There were times when satire was the only way to tell the truth.. and when times get bitter its nice to listen to the truth with enough humor to swallow it. Some things cant be changed no matter how many people want it to be changed. So you learn how to laugh at the ironic misery we all are stuck in.
You sure know how to pick what’s good. And I think that is a gift: Freedom of speech and history and an interesting crossfire. People should have to inhale that on a regular basis.
Every #VerDi Green Communist, working in public service not normal economy is to be considered coward. Coward, because would not dare doing jokes in former GDR.
It's so stupid to even think in that way. You either enjoy it and have a laugh or you don't. I wouldn't even consider if it's hurtful or offensive. It's meant to entertain.
Volker Pispers was one of the best political cabaret artist we had. He was spot on most of the time and he never held back. His way to play with words was unparalleled. We still miss you, Volker!
Yes, sad but true, he retired some years ago. I contacted him at the beginning of "Covid". He answered me, better not to bet any money on his return on stage😢
@@Benepene That'll never happen; the US government still pulls this shit throughout south America and the middle east; you think they want their high school students learning that?
This kind of humor does not "fly" in your world, but in Germany it is still very welcome. The world needs more than ever such clear thinker with the right touch of humor like Volker Pispers!
Clear Thinkers of course. look at guys like George Carlin (true Icon), Bill Maher, Jon Stewart etc. Dave Chapelle as well has always been very sharp and critical
Bro, what are you talking? Such humor is also affected by cancel culture and all that shit. German comedians have to censor they lines now, just to not get in trouble. Such shows are dying.
And he didn`t even adress the hard topics International military tribunal charter Article 19. The Tribunal shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. It shall adopt and apply to the greatest possible extent expeditious and nontechnical procedure, and shall admit any evidence which it deems to be of probative value. Article 20. The Tribunal may require to be informed of the nature of any evidence before it is entered so that it may rule upon the relevance thereof. Article 21. The Tribunal shall not require proof of facts of common knowledge but shall take judicial notice thereof. It shall also take judicial notice of official governmental documents and reports of the United Nations, including the acts and documents of the committees set up in the various allied countries for the investigation of war crimes, and of records and findings of military or other Tribunals of any of the United Nations. It`s from the nuremberg and other trials. German guilt for Katyn has been established there in court and to my understanding has never been in front of a court since then.
German Dude here (: First time I heard Pispers was in 2005 as an adolescent. I remember ending up on the floor laughing non stop. He has retired as far as I know. His last shows (around 2016) were even harder to swallow because you could tell he got increasingly bitter knowing that his Kabarett would not change anything substantially. He would throw punchlines at the audience saying things Like: "You people love to gather here and laugh at the stupidity of those politicians you have elected" or "Kabarett is like church. You listen to the criticism on your way of living without changing anything". He was one of a kind.
You´re right he retired in 2017 because he said he wanted to spend more time with his wife after all those years spent on the road touring through the D A CH area
Unsung hero of this is the absolutely brilliant translation. To translate something without losing implicit meanings, plus providing context without the viewer having to pause is honestly incredible
This is brilliant. I'm British and had never heard him before. I'm now off to have a look for more of his work now. I'll spread the word too. This very much appeals over here. He should be better know in the UK. He has a real talent.
1. This kind of Humor ist still practised in Germany it's called political cabaret 2. The Bundeswehr was in Afghanistan, Mali, Kosovo etc. While they mostly did securing and patrolling they also staged offensives against the Taliban in the earlier days of the conflict
Problem is, most other who practise it are way to cowardish to not stay inside the corrupt system. Pispers did not care an openly spoke about it. For examle now, regarding Ukraine, even the cabaretists are on line with the "Nazis are awesome, let's arm them" propaganda.
There is no political cabaret more, event the last show „Die Anstalt“ is nearly dead.
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It's getting poor about political cabaret here, and you defenitly don't find someone who's as sharp as Volker was. That wasn't really humorous because it really hurts. I think people laughed to hide the pain.
Responsible for the only real combat missions in afghanistan were the KSK and the Kampfschwimmer. They also hunted and caught war criminals in bosnia and kosovo
Stimmt, Rechte und Verschwörungsschwurbler fahren auf seine personalisierende Kapitalismuskritik und oberflächlichen "Analysen" ebenfalls ab@@wernerbaublies4720
Volker stopped to work as a standup some years ago. He said "I literally did the same jokes for decades now and nothing has changed. People are laugthing, but no one is listening."
Just to make one thing right: When he "joked" about the islam and religion in general it's not crossing a line. He is in fact defending them because the entire world had and has until today double standards about those topics. He showed the "christians" that their religion is just as reasonable then their own one.
@@forrest_lump Seriusly? You adding the facepalm emoji when you being the one who can`t read. Do they not teach functional reading where you went to school?
@@forrest_lump No, they said that both religions were equally reasonable. There's a difference - both can be equally reasonable even if both of them lack reason entirely.
It tells us something about that precious freedom of speech, when it's OK to offend, insult and verbaly harass people but smashing the ugly truth in peoples faces scares the crap out of them. Appreciate your vids!
We really need guys like that. Incorruptible, dead honest and fucking ALWAYS on point. I was a huge VP fan while he was active and it hurted listening to him. By laughing or choking
"bis neulich" is from 2004. let that sink in. he is NOT a Comedian. he was a cabaret Artist sepcialized in politcal Drama. you are not meant to feel comfortable after this. maybe check "die Anstalt" when they talk geo Politics you can clearly see his influence.
@@patriceesela5000 Probably too late, though. I warned for a long time about the millions of German 'sleepers' only waiting to reveal their fascist ideology. The USA have built a good bulwark for their global war of terror here, powered by an unbreakable denial that turns any truth into its opposite.
In Germany this type of humor is not canceled and in todays climate it's needed and practiced. Especally in todays climate we need spicy satire like this. I don't know why in america a cancle culture is going on, but i'm glad that here you can hear a lot of different meanings.
@@markuspfeifer8473 about seven years ago, for multiple reasons. One of them the fact that he was very successful in an era where you could make a decent amount of money from cd and dvd sales. I imagine he took a break first due to stress reasons and later realized that not having to confront the sheer stupidity of german and world politics all the time and actually spending time with his wife is a pretty relaxing thing. He has never been cancelled, he took a vacation and turned it into a retirement, the man is 64 after all.
1. I miss Volker Pispers 2. I've got a new thing. Watching americans watching Volker Pispers hilarious 😀 And that's why I love political cabarett. It hurts, and there's a reason why.
@@LokyMusik I also have some more satirists I like to watch ... for instance: Max Uthoff, Hagen Rethers, Andreas Rebers, Lisa Eckhart. Lisa Fitz and Sebastian Pufpaff (the things he did before "TV total" although he's better at that than Raab ever was imo)
As I German I understood completely that some stuff sounds very hard and rude and maybe over the point. But it's great how you still get his jokes, even you just can refer to the translations (which is actually quite good). Volker Pispers is a super smart guy who knows more about history as the most people (and especially the most politicians) in Germany. His kind of humour is maybe a bit weird if you don't know him good, but it's great satire which reveals all the deficits in geopolicial actions of western countries.
You definetely got all the jokes. And it was hillarious how you laughed you ass off on some of them. Makes you look self reflecting, regarding that the jokes were targeted on your home country ;)
I love to see that Volker Pispers finally gets some attention overseas. He definitely deserves the recognition. It's really to bad that after the pause he announcend in 2015, he withdraw completely from the cabaret scene last year.
He made it as it was well established. No fear for nothing...no consequences at all. But nowadays...you got to watch out what you say...Maybe he saw that coming..
@@silent_simulator9590 he could easily do this today but would have to handle lunatics like the COVID deniers and others. He mentions this on his web page, and that he won't go back on stage after his 5 years break as planned. I can understand. Conspiracy theorists would hoot and think he is on his side because, you know, those people aren't able to think critically. I wouldn't want to handle hecklers nowadays either, in his position. Freedom of speech and press went down in Germany because no one wants to get beaten or shot by extremist lunatics.
@@lynnm6413 maybe..but to be honest he himself didnt done anything, too. As far as i know he wasnt politically engaged..besides making money off it with his shows. Its a little bit hypocritical..i remember him making jokes about the audience once, that someday they would wave with their show tickets..."Look i was in the resistance"...What would be his proof ? His tax bills?
@@silent_simulator9590 I don‘t agree, I think political cabaret has an important function to put the political speek into perspective, …. Den abfingert und die Wunde zu legen ist ja eine Form von Resistance
Volker Pispers ended his career a few years ago. Basically he said "I've been doing essentially the same routine for 30 years. People don't learn and instead elect the same idiots over and over, it's disheartening. I failed".
@@captainfuture2882 I'm quite willing to believe that his audience was not among those voting for these parties, but what's an audience of maybe 200 people compared to about 60 million voters?
Watching this reaction as a german is so fascinating. Volker Pispers is imo, one of the smartest comedians I have ever seen and I love stand up comedy. I have never since seen a comedian that tackles huge (mostly not talked about) topics and presents them in an actual funny way. He kind of shows a mirror to the world and pushes our collective noses into the pile of dogshit that is international politics. Hilarious and incredibly sad at the same time.
I enjoyed your comments a lot. You got it well, the satire. It's brutally honest and sometimes difficult to laugh about. You can get that by the reaction of the audience, they're often hesitant. Great pick, my friend, I love that type of political satire, it's dark and smart.
@@mstones6642 What I was about to say, all the shit Pispers is talking about here, all european countries did their part. That's kinda the point of the whole show, Pispers goal isn't mocking the US, it's about mocking Germany.
@@eingew i know his program because i am from germany. Did you saw Big Lebowski? Can you remember the explanation about him? In German "Die Gute Miene zum bösen Spiel" in Englisch i think " He's putting up a brave front" That's europe, Germany, France and UK in the Game of our system.
My social economics teacher was just like him, we always fought because my stepfather was involved in operation desert storm and I would tease him with that, and that it’s a very real war for their families waiting for them. He is still right, but I grew up having a German and an American soul and sometimes the latter takes over.
I've seen Pisper live once. Amazing satire and to this day my candlebearer of what satire and political commentary should be like: unapologetic, brutal, honest and politically incorrect.
i have to say, whoever made those english subs (besides some typos here n there) made an awesome job of conveying the emotions and side stabs of volkers words
Nice to see you like Volker Pispers :) He really is one of the more savage and intense German comedians, pretty dark satirical humor. In German we say "the laughter gets stuck in your throat" if someone makes a joke that is somehow good and true but makes you go "wooooow, that was brutal" and you feel bad about laughing at the same time ;) And I am very very glad that we do not have as much of the cancel culture cancer that has been spreading in the US in recent years. Free speech > "maybe hurting someones sensibilities". When this virtue fascism goes on, they wont stop by just "cancelling" peoples careers, lives, likelihoods, they will burn people again soon.
Cool vid. I am German. First: Your subtitle translation DE -> EN is very accurate. And I love this kind of satire that has A LOT of truth in it. This kind of satire makes you think, while you laugh. It even makes you think, why you laugh. Valuable, man. We need more saitre like this, to maybe one day stop killing each other because of a different belief. Maybe America needs more saitre like this, too ;)
it's absolutely true. his intention is to hold a mirror in front of your face, to make you think of your behavior... and he's able to do that because we went trough this process. we germans know, what we are able to create, it's a main thing here to teach your kids, be as best as you can. But ask for our history, everyones head goes down...
"This kind of humour" is normal cabaret in Germany. There is "Die Anstalt" every month, that is like that too. Unless it's low brow comedy, this is generally German humour.
hey, I'm from Austria and believe me, this kind of humour hurts the people here too... But here also nobody want to hear about it because the truth is too dark sometimes. But the comedian is awesome and his act is so great.
The humor still flys because it's right. The problem is that it takes work to create and understand and most comedians today go for the simple and easy laugh.
As a German I’ve been to the US multiple times. I love the country and the people have always been very nice to me. But I love Pispers too and the US has some political issues. Love the fact you are reviewing Pispers videos. Keep it up. Subscribed!
That's what we Germans call political cabaret! Straight into the face with maximum impact! And Volker Pispers is a master in this discipline! You need to experience the other parts of his program "Bis neulich!"(until recently)!
(That show was recorded almost 20 years ago.) I don't think Mr. Pispers was ever really “controversial“ though. At most "inconveniently" to the point ;) But everything he has said in his career has been covered by the right to artistic freedom and by Freedom of Speech - and here in Germany, there is no such thing as "Not allowed!" for that. Plus, he never stooped to a low level in terms of language or content. Even if he sometimes liked to use the artistic stylistic device of slight exaggeration: His statements, quotations and information have always been well researched, accurate and verifiably correct! Along with Georg Schramm, who has brought extremely revealing character studies to the stage through his authentic and subtly uncompromising stage personas, Mr. Pispers as well has always been one of the smartest and sharpest-tongued artists in this genre. Two highly talented and sharp gentlemen who have held up a mirror to us for many years. - Sometimes you have to listen (more) carefully though to really understand what is being said/ meant (see the gas station comparison here... ;D )
Bro i like your Channel! You are very open for critics and got a lot of humor! Respect for that! And as a german its very sad to say that in this video its not about the US alone. Its a video about the whole western politics. Sometimes it sound very hard to someone whos is the target of that jokes. But thats important to let the democratics have an opponent. If they dont got that they get to mighty! He only tells the truth! Because its a special thing about humor. Specially to point on the faults of politicians!
you are the first american reacting to this who actualy listends to hom or atleast understands what he is talking about i have so much respect for you because of that !!! #Greatings from #Germany ...
this the issue with USA. Cancel culture is another form of ignorance. Germany especially has a self imposed duty of self reflection. Cancel culture does not work the same way but slowly creeps in. USA has yet to do it regarding native Americans and slavery.
Not only that. They basically financed and supported other genocides around the world. And that people still think they need to copy everything from the US is just good propaganda work at it's finest. Right now we as Europe need to get closer together, get our mind trough and start taking clear lines about our harbors aswell securing our help for the african continent including aswell the rebuild of the middle east. We might have not caused the damage that russia and the US did but we were also responsible by selling weapons around the globe. And why i'm talking about harbors? Well a lot of european harbors are actually in chinese hand. And i don't think that critical routes and propery should be outside of european hand. It will be to late when people realize that china and russia tries to cut of democracies from trading routes with africa etc. Or why do you think are they already securing their trade routes with harbors, the ukraine krim etc.? Right now China is just waiting to see how europe will react and how determined we are. And then starts their trade war and annex taiwan. Instead of either following one or another side we should choose our own way, become independend and strong ourself. We should support those who lost everything in those wars. Because we will need their help if we wanna stay independend in the future. And stop falling for propaganda spread by right-wing populism financed by anti-democratic governments. - We, the younger people already checking what is going on behind the curtains, but a lot of old people (including our parents) grew up in another generation are easier to manipulate because a lot of this right-ideological structures hit home, especially now that our grandparents died/diying and they try to hold onto something from their youth - My family is from Russia and right now the sheer racism and anti-ukraine propaganda i have to hear every day is sooo annoying. This is a generation that was born with the glorification of the UDSSR. It needs actually young russians living in russia to take a guy like putin out for good before it's getting to late. And its on a young generation of americans to make a change and finally get over their systematic problems held alive by generations brainwashed with propaganda of the "best and most free country"
Well it depends what you call cancel culture, some in the US already call it cancel culture when they can not be bigoted without repercussions anymore.
@@AB-vm2nz People getting canceled is nothing new. The only difference is that it now also effects "ordinary" people since their views can be seen by everyone on the internet as well.
@@carpediem5232 yes, you are right… I remember two comedians who were canceled from TV because they were called out as gay… in the 80s/90s. In that time it was a big thing… But nowadays it’s much easier to offend someone and become canceled. Of course sometimes it also effect „ordinary“ people, but most of the time nobody cares what I’m saying or writing, I don’t have the range…. But if you are some kind of famous, you really have to take care. Nena for example got canceled because she says she don’t care if someone is Vaccinated or not… her music is for everyone. That’s it, Tour canceled.
I'm from Germany 🇩🇪 and I think it's a shame that he retired in 2014. It is difficult to translate his lyrics one-to-one as there is a lot of sarcasm in here. Actually all the time 😂. I enjoy watching his videos on UA-cam. They make you think because he speaks a lot of truth and his topics are more relevant than ever.
Things did change tho, like for example with the heute show: 10 years ago they were still making some homophobic and transphobic jokes. Luckily, you don't see those anymore. And it proofs that you can still do biting satire without such jokes.
I am from Germany and did attend one of his shows quite some years back. Political cabaret (not exactly comedy but political satire with a comedic tone) is still just as harsh in Germany. Cabaret / Comedy in germany have a HUGE backing in our culture, everything and everyone can be made fun off. Its not about who you make fun of, or what you make fun of, but how you convey it to the people. Also Political cabaret is really harshly defended by german people, we love it. This is why Volker pispers is such a genius. One of the best...
Cabarett is more talking about serious or sensitive topics in a slightly funny or ironic/sarcastic way. It is pretty interesting to hear pieces of history together in clear order; especially showing that there is no black and white side in politics but mostly cynicism and hypocrisy There are only a few people here in Germany doing that kind of performance. Being a comedian is hard enough, but being funny in an intellectual or serious way is more difficult, I guess.
Thumps up! It is so funny to see an American laugh to german cabarett from 20 years ago. Volker Pispers' political commentary was (as we are reminded of again) very scathing. His shows produced a LOT of clips that were what we call viral today. Early german UA-cam was full of them. Keep it up, I will watch your other clips as well :)
"In the current time this humor would not fly" ... i beg to differ ^^' In germany we still have that nearly every day in tv for ~1hour ;) check out "The Anstalt" (monthly), "HeuteShow" (weekly), and many weekly shows on various "regional" stations. Also every public-broadcasting has such things in its program. Even THAT hard like Volker does :)
Ahh, bitte. Der kram den Du anführst ist so Regierungsfreundlich und linksGrün, die würden doch Massaker an Russen zur Zeit als humanitäre Notlösung verkaufen.
Volker Pispers WAS one of our very very very best "Kabarettisten" (Kabarett = "political cabaret" = political satire made by "comedians"), which has a long tradition in Germany, at least one hundred years after WW I. Kabarett means political satire about the currently political situation in Germany and other countries. During the Nazi Regime (1933 - 1945) Kabarett was forbidden because the German fascists did not want any opposition or critics. After WW II "Kabarett" rose again for instance in Munich ("Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft", a group of famous and great actors and actresses created by Sammy Drechsel) or in devided Berlin ("Berliner Stachelschweine", a famous West-Berlin group). -Volker Pispers was born January 18th 1958 in Northrhine-Westfalia, later he studied to become a teacher. At the beginning of the 1980s he began acting with several ensembles. In 1986 he quit his job as a teacher to start a new carrer: "Kabarettist". He published on stage in front of audience several self-made political satires (Programme) and had also the same subjects: weakening of the German retirement payment system and the consequences on society, poverty in society, the poltical scene in Bonn (before reunion capital of West-Germany and the seat of German government) and later Berlin (the "new" capital of reunited Germany and the "new" seat of German government), which means critics of the German ruling parties (I should better say: of nearly all poltical parties represented in German BUNDESTAG: SPD, CDU/CSU, FDP, Grüne and AfD), critics of printing media, its concentration and its influences and brainwash on the German society (for instance "Axel Springer Group" [they bought the poltical American magazine "POLTICO" some time ago and stumbled over a sex scandal in Germany which had effects and reactions also in the US], "Funke Medien", "Burda", etc.), NATO and wars of the US, the global finance system concentrated on Wall Street and its influence on politicians and politics all over the world, IWF (Der "Internationale Währungsfond") aka IMF (International Monetary Fund) and EZB ("Europäische ZentralBank" = "European CentralBank"), critics of Capitalism and the US, warnings about the poltical and social breakdown of our societies all over the world because our kind of captialism is NOT the right answer for all people in the entire world to have a good life, exploitation of poor people in Germany and all over the world, too-low-wages and the question: How can somebody survive with such-a-ridiculuos-wage, etc. On December 8th 2015 Volker Pispers declared the end of his carrer in his last programme "...bis neulich" ("...see you later") and said that he surrendered (gave up) because NOTHING had changed in our republic, which means he considered his work useless. I was at that time in one of his appearences on stage (LIVE he was georgeous, marvelous & terrific like a pop star!!!). I am very sad that such a great man declared the end of his carrer, we need "society-mirrors" like him, not only in Germany, also the US need men like Pispers. Loving Greetings from Old Europe, Germany...Liebe Grüße aus dem alten Europa, Deutschland ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😉😉😊😊
08:45 - how WW1 came to be is actually incredibly complicated. I recommend reading "Sleepwalkers" by Christopher Clarke if you are interested in the topic. It sounds dry reading 800 pages about diplomacy but it is actually incredibly thrilling. It was the heir to austrias throne that got assasinated.
So I never actively searched for this, but this I always wanted. An American impressions of Pispers stand up 😄😅 great video, looking forward to the others, thanks for sharing 👏🏻
"If elections had any meaning, we would not be allowed to hold them." Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), American writer (because of 11:15 and the non-functioning machines for counting votes)
I wish all of his videos were translated into English and 300 million Americans saw his videos. Not only about the wars, but also about capitalism etc. Maybe it would change some things, but just maybe 🙂
There might be a reason or two why Germany wasn't involved in that many wars lately 1. Last time it took 3 superpowers to stop us 2. Because of that the Bundeswehr got nerfed quite a bit
Satire: It's basically a history/social studies lesson with the rules of comedy applied to it. Which makes it actually fun to learn... until you lose faith in humanity.
Germany here: I came for Volker Pispers but i stayed because of your voice! :D Great video, man! He is one of the true gems of our political satire! Every time I've watched him, i didn't know whether i should laugh or cry! For real! If you really think about all this crazy stuff, how can i just sit on my couch and chill?! Edit: 13:16 Actually he said "in both wars" less americans died. Imagine that! ^^ I really don't want to be disrespectful for laughing about that, but your reaction is pure gold! 😅
Germany was preparing for WW1 and the German emperor was willing to go to war. But many Germans did not like the idea and they started protesting and even managed to have the biggest peace demonstrations ever seen up to these days. So there was a conflict between the people and the emperor and if he would have just invaded people would have probably rebelled. So it's not like Germany did like nothing, their massive militarization was conceived as a thread. But also it's true that Germany did not start the actual war. But after Germany lost the winners propagated that Germany was to blame. Many people still believe in that propaganda even though historians globally came to the conclusion that it was more complex and just blaming Germany is dishonest.
Honestly all of europe was hot for war, it wasnt just germany. And of course theres always a huge discrepancy between the ruling opinion and public opinion.
That may be exactly the nonsense we get provided with on every corner today, but it´s still preposterous nonsense. Winston Churchill stated in Sept of 1913 that the war against Germany was "done deal", and there are numerous records of diplomatic correspondency between British, French and Russian diplomats that date back to not later than 1903 and verify the orchestrated build-up of what should become the Entente later, as well as direct preparations and plans for a war against Germany from between 1905 and 1908 on. Talking about the armament of Germany, France, GB and Russia beforehand WW1, Germany was the LAST of all those countries to put real effort into its military build-up, and when it did in reaction to the developments in those countries, it took a way smaller part of their gross domestic product by the hand than France or GB had put up. The German Military Navy , for example, was still outnumbered 1:6 alone by the British Royal Navy in 1913. Not in the same proportion, but generally the same goes for troops, tanks, vehicles and planes. In no way Germany was preparing for attacking its neighbours...that wasn´t even part of their interest as, since the 1870s, they had economically overpowered GB and France and were the dominant economic force on the European continent. Germany tried literally everything to prevent Austria from declaring war down to the wire and Wilhelm II. was the direct opposite of a warmonger, but he would never question staying loyal to the defensive alliance Germany had formed with Austria. May I recommend some further research to you...have a look at a video named "1. Weltkrieg - Kein Krieg von Schlafwandlern" - just activate subtitles and it´s pretty convenient to consume. Everything that is mentioned there was taken from verifyed international sources that are also given to cross-check the provided information.
@@zZzMaCezZz Partially privatized. That means they get the best of both worlds. The country pays them with taxes, but they can give that money to private "investors" and let the trains rott while there is no personal to drive them. This means basically like a private business, but the the tax payer has to carry the whole risk and if thing become inbarebly bad there still is absolutely no consequences and nothing gets fixed, instead they use tax money to make extra cheap tickets so they get even more overcrowded. This makes sure you never have to wonder if there might be a free seat, you just need to wonder if you can force yourself into the train or if people will punsh you out while trying. It's really the worst. I think everyone who has anything to do with this should be put into cages for the rests of their lifes. Pure corruption of the highest level. And no consequences whats oever. If anybody asks me what radicalized me, it was the Deutsche Bahn!
I didn't know about the peace demonstrations, but did know Europe at the time was flammable and at some point it would ignite, it just needed a spark from somewhere and all the alliances meant everyone would end up involved when it finally did. I don't think most people now would blame Germany for starting WWI.
Cool reaction to the video. Volker Pispers is a master of irony and sarcasm, unfortunately UA-cam doesn't translate that accurately so that you can understand the little spikes and nuances in his sentences. German is a very difficult language with an extremely large number of words for the same things. It was fun watching you, thumbs up. P.S. our army is really completely broken, I was even in the Bundeswehr and the condition of our armored personnel carriers and trucks was worse than at any junkyard. But that's a fairly complex topic Greetings markus
Everytime i see Volker Pispers im a bit sad nobody is doing this kind of political cabarett anymore on that level, everyone is scared of getting canceled now.
8:45 the first world war was a pretty complicated thing. If you really want to know it indepth you should check out "Blueprint for Armageddon" by Dan Carlin. It is a 20+ hour podcast but absolutely worth every minute
Yes, the heir to the throne and his wife got murdered while they were in Serbia. But the situation was already pretty tense between countrys before that. The murder was "just" the last straw. In german we have a saying : " Das Fass zum überlaufen gebracht" ; Making the barrol overflow
Actually, nobody expected war to break out in 1914. The German Kaiser and the formerly Prussian generals wanted to have a war and sent a suggestion to Austria how to provoke Serbia into a war over the assassination. The expectation was that it would be a little war between Austria and Serbia, with the hopes that it would escalate into a big war with Russia. But Serbia did everything to avoid a war. Austria started the war anyway because they didn't want to disappoint Germany. The little war escalated a lot quicker and a lot more than expected. Within the month the whole world was involved. It was sudden and unexpected and nobody was really prepared for it.
@@davidwuhrer6704 "Serbia did everything to avoid a war"... kinda hard to do that when you arm pro-serbian organisations in Bosnia with the goal of expansion towards the Adria.
This isn't 'humor' in the 'tell a joke', 'comedy', or 'just for laughs' sense. It's not meant to be funny. The jokes are a means to an end: to help people cope with what is said... sometimes to cope with their own involvement. To overcome the cognitive dissonance walls your brain erects and refuses to tear town. It's political cabaret; the modern court jester. Social media- and political party filter bubble bursting invented in the early 19th century. People don't go there for a fun, light evening but rather to be intellectually challenged. It's what free speech is all about: Social and political criticism and telling things as they are. Edit: When you say "this kind of humor isn't allowed anymore", you're basically saying "democratic discourse isn't allowed anymore". The first thing fascism takes away is your ability to speak freely: It redefines terms, invents its own truth, tells you what to say and how to say it. Perhaps it's time to investigate how "progressive" things like "identity culture", "cancel culture" and "wokeness" really are. They might, I suggest, be nothing more than bad ideas from the last century dressed in fancy new clothing. And if that is true, democracy is under full scale attack.
Bro i think you won the price for the most noteable post in the history of internet. But it make me sad that only a few people will be able to understand the impact of your words. Anyways you truly hit me and i agree with you. If your Statement represents your inner truth, i really hope that you are getting the chance to make the World a better place. Thank you🖖
Bruh..., your Edit part is absolute bullshit, neither progressive people, nor whatever the hell identity culture as a group is supposed to mean, cancel culture or vaguely woke people canceled Volker Pispers let alone Kabarett, or ever seriously tried it. Hell most people who allegedly fight against the EVIL SJW's/woke people/NPC's/whatever else substanceless term there is are not just usually on the opposite political spectrum than most of the Kabarett culture, but were also the ones who had the biggest problems with that leftist Volker Pispers.
I don't know, if its funny or sad. People writing an saying stuff freely and complaining about a lack of freedom of speech. From my point of view there is a discussion problem. Every one wants to be on the right side and never be wrong about something and of course conservatives that cannot handle it, if they are being called of for their bs. Freedom of speech doesn't mean, that you don't get an opposing opinion.
@@johannesroeder274 i disagree here, not because i want to be on the right side. You say conservatives don't get it. My experince is that both political sides can't argue anymore. Look at your post, conservatives cant handle it, when their bs is called out. Honestly if i were conservative after that i would not discuss anything with you, because you think my opinion is bs. The same logic applies for leftiest. The purpose of having "sides", and to fuel the conflict, is only to get our attention away from the real problems, we as human race are faceing. Left v right, poc v white, man v woman, christians v Moslems, straight v lgbtq+, all of this are just battlefields in the war against, wait for it, POOR v RICH. Only people with influence and money have something to loose, if all of humanity, which is poor, get their shit together and want to evolve to the next stage.
Im German but I have never heard about Mr Volker. This guy is turning truth into jokes or at least spices them up with sarcasm. I agree with ehat he says though.
Pispers is all about learning from history while making you laugh. Very dry humour which is not too controversial in Germany tbh. I dont know to which degree the obvious irony is noticeable through the translation, but I can assure that he wouldnt get cancelled in Germany as of today. Totally love that dude.
It's not so much about humor. It's about telling the truth under the cover of a good laugh. It's meant to hurt and make you think.
i don't think we germans are even able to use a different type of communication.
There were times when satire was the only way to tell the truth.. and when times get bitter its nice to listen to the truth with enough humor to swallow it. Some things cant be changed no matter how many people want it to be changed. So you learn how to laugh at the ironic misery we all are stuck in.
You sure know how to pick what’s good. And I think that is a gift: Freedom of speech and history and an interesting crossfire. People should have to inhale that on a regular basis.
Exactly that is what we call "Satire". Standup is an other thing.
@@187Sartus187 Maaann, sei still! verdammt, ich bin genauso...Alter, das bekomme ich jetzt nicht mehr aus dem Kopf 🤬
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This kind of humor still flies in germany and austria. It's the only way to withstand the insanity of our reality for some of us
Am Ende kann man nur noch lachen..
Truth.
Seems a lot like the 'cabaret' tradition we still have in the Netherlands, as well.
good old Galgenhumor :)
Humor heilt. Watch the story of the three laughing buddhas. ;-)
He's not controversial at all... He's giving a history lesson fueled with a couple of jokes... That's what political satire/cabaret is...
Yeah, I'd say he's mainstream. He's good though.
13:00 was rough xd
Every #VerDi Green Communist,
working in public service not normal economy is to be considered coward.
Coward, because would not dare doing jokes in former GDR.
"That joke wouldn't be allowed today" heard that sentence hundreds of times from people, and generally those people don't have a clue
It's so stupid to even think in that way. You either enjoy it and have a laugh or you don't. I wouldn't even consider if it's hurtful or offensive. It's meant to entertain.
Volker Pispers was one of the best political cabaret artist we had. He was spot on most of the time and he never held back. His way to play with words was unparalleled. We still miss you, Volker!
Yes, sad but true, he retired some years ago. I contacted him at the beginning of "Covid". He answered me, better not to bet any money on his return on stage😢
@@vicdornberger Entschuldigung, komplett unabhängige Frage: Ist Vic Dornberger nicht dieser Loriot-Charakter mit der "abscheulichen Maske"?
@@CalamityCain wie? Was? Welche Maske?... Oh mein Gott...
When I read this I thought he died, but he just just retired. Yay.
Correction: We need you, Volker. More than ever
Every history teacher should teach history the way Volker Pispers delivers his performances 🙌
It's funny you should say that, since Volker Pispers _was_ actually a teacher, prior to doing this.
Pispers is der Beste. Schade das er aufgehört hat. Aber es sei ihm gegönnt.
Pispers should be Part of the curiculum everywhere, especially america tbh.
@@Benepene That'll never happen; the US government still pulls this shit throughout south America and the middle east; you think they want their high school students learning that?
The only problem is.... history is always written by the victor.
This kind of humor does not "fly" in your world, but in Germany it is still very welcome. The world needs more than ever such clear thinker with the right touch of humor like Volker Pispers!
Exactly political cabarett is so important
Lefties will never have some "right touch",
they will always fail.
There is only Lisa Eckhart, all the others have no cochones. ;)
Clear Thinkers of course. look at guys like George Carlin (true Icon), Bill Maher, Jon Stewart etc. Dave Chapelle as well has always been very sharp and critical
Bro, what are you talking? Such humor is also affected by cancel culture and all that shit. German comedians have to censor they lines now, just to not get in trouble. Such shows are dying.
An American ask a German: "Do I look fat?" -
"Not for an American. Was that to direct to say?" -
"Not for a German!"
That's it in a nutshell :D
Thats a nice one, thanks
@X-v bisschen hohl seid ihr bots schon
Good one^^
And he didn`t even adress the hard topics
International military tribunal charter
Article 19.
The Tribunal shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. It shall adopt and apply to the greatest possible extent expeditious and nontechnical procedure, and shall admit any evidence which it deems to be of probative value.
Article 20.
The Tribunal may require to be informed of the nature of any evidence before it is entered so that it may rule upon the relevance thereof.
Article 21.
The Tribunal shall not require proof of facts of common knowledge but shall take judicial notice thereof. It shall also take judicial notice of official governmental documents and reports of the United Nations, including the acts and documents of the committees set up in the various allied countries for the investigation of war crimes, and of records and findings of military or other Tribunals of any of the United Nations.
It`s from the nuremberg and other trials. German guilt for Katyn has been established there in court and to my understanding has never been in front of a court since then.
German Dude here (: First time I heard Pispers was in 2005 as an adolescent. I remember ending up on the floor laughing non stop.
He has retired as far as I know. His last shows (around 2016) were even harder to swallow because you could tell he got increasingly bitter knowing that his Kabarett would not change anything substantially.
He would throw punchlines at the audience saying things Like: "You people love to gather here and laugh at the stupidity of those politicians you have elected" or "Kabarett is like church. You listen to the criticism on your way of living without changing anything".
He was one of a kind.
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You´re right he retired in 2017 because he said he wanted to spend more time with his wife after all those years spent on the road touring through the D A CH area
He also said "Keep your tickets of tonight's show, so you will once be able to prove you have been part of the resistance."
ja mann, echt bedauerlich. Stell dir vor was er zu T***p und Corona zu sagen hätte. Das wär kaum zu ertragen...
@@herrschneider5310 Trump ist gut biden ist der schei ist und im Knast gehört, möchtest ein paar Beispiele??😂
Unsung hero of this is the absolutely brilliant translation. To translate something without losing implicit meanings, plus providing context without the viewer having to pause is honestly incredible
Thank you for pointing this out! It‘s only because of this translation that UA-camrs can even understand his message a whole decade removed!
Yeah, the flaws in it were mostly misspellings. The highlights of the translation are really high.
Unsung hero, indeed. I very much agree.
totally, that was a job well done
im german and i had to pause because german, english plus subtitles are fucking confusing
This is brilliant. I'm British and had never heard him before. I'm now off to have a look for more of his work now. I'll spread the word too. This very much appeals over here. He should be better know in the UK. He has a real talent.
We used to watch him decades ago. Prob it's a matter of taste. We didn't miss a show on TV . I think he was really good ...
1. This kind of Humor ist still practised in Germany it's called political cabaret
2. The Bundeswehr was in Afghanistan, Mali, Kosovo etc. While they mostly did securing and patrolling they also staged offensives against the Taliban in the earlier days of the conflict
Problem is, most other who practise it are way to cowardish to not stay inside the corrupt system.
Pispers did not care an openly spoke about it.
For examle now, regarding Ukraine, even the cabaretists are on line with the "Nazis are awesome, let's arm them" propaganda.
There is no political cabaret more, event the last show „Die Anstalt“ is nearly dead.
It's getting poor about political cabaret here, and you defenitly don't find someone who's as sharp as Volker was. That wasn't really humorous because it really hurts. I think people laughed to hide the pain.
Responsible for the only real combat missions in afghanistan were the KSK and the Kampfschwimmer. They also hunted and caught war criminals in bosnia and kosovo
@@DMSL101DM wie kommst du denn darauf? Die Anstalt ist doch gebührenfinanziert. Kann also bestehen, selbst wenn wenige Zuschauer angezogen werden.
Volker Pispers... 30 Jahre aktiv ... Eine Legende... Immer auf den punkt und gnadenlos korrekt.
Mario Barth für bauchlinke amerikahassende Oberstudienräte
@@polyvalence570 wow - welchen Lack trinkst du so? 😙
Stimmt, Rechte und Verschwörungsschwurbler fahren auf seine personalisierende Kapitalismuskritik und oberflächlichen "Analysen" ebenfalls ab@@wernerbaublies4720
The darker the times, the more we need people like him. Smashing us the truth in our faces like him.
Volker stopped to work as a standup some years ago. He said "I literally did the same jokes for decades now and nothing has changed. People are laugthing, but no one is listening."
@@marco_bolz i know. I just miss him. Sad truth is that you can show his old program now and you just need to change a few names and stil be acurate..
@@KoelschBock Absolutely true, …and possiblyy the reason why he quit in the first place…geniuses see things ahead of time!
Hey man i‘m honestly impressed that you’re so precisely educated in the history of the 20th century and how the war started
greetings from germany
He thinks that the Austrians start the second worldwar ...
Just to make one thing right: When he "joked" about the islam and religion in general it's not crossing a line. He is in fact defending them because the entire world had and has until today double standards about those topics. He showed the "christians" that their religion is just as reasonable then their own one.
Religion = reasonable - You mean that sarcastically right? Religion never was and is reasonable 🤦🏼♂️
@@forrest_lump Seriusly? You adding the facepalm emoji when you being the one who can`t read. Do they not teach functional reading where you went to school?
@@forrest_lump No, they said that both religions were equally reasonable. There's a difference - both can be equally reasonable even if both of them lack reason entirely.
@@Parker8752 Then they are both unreasonable, right? He is not defending them. He's an Antitheist. I know Volker Pispers, he's one of my favorites. 🇩🇪
@@forrest_lump 2 things can be equally reasonable and still be unreasonable.
It tells us something about that precious freedom of speech, when it's OK to offend, insult and verbaly harass people but smashing the ugly truth in peoples faces scares the crap out of them.
Appreciate your vids!
The problem is, he is 100% accurate, you cannot proof him wrong, because he is telling facts and truth.
We really need guys like that. Incorruptible, dead honest and fucking ALWAYS on point. I was a huge VP fan while he was active and it hurted listening to him. By laughing or choking
"bis neulich" is from 2004.
let that sink in.
he is NOT a Comedian. he was a cabaret Artist sepcialized in politcal Drama.
you are not meant to feel comfortable after this.
maybe check "die Anstalt" when they talk geo Politics you can clearly see his influence.
Die Anstalt war früher Mal gut. Heute folgen die auch nur noch der Mainstream Agenda
I particularly remember a censored episode of Neues aus der Anstalt that was never broadcast because they revealed too much political scheming.
Still relevant today
@@patriceesela5000 Probably too late, though. I warned for a long time about the millions of German 'sleepers' only waiting to reveal their fascist ideology. The USA have built a good bulwark for their global war of terror here, powered by an unbreakable denial that turns any truth into its opposite.
In Germany this type of humor is not canceled and in todays climate it's needed and practiced. Especally in todays climate we need spicy satire like this. I don't know why in america a cancle culture is going on, but i'm glad that here you can hear a lot of different meanings.
Not easy to cancel him, Kabarett is a protect german form of art.
Pispers retired though. Years ago.
@@markuspfeifer8473 on his Website he told he won't come back for people using his lines without context by far-right poeple
@@markuspfeifer8473 about seven years ago, for multiple reasons. One of them the fact that he was very successful in an era where you could make a decent amount of money from cd and dvd sales. I imagine he took a break first due to stress reasons and later realized that not having to confront the sheer stupidity of german and world politics all the time and actually spending time with his wife is a pretty relaxing thing. He has never been cancelled, he took a vacation and turned it into a retirement, the man is 64 after all.
luckily
Tell that Lisa Eckhard, Dieter Nuhr, Sedar Sumuncu.
Pispers helps me german to wake up. He was a shining star under all comedian. Nobody was so strong and acting like a hero. Thank you for all !!!
1. I miss Volker Pispers
2. I've got a new thing. Watching americans watching Volker Pispers hilarious 😀
And that's why I love political cabarett. It hurts, and there's a reason why.
check out nikolai binner, the new pispers ;-)
@@derinquisitor9696 thanks for that hint
@@derinquisitor9696 Serdar Somuncu 😀 one example here on UA-cam "Serdar Somuncu - The Truth about our Society"
@@MrJueKa Serdar Somuncu - "Hatespeecher" - but i prefer Max Uthoff more ... even it would be way more harder to translate him
@@LokyMusik I also have some more satirists I like to watch ... for instance: Max Uthoff, Hagen Rethers, Andreas Rebers, Lisa Eckhart. Lisa Fitz and Sebastian Pufpaff (the things he did before "TV total" although he's better at that than Raab ever was imo)
As I German I understood completely that some stuff sounds very hard and rude and maybe over the point. But it's great how you still get his jokes, even you just can refer to the translations (which is actually quite good). Volker Pispers is a super smart guy who knows more about history as the most people (and especially the most politicians) in Germany. His kind of humour is maybe a bit weird if you don't know him good, but it's great satire which reveals all the deficits in geopolicial actions of western countries.
You definetely got all the jokes. And it was hillarious how you laughed you ass off on some of them. Makes you look self reflecting, regarding that the jokes were targeted on your home country ;)
Absolut! 👌
Not all :D He didn't get the thing with russia in germany but everything else :D
There were several jokes he missed...
@@friendlyreptile9931 je retired already 6 or 7 years ago
@@MoikMC I know :D
Piespers ist G E N I A L!
Er analysiert die Gegebenheiten einfach großartig!🎉
I love to see that Volker Pispers finally gets some attention overseas.
He definitely deserves the recognition.
It's really to bad that after the pause he announcend in 2015, he withdraw completely from the cabaret scene last year.
He made it as it was well established. No fear for nothing...no consequences at all. But nowadays...you got to watch out what you say...Maybe he saw that coming..
@@silent_simulator9590 he could easily do this today but would have to handle lunatics like the COVID deniers and others. He mentions this on his web page, and that he won't go back on stage after his 5 years break as planned. I can understand. Conspiracy theorists would hoot and think he is on his side because, you know, those people aren't able to think critically. I wouldn't want to handle hecklers nowadays either, in his position.
Freedom of speech and press went down in Germany because no one wants to get beaten or shot by extremist lunatics.
@@silent_simulator9590 I think he got frustrated with people laughing in his shows and then not changing ANYTHING.
@@lynnm6413 maybe..but to be honest he himself didnt done anything, too. As far as i know he wasnt politically engaged..besides making money off it with his shows. Its a little bit hypocritical..i remember him making jokes about the audience once, that someday they would wave with their show tickets..."Look i was in the resistance"...What would be his proof ? His tax bills?
@@silent_simulator9590 I don‘t agree, I think political cabaret has an important function to put the political speek into perspective, …. Den abfingert und die Wunde zu legen ist ja eine Form von Resistance
Volker Pispers ended his career a few years ago. Basically he said "I've been doing essentially the same routine for 30 years. People don't learn and instead elect the same idiots over and over, it's disheartening. I failed".
It is so sad. I don't know if his audience voted the same idiots or if he couldn't attract other people into his shows.
@@captainfuture2882 I'm quite willing to believe that his audience was not among those voting for these parties, but what's an audience of maybe 200 people compared to about 60 million voters?
I saw that admission that same year online, it was very sad to hear and see
Thank you very much for this second reaction! Can't wait for the next three ones! 👍
Dude as a german I can say it's so entertaining to watch your stuff here :) good job man, keep going
Watching this reaction as a german is so fascinating. Volker Pispers is imo, one of the smartest comedians I have ever seen and I love stand up comedy. I have never since seen a comedian that tackles huge (mostly not talked about) topics and presents them in an actual funny way.
He kind of shows a mirror to the world and pushes our collective noses into the pile of dogshit that is international politics. Hilarious and incredibly sad at the same time.
I enjoyed your comments a lot. You got it well, the satire. It's brutally honest and sometimes difficult to laugh about. You can get that by the reaction of the audience, they're often hesitant. Great pick, my friend, I love that type of political satire, it's dark and smart.
Pispers is one of the best, sadly he quit his job after 30 years
Richtig!
Pispers is great. He speaks the truth and I love it.
and you guys wonder why we in Europe can't take Americans seriously anymore.
Actually I can't take them humourous any more, is humour is just flapping a cake in someones face or showing a naked ass.s
But you think that we european are serious? 😂😂😂
there are jokers in every country, the difference is just the effectiveness of brainwashing the main population
@@mstones6642 What I was about to say, all the shit Pispers is talking about here, all european countries did their part.
That's kinda the point of the whole show, Pispers goal isn't mocking the US, it's about mocking Germany.
@@eingew i know his program because i am from germany.
Did you saw Big Lebowski? Can you remember the explanation about him?
In German "Die Gute Miene zum bösen Spiel" in Englisch i think " He's putting up a brave front"
That's europe, Germany, France and UK in the Game of our system.
My social economics teacher was just like him, we always fought because my stepfather was involved in operation desert storm and I would tease him with that, and that it’s a very real war for their families waiting for them. He is still right, but I grew up having a German and an American soul and sometimes the latter takes over.
I've seen Pisper live once. Amazing satire and to this day my candlebearer of what satire and political commentary should be like: unapologetic, brutal, honest and politically incorrect.
i have to say, whoever made those english subs (besides some typos here n there) made an awesome job of conveying the emotions and side stabs of volkers words
Nice to see you like Volker Pispers :) He really is one of the more savage and intense German comedians, pretty dark satirical humor. In German we say "the laughter gets stuck in your throat" if someone makes a joke that is somehow good and true but makes you go "wooooow, that was brutal" and you feel bad about laughing at the same time ;)
And I am very very glad that we do not have as much of the cancel culture cancer that has been spreading in the US in recent years. Free speech > "maybe hurting someones sensibilities". When this virtue fascism goes on, they wont stop by just "cancelling" peoples careers, lives, likelihoods, they will burn people again soon.
Cool vid. I am German. First: Your subtitle translation DE -> EN is very accurate. And I love this kind of satire that has A LOT of truth in it. This kind of satire makes you think, while you laugh. It even makes you think, why you laugh. Valuable, man. We need more saitre like this, to maybe one day stop killing each other because of a different belief. Maybe America needs more saitre like this, too ;)
it's absolutely true. his intention is to hold a mirror in front of your face, to make you think of your behavior...
and he's able to do that because we went trough this process. we germans know, what we are able to create, it's a main thing here to teach your kids, be as best as you can. But ask for our history, everyones head goes down...
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Er ist mein Vorbild! Hier die brutalste Satire aus Deutschland könnte dir gefallen ;)
It is not humor. Its Not Comedy. Its Kabarett! Volker is ohne of the best!
Geil!
Unser Volker Pispers in USA!!!
Thank you man! I loved to watch your reactions 😁😂🤣👍
"This kind of humour" is normal cabaret in Germany. There is "Die Anstalt" every month, that is like that too. Unless it's low brow comedy, this is generally German humour.
it's Kabarett. ThereÄs both, Cabaret (pronounced in the french way) and Kabarett.
Thats not normal cabaret , thats the best cabaret
hey, I'm from Austria and believe me, this kind of humour hurts the people here too... But here also nobody want to hear about it because the truth is too dark sometimes. But the comedian is awesome and his act is so great.
like Austria has a great marketing... they made the world believe Hitler was German and Beethoven Austrian ;-)
everyone wants to hear Hader. ;)
True. In Austria most people don' t want to hear uncomfortable truth nor think about it.
And Josef Hader is not as critical as Volker is/was.
Austria has/had some of the best political comedians of all times. From Kraus to Haderer and Qualtinger, they all have that pointed sting.
@@dottorekaoz8679 Haderer ist gladly still alive but no comedian but a caricaturist. ;)
As a German thank you so much for showing this and interact with it. Remember, the show is from 2013! Think about as you watch the world right now.
The humor still flys because it's right. The problem is that it takes work to create and understand and most comedians today go for the simple and easy laugh.
As a German I’ve been to the US multiple times. I love the country and the people have always been very nice to me. But I love Pispers too and the US has some political issues. Love the fact you are reviewing Pispers videos. Keep it up. Subscribed!
That's what we Germans call political cabaret! Straight into the face with maximum impact! And Volker Pispers is a master in this discipline! You need to experience the other parts of his program "Bis neulich!"(until recently)!
I like to see you having fun with the show of Volker Pispers xD Its good to know that this is also understood in the USA.
This type of political comedy (called: Kabarett) is still a thing and they rumble about every level of politics (; Grüße aus Deutschland
One of our Best .
(That show was recorded almost 20 years ago.) I don't think Mr. Pispers was ever really “controversial“ though. At most "inconveniently" to the point ;) But everything he has said in his career has been covered by the right to artistic freedom and by Freedom of Speech - and here in Germany, there is no such thing as "Not allowed!" for that. Plus, he never stooped to a low level in terms of language or content. Even if he sometimes liked to use the artistic stylistic device of slight exaggeration: His statements, quotations and information have always been well researched, accurate and verifiably correct! Along with Georg Schramm, who has brought extremely revealing character studies to the stage through his authentic and subtly uncompromising stage personas, Mr. Pispers as well has always been one of the smartest and sharpest-tongued artists in this genre. Two highly talented and sharp gentlemen who have held up a mirror to us for many years. - Sometimes you have to listen (more) carefully though to really understand what is being said/ meant (see the gas station comparison here... ;D )
Bro i like your Channel! You are very open for critics and got a lot of humor! Respect for that!
And as a german its very sad to say that in this video its not about the US alone. Its a video about the whole western politics.
Sometimes it sound very hard to someone whos is the target of that jokes. But thats important to let the democratics have an opponent.
If they dont got that they get to mighty! He only tells the truth! Because its a special thing about humor. Specially to point on the faults of politicians!
A thinking American who doubts religion as a whole.
Respect! You've got definately an intelligent mind!
Much wow
you are the first american reacting to this who actualy listends to hom or atleast understands what he is talking about i have so much respect for you because of that !!! #Greatings from #Germany ...
this the issue with USA. Cancel culture is another form of ignorance.
Germany especially has a self imposed duty of self reflection. Cancel culture does not work the same way but slowly creeps in.
USA has yet to do it regarding native Americans and slavery.
Not only that.
They basically financed and supported other genocides around the world.
And that people still think they need to copy everything from the US is just good propaganda work at it's finest.
Right now we as Europe need to get closer together, get our mind trough and start taking clear lines about our harbors aswell securing our help for the african continent including aswell the rebuild of the middle east.
We might have not caused the damage that russia and the US did but we were also responsible by selling weapons around the globe.
And why i'm talking about harbors? Well a lot of european harbors are actually in chinese hand.
And i don't think that critical routes and propery should be outside of european hand.
It will be to late when people realize that china and russia tries to cut of democracies from trading routes with africa etc.
Or why do you think are they already securing their trade routes with harbors, the ukraine krim etc.?
Right now China is just waiting to see how europe will react and how determined we are.
And then starts their trade war and annex taiwan.
Instead of either following one or another side we should choose our own way, become independend and strong ourself.
We should support those who lost everything in those wars.
Because we will need their help if we wanna stay independend in the future.
And stop falling for propaganda spread by right-wing populism financed by anti-democratic governments.
- We, the younger people already checking what is going on behind the curtains, but a lot of old people (including our parents) grew up in another generation are easier to manipulate because a lot of this right-ideological structures hit home, especially now that our grandparents died/diying and they try to hold onto something from their youth -
My family is from Russia and right now the sheer racism and anti-ukraine propaganda i have to hear every day is sooo annoying. This is a generation that was born with the glorification of the UDSSR.
It needs actually young russians living in russia to take a guy like putin out for good before it's getting to late.
And its on a young generation of americans to make a change and finally get over their systematic problems held alive by generations brainwashed with propaganda of the "best and most free country"
Well it depends what you call cancel culture, some in the US already call it cancel culture when they can not be bigoted without repercussions anymore.
Cancel culture already settled in Germany…
@@AB-vm2nz People getting canceled is nothing new. The only difference is that it now also effects "ordinary" people since their views can be seen by everyone on the internet as well.
@@carpediem5232 yes, you are right… I remember two comedians who were canceled from TV because they were called out as gay… in the 80s/90s. In that time it was a big thing…
But nowadays it’s much easier to offend someone and become canceled.
Of course sometimes it also effect „ordinary“ people, but most of the time nobody cares what I’m saying or writing, I don’t have the range…. But if you are some kind of famous, you really have to take care.
Nena for example got canceled because she says she don’t care if someone is Vaccinated or not… her music is for everyone. That’s it, Tour canceled.
I'm from Germany 🇩🇪 and I think it's a shame that he retired in 2014. It is difficult to translate his lyrics one-to-one as there is a lot of sarcasm in here. Actually all the time 😂. I enjoy watching his videos on UA-cam. They make you think because he speaks a lot of truth and his topics are more relevant than ever.
It's not sarcasm, it's called satire. And he stops at those key moments for the last one to get it too.
In Germany this humor still is allowed and not canceled
It would be worrying if this form of criticism on the mighty and powerful would be banned.
Things did change tho, like for example with the heute show: 10 years ago they were still making some homophobic and transphobic jokes. Luckily, you don't see those anymore. And it proofs that you can still do biting satire without such jokes.
Not really ,anymore
I'm pretty sure you are wrong. How many comedians are today called right Wing for the exact same stuff they are doing for decades?
As long as the perspective is right. The rest are fig leaves.
I am from Germany and did attend one of his shows quite some years back.
Political cabaret (not exactly comedy but political satire with a comedic tone) is still just as harsh in Germany.
Cabaret / Comedy in germany have a HUGE backing in our culture, everything and everyone can be made fun off.
Its not about who you make fun of, or what you make fun of, but how you convey it to the people.
Also Political cabaret is really harshly defended by german people, we love it.
This is why Volker pispers is such a genius.
One of the best...
And Georg Schramm
Cabarett is more talking about serious or sensitive topics in a slightly funny or ironic/sarcastic way.
It is pretty interesting to hear pieces of history together in clear order;
especially showing that there is no black and white side in politics but mostly cynicism and hypocrisy
There are only a few people here in Germany doing that kind of performance.
Being a comedian is hard enough, but being funny in an intellectual or serious way is more difficult, I guess.
Thumps up! It is so funny to see an American laugh to german cabarett from 20 years ago. Volker Pispers' political commentary was (as we are reminded of again) very scathing. His shows produced a LOT of clips that were what we call viral today. Early german UA-cam was full of them.
Keep it up, I will watch your other clips as well :)
"In the current time this humor would not fly" ... i beg to differ ^^'
In germany we still have that nearly every day in tv for ~1hour ;)
check out "The Anstalt" (monthly), "HeuteShow" (weekly), and many weekly shows on various "regional" stations. Also every public-broadcasting has such things in its program. Even THAT hard like Volker does :)
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Ahh, bitte. Der kram den Du anführst ist so Regierungsfreundlich und linksGrün, die würden doch Massaker an Russen zur Zeit als humanitäre Notlösung verkaufen.
Volker Pispers WAS one of our very very very best "Kabarettisten" (Kabarett = "political cabaret" = political satire made by "comedians"), which has a long tradition in Germany, at least one hundred years after WW I. Kabarett means political satire about the currently political situation in Germany and other countries. During the Nazi Regime (1933 - 1945) Kabarett was forbidden because the German fascists did not want any opposition or critics. After WW II "Kabarett" rose again for instance in Munich ("Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft", a group of famous and great actors and actresses created by Sammy Drechsel) or in devided Berlin ("Berliner Stachelschweine", a famous West-Berlin group).
-Volker Pispers was born January 18th 1958 in Northrhine-Westfalia, later he studied to become a teacher. At the beginning of the 1980s he began acting with several ensembles. In 1986 he quit his job as a teacher to start a new carrer: "Kabarettist". He published on stage in front of audience several self-made political satires (Programme) and had also the same subjects: weakening of the German retirement payment system and the consequences on society, poverty in society, the poltical scene in Bonn (before reunion capital of West-Germany and the seat of German government) and later Berlin (the "new" capital of reunited Germany and the "new" seat of German government), which means critics of the German ruling parties (I should better say: of nearly all poltical parties represented in German BUNDESTAG: SPD, CDU/CSU, FDP, Grüne and AfD), critics of printing media, its concentration and its influences and brainwash on the German society (for instance "Axel Springer Group" [they bought the poltical American magazine "POLTICO" some time ago and stumbled over a sex scandal in Germany which had effects and reactions also in the US], "Funke Medien", "Burda", etc.), NATO and wars of the US, the global finance system concentrated on Wall Street and its influence on politicians and politics all over the world, IWF (Der "Internationale Währungsfond") aka IMF (International Monetary Fund) and EZB ("Europäische ZentralBank" = "European CentralBank"), critics of Capitalism and the US, warnings about the poltical and social breakdown of our societies all over the world because our kind of captialism is NOT the right answer for all people in the entire world to have a good life, exploitation of poor people in Germany and all over the world, too-low-wages and the question: How can somebody survive with such-a-ridiculuos-wage, etc.
On December 8th 2015 Volker Pispers declared the end of his carrer in his last programme "...bis neulich" ("...see you later") and said that he surrendered (gave up) because NOTHING had changed in our republic, which means he considered his work useless. I was at that time in one of his appearences on stage (LIVE he was georgeous, marvelous & terrific like a pop star!!!). I am very sad that such a great man declared the end of his carrer, we need "society-mirrors" like him, not only in Germany, also the US need men like Pispers.
Loving Greetings from Old Europe, Germany...Liebe Grüße aus dem alten Europa, Deutschland ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😉😉😊😊
08:45 - how WW1 came to be is actually incredibly complicated. I recommend reading "Sleepwalkers" by Christopher Clarke if you are interested in the topic. It sounds dry reading 800 pages about diplomacy but it is actually incredibly thrilling.
It was the heir to austrias throne that got assasinated.
So I never actively searched for this, but this I always wanted. An American impressions of Pispers stand up 😄😅 great video, looking forward to the others, thanks for sharing 👏🏻
Looks like if you live in Chicago you can increase your life expectancy by joining the military.
Thank you for being openminded! Greatings from Germany my man :)
"If elections had any meaning, we would not be allowed to hold them."
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), American writer
(because of 11:15 and the non-functioning machines for counting votes)
I wish all of his videos were translated into English and 300 million Americans saw his videos. Not only about the wars, but also about capitalism etc. Maybe it would change some things, but just maybe 🙂
He makes political Cabaret in Germany, he is not a Comadian. This guy is a Legend in Germany !
The scariest thing about this is that this is old af and it fits todays times perfectly. Nothing changed
There might be a reason or two why Germany wasn't involved in that many wars lately
1. Last time it took 3 superpowers to stop us
2. Because of that the Bundeswehr got nerfed quite a bit
Good, that you study Pispers. He speaks alot of truth.
Satire: It's basically a history/social studies lesson with the rules of comedy applied to it. Which makes it actually fun to learn... until you lose faith in humanity.
one of my favourite video on the whole internet. best regards from germany. volker pispers is an absolute goat
Germany here: I came for Volker Pispers but i stayed because of your voice! :D
Great video, man!
He is one of the true gems of our political satire!
Every time I've watched him, i didn't know whether i should laugh or cry! For real! If you really think about all this crazy stuff, how can i just sit on my couch and chill?!
Edit: 13:16 Actually he said "in both wars" less americans died.
Imagine that! ^^
I really don't want to be disrespectful for laughing about that, but your reaction is pure gold! 😅
Hi Germany
@@konservendose3239 Tach! :D
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I like your intrinsic effort, your reflected view and your sense of humor (in accordance with Geno Sho´s statement). Good job, way to go. :)
Germany was preparing for WW1 and the German emperor was willing to go to war. But many Germans did not like the idea and they started protesting and even managed to have the biggest peace demonstrations ever seen up to these days. So there was a conflict between the people and the emperor and if he would have just invaded people would have probably rebelled. So it's not like Germany did like nothing, their massive militarization was conceived as a thread. But also it's true that Germany did not start the actual war. But after Germany lost the winners propagated that Germany was to blame. Many people still believe in that propaganda even though historians globally came to the conclusion that it was more complex and just blaming Germany is dishonest.
Honestly all of europe was hot for war, it wasnt just germany. And of course theres always a huge discrepancy between the ruling opinion and public opinion.
That may be exactly the nonsense we get provided with on every corner today, but it´s still preposterous nonsense. Winston Churchill stated in Sept of 1913 that the war against Germany was "done deal", and there are numerous records of diplomatic correspondency between British, French and Russian diplomats that date back to not later than 1903 and verify the orchestrated build-up of what should become the Entente later, as well as direct preparations and plans for a war against Germany from between 1905 and 1908 on.
Talking about the armament of Germany, France, GB and Russia beforehand WW1, Germany was the LAST of all those countries to put real effort into its military build-up, and when it did in reaction to the developments in those countries, it took a way smaller part of their gross domestic product by the hand than France or GB had put up. The German Military Navy , for example, was still outnumbered 1:6 alone by the British Royal Navy in 1913. Not in the same proportion, but generally the same goes for troops, tanks, vehicles and planes. In no way Germany was preparing for attacking its neighbours...that wasn´t even part of their interest as, since the 1870s, they had economically overpowered GB and France and were the dominant economic force on the European continent.
Germany tried literally everything to prevent Austria from declaring war down to the wire and Wilhelm II. was the direct opposite of a warmonger, but he would never question staying loyal to the defensive alliance Germany had formed with Austria.
May I recommend some further research to you...have a look at a video named "1. Weltkrieg - Kein Krieg von Schlafwandlern" - just activate subtitles and it´s pretty convenient to consume. Everything that is mentioned there was taken from verifyed international sources that are also given to cross-check the provided information.
germany is meanwhile like his railways always to late and the funny thing the german railways get late after the get privatized.
@@zZzMaCezZz Partially privatized. That means they get the best of both worlds. The country pays them with taxes, but they can give that money to private "investors" and let the trains rott while there is no personal to drive them. This means basically like a private business, but the the tax payer has to carry the whole risk and if thing become inbarebly bad there still is absolutely no consequences and nothing gets fixed, instead they use tax money to make extra cheap tickets so they get even more overcrowded. This makes sure you never have to wonder if there might be a free seat, you just need to wonder if you can force yourself into the train or if people will punsh you out while trying. It's really the worst. I think everyone who has anything to do with this should be put into cages for the rests of their lifes. Pure corruption of the highest level. And no consequences whats oever. If anybody asks me what radicalized me, it was the Deutsche Bahn!
I didn't know about the peace demonstrations, but did know Europe at the time was flammable and at some point it would ignite, it just needed a spark from somewhere and all the alliances meant everyone would end up involved when it finally did. I don't think most people now would blame Germany for starting WWI.
It's just so funny watching you learning things literally the whole world already knew.
He's telling the uncomfortable truth presented with some humor, because otherwise it would be unpalatable.
Volker pispers history lectures i love it! So much truth packed in well placed jokes! Love it!!!! Hes literly making fun of our stupid history
Volker Pispers should be mandatory in US Highschools!
Ein Volk, ein Kommentarbereich.
Cool reaction to the video. Volker Pispers is a master of irony and sarcasm, unfortunately UA-cam doesn't translate that accurately so that you can understand the little spikes and nuances in his sentences. German is a very difficult language with an extremely large number of words for the same things. It was fun watching you, thumbs up. P.S. our army is really completely broken, I was even in the Bundeswehr and the condition of our armored personnel carriers and trucks was worse than at any junkyard. But that's a fairly complex topic Greetings markus
Volker Pispers is a legend
Volker Pispers is the German equivalent to George Carlin. Love both
With your laughter it's twice as funny even for me (a German)! Love it, right on!
Everytime i see Volker Pispers im a bit sad nobody is doing this kind of political cabarett anymore on that level, everyone is scared of getting canceled now.
I'm German and he's one of my favorite comedians. awesome to see a reaction from an US citizen to his show.
very interesting video. thanks a lot. 😎
8:45 the first world war was a pretty complicated thing. If you really want to know it indepth you should check out "Blueprint for Armageddon" by Dan Carlin. It is a 20+ hour podcast but absolutely worth every minute
love it, especially your laugh. More of it pls
Yes, the heir to the throne and his wife got murdered while they were in Serbia. But the situation was already pretty tense between countrys before that. The murder was "just" the last straw. In german we have a saying : " Das Fass zum überlaufen gebracht" ; Making the barrol overflow
The straw that let the barrel overflow. The drop, that broke the donkeys back.
Angi N. Du bist Österreicher(in), oder?
*Bosnia
Actually, nobody expected war to break out in 1914. The German Kaiser and the formerly Prussian generals wanted to have a war and sent a suggestion to Austria how to provoke Serbia into a war over the assassination. The expectation was that it would be a little war between Austria and Serbia, with the hopes that it would escalate into a big war with Russia. But Serbia did everything to avoid a war. Austria started the war anyway because they didn't want to disappoint Germany.
The little war escalated a lot quicker and a lot more than expected. Within the month the whole world was involved.
It was sudden and unexpected and nobody was really prepared for it.
@@davidwuhrer6704 "Serbia did everything to avoid a war"... kinda hard to do that when you arm pro-serbian organisations in Bosnia with the goal of expansion towards the Adria.
Great commentary! And yes, Volker Pispers is absolutely gorgeous. Best regards from Berlin, Germany. 👋😊
This isn't 'humor' in the 'tell a joke', 'comedy', or 'just for laughs' sense. It's not meant to be funny. The jokes are a means to an end: to help people cope with what is said... sometimes to cope with their own involvement. To overcome the cognitive dissonance walls your brain erects and refuses to tear town.
It's political cabaret; the modern court jester. Social media- and political party filter bubble bursting invented in the early 19th century. People don't go there for a fun, light evening but rather to be intellectually challenged. It's what free speech is all about: Social and political criticism and telling things as they are.
Edit: When you say "this kind of humor isn't allowed anymore", you're basically saying "democratic discourse isn't allowed anymore". The first thing fascism takes away is your ability to speak freely: It redefines terms, invents its own truth, tells you what to say and how to say it. Perhaps it's time to investigate how "progressive" things like "identity culture", "cancel culture" and "wokeness" really are. They might, I suggest, be nothing more than bad ideas from the last century dressed in fancy new clothing. And if that is true, democracy is under full scale attack.
Bro i think you won the price for the most noteable post in the history of internet.
But it make me sad that only a few people will be able to understand the impact of your words.
Anyways you truly hit me and i agree with you. If your Statement represents your inner truth, i really hope that you are getting the chance to make the World a better place.
Thank you🖖
Bruh..., your Edit part is absolute bullshit, neither progressive people, nor whatever the hell identity culture as a group is supposed to mean, cancel culture or vaguely woke people canceled Volker Pispers let alone Kabarett, or ever seriously tried it. Hell most people who allegedly fight against the EVIL SJW's/woke people/NPC's/whatever else substanceless term there is are not just usually on the opposite political spectrum than most of the Kabarett culture, but were also the ones who had the biggest problems with that leftist Volker Pispers.
I don't know, if its funny or sad. People writing an saying stuff freely and complaining about a lack of freedom of speech. From my point of view there is a discussion problem. Every one wants to be on the right side and never be wrong about something and of course conservatives that cannot handle it, if they are being called of for their bs. Freedom of speech doesn't mean, that you don't get an opposing opinion.
😍 This comment is so beautiful. Thank you
@@johannesroeder274 i disagree here, not because i want to be on the right side. You say conservatives don't get it. My experince is that both political sides can't argue anymore.
Look at your post, conservatives cant handle it, when their bs is called out. Honestly if i were conservative after that i would not discuss anything with you, because you think my opinion is bs.
The same logic applies for leftiest.
The purpose of having "sides", and to fuel the conflict, is only to get our attention away from the real problems, we as human race are faceing.
Left v right, poc v white, man v woman, christians v Moslems, straight v lgbtq+, all of this are just battlefields in the war against, wait for it, POOR v RICH.
Only people with influence and money have something to loose, if all of humanity, which is poor, get their shit together and want to evolve to the next stage.
Thx dude. I've been waiting for a long time for an American to react to Pispers! Good on you!
Im German but I have never heard about Mr Volker. This guy is turning truth into jokes or at least spices them up with sarcasm. I agree with ehat he says though.
He is a GOD but when the world needed him the most he dissapeared
Pispers is all about learning from history while making you laugh. Very dry humour which is not too controversial in Germany tbh. I dont know to which degree the obvious irony is noticeable through the translation, but I can assure that he wouldnt get cancelled in Germany as of today. Totally love that dude.
Love your content, hope we get more . Greetings from Germany 😘👍🏻