and then into
Code and Rule Pleadings; know and remember that he is by definition,
a devil - too}
The bailiffs - clerks - and stenographers are the high priests' servants
If one enters the veil - one is there to give sacrifices.
The fine is the waive (given to escape the threat of punishment)
offering.
The court cost is the heave (tribute or gift) offering.
@@marcorizzoni9766 You misread my comment. I was appalled by the US, not Europe.
Europe: What happens when people govern the country
USA: What happens when corporations govern the country
Since the neo-liberals gained power, Europe has been moving more and more in the direction of corporations being in power.
CORPORATIONS
not - corporations.
Learn the meaning of the word and learn to write it correctly
You need to learn and understand where the word comes from.
You have yet to complete the study of the language you are using
@@andrew_koala2974 I wonder how many languages you speak
@@geraldeder4162 probably 0.
Yet there are more corporate lobbyists in Brussels than in Washington DC
We (Sweden) has tried the six hour workday, in both the private sector (the prime example being Toyota) and in the public sector (prime example being Svartedalen senior citizen home). Every place that has tried this has seen an increase in productivity -and- in quality of what is produced (be it a physical product or a social one), but what happened was that the employees had fewer sick days, there was fewer people who changed jobs, less of workplace discord (Toyota even saw a raise in sales).
I have been working 30-hour workweeks for the past year (a creative IT job) and not only am I happier and better off mentally, but I'm also far more productive at work; I get more done in less amount of time simply by not being so tired all the time. It's simply perplexing how you're expected to work 40-60 hours a week and stay productive or healthy.
I can't think of 1 thing America has that's better
For me many Hollywood Production or in general the US Movie Production
@@HyakkiYakoo really!!! How that has an effect on your lifestyle is beyond me. 🤣
@@tobytaylor2154 because of the great stories that was told think about Star Wars, Marvel, Disney Movies
For me it had a great impact in my life till today
@@HyakkiYakoo you clearly don't understand the meaning of this clip, and you might wonna find out what companies and where they are based works on Hollywood movies and what countries they are filmed in. Starwars spec effect by us brits, private Ryan band of brothers etc all made in the UK, why!!?? Coz it's a global industry which can be viewed around the globe!!! And these great story tellers that are American, are there no other great story tellers? Pmsl, Shakespeare, dickens to name just 2 out of many just from my country, recent Harry Potter etc. So, you can watch your favourite movies anywhere so your comment is like a broken pencil.......pointless!
@@TabeaSerenety I know that very well but not the production/franchise
A previous employ I worked at here in Sweden had a sit-down with each new employee (if the employee was from USA) just to tell them "If you're sick STAY AT HOME! You have 6 weeks vacation per year USE THEM!!"
like in Austria. If you are sick then stay home cause u can infect other worker and then half of the employees are sick
In Sweden your days off for health issues are counted in your paid vacations ?
@@MrRAFALE1 no they are seperate.
@@Lizerino "You have 6 weeks vacation per year USE THEM!"
This part make me suspicious ^^
@@MrRAFALE1 At first when I read Touchpads comment, I read it the same way you did. But I'm pretty certain he meant those two sentences as two different statements. 1. Stay at home if you are sick. 2. Use your vacation days. :)
I've lived/worked in 6 different countries including The U.S., which is where I grew up, and The U.S. is the worst of them in so many ways. The people there are so beat down by life and how horrible it's been for them that they just have no hope for anything better. Everyone hates everyone and everything. The country is divided to the point of violence on even the most basic issues. Everyone is treated like trash by their neighbors and their bosses and even their own families. And honestly their just isn't any hope for them. I left after High School graduation to go to college in Reykjavik and have NEVER regretted it. My brother is 1 year younger than me and he attended Univ. of Kentucky and Univ. of Arkansas. We are 42 and 41. He is still paying for his tuition and he makes mid 6 figures annually. I worked part time to pay for my tuition during my time at college, at a job that they had waiting for me when I got there, and when I graduated I owed just over $900 dollars TOTAL. I talk to him weekly and he is always complaining about this and that. No wonder everyone there is always so stressed out!
I love your open mind and strive for learning more by research, not accepting a stalemate. You’ll move far with this attitude. We need more like you. ❤
As a Brit, I only said the UK pledge of allegiance once when I was a kid, and that is when I joined the Sea Cadets. And that was just simulating the real pledge you have to make when joining the armed forces.
Yes same here joining the army cadets
The only time as a Belgian I had to do it was when I became a Sergeant in the army.
same in Germany
Im 67 and never said it .
Most countries only have something like that when someone gets "sworn in" as a soldier in the armed forces, police and certain high official positions.
And it's a one time thing and it makes sense to me this way.
The only 3 that easily come to my mind that currently have school children do that, are the US, China and North Korea.
The fact that he basicly just compared (a part of) the US to nazi germany and noone can really say he is wrong, is my favorite part of any day.
I read a comment under one of those reaction videos from a US Student, that she felt wrong, doing the pledge to the flag. She refused it and when she did, her teacher first scolded her, that she HAS to make the pledge. She refused again to do so and her teacher then informed the school police, which took her to the school principal. After he first tried to reason and then tried to intimidate her, while she further refused, she then was suspended for a few days from school.
If that's not fascism, what's then?
Did you even listen to what he said?
@@Anthyrion
Well it was a lie told to you.
There haven't been pledge of allegiance in schools since the late 70s, maybe early 80s?
As far as police in school's?
This is a new thing, and probably mostly in bigger cities, as I have never seen them in my children's schools.
A policeman at a school would only be there to show himself, as to keep
anyone from doing something stupid.
If there is no immediate danger to a child, he will have nothing to do with the school rules.
You also cannot be forced to partake in anything like that.
You would have had the parent's screaming to the news channels if that had happened.
Hell our sons can wear dresses to school and be called shirley, or Barbara.
If that's not Liberal, I don't know what is. Lol.
We have many, many problems with our country, but forcing someone to act a certain way, would be the last thing anyone could do right now.
You can't stop extreme acts of what the prepubescent child wants to do in some instances.
I just wanted to clarify that because we're a mess in some areas, I just want to be criticised only for what we are actually do wrong.
Thanks for your time.
@@Anthyrion I've long said, that the "Pledge of Allegiance", is one of the most fascist things I've ever heard. Straight out of the playbook.
@@Theaisa Americans have fasces in their Senate, they are simply consistent with their (stolen) symbology
The lack of guaranteed healthcare is the one that is most shocking to me. Even poor European countries have that. It may not always be perfect, especially in Eastern Europe, but you will not lose your life savings because you got sick.
Not only European ones.
Also many African, South American and Asian ones have that.
USA is almost the only developed country without a public healthcare system.
Health is not a right in USA
Don't lie Buddy. What do you know about us? Here in Slovakia is healthcare for free for everybody! 🤬
I did my senior year in High School in the US and was confronted with the daily pledge of allegiance. I would just stand up and be silent out of respect. But then some other students started to notice that I didn't do it with them. They were actually upset and asked my why I didn't do it along with them. I just looked at them and said: Well I'm not American, so doing that with you would actually be disrespectful. That got them thinking and they then accepted me not doing it.
Thats very terrifying. This “pledge” doing states like North Korea or China. In past communist countries did it, just not daily.
In the US you have the freedom to start a business and treat your employees like garbage.
Thats a freedom we dont want here.
I love that we in the UK can go to a hospital and get treated and the only things you walk out with are either a prescription or a follow up appointment if needed
Exactly the population absorb/share the costs of treatment thus keeps cost`s down to an affordable rate...
@@kylereese4822 I’m happy paying National Insurance when it helps out people who are less fortunate than myself
They did some research and paying for an overnight stay in a hospitalbed in the US costs more then
a 5star hotelroom in some other countries. Healthcare in the US is worse then 3rd world countries.
@@Dreez76 Even most 3rd world countries have Universal healthcare. The US is a beast of itsself.
@@Dreez76 it’s something like $2k to get an ambulance out to you and that says it all
As a dane i was offered FOX news for two weeks to try, and i have to say, the lies and total nonsens they tell americans about Europe, is just unbelievable. That tv station is no better than russian news
And it serves exactly the same purpose: To brainwash the viewers.
It was no surprise to hear the Russian foreign minister offering Tucker Carlson a media job in Russia after he was sacked by Fox Entertainment.
In Germany and the Netherlands there's anti- American news (also against other countries btw)
It's shocking to find out
In the UK Fox news was classed as entertainment, not news. Well it's entertainment, the same way a public hanging is I suppose.
@@blackcountryme I would personally class it as dystopian horror
I don't know if you've heard this story or not. It's about an American, that had been working in the UK for a British company. Well about September time they were called to the managers office to have a sit down with the manager and someone from HR. The American started to get worried as to what the meeting was about, as they were a hard worker, was never late and never took time off.
In the meeting the worker was asked why they never take time off, the worker said they liked to work hard and show loyalty to the company. The worker was so confused when they were told they had to take time off. Then they got banned from coming to the office for a month, was told to leave their work phone and laptop, and still got paid.
I saw a normally well informed US political UA-camr who assumed that a "social care" cap in the UK reported in the news, was a cap on the amount of social care that old people would receive. When it was actually a cap on the amount of money that an old person would have to pay towards hospice care when they get old. With the government paying the rest. Then I noticed other times that he kept automatically knocking European countries without doing the same research that he did on US news headlines. So I assume that when he tried his stage act in the UK sometime, nobody laughed. 😉
Ben shapiro?
no body laughed "
Of course - nobody could laugh as all the 'bodies' are buried in the cemetery -
and the DEAD cannot communicate with the Living
The DEAD can only communicate with the DEAD
You have yet to undertake an intensive study of the English language -
the actual meaning of the words you use and their origin.
Write an essay on the significance - meaning and importance of "One"
I will start you off with the first line of your essay/
One is the Cardinal number
Now you complete the remainder of the essay
My students age 8 completed the essay successfully.
I put it to you that they are academically more advanced than you.
@@andrew_koala2974 You are an incoherent insane person
@@andrew_koala2974 No that didn't make me laugh either. By the way, quotation marks come in pairs. You dipstick. You might also investigate the proper use of commas, and how to construct sentences. You know, the things that start with a capital letter and end with a full stop. You also only capitalise proper nouns. Random capitalisation shows immature and muddled thinking, or maybe just fat thumbs. I suspect that you may have been home schooled, as you have apparently never taken a written English class? Or is English not your first language? In which case I would ask for a refund from your tutor. Or did you just buy a certificate from some random online diploma mill? To con your way into a teaching post. 👎🤣
@@andrew_koala2974 Who gives a f**k, I understood what Corringham Depot said. Your entire comment is pointless. Get a grip on life. 🤡
Boy, I'm glad I grew up in 🇨🇦! We're not perfect. But, we are continually working on improvements. I remember when I was growing up, my friends and I would shake our heads whenever we heard an American state that they were the "greatest country in the world"! It was like the rest of us all knew the joke while they were totally oblivious to the brainwashing.😄
I really feel sorry for you guys!!!
Greetings from Belgium
Having lived in both American and Europe I’d stick my head out saying there are a lot more “freedoms” in most Western European countries than in the US.
Name one? I have lived 20 years in the Nordics and 20 years in the US. There are certainly more rules and regulations in Sweden for example. Like only the government can sell alcohol, you can't buy wine or liquor on Sundays, government taxes bigger part of your paycheck (so less freedom to decide how your money is spent), city governments controlling which color you can paint your own house, or what kind of fence you can build... There are dozens and dozens of these kind of freedom restricting rules at least in the Nordics...
A study by an MIT shows that the United States of America has regressed materially to a third-world nation for most of its citizens. The UN 2022 sustainable development index, rank US at 41st place, like a "developing country", it's behind Cuba.
US are like a third-world country in a lot of things like education, healthcare, infrastructures, guns, crime and violence and inequality.
@@cobusb8373 It is certainly better to be low income worker in Europe than in the US. But I'm not one, so I like the US. I have more than enough vacation time and don't even need to work for money, but I need and want the intellectual challenge my work provides.
@@cobusb8373 A lot of people with interesting/challenging jobs like to work... actually I would say most of the wealthy people like their work... but I realize that's not most of the people!
@@johnj8069 I'll name severa.I have the freedom to lose my job, leave my job and not find myself homeless, I have the freedom to get sick or have an accident and not find myself ruined and homeless, I have the freedom to pursue education without crippling myself with student debts, I have the freedom to live a balanced work-private life without fearing for my job, children have the freedom to go to school get a quality education without fearing a mass shooting, I have the freedom to retire and not find myself on the street, I have the freedom to live and experience life outside work, go on holidays, go for adventures without having to wonder if I will be able to pay the bills, I have the freedom to care for my child or an elderly person without losing my home. I have the freedom to do all of that, without being rich. That kind of freedom, frees up the mind and makes for a more peacefull and safe society. I don't need to worry about getting shot or mugged. That my friend is freedom. The freedom to be able to shape your future, without fear of losing it all due to circomstances out of your control. I guess for others freedom is about fences or painting your home limegreen. Our concepts of freedom are fundamentally different.
4:00 There's a good description here in Germany: personal freedom ends where it negatively impact others.
9:03 Japan run a similar experiment with reducing the work week to 4 days instead of 5 or 6 - and the rresult was that this indeed increased productivity to a level that they got done the same work in 4 days that was usually done in 6. "Fun" fact: Corporations didin't like it and still press the employees for working longer hours.
13:49 That might be a state thing, however insurance companies in the USA can absolutely reject to cover you at all if they deem you not profitable for themselves. What is so crazy about that republican claim against Obamacare is that they actually describe the current privatized for profit US "healthcare" (more like profitcare) system. Stuff like people not being covered is something that will never happen in countries with socialized healthcare because the whole point of socialized healthcare is to prevent something like that from happening.
15:15 Well - the Nazis did something like that in Germany when they had the power in Germany. Usually something like that is the sign of an autocratic society, not a free one.
"Corporations didin't like it and still press the employees for working longer hours." of course its a matter of expressing your power over others. Japanese corporate culture depends on bullying as much as american work culture.
You are not free if you cannot speak especially when you import people from countries still living in the dark ages. This is why Germany has near total control of their media, to silence the people and control how they think which led to an epidemic of rape across the nation which they cannot speak about because its OK to rape women that show their bodies according to a backwards religion.
4:00 - Here in Portugal it's the same.
@@thomasjones4570 Who is stopping you talking about these ridiculous claims? People disagreeing with you doesn't infringe your free speech.
@@thomasjones4570 What a load of BS. Your comment is also more than just a bit racist.
My last job here in Denmark we worked only 4 days a week and enjoyed 3 day long weekend. It is by no means a standard of work time but it was soo relaxing. I went to work on Monday's super recharged and energetic and kept that momentum until Thursday. The productivity was higher and overall scores across the company were higher in all aspects. Also the 3 days off for weekened were awesome because I could do so much more with my family. As for the holidays I cannot even imagine fighting to get 2 weeks off. That is just wrong. I started with 7 weeks of paid holidays a year (this doesn't include national holidays in any way those are bonus and also paid) and to that I had 2 weeks of sick days that I could use for when I had a flu or something. (Mind you if a person is seriously ill they get a paper from a doctor that lets them be home or in hospital as long as needed with full pay until they are healthy again) the sick days are just for minor things like those 3 days of runny nose and fever. It also helps others not getting sick.
But what is probably the starkest difference is, that my employer required and demanded we take our days off. At the end of the year we could have 5 days of paid vacation days unspent that got to be transferred to the next year, everything else had to be used and if someone didn't use their holidays continuously it was taken before an employee council (a sort of thing that looks out for employees interests and wellbeing) and they were encouraged to take the time off for medial reasons.
I take u=it from your explicit statement =- and I quote "" My last job here in Denmark ""
that you are NO LONGER employed as it was your LAST job.
What does LAST mean in your language ?
In my language - LAST means that there is NO MORE to follow
As for example Your LAST day on earth -
After your LAST day - there will not be a Tomorrow for you
@@andrew_koala2974 Wth is this comment :D yeah my last job in Denmark cause I no longer live in Denmark. Just to also expand, you can also say Last Monday I watched a really good movie. Doesn't mean it is the last Monday that will ever happen in the entirety of the human race :D but the Monday that happened Last week. Or Last Month I had a really bad flu so to finish, the word can also mean previous.
@@andrew_koala2974 May that be your last comment on UA-cam.
I love that people from so many nations come together under such a video :)
Another great reaction Heidi, take care with that information overload ❤
Not just in Europe, but here in Australia I get 4 weeks of annual leave, 70 hours of sick leave and at my job also 12 more rostered days off (by working an extra half hour a day). As long as you book your time off long enough in advance there's nothing the management can say. People can also to an extend accrue their leave, so it's not unheard of that people take 6 weeks off to travel in Europe, US or somewhere else overseas. At times it seems to me that employment in the US is closer to serfdom than to freedom. Any accident I have I can go to a hospital and it won't cost me. I do pay a 1% tax of my wages for this, but this is surely a lot less than what you pay on private insurance.
@Bareego What do you mean with 70 hours sick leave? What happens if you are longer sick?
@@Joris13T if you are sick for longer than that you need a certificate from a doctor
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I am the son of a German mother and an English father. Although I have never moved out of Germany, I have been traveling the world for more than 30 years now. I have always appreciated differences between the people in my country and the people from other countries, as I always felt that there is so much we as human beings can learn from each. However, and I don’t want this to sound patronizing, as it is coming from a place of great love and admiration, there have been changes going on in the US in recent years that feel a little irritating, to say the least. Watching it from the outside while being pretty much objective, just by looking at facts and figures, it is scary to witness that what used to be considered common ground (for example the rightfulness of an election process in a democracy) is being questioned, leaving no room to solve the actual issues any country has to deal with, and as a result leading to a situation of mistrust, fear and anger. Moreover, to make things worse, this all being fueled by mass media outlets that are allowed to provide their viewers with one sided and at times even false information, resulting in growing trenches between the two political sides.
In this climate having a reasonable discussion is becoming more and more difficult as there seems to be no room for self reflection or empathy. I am in no position to judge, but with all the love, admiration and also gratefulness I feel for your country, it is heartbreaking to watch what is going on and to experience the effects these developments also have on how I feel as a foreigner when visiting your country. I can only hope for the sake of the people in the US and everybody who believes in a free world, that some day change will come, and the USA will be the land of hopes and dreams for everyone again.
It is very hard to live and work in Denmark. We have to take 3 weeks of holiday every summer, year after year. It is so hard to keep finding places to go on holiday. I hate this socialist nightmare we live under... No ofc not, it is pretty fantastic. And in my current job we are only allowed to work 37 hours a week, so I am home everyday around 3 pm. Pretty cool.
Karl really nailed that video. well articulated and super good points back to back to back
in iceland there was a study over some years they tested out 4 working days a week, they went from 40 hours to 35 hours a week with same pay. in the companies that tried it out either had same level of productivity or in some cases small increase. since then more companies have started to do the same because of the results.
Idk why all countries don't do this, ppl would be so much more rested and ready to work more in the upcoming week, 3 days weekend sounds perfect.
Ammo in a pharmacy.. Well it is pretty effective for headaches... 😏
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Australia and New Zealand are both very similar to Europe, both having a good work/life balance with generous annual leave and also have universal health care.
I'm not an expert on this so I'll explain it very briefly. Social housing is government-owned housing. Usually, such an apartment is located in a block of flats, less often in a multi-family house. The government is FORCED to accommodate people who do not have housing. I mean literally the government has to actively house the homeless. This is of course not a perfect procedure, there are abuses and procrastination. But the principle is that you apply, you get the assignment. And you have an apartment. You have to pay rent and bills, but it is up to 10 times cheaper than renting from a private person.
And that may sound strange. Because if someone is homeless, without a job, how is he supposed to pay the rent? Well, normally. He probably has worked for some years in his life, so he is entitled to unemployment benefit, if he is unable to work, he receives a disability pension. Really, rummaging through garbage cans looking for food and living in cardboard boxes is an abstraction for a European that appears only in Hollywood productions.
3:32 "Your rights end, when someone else's begin" This is why you can't do that.
in france it's actually illegal for a private insurance to ask your medical conditions or medical antecedants, that stuff is confidential and only medical workers can have access to it legally
Length of holiday varies per country. In Finland, 5 weeks per year is common, of which 4 in summer, 1 in winter. The funny part - not using the holiday is not an option, you have to have it ;)
That's probably true in most if not all European countries. But regarding your obligation to use it, I can tell you that in Croatia there is court practice about not using your annual leave. Law states that annual leave has to be used before 30 June of the following year. If the employer gave you a chance to use it up until 30 June of the following year, and you failed to do so, you lose unused vacation days. It serves a purpose, tho. It's to prevent you from combining vacation days from multiple years and thereby disrupting work.
In Sweden, I could save up to a week of vacation each year but had to used those saved days within 5 years time or "lose" them - in that case I would get their value in money instead of time off.
Fun fact.
Last I checked there were 92 free countries in the world.
America ranked 15th or 16th in individual freedom and 52nd(!?) in journalistic freedom.
Sharing the no1 spot was Sweden and Finland closely followed by the remaing Nordic countries, The Netherlands and Austria.
I dont remember the order of the others.
This was about 3 years ago when I wrote a papper on it.
The places may have shifted one or two spots but its highly unlikely its by more than that.
Generally changes to these rankings take along time due to the process of changing right and freedoms often being a 5 year process minimum as a sitting government has to put forth the motion but the same government is not allowed to approve it.
This to decrease risks of corrupted politicians making drastic changes.
Im not sure if this is the rule in every country but I know it is in several.
Very, very few lists of countries have the US in the top 10 in a positive way.
That is, exept when you ask an american...
Hey I found your vids today and been binge watching you slowly figuring out how much greener the grass is on the other side of the road. Jokes aside, you should do a poll on where your audience comes from. I'd be interested to see if there's more US citizens on europeans here watching these vids.
I really like your reaction vids . Keep it up!
Social housing in the UK is either housing that you rent from the local council, or from housing associations - not Home Owner Associations - rather than from private landlords
Interesting...
Over here in Germany we do have many housing associations while private landlords are rather rare. But there might be some east west difference here as during german division all renting in the east was essentially from the state. You maybe owned your own house to live in but not appartment buildings. After reunification those were mostly transformed into associations, some organised as a private company, some still held by the city.
So here social housing is usually just a flat with the rent set to a certain fixed amount. In exchange the state subsidizes the construction of appartment buildings which are to be used for social housing.
For 2023 I already have planned and booked 2 two week vacations to my favorite holiday destination Cyprus. I wiil be going there in June with my wife and in September with my wife and our adult children who no longer live at home. Besides that my wife and our daughter will be making a three week tour in Mexico in March/April and my wife and I will be having some long weekends in our own country and in Belgium. That's life like in the Netherlands.
Totally agree. I'm taking parental leave now, so for the next year I still have most of my vacation days from this year (24 remaining) and get an additional 38 for the next year. Plenty of time for some nice vacations.
True I’m doing the same going over to Spain Torremolinos for 2 weeks from Scotland (Uk) then September might go over to the Netherlands for a bit xD
It is a known fact that 90% of all mistakes are done in the last 2 hours, plus efficiency starts dropping of after 5 hours. a japanese study showed that a danish worker produced more in 8 hours than a japanese in 12
The main difference is the perspective of what freedom is. In America freedom typically means being free to do something, eg. carry guns, be racist. In Europe freedom is also valued as freedom from things being done to you, which inherently limits what people can do. Eg. freedom from bigotry, freedom from being shot.
The first point essentially comes down to how do you define Freedom. The US seems to prioritise Freedom of Choice, which is valid, but other places, while also having Freedom of Choice, value Freedom of Opportunity more, which is my preference. When you value FOO more than FOC, it allows room to also include FOC. But if you put FOC on a pedestal, you begin to get a skewed view of FOO and that causes a lot of economic hurt to a lot of people.
They don't even seem to value freedom of choice that much if you happen to have different opinions about how the land should be governed.
Great reaction, seeing you so enthusiastic about what Carl was saying and being open about topics that you didn't know about, that is a bold and brave move to make in public, this was really well worth watching, I could watch more of this very easily, also a choice of topics which you may have not agreed with, once again showing you are open to potentially challenging ideas, I look forward to seeing more of your work, thank you and take care :)
As an American, I once worked at a place that had an open position. Instead of hiring one person full time, they hired two people half-time. I asked the supervisor why they did that. She said it was because they had done an analysis and the two half-time employees were more productive than one full time employee. So much for the idea that the more hours you work, the more productive you are.
8:00 when ever I been wanting to only have 2 weeks off for summer vacation, my employer in every job I held, have urge me to take the full 3 weeks at once. Looking back, happy I did do that, that third week is just so good. Would not trade it in for anything.
Btw, England had the FREEDOM of speech as common law from the time of king Henry ii, he died in1189. It was codified into law by parliament in 1688.
Yes, but it has been curtailed by the Communications Act 2003.
Land of the free ... where you get arrested for everything! *rofl
In the Faroe Islands where I live, many work places use the "9 to 5" model. technically it's 8 to 5 but you get 1-hour lunch break, but they have started adopting the 7-hour work shift in many places lately.
On being encouraged to take time off. Most companies will actually have meetings towards the middle to end of the year to remind people to take holiday time. Your line manager will be bringing it up in your sort of monthly one-to-one meetings if you don't have them booked in.
about the reason for leaving europe back then: funny enough it wasnt the lack of freedom but the expansion of freedoms/diversity in europe which bothered a lot of migrants. Europe became more diverse and fluid when it came to religion and ways of life at that time (rulers switching churches, different religions/traditions being allowed in cities/countries and so on) and that did bother the more fanatic believers. Hence they went to America in order to regain the power to exclude/separate other religions, ways of life and believes in their communities.
And that still shows today, with murricans being more fanatic about their christianity and churches then the average european nation.
School children pledging allegiance to the flag of the USA is an interesting one. I had a colleague who went on detachment from the UK to the USA for 3 years. This was a UK government employee working with the US government counterparts. His children went to school in Maryland and each morning, THEY were also expected to make this pledge. It's a bit weird expecting children to pledge allegiance to a foreign country that they happen to be temporarily living in. I think the kids were young enough that they just joined in with what their friends and classmates were doing without giving it much thought.
I have to say I was a surprised at the amount of American flags in houses, people with flag pins. I’m not saying it a bad thing, our flags in the UK are flown on occasions, on government buildings. The only other place say something like that in Turkey. No other countries I have seen that. I suppose in America they are demonstrating their patriotism with flags. I don’t think people in European countries are any less patriotic than Americans, we just don’t feel we need a flag to express it . Each to their own i guess
The whole thing of pledging allegiance to the cult is just scary.
The difference regarding time off from work is so different in Norway compared to the states.
While in the states it's more or less frowned upon to take time off, in Norway everyone has the right to 25 days off each year.
If you get to mid October and haven't spent any of your days off yet, your boss will more or less demand that you use your vacation days.
It's like the complete opposite.
I do like this young man. He makes absolute sense and brings up excellent points.
Many historians regard the American war of independence was simple another English civil war. I am constantly surprised Americans also don’t realise we British, were also fighting to us a more important war against France, Spain, Netherlands and all were superpowers of the day.
Interesting thing about taking days of in Poland where I live is that not only you get 20 or 26 days of/year (depending on how long you've been working) but it's also mandatory that once a year an employee is off work for 14 consecutive days.
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8:10 We have an opposite problem here in Finland. I'm *required* to have 3 weeks paid leave during the summer time. I'd prefer to have only two and use the extra week later in the autumn but that's not allowed. Luckily I have total of about 7 weeks paid leave per year so there's still some leaway for planning holidays, even though I'm required to waste 3 weeks during the summer.
That is a nice problem to have ;-)
In Denmark the newly elected government has just suggested to get rid of one holiday a year against more pay, but as most Danes prefer free time to money many people have protested that. 9 years ago a previous govenment suggested that we should work 12 more minutes each day. It never came to be but at the next election that government lost big time. We really love our free time. A recent study from OECD shows thar productivity in Denmark and USA is almost the same with Denmark a little bit in front. Whem it comes to working hours there is a big difference though. In USA the average number of yearly working hours is around 1,850; in Denmark it is 1,350 and even so, we maintain a higher productivity than the US. Gives you something to think about.
The biggest difference between freedoms in the USA and most western European nations is the the prevalence of and the effortlessness with which the rich and powerful can take as big a portion of the total wealth accumulation as they want and leave very little left for the rest.
oh that has been the case in the UK for a while now. Inequality of wealth is getting worse and worse. We will be like india soon enough, with a small percentage of super wealthy and the rest struggling to heat their homes.
"pre-existing condition", you do now that's a thing that only exists in the US, in Europe it's just your medical history.
I live in the UK & work for a housing association who own a mixture of houses & blocks of flats (apartments) & with the blocks of flats a tenant can own the flat itself that they live in but the housing association sill technically owns the whole building itself but the tenant who owns their flat they live in would still have to contribute towards the repairs of the building such as the roof being repaired & maintenance of the building such as it being painted & decorated. As for holiday leave I get 222 hours to use during the year so that works out to 6 weeks leave for me & some places here in the UK have trialed a 4 day working week to see how that fairs the workers.
After a couple of work accidents, i had 5 eye surgeries, and a year off work, then some years later, broken foot - 4 months off work. This cost me 0 money, and all expenses back and forth from hospitals, parking and so on, i could later claim back from the state. + The union insurance company paid me some for pain and suffering.
Not only that, later i found out i had a cronic nerv disease that i have to medicate for the rest of my life. 7 different medications/ 3 times each day. I have to pay about 25 dollars/month for all that, and if i pay more than 220 Dollars in a year, the rest of the year all medication is free. I love the Swedish health system. They managed to save both my eye and foot, despite both got really messed up - so i will never complain about doctors here. They are absolutely awesome.
Ref: Death panels.
In the last days of my father’s life, he had pneumonia and fell unconscious. I was surprised when the hospital transferred him to the high dependency unit where he was plug up to thousands of £ worth of hospital equipment and was assigned his own specialist nurse. He was 101 years old and living in the UK. I was told by doctors, they assess who gets this special treatment, purely on survivability prospects and age doesn't come into it.
Remember that an American politician was criticising the NHS and said that "If Stephen Hawking was British the NHS would have let him die years ago..." He was very quickly told that Hawking was very much British, just his computerised voice had an American accent.
The 6 hour work day or 30 hour week is being tested in Germany and other places too. Some companies in Germany have already adapted it (mind you the salary remains the same!). And they have indeed seen a big boost to productivity. It's insane to me how little time off Americans have.
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To also quickly fully try out that system & if successful go about adopting it ASAP along with many other fine proven effective social programs seen forever in Europe & in URGENT NEED & Desire of being implemented in & throughout the great USA
Capitalism bro, and brainwashing.
Itll be adopted in América too, by forcé of needed & by sheer public NEED & public Desire & more. Soon, the sooner the better. More & more countries Will Then follow Germany's fine lead, not just USA, France, Canadá, Holland But also many others. Only a matter of time Now.
I knew a guy in Chicago who had no vacation days. He also was expected to receive no pay when he was sick. He worked there for years with no vacation and going to work when he was sick until he was able to find a better job. I would never work under such circumstances.
I don't know about everyone else, but in my country paid time off also rolls over and can be saved over years. It also must be paid out if the employee leaves the company, and paid public holidays are Mondayised if they fall on a weekend. You can also "sell" some (I believe 1 week per year) to the company, as in just be paid out for those days, though the amount is legally limited and the rest must taken as paid days off.
I think I read something like this somewhere:
Americans have one of the highest number of working hours per week, but they are way down on the list of efficiency.
Many countries that have a shorter workweek are a lot more efficient, and actually get more work done even when working fewer hours.
This is because the workers are more motivated because of salary, more time off and benefits (health and so on) and because they have time to both be with familie/friends AND have time to rest before going to work again.
he's not entirely right about social housing not being ghetto-ised in the UK. It is. There are big housing estates of social housing in the UK that are quite deprived and run down. What he is right about is the ability of tenants to purchase their social housing which has problems of its own not least being the lack of new social housing being built to offset the old social housing that has passed into private hands, and also the inability of those who now own their previously council owned houses to sell their property as nobody wants to buy a private property in the middle of a council estate.
Well that was the old (failed) style but now they require “affordable homes” as parts of new developments
All developments have to have a percentage of social housing, it varies but these numbers can be quite high depending on where they are. Developments would not get planning without social housing today - don’t know the exact number but over a certain number it is a requirement.
More misinformation... A total of 4,689 new council homes were started in London in the 2020-21 financial year. Council house are being built and there were 38,500 houses built last year...
Because you can buy your council house it create this very scenario he is describing. I own my house with council housing either side. That creates a greater incentive to look after the properties. My council just paid £1,200 to replace my neighbours fence.
Just because you have a bad experience doesn't mean that it isn't working elsewhere...
In my active job in the Netherlands (factory labor), I used to work 4 days of 9 hours, with the day off progressing by 1 day.
Say, this week I'm off at Monday, next week the day off is Tuesday, next week Wednesday, then Thursday and last but not least and the most interesting the day off at Friday means that we got a long weekend of 4 days off Friday to Monday.
So 36 hour work week, Dutch law has an initiative called 'Arbeidstijdverkorting' (ATV) or 'Work time reduction', it was an initiative to create more jobs during the 1980's
The company I work for (based in Europe) has one wednesday every month when all employees take a paid vacation. In that way, you don't miss any meetings, and thus all are motivated to take time off. This was introduced because people didn't take on average enough vacations. (One of our benefits is unlimited days of paid vacations, so no one has a reason to not take a day off on this wednesday)
Interesting as always.
Do u mind reacting to "Geography now! Germany" next? :d
Have a nice weekend
Edit: Yes! No country is perfect. And that's why the internet is Soo important. You can talk freely with folks from basically everywhere and how things are handled in different places. And we all know that one has to acknowledge the bad to change it to the better
I would like to see an reaction video to this as well: ua-cam.com/video/ZbTn9G4bhOQ/v-deo.html
I was also going to suggest Geography now! but for New Zealand :) Link: ua-cam.com/video/FtZaaKFi7RM/v-deo.html
About the social insurance topic, just a little insight to my Hungarian situation here. This may make anyone upset I guess.
My father (75) had a stroke last summer. Fortunately, I saw his face's right side hanging in time so I immediately called the Emergency. Some days in hospital, treatment, kind young doctor, he came home with no or minimal remnant brain damage (we still observe it, nothing mentionable). No cost.
Earlier, he had fibrilative heart (or sglt, I don't know the right English expression for it, the point is: his heart-rate could go 200 anytime or even skip a beat sometimes). Laparoscopy heart surgery, issue gone but he must take pills from now on everyday, for keeping blood pressure: drug cost is: $2 per month thanks to his basic insurance's discount. Surgery was no cost.
He also had a spine surgery. No cost.
How much does he pay (he doesn't, wait for it) for his social insurance? ~$25-30 per month, depending on currency exchange rates, you know. But as I noted, he doesn't pay for it because he's a pensioner. This means, with his age, he gets everything for free. No one shows him a single service invoice in the hospital, no one shows him options based on costs.
It's the same in Denmark. My old neighbor was diagnosed with a rare blood disease in his 60'ies, that left him on medication for life. For a long time, he was taking weekly injections of some extremely expensive medicine. One day, he said: "Come, I'll show you my bank vault", and he showed me to his refrigerator. He opened it, and showed me six ampoules with medicine, each costing 3500 euros. "If I had been living in the US, I would be dead by now," he said, "there's no way I could have afforded this medicine there".
That's called "inter-generation solidarity". It means that you pay taxes during your working years, but don't pay anything when you're a kid and during education, and after you retire. I guess it's a thing all over Europe.
@@theoriginalLP Of course, it's the same in Europe. The key difference is that, the financial participation of the Health Care System by each citizen is proportionate to their income, so e.g. if someone earns $10,000 revenue then they pay into the system 10 times the participation of someone who earns $1,000.
The only reason people in US people pay thousands of dollars for an ER service instead of $0-$30, is masterfully described here: ua-cam.com/users/shortsaptzWc_pvKU
@@merion297 Yup, the same in Croatia. Depends on your income. I've already seen some explanations why it is so expensive in the USA.
The way assisted housing works where i live, is i own 100% of my house but the Govenment subsidesed housing company own a a 10% equity share in the house (they defered the house payment by 10%), meaning if i sell the house they will get 10% of the sale value but at anytime i can "buy Back" that 10%
@HailHeidi, I love your videos because they give me more insights of the US and how they treat their people. I also love that you're open to the idea that those beautiful youtubers etc. are telling you the truth about the rest of the world, but have you actually went and looked at it yourself? I would love seeing a video of you in paris eating bread, looking at eagles in europe which they imported from the US (obviously) and you actually making sure, that this is the truth they are telling and showing americans that IT IS ACTUALLY TRUE - for the love of your freedom PLEASE!
I find it hilarious how the mandatory pledge of allegiance is a direct violation of the very freedoms Americans pretend to protect with nonsense like the pledge of allegiance.
Its neither freedom of speech nor freedom of religion/believe if society forces/pressures everyone into pledging themself to a nation under god with a daily recital. Especially as its not a choice to be an US American for the vaste majority, but something forced upon people by the simple circumstance of birth.
But clearly contradictions and hypocrisy was never an obstacle for Americans ... I just feel sorry for those who truly hate that nationalist nonsense and are very much punished by communities/regulations whenever they dont fall in line with all the nationalism/patriotism.