Not to fuel the fire, but the US could probably also benefit from a multi party system, rather than the abysmal divide between the two giants currently playing out. The winner take all approach is always going to leave a lot of people behind, and is everything but inclusive. Minority governments always have to stay focused on the ball to stay in power.
You'd think so but that feeling of inclusivity is lacking everywhere in Europe too because we too vote on a party that prioritizes their agenda, putting the other issues in a lower priority bracket. In that sense, it's relatively similar. However, there IS more choice in voting, generally speaking.
@lordwholesome1053 A minority government doesn't get to ignore everyone else, like a majority government does. That is of course just as true with any number of parties, but the more parties active and present, the bigger likelihood of a minority government. On top of that, you get multiple views on same issues, rather than just black or white.
Absolutely!! A few US states seem to have changed their voting systems to 'Ranked Choice ' or 'Approval' voting, replacing the 'First past the post ' voting, which causes this "you only have two choices" thinking 🎉🎉🎉 - Hoping that most of the states will follow 🥹
I feel the need to point out that the reason Denmark has pretty good work-life balance and rules, are due to unions. We don't have many labor laws as all that is handled by the unions and the contracts they make with the employers. This system works when the unions have a lot of members. A couple of generations ago the unions fought to gain most of the benefits we have today and they succeeded because they were big, unfortunately today a lot of Danes take it for granted and aren't a member, which again makes the unions less strong.
@@echochamber1234 Most of it is down to Unions, Minimumwage, vacations, holidays, how much you`re paid in sickleave, all is down to Union negotiations.
@@gejuje so how about countries like new zealand and canada where collective bargaining coverage is quite low, much closer to american levels than scandinavian levels. how come they managed to achieve high min wages and paid time off?
Thanks for a nice positive video. Will mention 3 additional things the US can improve: 1. Health care. 2. A political system where it is the popular vote that counts - and proportional representation for parliament etc. - so that everyone in society is heard as opposed to winner takes it all. 3. The political culture in Denmark is - in contrast to the USA - characterized by cooperation and consensus as well as faith in science about many important things such as the green transition :D
Number 6: I had an operation here in the spring, on the day of the operation I was picked up by a taxi and driven 60 km to the hospital, had the operation, got something to eat, got medicine for a few days, was taken back home, was on sick leave for two weeks with full pay. my expense for the whole thing was DKK 0.00. Universal healtcare payed by tax. USA is the only western country that doesn't have that and just look at what happens if you get a complicated open femur fracture🤯
That is so true it's scary. For a country that fancies itself the "great country in the world," it's lacking behind in many aspects. I don't say this to insult the US, there are a lot of things I like about it, and several people I admire as well, but it is a fact that the US is way behind in several areas.
@@Lupinemancer87 We all have to listen and learn from each other and that way we make progress, the worst thing we can do is say that we can't learn anything new and that we can't implement something because of the composition of the population or because of the size of the country if anyone claims it is only because of narrow-mindedness. We that lives in small countries know that
Eh you pay both in France,UK, Germany and Switzerland. The US is just taken over by corporations so all the medicine stuff is way more expensive than it should be
Europeans, in general, have a very simplistic understanding of how things work in the United States as a whole. This is probably due to intense propaganda from childhood. The government acts like a 'sugar daddy' to the kids. In the state I live in (California), we have short-term disability insurance. I pay for additional short-term disability insurance through my employer at a very low rate-about $10 per paycheck. That’s way cheaper than a 25% VAT plus 45% taxes. My out-of-pocket expenses per year are $3,000, and I have an HSA account, meaning it’s pre-tax, and I can invest that money to grow in value. Where I work, if you are salaried (I’m hourly), you can get unlimited time off. In your example, you would receive full pay. If it goes beyond two weeks, short-term disability kicks in. Again, if you make €100,000 a year in Denmark and give 60% to the government in various taxes, that’s €60,000 a year, or €1.2 million over 20 years. That’s way more expensive than in the United States. The U.S. is based on meritocracy
@@relaxdreams8391 Nobody pays 60% in tax, all in all I pay 38%, for that I get free health care, with no copay at all. Free education including university and 6 weeks of vacation payed. We get one year of parental leave per child, a pension to live on when you get old, no road tolls, maximum medical expenses of 800 USD per year regardless of what medicine you need even if it costs 100,000
@@Goldenfish-o5p I think the point of "2. Life....not money is kind." is to say life-quality has a higher value than money, becuase you don't need to chase a doctor's degree, or become a lawyer in order to make enough money to live a happy life. Most jobs in Denmark make enough money on their own to sustain a great quality of life in which you have room to save up for vacations or luxury items.
Big fan of you both doing this podcast/youtube work and incorporating other folks. Keep up the good work. Another idea for your team to expand on (down the road) is to look into Greenland and Faroe Islands. These are important parts of Denmark and would help explore/educate the larger audience. Thanks again!
Great to hear a perspective from two sides. Biking and public transportation is probably the best thing they could learn, and try to redesign cities away from the car dominated system you have now
Nice video. Ultimately I think there are things we each can learn from each other! Like the incorporation of sports and arts in education in the USA. I'm personally in a STEM field and I love how I was easily able to put a lot of focus on math and science, but I know many who would have benefited from being able to put more focus on their talents in sport and/or the arts earlier in their education.
There was research founded by the OECD in the 1960's, that maintained the same about Finland - when there was so few natural resources in Finland that were highly valued on the world market, and Finland was very burdened from five years of war (WW 2) with the attacking Sovietunion and all the bombing it lead to (compare with Ukraine) - which Finland fought to a great extent with borrowed money. The debt was paid back to every cent with interest and all. So progress was initially slow. But education for both female and male citizens of all ages really helped. In the 1970's women already had more university level degrees (masters and other 5-7 years of university-level studies) than men. It is really admirable how Denmark has managed to stay on top in agriculture, sea-transport, energy-production, architecture, medicine, design, etc, thanks to excellent quality education. It is no easy task to accomplish a masters-degree at a Danish university - but thanks to everything about Denmark being expected to be of high standard, Denmark is the next happiest country in the world, despite Danish being one of the most difficult languages in the Western world. All students learn foreign languages, too! Danes speak excellent English! How easy for Americans who already know English, and aren't required to become bi- or trilingual on a high level - the majority can go directly for the subject-matters. USA can do it - and American men could feel useful and competent, and thrive as well as the American women. Just investing in education and social development.
Denmark has all these bonuses because it is a Parliamentary system that is MORE responsive to the voters wishes and MORE responsible for its own actions (more democratic and more checks and balances). Regardless if it is a Republic or Constitutional Monarchy; Parliamentary systems are Superior to Presidential systems.
Drawbacks on both but it’s tough to change the systems that keep people in power. The government can’t be blown up by one small faction of a party in the US for example.
@@RobeTrotting for all that i politically dislike him, McCarthy getting ousted as Speaker of House of Representatives, and all the air that whole deal sucked out, would effectively be comparable
I'm from England which actually went backwards in terms of higher education access. I was at college in the 1980s when there were no tuition fees and you could get a local government grant for living expenses. Now England is the most expensive country in the world to get a degree. The rest of UK is not as bad but students still end up with some student debt.
Tusind tak. Som altid en varm og kærlig gennemgang af det danske samfund. Kunne godt tænke mig en video om det modsatte aspekt. Danmark kan lære af USA, er jeg sikker på. Har i mulighed for at komme op med 5 ting, vi kan lære af USA?
Jeg elsker USA og har været der utrolig mange gange, men jeg er desværre bange for at der ikke er ret meget Danmark kan lære af USA. Det er sikkert også derfor vores to venner her er flyttet til Danmark i stedet for at blive derovre. Netop fordi de kan lære noget af Danmark, og ikke omvendt. På mange måder er USA et uland, men det er meget hyggeligt at besøge hvis bare man tager penge nok med.
Jeg elsker USA og har været der utrolig mange gange, men jeg er desværre bange for at der ikke er ret meget Danmark kan lære af USA. Det er sikkert også derfor vores to venner her er flyttet til Danmark i stedet for at blive derovre. Netop fordi de kan lære noget af Danmark, og ikke omvendt. På mange måder er USA et uland, men det er meget hyggeligt at besøge hvis bare man tager penge nok med.
Speaking of cars and truck blocking the cycling lane, we actually do have cycling lanes that are just painted on the road for cars, but its illegal for cars to park on them
Another one is the cultural attitude towards unions. Denmark is the home of the ombudsman and things like collective bargaining are not considered the devil.
This is heavy stuff. Amazon, Musk etc. do not like trade unions, to say the least. The USA used to have them. Why on earth did you let them disappear, so to speak?
@@jandamskier6510 Murdered, and I'm not speaking metaphorically, literally murdered, but a detective agency employers hired to kill them, and guess who didn't face any consequences for their crimes.
I would hope that Denmark implemented that people could "earn" SU clip (the money you can get from government while studying) when you worked full time work and it then was possible to use more than one clip per month. So if you had taken a short education and worked full time 20 years within a field and wonna take an education, then you could go take a longer education with a larger support amount at the same time.
I dare say the US government is already spending as much per capita on health care as Denmark but it gets such poor value for money that only a minority of people can benefit.
@@Ikkeligeglad med din anden kommentar omkring din operation giver det sig selv. USA vil gå bankerot hvis rig og fattig får den samme hjælp ganske gratis. Hvem skal betale? Landet er simpelthen for stort. Dem der har penge i USA vil aldrig nogensinde finde sig i det. Ikke engang den alm amerikaner vil gå med til det. Så glem det
We actually have a rule here (not sure it's an actual rule or more of an unspoken agreement) that if you chop down a tree, you have to plant a new one (maybe two new ones) which is just a great mindset to have when it to the environment.
I think the biggest thing US could actually learn is to adopt the... Our government bodies have analysts hired whose job it is to spot future issues before they affect the country. So, e.g. coal miners in.. is it mid-western USA? So there should have been a focus as soon as those work places started disappearing to ensure those people could get other kinds of jobs. Do they need training first? Need to make them aware that it's available and all those kinds of things. Now USA has a large segment of the population that somehow feels left out and struggling because their jobs were terminated or moved overseas and I think (as a Dane XD) that the American government should have had to responsibility to ensure they had other prospects.
I think you forgot the fact that denmark has 15 or so political parties. That way one person cannot hijack the political scene, because you need to cooperate with other parties to gain the majority. Also if a very authoritarian person was the leader of a party, the other party leaders would cooperate against that person.
the bikeing here in dk, is good in the city, on the Bikelanes outside of the big citys, they never get clean'd or snow removal. i bike 16x2km everyday to go to work and home. atleast have a flat tier 2-8 times a year even with puncture free tires. During witner i have to take the bus if it snows because they dont remove the snow like 95% of the time :s if its a little snow i dont care i bike over it.
Not gonna lie... I have been following you guys since the beginning, and I have noticed something very funny...... You guys accent, is slowly turning into Denglish! 😅😅 - Sounds much less Amurican than it use to!
Where the US, in my opinion, can improve the lives of the people in the cities, is the zoning laws. Imagine you live in one of the huge suburbs there are , and you lack milk for food. You have to start the car and drive into a shopping centre. If zone legislation allowed small businesses in the suburbs, such as bakery, grocery store and so on. In Denmark, we do not allow huge factories in residential areas, but you can often see small businesses. I can already see the residents standing and talking at Jim's grocery and the children flocking to Linda's Candy store. It would give these areas much more life. What we could learn: How did you fight tobacco consumption in the United States? Think 40s, 50s and 60s. Smoking was big, smoking has suddenly reduced sharply.
On the point of public transportation and biking: living just a tiny bit out in the fields makes bus almost impossible to catch, biking might be too far to be viable or might even be dangerous as there's not always biking lanes along the landevej. And don't even start on trains... I live just 3 km outside a town and wanting to take the bus to said town would take me 1 hour. I could bike it in 15-20 minutes. I could walk it in 35. Like, why remember a bus schedule when it's so useless anyway?
Maybe this: Queuing systems work in the US. Make queuing systems simple so there's no confusion about where to stand. Clerks pull from one queue so customers are served equally fast, not who gets to a newly opened checkout first.
To have less strict laws about housing structures, in order to enable Tiny house living, as this is almost impossible to legally do in Denmark. Also, loosen the grip on car modifications.....as a handy car enthusiast, it´s really frustrating to have dreams about certain modification or projects you want to make, but are illegal, even though it doesn´t impact safety or emissions.....In US you can practically built your own car, slap some lights on it and get a license plate no problem.....that´s so far away from what´s possible in Denmark.
Jeg synes det er fuldstændig fantastisk at i nævner vores cykelkultur 🚴🏼♂️ At cykle i Danmark er en velfungerende måde at komme fra A-B Det sætter jeg pris på ikke at sq nødvendigvis ha' en fancy bil for at komme rundt. Som i har nævnt i en foregående ep. såkommer man ikke langt med at "puste sig op" p.g.a. din arb. titel.... Elsker at poppe ind og se/høre, følge med i jeres oplevelse om at være foreingers in a country which is not your native....❤
My home town has added more and more bike lanes in recent years. They are clearly marked, often narrowing thoroughfares to one lane in each direction, often sacrificing parking spaces in the process. There is only one thing missing: bicyclists. Almost never do I see bikes in the bike lanes.
If you two think back on your mindset before you moved to Denmark. if you now take these propositions, that you come out with in this video. Would you have believed if someone else told you then, either that it would be a good way for the US to take these suggestions and change the way your society is set up, or that you some day would make the suggestions your self? The common view being what it is in US, I would doubt that it would seem possible. 😆
@@DocLunarwind yeah give us a before and after video of the Robe Trotting journey to Denmark and through changing of your mindset on US vs the world. Great idea. 👍
The values of present day US were probably founded some 200-250 years ago. So these values and mindsets could be difficult to change. If the US wishes to learn from Denmark is therefore doubtful. It might take a systemic breakdown in the US, a civilwar/revolution or a demographic landslide, where the cultures and national groups living in the US today would be changed over time.
Denmark is a ;largely homogeneous western cultured nation. This allows the social welfare system and other laws/norms to be seen by Danes as doing things for "us". In the US it is seen as providing services for "them". America will always be clash of clans.
No 7 from the day Danish citicens turns 18 they automatic get registrated as woter and when there is an election they will get a woting card by mail and together with a valid id they can vote.
It’s not education when they are young, it’s just daycare. They play and are allowed to be kids, not going to school until they are 6/7 years old - just saying
I hear this script a lot and it’s almost like you’re saying school kids don’t play in other countries or can’t learn and play at the same time. It’s sometimes uncomfortable how you have to make this point all the time when no one is debating you. It’s like you’re criticizing other education systems for not letting kids be kids but that’s just not the case.
While a nice idea decentralization of the government is a horrid idea. If you want to make legislation across different bodies of government, it's quite inconvenient if they are spread all over the country. Obviously minor bodies of government can be placed other as we see with the military and security/intelligence.
Why would that matter? The US still uses fax machines for much official paperwork. But eventually I'm sure things will move along. I'm any case, there's no difference, outside of the time zone, in whether a government office is in DC, California or Illinois. It could be easily decentralized much more than it is. Who cares where you send a letter, fax or email to?
The number one thing Denmark can learn from the US (at least this American); my daughter is moving to Copenhagen in December, and if any citizen of Denmark makes her sad, they will NEED the very limits of their universal healthcare. Just kidding, make her sad so that she will move back home to me and her Dad. Thank you.
1. there was a rich man, I think he was from Mexico that found out a 4 day work week was better than a 5 day. as you worked more after up to a day off and the day off. 2. yes in the US environmentalism was seen as "only annoying extreme liberals" think of Lisa from the Simpsons 4. I see Bike culture is growing in the US, I see more and more on twitter complaining about lack of bike lanes etc.
What is this absurd idea that the US could/should naturally be the "leader" in any field? We're talking about the country where getting trash bins was considered a huge step forward in 2024.
it's kind of funny.... Denmark... a cold little country to the north... "a week long summer".. and yet.. both sitting with short sleeves, showing tanned skin. lol... now where does that come from?
We happened to have almost two months of summer this year, all of August and most of September. But the normal weather, with rain and wind, started again three days ago! But it is still warmish, around 11C.
(off topic, inspired by a previous podcast) As a dane to other danes: PLZ.. !!! Stop the liqurice. I LOVE liqurice.. In my liquorice. Not in my beer, not in my sauce, not in my pastry, not in my popcorn, -not in- mebbi in my ice cream, not in my cereal, not in my salad. Like wtf is it about?? it wasnt like this 20 years ago
My personal experience in the United States is that most of the best benefits are based on MERITOCRACY and not just because you are born American or happen to be American. Currently, the company I work for in the United States offers 4 weeks of vacation time, 10 paid holidays, and 26 Fridays off. Because I max out my vacation time (I still have 160 hours), I only work 4 days a week. I like to start early, so by 3:30 PM, I'm home. I can start any time from 5:30 AM to 9:30 AM. They prefer you to pick a time so they can schedule meetings and tasks, but you are free to change it at any time if you give them advance notice. I live in California, where more than 300 days a year are sunny, and even right now, as I write this at 6:10 PM, it is still light outside. We are almost in October. California is by far more progressive than Denmark when it comes to sustainability, especially considering the size of the state and its large population. There are more people using subways, buses, electric cars, and bikes in California than the total population of Denmark. I drive once a week and take the bus to work 3 times a week. I have a special card that I can load using an app. If I spend more than $5 a day, all other trips are free as long as I’m within the network. My employer offers commute cards pre-tax, meaning I can set aside a fraction of my pay for transportation. A credit card is provided to me, which I load with the funds from the card I mentioned above. Denmark has a very small economy. Walmart's gross income alone is higher than Denmark's annual GDP. In the United States, you don’t need a higher education to make a living. Many jobs that pay well do not require that level of education; it’s nice to have but not a necessity. Here are some examples of people without college degrees: the founders of Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook. To me, Denmark feels like a mirage or a prison without walls-a cult where people have been brainwashed to depend on the government, much like a sugar daddy. Still a nice place to visit during the summer, only, but not to live full time. ---
@@relaxdreams8391 You are lucky to have that job but what about if you work at Walmart, what benefits do you have then, what about Mcdonald, how much do they earn, how much vacation do they have and what about health care and payed vacation do they have, who pays their salary if they are sick? You don't give a shit, that's the problem, egocentric, it's only about "what can I get", "me me me" the rest of the people can just die and I don't care, it's only about me! And you call your self Christian! Read the Bible again and read it all
@@Ikkeligeglad The reason someone enjoys good job benefits is often due to their skills, hard work, and dedication. In a meritocratic system, these qualities lead to success and recognition. Attributing their achievements to luck undermines the effort and commitment they invested to reach their goals. Success is built on perseverance and skill development, not chance.
Keep dreaming. All good ideas but USA is not a democracy it is controlled by the super rich oligarchs and a corrupt few judges. As always, the best to do to people is to educate them and inform them. To pay for education is a very good investment the government should do. Another thing we have in Denmark is a very efficient Internet so we are well informed and communicate fast. This is also missing in the USA.
People would resent higher taxes much less if we felt sure the money wasn’t being squandered on foolishness or lining the pockets of the well-connected.
Its easy to hear you two are from Copenhagen only culture that the government wants to protect are your Copenhagen culture we in jutland want farm land not wind and solar farms put them in Copenhagen
Very few knows about the danish model. The country is separated in to fractions. The west, which is the prosperous mainland with high level of education and morale in the workforce. Thats where 90% of ageiculture and industry is settled. The east, Copenhagen Island where most people are paid by the state, for doing administration and entertainment. Almost all criminals, pocket thieves, drug addicts, and uneducated young willing women, have fled to the Copenhagen ….Island of crime and corruption. No decent young man or woman, would ever go there. That is the danish model, which would never be disclosed in the medias, all situated in the Copenhagen Ghetto.
How to vote. You get born… 18 years later, when there is an election, you will get a note, that you show when you vote. The end. ….. registration happen when you were born… I wonder how americans find out how many they are😂
Not to fuel the fire, but the US could probably also benefit from a multi party system, rather than the abysmal divide between the two giants currently playing out. The winner take all approach is always going to leave a lot of people behind, and is everything but inclusive. Minority governments always have to stay focused on the ball to stay in power.
You'd think so but that feeling of inclusivity is lacking everywhere in Europe too because we too vote on a party that prioritizes their agenda, putting the other issues in a lower priority bracket. In that sense, it's relatively similar. However, there IS more choice in voting, generally speaking.
Yes 💯 🎯!
The US has more than 30 parties. You just never hear about any of them
@lordwholesome1053 A minority government doesn't get to ignore everyone else, like a majority government does. That is of course just as true with any number of parties, but the more parties active and present, the bigger likelihood of a minority government.
On top of that, you get multiple views on same issues, rather than just black or white.
Absolutely!! A few US states seem to have changed their voting systems to 'Ranked Choice ' or 'Approval' voting, replacing the 'First past the post ' voting, which causes this "you only have two choices" thinking 🎉🎉🎉 - Hoping that most of the states will follow 🥹
One really good thing about Denmark too is that it’s free to go to the hospital and get treatment if you’re sick
I feel the need to point out that the reason Denmark has pretty good work-life balance and rules, are due to unions. We don't have many labor laws as all that is handled by the unions and the contracts they make with the employers. This system works when the unions have a lot of members. A couple of generations ago the unions fought to gain most of the benefits we have today and they succeeded because they were big, unfortunately today a lot of Danes take it for granted and aren't a member, which again makes the unions less strong.
Very good point
And you forget civil service law from 1938, so no not all is covered by a union I have the freedom to negotiate my own contract.
are you sure it's because of unions, or is it because the benefits are mandated by law
@@echochamber1234 Most of it is down to Unions, Minimumwage, vacations, holidays, how much you`re paid in sickleave, all is down to Union negotiations.
@@gejuje so how about countries like new zealand and canada where collective bargaining coverage is quite low, much closer to american levels than scandinavian levels. how come they managed to achieve high min wages and paid time off?
Thanks for a nice positive video. Will mention 3 additional things the US can improve: 1. Health care. 2. A political system where it is the popular vote that counts - and proportional representation for parliament etc. - so that everyone in society is heard as opposed to winner takes it all. 3. The political culture in Denmark is - in contrast to the USA - characterized by cooperation and consensus as well as faith in science about many important things such as the green transition :D
Number 6:
I had an operation here in the spring, on the day of the operation I was picked up by a taxi and driven 60 km to the hospital, had the operation, got something to eat, got medicine for a few days, was taken back home, was on sick leave for two weeks with full pay.
my expense for the whole thing was DKK 0.00.
Universal healtcare payed by tax.
USA is the only western country that doesn't have that and just look at what happens if you get a complicated open femur fracture🤯
That is so true it's scary. For a country that fancies itself the "great country in the world," it's lacking behind in many aspects. I don't say this to insult the US, there are a lot of things I like about it, and several people I admire as well, but it is a fact that the US is way behind in several areas.
@@Lupinemancer87 We all have to listen and learn from each other and that way we make progress, the worst thing we can do is say that we can't learn anything new and that we can't implement something because of the composition of the population or because of the size of the country if anyone claims it is only because of narrow-mindedness.
We that lives in small countries know that
Eh you pay both in France,UK, Germany and Switzerland.
The US is just taken over by corporations so all the medicine stuff is way more expensive than it should be
Europeans, in general, have a very simplistic understanding of how things work in the United States as a whole. This is probably due to intense propaganda from childhood. The government acts like a 'sugar daddy' to the kids. In the state I live in (California), we have short-term disability insurance. I pay for additional short-term disability insurance through my employer at a very low rate-about $10 per paycheck. That’s way cheaper than a 25% VAT plus 45% taxes. My out-of-pocket expenses per year are $3,000, and I have an HSA account, meaning it’s pre-tax, and I can invest that money to grow in value. Where I work, if you are salaried (I’m hourly), you can get unlimited time off. In your example, you would receive full pay. If it goes beyond two weeks, short-term disability kicks in. Again, if you make €100,000 a year in Denmark and give 60% to the government in various taxes, that’s €60,000 a year, or €1.2 million over 20 years. That’s way more expensive than in the United States. The U.S. is based on meritocracy
@@relaxdreams8391 Nobody pays 60% in tax, all in all I pay 38%, for that I get free health care, with no copay at all.
Free education including university and 6 weeks of vacation payed.
We get one year of parental leave per child, a pension to live on when you get old, no road tolls, maximum medical expenses of 800 USD per year regardless of what medicine you need even if it costs 100,000
Been in both countries for 30 yrs.
1. Slow down.
2. Life....not money is king.
3. Fix Education.
4.Fix Judicial.
5. Fix Healthcare.
What is life? (Hypothetical of cause) Just wonder yer view..
@@Goldenfish-o5p I think the point of "2. Life....not money is kind." is to say life-quality has a higher value than money, becuase you don't need to chase a doctor's degree, or become a lawyer in order to make enough money to live a happy life. Most jobs in Denmark make enough money on their own to sustain a great quality of life in which you have room to save up for vacations or luxury items.
Big fan of you both doing this podcast/youtube work and incorporating other folks. Keep up the good work. Another idea for your team to expand on (down the road) is to look into Greenland and Faroe Islands. These are important parts of Denmark and would help explore/educate the larger audience. Thanks again!
Great to hear a perspective from two sides.
Biking and public transportation is probably the best thing they could learn, and try to redesign cities away from the car dominated system you have now
Nice video. Ultimately I think there are things we each can learn from each other! Like the incorporation of sports and arts in education in the USA. I'm personally in a STEM field and I love how I was easily able to put a lot of focus on math and science, but I know many who would have benefited from being able to put more focus on their talents in sport and/or the arts earlier in their education.
Many (?) years ago the mantra was; We have no other raw materials (metals etc.) in this country than our population - therefore education.
It’s still most valid.
Occationally.
There was research founded by the OECD in the 1960's, that maintained the same about Finland - when there was so few natural resources in Finland that were highly valued on the world market, and Finland was very burdened from five years of war (WW 2) with the attacking Sovietunion and all the bombing it lead to (compare with Ukraine) - which Finland fought to a great extent with borrowed money. The debt was paid back to every cent with interest and all. So progress was initially slow. But education for both female and male citizens of all ages really helped. In the 1970's women already had more university level degrees (masters and other 5-7 years of university-level studies) than men.
It is really admirable how Denmark has managed to stay on top in agriculture, sea-transport, energy-production, architecture, medicine, design, etc, thanks to excellent quality education. It is no easy task to accomplish a masters-degree at a Danish university - but thanks to everything about Denmark being expected to be of high standard, Denmark is the next happiest country in the world, despite Danish being one of the most difficult languages in the Western world. All students learn foreign languages, too! Danes speak excellent English!
How easy for Americans who already know English, and aren't required to become bi- or trilingual on a high level - the majority can go directly for the subject-matters. USA can do it - and American men could feel useful and competent, and thrive as well as the American women. Just investing in education and social development.
I love how you always seem to agree so very much with each other, so that when one of you is speaking, the other one is nodding eagerly :)
Haha yeah, it’s less weird than just staring blankly into the camera I guess 😂
amazing editing: clean and simple to view and understand. great job guys
Denmark has all these bonuses because it is a Parliamentary system that is MORE responsive to the voters wishes and MORE responsible for its own actions (more democratic and more checks and balances). Regardless if it is a Republic or Constitutional Monarchy; Parliamentary systems are Superior to Presidential systems.
Drawbacks on both but it’s tough to change the systems that keep people in power. The government can’t be blown up by one small faction of a party in the US for example.
@@RobeTrotting for all that i politically dislike him, McCarthy getting ousted as Speaker of House of Representatives, and all the air that whole deal sucked out, would effectively be comparable
Responsive? 😂 Wishful thinking.. cope even..
I'm from England which actually went backwards in terms of higher education access. I was at college in the 1980s when there were no tuition fees and you could get a local government grant for living expenses. Now England is the most expensive country in the world to get a degree. The rest of UK is not as bad but students still end up with some student debt.
Tusind tak.
Som altid en varm og kærlig gennemgang af det danske samfund. Kunne godt tænke mig en video om det modsatte aspekt.
Danmark kan lære af USA, er jeg sikker på.
Har i mulighed for at komme op med 5 ting, vi kan lære af USA?
Jeg tænkte det samme
Danmark har den værste service kultur når man sammenligner med USA
Optimisme? Udadvendthed?
Jeg elsker USA og har været der utrolig mange gange, men jeg er desværre bange for at der ikke er ret meget Danmark kan lære af USA.
Det er sikkert også derfor vores to venner her er flyttet til Danmark i stedet for at blive derovre. Netop fordi de kan lære noget af Danmark, og ikke omvendt. På mange måder er USA et uland, men det er meget hyggeligt at besøge hvis bare man tager penge nok med.
Jeg elsker USA og har været der utrolig mange gange, men jeg er desværre bange for at der ikke er ret meget Danmark kan lære af USA.
Det er sikkert også derfor vores to venner her er flyttet til Danmark i stedet for at blive derovre. Netop fordi de kan lære noget af Danmark, og ikke omvendt. På mange måder er USA et uland, men det er meget hyggeligt at besøge hvis bare man tager penge nok med.
You two are wonderful :) I still hope that I run into you someday. Cheers.
Speaking of cars and truck blocking the cycling lane, we actually do have cycling lanes that are just painted on the road for cars, but its illegal for cars to park on them
Just to be clear, Vuggestue and Børnehave is NOT free! It is very expensive.
Compared to what? In the USA they pay 3 times as much as we do.
But it’s free if you have a low income.
Another one is the cultural attitude towards unions. Denmark is the home of the ombudsman and things like collective bargaining are not considered the devil.
This is heavy stuff. Amazon, Musk etc. do not like trade unions, to say the least. The USA used to have them. Why on earth did you let them disappear, so to speak?
@@jandamskier6510 Murdered, and I'm not speaking metaphorically, literally murdered, but a detective agency employers hired to kill them, and guess who didn't face any consequences for their crimes.
I like the idea of decentralization of DC! A great conversation …
I would hope that Denmark implemented that people could "earn" SU clip (the money you can get from government while studying) when you worked full time work and it then was possible to use more than one clip per month. So if you had taken a short education and worked full time 20 years within a field and wonna take an education, then you could go take a longer education with a larger support amount at the same time.
Im from Denmark ❤❤
Glad that ur loving denmark im from there too❤❤
Me too im from denmark im in denmark now
Me to også mig
Number 6: universal helthcare, USA could learn somthing instead of paying a ton of money to the shareholders of the big insurance compagnies
Det kommer aldrig til at ske
@@bati1012 Man skal aldrig sige aldrig
I dare say the US government is already spending as much per capita on health care as Denmark but it gets such poor value for money that only a minority of people can benefit.
@@Phiyedough
Americans spend more and are not covered anyway
@@Ikkeligeglad med din anden kommentar omkring din operation giver det sig selv. USA vil gå bankerot hvis rig og fattig får den samme hjælp ganske gratis. Hvem skal betale? Landet er simpelthen for stort. Dem der har penge i USA vil aldrig nogensinde finde sig i det. Ikke engang den alm amerikaner vil gå med til det. Så glem det
We actually have a rule here (not sure it's an actual rule or more of an unspoken agreement) that if you chop down a tree, you have to plant a new one (maybe two new ones) which is just a great mindset to have when it to the environment.
I think the biggest thing US could actually learn is to adopt the... Our government bodies have analysts hired whose job it is to spot future issues before they affect the country. So, e.g. coal miners in.. is it mid-western USA? So there should have been a focus as soon as those work places started disappearing to ensure those people could get other kinds of jobs. Do they need training first? Need to make them aware that it's available and all those kinds of things. Now USA has a large segment of the population that somehow feels left out and struggling because their jobs were terminated or moved overseas and I think (as a Dane XD) that the American government should have had to responsibility to ensure they had other prospects.
Please tell us what things you would like for Denmark to learn from the States ? Is there somethings you find much better in the states ?
We'll definitely do that video coming up 😊
I love the fact, that you're both starting to get a tiny bit of Danish accent in your English pronunciations 😉
Stay awesome guys 😊
I think you forgot the fact that denmark has 15 or so political parties. That way one person cannot hijack the political scene, because you need to cooperate with other parties to gain the majority. Also if a very authoritarian person was the leader of a party, the other party leaders would cooperate against that person.
Im from denmark😂❤
Me too😂😂😂❤
the bikeing here in dk, is good in the city, on the Bikelanes outside of the big citys, they never get clean'd or snow removal. i bike 16x2km everyday to go to work and home. atleast have a flat tier 2-8 times a year even with puncture free tires. During witner i have to take the bus if it snows because they dont remove the snow like 95% of the time :s if its a little snow i dont care i bike over it.
I'd like to mention the genuine satisfaction I get from passing rows of cars stuck in a total gridlock while my bike lane is just running smooth
Not gonna lie... I have been following you guys since the beginning, and I have noticed something very funny...... You guys accent, is slowly turning into Denglish! 😅😅 - Sounds much less Amurican than it use to!
DENMARK NUMBER ONE YAAAAAAA
Where the US, in my opinion, can improve the lives of the people in the cities, is the zoning laws.
Imagine you live in one of the huge suburbs there are , and you lack milk for food. You have to start the car and drive into a shopping centre.
If zone legislation allowed small businesses in the suburbs, such as bakery, grocery store and so on. In Denmark, we do not allow huge factories in residential areas, but you can often see small businesses.
I can already see the residents standing and talking at Jim's grocery and the children flocking to Linda's Candy store. It would give these areas much more life.
What we could learn: How did you fight tobacco consumption in the United States? Think 40s, 50s and 60s. Smoking was big, smoking has suddenly reduced sharply.
I live in Skanderborg and in certain areas cars are parked in the bicycle lane 😮
Teach them not to with your house key when your passing by😎
On the point of public transportation and biking: living just a tiny bit out in the fields makes bus almost impossible to catch, biking might be too far to be viable or might even be dangerous as there's not always biking lanes along the landevej. And don't even start on trains...
I live just 3 km outside a town and wanting to take the bus to said town would take me 1 hour. I could bike it in 15-20 minutes. I could walk it in 35. Like, why remember a bus schedule when it's so useless anyway?
So, what can we in Denmark learn from the US? 🙂
Nothing
What not to do
@@marieuglemoes3303 There most be something. They have a higher average income in the US, a lower cost of living and better Burgers.
Maybe this: Queuing systems work in the US. Make queuing systems simple so there's no confusion about where to stand. Clerks pull from one queue so customers are served equally fast, not who gets to a newly opened checkout first.
To have less strict laws about housing structures, in order to enable Tiny house living, as this is almost impossible to legally do in Denmark.
Also, loosen the grip on car modifications.....as a handy car enthusiast, it´s really frustrating to have dreams about certain modification or projects you want to make, but are illegal, even though it doesn´t impact safety or emissions.....In US you can practically built your own car, slap some lights on it and get a license plate no problem.....that´s so far away from what´s possible in Denmark.
They forgot to mention free healthcare.
It’s not free, just different pay-fors. My doctor doesn’t volunteer 😂
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Jeg synes det er fuldstændig fantastisk at i nævner vores cykelkultur 🚴🏼♂️ At cykle i Danmark er en velfungerende måde at komme fra A-B Det sætter jeg pris på ikke at sq nødvendigvis ha' en fancy bil for at komme rundt. Som i har nævnt i en foregående ep. såkommer man ikke langt med at "puste sig op" p.g.a. din arb. titel.... Elsker at poppe ind og se/høre, følge med i jeres oplevelse om at være foreingers in a country which is not your native....❤
I'm sure must be wonderful during the winter
@@relaxdreams8391It is, if you dress accordingly.
Don't do it in shorts and a t-shirt during a blizzard. 😂
Yes i’m from denmark
And thanks to workers union, most Danes have 6 weeks vaccation
I'd love to see one about 5 things Denmark could learn from America, Mange tak :)
I'm from Denmark / dansker like❤👇
My home town has added more and more bike lanes in recent years. They are clearly marked, often narrowing thoroughfares to one lane in each direction, often sacrificing parking spaces in the process. There is only one thing missing: bicyclists. Almost never do I see bikes in the bike lanes.
They will come with increased safety!
If you two think back on your mindset before you moved to Denmark. if you now take these propositions, that you come out with in this video. Would you have believed if someone else told you then, either that it would be a good way for the US to take these suggestions and change the way your society is set up, or that you some day would make the suggestions your self?
The common view being what it is in US, I would doubt that it would seem possible. 😆
This would make for an interresting idea for a video.
@@DocLunarwind yeah give us a before and after video of the Robe Trotting journey to Denmark and through changing of your mindset on US vs the world. Great idea. 👍
No. 1 dependent on your employer = 0 days holiday as a starting point. Be honest guys.
The values of present day US were probably founded some 200-250 years ago. So these values and mindsets could be difficult to change. If the US wishes to learn from Denmark is therefore doubtful. It might take a systemic breakdown in the US, a civilwar/revolution or a demographic landslide, where the cultures and national groups living in the US today would be changed over time.
I kom and live in Denmark
It is only schools that are free in Denmark, daycare i quite expensive.
Denmark is a ;largely homogeneous western cultured nation. This allows the social welfare system and other laws/norms to be seen by Danes as doing things for "us". In the US it is seen as providing services for "them". America will always be clash of clans.
6 weeks
5 weeks. If you get a sixth it’s not from Ferieloven, it’s from your work contract.
the 6 week is called feriefridage. by the way I'm a dane
5:00 Lets not forget it is Illegal to drive ore park on bike-lanes 😉
That’s true everywhere but not all laws are followed or enforced to the same degree 😂
Number 6: no gun
No 7 from the day Danish citicens turns 18 they automatic get registrated as woter and when there is an election they will get a woting card by mail and together with a valid id they can vote.
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Im from denmark
Og?
Sorry not my fault.
Waw - someone got a new hairdo 😄
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Out of curiosity, do you know how big your american audience is ?
Depends on the video/topic but maybe a quarter to a third.
We are here... 🇺🇸
It’s not education when they are young, it’s just daycare. They play and are allowed to be kids, not going to school until they are 6/7 years old - just saying
I hear this script a lot and it’s almost like you’re saying school kids don’t play in other countries or can’t learn and play at the same time. It’s sometimes uncomfortable how you have to make this point all the time when no one is debating you. It’s like you’re criticizing other education systems for not letting kids be kids but that’s just not the case.
While a nice idea decentralization of the government is a horrid idea. If you want to make legislation across different bodies of government, it's quite inconvenient if they are spread all over the country. Obviously minor bodies of government can be placed other as we see with the military and security/intelligence.
There are more advantages than disadvantages, but not from the perspective of the capital and those who live there
It's more like the administration, which has been spread out.
Why would that matter? The US still uses fax machines for much official paperwork. But eventually I'm sure things will move along. I'm any case, there's no difference, outside of the time zone, in whether a government office is in DC, California or Illinois. It could be easily decentralized much more than it is. Who cares where you send a letter, fax or email to?
wrong we get 6 weeks og holyday pr. year
Wrong, “we” get 5, if “you” get a sixth week it’s NOT from Ferieloven, it’s from your work contract.
but its true, many countries really could learn a thing or 6 billion from denmark,..
Danmark er et godt land
denmak and amurica works close togehter so if they dont alreaddy have it, they wont ever get it.
The number one thing Denmark can learn from the US (at least this American); my daughter is moving to Copenhagen in December, and if any citizen of Denmark makes her sad, they will NEED the very limits of their universal healthcare. Just kidding, make her sad so that she will move back home to me and her Dad. Thank you.
1. there was a rich man, I think he was from Mexico that found out a 4 day work week was better than a 5 day. as you worked more after up to a day off and the day off.
2. yes in the US environmentalism was seen as "only annoying extreme liberals" think of Lisa from the Simpsons
4. I see Bike culture is growing in the US, I see more and more on twitter complaining about lack of bike lanes etc.
Bro i live in denmark 😂
kintergarten is just play with other kids. there is no lerning like school and then when we are around 5 or 6 yo then we start school
What is this absurd idea that the US could/should naturally be the "leader" in any field?
We're talking about the country where getting trash bins was considered a huge step forward in 2024.
I don’t know what you’re talking about but you obviously don’t either 😂
it's kind of funny....
Denmark... a cold little country to the north...
"a week long summer".. and yet.. both sitting with short sleeves, showing tanned skin.
lol... now where does that come from?
Traveling to sunny southern Europe is not too expensive when you’re already in Europe 😊
incidentally, this summer = August and September have been nicely warm and sunny.
We happened to have almost two months of summer this year, all of August and most of September. But the normal weather, with rain and wind, started again three days ago! But it is still warmish, around 11C.
(off topic, inspired by a previous podcast)
As a dane to other danes:
PLZ.. !!! Stop the liqurice.
I LOVE liqurice.. In my liquorice. Not in my beer, not in my sauce, not in my pastry, not in my popcorn, -not in- mebbi in my ice cream, not in my cereal, not in my salad.
Like wtf is it about?? it wasnt like this 20 years ago
Thomas Bülow will find you
@@sebastianwittenkamp2738 I already snitched on him to Thomas Bülow.
First of all, USA should learn about real democracy and real justice from Denmark - cause these two ideas don NOT exist in USA.
“Real” democracy! LOL! 😅
Talk abaute skat dont know the engles Word becose i AM from Danmark
But but but don't you know that windmills causes cancer - especially in the USA - LOL
My personal experience in the United States is that most of the best benefits are based on MERITOCRACY and not just because you are born American or happen to be American. Currently, the company I work for in the United States offers 4 weeks of vacation time, 10 paid holidays, and 26 Fridays off. Because I max out my vacation time (I still have 160 hours), I only work 4 days a week. I like to start early, so by 3:30 PM, I'm home. I can start any time from 5:30 AM to 9:30 AM. They prefer you to pick a time so they can schedule meetings and tasks, but you are free to change it at any time if you give them advance notice.
I live in California, where more than 300 days a year are sunny, and even right now, as I write this at 6:10 PM, it is still light outside. We are almost in October.
California is by far more progressive than Denmark when it comes to sustainability, especially considering the size of the state and its large population. There are more people using subways, buses, electric cars, and bikes in California than the total population of Denmark.
I drive once a week and take the bus to work 3 times a week. I have a special card that I can load using an app. If I spend more than $5 a day, all other trips are free as long as I’m within the network. My employer offers commute cards pre-tax, meaning I can set aside a fraction of my pay for transportation. A credit card is provided to me, which I load with the funds from the card I mentioned above.
Denmark has a very small economy. Walmart's gross income alone is higher than Denmark's annual GDP. In the United States, you don’t need a higher education to make a living. Many jobs that pay well do not require that level of education; it’s nice to have but not a necessity. Here are some examples of people without college degrees: the founders of Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook.
To me, Denmark feels like a mirage or a prison without walls-a cult where people have been brainwashed to depend on the government, much like a sugar daddy. Still a nice place to visit during the summer, only, but not to live full time.
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@@relaxdreams8391 You are lucky to have that job but what about if you work at Walmart, what benefits do you have then, what about Mcdonald, how much do they earn, how much vacation do they have and what about health care and payed vacation do they have, who pays their salary if they are sick?
You don't give a shit, that's the problem, egocentric, it's only about "what can I get", "me me me" the rest of the people can just die and I don't care, it's only about me!
And you call your self Christian!
Read the Bible again and read it all
@@Ikkeligeglad The reason someone enjoys good job benefits is often due to their skills, hard work, and dedication. In a meritocratic system, these qualities lead to success and recognition. Attributing their achievements to luck undermines the effort and commitment they invested to reach their goals. Success is built on perseverance and skill development, not chance.
Keep dreaming. All good ideas but USA is not a democracy it is controlled by the super rich oligarchs and a corrupt few judges. As always, the best to do to people is to educate them and inform them. To pay for education is a very good investment the government should do. Another thing we have in Denmark is a very efficient Internet so we are well informed and communicate fast. This is also missing in the USA.
I think you’re misinformed about both countries
You've been in Denmark so long you are turning blond.😀
Unfortunately there is a 6th thing America have to learn. Paying higher taxes. With out that, the 5 things would not happen 🙂
Taxation is theft
If they spent the money on the country itself instead of starting wars everywhere they could do a fair bit without raising taxes.
Maybe they merely need to close the tax loopholes for the rich 🤑
People would resent higher taxes much less if we felt sure the money wasn’t being squandered on foolishness or lining the pockets of the well-connected.
yes, dont trust a socialist 😂
Its easy to hear you two are from Copenhagen only culture that the government wants to protect are your Copenhagen culture we in jutland want farm land not wind and solar farms put them in Copenhagen
Very few knows about the danish model. The country is separated in to fractions. The west, which is the prosperous mainland with high level of education and morale in the workforce. Thats where 90% of ageiculture and industry is settled. The east, Copenhagen Island where most people are paid by the state, for doing administration and entertainment. Almost all criminals, pocket thieves, drug addicts, and uneducated young willing women, have fled to the Copenhagen ….Island of crime and corruption. No decent young man or woman, would ever go there.
That is the danish model, which would never be disclosed in the medias, all situated in the Copenhagen Ghetto.
aLl this "was" true before 2016, but now this nation sucks, we have even worse demokrats ruling than usa now
you cant compart 1 of the worst contryin the the world to live in to denamark woude rater be poor in afganistan than usa
Hvad snakker du om?
Just what we need in Denmark: Woke Americans.
How to vote.
You get born… 18 years later, when there is an election, you will get a note, that you show when you vote.
The end. ….. registration happen when you were born… I wonder how americans find out how many they are😂
Im from denmark