What's actually crazy about this whole thing is that German humorists report better and more accurately about American history and politics than schools in the USA do. No average American thinks in the slightest about the things Pispers says.
The crazy thing is that a lot of westerners think propaganda only exists in russia and china. No, we all fall for propaganda. The german media also isn't better, Pispers is more like jon stewart. Its often the "political comedy" people that have the most critical news reporting in western countries.
You think a one sided representation with several inaccuracies and the inherent hypocrisy of judging without experience is better than every single educational system in a nation of 330 million plus people? Reflect on bias, arrogance, and hypocrisy. If you believe the American system to be bias on one side of a spectrum then this is right on the other with CCP and Kremlin talking points. The world is not an idealist playground where everything is perfect you would think the Germans of all people understand that. Yet you judge the US on a standard you hold literally no one else to all while having accepted trillions of dollars of aid over the last century and guaranteed security that other nations plead for. If everyone has their own agenda here why is your "truth" more accurate than everyone else's? You say it so casually but have you fact checked a single thing he said ever? Self righteous, ignorant, hypocritical and petty attitudes from "allies" breed isolationism. Criticism is one thing, this video is so one sided and omits so much context that it is basically a propaganda hit piece. Just the fact that he called the US army a army of "stoners" when they are all regularly drug tested is the very first sign of his bias misrepresenting the situation for an easy laugh. Comedy routines are not analysis, they are not education, they are entertainment. People say Germans aren't nationalist anymore but thats not true, a smug hypocritical superiority complex is their new national expression same with the French.
@@blueberryiswar Jon has some objectivity and journalistic integrity. Pispers plays loose and fast with the facts and omits mountains of context to push his narrative. They are not the same.
8:20 "Der Kelch ist an uns vorbeigegangen" is an ideom. It means that there was a unfortunate, difficult situation but you were lucky enough to not have to endure it. Literally translated "The cup (metaphor for said situation) went past us". The joke is that Mr. Schäuble was sitting in a wheelchair so instead of walking past, he is rolling past us. There is no way for you to understand that joke without knowing german.
Religious Christian Americans will know the term. It's from Matthew 26:39. "And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, 'My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.'"
This passage from the Bible has become a well-known short prayer in Germany: "Oh Lord, let this cup pass me by" - "Oh Herr, lass diesen Kelch an mir vorüber ziehen".
Some numbers: Around 1.2 Million dead civil people in Iraque and around 240 Thousand in Afghanistan, in total around 1.44 Million dead men, women and children. Costs for the Iraque War were around 1 Trillion $ and for Afghanistan around 850 Billion $. The money did not evaporate. I just changed the owner. The lives are lost for ever. Pispers was one of the best "Kabarettist"s we had in Germany. No one brought things on point like he did. I miss him a lot. He just gave up, at one point, because nothing changed for good. Look at today. Things are getting worse each day...
Einges verändert jetzt rüstet putin diu mulas aus und die Talibans und nord korea weiss ja nicht was besser ist . Verrückter kim jong un mit besseren Raketen fur Atomwaffen und sogar ein U-Boot
Ryan, that obviously was an emotional rollercoaster for you. So happy to see how open and unbiased you are dealing with topics. Greetings from Aachen, Germany ❤
@@andywalker2077 As said on his homepage: "I would like to take this opportunity to assure all those who can still think clearly and have not fallen prey to any conspiracy theories that it is my own decision and that I have never been pressurised by anyone. I'm not ill either, I just enjoy being out of the public eye."
I miss him too, but the guy was born in 58. He doesn't like the publicity anymore. Sometimes he can't help himself and does local stuff, but other than that he is retired.
the "closet metaphor" is meant as having someone basically under your control but that is not associated with yourself in public. Now when something bad happens you have someone in your closet to blame and show on that you did something to in retaliation. Crisis over he goes back in the closet, ready to be used as a scapegoat again.
And expanding on that: What Volker meant with - contrary to clever Daddy Bush - W. cleaned out the closet, meaning Saddam Hussein had been executed. What Volker couldn't have known back then in 2004 was that, luckily, this power vacuum in Iraq was a cornerstone in the rise of the Islamic State in the Levant. So, thank you for that too, USA! /s
It's important für this symbol, that it has to be a closet built in a wall. Shut the door of a Wandschrank and you won't see this closet anymore because it looks like a part of the wall
On that matter, 16:03 "if the practicant is bitchy" really means "if the intern is bitchy", referring to Monica Lewinsky whose affair with Bill Clinton caused him to be impeached
I guess Ryan is irritated because of their "Comming out of the closet"-Thing (Hi Mr. Cruise^^) but that's something completely different... Here it's just about the convenient situation of having someone you can use to distract from real problems and having him put away to be always able to find him...
one would assume every decent American knows the term _Hessian_ as these were the mercenary soldiers hired by the British crown to fight for them in the _American War of Independence._
Respect for sticking through, I appreciate you going through it so thoroughly and seriously, it’s not easy, but hey, at least we are also having a laugh 😉
Volker was like a cassandra in the dessert. Talking the truth to germany but few did listen. The truth is realy sometimes stranger than fiction. But we have to swallow it. It doesnt care about our feelings. You do a great job 👍
Could be but I think it is more likely that he means you'd have to be stoned to spew such obvious bullshit or a combination of both. Just like when someone says do you see that girl, look over casually and your friends spins his whole body in her direction.
The movie Charlie Wilson's War tells you everything you need to know about history leading up to the USA's 2nd Vietnam. The Brad Pitt movie also does a good job of it.
"Der Kelch ist an uns vorbei gegangen" is the same as "we dodged that bullet". "gegangen" means something similar to "walked", but since Schäuble is in a wheelchair he changed that idiom to "gerollt" which means "rolled".
Kiffer is the disparaging word for Marihuana Smoker. We don't like them, They are always sleepy and desinterested in any important thing. There are a lot more words we have for Kiffer. It's in the same range as Junkie for H user
@@ulrikesauerland7801 Kiffer is not disparaging, I am (and many millions other people) a Kiffer and do not care what you and other people say. You are a SPIESSER (philistine)! Saying we are always sleepy and disinterested in any important thing is crap und dumb!
Too good that you catch up here, always wondered if you ever watched them. Volker Pispers is just so clever with his words and well informed about history.
American history is like two hundred years old and it is filled with wars, slavery, massacres, genocide and pandemics. Honestly if I want to learn any history of this continent, I will study native Americans.
Typical self righteous hypocritical European response. Imagine committing atrocities for a millennium and then trying to act like the USA invented them or something. If our past is dirty, yours is monstrous in comparison. Hell Germans were still doing that in the 20th century. You Dutch? French? English? Literally every single European nation has a dirty laundry list longer than the US and also doesn't give out trillions of dollars in aid every year. You should see if you can export your hypocrisy or use to fend off the Russians. Its the best thing you got.
Let's start with calling it US-American history, since the former refugees from Europe killed many actual 'Americans' or deported them to remote areas before taking their land and then betrayed the british crown with huge support from France. after that they were bold enough to call themselves 'Americans'. that's also funny since the USA isn't even the largest country of NORTH America due to Canada, which is not the target of US dad jokes by accident. and back then the USA didn't even steal those 5+ states from Mexico, including California, Texas and more so it was even smaller at that time. now the greatest worry of US-Americans is the 'illegal immigration' by Mexicans, who will always be more 'American' than those white ex-refugee colonists could ever be. but it's like that with every country, they don't wanna deal with their dirty history in any way, which is actually quite toxic.
20:10 "Hammas oder Hammas nicht" is a word game with slured words with "Hammas" coming from "Haben wir es (kapiert)", translated to 'Have we got (the meaning)'
Just usual german real quick speaking From 'haben wir das? ' to 'hamwas or faster hammas' That's not a Dialekt or slang. Everyone understands this. Origins perhaps from Ruhrpott
@@wolfgangheidenYes and you need fine ears for the joke. "Got it-hammas?" is speaken quick like hummer with a questionmark at the end. "The Hamas" is speaken with a strong s at the end and a break after the first a. Not easy to get the joke
Hey Ryan, don't fret, this is what dealing with one's own country's history is supposed to feel like. We've all gone through it. Some of us more than others. But that is the exact reason why we need to do it.
Hello Ryan, I usually don’t reach out to the creator of a channel, but I just feel that the way you respond to current events contributes a lot to the understanding between our nations, the USA and Germany. I find your work important and just wanted to let you know that you need to keep going. No TV channel or major publication has the kind of impact that an honest UA-cam format like yours does. Your work is important and will help generations better understand each other. Keep on rockin from Horst near Hamburg Germany
I applaud the effort to engage with political satire in a language you don't speak, especially when it targets your own political system. Satire and comedians play a crucial role in society by speaking their minds without fear of repercussions. They have the unique ability to critique and challenge political systems through humor, often exposing uncomfortable truths. When politicians, who are elected by the people, begin to suppress these voices, it signals a move towards authoritarianism. If comedians are silenced due to political pressure, it's a warning sign that freedom of expression is under threat. In a healthy democracy, satire serves as a vital tool for fostering open dialogue and encouraging societal reflection and change. I am German - you need to keep in mind - even for a German Pispers is not everyone's cup of coffee. He talks very fast - almost mumbling - and you need to have some political understanding of world politics. Anyway - keep it up!
The phrase Pispers is refering to is a bible quotation (O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.), which has found its way into the german language as an ideom. In German the verb "gehen" from "vorüber gehen" is used as well in the meaning of going by as passing by. So, this joke is quite untranslatable, especially if you take into account, that Wolfgang Schäuble sat in a wheelchair, which is why Pispers says "what kind of cup rolled by us..." It's just as maggou90 said: You really had no chance without speaking German and some good knowledge about german politicians of that time.
i knew that idions with the verb rolling even before that ... cuz a 'cup' in itself cant walk, but is cylindrical in shape i.e. it can roll. so people used that even before as their normal way of saying that idiom. might just be the "uneducated lower classes" that at least tried to apply logic in this metaphor
@@eyeofthasky Ähm... In fact, the "cup that passes away" is more likely to refer to the hemlock cup that Socrates died from. There are other expressions that refer to this. For example, "to drain the hemlock cup to the dregs" or "to drink the hemlock cup anyway". And since Socrates had already been dead for 400 years when the events described in the New Testament took place in Palestine, it is highly likely that these expressions had already entered ancient usage...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Hey, good to know, so thanks for educating me, I guess. ^^ I did know about the "Schierlingsbecher" but it didn't come to my mind, because it's typically called a "Becher" and not a "Kelch", like in the expression Pispers used. However, in english both words can be translated to "cup".
i love your reactions. as a tip, when you are done with pisperS, there is a very good german satire program "die anstalt"... they also dealt with this topic (among others) - also available on youtube!
hey Ryan, i watch you since years, if i remember right you had around 30k abbos when i subscribed ;) wanted to say thanks, you are always the right distraction for me!
The way Volker Pispers plays with words and handles the german language is out of the world! And it is truely difficult to translate in a honorable way, so no wonder a lot gets lost in translation. But boy, for me as a german his speech is a treat on its own. And the fact spitting is also out of this world. Such a sharp mind.
Yeah, the truth hurts. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, no? But then again, you can never unsee this and the world suddenly takes on a whole new form, something you've never seen before. And all of a sudden, the world is so much more ... complex, depressing, and at the same time ... intriguing. I've gone through a similar process myself, despite living in Europe. We do similar nasty stuff, albeit not on a scale as grand as the US. Still, props for sitting through this and letting the realization set in about what's being said is actually true and still managing to plan to watch the next installment. That can't be easy for you as a US resident. Mad respect for you.
@@D4rk4ng3l83 well, "you never forget what you have learned through pain", right? 😅 So why not the complete "Volker Pispers, 100% complete honesty"-shock-therapy for Ryan? 🤣
Pispers is a leftist and has no clue about capitalism. His criticism is targeting central banking which he is mixing up with capitalism which is actually the opposite = socialism = financing an elite.
Ryan, I hope you will be ready for the next part. For me that's the most heavy part of them all, and I was aware of the content before seeing/hearing it.
As a Brit born in the 1950s who learnt a fair bit about the history of the British Empire from people who had actually lived and served in the civil service or army in those countries, and from people born in the Subcontinent, I was aware that Afghanistan was always the place where foreign powers suffered a debacle. It happened to the Ancient Greeks, the Persians, the Mughals, the British, the Russians, and more recently the Americans and their (more or less reluctant) allies. Afghanistan is a place that no external power has ever managed to defeat or control.
Incorrect. Alexander the Great had no problems suppressing the Afghans of the ancient World and it was the fucking Indians and fighting elephants that cock blocked his chance to rule the whole world. Also, the Mongols, whose empire rivalled the British empire in size, had minimal problems with the Afghan tribes. Finally, Sean Connery & Micheal Caine also conquered Afghanistan courtesy of Rudyard Kippling's excellent "The Man Who Would Be King"....but your poetic point still stands, despite its lack of factual truth.
Volker Pispers had the best, strongest and truthful political cabaret program for over 10 years in Germany. An absolute mastermind, stright into the face and no fear of telling the truth. He gave an interview, where he stated, that he wondered about people loghing at his show, when he told such anoying and inpopriate storys about the truth of politics and economy.....
I was told Pisper stopped doing these shows because he got fed up with people just ignoring it. They all laugh about it but in the end he was telling the truth. And everyone is laughing about it and afterwards will never think of it again.
For me as a german its always difficult to hear something like that from a fellow countryman because we can't manage anything in our country at the moment 🎉kind regards ✌️
Warum? Das ist doch genau das was die Grünen wollen. Also bekommen die gerade alles perfekt hin. Und der Wähler will jetzt wieder zum Großteil CDU. Läuft doch 🤷♂️
Hi, Ryan! More transparency is not desired at all. People are told things to believe. Otherwise there would probably be too much “chaos”. Very good is also: Volker Pispers explaining capitalism!!!
@@alexandergutfeldt1144 Right. Why writte letters into a word when not spoken? 😀 Its funny when a French dude is speaking German, he never pronounces the "H".. 😄So why do the French writte the H into a word if they dont speak it? 😅
@@germaniatv1870 Indeed ... and why do Germans insist on writing 'Peter' and then saying 'Peda' [ ˈpeːtɐ]? 😉 Orthography is too often a means of the 'educated' to denounce and belittle the 'uneducated' ...
👍You spoke my heart, when you said that George W. Bush was weak and Dick Cheney the real leader. I always felt like the President just being Dicky‘s hand puppet.
If you want a German speaker to help out, I gladly volunteer. Even though I'm working full-time and raising to kids with my wife, spreading Volker Pispers' message to an American audience is important enough that I'd happily make time to help out.
Piepers was a legend! And yes, in these days I would celebrate his appearance. But what is it good for, when people don’t change their minds after visiting such a show. It is good for a laughter and maybe nice to get a verbal punch but after all it’s the people, who need to act. George Carlins once said: It’s not the government that sucks, the people suck.
The cup of the possible president refers to Matthew 26;39 “My Father if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me." The literal translation of the German version is "Let this cup go by me". The "has rolled by us" refers to the fact, that Schäuble - the guy he is talking about - sat in a wheelchair for the rest of his life after surviving an attack in 1990. Shortly before this show, he was considered as a candidate for President of Germany - a mostly ceremonial position in this country.
With Pispers you took up the tough stuff. Kudos. Apart from being filled with wordplay (tough to get for a non-native) he's so darn cruel. I once saw him live on stage. It's the laugh he's causing while hitting you so hard in the guts that you nearly choke. I fully admire him for that. Two important things: he's certainly pushing his narrative very much leaving some complexity out but eventually it's the critical thinking he may start among the audience perhaps seeing the world in black and white in the beginning of his show. And his segment about the US is not all of this work. He's even tougher in bashing Germans and German politics.
A friend of mine (german), who was a soldier in afghanistan, answered the question "Why we went there" -> "That was a drill for what might happen next in the western world".
8:20 some context: At that time, the then interior minister Wolfgang Schäuble, who was wheelchair-bound (hence "rolled by us") was considered a possible candidate for Federal President of Germany (Germany's head of state, but not the head of government; the head of government is the chancellor), but ended up being not nominated because the political majorities had changed and he would have had no chance getting elected.
You are asking what are you supposed to do? I can tell you that you can not do much in that situation. But you can do one thing. You can vote. And you can take precautions and make new laws that regulate what your government is allowed to do. It’s not about what one person can do. It’s about what all people can do together. It’s called democracy.
Voting is the ultimate con. Most people don't vote because they know it is a con. If you vote, you just took the blue pill to make yourself feel better.
the 2 party system in the USA is merely an illusion for the civilians to believe they have the freedom of choice. Because there is not much difference between republicans and democrats. Both support the military industry and the rich.
7.14 Ryan, I have the same thoughts. I think the only solution is an education, where you learn how to think for yourself. I had some great teachers, fortunately. They taught me to consume all kind of information, and to compare it and think critically. I‘m trying to do that, but it’s not easy
12:40 Yes, there are recent interviews, where Bush is a bit more honest about all of this. But nevertheless - what Volker is telling you here is all facts - the papers that confirm all of this, have been unclassified and are available for the public by the US government. I have absolutely no clue, why the information it contains, seems to be basically unheard of by the average US citizen. This is wrong and US media should have reported about all of these lies in depth - but they didn't for some reason. It is way more common for the average European to retrospetively know about this, because media over here did report about most of it to some degree.
In our next lifes, I hope, we well see George Carlin and Volker Pispers together on stage. It will be funny as hell, absolutely eye opening, you will feel miserable and hopefully, you really start to question what your government does behind your back...
You're a nice guy, that's what it seems like. If you ever come to Germany, you're always welcome and invited to our region. Love and greetings from Bochum / North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany. Take care of yourself and stay safe 🤘😃🤘
I have the feeling that you, Ryan, feel somewhat the same (especially in the first episode) when i first discovered what the German Nazi regime did in WWII. All the murder, all the wasted lifes ... for nothing than power, money and ressources. As a German child i had the tears running from the eyes when discovering that also parts of my family, for example my grandpa, who i loved so much, were involved in that. Luckily, he was "only" part of the Wehrmacht (the german military forces) and not of something more evil like the SS. And more so, he was willing to speak with me about what he experienced as a cavallerist (yes, on horses) on both frontlines. In the end one has to question everyone and everything which happens and has to reason about it using multiple, also foreign information sources to get a grasp on whats truly going on. Even if the truth hurts and one has to discover that not everything our countries do is for the good - especially when it comes to a question of peace or war. Wishing you all the best and keep up the good work :)
The cup refers to Socrates (ancient greek philospher), who was forced to drink a cup of poison. In Germany it is a common phrase to say "That cup went past me."
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What's actually crazy about this whole thing is that German humorists report better and more accurately about American history and politics than schools in the USA do. No average American thinks in the slightest about the things Pispers says.
@@friedrichruff5357 That's the advantage when you have a look from outside and an Öffentlich Rechtlicher Rundfunk with more neutral information
The crazy thing is that a lot of westerners think propaganda only exists in russia and china.
No, we all fall for propaganda. The german media also isn't better, Pispers is more like jon stewart. Its often the "political comedy" people that have the most critical news reporting in western countries.
@@blueberryiswar I Agree with you.
You think a one sided representation with several inaccuracies and the inherent hypocrisy of judging without experience is better than every single educational system in a nation of 330 million plus people? Reflect on bias, arrogance, and hypocrisy. If you believe the American system to be bias on one side of a spectrum then this is right on the other with CCP and Kremlin talking points. The world is not an idealist playground where everything is perfect you would think the Germans of all people understand that. Yet you judge the US on a standard you hold literally no one else to all while having accepted trillions of dollars of aid over the last century and guaranteed security that other nations plead for.
If everyone has their own agenda here why is your "truth" more accurate than everyone else's? You say it so casually but have you fact checked a single thing he said ever? Self righteous, ignorant, hypocritical and petty attitudes from "allies" breed isolationism. Criticism is one thing, this video is so one sided and omits so much context that it is basically a propaganda hit piece. Just the fact that he called the US army a army of "stoners" when they are all regularly drug tested is the very first sign of his bias misrepresenting the situation for an easy laugh.
Comedy routines are not analysis, they are not education, they are entertainment. People say Germans aren't nationalist anymore but thats not true, a smug hypocritical superiority complex is their new national expression same with the French.
@@blueberryiswar Jon has some objectivity and journalistic integrity. Pispers plays loose and fast with the facts and omits mountains of context to push his narrative. They are not the same.
8:20 "Der Kelch ist an uns vorbeigegangen" is an ideom. It means that there was a unfortunate, difficult situation but you were lucky enough to not have to endure it. Literally translated "The cup (metaphor for said situation) went past us". The joke is that Mr. Schäuble was sitting in a wheelchair so instead of walking past, he is rolling past us.
There is no way for you to understand that joke without knowing german.
Gut erklärt 👍
Der Spruch mit dem Kelch kommt aus der Bibel.
electing Scheuble is compared to "drinking cup of poison", meaning a monumental decision with potentially negative consequences
Religious Christian Americans will know the term. It's from Matthew 26:39.
"And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, 'My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.'"
This passage from the Bible has become a well-known short prayer in Germany: "Oh Lord, let this cup pass me by" - "Oh Herr, lass diesen Kelch an mir vorüber ziehen".
To see you and other Americans watching Pispers video open-minded and humble, yet critical - it really makes my day
To hear any German preaching about starting wars and genocide is historically hypocritical.
Some numbers:
Around 1.2 Million dead civil people in Iraque and around 240 Thousand in Afghanistan, in total around 1.44 Million dead men, women and children. Costs for the Iraque War were around 1 Trillion $ and for Afghanistan around 850 Billion $. The money did not evaporate. I just changed the owner. The lives are lost for ever.
Pispers was one of the best "Kabarettist"s we had in Germany. No one brought things on point like he did. I miss him a lot.
He just gave up, at one point, because nothing changed for good. Look at today. Things are getting worse each day...
Die totes Zahlen sind etwa um 2010/12 danach hab ich nie wieder welche veröffentlicht gesehen, der Genozid ging aber weiter...
20 Years later - nothing changed. Greetinx from Germany
its got worse
Und die meisten Deutschen denken Rechtsradikalismus ist unser größtes Problem.
Well... Now no raises their right hand to the sky anymore 😅😅😅
Einges verändert jetzt rüstet putin diu mulas aus und die Talibans und nord korea weiss ja nicht was besser ist . Verrückter kim jong un mit besseren Raketen fur Atomwaffen und sogar ein U-Boot
@@DanielWDerBossund das beste dum... AFD Wähler denken das der Komiker fur afd ist kannst ja mal googeln was er auf seiner eigenen Seite schreibt.
We are STILL waiting for part 4 and 5. You have crawled down the rabbit hole, now there is no going back!
Ryan, that obviously was an emotional rollercoaster for you. So happy to see how open and unbiased you are dealing with topics. Greetings from Aachen, Germany ❤
Well... you choose one of the best Germania political Comedian. Try serdar somunco ... HE is the same still like pieper
No. You should watch Lisa Eckhart! She's the best and never political correct!...
unfortunately, mr. pispers retired a few years ago... we need him today more than ever before
You have to wonder who made him to retire.
@@andywalker2077 As said on his homepage: "I would like to take this opportunity to assure all those who can still think clearly and have not fallen prey to any conspiracy theories that it is my own decision and that I have never been pressurised by anyone. I'm not ill either, I just enjoy being out of the public eye."
I miss him too, but the guy was born in 58. He doesn't like the publicity anymore. Sometimes he can't help himself and does local stuff, but other than that he is retired.
Although he himself made the joke about doing the same bits for 20 years, he just needed to change the names. Lucky to have seen him perform.
Georg Schramm retired as well some years ago. what a loss...
brilliant video thanks for reacting to it. all the best from germany!
Alles Gut !
Where from in Germany ?
Warum? das beste ist ganze afd leute denke er wäre fur afd das ist selten dämlich haha schaut euch mal an was er sagte
Düsseldorf @@gregorygant4242
the "closet metaphor" is meant as having someone basically under your control but that is not associated with yourself in public. Now when something bad happens you have someone in your closet to blame and show on that you did something to in retaliation.
Crisis over he goes back in the closet, ready to be used as a scapegoat again.
And expanding on that: What Volker meant with - contrary to clever Daddy Bush - W. cleaned out the closet, meaning Saddam Hussein had been executed.
What Volker couldn't have known back then in 2004 was that, luckily, this power vacuum in Iraq was a cornerstone in the rise of the Islamic State in the Levant. So, thank you for that too, USA! /s
It's important für this symbol, that it has to be a closet built in a wall. Shut the door of a Wandschrank and you won't see this closet anymore because it looks like a part of the wall
On that matter, 16:03 "if the practicant is bitchy" really means "if the intern is bitchy", referring to Monica Lewinsky whose affair with Bill Clinton caused him to be impeached
I guess Ryan is irritated because of their "Comming out of the closet"-Thing (Hi Mr. Cruise^^) but that's something completely different...
Here it's just about the convenient situation of having someone you can use to distract from real problems and having him put away to be always able to find him...
"Hesse" is the English name for "Hessen"; similar to how "Bavaria" is the English name for "Bayern".
It could mean Herman Hesse too.
@@Lancelot2000Lps Not in this context!
one would assume every decent American knows the term _Hessian_ as these were the mercenary soldiers hired by the British crown to fight for them in the _American War of Independence._
@@embreis2257 i heard that one of their presidential canditates think they had planes in this war :D and no it wasn´t the one who pulled out :D
And the word "Bavarians" contains the word "Arians" 😎
- A Bavarian -
Respect for sticking through, I appreciate you going through it so thoroughly and seriously, it’s not easy, but hey, at least we are also having a laugh 😉
Volker was like a cassandra in the dessert. Talking the truth to germany but few did listen. The truth is realy sometimes stranger than fiction. But we have to swallow it. It doesnt care about our feelings. You do a great job 👍
1:50 I think with „stoner army“ he is referring to the consumption of heroi… and cannab… of American soldiers doing the Vietnam war and Afghanistan
It is written HEROIN and CANNABIS! Why the .......?
I like that. That Denzel Washington film aptly deconstructs this paradigm.
Could be but I think it is more likely that he means you'd have to be stoned to spew such obvious bullshit or a combination of both. Just like when someone says do you see that girl, look over casually and your friends spins his whole body in her direction.
By "stoner army" which he mentioned as "Kiffer Armee" is meant an army of pot smokers.
@@GermanAnimeStudioZZwas hast du für Freunde 😢😮😢
The 100k mercenaries were simply paid by governments (you assume multiple governments here). They were solely paid and equipped by the USA.
Yea, I think the fact that the "world is crazy" is largely due to the doings of yankland hasn't really settled in his mind.
not completly, to my knowlege saudi arabia had also a big part in it (the money used is still dollars but just over multiple sources)
The movie Charlie Wilson's War tells you everything you need to know about history leading up to the USA's 2nd Vietnam. The Brad Pitt movie also does a good job of it.
And syrian arab army SAA sent Snackbars to the 72 Virgins. Legendary Assad
@@MrSimeonk
Welchen Film von Brad?
"Der Kelch ist an uns vorbei gegangen" is the same as "we dodged that bullet".
"gegangen" means something similar to "walked", but since Schäuble is in a wheelchair he changed that idiom to "gerollt" which means "rolled".
He meant we dodged the bullet that Schäuble became president.
i really like these serious topics and videos. thanks!
I would love to see you cover the last two parts of Pispers video!
Thank you, thank you thank you for uploading this video!!!
2:00 It transalted very well. He more or less said: "Even for that, this weed smoking army is too stupid."
Exactly. The double 'that' in the captions was no error, just poor grammar.
Kiffer is the disparaging word for Marihuana Smoker. We don't like them, They are always sleepy and desinterested in any important thing. There are a lot more words we have for Kiffer. It's in the same range as Junkie for H user
@@ulrikesauerland7801 Kiffer is not disparaging, I am (and many millions other people) a Kiffer and do not care what you and other people say. You are a SPIESSER (philistine)! Saying we are always sleepy and disinterested in any important thing is crap und dumb!
@@ulrikesauerland7801 Speak for yourself.
@@ulrikesauerland7801 completely wrong but okay. Have fun with your daily glass of wine you junkie.
Too good that you catch up here, always wondered if you ever watched them. Volker Pispers is just so clever with his words and well informed about history.
Wir brauchen Teil 4
Haven't seen those videos in quite a while, but i remember that Pt4 stood out for me. So i'm looking foward to that.
Nice to see you keep going on these. A lot to learn when you rise your gaze over the horizon. This includes every country, not just the USA
American history is like two hundred years old and it is filled with wars, slavery, massacres, genocide and pandemics. Honestly if I want to learn any history of this continent, I will study native Americans.
Yeah because they didnt wage wars and commit massacres among themselves lol
@@alexanderantoninsommerkamp4714 ... "among themselves" - you know it but you don't understand ... verry USA.
Typical self righteous hypocritical European response. Imagine committing atrocities for a millennium and then trying to act like the USA invented them or something. If our past is dirty, yours is monstrous in comparison. Hell Germans were still doing that in the 20th century. You Dutch? French? English? Literally every single European nation has a dirty laundry list longer than the US and also doesn't give out trillions of dollars in aid every year.
You should see if you can export your hypocrisy or use to fend off the Russians. Its the best thing you got.
so like every country
Let's start with calling it US-American history, since the former refugees from Europe killed many actual 'Americans' or deported them to remote areas before taking their land and then betrayed the british crown with huge support from France. after that they were bold enough to call themselves 'Americans'. that's also funny since the USA isn't even the largest country of NORTH America due to Canada, which is not the target of US dad jokes by accident. and back then the USA didn't even steal those 5+ states from Mexico, including California, Texas and more so it was even smaller at that time.
now the greatest worry of US-Americans is the 'illegal immigration' by Mexicans, who will always be more 'American' than those white ex-refugee colonists could ever be.
but it's like that with every country, they don't wanna deal with their dirty history in any way, which is actually quite toxic.
20:10 "Hammas oder Hammas nicht" is a word game with slured words with "Hammas" coming from "Haben wir es (kapiert)", translated to 'Have we got (the meaning)'
got it!
Just usual german real quick speaking
From 'haben wir das? ' to 'hamwas or faster hammas'
That's not a Dialekt or slang. Everyone understands this. Origins perhaps from Ruhrpott
@@wolfgangheidenYes and you need fine ears for the joke. "Got it-hammas?" is speaken quick like hummer with a questionmark at the end. "The Hamas" is speaken with a strong s at the end and a break after the first a. Not easy to get the joke
"Wag the Dog" with Robert De Niro and D. Hoffman great politic satire
Thats how they do it.
This movie was great!!!
Now d Niro is wagging gis BS
@@christianm6403 No, he's right what he says about Drump.
Everytime I read the "It's all been a pack of lies" I hear Phil Collins' short drums solo.
I can feel it combing through my hair tonight... oh lawd...
There exist a maxi Single version of in the air tonight. 5 min Intro 😄
@@ulrikesauerland7801 😄Love it.
I literally heard it too, while reading your comment another time. 😆
Thanks for the laugh, dude. 😂👍
I can‘t wait for part 4!
Hey Ryan, don't fret, this is what dealing with one's own country's history is supposed to feel like. We've all gone through it. Some of us more than others. But that is the exact reason why we need to do it.
"Medizin muss bitter schmecken, sonst nützt sie nichts"
Volker Pispers also has a great show about the economy and capitalism.
oh yeah the americans are not painted in the best light in that one either. But i don't know if there's a subtitled version available on youtube
Good job to bring VP voice to US ears.
Hello Ryan,
I usually don’t reach out to the creator of a channel, but I just feel that the way you respond to current events contributes a lot to the understanding between our nations, the USA and Germany. I find your work important and just wanted to let you know that you need to keep going. No TV channel or major publication has the kind of impact that an honest UA-cam format like yours does. Your work is important and will help generations better understand each other. Keep on rockin from Horst near Hamburg Germany
Part 4 Hype!
I applaud the effort to engage with political satire in a language you don't speak, especially when it targets your own political system. Satire and comedians play a crucial role in society by speaking their minds without fear of repercussions. They have the unique ability to critique and challenge political systems through humor, often exposing uncomfortable truths. When politicians, who are elected by the people, begin to suppress these voices, it signals a move towards authoritarianism. If comedians are silenced due to political pressure, it's a warning sign that freedom of expression is under threat. In a healthy democracy, satire serves as a vital tool for fostering open dialogue and encouraging societal reflection and change. I am German - you need to keep in mind - even for a German Pispers is not everyone's cup of coffee. He talks very fast - almost mumbling - and you need to have some political understanding of world politics. Anyway - keep it up!
The phrase Pispers is refering to is a bible quotation (O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.), which has found its way into the german language as an ideom. In German the verb "gehen" from "vorüber gehen" is used as well in the meaning of going by as passing by. So, this joke is quite untranslatable, especially if you take into account, that Wolfgang Schäuble sat in a wheelchair, which is why Pispers says "what kind of cup rolled by us..."
It's just as maggou90 said: You really had no chance without speaking German and some good knowledge about german politicians of that time.
i knew that idions with the verb rolling even before that ... cuz a 'cup' in itself cant walk, but is cylindrical in shape i.e. it can roll. so people used that even before as their normal way of saying that idiom. might just be the "uneducated lower classes" that at least tried to apply logic in this metaphor
@@eyeofthasky Ähm... In fact, the "cup that passes away" is more likely to refer to the hemlock cup that Socrates died from. There are other expressions that refer to this. For example, "to drain the hemlock cup to the dregs" or "to drink the hemlock cup anyway". And since Socrates had already been dead for 400 years when the events described in the New Testament took place in Palestine, it is highly likely that these expressions had already entered ancient usage...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Hey, good to know, so thanks for educating me, I guess. ^^
I did know about the "Schierlingsbecher" but it didn't come to my mind, because it's typically called a "Becher" and not a "Kelch", like in the expression Pispers used. However, in english both words can be translated to "cup".
@@beatus7251 You're right. It's a question of style and elegance of a language. You can also use mug, but that's not a good style...
i love your reactions. as a tip, when you are done with pisperS, there is a very good german satire program "die anstalt"... they also dealt with this topic (among others) - also available on youtube!
hey Ryan, i watch you since years, if i remember right you had around 30k abbos when i subscribed ;) wanted to say thanks, you are always the right distraction for me!
Please Part 4 🙏🏻
The way Volker Pispers plays with words and handles the german language is out of the world! And it is truely difficult to translate in a honorable way, so no wonder a lot gets lost in translation. But boy, for me as a german his speech is a treat on its own. And the fact spitting is also out of this world. Such a sharp mind.
Part 4🎉
all pispers shows of constant quality
Shanks you for watching Volker Pispers
Volker Pispers is really a great man with a lot of true and jokes at the same time
Volker Pispers is the BEST cabaretist we have ever had here in Germany .
You seem to be quite young.
@@peter_meyerenlighten us with your unparalleled wisdom, who was better?
@@Gilgarth Hildebrandt, definetely! Quite no one compares to him.
@@dorotheamoesch846 Exactly. i'd like to ad Hans Dieter Hüsch.
Yeah, the truth hurts. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, no? But then again, you can never unsee this and the world suddenly takes on a whole new form, something you've never seen before. And all of a sudden, the world is so much more ... complex, depressing, and at the same time ... intriguing. I've gone through a similar process myself, despite living in Europe. We do similar nasty stuff, albeit not on a scale as grand as the US.
Still, props for sitting through this and letting the realization set in about what's being said is actually true and still managing to plan to watch the next installment. That can't be easy for you as a US resident. Mad respect for you.
Volker Pispers is an absolute Legend! You absolutrly need to watch his takes on capitalism! Ist as shocking as this one and sadly as true as well! 🙈
Psst, he's just starting to take a critical look at the USA, so we can't just come up with the absurdity of capitalism.
@@D4rk4ng3l83 well, "you never forget what you have learned through pain", right? 😅
So why not the complete "Volker Pispers, 100% complete honesty"-shock-therapy for Ryan? 🤣
@@GenHummel96 That might be a bit too much to start with. 😄
I would suggest Second Thought to him, but Ryan isn't there yet.
Pispers is a leftist and has no clue about capitalism. His criticism is targeting central banking which he is mixing up with capitalism which is actually the opposite = socialism = financing an elite.
Didn't expect part 2 and 3 honestly 💁🏻
So Im excited for part 4 and 5 🙏🏻👍
Ryan, I hope you will be ready for the next part. For me that's the most heavy part of them all, and I was aware of the content before seeing/hearing it.
Hi Ryan
You Have to watch Part 4 of Volker Pispers
It is the hardest part to think about
'Army of stoners', 'potheads',... is exactly what he said, translated perfectly fine.
Best time of the day: Ryan uploaded a new video 🎉
As a Brit born in the 1950s who learnt a fair bit about the history of the British Empire from people who had actually lived and served in the civil service or army in those countries, and from people born in the Subcontinent, I was aware that Afghanistan was always the place where foreign powers suffered a debacle. It happened to the Ancient Greeks, the Persians, the Mughals, the British, the Russians, and more recently the Americans and their (more or less reluctant) allies.
Afghanistan is a place that no external power has ever managed to defeat or control.
Incorrect. Alexander the Great had no problems suppressing the Afghans of the ancient World and it was the fucking Indians and fighting elephants that cock blocked his chance to rule the whole world. Also, the Mongols, whose empire rivalled the British empire in size, had minimal problems with the Afghan tribes. Finally, Sean Connery & Micheal Caine also conquered Afghanistan courtesy of Rudyard Kippling's excellent "The Man Who Would Be King"....but your poetic point still stands, despite its lack of factual truth.
Volker Pispers had the best, strongest and truthful political cabaret program for over 10 years in Germany. An absolute mastermind, stright into the face and no fear of telling the truth. He gave an interview, where he stated, that he wondered about people loghing at his show, when he told such anoying and inpopriate storys about the truth of politics and economy.....
I was told Pisper stopped doing these shows because he got fed up with people just ignoring it. They all laugh about it but in the end he was telling the truth. And everyone is laughing about it and afterwards will never think of it again.
And of course Iran is only two weeks away from having a nuclear device, like they have been for the last twenty years.
The "cup passing by" is a German idiom from the bible where Jesus asks for mercy from God, saying, "if it be possible, let this cup pass from me"
talent, and speak 100% truth!!!!
13:15:
In Italy the prime minister was Silvio Berlusconi.
In Hessen: Roland Koch
In Bavaria: Edmund Stoiber
He's one of our best humorists 😊 I'm very proud of him, he's a legend!
For me as a german its always difficult to hear something like that from a fellow countryman because we can't manage anything in our country at the moment 🎉kind regards ✌️
Warum? Das ist doch genau das was die Grünen wollen. Also bekommen die gerade alles perfekt hin.
Und der Wähler will jetzt wieder zum Großteil CDU.
Läuft doch 🤷♂️
Hi, Ryan! More transparency is not desired at all. People are told things to believe. Otherwise there would probably be too much “chaos”.
Very good is also: Volker Pispers explaining capitalism!!!
german V is pronounced F not W
so try to say "Folker" then your closer.
and for his last name every letter is pronounced so its "pispers" not "pisper"
.... and while we're at it: In German the trailing 'e' in a written word is not silent when spoken.
examples: Thiese, Marine, Porsche, Deutsche Bank
@@alexandergutfeldt1144 Right. Why writte letters into a word when not spoken? 😀
Its funny when a French dude is speaking German, he never pronounces the "H".. 😄So why do the French writte the H into a word if they dont speak it?
😅
@@germaniatv1870 Indeed ... and why do Germans insist on writing 'Peter' and then saying 'Peda' [ ˈpeːtɐ]? 😉
Orthography is too often a means of the 'educated' to denounce and belittle the 'uneducated' ...
@@alexandergutfeldt1144 he wil never pronounce the ending "E" by this point i am sure he does it for trolling people xD
part 4 is the best
👍You spoke my heart, when you said that George W. Bush was weak and Dick Cheney the real leader. I always felt like the President just being Dicky‘s hand puppet.
Bush jr. was president at the grace of Cheney and Rumsfeld.
If you want a German speaker to help out, I gladly volunteer. Even though I'm working full-time and raising to kids with my wife, spreading Volker Pispers' message to an American audience is important enough that I'd happily make time to help out.
I hope you don`t think Wikipedia, Google ... tell you the truth. 😄
Piepers was a legend! And yes, in these days I would celebrate his appearance.
But what is it good for, when people don’t change their minds after visiting such a show. It is good for a laughter and maybe nice to get a verbal punch but after all it’s the people, who need to act. George Carlins once said: It’s not the government that sucks, the people suck.
Hamas, dialect for "do we have it ? (silted up)"
Und "hamas bald" bedeutet haarlose Hamas-Buben und Mädels.
Jedenfalls wenigstens fast.
Um, i'd say "Got it?"
Volker Pispers is the GOAT
The crazy thing is that it happened again with Nordstream 2.
But no, it’s just being ignored, hoping people will forget about it.
The cup of the possible president refers to Matthew 26;39 “My Father if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me." The literal translation of the German version is "Let this cup go by me". The "has rolled by us" refers to the fact, that Schäuble - the guy he is talking about - sat in a wheelchair for the rest of his life after surviving an attack in 1990. Shortly before this show, he was considered as a candidate for President of Germany - a mostly ceremonial position in this country.
16:00 "If the practicant is bitchy" - That was poorly translated!
A "Praktikantin" is a female intern. Someone like Monica Lewinsky.
True, and Lewinsky was the reason he said that.
Mr. Pispers is the goat. Everybody in germany knows that.
8 000 000 000 mad people on a little blue marble and there is no way out.
With Pispers you took up the tough stuff. Kudos. Apart from being filled with wordplay (tough to get for a non-native) he's so darn cruel.
I once saw him live on stage. It's the laugh he's causing while hitting you so hard in the guts that you nearly choke.
I fully admire him for that.
Two important things: he's certainly pushing his narrative very much leaving some complexity out but eventually it's the critical thinking he may start among the audience perhaps seeing the world in black and white in the beginning of his show.
And his segment about the US is not all of this work. He's even tougher in bashing Germans and German politics.
"Der Kelch ist an uns vorbeigegangen" ("The cup has passed us by") is a German ideom comparable to "we dodged a bullet there".
And the reference to Schäuble rolling past, is that because 'vorbeigegangen' implies walking?
A friend of mine (german), who was a soldier in afghanistan, answered the question "Why we went there" -> "That was a drill for what might happen next in the western world".
Education is important
8:20 some context: At that time, the then interior minister Wolfgang Schäuble, who was wheelchair-bound (hence "rolled by us") was considered a possible candidate for Federal President of Germany (Germany's head of state, but not the head of government; the head of government is the chancellor), but ended up being not nominated because the political majorities had changed and he would have had no chance getting elected.
you need to watch "lisa eckart"!
Very brave 😍 Pisper was the best politician comedian during the last 20 years. And if you grown up, listen to Daniele Ganser 😉 Regards from Germany 🥰
Yeah, the truth can be exhaisting...
You picked up the best german political comedian !!!!😊
Pispers bester Mann sagt halt die Wahrheit mag nicht jeder
Here: What an intelligent young man - impressing.
He knows so much about culture and he is a genius in speech science.
Wow!
You are asking what are you supposed to do? I can tell you that you can not do much in that situation. But you can do one thing. You can vote. And you can take precautions and make new laws that regulate what your government is allowed to do. It’s not about what one person can do. It’s about what all people can do together. It’s called democracy.
Voting is the ultimate con. Most people don't vote because they know it is a con. If you vote, you just took the blue pill to make yourself feel better.
the 2 party system in the USA is merely an illusion for the civilians to believe they have the freedom of choice. Because there is not much difference between republicans and democrats. Both support the military industry and the rich.
7.14 Ryan, I have the same thoughts. I think the only solution is an education, where you learn how to think for yourself. I had some great teachers, fortunately. They taught me to consume all kind of information, and to compare it and think critically. I‘m trying to do that, but it’s not easy
12:40 Yes, there are recent interviews, where Bush is a bit more honest about all of this. But nevertheless - what Volker is telling you here is all facts - the papers that confirm all of this, have been unclassified and are available for the public by the US government. I have absolutely no clue, why the information it contains, seems to be basically unheard of by the average US citizen. This is wrong and US media should have reported about all of these lies in depth - but they didn't for some reason. It is way more common for the average European to retrospetively know about this, because media over here did report about most of it to some degree.
Volker Pispert is GREAT!!! Saw him live once, shortly before he kinda retired. Another one you should check out is Serdar Somuncu!
Huhu.
Part 4?
V. Pispers is the absolut king of german comedy. Sharp and smart...
In our next lifes, I hope, we well see George Carlin and Volker Pispers together on stage.
It will be funny as hell, absolutely eye opening, you will feel miserable and hopefully, you really start to question what your government does behind your back...
Geporge Carlin is dead. Has been for a while.
You're a nice guy, that's what it seems like. If you ever come to Germany, you're always welcome and invited to our region. Love and greetings from Bochum / North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany. Take care of yourself and stay safe 🤘😃🤘
It´s frustating...
I have the feeling that you, Ryan, feel somewhat the same (especially in the first episode) when i first discovered what the German Nazi regime did in WWII. All the murder, all the wasted lifes ... for nothing than power, money and ressources. As a German child i had the tears running from the eyes when discovering that also parts of my family, for example my grandpa, who i loved so much, were involved in that. Luckily, he was "only" part of the Wehrmacht (the german military forces) and not of something more evil like the SS. And more so, he was willing to speak with me about what he experienced as a cavallerist (yes, on horses) on both frontlines. In the end one has to question everyone and everything which happens and has to reason about it using multiple, also foreign information sources to get a grasp on whats truly going on. Even if the truth hurts and one has to discover that not everything our countries do is for the good - especially when it comes to a question of peace or war. Wishing you all the best and keep up the good work :)
17:54 scapegoat in the closet available when ever needed
The cup refers to Socrates (ancient greek philospher), who was forced to drink a cup of poison. In Germany it is a common phrase to say "That cup went past me."
Leider hat sich der Mann zurück gezogen. Sehr Schade.
Zu groß war seine Enttäuschung darüber, dass er lauter Beifall bekommen hat, aber nichts weiter passierte.
@@atstrollz6875 Ich hoffe, er ist darüber hinweg und lebt jetzt glücklicher.
Volker Pispers is the most accurate humorist of Germany. This performance is outstanding. Too sad that he has stopped working in this genre.