I shudder when Americans complain about "mainstream media" .. including comments on the situation in Israel. I prefer to think of it as spotty education or blissful ignorance.
we KNOW it's not free ( im from Denmark) BUT when the term " Free " is used it means we don't need to pull the wallet out at the doctors.... let me mention it again for ANY american, who think we'r stupid....it's FREE because we don't need to pay when visiting a Doctor...
I saw a good comparison explanation in another video. It was about a European tourist in Pennsylvania and how a tour guide was explaining that in the Amish communities if someone gets sick, the community would pool their money together and pay for a doctor’s visit. So apparently everyone was all like, “that’s so sweet and wholesome”. The European commented, “so it’s basically free healthcare? Everyone pitches in some money in case of emergencies.” The reactions then become less wholesome and the Americans being like, “wait. no that’s bad. That’s communism.”
Why do you automatically assume Americans think you're stupid? lol very defensive posture. This is coming from a 4th generation Danish-American immigrant, btw.
We used to have a country here in Europe where they had to a daily pledge of allegiance in class rooms. They stopped doing it in 1945 after the guy who they had to pledge their allegiance to blew his brains out in bunker.
And after that half of Europe doing it until the 90's! Basically dictatorship behavior and they dare call it the land of the free!! They might be brave but they are not free!
I think every tax payer in the UK will agree that we’re happy to pay for the NHS for everyone. No matter who receives it it’s a human right and a human obligation. No one should have to worry about the cost of accessing healthcare.
I bet there're a few conservatives who aren't happy. Even some MPs, who probably lie about supporting it because the voters wouldn't like it. I wonder what Suella thinks.
Non Uk citizens have to pay to use the NHS. I'm a uk citizen and i've had to pay to use the NHS, then i take that invoice to my local NHS and they paid me back.
@@paulqueripel3493 Very few. Even people who pay for private healthcare insurance don't usually mind paying for the NHS. Even the richest of us gets sick and it might be you in the car crash needing t he free air ambulance and the free emergency surgery.
Regarding the first aid thing, here in Poland it's a criminal offense NOT to help someone who needs help, and it can land you in prison for up to 3 years. Calling the ambulance counts as aid too, so you don't need to do more if you're unable.
In Australia you’d get into trouble for not calling an ambulance. Not providing First Aid is only punishable if you have a duty of care though. I can’t imagine a person not providing assistance though. I do level 3 first aid training every 3 years and while outside of my employment I don’t have to do First Aid (unless I declare myself), I have on multiple occasions including full CPR on a heart attack victim. We do have the ‘Good Samaritan Act’ which prohibits legal action against a person providing First Aid in good faith
@@jessam4875same as UK the only thing Good Samaritain Act I'm not sure if covers FirstAiders if you read the Act it mentions Doctors and health care providers, extending that if you are a bystander not in the capacity of your job as a doctor ect, you require consent to treatment from a conscious victim. As a FirstAider at my workplace it is common practice to ask this permission in any circumstances provided the person is able to answer and is of the mental capacity to do so, of course if someone has a serious head wound but still has consciousness then you can administrator Aid and argue they was not of mental capacity of that time due to the serious nature of the injury to the head... you get my point 😂👍 also not allowed to administer medication
You asked about the pledge of allegiance. As a european 🇪🇺🇸🇪 when I hear about it my "nazi warnig allarm" starts blaring with all the warnings I can think of. Like it sounds so dystopian and authoritarian to me.
I think the big thing is what the principles are behind what is meant to be pledged to. It is Americans making a pledge to the founding principles of the nation, not the government, or a party. It's a pledge toward staunch individualism and those rights fundamental to a free individual, that being said, that part seem to be lost in translation even to many Americans. It's a false positive for the "Nazi alarm" but an understandable one for those who do not understand it.
pledge allegiance is something they do in North Korea and in Germany between 1940 and 1945. I don't think there is any other country where hey do something like that.
I was taking part in a trail running race, I tripped on an old granite tramway sleeper and my jaw connected with the next one. An ambulance managed to get close with first aid but they called the Air Ambulance that took me to hospital. Surgery the next day with another day in recovery. The total cost was outrageously expensive when my brother had to pay £7 just to park the car when he picked me up! Thank goodness for the NHS.
The pledge of allegiance thing is pretty much just an American thing. Honestly, it's super creepy and even kind of scary in it's cultish, nationalist nature.
I went to high school in the US as an exchange student and I was forced to say the pledge in home room, I was told to stand up, put my hand over my heart and say that darn pledge, it was written on paper and I had to memorize it. I felt so uncomfortable in the beginning but then it just became automatic. It's very cultish.
as a german i agree (learned a lot about our past). behavior of this kind didn't lead to anything good for germans back then. in the USA it's the same kind of propaganda, just more subtle and presented more over the decades instead of a few years.
There are also opportunities in Europe to actively hear "gunshots", for example: a) flood warning shots; b) salutes;c) near shooting clubs; d) hunting parties; e) military exercises; etc. And yes, it really depends on the area. In my town in northern Germany you hear shots (hunters) more often than in the small town 1 km away and in the next big city you regularly hear warning shots during the storm surge season. **Don't park your car near the harbor then ;)
@@grahamsmith9541Well firework generally only happen in one short period a year,and any gun you do hear would be shotguns..and you don’t even hear them that much.
I love the slight embarrassment at the word "fuckery"😂😂❤ America IS weird - you can flush and bridle at a naughty word yet think nothing of a gun going off. ...
😂 Just so everyone knows, this is about the difference between america and other western nations. Cause I don't want someone from india, latin america, middle east, africa to pump their chest in the comments.
About university in Ireland: I'm German and went to Ireland as an exchange student in undergrad. I had American roommates who were there on exchange too, and one evening we started talking about Irish tuition and they were so impressed by how cheap it is, and that they considered their exchange fees to be really cheap too, and then tjey asked me how much I'm paying to be there. I was there on an Erasmus scholarship, which means I did not pay a cent in tuition and received 800€ per month as support, and my roommates were fairly shocked to hear that
No, not everybody checks out just to have a day off. Here (The Netherlands) yes, if you are sick you take the day off, but if you are sick for longer as a day getting a doctor involved is almost required. And yes, they can and if they feel you abuse the system, certainly will check if you actually are sick. There is no problem to take a sick day, if you are sick, but if you are not well..... there are consequences. (no unlimited freedom to do what you want, simply because you want it.) No other country does a pledge. One youtuber, a US expat in the UK, don't ask me which one, said and I agree that only one country before did that and that was in the period 1938 - 1940. (Imho the exact ideology applies here.) You want pointers ?? Think about the stereotype thing. Everyone hates Americans !!! Well let me tell you, it is more complex it is mostly untrue as it is mainly US systems that people hate. Getting in debt over education and healthcare, is a system. No decent form of transport other than using a car, is a system. Bad food (not just much fastfood and large portions, but also approved ingredients), is a system. Politics, no matter what view you have, at the national level, there are like only 2 parties that matter as others never get into the play. So it is a 2 party system, not sure how one could call that a democratic system. Look abroad how many parties form a government. Again, this is a system. Ofcourse one could go on and on and on, but see the thing is, that most of what non-Amricans hate about the US, is not so much the people, as the systems that regulate the country.
@@pebblesonthebeach3258 Yeah, didn´t agree with her estimate that a lot of us would use a sick day while healthy. Questioning our work ethics and moral. Not on my watch lol smh
I'm Scottish, I need to take 13 different pills a day since my brain injury. I dread to think how much that would cost me! I've also just finished a BA degree, which was government funded. (And yes, I'm kind of a big deal, doing a degree with brain damage 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣)
Yes, you had and screwed up part of the world. The difference between Germany and the USA or North Korea is that you have drawn conclusions from history. Greetings from Poland
@wiolettajankowska1183 yes we have, and every country should! US learned and teaches so little, it's sad. The last election in Poland gave me hope. greetings from Germany
@@arnodobler1096 I am also happy with the results of the last elections. However, Poland will always be Poland and history has also taught us many things. If we don't fight and take care of ourselves, no one else will and no one will care whether we exist or not.
I've worked with Americans for most of my working life and I've found them to be kind, generous and hard working (with the odd exception). I have family and friends in the USA but I would never, ever, consider living there. The guns, crime, medical "system" (or lack of) and working conditions are horrendous. But the people are OK..... they deserve something better TBH....
@@neuralwarp We all deserve better politicians !! (We just never - hardly ever - get them !) I hope the youth of America will be able to turn their country around - sooner rather than later. Our government is rubbish but at least - though seldom implemented - we have a choice of political parties to choose from, America apparently does too but only the two major parties continuously spar with each other in order to be too dog. 😢 Whatever happened to "for the people, by the people" ? (or however the phrase goes...!!)
I’ve been saying this literally what you just said for ages they better & it’s kinda sad tbh I get my prescriptions free as I stay in Scotland I don’t need to pay i penny for all medicines, but England & that think it’s like £8 this just uk
You had the exact opposite experience from me. I have found them arrogant know-it-alls that WILL NOT admit they are wrong even if you show them that they are quite literally WRONG. Almost exactly the same as Russians. Thinking that they are the greatest and the best at everything and trying to teach them something... Good luck. Their society is a perfect reflection of the people as far as I'm concerned and I do get that there are good Americans as well but I have a choice and my choice is no Americans and no Russians. I don't want to interact with either in any way at all.
A healthcare tip to Americans: If you need prescription drugs from a pharmacy, do not disclose that you have insurance, just buy it "out of pocket". As when you say you have insurance, the pharmacists is legally obligated to mark up the price considerably. So something that would have cost you 2$ out of pocket, will cost you closer to 7-8$ if you say you have insurance. Unfortunatly another proof that the US is not a country built for its citizens, but for its corporations....
😂 Just so everyone knows, this is about the difference between america and other western nations. Cause I don't want someone from india, latin america, middle east, africa to pump their chest in the comments.
Just a small correction to the guy who thought he got his prescription in Scotland free because it was "necessary". All prescriptions in Scotland are free, to everyone, and the concept of a prescription that isn't necessary makes no sense anyway.
@@roguerebel6297 Wrong. Scotland is part of the U.K. and all member Countries pay taxes that go towards the NHS inc PRESCRITIONS. Scotland gets free prescriptions paid for by U.K. tax payers inc Scotland.
I am from germany, we had something like the pledge of allegiance too, 80 years ago... So I am highly disturbed by the fact of pleading to ones country every morning.
6:40 Yeah sure. In Germany we call that "Krankfeiern". But I want to add my 2 cents to that. First: I think it is better when people who just want(or need) a day off actually can because of unlimited sickdays then that people that actually need time to cure their health issue, have to fear to run out of sickdays and lose their job or their income for the time. Second: There are some checks and balances against people regulary taking uneeded sickdays in Europe. For example that after three days of sickness you need a doctors note (which then is actually free of charge at point of service). Or if your employer notices that you are taking sickdays "too often" he can demand that you have go to a assigned and trusted company doctor to get your sicknotes for a specific time being. Or also basicly: It might be easier to get a day of in Europe, but we get still work done.
I wish America would at least provide free medical treatment to their children!! Children are not considered old enough to work. If you can’t work and earn a regular income. Then they should not be forced to have insurance! 😊
Then you'd get those with no kids moaning that their taxes were paying for kids when they didn't have any - even though they're paying for kids schooling when they don't have kids - fire service when they might never need it - police service when they might never need it - it's mind boggling how they can't see it🇬🇧
You’re forgetting that systems in the US are designed to keep poor people poor. Large percentages of the poorer people are immigrants and non-white communities (again, by design) and the US is designed to keep them poor by stopping them gaining money. Remove abortion so that families have too many mouths to feed, have expensive medical care so that the sick can never afford to fully heal and get back to work and nonexistent workers rights to enable people to be fired easily and stop them earning
Funny enough in France you can be sue if someone is in immediate danger near you and you do nothing. It's called " Non assistance a personne en danger" it translate as " Not assisting a person in danger" Technicaly that mean for exemple if you see an accident and stay on the side video taping with your phone, technicaly you break the law by not trying to help. Is it 100% enforced? no, but you can get in trouble very fast. Even Better a new law got passed recently that protect someone trying to save a life even if that persone is not trained to.
They get a very large military - much larger than anywhere else in the world - and police armed with tanks. I'm not sure what else their tax money goes towards.
The biggest and most sophisticated military in the world by a factor 5+ and more police kitted out military kit then any country in world could possibly need.
The honest answer is that US federal taxes mainly go to Medicare (healthcare for older people), Social Security (pensions), the military, VA (healthcare for former military) and federal staff pensions, in that order. That's about 70% of the budget - and another 10% goes to interest on the debt. Everything else adds up to the small fraction that is left - things like food stamps, Section 8 (housing vouchers), federal courts and law enforcement, spy agencies, science and NASA, international aid, farm subsidies, building and maintaining the Interstates and Amtrak, National Parks, and many other things that I can't remember.
@@markhepworth The US's police are weird: there are far fewer of them than most other rich countries, but they are paid much more and they have far more militarised equipment. They are also very poorly trained and qualified compared to most European or East Asian police. So they are paying as much or more than European countries but getting far less actual policing.
Poland here. Public schools (best) are free, but there is a limit of students, so only the best can get in. Others can still study public, but need to pay. Still, very affordable. About the healthcare - public is free and for everyone. Even unemployed have the access + most of the jobs (not only corporate) in mid to big companies offer you private healthcare plans free of charge as a perk or like 25 usd a month)
With unlimited sick leave in countries like the Netherlands, ongoing, regular illness of an employee requires a visit from the company doctor. Or authorisation to speak to your specialist. My husband is from the Netherlands and I too, though employees would mis-use unlimited sick leave. But it rarely happens.
Also, if you've got a reasonable amount of PTO - Even the 28 days you get in the UK - you're a lot less likely to need to pretend to be sick in order to attend a wedding. Or just... Avoid having a mental breakdown by taking a day off.
A lot more young americans are travelling, whereas their parents may not have and certainly their grandparents probably didn't do much at all, travel wise (to other countries I mean). Young americans travel far and wide and get to experience other countries and how they do things, this really has opened up the eyes of those people. America is quite far behind when it comes to looking after their citizens, most western countries are well ahead when it comes to health care, travel (ie buses, trains etc), town planning, personal safety, child care.. etc, the list goes on. America is not a bad place by any means, a beautiful country with nice people like yourselves, just needs to catch up with other countries.. Europe, especially.
A pledge of allegiance or thing that compares is not a thing in most countries. It's the type of thing I would imagine would happen in a dictatorship not a democratic society. From what I can tell your pledge is to the flag, Or in other words the government and not to the country.
They sing the national anthem at school assemblies here in New Zealand. In relatively young countries built on immigration, symbols of collective identity are quite important. The US just seems to have a particularly large number of these - pledge, flags, anthem, etc.
What about suing tyre companies after blowouts In England we have a thing called a MOT test to make sure your Car is road worthy to try and prevent accidents like this , and to make sure the car owner is responsible for their safety
I’ve a feeling that if you did the same exercise in 20 or 30 years, the issues raised would still be the same because the USA doesn’t seem to want to change any of this.
The thing with many other countries and their health care, is that yes it is paid by taxation, (which you hardly notice going out of your salary), but it is free at the point of use. So you don’t pay for ambulances, helicopters, emergency care, cancer treatment, surgery, physio and lots of other things. It makes getting sick or having an accident much less traumatic.
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches Here in Ireland there is private healthcare and a public system. I have basic private healthcare which costs around €45 a month and is mainly useful for getting to see a consultant quickly, but the public health system is very good and I used it for myself and my kids for many years before I got insurance. Most things are free but you may have to go on waiting lists for some treatments or procedures. I recently had cancer treatment including surgery and chemo (all good thank heavens), and I didn’t need to use my insurance as all cancer care is free. The public system is open to all, whether they are earning or not. The one expensive thing is GP visits. They are around €60 per visit unless you qualify for a medical card which is given to the elderly, kids under 8 (I believe) and low earners. Prescription charges are capped, at €80 per month. It is great not to have to worry about getting sick.
it's never as costly anyways. the biggest problem of the US system is the profit both the pharma and insurance industries chase. not to mention having a million different insurances drives up the cost by default as they all have overlapping expenses. another big problem with US potentially going to single payer is that millions of insurance workers would lose their jobs as they just wouldnt be needed.
About Healthcare: The expression is Free At The Point Of Use. Yes in the UK Healthcare is paid for from general taxation and NOT as some think from National Insurance. The latter pays for your State Pension and Unemployment Benefit.
Being a european and have grown up in a country that has universal healthcare, means that european has NEVER been worried about recieving healthcare. Your son looks really cute! 🙂
Also a European, Icelander to be exact. 😁 It's a good feeling isn't it? I'm chronically ill and have been since I fought cancer as a child which means I count on the health care system a lot. A new system was put in place around 2015 I think that greatly benefits a person like me (I'm on disability) to become a part of that system I had to pay €120 in services used in one month and after that I pay €15 a month for everything I may need the next month and beyond, but if I don't need any services for a month or leave the country for a couple of months I have to start over. I also find it interesting that if you go to the ER and you leave the same day you have to pay something like €50 but if you spend the night or are admitted you don't pay out of pocket they just wave goodbye.
I'm American, I spent a few years in the Middle East as a child (late 2000's) and have visited a few more times since then, and I have to say that women rights may be a political and cultural issue in the M-E (more so for Westerners than locals tbh), but women's safety is not. The laws are so harsh that the crime rate in general is very very low compared to America. Hollywood is a criminal source of disinformation and cultural conflicts for Americans. 😕 Arab hospitality is at another level!👍
thank god someone with a brain , i'm not from the middle east but i'm an arab girl from tunisia and stuned of westerners taking a big stand on our matters( for exemple : how we dress) and putting their own agenda, and i always wanted to say : take care of your problems first and . thank you for stating the facts
I’m from the UK and Ive often felt slightly nervous or unsafe when in the US. Ps I’ve never felt unsafe in Europe, ever and that includes nearly all major European countries or cities.
I have been to quite a few countries in Asia/ Middle East/Europe and America, America is on a whole new level of scary. No other place compared to it. I was in Georgia and Los Angeles. Saw some really crazy things!
I'm English and I became ill and was on the sick for ten weeks. I received full pay pay for 6 weeks. Then half pay for 4 weeks. The State made up my wagers to cover the short cummings because of my half pay. When i went back to work it was noted I had 1 sick time on my record.
Compared to UK emergency rooms I've heard US emergency rooms look like a war zone. People wait until they're literally dying and have no choice before going where in the UK we have to tell people not to go unless it's a genuine emergency. The US prefers having massive armed forces to health care I guess.
Or dial 911, if definitely more. serious 999 for an Ambulance, which I'm sure you know is Free.If you are a foreigner you will probably be charged through your Insurance.
Sadly the main reason the U. S. doesn't have universal health care is that too many Americans don't want their tax money to help other people, even if it would mean they themselves pay less for health care.
My understanding with the Americans suing people for saving their life is that they are forced to by insurance companies. Like say you have your ribs broken during cpr or what ever, the insurance company won’t just cover that, they will try to shift as much blame onto others. So do you to have your medical costs covered you have to sue to person who saved your life. Similar if you slip and fall at your parents house, if they have insurance, to get a payout you need to sue your parents for damages. Am I wrong?
We enjoyed our two working sojourns in the US - six yrs with my family just outside DC, and four years alone commuting between CA and BC. After the first six yrs, with now having four younger sons, I was afraid for their safety and didn't take them to CA. None of the schools either my kids, or my grandsons have attended in 🇰🇪🇬🇧🇦🇺🇨🇦 ever had a single shooter drill, and none have locked doors or security checks at entry for staff or pupils. The situation has gotten steadily worse in the US.
The pledge of allegiance is weird to us because it does remind us of a particular time with an Austrian painter. In Croatia we do play our anthem on certain occasions but those are mostly connected to some official stuff.
My mom is a nurse here in Poland and she always telling me: good CPR = broken ribs! You have to push chest so hard to break person ribs in order to save that persons life. She did it multiple times and saved people always were gratefull for it!
one thing to keep in mind with regards to the habit of suing ppl (the story about the lifeguard) is that alot of insurance require someone to be at fault to cover medical expenses in cases like that, so say for example they preform cpr but break ribs then for the medical costs to be covered the patient might have to sue.
Thing is, we all know that as a woman you have a right to go where you damn well please, and when you choose. I hate hearing that I need to avoid certain areas at certain times because I'm a woman. I suppose that anyone is a target if they're wandering in a remote area, but as a society we should be really doing something about this, and actively promoting anyone's right to roam safely. I can still hear people chanting though "well, what in Earth was she doing out there on her own, she asked for that". 🥵
My parents had a kind of pledge of allegiance in their school years. The country was under a dictatorship at the time. But we have been a democracy for some time now (since a bit before I was born, thankfully), and all that crap is long gone.
Social health care is paid for by taxation, but if you take away how much you are paying in insurance and add the extra tax it will be far less for a better service.
I watched a video by International Karl, hes American living in the UK. He talked of his kids pledging allegiance and says now hes experienced living away from the USA, it feels like indoctrination in many ways.
5:31 - There are a couple of cases of families suing each other - particularly the 'grandmother sues child for hugging her' style stuff - in the US which were done as a requirement to get their medical insurance to payout, sadly.
I live in Scotland. There's a military training camp near where I live. I honestly can't think of a time where I had ever heard of a gun being shot in real life before I moved here. On days that there are firing exercises taking place, I can clearly hear gun fire if I step outside. It's so alien to me and although I have become accustomed to hearing it, it makes me uncomfortable every time. As to the women's safety thing, that's not something I think of as being particularly United Statesian. Women are attacked everywhere, including here. Obviously there are decent guys and sketchy guys everywhere but denying that is a little bit foolish, I think. I personally abhor violence against women as much as I do men who just don't get it and bash out the 'not all men' mantra!
The Americans I've known. I've always been very towards me. What you say there is good and bad everywhere but I've never met a bad American XX I've met Americans in the UK where I live. And I am always very happy to speak to them.🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
If you swapped to social healthcare after your government finally deciding to do the right thing and regulate the costs properly, you might end up paying less tax for healthcare because right now you pay huge taxes for the current scam costs for the few that are covered by medicare etc
One aspect of living in a country with very restrictive gun laws is that there’s no confusion possible : if you encounter someone with a gun who is not a policeman or military in uniform (or a hunter, but that can only happen in a specific context), that’s 99.9% unmistakably a criminal.
I'm in South Wales. In school, just before Charles' Investiture in 1969 we had to learn a song for the occasion, God Bless the Prince of Wales. I learned both the Welsh and English (also the Scots, Irish, and enough to recognise the French and later the Italian) national anthems from watching the 5 (later 6) Nations Rugby.
13:00 Yes, this happens in other countries as well. Here in Germany we had something similar. Now guess in which 12 years of German that happened. As far as I know North Korea also has something similar.
About 1 year ago I had these two weird skin obtrusions, one on my shoulder, one on my back. Of course, with my luck, they became inflamed. Laying on them at night became so painful I stayed awake the whole night because it was so bad. I had a appointment made with a skin clinic, but the clinic was so outbooked I could only get a appointment in mid December, I made it in September. That morning at around 7 am I phoned the hospital, asking them if I could come in and have it removed. They told me my Hausarzt (general doctor) could take care of it. I immediately got an appointment, and 1 hour later both obtrusions were gone. The cost: 0 €. The last time we had to "pledge allegiance" in Germany was around 1939 to 1945.
Not trying it out, the UA-cam filtering system can be quite brutal. I don't want my account suspended. But the term still exists, even on public radio. Recently, it was 100 years of the Putsch at the Hofbräukeller in Munich, where they stormed in and declared the regency as "removed". Chaos and violence followed, and first antisemetic actions were made. The radio even called them the Regime like they are called in Wolfenstein.@@rubberyowen1469
The other point about universal Healthcare that's not usually mentioned is that because one organization does like 90% of all medicine provision, and their focus isn't profit, they have enormous buying leverage over the producers. Hence the price paid in uk for a particular drug is vastly less than that in Canada at least. Which leads to the crazy situation where Medicare in US costs more per capita than the NHS, yet only covers a fraction of the population
In Spain we has a kind of pledge of allegiance... I didn't live it but my parents did... when we had a dictatorship! Democracy came in, pledge to "el movimiento nacional" went out the window... curious that, huh?
Good video. Just one thing - 'free' prescriptions in Scotland are not subsidised by England. We pay for them through our own taxes here in Scotland. The reason our prescriptions are free is that it would actually cost more to administer a system where prescription medications are paid for, than it was to have a system where those same prescriptions were free, which is crazy but true!
When I was a boy scout I learned the anthem, but it was the anthem of my province (Limburg) and not of my country (Netherlands). Later on when I went to watch a local (Belgium, but same named province) volleyball team play international matches that same provincial anthem would be sung before the match.
I'm really pleased to learn about that as a Belgian. I just googled it, and I expected that it might be a song from before Limburg split into the Dutch and Belgian part. But it's much more recent than that. It's just a song written by a Dutchman that became popular in both Limburgs. I also read that the Belgians don't sing the refrain that's about the Dutch Royal House and the Netherlands. Makes sense.
Angela's experience in the parking garage late at night is pretty much universal for women everywhere. That's exactly how we all behave if we are alone at night. Of course most of the time everything will be fine- but we can't assume that it will be.
As a french student, since i as in school we have fire drill 3-4 time a year, and in certain areas tempest drill/ explosion-of-the-usine-next-to-the-city-who-release-lot-of-chemicals drill, depending where you live, but since the terrorist attack on Bataclan, and Charlie Hebdo ; they have add terrorist/gun armed attackers drills too. I was already in college when it happened, so I don't know how much smaller student have those kind of drill.
Prague, Czech republic here. Safety issues never crossed my mind - shootings none, can go anywhere 3AM alone and drunk... Sick days - are meant for hangovers 🤣 How do you live without them? 😂🎉
Just after the second world war, early 1950s, I just recall at primary school having a weekly outdoor assembly of the whole school, one part of which was saluting the flag. It didn't last long before it was dropped and I suspect that it was a bit of patriotic hang over from the war years. As for the American attitude to their flag I remember once, while on attachment to the US army for a combined exercise that several of my fellow Kiwi officers were verbally assaulted ( by civilians) for not saluting the US flag at sundown lowering of the flag, despite our standings to attention respectfully facing the camp flag mast. We were in NZ uniforms, clearly not US personnel but even when this was explained it made no difference, we should salute anyway. A question from one of us as to whether or not they would salute our flag if in our country was totally rejected, they only salute the stars and stripes. For the rest of our time on that base we just avoided being out and about at that time if we could possibly avoid it.
So, for example, in Poland (we are an EU member), education is free at all stages, including university. Mandatory fees apply only to nurseries and kindergartens, but they include meals, drinks and various supplies needed for learning. Public universities do not charge fees for the tuition itself, of course the student must support himself and if he is from outside the city where his university is located, these costs can be excruciating. We also have private paid education in Poland at all levels. And while many private kindergartens and primary schools enjoy a very good reputation and are often better than public ones, high schools and universities are not. In any case, if you are a Polish citizen or - as a foreigner - you have obtained a Polish scholarship - you can study for free: at the bachelor's and master's level.
Here in the uk, the most you will pay for medice is on a standard prescription and that's only about $18-20. You could go to the E.R spend the night there, have a bunch of xrays and MRI scans, get a bunch of funky drugs stay another night, then leave the next day and it would cost you.... Nothing! If you need any more modicine after that, they might give it to you as you leave (in which case it was free too) or if you need to get it from a pharmacy then you will get it at standard prescription price
A friend was touring with his friends on motorbikes, one of them crashed just outside a hotel and was bleeding very bad, (skinned one side of his leg) some hotel staff rushed out and wrapped his leg in towels to help stop the bleeding, he later got ill because something from the towels caused an infection, he tried to sue the hotel, now none of his friends talk to him, the hospital said the hotel staff probably saved his life, that is one of the differences between American and many other places, some situations where suing is involved are very looked down upon or it never crosses our minds to sue in these situations, but suing is becoming bigger now to be honest
But who else would have helped him cover the costs associated with that infection/ time away from work etc? (Please don’t get me wrong, I think the constant suing is awful and destroys the fabric of society, but in the absence of other means of dealing with financial pressures, what else can people do?)
@janmeyer3129 he's English living in England, so it's free treatment, so he had no cost to be covered for treatment, and we get sick leave which easily covered his time off work
In most countries you can't be held liable for taking a reasonable action to help someone in an emergency, even if your action has unintended negative consequences.
A while back I also wondered why America still has nationalism and pledging allegiance to the flag so I googled it. An American had asked the question and the best answer came from another American who pointed out the fact that in Europe we experienced the worst possible outcome of nationalism in World War Two from the Nazis. Since then, most countries here have shied away from it. But America didn't experience the effects of it at home, so their nationalism was never directly brought into question. Not being American myself (I'm English) I don't know if that resonates, but it certainly made the most sense to me and I could see why it was voted the best answer!
Honestly this answer does not make sense. Neither Asian, South American or African countries do this either. Norway (were I live) is very much a country with great national pride, but ofc we were occupied during WW2, so we see it as a sign of strength, rather than the view shared by many countries in continental Europe. As for why the US does this, the most charitable answer would likely be because they have always had a large influx of immigrants, and as such have created rituals and a culture centered around creating/reforcing loyalty to the US as a nation. The less charitable answer is that the other countries that currently do this is China and North Korea. View that information how you will...
America is a nice country to visit , so much to see and do, but no chance would I live there...its like the Quora site ...you just can't argue with stupidity!!!
Gratulations for Your son. Recently I did a road trip from Houston to Wichita, I NEVER saw that many fences,I travel worldwide. Even nature is private in the US, what a shame
When I was 12 (1968, about 54 years ago), my dad drove my sister and me down to Florida from Montreal (Canada) to visit relatives in Miami. It was a great road trip, on the whole, but driving through Georgia was pretty scary for us. Not only because of the widely visible guns we saw in people's trucks and every gas station but the Klu Klux Klan billboards that lined the highways. As Jewish people just passing through, that was bad enough. I just can't imagine what African-Americans who grew up and lived in those communities felt like. Both scary and scarring, I imagine.
Yes, many drills in Derry also at that time. Many innocent civilians in Great fear of " The troops ". Such similarities in a War that's happening at the moment. Peace and kindness to you.
10:43 "Nothing in life is truly free." -- Perhaps, but in Canada we pay on average half the amount per capita that Americans do for health care, and no one can be denied coverage. American health insurance companies drain money from the system without contributing anything of value.
I personally feel America sues people so much is because they’re all about money rather than caring about each other. One reason other countries think the US is quite culty is because of them pledging to the flag. I think most women think like that. Men just don’t realise what it’s like.
I took my daughter to the ER in San Francisco 10 years ago. We were there about 3 hours and she got two C/T scans and then we were sent homw. Price: $10,000. But the ambulance was free - a gift to tourists from SFFD.
6:35 Hi from Denmark. I think most people here like their work, also the working hours are not too bad so you have time to do leisure activities and sports. I play volleyball or coach a team almost every day. If I'm home from work sick, I don't feel like I can do that, so that sucks. Of course, you can go get some food in the supermarket, but besides that, I would stay home. Also, I feel like I make a difference for the kids I work with every day, and that makes me happy. Staying home all day watching TV is nice if you are actually sick, but if not it's really kind of boring and you feel like you miss out on life. Also, if people feel pressured to go to work sick, they will most likely pass whatever they got on to someone else, resulting in far more sick people. If people stay home, fewer people will get sick. From my experience, people are more likely to go to work when they should have stayed home, than stay home when they should have been working. That's what mainly pisses off the colleagues. Of course, there are some really few people who everyone knows probably call in sick to get a day off, but that's an extremely small minority.
obviously, if you are young and out partying hard every weekend and then call in sick every Monday, your boss would probably call you in to for a talk to find out whats going on and how they can help you get the sick days under control.
Europe is more segurity what US ,sorry I don´t talk well English .The segurity in Spain is very match important , I'm from Barcelona , (Catalonia, Spain) .
The need to personally sue someone else when things go wrong arises partly from there not being a public system to cover costs. For example, is there compulsory third-party insurance associated with licensing a car in the US? 9that is you are insured against having to cover the costs of anyone or anything else you might incidentally damage).
Yes, they do have pledges of allegiance in schools in some countries... But those countries ain't democracies. Just America baby, just America. Having watched this vid, and listened to your responses, I am sure I'm not the only one out here wondering... why do you just accept it? Why do you accept these things as normal, when they clearly aren't? You guys fought a war over taxes... isn't your health worth fighting for? Aren't your children's lives worth getting organised for? You had a baby in your arms at the start of the vid... soon he will be starting school; surely somewhere in your mind you must be scared for when that day comes? And yet, so often in these vids we hear 'It's just the way it is.' No... it isn't 'just the way it is' it's 'JUST THE WAY WE ACCEPT'.
I actually grew up in Singapore and there is a national pledge for students to say there every school day as well. However, if you are NOT Singaporean, you're not required to do it. The pledge also doesn't pledge allegiance to Singapore, but towards building a democratic society. I thankfully didn't need to say it (though hearing it nearly every morning for years has ingrained it into me). I think it's longer than the Pledge of Allegiance though! It goes "We, the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language, or religion, to build a democratic society based on justice and equality, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity, and progress for our nation." Ironically, the USA officially considers Singapore a "benevolent dictatorship". I know through other discussions with friends (keeping in mind that this info is nearly a decade old) that South Korea, Algeria, Japan, The Philippines, India, Nigeria, and Indonesia have (or had) national pledges recited in schools by students. I don't know which of these countries still do it though. Heck, I don't even know if Singapore still does it (but I'm 90% sure they do).
You mentioned that England subsidised Scotland in so far as the health service is concerned. This is decidedly not true. England is the only constituent part of the U.K. that charges for medication. Coincidentally it is the only country in the U.K. that the Conservative party controls the health service. This is not a coincidence! Further the basic rate of income tax is higher in Scotland than England.
Much like most countries in the world...yes the UK has a constitutional monarchy but not much different than having a federal govt and each state having different rules...but we are still the UK ❤
Two great reasons to not visit the US: 1. I don’t want to risk getting shot in a public place. 2. I don’t want to risk getting injured or sick and lose a lot of money because of that. The US is a sick country that I will ever never visit again. (Have been there 3 times and have a lot of distant cousins there. But after all that’s happened lately - never!)
Get a grip. America is a wonderful country to visit. I have been several times. Of course you need to be aware of crime only once did I feel at risk. But probably wasn’t in any danger. The uk is facing a crime wave but with good planning, you can avoid the hot spots.
@@bridiesmith5110 ”Get a grip”??? Since I have family in the US I know what’s going on there, and it’s completely bonkers. Many of them are scared of the gun nut Trump supporters in their neighbourhood. (I have followed American politics for over 8 years and it’s a clown show.) Also, please give me an argument that contradicts what I said about the cost for healthcare. In this video Ethan and Angela tell us that it costs 90.000-100.000 dollars to be airlifted after an accident. 😳 Not to mention the food in the US, which is both expensive and unhealthy, stuffed with sugar and preservatives. And the fact that there are shootings in public areas EVERY DAY, and at this point it’s not even newsworthy, unless a lot of people are killed! ”Only once did I feel at risk.” Well, that was one time too many.
@@bridiesmith5110 Also, I have spent hours watching UA-cam vids where Americans who moved away from the US talk about their reasons to move, and in many cases, never move back. Fear of gun violence, healthcare costs, work/life balance and food are among the strongest reasons.
@@LenaGus2728 yes and I too have seen videos of Americans leaving USA. I left London as it is no longer as safe as it was. Would it stop me going to visit London, no. No
@@bridiesmith5110 1. Why are you bringing up London in a discussion about America? 2. Of course you want to go back to London if that’s where you’re from. But I’m not from America, so the situation is in no way the same. 3. Like I said before I have been to America three times (visited 9 states) and wasn’t at all impressed. Since then all the Trump madness has happened and today I think that America is a complete dumpster fire that’s almost beyond salvation. 4. I definitely don’t need to ”get a grip” just because I have a an opinion that differs from yours. 😡
What really gets me that you actively have to think about a nationwide reported mass shooting. That you can't remember it off the top of your head. A question for you: what's worse: that there are so many shootings , or that the general public has become so accustomed to them that it requires actively tracking them to keep them separated in your mind? Either case, THAT definitely belongs into one of these videos.
I've enjoyed your vids from the start, first time writing. I think you two would find the vid " has the American dream moved to Canada" available on the MacLean's site very interesting it ties into many of your interests, have a great day, Brent.
The only gunshot I have heard since being in Cornwall for six years,was the bloke who came to put down a pig we had on our 6acre smallholding. Before that was many years previous in London when police shot a dangerous dog that was biting everyone. It’s just not a thing here. But straighteners (bare knuckle tear ups) are still quite common. The cowards who use knives now in our major cities are losers who will end up dead themselves or rotting in a prison cell.
It is weird to me that you are scared to walk alone in a parking lot at midnight. Personally where I live(Spain), if you don't go to any sketchy places usually at midnight there are still lots of people out and it is relatively safe to be out alone as a woman. I am used to walk back home alone much later than that and most of the time I'm only scared if I see suspicious people.
German here, we had a kind of pledge of allegiance about 60 years ago. Didn t work out very well.
I shudder when Americans complain about "mainstream media" .. including comments on the situation in Israel. I prefer to think of it as spotty education or blissful ignorance.
but you learned, greetings from Poland
@@danmayberry1185Those are only the Trumpanzee muppets..
Wasn't that more than 80 years ago?
@@danmayberry1185What are they saying about Israel on mainstream media?
we KNOW it's not free ( im from Denmark) BUT when the term " Free " is used it means we don't need to pull the wallet out at the doctors.... let me mention it again for ANY american, who think we'r stupid....it's FREE because we don't need to pay when visiting a Doctor...
I saw a good comparison explanation in another video. It was about a European tourist in Pennsylvania and how a tour guide was explaining that in the Amish communities if someone gets sick, the community would pool their money together and pay for a doctor’s visit.
So apparently everyone was all like, “that’s so sweet and wholesome”. The European commented, “so it’s basically free healthcare? Everyone pitches in some money in case of emergencies.”
The reactions then become less wholesome and the Americans being like, “wait. no that’s bad. That’s communism.”
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@@pfffetc6149 I saw that one in one of these compilations. Crazy how they already changed their mind when he mentioned Europe....
I also like to remind them they pay taxes themselves in USA they just pay for healthcare on top of that.
Why do you automatically assume Americans think you're stupid? lol very defensive posture. This is coming from a 4th generation Danish-American immigrant, btw.
We used to have a country here in Europe where they had to a daily pledge of allegiance in class rooms. They stopped doing it in 1945 after the guy who they had to pledge their allegiance to blew his brains out in bunker.
And although I wasn't alive then, I feel sorry for this, not in the sense of guilt but as a reminder to prevent a repeat at all cost.
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And after that half of Europe doing it until the 90's! Basically dictatorship behavior and they dare call it the land of the free!! They might be brave but they are not free!
I think every tax payer in the UK will agree that we’re happy to pay for the NHS for everyone. No matter who receives it it’s a human right and a human obligation. No one should have to worry about the cost of accessing healthcare.
I bet there're a few conservatives who aren't happy. Even some MPs, who probably lie about supporting it because the voters wouldn't like it. I wonder what Suella thinks.
@@paulqueripel3493 In doesn't matter what Suella thinks. She's finally fired.
Non Uk citizens have to pay to use the NHS. I'm a uk citizen and i've had to pay to use the NHS, then i take that invoice to my local NHS and they paid me back.
Same in Australia :)
@@paulqueripel3493 Very few. Even people who pay for private healthcare insurance don't usually mind paying for the NHS. Even the richest of us gets sick and it might be you in the car crash needing t he free air ambulance and the free emergency surgery.
Regarding the first aid thing, here in Poland it's a criminal offense NOT to help someone who needs help, and it can land you in prison for up to 3 years. Calling the ambulance counts as aid too, so you don't need to do more if you're unable.
In Australia you’d get into trouble for not calling an ambulance. Not providing First Aid is only punishable if you have a duty of care though. I can’t imagine a person not providing assistance though. I do level 3 first aid training every 3 years and while outside of my employment I don’t have to do First Aid (unless I declare myself), I have on multiple occasions including full CPR on a heart attack victim. We do have the ‘Good Samaritan Act’ which prohibits legal action against a person providing First Aid in good faith
@@TabeaSerenety Yes and it is a law that you can't sue someone if you do first aid
@@jessam4875same as UK the only thing Good Samaritain Act I'm not sure if covers FirstAiders if you read the Act it mentions Doctors and health care providers, extending that if you are a bystander not in the capacity of your job as a doctor ect, you require consent to treatment from a conscious victim. As a FirstAider at my workplace it is common practice to ask this permission in any circumstances provided the person is able to answer and is of the mental capacity to do so, of course if someone has a serious head wound but still has consciousness then you can administrator Aid and argue they was not of mental capacity of that time due to the serious nature of the injury to the head... you get my point 😂👍 also not allowed to administer medication
You asked about the pledge of allegiance. As a european 🇪🇺🇸🇪 when I hear about it my "nazi warnig allarm" starts blaring with all the warnings I can think of. Like it sounds so dystopian and authoritarian to me.
I think the big thing is what the principles are behind what is meant to be pledged to. It is Americans making a pledge to the founding principles of the nation, not the government, or a party. It's a pledge toward staunch individualism and those rights fundamental to a free individual, that being said, that part seem to be lost in translation even to many Americans.
It's a false positive for the "Nazi alarm" but an understandable one for those who do not understand it.
@@flyingmonkeydeathsquadronc968Ironic that everyone 'en masse' is making a pledge to individualism.
@@garethgriffiths1674 Yeah the other irony is most people don't know what it means including the teachers.
@@flyingmonkeydeathsquadronc968 Pledging to something they don't understand sounds like coercion.
@@garethgriffiths1674 True but that's not a reflection on the pledge itself but rather the teachers who typically can be quite coercive as a standard.
pledge allegiance is something they do in North Korea and in Germany between 1940 and 1945. I don't think there is any other country where hey do something like that.
China and Russia do stuff like this.
I was taking part in a trail running race, I tripped on an old granite tramway sleeper and my jaw connected with the next one. An ambulance managed to get close with first aid but they called the Air Ambulance that took me to hospital. Surgery the next day with another day in recovery. The total cost was outrageously expensive when my brother had to pay £7 just to park the car when he picked me up! Thank goodness for the NHS.
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Brazil is the same.
The pledge of allegiance thing is pretty much just an American thing. Honestly, it's super creepy and even kind of scary in it's cultish, nationalist nature.
I went to high school in the US as an exchange student and I was forced to say the pledge in home room, I was told to stand up, put my hand over my heart and say that darn pledge, it was written on paper and I had to memorize it.
I felt so uncomfortable in the beginning but then it just became automatic.
It's very cultish.
Reminds me of North Korea. It’s very weird behaviour.
As I understand it, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of Americans that really take this pledge thing seriously, though…
@@cantabilewomanYep it’s deeply strange to watch,and the flag veneration thing is even weirder to be honest.
as a german i agree (learned a lot about our past). behavior of this kind didn't lead to anything good for germans back then. in the USA it's the same kind of propaganda, just more subtle and presented more over the decades instead of a few years.
I am 64 years old and live in a semi rural in the UK. Apart from a pellet airgun, I have never heard gun fire.
I live in a village in Kent. We hear more gunfire from hunting than fireworks.
There are also opportunities in Europe to actively hear "gunshots", for example: a) flood warning shots; b) salutes;c) near shooting clubs; d) hunting parties; e) military exercises; etc.
And yes, it really depends on the area.
In my town in northern Germany you hear shots (hunters) more often than in the small town 1 km away and in the next big city you regularly hear warning shots during the storm surge season. **Don't park your car near the harbor then ;)
I lived on the edge of a village in Lincolnshire. You would sometimes hear the farmers shooting shotguns but mostly they were automated bird scarers.
@@grahamsmith9541Well firework generally only happen in one short period a year,and any gun you do hear would be shotguns..and you don’t even hear them that much.
@@markhepworth You Obviously don't live near me.
I love the slight embarrassment at the word "fuckery"😂😂❤
America IS weird - you can flush and bridle at a naughty word yet think nothing of a gun going off. ...
😂 Just so everyone knows, this is about the difference between america and other western nations.
Cause I don't want someone from india, latin america, middle east, africa to pump their chest in the comments.
Those places don't even offer basic modern human rights.
@@fyfyi6053Typical US ignorance!
@@fyfyi6053 You should educate yourself mate. Maybe, just maybe some of that bigotry comes off.
@@fyfyi6053 Meanwhile American's paying for healthcare, which is a basic human right, and is free in many other countries (as it should be).
About university in Ireland: I'm German and went to Ireland as an exchange student in undergrad. I had American roommates who were there on exchange too, and one evening we started talking about Irish tuition and they were so impressed by how cheap it is, and that they considered their exchange fees to be really cheap too, and then tjey asked me how much I'm paying to be there. I was there on an Erasmus scholarship, which means I did not pay a cent in tuition and received 800€ per month as support, and my roommates were fairly shocked to hear that
One of the coolest EU programs.
No, not everybody checks out just to have a day off. Here (The Netherlands) yes, if you are sick you take the day off, but if you are sick for longer as a day getting a doctor involved is almost required. And yes, they can and if they feel you abuse the system, certainly will check if you actually are sick. There is no problem to take a sick day, if you are sick, but if you are not well..... there are consequences. (no unlimited freedom to do what you want, simply because you want it.)
No other country does a pledge. One youtuber, a US expat in the UK, don't ask me which one, said and I agree that only one country before did that and that was in the period 1938 - 1940. (Imho the exact ideology applies here.)
You want pointers ?? Think about the stereotype thing. Everyone hates Americans !!! Well let me tell you, it is more complex it is mostly untrue as it is mainly US systems that people hate. Getting in debt over education and healthcare, is a system. No decent form of transport other than using a car, is a system. Bad food (not just much fastfood and large portions, but also approved ingredients), is a system. Politics, no matter what view you have, at the national level, there are like only 2 parties that matter as others never get into the play. So it is a 2 party system, not sure how one could call that a democratic system. Look abroad how many parties form a government. Again, this is a system. Ofcourse one could go on and on and on, but see the thing is, that most of what non-Amricans hate about the US, is not so much the people, as the systems that regulate the country.
That sounds like an International Karl post.
I would also say some of the Arrogance of some americans, i used to like in texas so. the education is abysmall
@@pebblesonthebeach3258 Yeah, didn´t agree with her estimate that a lot of us would use a sick day while healthy. Questioning our work ethics and moral. Not on my watch lol smh
I'm Scottish, I need to take 13 different pills a day since my brain injury. I dread to think how much that would cost me! I've also just finished a BA degree, which was government funded. (And yes, I'm kind of a big deal, doing a degree with brain damage 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣)
Congratulations its big deal coming from a person with same condition.
There was such an oath in Germany from 1933-45 and later in the GDR!🤔
North Korea today too.
Apparently communist China did it for a while and in theory still do, but most places don't enforce it any more. The US and the Nazi's, basically.
This....
Yes, you had and screwed up part of the world. The difference between Germany and the USA or North Korea is that you have drawn conclusions from history. Greetings from Poland
@wiolettajankowska1183 yes we have, and every country should! US learned and teaches so little, it's sad. The last election in Poland gave me hope. greetings from Germany
@@arnodobler1096 I am also happy with the results of the last elections. However, Poland will always be Poland and history has also taught us many things. If we don't fight and take care of ourselves, no one else will and no one will care whether we exist or not.
There is something wrong with society if you're shopping for supplies for your child's new school year and on your list is a Kevlar vest
In Poland we don't have any pledge of allegiance... I think this is actually creepy to pleage loyalty to the flag...
I've worked with Americans for most of my working life and I've found them to be kind, generous and hard working (with the odd exception). I have family and friends in the USA but I would never, ever, consider living there. The guns, crime, medical "system" (or lack of) and working conditions are horrendous. But the people are OK..... they deserve something better TBH....
They deserve better politicians.
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We all deserve better politicians !! (We just never - hardly ever - get them !)
I hope the youth of America will be able to turn their country around - sooner rather than later. Our government is rubbish but at least - though seldom implemented - we have a choice of political parties to choose from, America apparently does too but only the two major parties continuously spar with each other in order to be too dog. 😢 Whatever happened to "for the people, by the people" ? (or however the phrase goes...!!)
I’ve been saying this literally what you just said for ages they better & it’s kinda sad tbh I get my prescriptions free as I stay in Scotland I don’t need to pay i penny for all medicines, but England & that think it’s like £8 this just uk
Well said🇬🇧😁👍
You had the exact opposite experience from me. I have found them arrogant know-it-alls that WILL NOT admit they are wrong even if you show them that they are quite literally WRONG.
Almost exactly the same as Russians. Thinking that they are the greatest and the best at everything and trying to teach them something... Good luck.
Their society is a perfect reflection of the people as far as I'm concerned and I do get that there are good Americans as well but I have a choice and my choice is no Americans and no Russians. I don't want to interact with either in any way at all.
A healthcare tip to Americans: If you need prescription drugs from a pharmacy, do not disclose that you have insurance, just buy it "out of pocket". As when you say you have insurance, the pharmacists is legally obligated to mark up the price considerably. So something that would have cost you 2$ out of pocket, will cost you closer to 7-8$ if you say you have insurance.
Unfortunatly another proof that the US is not a country built for its citizens, but for its corporations....
😂 Just so everyone knows, this is about the difference between america and other western nations.
Cause I don't want someone from india, latin america, middle east, africa to pump their chest in the comments.
Those places don't even offer basic modern human rights.
@@fyfyi6053are you just pasting the same two comments out of desperation?
@@fyfyi6053 And we got a moron on our hands.... smfh
@@danman1784 Desperation over "what"
I'm eastern european, not american.
Just a small correction to the guy who thought he got his prescription in Scotland free because it was "necessary". All prescriptions in Scotland are free, to everyone, and the concept of a prescription that isn't necessary makes no sense anyway.
And it's not subsidised by England
@@roguerebel6297 actually it is.
@@roguerebel6297 Wrong. Scotland is part of the U.K. and all member Countries pay taxes that go towards the NHS inc PRESCRITIONS. Scotland gets free prescriptions paid for by U.K. tax payers inc Scotland.
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I am from germany, we had something like the pledge of allegiance too, 80 years ago... So I am highly disturbed by the fact of pleading to ones country every morning.
6:40 Yeah sure. In Germany we call that "Krankfeiern". But I want to add my 2 cents to that.
First: I think it is better when people who just want(or need) a day off actually can because of unlimited sickdays then that people that actually need time to cure their health issue, have to fear to run out of sickdays and lose their job or their income for the time.
Second: There are some checks and balances against people regulary taking uneeded sickdays in Europe. For example that after three days of sickness you need a doctors note (which then is actually free of charge at point of service). Or if your employer notices that you are taking sickdays "too often" he can demand that you have go to a assigned and trusted company doctor to get your sicknotes for a specific time being.
Or also basicly: It might be easier to get a day of in Europe, but we get still work done.
I wish America would at least provide free medical treatment to their children!!
Children are not considered old enough to work.
If you can’t work and earn a regular income.
Then they should not be forced to have insurance! 😊
Nobody should be forced to get insurance.
Insurance is in itself a Scam it always was.
The people in possitions to change that kinda only care about unborn children right now
Then you'd get those with no kids moaning that their taxes were paying for kids when they didn't have any - even though they're paying for kids schooling when they don't have kids - fire service when they might never need it - police service when they might never need it - it's mind boggling how they can't see it🇬🇧
You’re forgetting that systems in the US are designed to keep poor people poor. Large percentages of the poorer people are immigrants and non-white communities (again, by design) and the US is designed to keep them poor by stopping them gaining money. Remove abortion so that families have too many mouths to feed, have expensive medical care so that the sick can never afford to fully heal and get back to work and nonexistent workers rights to enable people to be fired easily and stop them earning
The American government is very pro-life until that kid is born, at which point they stop giving a crap if you live or die.
Funny enough in France you can be sue if someone is in immediate danger near you and you do nothing.
It's called " Non assistance a personne en danger" it translate as " Not assisting a person in danger"
Technicaly that mean for exemple if you see an accident and stay on the side video taping with your phone, technicaly you break the law by not trying to help.
Is it 100% enforced? no, but you can get in trouble very fast.
Even Better a new law got passed recently that protect someone trying to save a life even if that persone is not trained to.
I guess the question is - what do you actually get for the taxes you pay???
They get a very large military - much larger than anywhere else in the world - and police armed with tanks. I'm not sure what else their tax money goes towards.
And what are the politicians who are supposed to be REPRESENTING them doing to earn their wages 🤷
The biggest and most sophisticated military in the world by a factor 5+ and more police kitted out military kit then any country in world could possibly need.
The honest answer is that US federal taxes mainly go to Medicare (healthcare for older people), Social Security (pensions), the military, VA (healthcare for former military) and federal staff pensions, in that order. That's about 70% of the budget - and another 10% goes to interest on the debt. Everything else adds up to the small fraction that is left - things like food stamps, Section 8 (housing vouchers), federal courts and law enforcement, spy agencies, science and NASA, international aid, farm subsidies, building and maintaining the Interstates and Amtrak, National Parks, and many other things that I can't remember.
@@markhepworth The US's police are weird: there are far fewer of them than most other rich countries, but they are paid much more and they have far more militarised equipment. They are also very poorly trained and qualified compared to most European or East Asian police. So they are paying as much or more than European countries but getting far less actual policing.
Poland here. Public schools (best) are free, but there is a limit of students, so only the best can get in. Others can still study public, but need to pay. Still, very affordable. About the healthcare - public is free and for everyone. Even unemployed have the access + most of the jobs (not only corporate) in mid to big companies offer you private healthcare plans free of charge as a perk or like 25 usd a month)
With unlimited sick leave in countries like the Netherlands, ongoing, regular illness of an employee requires a visit from the company doctor. Or authorisation to speak to your specialist. My husband is from the Netherlands and I too, though employees would mis-use unlimited sick leave. But it rarely happens.
Also, if you've got a reasonable amount of PTO - Even the 28 days you get in the UK - you're a lot less likely to need to pretend to be sick in order to attend a wedding. Or just... Avoid having a mental breakdown by taking a day off.
A lot more young americans are travelling, whereas their parents may not have and certainly their grandparents probably didn't do much at all, travel wise (to other countries I mean).
Young americans travel far and wide and get to experience other countries and how they do things, this really has opened up the eyes of those people.
America is quite far behind when it comes to looking after their citizens, most western countries are well ahead when it comes to health care, travel (ie buses, trains etc), town planning, personal safety, child care.. etc, the list goes on.
America is not a bad place by any means, a beautiful country with nice people like yourselves, just needs to catch up with other countries.. Europe, especially.
A pledge of allegiance or thing that compares is not a thing in most countries. It's the type of thing I would imagine would happen in a dictatorship not a democratic society. From what I can tell your pledge is to the flag, Or in other words the government and not to the country.
They sing the national anthem at school assemblies here in New Zealand. In relatively young countries built on immigration, symbols of collective identity are quite important. The US just seems to have a particularly large number of these - pledge, flags, anthem, etc.
What about suing tyre companies after blowouts
In England we have a thing called a MOT test to make sure your Car is road worthy to try and prevent accidents like this , and to make sure the car owner is responsible for their safety
I’ve a feeling that if you did the same exercise in 20 or 30 years, the issues raised would still be the same because the USA doesn’t seem to want to change any of this.
The thing with many other countries and their health care, is that yes it is paid by taxation, (which you hardly notice going out of your salary), but it is free at the point of use. So you don’t pay for ambulances, helicopters, emergency care, cancer treatment, surgery, physio and lots of other things. It makes getting sick or having an accident much less traumatic.
@@EaterOfBaconSandwiches Here in Ireland there is private healthcare and a public system. I have basic private healthcare which costs around €45 a month and is mainly useful for getting to see a consultant quickly, but the public health system is very good and I used it for myself and my kids for many years before I got insurance. Most things are free but you may have to go on waiting lists for some treatments or procedures. I recently had cancer treatment including surgery and chemo (all good thank heavens), and I didn’t need to use my insurance as all cancer care is free. The public system is open to all, whether they are earning or not. The one expensive thing is GP visits. They are around €60 per visit unless you qualify for a medical card which is given to the elderly, kids under 8 (I believe) and low earners. Prescription charges are capped, at €80 per month. It is great not to have to worry about getting sick.
@@EaterOfBaconSandwichesI believe Germany also have co payments?
In Canada there's a nominal fee for taking an ambulance simply to prevent people abusing the privilege.
it's never as costly anyways. the biggest problem of the US system is the profit both the pharma and insurance industries chase. not to mention having a million different insurances drives up the cost by default as they all have overlapping expenses. another big problem with US potentially going to single payer is that millions of insurance workers would lose their jobs as they just wouldnt be needed.
@@iriscollins7583No, we don't unless you consider 10 Euro max for each med a co-pay. I pay however usually 5 Euro for meds on average.
About Healthcare: The expression is Free At The Point Of Use. Yes in the UK Healthcare is paid for from general taxation and NOT as some think from National Insurance. The latter pays for your State Pension and Unemployment Benefit.
Being a european and have grown up in a country that has universal healthcare, means that european has NEVER been worried about recieving healthcare. Your son looks really cute! 🙂
Also a European, Icelander to be exact. 😁
It's a good feeling isn't it?
I'm chronically ill and have been since I fought cancer as a child which means I count on the health care system a lot.
A new system was put in place around 2015 I think that greatly benefits a person like me (I'm on disability) to become a part of that system I had to pay €120 in services used in one month and after that I pay €15 a month for everything I may need the next month and beyond, but if I don't need any services for a month or leave the country for a couple of months I have to start over.
I also find it interesting that if you go to the ER and you leave the same day you have to pay something like €50 but if you spend the night or are admitted you don't pay out of pocket they just wave goodbye.
I'm American, I spent a few years in the Middle East as a child (late 2000's) and have visited a few more times since then, and I have to say that women rights may be a political and cultural issue in the M-E (more so for Westerners than locals tbh), but women's safety is not. The laws are so harsh that the crime rate in general is very very low compared to America. Hollywood is a criminal source of disinformation and cultural conflicts for Americans. 😕 Arab hospitality is at another level!👍
thank god someone with a brain , i'm not from the middle east but i'm an arab girl from tunisia and stuned of westerners taking a big stand on our matters( for exemple : how we dress) and putting their own agenda, and i always wanted to say : take care of your problems first and . thank you for stating the facts
I’m from the UK and Ive often felt slightly nervous or unsafe when in the US. Ps I’ve never felt unsafe in Europe, ever and that includes nearly all major European countries or cities.
I haven't seen you guys for ages. Lovely to see you again.
I have been to quite a few countries in Asia/ Middle East/Europe and America,
America is on a whole new level of scary. No other place compared to it. I was in Georgia and Los Angeles. Saw some really crazy things!
I'm English and I became ill and was on the sick for ten weeks. I received full pay pay for 6 weeks. Then half pay for 4 weeks. The State made up my wagers to cover the short cummings because of my half pay. When i went back to work it was noted I had 1 sick time on my record.
Compared to UK emergency rooms I've heard US emergency rooms look like a war zone. People wait until they're literally dying and have no choice before going where in the UK we have to tell people not to go unless it's a genuine emergency. The US prefers having massive armed forces to health care I guess.
Yeah, cos people go to the ER rather than to a local doctor - we would go to the GP in UK and not to a hospital unless it really is an emergency.
Or dial 911, if definitely more. serious 999 for an Ambulance, which I'm sure you know is Free.If you are a foreigner you will probably be charged through your Insurance.
Sadly the main reason the U. S. doesn't have universal health care is that too many Americans don't want their tax money to help other people, even if it would mean they themselves pay less for health care.
We had something similar to the pledge of allegiance here in Austria, that was at the time just before WWII.....
As an American I would consider a clearly visible tattoo, PLEASE SAVE MY LIFE - I WON'T SUE U!
My understanding with the Americans suing people for saving their life is that they are forced to by insurance companies.
Like say you have your ribs broken during cpr or what ever, the insurance company won’t just cover that, they will try to shift as much blame onto others.
So do you to have your medical costs covered you have to sue to person who saved your life.
Similar if you slip and fall at your parents house, if they have insurance, to get a payout you need to sue your parents for damages.
Am I wrong?
We enjoyed our two working sojourns in the US - six yrs with my family just outside DC, and four years alone commuting between CA and BC. After the first six yrs, with now having four younger sons, I was afraid for their safety and didn't take them to CA. None of the schools either my kids, or my grandsons have attended in 🇰🇪🇬🇧🇦🇺🇨🇦 ever had a single shooter drill, and none have locked doors or security checks at entry for staff or pupils. The situation has gotten steadily worse in the US.
The pledge of allegiance is weird to us because it does remind us of a particular time with an Austrian painter.
In Croatia we do play our anthem on certain occasions but those are mostly connected to some official stuff.
My mom is a nurse here in Poland and she always telling me: good CPR = broken ribs! You have to push chest so hard to break person ribs in order to save that persons life. She did it multiple times and saved people always were gratefull for it!
one thing to keep in mind with regards to the habit of suing ppl (the story about the lifeguard) is that alot of insurance require someone to be at fault to cover medical expenses in cases like that, so say for example they preform cpr but break ribs then for the medical costs to be covered the patient might have to sue.
Thing is, we all know that as a woman you have a right to go where you damn well please, and when you choose. I hate hearing that I need to avoid certain areas at certain times because I'm a woman. I suppose that anyone is a target if they're wandering in a remote area, but as a society we should be really doing something about this, and actively promoting anyone's right to roam safely. I can still hear people chanting though "well, what in Earth was she doing out there on her own, she asked for that". 🥵
My parents had a kind of pledge of allegiance in their school years. The country was under a dictatorship at the time.
But we have been a democracy for some time now (since a bit before I was born, thankfully), and all that crap is long gone.
Social health care is paid for by taxation, but if you take away how much you are paying in insurance and add the extra tax it will be far less for a better service.
I watched a video by International Karl, hes American living in the UK. He talked of his kids pledging allegiance and says now hes experienced living away from the USA, it feels like indoctrination in many ways.
Yea we said it when I was in Boy Scouts every meeting, didn't think much of it.
5:31 - There are a couple of cases of families suing each other - particularly the 'grandmother sues child for hugging her' style stuff - in the US which were done as a requirement to get their medical insurance to payout, sadly.
I live in Scotland. There's a military training camp near where I live. I honestly can't think of a time where I had ever heard of a gun being shot in real life before I moved here. On days that there are firing exercises taking place, I can clearly hear gun fire if I step outside. It's so alien to me and although I have become accustomed to hearing it, it makes me uncomfortable every time.
As to the women's safety thing, that's not something I think of as being particularly United Statesian. Women are attacked everywhere, including here. Obviously there are decent guys and sketchy guys everywhere but denying that is a little bit foolish, I think. I personally abhor violence against women as much as I do men who just don't get it and bash out the 'not all men' mantra!
The Americans I've known. I've always been very towards me. What you say there is good and bad everywhere but I've never met a bad American XX I've met Americans in the UK where I live. And I am always very happy to speak to them.🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
If you swapped to social healthcare after your government finally deciding to do the right thing and regulate the costs properly, you might end up paying less tax for healthcare because right now you pay huge taxes for the current scam costs for the few that are covered by medicare etc
In the UK, I can honestly say that I walk at night without giving safety a single thought.
One aspect of living in a country with very restrictive gun laws is that there’s no confusion possible : if you encounter someone with a gun who is not a policeman or military in uniform (or a hunter, but that can only happen in a specific context), that’s 99.9% unmistakably a criminal.
13:02 - From Sweden, and we have no Pledge of Allegiance. Most don't even teach the national anthem (besides maybe one lesson in 2nd grade).
I'm in South Wales. In school, just before Charles' Investiture in 1969 we had to learn a song for the occasion, God Bless the Prince of Wales. I learned both the Welsh and English (also the Scots, Irish, and enough to recognise the French and later the Italian) national anthems from watching the 5 (later 6) Nations Rugby.
We sing of the love of our country, not pledge ourselves
13:00 Yes, this happens in other countries as well. Here in Germany we had something similar. Now guess in which 12 years of German that happened. As far as I know North Korea also has something similar.
About 1 year ago I had these two weird skin obtrusions, one on my shoulder, one on my back. Of course, with my luck, they became inflamed. Laying on them at night became so painful I stayed awake the whole night because it was so bad.
I had a appointment made with a skin clinic, but the clinic was so outbooked I could only get a appointment in mid December, I made it in September.
That morning at around 7 am I phoned the hospital, asking them if I could come in and have it removed. They told me my Hausarzt (general doctor) could take care of it.
I immediately got an appointment, and 1 hour later both obtrusions were gone. The cost: 0 €.
The last time we had to "pledge allegiance" in Germany was around 1939 to 1945.
Is the word Nazism not allowed anymore? just wondering.
Not trying it out, the UA-cam filtering system can be quite brutal. I don't want my account suspended.
But the term still exists, even on public radio. Recently, it was 100 years of the Putsch at the Hofbräukeller in Munich, where they stormed in and declared the regency as "removed". Chaos and violence followed, and first antisemetic actions were made. The radio even called them the Regime like they are called in Wolfenstein.@@rubberyowen1469
If you listen to the people,nobody was a Nazi what was Nuremberg all about? Indoctrination.
The other point about universal Healthcare that's not usually mentioned is that because one organization does like 90% of all medicine provision, and their focus isn't profit, they have enormous buying leverage over the producers. Hence the price paid in uk for a particular drug is vastly less than that in Canada at least. Which leads to the crazy situation where Medicare in US costs more per capita than the NHS, yet only covers a fraction of the population
So many gun related incidents in America it is all too easy to forget an incident, it's just on to the next and then the next and on and on it goes
In Spain we has a kind of pledge of allegiance... I didn't live it but my parents did... when we had a dictatorship! Democracy came in, pledge to "el movimiento nacional" went out the window... curious that, huh?
Good video. Just one thing - 'free' prescriptions in Scotland are not subsidised by England. We pay for them through our own taxes here in Scotland. The reason our prescriptions are free is that it would actually cost more to administer a system where prescription medications are paid for, than it was to have a system where those same prescriptions were free, which is crazy but true!
It's paid through the Barnet formula
Scotland does not raise enough in taxes to pay all you hand out
Free prescription
Free university
Are you thick
When I was a boy scout I learned the anthem, but it was the anthem of my province (Limburg) and not of my country (Netherlands). Later on when I went to watch a local (Belgium, but same named province) volleyball team play international matches that same provincial anthem would be sung before the match.
I'm really pleased to learn about that as a Belgian. I just googled it, and I expected that it might be a song from before Limburg split into the Dutch and Belgian part. But it's much more recent than that. It's just a song written by a Dutchman that became popular in both Limburgs.
I also read that the Belgians don't sing the refrain that's about the Dutch Royal House and the Netherlands. Makes sense.
Angela's experience in the parking garage late at night is pretty much universal for women everywhere. That's exactly how we all behave if we are alone at night. Of course most of the time everything will be fine- but we can't assume that it will be.
As a french student, since i as in school we have fire drill 3-4 time a year, and in certain areas tempest drill/ explosion-of-the-usine-next-to-the-city-who-release-lot-of-chemicals drill, depending where you live, but since the terrorist attack on Bataclan, and Charlie Hebdo ; they have add terrorist/gun armed attackers drills too. I was already in college when it happened, so I don't know how much smaller student have those kind of drill.
Prague, Czech republic here. Safety issues never crossed my mind - shootings none, can go anywhere 3AM alone and drunk... Sick days - are meant for hangovers 🤣 How do you live without them? 😂🎉
Just after the second world war, early 1950s, I just recall at primary school having a weekly outdoor assembly of the whole school, one part of which was saluting the flag. It didn't last long before it was dropped and I suspect that it was a bit of patriotic hang over from the war years.
As for the American attitude to their flag I remember once, while on attachment to the US army for a combined exercise that several of my fellow Kiwi officers were verbally assaulted ( by civilians) for not saluting the US flag at sundown lowering of the flag, despite our standings to attention respectfully facing the camp flag mast.
We were in NZ uniforms, clearly not US personnel but even when this was explained it made no difference, we should salute anyway. A question from one of us as to whether or not they would salute our flag if in our country was totally rejected, they only salute the stars and stripes.
For the rest of our time on that base we just avoided being out and about at that time if we could possibly avoid it.
Welcome back! But take it easy guys with your new life🙂
So, for example, in Poland (we are an EU member), education is free at all stages, including university. Mandatory fees apply only to nurseries and kindergartens, but they include meals, drinks and various supplies needed for learning. Public universities do not charge fees for the tuition itself, of course the student must support himself and if he is from outside the city where his university is located, these costs can be excruciating. We also have private paid education in Poland at all levels. And while many private kindergartens and primary schools enjoy a very good reputation and are often better than public ones, high schools and universities are not. In any case, if you are a Polish citizen or - as a foreigner - you have obtained a Polish scholarship - you can study for free: at the bachelor's and master's level.
USA is the only rich country where Health is not a Right! In a lot of less rich ones, Universal Healthcare exists too...
Here in the uk, the most you will pay for medice is on a standard prescription and that's only about $18-20. You could go to the E.R spend the night there, have a bunch of xrays and MRI scans, get a bunch of funky drugs stay another night, then leave the next day and it would cost you.... Nothing! If you need any more modicine after that, they might give it to you as you leave (in which case it was free too) or if you need to get it from a pharmacy then you will get it at standard prescription price
A friend was touring with his friends on motorbikes, one of them crashed just outside a hotel and was bleeding very bad, (skinned one side of his leg) some hotel staff rushed out and wrapped his leg in towels to help stop the bleeding, he later got ill because something from the towels caused an infection, he tried to sue the hotel, now none of his friends talk to him, the hospital said the hotel staff probably saved his life, that is one of the differences between American and many other places, some situations where suing is involved are very looked down upon or it never crosses our minds to sue in these situations, but suing is becoming bigger now to be honest
But who else would have helped him cover the costs associated with that infection/ time away from work etc? (Please don’t get me wrong, I think the constant suing is awful and destroys the fabric of society, but in the absence of other means of dealing with financial pressures, what else can people do?)
@janmeyer3129 he's English living in England, so it's free treatment, so he had no cost to be covered for treatment, and we get sick leave which easily covered his time off work
@@janmeyer3129Very defeatist attitude
In most countries you can't be held liable for taking a reasonable action to help someone in an emergency, even if your action has unintended negative consequences.
@@iriscollins7583 no feeling of defeat - just pointing out that you need to think any situation all the way through
A while back I also wondered why America still has nationalism and pledging allegiance to the flag so I googled it. An American had asked the question and the best answer came from another American who pointed out the fact that in Europe we experienced the worst possible outcome of nationalism in World War Two from the Nazis. Since then, most countries here have shied away from it. But America didn't experience the effects of it at home, so their nationalism was never directly brought into question. Not being American myself (I'm English) I don't know if that resonates, but it certainly made the most sense to me and I could see why it was voted the best answer!
Honestly this answer does not make sense. Neither Asian, South American or African countries do this either. Norway (were I live) is very much a country with great national pride, but ofc we were occupied during WW2, so we see it as a sign of strength, rather than the view shared by many countries in continental Europe.
As for why the US does this, the most charitable answer would likely be because they have always had a large influx of immigrants, and as such have created rituals and a culture centered around creating/reforcing loyalty to the US as a nation.
The less charitable answer is that the other countries that currently do this is China and North Korea. View that information how you will...
America is a nice country to visit , so much to see and do, but no chance would I live there...its like the Quora site ...you just can't argue with stupidity!!!
In Germany we also had something like the pledge of allegiance...from 1933 - 1945
Gratulations for Your son.
Recently I did a road trip from Houston to Wichita, I NEVER saw that many fences,I travel worldwide.
Even nature is private in the US, what a shame
When I was 12 (1968, about 54 years ago), my dad drove my sister and me down to Florida from Montreal (Canada) to visit relatives in Miami.
It was a great road trip, on the whole, but driving through Georgia was pretty scary for us. Not only because of the widely visible guns we saw in people's trucks and every gas station but the Klu Klux Klan billboards that lined the highways.
As Jewish people just passing through, that was bad enough. I just can't imagine what African-Americans who grew up and lived in those communities felt like.
Both scary and scarring, I imagine.
Just to remind you, the KKK is an armed working arm from te Democratic Party, which is not democratic at all
UK here. In the 70s we had nuclear bomb drills at school. We learnt how to hide under our desks. Because that would help ..
We had nuke drills in the U.S. in the 70s and 80s.
Yes, many drills in Derry also at that time. Many innocent civilians in Great fear of " The troops ". Such similarities in a War that's happening at the moment.
Peace and kindness to you.
10:43 "Nothing in life is truly free." -- Perhaps, but in Canada we pay on average half the amount per capita that Americans do for health care, and no one can be denied coverage. American health insurance companies drain money from the system without contributing anything of value.
I personally feel America sues people so much is because they’re all about money rather than caring about each other. One reason other countries think the US is quite culty is because of them pledging to the flag. I think most women think like that. Men just don’t realise what it’s like.
The pledge of allegiance is seriously creepy and kind of freak me out sometimes...
It reminds me of Germany in the 30s or North Korea today...
I took my daughter to the ER in San Francisco 10 years ago. We were there about 3 hours and she got two C/T scans and then we were sent homw. Price: $10,000. But the ambulance was free - a gift to tourists from SFFD.
It is called the American dream, because You have to sleep to dream it
6:35 Hi from Denmark.
I think most people here like their work, also the working hours are not too bad so you have time to do leisure activities and sports.
I play volleyball or coach a team almost every day. If I'm home from work sick, I don't feel like I can do that, so that sucks. Of course, you can go get some food in the supermarket, but besides that, I would stay home.
Also, I feel like I make a difference for the kids I work with every day, and that makes me happy.
Staying home all day watching TV is nice if you are actually sick, but if not it's really kind of boring and you feel like you miss out on life.
Also, if people feel pressured to go to work sick, they will most likely pass whatever they got on to someone else, resulting in far more sick people. If people stay home, fewer people will get sick. From my experience, people are more likely to go to work when they should have stayed home, than stay home when they should have been working. That's what mainly pisses off the colleagues. Of course, there are some really few people who everyone knows probably call in sick to get a day off, but that's an extremely small minority.
obviously, if you are young and out partying hard every weekend and then call in sick every Monday, your boss would probably call you in to for a talk to find out whats going on and how they can help you get the sick days under control.
Europe is more segurity what US ,sorry I don´t talk well English .The segurity in Spain is very match important , I'm from Barcelona , (Catalonia, Spain) .
The need to personally sue someone else when things go wrong arises partly from there not being a public system to cover costs. For example, is there compulsory third-party insurance associated with licensing a car in the US? 9that is you are insured against having to cover the costs of anyone or anything else you might incidentally damage).
Yes, they do have pledges of allegiance in schools in some countries... But those countries ain't democracies. Just America baby, just America. Having watched this vid, and listened to your responses, I am sure I'm not the only one out here wondering... why do you just accept it? Why do you accept these things as normal, when they clearly aren't? You guys fought a war over taxes... isn't your health worth fighting for? Aren't your children's lives worth getting organised for? You had a baby in your arms at the start of the vid... soon he will be starting school; surely somewhere in your mind you must be scared for when that day comes? And yet, so often in these vids we hear 'It's just the way it is.' No... it isn't 'just the way it is' it's 'JUST THE WAY WE ACCEPT'.
100% agree .its not normal to have gun drills in schools and should never be the norm .
I actually grew up in Singapore and there is a national pledge for students to say there every school day as well. However, if you are NOT Singaporean, you're not required to do it. The pledge also doesn't pledge allegiance to Singapore, but towards building a democratic society. I thankfully didn't need to say it (though hearing it nearly every morning for years has ingrained it into me). I think it's longer than the Pledge of Allegiance though!
It goes "We, the citizens of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language, or religion, to build a democratic society based on justice and equality, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity, and progress for our nation."
Ironically, the USA officially considers Singapore a "benevolent dictatorship".
I know through other discussions with friends (keeping in mind that this info is nearly a decade old) that South Korea, Algeria, Japan, The Philippines, India, Nigeria, and Indonesia have (or had) national pledges recited in schools by students. I don't know which of these countries still do it though. Heck, I don't even know if Singapore still does it (but I'm 90% sure they do).
Yes, there is a country where they do pledge of allegiance and it's called North Korea. In past there was another country doing this called III Reich.
You had “forgotten” the Las Vegas shooting simply because it’s so common in the U.S.A.
now.
You mentioned that England subsidised Scotland in so far as the health service is concerned. This is decidedly not true. England is the only constituent part of the U.K. that charges for medication. Coincidentally it is the only country in the U.K. that the Conservative party controls the health service. This is not a coincidence! Further the basic rate of income tax is higher in Scotland than England.
Much like most countries in the world...yes the UK has a constitutional monarchy but not much different than having a federal govt and each state having different rules...but we are still the UK ❤
The only country I know of that had something similar to the pledge of the flag was Germany many years ago. Somehow they don't do that any more.
Two great reasons to not visit the US:
1. I don’t want to risk getting shot in a public place.
2. I don’t want to risk getting injured or sick and lose a lot of money because of that.
The US is a sick country that I will ever never visit again. (Have been there 3 times and have a lot of distant cousins there. But after all that’s happened lately - never!)
Get a grip. America is a wonderful country to visit. I have been several times. Of course you need to be aware of crime only once did I feel at risk. But probably wasn’t in any danger. The uk is facing a crime wave but with good planning, you can avoid the hot spots.
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”Get a grip”??? Since I have family in the US I know what’s going on there, and it’s completely bonkers. Many of them are scared of the gun nut Trump supporters in their neighbourhood. (I have followed American politics for over 8 years and it’s a clown show.)
Also, please give me an argument that contradicts what I said about the cost for healthcare. In this video Ethan and Angela tell us that it costs 90.000-100.000 dollars to be airlifted after an accident. 😳
Not to mention the food in the US, which is both expensive and unhealthy, stuffed with sugar and preservatives. And the fact that there are shootings in public areas EVERY DAY, and at this point it’s not even newsworthy, unless a lot of people are killed!
”Only once did I feel at risk.” Well, that was one time too many.
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Also, I have spent hours watching UA-cam vids where Americans who moved away from the US talk about their reasons to move, and in many cases, never move back. Fear of gun violence, healthcare costs, work/life balance and food are among the strongest reasons.
@@LenaGus2728 yes and I too have seen videos of Americans leaving USA. I left London as it is no longer as safe as it was. Would it stop me going to visit London, no. No
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1. Why are you bringing up London in a discussion about America?
2. Of course you want to go back to London if that’s where you’re from. But I’m not from America, so the situation is in no way the same.
3. Like I said before I have been to America three times (visited 9 states) and wasn’t at all impressed. Since then all the Trump madness has happened and today I think that America is a complete dumpster fire that’s almost beyond salvation.
4. I definitely don’t need to ”get a grip” just because I have a an opinion that differs from yours. 😡
What really gets me that you actively have to think about a nationwide reported mass shooting. That you can't remember it off the top of your head. A question for you: what's worse: that there are so many shootings , or that the general public has become so accustomed to them that it requires actively tracking them to keep them separated in your mind? Either case, THAT definitely belongs into one of these videos.
I've enjoyed your vids from the start, first time writing. I think you two would find the vid " has the American dream moved to Canada" available on the MacLean's site very interesting it ties into many of your interests, have a great day, Brent.
The only gunshot I have heard since being in Cornwall for six years,was the bloke who came to put down a pig we had on our 6acre smallholding.
Before that was many years previous in London when police shot a dangerous dog that was biting everyone.
It’s just not a thing here.
But straighteners (bare knuckle tear ups) are still quite common.
The cowards who use knives now in our major cities are losers who will end up dead themselves or rotting in a prison cell.
It is weird to me that you are scared to walk alone in a parking lot at midnight. Personally where I live(Spain), if you don't go to any sketchy places usually at midnight there are still lots of people out and it is relatively safe to be out alone as a woman. I am used to walk back home alone much later than that and most of the time I'm only scared if I see suspicious people.