There’s a saying here in Germany which roughly translates to: Your personal freedom ends where the freedom of someone else starts - I think that’s a nice take on it.
In Portugal, we have the same saying. It helps being respectful towards everyone and accepting other's different opinions. We also say "agree to disagree" instead of being rude when defending your opinion 😊
And yet we still have a dance and singing puplicly ban on karfriday Where thecknically soneone could csll the coos on u ...i dont think anyone would but who knows Kevin then 70 year old katholic might But thats bulshit why csn govermentsl laws dictste us anything that has deeply to do with religion
I felt more free growing up as a child in communist Czechoslovakia than any of the 30 years I lived in the states. Now that I am in the UK, I have regained some of that childhood freedom.
I remember living & working in the U.S for a year a while ago . Now i'm exaggerating a bit to make a point, but Ive seen so many towns in the U.S where all the small shops had been closed down, and all that was left was one big Wallmart . Dozens of small towns along the highway look the same. They all had the same depressing look with closed malls and the same junkfood franchises everywhere .It made somehow me think of communist Eastern Europe in the 80thies . Be it state owned shops instead or corporate monopolies ,they just feel very similar.
Freedom from fear must be included.. So many people in US feel the need to have firearms for defence of themselves & their family. Europeans are not so nervous to walk the streets at night. Women ffel more safe to walk around on their own
I am Dutch and I would feel unfree in the USA because of a different cultural background. In some states, you need to hire guards if you have a party of more than 20 people. What? Free? Plus you feel unsafe all the time. Too many guns and too much poverty around. So, you buy a house in a gated community and leave it only by car gun in your pocket and the doors locked. Free? And oh, in many communities you will get a notice from the local government if you have a garden that is too chaotic, or your lawn is neglected according to some civil servant or even your neighbours. Free? And at work you obey your boss even if you disagree. Free? And you are expected to work overtime. Free? And you are expected to NOT use your few vacation days. Free? And if you are seriously ill, you lose your job and nobody will defend you. Free? And indeed you are free to buy food that is cheap but very unhealthy. Nobody protects you from that shit. Free? And if you finally have a heart attack from that food, you are broke. Free? You are also broke if you give birth and want that child to have any type of decent education. Free? And you are almost forced to buy on credit to enhance your credit score, so you pay double for many things. Free? No, that is in my book unfree and sometimes even oppression.
I am glad that German police officers need to be educated in law and if they act against it they can be held accountable. So a badge will not take your freedom for no reason.
@@grahvisCycling achieves the Same Logic Loop. Hiking also. A Car provides insulation from the outside while cycling directly conects you and hiking provides the added Feature of slowing down making Sure you can explore and Inhale the outdoors in all of It's Majesty. A Car Is nothing but fast Transportation while browsing your surroundings, this Not mastery this Is just a waste of possibilities when you are supposed to Relax or have Fund or go explore. A Car Is a mobile shield for protection from the Elements and a Device of Convenience If Not used as a Tool for Transportation of Personell and Goods. Be healthy.
Yeah. You only have true freedom in regards to something if that includes both the choice to _do it_ and _not do it_ without one of these choices severely negatively impacting you.
Swede here 🇸🇪. In Scandinavia and Finland, we take the right to walk wherever you want one step further. We call it ” allemansrätten” (every man’s right) and it means that you can walk everywhere in nature, regardless of whether the land is privately owned or state owned. You can actually even camp for a night or two on someone's private land provided it is well out of sight and hearing of those who live there. Of course you must also not behave in a disruptive manner, destroy anything or pick flowers, fruits or berries that are obviously cultivated. You can also, for example, have a picnic or swim everywhere in lakes, rivers and the sea except where it is expressly forbidden (very few places). Wild-growing berries, fruits and mushrooms can be picked almost everywhere as long as it is not commercial picking. It can be said that the ” allemansrätten” is a right with accompanying obligations. For example, it is not permitted to break branches from growing trees. If you camp or make a fire, be very careful not to cause damage and leave the area in at least as good a condition as when you arrived. In certain weather conditions it may also be forbidden to make a fire (usually this is stated in notices from the local authorities). It is also not permitted to disturb or harm birds and other animals. Non-commercial fishing is allowed along the coasts and some lakes and waterways and cheap and easily obtainable fishing licenses is available in many other lakes and rivers. Most of the land in Sweden is not owned by the state but is privately owned, however, the ” allemansrätten ” applies regardless. To me, ” allemansrätten” is perhaps the single greatest freedom we have here that you in the US don't have!
Hi there! Thank you for including Finland concerning the allemansrätten! Hurra! You don't really know what it means to live in an allemansrätt-country until you've lived in a country where almost all land on both sides of a road is privately owned and off limits. You start feeling claustrophobic. And don't even mention the national parks! Traffic jams, waiting in line just to get into the park, fees and payments. And stay in the car - or you'll risk being attacked by some wild animal... Everything is fenced in, "No trespassing", "Private property", "Keep out" etc. Freedom?
I recall Jim Jeffries piece entitled Freedumb where he referred to the numbers of those in prison in the US as being the highest in the world.Ending with the observation that “in the land of the free you have the least amount of free people”.
There is a really short and very memorable sentence to Freedom and it goes like this: "Your freedom stops, where mine begins!" It is so simple and true and if we all acted on that, there would be less arguments amongst us.
What distinguishes the US from the EU is its form of capitalism. The USA prefers capitalism based on the principles of the 19th century and the EU prefers 20th century capitalism combined with social welfare. Europe assumes that people can enjoy the money they earn and have time to spend it, which automatically drives other sectors of the economy. The second thing is related to health insurance, which in Europe is paid for by the state, so the state also ensures that people get sick less often, according to the principle that prevention is better than cure. In the USA, everything is private, so the state is interested in making people sick because it earns money from it through taxes. Just wonder why food from the USA is not allowed on the market in the EU .
Australia is similar to Europe. Freedom for as many as possble so individuals may sacrifice some for the good of the many. The US is more 'every man for himself'. Government says it's 'freedom' but the deliberate lack of regulation/protections coupled with corrupt governments makes it easier for the rich & politicians to use that lack to enrich themselves at the expense of the majority with less power. Freedom of speech is a good example. We have minor curtailments yet our employers can't fire us for our public utterances the way they do in the US. No good blanket free speech if it costs your job. Social media censors because 'private business'. Lack of regulation is not a good thing.
Food in the USA needs to be proven harmful to humans instead of food needing to be proven safe to humans. It's probably not related to capitalism, but due to people not wanting the government to regulate what you can & can't eat because of general distrust in authority figures. 😅
@@MLWJ1993 In the USA, everything is regulated only under the dictation of corporations that poison people because they paid American politicians for it . American companies really dislike the EU because they cannot pursue their corrupt policies in Europe . They cannot exploit their monopoly position either
Dude, I can see you and your loved ones in a nice small Dutch house living the best life in The Netherlands....please come asap! Europe could need people like your bunch!
Your free to carry a gun and pay a fortune for health care. Your free to eat unhealthy food. I'm from the UK and love my freedom. Hope your channel continues to grow. I hate hearing you had financial issues. Stay strong❤
5:40 Public Intoxication exist here also,but- you have to be a public annoyance to be kept in to sober up. 18:46 Education is meant to be free for everyone- inscription fees are highly regulated - payed for by taxes… 21:54 European countries take care of the wellbeing of their citizens and make sure they stay productive-with health care and payed vacations. Health insurances are obliged to pay for treatment mentioned in an official catalog (quite for any treatment…) Btw: I think,even with the higher taxes-at the end of the day-over all - you don’t loose money over here compared to the US because of all these benefits !
Autobahns have a MINIMUM speed limit, sort of -- vehicles whose maximum speed is 60 km/h (37 mph) or less are not allowed to drive on Autobahns. While some parts of the Autobahn system have speed limits and others do not, there is an overall recommended maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph). Also, major German car manufacturers voluntarily engineer their vehicles so that their maximum speed is limited to 250 km/h (155 mph).
Hey, thanks for your hard work, I had no idea that you had suffered these things, that said I don’t have much time for watching you tube so I can go a time missing some videos. I also didn’t know about just writing a . in a comment is helpful, will do that from now on if I don’t have time to write more.
Not the 'castle doctrine' but 'stand your ground' laws have led to a large increase in homicides. I watched a video teaching kids in the US, how to be a pedestrian. Much of the video showed the kids walking in the suburbs on grass, there being no footpaths, despite have wide roads with plenty of room to install them.
When looking at Germany, you should always keep in mind what the basics look like. Germany is slightly smaller than Montana and has more than twice the population of California. This means that country is densely populated! And in order for people to live together properly, there needs to be appropriate regulation of how they live together. That's why it sometimes seems as if everything is "paved over" with laws. Ultimately, however, you have a lot of freedom in Germany. And I don't have to worry so much about getting shot by the police...
For me, Jean Jacques Rousseau had a great opinion of freedom: "The freedom of a person lies not in that he can do what he wants, instead that he does not have to do what he doesn't want."
So did I in the 1970s in the Netherlands. We've had a period that many children were being dropped of by car, but these days we're back at a good level of walking and cycling.
I see kids age 6 up walk to school here everyday in northern Germany. I did too. Never alone when that young, you meet up with a couple classmates, but still.
@@Nufatec I'm in Germany. In a poor city with lots of immigrants. It's now 2023. Children still walk to school. Times have changed, yes. Music is different now. Cars look different. The kids walking to phones have phones more powerful in their pockets than what I had as a complete computer back when. They still walk to school.
so germany has pulic intoxication too- but thats when you are so drunk that you are a nuisance. then the police can collect you and you gonna sleep out your alcohol in a rather uncomfortable cell. theres also some local places where you arent allowed to drink in public but even then if you just walk by withh a beer in your hand youre not super likely to get bothered. its about like behavior. if you cant behave, thats a problem and when theres repeat problem there might be local rules against things if that makes sense
The plant is not fake. It is very common indoor plant in Germany and called Monstera. IOn English its seems to be callewd by the latain name monstera deliciosa or swiss cheese plant and it is native to the tropical forrests in Mexico and Panama.
We have the same over here in France. Ivresse sur la voie publique, being obiviously drunk on a public space. You spend 24 hours in a cell and then go home with a fine. No more
The police only take drunk people away if they are no longer able to get home safely. If someone else says they are helping the person, then everything is ok. The drunks who have to go to the police station are not arrested, but only taken into custody for their safety. They can go after a few hours when they feel better. They are put in an individual cell with a mattress so that they can sleep off.
Medical costs and parental leave when you have a baby are great here in Australia. My niece had her baby 10 weeks early, he's home now after 8 weeks in the NICU, cost to them $zero. Her husband is also on paternity leave at the moment, I think she's probably taking one year of maternity leave at half pay. That's what my daughter did.
Drinking in public is different to being wasted in public.. Im living in the Netherlands, 5 minutes walk to the German border.. there is a street(Nieuwstraat - Neustrasse) where the markings in the middle is the border. So at 1 side of the street you can smoke ur joint and at the other side you can drink publicly❤😂😂
Also we can bring our families with small children in to cafes and bars . something that is not alowed in canada or us to have minors in areas where alcohol is served .
"So at 1 side of the street you can smoke ur joint and at the other side you can drink publicly" That's hilarious. P.S.: Damn, I waiting for the day they finally legalize Cannabis here in Germany.
@@hansmeiser32 Try the town of baarle nassau / baarle hertog . where the border runs through bars and cafes . one side the bars close at 1 the other at 2 . one is the drinking age 16 the other 18 .
In Sweden the freedom to roam has a few limitation. Gardens and cultivated land is off limit, but forests, medows and lakes are open for roaming. Also you are allowed pick wild berries, mushroms and unprotected flower. Usually you can also camp for 1 night without asking the land owner. Longer than that you should ask for permission. General rule of thumb is not to disturb and not to destroy. So stay out of sight from housing and farms, don't disturb the wildlife, don't damage living plants and trees and don't litter. Fishing can be allowed, but that depends on so called water rights of that specific lake so buying a fishing card may be required.
Generally speaking, about fishing, it is allowed to freely fish in our 5 great lakes in sweden, and all around our coastline. If nothing else is mentioned it is up to the land owner or region to allowe for fishing where, as you say, a fishing permit is required. It often does not cost much for a year or a season pass. The restrictions about fishing is more about "how" you fish. You can not generally, for example, spear fish, or use harpoons.Other rules also applies as how many hooks you can have on a line and so on. (I would personally stay away from eating fish from Östersjön as it is one of the most polluted seas and the fish is horribly saturated with all manner of nasty stuffs. Atleast I would advice those who are 50 or younger to never eat fish from there, specially of you plan on having healthy kids)
@@IstadR Allemansrätten doesnt actually specify the number of nights. Usually, the saying goes " a couple nights or so" but in truth you can stay at one place camping indefinatly. There is a caviat to this though. You cannot leave any trace after you when you leave, and that makes it virtually impossible to stay too long. you need to leave the place as good or better as you found it. Also, you need to leave if the landowner or police requests it for some reason, but even if they do, you usually have untill the next morning if its getting dark.
@@IstadR You may be right. I was taught 1 night since I was a kid, but the text on the The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency website says (Google translated): "You may camp for a few days in nature, but choose a site that is not close to residential buildings. It is also important not to disturb the landowner or damage nature." So 2 or even 3 nights might be OK.
i am German, the freedom i had as a kid and the freedom my kid have are impossible in the USA, my daughter like to drink a beer on weekends... she is 17 now!
German beer, drinking at 14... 16 you can buy.... i did with 8...for my dad a co worker, he took 1.5 years of leave after his daughters birth, she i over 30 now!
About the plant; I can’t say wheather THAT plant is real 😉, however it is faitly common here and very easy to grow. It is named Monstera Deliciosa and originally hails from South America.
There’s freedom of roaming the country across Europe, the Scandinavian countries and the UK have the best mainly because large parts of their areas are state owned, and not populated, so it’s considered everyone’s property (allemannsretten, allemansrecht, betretungsrecht, all mans right). If you’re respectful and leave the property untouched, you will not get into any trouble. You can even camp anywhere as long when it’s more than (I think) 300 meters away from a private space. That goes for fields, woods and such, but if you enter someone’s private garden or house, you will get in serious trouble, that’s a criminal offense. It’s called “huisvredebreuk” (breaking house peace) in The Netherlands and you can get severely punished for doing that. You actually do have the right to defense yourself, your family and your home over here, but violence used may only be in proportion, you can’t just shoot someone for just walking in your field … If you would even have a gun; having a gun is very much restricted to certain people, defense and police officers and some hunters. Shooting incidents over here are mostly in the criminal world of drugs Nobody over here ever hesitates calling an ambulance in an emergency, nobody gets broke because of a medical condition, even if you’re aren’t insured, you will get treated. Health care is a basic right over here and yeah we all pay our monthly fees for that. When I had a stroke riding my bicycle two years ago, people around me helped to get up and within minutes the ambulance arrived and I was treated and I have yet to see a bill and they even secured my bike … The mind of thought over here is caring for each other …
Some years ago, a thief broke into a house wanting to steal. The owner killed the thief with a rifle. He had big problems with the Police because the law said that you have to defend yourself with the same type of weapon with which you were attacked. It happend in Romania.
In England we have nude public bicycle rides, you could be crossing the road and 30 completely naked people riding bikes cross your path LOL. Picnics are pretty popular in England and that might include a bottle of wine or a beer
The only way there could be total freedom for everyone would be to set up an anarchist system, but with the amount of population that gathers in any place it is necessary the coordinated work of many people to ensure a minimum standard of living, and that implies a commitment of a majority of people to the common good to perform certain tasks on a regular and coordinated basis, which would be in fact a limitation of the freedoms of those people
About the lawn: Sure you can mow the lawn on Sunday, you're just not supposed to be noisy on Sunday => electric lawn mower: no, reel mower: sure, knock yourself out. (Okay, among people of my mother's generation, it can still a vaguely religious thing: Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, so small everyday chores are okay, but a large chore like one hour of lawn mowing isn't.)
"i am just a dumb american have been missinformed" heh .... you got me and my subscribe here. Don't feel too bad about it .. ignorance is bliss .. not just in the usa but over here in europe and everywhere else too. ;) Greetings from northern germany. ;)
And as a Brit that enjoys a regular bicycle carp fishing holiday to Amsterdam I can vouch for the super lemon haze👍 but I'm oldskool and favour the orange bud and the hash's👌
I live in sweden and we in many ways have even more fredom to roam than our neighbours, called Allemansrätten. Also, a visit to the hospital costs around 20$ or something regardless of issue. (was a couple years since i needed to go, heh.) Thanks for great content! Was awsome to see your reaction and hear your thoughts!
The fact that anyone can own nit just a handgun or shotgun, but an Assualt Rifle is crazy to me. Every nut case can get his hands on a weapon of war. That's so insane.
There not being a federal law regulating something in the US doesn't mean that it's legal. You have everything from state laws to city codes that also affects what's legal to do. 'Public nudity' or 'public intoxication' is usually regulated through city ordinances.
The funny thing is, in Germany nudity was more popular in the Protestant areas, than in the more Catholic areas. Now it is more in the Eastern part, that has been the GDR and has mostly Atheists. But even in the capital of the very Catholic Bavaria, you can sunbath topless near the Isar river in the city.
Hey about the drinking in public in Europe... I'm from Belgium, but know this to be true in Germany. Whilst it is not illegal to have a drink in public, it IS usually not socially very accepted (giving some peole like minors the wrong idea) however you will most probably get a remark, but not get arrested. Being publically drunk however, when there is no event nearby or just on a regular day? That is illegal. They can arrest you and put you in a room until sobered up. That's mostly how far the police will go. If you cause problems. If you are not causing issues (shouting, harassing, ...) I do not think that the police would act. Maybe you get something like "shouldn't you go and sleep it off, go home , or so you need any assistance", in stead of getting truly arrested. In short : drink your beer but don't rub it in anybody's face.
Its about the same in sweden. As long as you are "just drunk" your fine. Its when you start to missbehave the cops can throw you in the "fyllecell". (drunkards cell) They will let you go home in the morning and most often nothing more ever comes from it. Driving when drunk, or even riding a bicykle or skated can get you arrested though for drunk driving with a fine at best, or a revoked licence, some jailtime (about 2 months ive heard) and a hefty fine in a worst case scenario. You will then have to retake your licence to drive. (if it wasnt just suspended for a duration) I have actually been piss drunk, roamed about and slept on station benches, under trees and a lill all over when I was young and went out partying. No one really cares. Except that one security guard that woke me just to ask if I was ok and needed anything like coffe or a sandwich. [edited for clarity.]
"Whilst it is not illegal to have a drink in public, it IS usually not socially very accepted" If I see somebody in the streets with a open bottle of beer on a workday at eleven in the morning, yeah then I raise my eyebrows - but that's it. And it is not as common as people (Americans) may think. You rarely see people "abusing" this freedom here in Germany - at least in my experience.
Funny how your thinking is so different from a typical Dutch kid. Most kids in smaller villages are used to bike to high schools in the city. This means they often bike 16 km or more. So an hour bike drive is not that unusual. With the electric bikes nowadays, it's much more common.
Stepping on other people's crops is forbidden - in Germany and the rest of Europe. Nobody has the right to destroy the property of others. But you don't have to fear being shot just because of stepping on other people's land.
Pretty sure in Germany if the Police found somebody a bit drunk, they might offer to take him home so he doesn't drive or walk there, endangering himself or others. A famous german person once said: "The internet is new territory for us all". It basically hasn't improved that much. In new houses in bigger towns with fiber cables it will be quite fast, but I still have copper cables, and a download speed of just 1.6 Megabytes / second.
About paid vacation, parental leave, sick leave, ... haven't you, Charlie, seen/reacted on this interesting video? "America Compared: Why Other Countries Treat Their People So Much Better" - Second Thought There's this one too that was much discussed by UA-camrs: "David Cross: Why America Sucks at Everything" - The Gravel Institute
Yeah, as a German American work laws/practices are super-weird. I have a 40h-week, I have an "overtime hour account" which isn't allowed to go under -40h and not over +40h, which means while in a given time period I might do overtime, overall I am not allowed by contract to do overtime (as I always have to cancel it out by taking time off, so I don't go over the +40h). Additionally, there's 30 days of paid vacation, not including national holidays and sick days (which are also paid and there's no contingent there. You call in sick when you call in sick.) In my state (national holidays are state-dependent), the year of 2023 has 25 work days (365-25 Saturdays, 53 Sundays and 10 national holidays that don't fall on a weekend). Substract 30 paid vacation days and I will have had around 220 days of work this year.
Its really a complicaded subject because for me as a german "freedom of speech" means for example i can call a politcian an asshole or somthing in public and nothing happens to me. But if people threaten violence or make death threats thats not freedom of speech for me anymore.
Most famous law that allows you even to cross fenced property is from civil code §962 BGB It is only for one certain use but it is there. Section 962: Right of pursuit of the owner The owner of the swarm of bees may, in pursuit, enter on plots of land belonging to others. If the swarm has entered an unoccupied beehive belonging to another, the owner of the swarm, for the purpose of capturing it, may open the hive and remove or break out the combs. The owner is to provide compensation for the damage caused. it is not even that allows you to enter private property but you have to by law or you can lose the ownership which is regulated in §961 BGB Section 961: Loss of ownership of bee swarms Where a swarm of bees takes flight, it becomes ownerless if the owner fails to pursue it without undue delay or if the owner gives up the pursuit.
I am English I have been to the USA a few times I don't particularly want to go again. maybe if Americans know more about Europe they might learn something, not perfect here in the UK/Europe but I prefer to be over here then in the USA. PS health care is free for all in the UK as long as you are a UK resident we do pay for it in our taxes but it is nothing much, no bills at all no mater what the ailment.
The exercise of your personal freedom ends where it begins to restrict the other person's personal freedom. Exercising personal freedom should always be done with consideration for others. After all, no one lives in the world alone with their personal freedom. Therefore, personal freedom should always go hand in hand with consideration.
i do use adblockers.. cause youtube mostly supports scam ads.. i dont want this.. nobody does.. until they fix this ill be using something that blocks those ads
I wish the situation for you improves, I been watching your content for some time. I hope you have the chance to visit Europe one day, it will be quite an eye opener. So far I lived in 4 European countries *Or well including 1 former European country :p* To be fair, I would be hesitant to visit the United States, I think freedom is more complex. In my opinion it does include caring about other peoples feelings, for sure it doesn't include the right to blow people away for entering your property. (From which my hesitance to visit the USA comes from, the weapon laws are uhm far below standards from my European view) I wish You the best Mate, I hope you'll be doing fine.
There is another even more or most important factor: Cost of living/the right to live = freedom. I recommend to watch some videos of social housing in Austria, especially Vienna (not for no reaason the most livable city in the world) ! ✌
For me as an austrian your Situation is unthinkable you should imigrate to Austria with your whole Family so you can live your dream . In vienna are some flats to rent you should see the video from " wiener wohnen" and some guy makes a Video of the "social democratik party of amerca" . I like your videos best wishes from Austria
It's been years since i started feeling sorry for Americans.Their country is in a heavy downfall.No proper human right,extreme racism,no proper healthcare,no proper workers rights,work-life balance terrible,guns everywhere,foreign politics shocking and scary and i can go on and on.They have been lied to for decades and at some point they started believing they are the best in everything.I know many good Americans and i honestly feel sorry for them.People destroyed by their own governments.Europe is miles ahead in everything. Great reaction mate.Keep it up.Greetings from Germany.
You still get a payment from the government even if you are self employed. It wouldn't probably pay your bills but it is better than the no pay in the USA system.
That feeling of freedom in the US, is from the perspective of an American who is used to the US. Lets say I move to the US and go for grocery shopping .. I'd get annoyed by pricing on the product, not being the price that I pay at the register. I'd get annoyed by nearly all food items to have 5x the amount of sugar, then what I'm used to. I'd get annoyed by bread that tastes sweet. I'd be shocked to my core if I see someone with a fire arm. If we put freedom for all, that means I want the freedom to not be surrounded by guns. Can I have that freedom? I think I cannot, not in the US. There seems to be no amendment in the constitution that says that I have the right to not be surrounded by guns, I will be confronted with them at every turn. An American is used to it, a European is not. Maternity and paternity leave in the US : I think (I can't find that information!) that personnel of ASML in the US, does have the same benefits as their personnel in the Netherlands. Which would mean massive benefits, unheard off even in the US. Internet in Germany is not great. In the Netherlands however .. I got 5 Gbit available to me at €125 per month, which I do not have a subscription to. I feel no need for it, currently. I got a 100Mbit connection on VDSL2 with 50 Mbit up. Those who feel I'm stupid for not using that 5 Gbit, tell me what I can do more or better with 5Gbit as opposed to the VDSL2 line of 100 Mbit, I WILL upgrade, IF you make sense.
There’s a saying here in Germany which roughly translates to: Your personal freedom ends where the freedom of someone else starts - I think that’s a nice take on it.
Yes, ive heard that a few times now! In the Netherlands we don't know that saying but practically it works the same here.
In Portugal, we have the same saying. It helps being respectful towards everyone and accepting other's different opinions. We also say "agree to disagree" instead of being rude when defending your opinion 😊
And yet we still have a dance and singing puplicly ban on karfriday
Where thecknically soneone could csll the coos on u ...i dont think anyone would but who knows
Kevin then 70 year old katholic might
But thats bulshit why csn govermentsl laws dictste us anything that has deeply to do with religion
@@littleDutchie92 We do have that very same principle in the Netherlands, and we do have that very same expression as well.
@peterkeijsers489 really? Ive never heard it before. Of course I know we have that principle, fortunately
I felt more free growing up as a child in communist Czechoslovakia than any of the 30 years I lived in the states. Now that I am in the UK, I have regained some of that childhood freedom.
I remember living & working in the U.S for a year a while ago . Now i'm exaggerating a bit to make a point, but Ive seen so many towns in the U.S where all the small shops had been closed down, and all that was left was one big Wallmart . Dozens of small towns along the highway look the same. They all had the same depressing look with closed malls and the same junkfood franchises everywhere .It made somehow me think of communist Eastern Europe in the 80thies . Be it state owned shops instead or corporate monopolies ,they just feel very similar.
Freedom from fear must be included.. So many people in US feel the need to have firearms for defence of themselves & their family. Europeans are not so nervous to walk the streets at night. Women ffel more safe to walk around on their own
I am Dutch and I would feel unfree in the USA because of a different cultural background. In some states, you need to hire guards if you have a party of more than 20 people. What? Free? Plus you feel unsafe all the time. Too many guns and too much poverty around. So, you buy a house in a gated community and leave it only by car gun in your pocket and the doors locked. Free? And oh, in many communities you will get a notice from the local government if you have a garden that is too chaotic, or your lawn is neglected according to some civil servant or even your neighbours. Free? And at work you obey your boss even if you disagree. Free? And you are expected to work overtime. Free? And you are expected to NOT use your few vacation days. Free? And if you are seriously ill, you lose your job and nobody will defend you. Free? And indeed you are free to buy food that is cheap but very unhealthy. Nobody protects you from that shit. Free? And if you finally have a heart attack from that food, you are broke. Free? You are also broke if you give birth and want that child to have any type of decent education. Free? And you are almost forced to buy on credit to enhance your credit score, so you pay double for many things. Free? No, that is in my book unfree and sometimes even oppression.
Most of these things are in The Netherlands too. The big difference is you guys get to have guns to defend yourself from the government.
@@nickhirst7192 As a Dutchie, I can say with confidence that we have NONE of the above issues in the Netherlands.
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@@nickhirst7192The US government would just have to turn off the electricity, i.e. AC, and wait! The resistance quickly melts away.😂
I am glad that German police officers need to be educated in law and if they act against it they can be held accountable.
So a badge will not take your freedom for no reason.
Car _dependency_ - doesn't sound very free to me. Freedom means choice.
The car gives you freedom and in doing so, becomes your master.
@@grahvisCycling achieves the Same Logic Loop. Hiking also.
A Car provides insulation from the outside while cycling directly conects you and hiking provides the added Feature of slowing down making Sure you can explore and Inhale the outdoors in all of It's Majesty.
A Car Is nothing but fast Transportation while browsing your surroundings, this Not mastery this Is just a waste of possibilities when you are supposed to Relax or have Fund or go explore.
A Car Is a mobile shield for protection from the Elements and a Device of Convenience If Not used as a Tool for Transportation of Personell and Goods.
Be healthy.
Yeah. You only have true freedom in regards to something if that includes both the choice to _do it_ and _not do it_ without one of these choices severely negatively impacting you.
Swede here 🇸🇪. In Scandinavia and Finland, we take the right to walk wherever you want one step further. We call it ” allemansrätten” (every man’s right) and it means that you can walk everywhere in nature, regardless of whether the land is privately owned or state owned. You can actually even camp for a night or two on someone's private land provided it is well out of sight and hearing of those who live there. Of course you must also not behave in a disruptive manner, destroy anything or pick flowers, fruits or berries that are obviously cultivated.
You can also, for example, have a picnic or swim everywhere in lakes, rivers and the sea except where it is expressly forbidden (very few places). Wild-growing berries, fruits and mushrooms can be picked almost everywhere as long as it is not commercial picking.
It can be said that the ” allemansrätten” is a right with accompanying obligations. For example, it is not permitted to break branches from growing trees. If you camp or make a fire, be very careful not to cause damage and leave the area in at least as good a condition as when you arrived. In certain weather conditions it may also be forbidden to make a fire (usually this is stated in notices from the local authorities).
It is also not permitted to disturb or harm birds and other animals.
Non-commercial fishing is allowed along the coasts and some lakes and waterways and cheap and easily obtainable fishing licenses is available in many other lakes and rivers.
Most of the land in Sweden is not owned by the state but is privately owned, however, the ” allemansrätten ” applies regardless.
To me, ” allemansrätten” is perhaps the single greatest freedom we have here that you in the US don't have!
That’s even more freedom than my country (Germany) offers. love that!
We don't have that much in the UK, but there is a vast network of footpaths which often cross private land and have to be maintained by the landowner.
@@grahvisScotland has more right to roam than the rest of the UK and the ability to ‘wild camp’ too
@@Spiklething .
I know, that's why I said there isn't that much.
Hi there! Thank you for including Finland concerning the allemansrätten! Hurra!
You don't really know what it means to live in an allemansrätt-country until you've lived in a country where almost all land on both sides of a road is privately owned and off limits. You start feeling claustrophobic. And don't even mention the national parks! Traffic jams, waiting in line just to get into the park, fees and payments. And stay in the car - or you'll risk being attacked by some wild animal...
Everything is fenced in, "No trespassing", "Private property", "Keep out" etc.
Freedom?
I recall Jim Jeffries piece entitled Freedumb where he referred to the numbers of those in prison in the US as being the highest in the world.Ending with the observation that “in the land of the free you have the least amount of free people”.
There is a really short and very memorable sentence to Freedom and it goes like this: "Your freedom stops, where mine begins!"
It is so simple and true and if we all acted on that, there would be less arguments amongst us.
Absolutely, that why you can say you opinion freely, but not insult others.
As a German, I am free from the fear of ever being shot. In fact, I never spend a thought on that idea.
What distinguishes the US from the EU is its form of capitalism. The USA prefers capitalism based on the principles of the 19th century and the EU prefers 20th century capitalism combined with social welfare. Europe assumes that people can enjoy the money they earn and have time to spend it, which automatically drives other sectors of the economy. The second thing is related to health insurance, which in Europe is paid for by the state, so the state also ensures that people get sick less often, according to the principle that prevention is better than cure. In the USA, everything is private, so the state is interested in making people sick because it earns money from it through taxes. Just wonder why food from the USA is not allowed on the market in the EU .
Australia is similar to Europe. Freedom for as many as possble so individuals may sacrifice some for the good of the many. The US is more 'every man for himself'. Government says it's 'freedom' but the deliberate lack of regulation/protections coupled with corrupt governments makes it easier for the rich & politicians to use that lack to enrich themselves at the expense of the majority with less power. Freedom of speech is a good example. We have minor curtailments yet our employers can't fire us for our public utterances the way they do in the US. No good blanket free speech if it costs your job. Social media censors because 'private business'. Lack of regulation is not a good thing.
Food in the USA needs to be proven harmful to humans instead of food needing to be proven safe to humans. It's probably not related to capitalism, but due to people not wanting the government to regulate what you can & can't eat because of general distrust in authority figures. 😅
@@MLWJ1993 In the USA, everything is regulated only under the dictation of corporations that poison people because they paid American politicians for it . American companies really dislike the EU because they cannot pursue their corrupt policies in Europe . They cannot exploit their monopoly position either
Brilliant description of how things are!
Drinking in public and being drunk in public 2 different things
Exactly!
18:50 as a florist I can say, yes, thats a fake plant. A montera, but from plastic.
Dude, I can see you and your loved ones in a nice small Dutch house living the best life in The Netherlands....please come asap!
Europe could need people like your bunch!
Your free to carry a gun and pay a fortune for health care. Your free to eat unhealthy food. I'm from the UK and love my freedom. Hope your channel continues to grow. I hate hearing you had financial issues. Stay strong❤
You are - you're
@@Mabinogion...omg...the grammar police are out ...guess freedom for you is to hate on people!
5:40 Public Intoxication exist here also,but- you have to be a public annoyance to be kept in to sober up.
18:46 Education is meant to be free for everyone- inscription fees are highly regulated - payed for by taxes…
21:54 European countries take care of the wellbeing of their citizens and make sure they stay productive-with health care and payed vacations. Health insurances are obliged to pay for treatment mentioned in an official catalog (quite for any treatment…)
Btw: I think,even with the higher taxes-at the end of the day-over all - you don’t loose money over here compared to the US because of all these benefits !
Charlie, you look and sound so much happier since you got back on YT! Great to see
Autobahns have a MINIMUM speed limit, sort of -- vehicles whose maximum speed is 60 km/h (37 mph) or less are not allowed to drive on Autobahns. While some parts of the Autobahn system have speed limits and others do not, there is an overall recommended maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph). Also, major German car manufacturers voluntarily engineer their vehicles so that their maximum speed is limited to 250 km/h (155 mph).
Autobahn is the longest street and Ausfahrt is the biggest city in Germany! 🙂
Hey, thanks for your hard work, I had no idea that you had suffered these things, that said I don’t have much time for watching you tube so I can go a time missing some videos. I also didn’t know about just writing a . in a comment is helpful, will do that from now on if I don’t have time to write more.
Just for your dream! 🤗
Greetings from 🇩🇪
Not the 'castle doctrine' but 'stand your ground' laws have led to a large increase in homicides.
I watched a video teaching kids in the US, how to be a pedestrian. Much of the video showed the kids walking in the suburbs on grass, there being no footpaths, despite have wide roads with plenty of room to install them.
When looking at Germany, you should always keep in mind what the basics look like. Germany is slightly smaller than Montana and has more than twice the population of California. This means that country is densely populated! And in order for people to live together properly, there needs to be appropriate regulation of how they live together. That's why it sometimes seems as if everything is "paved over" with laws. Ultimately, however, you have a lot of freedom in Germany. And I don't have to worry so much about getting shot by the police...
For me, Jean Jacques Rousseau had a great opinion of freedom: "The freedom of a person lies not in that he can do what he wants, instead that he does not have to do what he doesn't want."
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"The freedom of the individual ends where the freedom of others begins"
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
I walked to school when I was 5. This was in the 1950s in the UK. My children did the same.
Yeahhhh but that were a bit different times werent they?😅😅
So did I in the 1970s in the Netherlands. We've had a period that many children were being dropped of by car, but these days we're back at a good level of walking and cycling.
I see kids age 6 up walk to school here everyday in northern Germany. I did too. Never alone when that young, you meet up with a couple classmates, but still.
I used to cycle a bit over 4 miles to school. I had a train pass, but cycling could be not just quicker, but was more flexible.
@@Nufatec I'm in Germany. In a poor city with lots of immigrants. It's now 2023.
Children still walk to school.
Times have changed, yes. Music is different now. Cars look different. The kids walking to phones have phones more powerful in their pockets than what I had as a complete computer back when.
They still walk to school.
so germany has pulic intoxication too- but thats when you are so drunk that you are a nuisance. then the police can collect you and you gonna sleep out your alcohol in a rather uncomfortable cell.
theres also some local places where you arent allowed to drink in public but even then if you just walk by withh a beer in your hand youre not super likely to get bothered. its about like behavior. if you cant behave, thats a problem and when theres repeat problem there might be local rules against things if that makes sense
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Love your honest comments.
The plant is not fake. It is very common indoor plant in Germany and called Monstera.
IOn English its seems to be callewd by the latain name monstera deliciosa or swiss cheese plant and it is native to the tropical forrests in Mexico and Panama.
We have the same over here in France. Ivresse sur la voie publique, being obiviously drunk on a public space. You spend 24 hours in a cell and then go home with a fine. No more
Yeah, that’s more to protect you from yourself, not to punish you!
Kind of funny as in belgium the police would even bring you home if drunk .
Love your reaction videos always 😊😊
The police only take drunk people away if they are no longer able to get home safely. If someone else says they are helping the person, then everything is ok. The drunks who have to go to the police station are not arrested, but only taken into custody for their safety. They can go after a few hours when they feel better. They are put in an individual cell with a mattress so that they can sleep off.
Thanks for reminding me how lucky i am to live in Germany. :)
Yeah it does have its advantages..
Medical costs and parental leave when you have a baby are great here in Australia. My niece had her baby 10 weeks early, he's home now after 8 weeks in the NICU, cost to them $zero. Her husband is also on paternity leave at the moment, I think she's probably taking one year of maternity leave at half pay. That's what my daughter did.
Drinking in public is different to being wasted in public.. Im living in the Netherlands, 5 minutes walk to the German border.. there is a street(Nieuwstraat - Neustrasse) where the markings in the middle is the border. So at 1 side of the street you can smoke ur joint and at the other side you can drink publicly❤😂😂
Also we can bring our families with small children in to cafes and bars . something that is not alowed in canada or us to have minors in areas where alcohol is served .
"So at 1 side of the street you can smoke ur joint and at the other side you can drink publicly"
That's hilarious.
P.S.: Damn, I waiting for the day they finally legalize Cannabis here in Germany.
@@hansmeiser32 Try the town of baarle nassau / baarle hertog . where the border runs through bars and cafes . one side the bars close at 1 the other at 2 . one is the drinking age 16 the other 18 .
I love your video's! Greetings from the Netherlands!
Glad you like them!
I only recently found your channel, you are on an awesome discovery journey!
In Sweden the freedom to roam has a few limitation. Gardens and cultivated land is off limit, but forests, medows and lakes are open for roaming. Also you are allowed pick wild berries, mushroms and unprotected flower. Usually you can also camp for 1 night without asking the land owner. Longer than that you should ask for permission. General rule of thumb is not to disturb and not to destroy. So stay out of sight from housing and farms, don't disturb the wildlife, don't damage living plants and trees and don't litter. Fishing can be allowed, but that depends on so called water rights of that specific lake so buying a fishing card may be required.
Generally speaking, about fishing, it is allowed to freely fish in our 5 great lakes in sweden, and all around our coastline. If nothing else is mentioned it is up to the land owner or region to allowe for fishing where, as you say, a fishing permit is required. It often does not cost much for a year or a season pass. The restrictions about fishing is more about "how" you fish. You can not generally, for example, spear fish, or use harpoons.Other rules also applies as how many hooks you can have on a line and so on. (I would personally stay away from eating fish from Östersjön as it is one of the most polluted seas and the fish is horribly saturated with all manner of nasty stuffs. Atleast I would advice those who are 50 or younger to never eat fish from there, specially of you plan on having healthy kids)
Is it not 2 nights, like in Norway?
@@IstadR Allemansrätten doesnt actually specify the number of nights. Usually, the saying goes " a couple nights or so" but in truth you can stay at one place camping indefinatly. There is a caviat to this though. You cannot leave any trace after you when you leave, and that makes it virtually impossible to stay too long. you need to leave the place as good or better as you found it. Also, you need to leave if the landowner or police requests it for some reason, but even if they do, you usually have untill the next morning if its getting dark.
@@IstadR
You may be right. I was taught 1 night since I was a kid, but the text on the The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency website says (Google translated): "You may camp for a few days in nature, but choose a site that is not close to residential buildings. It is also important not to disturb the landowner or damage nature."
So 2 or even 3 nights might be OK.
You can also drive naked in Germnany, but when you get out you should be dressed.
i am German, the freedom i had as a kid and the freedom my kid have are impossible in the USA, my daughter like to drink a beer on weekends...
she is 17 now!
German beer, drinking at 14...
16 you can buy....
i did with 8...for my dad
a co worker, he took 1.5 years of leave after his daughters birth, she i over 30 now!
About the plant; I can’t say wheather THAT plant is real 😉, however it is faitly common here and very easy to grow. It is named Monstera Deliciosa and originally hails from South America.
Actually...I think it's a wallpaper, but it looks nice indeed!
5:30 i think you can public-drink but not be public-drunk.
just for the algorithm :))) , hope you will get better man and dont let some setbacks stop you in your tracks , keep going you are great
As always ... greetings to all of you and always keep peace in mind ✌
you got a soothing voice man, ive watched 3 vids in a row, is good background whilst playing games.
our internet is fairly stable
Great video! Keep up your work. Looking forward to more content from you!
There’s freedom of roaming the country across Europe, the Scandinavian countries and the UK have the best mainly because large parts of their areas are state owned, and not populated, so it’s considered everyone’s property (allemannsretten, allemansrecht, betretungsrecht, all mans right). If you’re respectful and leave the property untouched, you will not get into any trouble. You can even camp anywhere as long when it’s more than (I think) 300 meters away from a private space. That goes for fields, woods and such, but if you enter someone’s private garden or house, you will get in serious trouble, that’s a criminal offense. It’s called “huisvredebreuk” (breaking house peace) in The Netherlands and you can get severely punished for doing that.
You actually do have the right to defense yourself, your family and your home over here, but violence used may only be in proportion, you can’t just shoot someone for just walking in your field … If you would even have a gun; having a gun is very much restricted to certain people, defense and police officers and some hunters. Shooting incidents over here are mostly in the criminal world of drugs
Nobody over here ever hesitates calling an ambulance in an emergency, nobody gets broke because of a medical condition, even if you’re aren’t insured, you will get treated. Health care is a basic right over here and yeah we all pay our monthly fees for that. When I had a stroke riding my bicycle two years ago, people around me helped to get up and within minutes the ambulance arrived and I was treated and I have yet to see a bill and they even secured my bike … The mind of thought over here is caring for each other …
I lived in Japan,USA,Canada,Spain and I’m living in Brazil right now witch “The freedom” is here.
Some years ago, a thief broke into a house wanting to steal. The owner killed the thief with a rifle. He had big problems with the Police because the law said that you have to defend yourself with the same type of weapon with which you were attacked. It happend in Romania.
Your work is great, i always like wathing yor videos and learn your prespective on live. :D
I appreciate that!
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I biked 16 km (you do the math) to and from secondary school on a daily basis in the Netherlands, it took about 50 minutes per trip.
come on, that's easy: 10 miles (1 mile = 1,6 km)
In England we have nude public bicycle rides, you could be crossing the road and 30 completely naked people riding bikes cross your path LOL. Picnics are pretty popular in England and that might include a bottle of wine or a beer
The trick is to listen out for the squelching ..that way you know they are coming lol
The only way there could be total freedom for everyone would be to set up an anarchist system, but with the amount of population that gathers in any place it is necessary the coordinated work of many people to ensure a minimum standard of living, and that implies a commitment of a majority of people to the common good to perform certain tasks on a regular and coordinated basis, which would be in fact a limitation of the freedoms of those people
About the lawn: Sure you can mow the lawn on Sunday, you're just not supposed to be noisy on Sunday
=> electric lawn mower: no, reel mower: sure, knock yourself out.
(Okay, among people of my mother's generation, it can still a vaguely religious thing: Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, so small everyday chores are okay, but a large chore like one hour of lawn mowing isn't.)
I have asked him in his comments for the shirt!😊
That is sooo cool! 🤣🤗
"i am just a dumb american have been missinformed" heh .... you got me and my subscribe here.
Don't feel too bad about it .. ignorance is bliss .. not just in the usa but over here in europe and everywhere else too. ;)
Greetings from northern germany. ;)
I'm freer, my internet hasn't buffered since 2002 😆👍🇬🇧
And as a Brit that enjoys a regular bicycle carp fishing holiday to Amsterdam I can vouch for the super lemon haze👍 but I'm oldskool and favour the orange bud and the hash's👌
I live in sweden and we in many ways have even more fredom to roam than our neighbours, called Allemansrätten. Also, a visit to the hospital costs around 20$ or something regardless of issue. (was a couple years since i needed to go, heh.) Thanks for great content! Was awsome to see your reaction and hear your thoughts!
Your neighbours also have the same freedoms, in Norway we call it Allemannsretten, but it's pretty much the same as in Sweden.
@@IstadR True. I should have said "than most of our neighbours in the EU" I stand corrected.
The fact that anyone can own nit just a handgun or shotgun, but an Assualt Rifle is crazy to me. Every nut case can get his hands on a weapon of war. That's so insane.
There not being a federal law regulating something in the US doesn't mean that it's legal. You have everything from state laws to city codes that also affects what's legal to do. 'Public nudity' or 'public intoxication' is usually regulated through city ordinances.
13:40 There are now a lot of helicopter parents in Germany who drive their children to school.
25:30 They are in the process of legalizing weed
The funny thing is, in Germany nudity was more popular in the Protestant areas, than in the more Catholic areas.
Now it is more in the Eastern part, that has been the GDR and has mostly Atheists.
But even in the capital of the very Catholic Bavaria, you can sunbath topless near the Isar river in the city.
Hey about the drinking in public in Europe... I'm from Belgium, but know this to be true in Germany. Whilst it is not illegal to have a drink in public, it IS usually not socially very accepted (giving some peole like minors the wrong idea) however you will most probably get a remark, but not get arrested. Being publically drunk however, when there is no event nearby or just on a regular day? That is illegal. They can arrest you and put you in a room until sobered up. That's mostly how far the police will go. If you cause problems. If you are not causing issues (shouting, harassing, ...) I do not think that the police would act. Maybe you get something like "shouldn't you go and sleep it off, go home , or so you need any assistance", in stead of getting truly arrested. In short : drink your beer but don't rub it in anybody's face.
Its about the same in sweden. As long as you are "just drunk" your fine. Its when you start to missbehave the cops can throw you in the "fyllecell". (drunkards cell)
They will let you go home in the morning and most often nothing more ever comes from it. Driving when drunk, or even riding a bicykle or skated can get you arrested though for drunk driving with a fine at best, or a revoked licence, some jailtime (about 2 months ive heard) and a hefty fine in a worst case scenario. You will then have to retake your licence to drive. (if it wasnt just suspended for a duration) I have actually been piss drunk, roamed about and slept on station benches, under trees and a lill all over when I was young and went out partying. No one really cares. Except that one security guard that woke me just to ask if I was ok and needed anything like coffe or a sandwich.
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"Whilst it is not illegal to have a drink in public, it IS usually not socially very accepted"
If I see somebody in the streets with a open bottle of beer on a workday at eleven in the morning, yeah then I raise my eyebrows - but that's it. And it is not as common as people (Americans) may think. You rarely see people "abusing" this freedom here in Germany - at least in my experience.
Funny how your thinking is so different from a typical Dutch kid. Most kids in smaller villages are used to bike to high schools in the city. This means they often bike 16 km or more. So an hour bike drive is not that unusual. With the electric bikes nowadays, it's much more common.
hoi ..ik heb sinds enkele dagen je kanaal ontdekt ... je video s zijn top
Stepping on other people's crops is forbidden - in Germany and the rest of Europe. Nobody has the right to destroy the property of others. But you don't have to fear being shot just because of stepping on other people's land.
Germany past a law that legalized weed. They are just working out how it will work...
You can drink without intoxicating yourself to a point where you'll get the ticket, I think that's where the distinction happens
Pretty sure in Germany if the Police found somebody a bit drunk, they might offer to take him home so he doesn't drive or walk there, endangering himself or others.
A famous german person once said: "The internet is new territory for us all". It basically hasn't improved that much. In new houses in bigger towns with fiber cables it will be quite fast, but I still have copper cables, and a download speed of just 1.6 Megabytes / second.
That's only true for DSL. Internet over TV broadband easily offers 125 GByte/s (1,000 GBit/s) over copper cable - more than DSL over fibre.
About paid vacation, parental leave, sick leave, ... haven't you, Charlie, seen/reacted on this interesting video? "America Compared: Why Other Countries Treat Their People So Much Better" - Second Thought
There's this one too that was much discussed by UA-camrs: "David Cross: Why America Sucks at Everything" - The Gravel Institute
I reacted to both of those actually lol
Yeah, as a German American work laws/practices are super-weird.
I have a 40h-week, I have an "overtime hour account" which isn't allowed to go under -40h and not over +40h, which means while in a given time period I might do overtime, overall I am not allowed by contract to do overtime (as I always have to cancel it out by taking time off, so I don't go over the +40h).
Additionally, there's 30 days of paid vacation, not including national holidays and sick days (which are also paid and there's no contingent there. You call in sick when you call in sick.)
In my state (national holidays are state-dependent), the year of 2023 has 25 work days (365-25 Saturdays, 53 Sundays and 10 national holidays that don't fall on a weekend). Substract 30 paid vacation days and I will have had around 220 days of work this year.
@@ItsCharlieVest I know, which is why your last reaction here is a bit surprising. lol
Love the longer video's brother!
Could be fake could be real,i have a real one that is atleast as beautifull.
Its a Monstera Deliciosa plant.
Thanks for the info
That person was not dressed "German" she was dressed Bavarian.
Golf is very relaxing, like snooker
Its really a complicaded subject because for me as a german "freedom of speech" means for example i can call a politcian an asshole or somthing in public and nothing happens to me.
But if people threaten violence or make death threats thats not freedom of speech for me anymore.
Most famous law that allows you even to cross fenced property is from civil code §962 BGB
It is only for one certain use but it is there.
Section 962: Right of pursuit of the owner
The owner of the swarm of bees may, in pursuit, enter on plots of land belonging to others. If the swarm has entered an unoccupied beehive belonging to another, the owner of the swarm, for the purpose of capturing it, may open the hive and remove or break out the combs. The owner is to provide compensation for the damage caused.
it is not even that allows you to enter private property but you have to by law or you can lose the ownership which is regulated in §961 BGB
Section 961: Loss of ownership of bee swarms
Where a swarm of bees takes flight, it becomes ownerless if the owner fails to pursue it without undue delay or if the owner gives up the pursuit.
I am English I have been to the USA a few times I don't particularly want to go again. maybe if Americans know more about Europe they might learn something, not perfect here in the UK/Europe but I prefer to be over here then in the USA. PS health care is free for all in the UK as long as you are a UK resident we do pay for it in our taxes but it is nothing much, no bills at all no mater what the ailment.
Nice reaction...💪😎
The exercise of your personal freedom ends where it begins to restrict the other person's personal freedom. Exercising personal freedom should always be done with consideration for others. After all, no one lives in the world alone with their personal freedom. Therefore, personal freedom should always go hand in hand with consideration.
i do use adblockers.. cause youtube mostly supports scam ads.. i dont want this.. nobody does.. until they fix this ill be using something that blocks those ads
great reaction to unforeseen conditions 🤣
Drinking in public is not permitted everywhere in Germany. In Stuttgart, for example, it is an offence to drink in the park.
Naturally the ambulance is covered by your health insurance.. Would be insane if it was not...
I wish the situation for you improves, I been watching your content for some time.
I hope you have the chance to visit Europe one day, it will be quite an eye opener.
So far I lived in 4 European countries *Or well including 1 former European country :p*
To be fair, I would be hesitant to visit the United States, I think freedom is more complex.
In my opinion it does include caring about other peoples feelings, for sure it doesn't include the right to blow people away for entering your property.
(From which my hesitance to visit the USA comes from, the weapon laws are uhm far below standards from my European view)
I wish You the best Mate, I hope you'll be doing fine.
Hi there great reaction
The more I learn about the US the more restricted it sounds to me. The whole suing thing is very unsettling
There is another even more or most important factor: Cost of living/the right to live = freedom. I recommend to watch some videos of social housing in Austria, especially Vienna (not for no reaason the most livable city in the world) ! ✌
it takes me 7.5hrs for 850km to Paris, France!
if i drive slow!
For me as an austrian your Situation is unthinkable you should imigrate to Austria with your whole Family so you can live your dream . In vienna are some flats to rent you should see the video from " wiener wohnen" and some guy makes a Video of the "social democratik party of amerca" . I like your videos best wishes from Austria
It's been years since i started feeling sorry for Americans.Their country is in a heavy downfall.No proper human right,extreme racism,no proper healthcare,no proper workers rights,work-life balance terrible,guns everywhere,foreign politics shocking and scary and i can go on and on.They have been lied to for decades and at some point they started believing they are the best in everything.I know many good Americans and i honestly feel sorry for them.People destroyed by their own governments.Europe is miles ahead in everything.
Great reaction mate.Keep it up.Greetings from Germany.
😂 The guy in the video is already germanized. We love our practically comfi cloth. That's why we most of the time have an ugly/boring apparence.😅
06:09 The funny thing is, they're not dressed "german" they're dressed Bavarian or Austrian. Hardly any Germans wear any traditional costumes
The maternity and paternity leave is paid by the employer, not the government. Self employed people don't get such payments.
You still get a payment from the government even if you are self employed. It wouldn't probably pay your bills but it is better than the no pay in the USA system.
good reaction!!
Even for guys get 20 days of can get here in Belgium for fathers leave when you get a baby thats also paid.
Your freedom is always someone elses restriction.
Depends on the freedom you're talking about, but you're right in many cases.
That feeling of freedom in the US, is from the perspective of an American who is used to the US.
Lets say I move to the US and go for grocery shopping ..
I'd get annoyed by pricing on the product, not being the price that I pay at the register.
I'd get annoyed by nearly all food items to have 5x the amount of sugar, then what I'm used to.
I'd get annoyed by bread that tastes sweet.
I'd be shocked to my core if I see someone with a fire arm.
If we put freedom for all, that means I want the freedom to not be surrounded by guns.
Can I have that freedom? I think I cannot, not in the US.
There seems to be no amendment in the constitution that says that I have the right to not be surrounded by guns, I will be confronted with them at every turn.
An American is used to it, a European is not.
Maternity and paternity leave in the US :
I think (I can't find that information!) that personnel of ASML in the US, does have the same benefits as their personnel in the Netherlands. Which would mean massive benefits, unheard off even in the US.
Internet in Germany is not great.
In the Netherlands however .. I got 5 Gbit available to me at €125 per month, which I do not have a subscription to.
I feel no need for it, currently. I got a 100Mbit connection on VDSL2 with 50 Mbit up.
Those who feel I'm stupid for not using that 5 Gbit, tell me what I can do more or better with 5Gbit as opposed to the VDSL2 line of 100 Mbit, I WILL upgrade, IF you make sense.
In Germany we say: The freedom of the individual ends where the freedom of others begins.