many places in Europe, u have to be able to drive a stick shift, or u wont get your drivers licence... so... many Americans will have to take a new test, if they move there...
@@michaelmay5453 For me in the UK learning to drive cost half as much as my car, it was the insurance that cost double the car and the learning together 😂
Oh come on now Connor, Do you think that being in the military will make you more politically aware? If your'e 18, can work, get married ,(except in Nebraska and Mississippi), have kids, buy guns then I think you must have enough knowledge in order to vote at that age.
Geologically Europe is a continent. The Urals and Caucasus mountains are crumple zones from colliding continents, the history of their continental plates is quite distinct from Asia
@@JP-en7cc geologically the plates that make up "Eurasia" have little common history. There was once an ocean running where the Caucasus and Urals are. India and North China also have long long independant history as plates that are nothing to do with rest of Asia. If you mean GEOGRAPHICALLY then you may have a point.
The irony here is how many people in USA are certain of God's existence while they live and behave in a manner that is in complete contradiction to the Christian faith. The opposite is actually the case in Europe. Most Europeans may not be convinced about the existence of God but they do live and behave in a manner that is consistent with the Christian faith. There is a word to describe this irony. That word is hypocrisy. A better explanation is simply that Europeans don't believe or tell everybody that they are better than anyone else as is usually the case with Americans.
Yup. Just imagine how Jesus would have been welcomed in the most "Christian" parts of the US. Reminds me of how the Pope trolled Trump on twitter: "Christians build bridges, not walls".
Yeah, when I see my country in the 10-29% bracket, despite around 60-65% of the population being member of a faith, I feel like it's less about belief in general, but the absolute, 100% certainy.
11:38 "I feel that a conservative in Europe would be a center kind of independent over here" Don't know about the entire continent, but in my country and other Western European countries most conservatives (regular conservatives, not the far-right) are aligned with the Democrats in many issues.
@@JordiVanderwaal Basic political terminology seems to have lost all meaning in America. Like Obama who apparently was a socialist liberal... how that would even be possible. That about someone who anywhere else in the world would be viewed as a right wing hawk. After Clinton, everything has just shifted so much far right it's unthinkable anywhere else.
well the "hours of sunlight" means clear skies, as in actually seeing the sun rather than it being obscured behind a layer of clouds stretching from horizon to horizon. Which is why the western part of Norway (around Bergen) is dark blue, because it famously rains "all the time" there. And why the eastern part of Sweden is green even fairly far north, because the rain clouds coming in from the coast are blocked by the mountains to the west of that green region
When women fought for the vote the slogan was ‘No taxation without representation’.....as far as voting is concerned if you are old enough to be taxed for earnings you should have the right to vote to choose the government who taxes you.
@@c_n_b no I can’t agree with that....who defines what work is? What about people with disabilities or health problems who can’t access work? What about men and women who have to stay at home to care for their children? What about unpaid carers who work caring for their elderly relatives?
And yet in murica men don't have the right to vote unless they potentially sign their lives away to the US draft. Something womens groups keep fighting to stay in place, let's not forget how when women were fighting for the right to vote that depending on the country they fought against men also receiving that right as well as minorities. These women should not be idolised.
@@abigail1st And with that argument, the question would be why not even younger then. Some people certainly start working earlier and become independent early. Even if you don't know much about politics at 18... could it perhaps be because up until that point they had no right to vote and no reason to care, since they cannot vote anyway? Moving the age higher would just delay how old you would start voting more responsibly. Since if voting age was moved up to 21, then 21 you would be just as clueless as 18 year old if voting age was 18.
@@spugelo359 If voting were purely for the purpose of financial decision making, then perhaps. But of course government policy affects all aspects of life and law in a nation, not just tax spending. The power to vote absolutely does not confer any special knowledge on anyone. If you randomly sample any democratic population you'll find a worrying percentage of them know bugger all about politics regardless of age, sex, work status etc. I know some folk who honestly, I really doubt the wisdom of letting them vote in elections due to their sheer vapidness: "I really like his smile, so I'm voting for him!" It sometimes feels like giving a toddler a loaded gun! There are undoubtedly 16 year olds out there with far more grasp of politics than some 60 year olds. And for that reason I'm all for dropping the voting age down to 16. Where I am in the UK though there's been a snag to enacting that. It's found that 16 and 17 year olds would overwhelmingly vote for parties representing progressive causes (here that's Greens, Labour and the Lib Dems). The country has been run by the conservatives for the past 12 years, and there's no way in hell they'd willingly add a few hundred thousand names to the electoral register knowing full well they'd not be Tory voters!
10:21 I totally disagree. A voting age of 16 is definitely necessary. Its their country and their future. In addition, if a 80 years old senile person, a crazy conspiracy theorist, or some other idiots have the right to vote, why shouldn't young educated people have the right? If they weren't interested in politics or their future, they wouldn't go voting in the first place. And especially in my country (Germany) the young generation is very active in politics. I wouldn't be surprised if many of them are more educated than the average person. Thanks to the fact that they had most subjects like politics and science in school, they also are more educated and can still remember most of these stuff. Global Warming is a good example, because young people still remember their science lessons. Sadly unlike most older people, who seem to toss away any logic in this regard. (Most can't even differentiate climate and weather...) Edit: Driving with 14 is okay, but voting with 16 is crazy? WTF? Driving is similiar to carrying a fucking bazooka around. There is much more responsibility required for driving than for voting
I've lived in Canada and the US and if young people are very active in politics in germany its definitely the opposite here. Although, the young generation being 'active' can be a bad thing. They are more susceptible to deceit and supporting radical ideas from corrupt parties without the experience. Take the cultural revolution in communist china; Mao knew the young generation were ignorant so he targeted them for his radical communist revolution in China and they worshipped him like a god and committed horrible crimes to traditional chinese people and institutions. This is not an isolated incident either, young adults and teens are targeted often by evil regimes to do their bidding because they fall for it. Most young people have too little life experience and maturity to correctly interpret the political landscape and understand the consequences of supporting parties and what would come of it. Elders on the other hand I disagree that they don't understand politics, they know history much better and know signs of evil and deceit better (unless they are senile of course). If you don't understand some of their voting decisions they are likely wiser than you and more likely you are wrong not them. Of course there are exceptions as elders don't know much about new technology like how to regulate the internet for example. Voting is definitely more responsible than driving what lol. Voting the proper person in can dramatically change the direction of the country. All it takes is one bad apple to get in and permanently enslave the country like in Venezuela recently or Cuba. You need an educated mind who can think critically about both sides to vote and I would argue that a person in high school has no idea how to do that lol. They fall for surface level causes like wokeism which is actually just modern marxism and its also evil. Young people who support being woke have no idea its devious real intentions by those who taught them it in universities and the politicians pushing it.
@@pc2555 "They are more susceptible to deceit and supporting radical ideas from corrupt parties without the experience. [...]" "Elders on the other hand I disagree that they don't understand politics, they know history much better and know signs of evil and deceit better [...]" As a german I can say for sure, that the opposite is the case. Especially Elder people are more susceptible to propaganda. It might be, that the younger generation gets educated about nazi warcrimes, while the older generations already forgot what they learned at school. But there are definitely more older right winged people than younger ones. Especially racism is a big deal for older people. A big factor is definitely the internet. The younger generations grew up with it, and have high media competence to differentiate between "fake news" and real articles. Older people get more easily swept away by conspiracy theories and propaganda. Younger people also tend to be less racist, because they have much more contact with the entire world. Its hard to be racist, if you knew that the people you talk with are just as you, despite the fact that they come from around the world. What you describe sounds more like indoctrination.But given that this shouldn't be a practice in the first place, a voting age of 16 is totally acceptable. "If you don't understand some of their voting decisions they are likely wiser than you and more likely you are wrong not them. [...]" A high age only means, that the person had the *chance* to gather more experience and educate itself. It doesn't mean that this is a fact. Elder people aren't as smart as you think they are. Especially nowadays the opposite is often the case. There education was more lacking, they had less access to information and most people just live their life in a routine without doing something to earn reasenable experience. With higher ag, people also become slowler and less willing to learn new things. Which increases the rate they lose touch with the current time. Also, the way you are talking about the chinese movement, venezuela and "wokeism" and totally ignoreing many more major events. You make it quite obvious, what your world view is. And it shows me, that you are one of these people that got left behind by the old times, who isn't able to adapt to a changing world. Right winged policy were totally acceptable in a time, where people needed days to travel just 50km, where the average education level was horrendous, and war was the norm. But we live in the 21th century. Global trade and communication around the world is totally normal, and cooperation between countries is much more effective than war. In addition, democracy is seen as the go to government form and Class societies are nearly extinct. People that still believe in right winged politics are 200 years behind the clock... The question isn't left or right, but how far left we should focus. And the US proved this point very well... its the worst country in the western world in all standards except money... and ironically the money part is also only possible thanks to globalized trade.
No no no! 18 is still way too young. How many 18 year old people know what they are doing on the ballot? They know way too few about the world. And most of them even don't want to know, haven't even worked yet. The point with the old senile people is valid though. So 18 is a necessary evil for a grown adult, as well as the senile old ones. But 16 is waaaaay too young. Those children can way too easily get manipulated. Bin übrigens auch Deutsch, wir reden also vom selben Thema ;-) Verzeih kurz wenn ich wechsle aber wenns zu komplex wird bleib ich auf Deutsch lieber. Nur als Beispiel, den Umweltschutz mal außen vorgelassen ist es kein Zufall, dass Parteien die dafür kämpfen auch für die herabsetzung des Wahlalters sind. In diesem Gebiet sind die Jugendlichen zweifellos aufgeklärt, aber zu Politik gehören noch sehr viel mehr andere Aspekte als das. Energiewirtschaft und Sicherheitspolitik ist ein großes Thema momentan, in dem Atomenergie ein wichtiger Streitpunkt ist. Da sollte man schon genau über beide Seiten der Medallie bescheid wissen um ne neutrale Entscheidung treffen zu können. Was weiß ein 16 jähriger von Krieg und Gewalt in der Welt? Das sie schlecht ist, klar - aber unsere internationale Welt funktioniert nunmal leider hauptsächlich über Abschreckung und die beeinflussung geisteskranker Staatsoberhäupter. Ist total kacke aber muss mitbeachtet werden. Es gibt nämlich Teile der Welt denen der Umweltschutz komplett am Arsch vorbei geht. Solche Dinge würde ich dem Durchschnitts-16 jährigem, mit Außnahmen natürlich, keinesfalls anvertrauen solange in Europa Krieg herrscht und uns unter Umständen im Winter das Gas abgedreht wird.
@@Geffi01 "Those children can way too easily get manipulated." I understand this point, but sadly adults aren't any better. You just have to look over to the US. There politicial system is a complete catastrophe. And it isn't just politics. The fact that big companies convinced the public that unions are evil and communistic shows very well, how easy adults can be manipulated. The most extreme example is Hitler and the Nazis. Given that you are german too, you probably had this for years at school too. So you probably also know, that Hitler was democratically elected. It wasn't the youth that brought Hitler in power, actually many young people (atleast in higher education) protested him. Aus Höflichkeit beantworte ich den Deutschen Teil auch auf Deutsch. Sicher, die Jugend hat keine Ahnung wie man diese Probleme löst. Aber das Ding ist, dass wir Erwachsenen es in der Regel auch nicht tun. Meine Wahlentscheidungen und Meinungen differenzieren sich nicht wirklich von der Jugend. Ab 16 ist man problemlos in der Lage Daten und Statistiken auszuwerten. Ein 30, 60 oder 90 Jähriger wählt ja auch nicht anders. Da gilt auch nur, Krieg ist schlecht, das ist schlecht, das ist gut etc. und danach wählt man dann. In vielen Fällen ist es ja sogar besser, dass die Jugend keine vorgefertigte Meinung hat. Sie muss sich erst informieren. Etwas was viele ältere Menschen nicht mehr tun. Weil "es war ja schon immer so", oder "Wetter ist Wetter".... Ein viel gemachter Fehler ist, anzunehmen dass Alter gleich Erfahrung bedeutet. Aber dem ist nicht so. Alter bedeutet lediglich, dass die Person die Chance hatte, Erfahrungen und Wissen zu sammeln. Viele Menschen leben aber nur vor sich hin, machen ihren Job, schauen Fern, und fahren einmal im Jahr an die Ostsee... davon wird man nicht Weise. Hinzukommt, dass viele einfach nicht mit dem Lauf der Zeit mithalten können. Das Internet ist halt Neuland. Es ist halt schlichtweg falsch, dass 16 Jährige kein Mitsprache Recht in einem Land haben in dem sie leben, obwohl sie alles andere als Kinder sind. Während das meiste Mitspracherecht von Menschen kommt, die bereits mit einem Bein im Grab stehen. (klingt makaber, ist aber so). Was ich eigentlich sagen will: Junge Menschen mag es an Erfahrung fehlen, aber Alte Menschen sind ja auch nicht zwingend schlauer. Und da eben alle Generationen in diesem Land leben, sollten sie auch alle Einfluss auf dieses Land nehmen können. Wahlrecht ist zudem auch Grundrecht (ohne Alterseinschränkung). Was es eigentlich sogar problematisch macht, dass eine freidenkende Person, die durchaus in der Lage ist zu wählen, dies eben nicht darf. Da man mit etwa 14 kein Kind mehr ist, und bereits beschränkt geschäftsfähig, müsste man eigentlich sogar schon hier ansetzen. (Wobei ich zugebe, dass 14 dann doch zu früh sein könnte).
Living with parents doesn't necessarily mean not being able to afford living alone. It could also simply mean preferring to living with the parents, can be a cultural thing. Italy is a good example. It isn't unusual to stay with the parent's until marriage, which tends to be much later than with 18
I think that since a driving licence is considered as the default form of ID the USA probably doesn't want people waiting until the age of 18 or making it more difficult to get a licence. Europe generally has viable public transport, arguably more hazardous road conditions and other ID options so it can focus on safety above practicality. Finland is a good example of how serious European driving standards can be. 18+ hours of tuition one of which must be on an intentionally slippery surface, 19 theory lessons and a 30 minute city driving test. This gets you a 2 year interim license and after more lessons you will get a full license. Sounds a bit harsh doesn't it but I think every US resident reading this has just thought of at least one person they know who shouldn't be behind the wheel.
It's even worse in Sweden. First you need to get your eyes checked, then either get someone to teach you by dragging them to a 3 hour long course, or pay a driving school for lessons. Then it's the slippery course, after that there is a theoretical test with 60 trick questions and you need to pass 52, then within 2 months only you need to complete a 1 hour practical driving test in a car with a perfect stranger that judges your every mistake and you might even fail for not conserving gas while driving. All parts cost money, and needs to juggled to be active. Eyecheck $50, get a training license $15. Mentor course $30 for you +$30 for the mentor ( a single mentor can mentor up to 15 people though) $5 sticker on the car. Driving lesson $100/ hour Slippery course $200 Theoretical test $35 Practilcal test $80 + $50 to rent the car with a dubble set of pedals. License Photo $8, actual laminated card $50 So the cheapest you can ever go is $553 and that's if you pass all test on your first try. Most people need $1k-2k Then you can finally get a 5 year interim license.
The UK has the second safest roads in Europe, according to figures released by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). Based on the number of road fatalities per million inhabitants, the UK is ranked second with a figure of 28. Only Sweden’s roads are safer, with 25 road deaths per million people.
@@magnusnilsson9792 Mark didn't list all things that Finnish driving license requires there is those trick questions as well and there is also dark drive and group drive there is also three stages on the license at least there was when i drove mine
I moved out of my mums house when I was 19, moved back when I was 25 to essentially reset you could say. I was starting to think about moving out again and the pandemic hit and then now with the war in Ukraine sending prices through the roof on top of the already absurd rise of cost of living, i think i will stay put. I mentioned moving out and renting a small flat but as my mum elegantly put it, "Why the fuck would you want to pay some c**ts mortgage when you can just stay here".
I think it's good that all such activities as the Army, alcohol/tobacco, driver's license and voting are set at the age of 18. When I lived in America, I thought it was strange that you could join the army but you couldn't buy alcohol.
Here in Germany light drinks (beer and wine) are age 16 but driving is age 18. That has the benefit that fresh drivers already have experience with alcohol and (hopefully) have learned to be responsible with it. 18 is also the age for hard liquor, which means by the time you can legally buy your first whiskey or vodka, you already know how alcohol affects you and don't suddenly start binging like crazy. Obviously assuming your older buddy in your crew didn't just buy for the group, but that is an issue no matter at which age it is set. Even with the US drinking age of 21, if that one friend (or older brother or whatever) buys for the 19 year olds, it's the same situation.
The minimum purchase age for tobacco in the United States before 2019 varied by state and territory. Since December 2019, the smoking age in all states and territories is 21 after federal law was passed in Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in December 2019.
Why is owning a gun and driving a dangerous machine like a car considered less risky to everyone around you then smoking cigarettes and having a drink. Only in Murica 🤷♀️
Not only are the states with lower percentages of people living with their parents more rural, they're also inhabited by descendants from those parts of Europe that have the lowest figures. For example, North Dakota has a lot of descendants of Scandinavians and Germans. It's not the Italians and Greeks that migrated there.
regarding the voting age (i can only speak from the german perspective here): in germany you're an adult with you're 18th birthday, inculding all the Privileges and consequences there are, because of that the voting age is 18. Saying that 18 isn't old enough isn't true in my opinion anymore. 10years ago that was different, but young people tend to be more invested into politics today
Isnt there even an attempt to probably lower the voting age? Its partially already 16 for smaller elections and it works pretty well. Not sure of the current state of lower age Project for our big Election.
@@smaragdwolf1 there is, auf Landesebene ( german states) you are allowed to vote with 16years. But there's a giant debate going if people should be allowed to vote with 16 in "big" elections, f.e. den Bundestag (german parliament) or not
@@ErrorNamenotfound-jc6ty im german. for the sake of the english viewers of this channel, i tried to keep up english, even if i know that youre probably german too^^ The last years have shown that Teens are pretty aware of their situation and their political power. Personally, i dont have much problem with them being able to vote in the BTW (Bundestagswahl). Its their future afterall and political decisions have more impact to them, than to others. ....senior citizens would still be the biggest group for the next years, even with 16 as voting age :/
I think you can't just if 18 is enough. Some people never mature. 18 is fair compromise to accept someone as mature and responsible individual. I don't think it would be fair to keep people criminally and financially responsible from the age of 18, but deny them the privilege of adulthood as voting.
Whether young people are more involved in politics doesn't change the fact they don't understand how the real world works, are easily lead and far too idealistic to make good sensible voting decisions.
Europe has 43 countries, 3 transcontinental countries (Turkey, Kazakhstan and Russia) and 4 geographycally Asian countries but political European countries (Cyprus that is an EU member, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) and Israel compete in European sport competitions. So technically Europe has from 43 to 50+1 countries. Europe isn't a geographic continent, but for historical and geopolitical reasons Afro-Eurasia is divided into Europe, Africa and Asia. Like America is often divided into North America and South America (and Central American sometimes). Anyway there is a geographic boundary: the Urals, the Bosphorus, the Caucasus, the strait of the Dardanelles, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. If we look at the continental plates, we see not 3/4/5/6/7 continents, but at least a dozen, for example Venice, Milan and all the east side of Italy aren't on the Euroasiatic plate but on the African plate.
From what I've seen, read and heard from adults everywhere I would say you are giving adults WAAAAAY too much credit when you say you don't agree with 18 year-olds voting because they aren't informed enough, but have no problem with everyone 21 and older voting. I also absolutely don't understand why you would give young soldiers more trust in that regard, but maybe that's my German perspective on military.
Many european countries are far less religious than the rest of the world, especially the nordic countries and the ex-communist ones (the latter because the state repressed religiosity of course). The Czech Republic and Eastern Germany (where I live) are probably the most non-religious area in the world. About 70-80% of the people in my city are not a member of any religious group, sometimes the percentage is even higher. I was never religious, have never believed in any supernatural stuff. In school, only a handful of students in my class where religious (that was a bit exotic to the rest of us). But not all of this has to do with the communist era. My great-grandparents were already part of the "Free Thinkers" movement back in the 1920's. About 1/3 of all Germans are not a member of a religious group or church. Western and especially southern Germany (catholic!) are much more religious than the East, but in general there is a tendency towards non-religiosity. That doesn't mean that all the people who are not part of a church are atheists, some of them may still have some supernatural beliefs. But it's safe to say that about 10-15% (perhaps 20?) are real Atheists, like me. But in my experience, most people just don't really care, even many of those who are still church members.
I think probably it's also accurate to say that many countries are far less religious than the USA in general. The level of religious fervour in US politics for example doesn't get beaten by much until you head to countries ruled by religious theocracies. Here in Australia the recent national census showed nearly 40% of the population identifying as being of "no religion". And just like much of Europe, nobody here in Australia really cares whether you're religious or not - which is not my personal experience in the USA.
Last time they did a count in Sweden (2019 I think) the numbers were something like 85% atheist/non-religious and a mix between different religions for the remaining 15%. One thing to mention though is that until recently all newborn Swedes were automatically written into the Swedish church which is why some articles from other countries often made it look like Sweden was a lot more religious that it actually was. For the wast majority of Swedes, religions simply don't have a place in their life. It's not a matter of people choosing etc, religion just isn't a thing here anymore. My first contact with religion as a 30+ year old Swede was in 5th grade when we had a brief but all inclusive lesson on world religions during history class.
I noticed a quite interesting difference in demographics between France and Germany. In France the population is mostly centered in Paris and somewhat at the coasts, while Germany is more spread out. But at the same time the french population is moving into the suburbs and areas surrounding the cities, while the german population is moving into the cities themselves (except for the highest density cluster). Also the elderly in France tend to move towards more rural areas while in Germany they move into urban areas. And that is just with two neighboring countries in Europe. Comparing that across continents would give completely different results. Not just about how rural a country or state is, but also how the wages are. The fact that NJ has such a high rate of people living with their parents isn't completely unrelated to rent prices.
5:45 The main factor that determines the sunlight hours is - surprise surprise - clouds! Regardless of the latitude, every place on Earth has about 4400 hours when the Sun is above the horizon, which is also the theoretical maximum for how many sunlight hours per year you can get. 8:15 It is really outdated. According to the last census in 2021, Czechia has less than 10 % of its people religious. 18:20 It is more of a cultural thing. In Czechia and I believe also in other countries, it is normal to build an extra floor on top of your parent's house and live there in a basically separate household, just within the same house. Even my uncle did it like that.
Most people are uneducated politically, regardless of age. Didn't the US use the famous phrase, 'no taxation without representation'? If you're old enough to be able to work full-time, you should be old enough to vote. Never mind things like driving, drinking, having sex. Being old enough to kill and be killed, fighting for your country, yet not being allowed to vote, would be utterly ridiculous and unjust! If you're considered responsible to do any of those things, you should be considered responsible enough to do all of those things. In the UK you can have sex at 16, drive and join the army at 17, yet can't vote until 18. It's totally illogical. We should decide on an age of informed responsibility and apply it consistently. If you want the voting age at 21, then all those otherage restrictions should be set at 21 too. It would still be unjust but at least it would be consistent.
Statistics are missleading if you only count in the avg wage and not the attached Benefits . For example Germany , there is a 50 : 50 split of Fees to the pension Funds and unemployment insurance between employer and employee . The Wage is somewhat lower because the costs are splitted for the ( mandatory ) Pension Funds and unemployment Insurance . Its a matter of Education ( which is free in Germany , even if you study ) , voting with 18 is OK , but i agree , most 18 Year old have other things in their head than politics = finding a Job or mabe Boy / Girlfriend , start a Family and so on . If they ignore their right to vote , its their turn but some of them are political aktive and are junior member of partys in Germany
The living at home thing doesn't just mean people have no money to leave home, it can also mean there's less of a stigma about it. Cultural differences.
The reason why there is nothing set to 21 for driving, voting, alcohol or tabacco in Europe is that that age has no specific meaning. In most (if not all) countries in Europe you're an adult at 18, with all the responsibilities and privileges that brings. And 18 being too young as voting age? Our state level elections start at 16 here. And the same 16/18 split is also for alcohol. Beer and wine is age 16, but hard liquor is age 18.
They can provide free healthcare. It’s a matter that most Americans don’t want it when finding out that the government would control the individuals healthcare and the massive tax increase needed to fund it. “Free Healthcare” has been voted down by the people of several states in the past.
Considering the current situation in Ukraine, i think we give America too much shit for their military spending. I'll gladly admit i made fun of them before the war, but that was because i was ignorant and thought that war would break out in the western world. While yes, they should provide for their people, I do not think we should belittle them for their military expenditure.
The part where you try to describe the heat in the Grand Canyon was the best point. 😂 Haha. Awsome. Very enjoyable. Greetings from Germany and thanks for the cool vid. 👍
In Italy kids start drinking sips of wine or beer from their parents at a single digit age. Parents teach us how to drink and why, there's a whole culture behind it, there are traditions and a lot of families known at least one little producer they go visiting in their outside rural area, it's like taking a small vacation. Then yes, teenagers and young adults will drink heavier beverages but it's mostly a rebellious phase. Adults do not have the habit to go home from work and start drinking just to 'lose it up' or for the sake of it. It's not a thing (and its frowned upon).
By the time they can go out and get smashed they're already used to the effect and what it does to them, so they can have a more informed decision when, what, and how much.
I was 18, my sisters were 16 and 17. Only my brother stayed until after 20, but he also had military service. Pretty normal i Sweden at the time. I think its a little less common now that housing is so very expensive.
Today though people are living longer and longer with their parents due to the lack of housing, especially housing that young people can afford. Sweden is getting more like Southern Europe in that regard. Sweden has built way to little for generations and the youngest generations are suffering because of it :(
Your pretty much correct about a right being a centrist in the US. But up north.. in Scandinavia.. A right winger would be more left than your democrats.
An Icelander here and if I remember it right there was a poll taken recently and if memory serves the belief in elves and hidden people was higher than the belief in God. To be frank though we are still a rather heathen bunch of folk and that's despite having a state church
When I visited Iceland some years ago a local explained that some planning of new roads need to take churches of elves (rocks) in consideration and that these should not be disturbed. So, sometimes they needed to adapt the plans and build around it. Fascinating. 🙂
Its not entirely true that wealth makes kids move out earlier. In the richest parts of Stockholm, its not uncommon for houses to be large enough to have a separated section, an apartment of sorts, which makes it possible to live at home for longer
Here in the uk i can remember when you could buy tobacco at 16 it weren't that long ago really and even though the drinking age is 18 you are legally allowed to have an alcoholic drink in a pub or restaurant at 16 as long as its with a meal and you are with an adult but in your home the only law is its illegal to give under 5s alcohol most of us grew up having a drink or 2 at Christmas or special occasions as a young child oh and when it comes to economy he mentioned it excludes countries outside the European Union and now it would look different because as he says we were 1 of the largest and we are no longer in the European Union but other things would be different too as this video is a few years old
As for heat, it isn't only in Arab countries that loose clothing is common. I live in south-east England, and in summer I walk around in ankle-length kaftans and sandals.
The young people living with their parents comparison didn't really make that much sense since the US stats were 18 to 34 and the european stats were 25-34 so obviously less people live with their parents at 25 than at 18
RE: tobacco On 20 December 2019, the then President (Donald Trump) signed legislation amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raising the federal minimum age for sale of tobacco products from eighteen to twenty-one years of age. Edit: Sorry. I posted this comment before you paused and checked via google.
Its also not a good index, considering an integral part is GDP per person with the assumption, that that has to do with human development, without taking into account income inequality. Where in Europe theres very low income inequality and general high living standards, while in the US the vast majority of income/wealth belongs to the top 1%. The income inequality in the US is on par with 3rd world countries (and not those on the better end of the scale), and over half the US population actually lives in 3rd world country conditions with regards to poverty, healthcare, education etc etc. In fact, I was told by a Dutchman, who works at a municipality there, that they had a delegation from the US visit, who wanted to see, how they combat poverty and homelessness in the Netherlands. So they took them to an area, that the Dutch consider poverty stricken, and the Americans were very surprised, coz thats what they considered middle class in the US...
It’s interesting you think Muslim countries must be crazy high in terms of their belief, I really don’t think they would be, there would be variations like there are in ostensibly Christian countries. I don’t think Turkey would be as high as say Saudi Arabia
The narrator gets the hours of sun totally wrong. The map isn’t showing how many hours of daylight per day based on sunset to sunrise, it’s showing how many hours of sun per day based on clear day VS cloudy day
its not a cultural boundary, its the Eurasian tectonic plate, continents aren't arbitrary liens on a map they are drawn by Plate boundaries, SMOKING AGE in the USA is indeed 21 and has been since Dec. 20, 2019
5:56 Regarding amount of sunlight: the amount of sun is of course connected to amount of rain (and clouds). I can at least explain that blue blob in south of Sweden: that’s an area where a lot of rain drops after coming in from the ocean with winds from the west. A few hills around there (can’t really call them mountains) makes it rain in this area. Similar explanation for the dark blue blob in western Norway (the city of Bergen is the city with most rain in Europe).
Hi There...About "heat" re:-weather...I come form Australia (Sydney) and I remember coming back from a wander around the Pyramids at Gizeh and my fellow theatricals aghast that I had been out in 46ºC heat! I realised that 46º dry heat felt cooler than the 33º+ with 85%+ humidity of a Sydney summers' day...Driving here...You can get a "provisional" licence here at 17 (3 years with the first year restricted) and trust me we hav eshit loads of vast open spaces so that concept of Europr being congested just doesn't work...Cheers!
18:00 I can just speak for me. I lived with my parents while I was working so I could buy an apartment without credit. Today I sold the apartment and I live in a house, without credit.
There are some mistake, for example alcohol age in Italy is 16 not 18, and, even if it's not in the video, same for sex (with some exceptions which would be too complicated to explain here) however, in general, is 16, not 18.
China has a smaller land mass than the states and it contains over 1 billion residents. even India has more residents than the states which for its land mass is underpopulated they should be welcoming foreigners into the country to populate the landmass.
Czechia is predominantly atheist country so this data seems really weird and Polish are hardcore Catholics. If you look at numbers HDI seems to be high, because in real life millions of people can't afford healthcare and 500 000 file bakrupcy due to medical bills every year. Income seems larger but how many people need two jobs to survive? Also in Europe in EU and I guess almost all countries on the continent have about a month of paid vacation guaranteed by law and that seems to me as important to live a healthy life.
On sun vs latitude. America and Europe have different colour schemes. On the graphic shown it looks like Norway (Europe) has the same climate as Arizona (North America). It really really does not!
as i recall in Dec. 20, 2019, the President signed legislation amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raising the federal minimum age for sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years
google is your friend... "On Dec. 20, 2019, the President signed legislation amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raising the federal minimum age for sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years." yay google... EDIT: aaaaand 2sec after writing that, u checked it your self... yeah it's 21 now :)
Voting age: 20, but 18 for military? Why is one government employee worth more than any other? Or worth more than a private sector employee? If you use the "risk of life" argument, then there are loads of other high risk jobs, not to mention a lot of military personell are not "operative", but mostly behind a desk.
Frankly military people should not be allowed to vote. Voting is manifesting a choice, which is exactly what the military beats out of you. For example my country Bulgaria has a ex military president right now. That P-resident has abused every single constitutional power and dishonored the institution in so many ways that basically degraded the trust in the institution possibly beyond repair. Bulgarian President is a non-executive, but that damn ex-military just cannot stop pushing. So instead of uniting the nation and representing it with dignity, he's been putting everybody at odds, created two separate parties, when he's supposed to be non-partisan and proclaimed Crimea as Russian in a public debate.. And ahh yes his fellow militaries voted for that piece of shit, because it was one of them. So no more damn militaries, thank you.
America is an interesting country. Obviously this is a foreigners way of phrasing it (and I completely understand if many people in USA wouldn't agree I guess). But for me America is this really weird mix of very liberal modern values and things that are to be found in many European countries too, but also with so many things that for me almost feels more like something that would be closer to more conservative societies in as an example the middle East. Obviouly these things can also be found in some European countries too, but if I should generalize somewhat....
belgium > netherlands idc what others say, belgium pretty much a non existing thing for some americans. which is frustrating, i learned that education wise belgium > netherlands. Amsterdam and the port and the waterways are just a really big +
Europe is very culturally diverse so the definition is definitely not about cultural boundaries but about the continental plates that we learnt about in school. I'm amazed that you didn't follow your own logic and upped the age where people can join the military. I feel lika you shouldn't be deployed as young as 18. If you cannot be trusted to vote why should you be trusted to choose to throw away your life for someone else's cause?
1. "Russia spans the northern part of the Eurasian continent; 77% of Russia's area is in Asia, the western 23% of the country is located in Europe. European Russia occupies almost 40% of the total area of Europe." 2. Certainty of God: Yes, people CAN be certain of many things. Haven't you ever walked into a room where there are others and you KNEW without anyone saying anything, that something didn't feel right or someone was angry etc. Our feelings are very difficult to articulate; for instance, I feel VERY strongly there is a God (I prefer to call him/her Prime Creator - even the most doubting person must think to themselves that the intricacies of life etc., are so complex it couldn't have been an accident). Although I'm NOT religious, I am spiritual (in fact we're all spiritual) - for me religion is way too divisive & troublesome. That aside, develop within yourself your ability (which we all possess) to "feel" things. 3. Politicians know that the younger the voter the easier it is for them to convince them to vote their way. Like you Connor, for me, 21 is a just about age; you have to have lived out in the world and experienced real life; you possess none of the qualities needed to make a responsible judgement before then (roughly speaking). 4. EU: Of course you must appreciate the EU doesn't represent the whole of Europe plus the UK are (thankfully) not members of this little club in Brussels. These last couple of years the EU's growth has gone down somewhat. 5. Young people living at home is mainly due to financial constraints. Great video Connor; sorry my response is so long.
your point to compare american Conservatism with european one, is not as simple as you think, especially in the balkan area, conservatism is/can be, e.g. Serbia, far right. In western Europe, its not as reactionary, but still existant
The video is correct. In 2019 their was legislation changing the age from 18 to 21 nationwide to buy tobacco. It is now illegal to buy tobacco in the US under age 21.
During my lifetime they reduced the voting age to 18 but that was during a time of Vietnam draft so lots of 19 year olds were dying and had no say in politics at all.
You must remember Connor, the driving tests are generally more stringent in Europe. Not everywhere but generally.
they also cost a lot more than in the US.
many places in Europe, u have to be able to drive a stick shift, or u wont get your drivers licence... so... many Americans will have to take a new test, if they move there...
@@spyro257 Yes if you do your test on automatic you can only drive an automatic but if you do it on a manual (stick shift) you can drive both
And expensive... In many cases getting your license will cost far more than your first car.
@@michaelmay5453 For me in the UK learning to drive cost half as much as my car, it was the insurance that cost double the car and the learning together 😂
Oh come on now Connor, Do you think that being in the military will make you more politically aware? If your'e 18, can work, get married ,(except in Nebraska and Mississippi), have kids, buy guns then I think you must have enough knowledge in order to vote at that age.
Geologically Europe is a continent. The Urals and Caucasus mountains are crumple zones from colliding continents, the history of their continental plates is quite distinct from Asia
yeah, he's probably under the impression that continents are islands that are really big Lol
@@mazzaker18 which doesnt rly make sense cause americans should know that they also live on a continent that is attached to another one XD
It is not. Geologically it would be Eurasia. Europe is a continent differentiated by culture from Asia, but not geologically
@@JP-en7cc geologically the plates that make up "Eurasia" have little common history. There was once an ocean running where the Caucasus and Urals are. India and North China also have long long independant history as plates that are nothing to do with rest of Asia.
If you mean GEOGRAPHICALLY then you may have a point.
Given the most common definition of a continent however, it's just part of the Afroeurasian continent.
The irony here is how many people in USA are certain of God's existence while they live and behave in a manner that is in complete contradiction to the Christian faith.
The opposite is actually the case in Europe. Most Europeans may not be convinced about the existence of God but they do live and behave in a manner that is consistent with the Christian faith.
There is a word to describe this irony. That word is hypocrisy.
A better explanation is simply that Europeans don't believe or tell everybody that they are better than anyone else as is usually the case with Americans.
Yup. Just imagine how Jesus would have been welcomed in the most "Christian" parts of the US.
Reminds me of how the Pope trolled Trump on twitter: "Christians build bridges, not walls".
We are very secular now but the Continent was shaped by Christianity for over 1000 years.
@@alouisschafer7212 Christianity didn't reach parts of Sweden until the 17th century...
It's funny to think how racist Americans would be to Jesus cause they find out he's not as white as them. LOL
Yeah, when I see my country in the 10-29% bracket, despite around 60-65% of the population being member of a faith, I feel like it's less about belief in general, but the absolute, 100% certainy.
11:38 "I feel that a conservative in Europe would be a center kind of independent over here"
Don't know about the entire continent, but in my country and other Western European countries most conservatives (regular conservatives, not the far-right) are aligned with the Democrats in many issues.
Joe Biden would be a straight out Conservative. AOC probably (slightly left-of-...?) centre.
@@jonathano.7109 exactly. And when I see some Americans call Biden a socialist I just worry xD
@@JordiVanderwaal Basic political terminology seems to have lost all meaning in America. Like Obama who apparently was a socialist liberal... how that would even be possible. That about someone who anywhere else in the world would be viewed as a right wing hawk. After Clinton, everything has just shifted so much far right it's unthinkable anywhere else.
@@user-lv6rn9cf8m couldn't agree more.
Yeah, I consider myself a Scandinavian center right, but in the US I would be an Elizabeth Warren Democrat. Thats how out of whack US politics are.
well the "hours of sunlight" means clear skies, as in actually seeing the sun rather than it being obscured behind a layer of clouds stretching from horizon to horizon. Which is why the western part of Norway (around Bergen) is dark blue, because it famously rains "all the time" there. And why the eastern part of Sweden is green even fairly far north, because the rain clouds coming in from the coast are blocked by the mountains to the west of that green region
When women fought for the vote the slogan was ‘No taxation without representation’.....as far as voting is concerned if you are old enough to be taxed for earnings you should have the right to vote to choose the government who taxes you.
I agree. And people who have never worked/contributed shouldn't get to vote either, no matter their age.
@@c_n_b no I can’t agree with that....who defines what work is? What about people with disabilities or health problems who can’t access work? What about men and women who have to stay at home to care for their children? What about unpaid carers who work caring for their elderly relatives?
And yet in murica men don't have the right to vote unless they potentially sign their lives away to the US draft.
Something womens groups keep fighting to stay in place, let's not forget how when women were fighting for the right to vote that depending on the country they fought against men also receiving that right as well as minorities.
These women should not be idolised.
@@abigail1st And with that argument, the question would be why not even younger then. Some people certainly start working earlier and become independent early. Even if you don't know much about politics at 18... could it perhaps be because up until that point they had no right to vote and no reason to care, since they cannot vote anyway? Moving the age higher would just delay how old you would start voting more responsibly. Since if voting age was moved up to 21, then 21 you would be just as clueless as 18 year old if voting age was 18.
@@spugelo359 If voting were purely for the purpose of financial decision making, then perhaps. But of course government policy affects all aspects of life and law in a nation, not just tax spending.
The power to vote absolutely does not confer any special knowledge on anyone. If you randomly sample any democratic population you'll find a worrying percentage of them know bugger all about politics regardless of age, sex, work status etc. I know some folk who honestly, I really doubt the wisdom of letting them vote in elections due to their sheer vapidness: "I really like his smile, so I'm voting for him!" It sometimes feels like giving a toddler a loaded gun!
There are undoubtedly 16 year olds out there with far more grasp of politics than some 60 year olds. And for that reason I'm all for dropping the voting age down to 16.
Where I am in the UK though there's been a snag to enacting that. It's found that 16 and 17 year olds would overwhelmingly vote for parties representing progressive causes (here that's Greens, Labour and the Lib Dems). The country has been run by the conservatives for the past 12 years, and there's no way in hell they'd willingly add a few hundred thousand names to the electoral register knowing full well they'd not be Tory voters!
10:21 I totally disagree.
A voting age of 16 is definitely necessary. Its their country and their future. In addition, if a 80 years old senile person, a crazy conspiracy theorist, or some other idiots have the right to vote, why shouldn't young educated people have the right?
If they weren't interested in politics or their future, they wouldn't go voting in the first place.
And especially in my country (Germany) the young generation is very active in politics. I wouldn't be surprised if many of them are more educated than the average person. Thanks to the fact that they had most subjects like politics and science in school, they also are more educated and can still remember most of these stuff.
Global Warming is a good example, because young people still remember their science lessons. Sadly unlike most older people, who seem to toss away any logic in this regard. (Most can't even differentiate climate and weather...)
Edit: Driving with 14 is okay, but voting with 16 is crazy? WTF?
Driving is similiar to carrying a fucking bazooka around. There is much more responsibility required for driving than for voting
I've lived in Canada and the US and if young people are very active in politics in germany its definitely the opposite here. Although, the young generation being 'active' can be a bad thing. They are more susceptible to deceit and supporting radical ideas from corrupt parties without the experience. Take the cultural revolution in communist china; Mao knew the young generation were ignorant so he targeted them for his radical communist revolution in China and they worshipped him like a god and committed horrible crimes to traditional chinese people and institutions. This is not an isolated incident either, young adults and teens are targeted often by evil regimes to do their bidding because they fall for it. Most young people have too little life experience and maturity to correctly interpret the political landscape and understand the consequences of supporting parties and what would come of it.
Elders on the other hand I disagree that they don't understand politics, they know history much better and know signs of evil and deceit better (unless they are senile of course). If you don't understand some of their voting decisions they are likely wiser than you and more likely you are wrong not them. Of course there are exceptions as elders don't know much about new technology like how to regulate the internet for example. Voting is definitely more responsible than driving what lol. Voting the proper person in can dramatically change the direction of the country. All it takes is one bad apple to get in and permanently enslave the country like in Venezuela recently or Cuba. You need an educated mind who can think critically about both sides to vote and I would argue that a person in high school has no idea how to do that lol. They fall for surface level causes like wokeism which is actually just modern marxism and its also evil. Young people who support being woke have no idea its devious real intentions by those who taught them it in universities and the politicians pushing it.
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"They are more susceptible to deceit and supporting radical ideas from corrupt parties without the experience. [...]"
"Elders on the other hand I disagree that they don't understand politics, they know history much better and know signs of evil and deceit better [...]"
As a german I can say for sure, that the opposite is the case.
Especially Elder people are more susceptible to propaganda.
It might be, that the younger generation gets educated about nazi warcrimes, while the older generations already forgot what they learned at school. But there are definitely more older right winged people than younger ones.
Especially racism is a big deal for older people.
A big factor is definitely the internet. The younger generations grew up with it, and have high media competence to differentiate between "fake news" and real articles.
Older people get more easily swept away by conspiracy theories and propaganda.
Younger people also tend to be less racist, because they have much more contact with the entire world.
Its hard to be racist, if you knew that the people you talk with are just as you, despite the fact that they come from around the world.
What you describe sounds more like indoctrination.But given that this shouldn't be a practice in the first place, a voting age of 16 is totally acceptable.
"If you don't understand some of their voting decisions they are likely wiser than you and more likely you are wrong not them. [...]"
A high age only means, that the person had the *chance* to gather more experience and educate itself. It doesn't mean that this is a fact.
Elder people aren't as smart as you think they are. Especially nowadays the opposite is often the case.
There education was more lacking, they had less access to information and most people just live their life in a routine without doing something to earn reasenable experience.
With higher ag, people also become slowler and less willing to learn new things. Which increases the rate they lose touch with the current time.
Also, the way you are talking about the chinese movement, venezuela and "wokeism" and totally ignoreing many more major events. You make it quite obvious, what your world view is.
And it shows me, that you are one of these people that got left behind by the old times, who isn't able to adapt to a changing world.
Right winged policy were totally acceptable in a time, where people needed days to travel just 50km, where the average education level was horrendous, and war was the norm.
But we live in the 21th century. Global trade and communication around the world is totally normal, and cooperation between countries is much more effective than war.
In addition, democracy is seen as the go to government form and Class societies are nearly extinct.
People that still believe in right winged politics are 200 years behind the clock...
The question isn't left or right, but how far left we should focus.
And the US proved this point very well... its the worst country in the western world in all standards except money... and ironically the money part is also only possible thanks to globalized trade.
No no no! 18 is still way too young. How many 18 year old people know what they are doing on the ballot? They know way too few about the world. And most of them even don't want to know, haven't even worked yet.
The point with the old senile people is valid though. So 18 is a necessary evil for a grown adult, as well as the senile old ones. But 16 is waaaaay too young. Those children can way too easily get manipulated.
Bin übrigens auch Deutsch, wir reden also vom selben Thema ;-) Verzeih kurz wenn ich wechsle aber wenns zu komplex wird bleib ich auf Deutsch lieber.
Nur als Beispiel, den Umweltschutz mal außen vorgelassen ist es kein Zufall, dass Parteien die dafür kämpfen auch für die herabsetzung des Wahlalters sind. In diesem Gebiet sind die Jugendlichen zweifellos aufgeklärt, aber zu Politik gehören noch sehr viel mehr andere Aspekte als das.
Energiewirtschaft und Sicherheitspolitik ist ein großes Thema momentan, in dem Atomenergie ein wichtiger Streitpunkt ist.
Da sollte man schon genau über beide Seiten der Medallie bescheid wissen um ne neutrale Entscheidung treffen zu können. Was weiß ein 16 jähriger von Krieg und Gewalt in der Welt? Das sie schlecht ist, klar - aber unsere internationale Welt funktioniert nunmal leider hauptsächlich über Abschreckung und die beeinflussung geisteskranker Staatsoberhäupter. Ist total kacke aber muss mitbeachtet werden. Es gibt nämlich Teile der Welt denen der Umweltschutz komplett am Arsch vorbei geht. Solche Dinge würde ich dem Durchschnitts-16 jährigem, mit Außnahmen natürlich, keinesfalls anvertrauen solange in Europa Krieg herrscht und uns unter Umständen im Winter das Gas abgedreht wird.
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"Those children can way too easily get manipulated."
I understand this point, but sadly adults aren't any better.
You just have to look over to the US. There politicial system is a complete catastrophe.
And it isn't just politics. The fact that big companies convinced the public that unions are evil and communistic shows very well, how easy adults can be manipulated.
The most extreme example is Hitler and the Nazis. Given that you are german too, you probably had this for years at school too.
So you probably also know, that Hitler was democratically elected. It wasn't the youth that brought Hitler in power, actually many young people (atleast in higher education) protested him.
Aus Höflichkeit beantworte ich den Deutschen Teil auch auf Deutsch.
Sicher, die Jugend hat keine Ahnung wie man diese Probleme löst.
Aber das Ding ist, dass wir Erwachsenen es in der Regel auch nicht tun.
Meine Wahlentscheidungen und Meinungen differenzieren sich nicht wirklich von der Jugend. Ab 16 ist man problemlos in der Lage Daten und Statistiken auszuwerten. Ein 30, 60 oder 90 Jähriger wählt ja auch nicht anders. Da gilt auch nur, Krieg ist schlecht, das ist schlecht, das ist gut etc. und danach wählt man dann.
In vielen Fällen ist es ja sogar besser, dass die Jugend keine vorgefertigte Meinung hat. Sie muss sich erst informieren. Etwas was viele ältere Menschen nicht mehr tun. Weil "es war ja schon immer so", oder "Wetter ist Wetter"....
Ein viel gemachter Fehler ist, anzunehmen dass Alter gleich Erfahrung bedeutet. Aber dem ist nicht so. Alter bedeutet lediglich, dass die Person die Chance hatte, Erfahrungen und Wissen zu sammeln.
Viele Menschen leben aber nur vor sich hin, machen ihren Job, schauen Fern, und fahren einmal im Jahr an die Ostsee... davon wird man nicht Weise.
Hinzukommt, dass viele einfach nicht mit dem Lauf der Zeit mithalten können. Das Internet ist halt Neuland.
Es ist halt schlichtweg falsch, dass 16 Jährige kein Mitsprache Recht in einem Land haben in dem sie leben, obwohl sie alles andere als Kinder sind.
Während das meiste Mitspracherecht von Menschen kommt, die bereits mit einem Bein im Grab stehen. (klingt makaber, ist aber so).
Was ich eigentlich sagen will:
Junge Menschen mag es an Erfahrung fehlen, aber Alte Menschen sind ja auch nicht zwingend schlauer.
Und da eben alle Generationen in diesem Land leben, sollten sie auch alle Einfluss auf dieses Land nehmen können.
Wahlrecht ist zudem auch Grundrecht (ohne Alterseinschränkung). Was es eigentlich sogar problematisch macht, dass eine freidenkende Person, die durchaus in der Lage ist zu wählen, dies eben nicht darf.
Da man mit etwa 14 kein Kind mehr ist, und bereits beschränkt geschäftsfähig, müsste man eigentlich sogar schon hier ansetzen. (Wobei ich zugebe, dass 14 dann doch zu früh sein könnte).
Living with parents doesn't necessarily mean not being able to afford living alone. It could also simply mean preferring to living with the parents, can be a cultural thing. Italy is a good example. It isn't unusual to stay with the parent's until marriage, which tends to be much later than with 18
I think that since a driving licence is considered as the default form of ID the USA probably doesn't want people waiting until the age of 18 or making it more difficult to get a licence.
Europe generally has viable public transport, arguably more hazardous road conditions and other ID options so it can focus on safety above practicality.
Finland is a good example of how serious European driving standards can be.
18+ hours of tuition one of which must be on an intentionally slippery surface, 19 theory lessons and a 30 minute city driving test.
This gets you a 2 year interim license and after more lessons you will get a full license.
Sounds a bit harsh doesn't it but I think every US resident reading this has just thought of at least one person they know who shouldn't be behind the wheel.
You don't want 16 years old US citizens with almost no practice and no serious testing driving on the Autobahn in Germany. 🤣
It's even worse in Sweden.
First you need to get your eyes checked, then either get someone to teach you by dragging them to a 3 hour long course, or pay a driving school for lessons.
Then it's the slippery course, after that there is a theoretical test with 60 trick questions and you need to pass 52, then within 2 months only you need to complete a 1 hour practical driving test in a car with a perfect stranger that judges your every mistake and you might even fail for not conserving gas while driving.
All parts cost money, and needs to juggled to be active.
Eyecheck $50, get a training license $15.
Mentor course $30 for you +$30 for the mentor ( a single mentor can mentor up to 15 people though) $5 sticker on the car.
Driving lesson $100/ hour
Slippery course $200
Theoretical test $35
Practilcal test $80 + $50 to rent the car with a dubble set of pedals.
License Photo $8, actual laminated card $50
So the cheapest you can ever go is $553 and that's if you pass all test on your first try.
Most people need $1k-2k
Then you can finally get a 5 year interim license.
training licensy is valid for 5 years, slippery course 5 years, theoretical test 2 months, practical test 2 weeks.
The UK has the second safest roads in Europe, according to figures released by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
Based on the number of road fatalities per million inhabitants, the UK is ranked second with a figure of 28. Only Sweden’s roads are safer, with 25 road deaths per million people.
@@magnusnilsson9792 Mark didn't list all things that Finnish driving license requires there is those trick questions as well and there is also dark drive and group drive there is also three stages on the license at least there was when i drove mine
I moved out of my mums house when I was 19, moved back when I was 25 to essentially reset you could say. I was starting to think about moving out again and the pandemic hit and then now with the war in Ukraine sending prices through the roof on top of the already absurd rise of cost of living, i think i will stay put. I mentioned moving out and renting a small flat but as my mum elegantly put it, "Why the fuck would you want to pay some c**ts mortgage when you can just stay here".
I think it's good that all such activities as the Army, alcohol/tobacco, driver's license and voting are set at the age of 18. When I lived in America, I thought it was strange that you could join the army but you couldn't buy alcohol.
Here in Germany light drinks (beer and wine) are age 16 but driving is age 18. That has the benefit that fresh drivers already have experience with alcohol and (hopefully) have learned to be responsible with it.
18 is also the age for hard liquor, which means by the time you can legally buy your first whiskey or vodka, you already know how alcohol affects you and don't suddenly start binging like crazy.
Obviously assuming your older buddy in your crew didn't just buy for the group, but that is an issue no matter at which age it is set. Even with the US drinking age of 21, if that one friend (or older brother or whatever) buys for the 19 year olds, it's the same situation.
The minimum purchase age for tobacco in the United States before 2019 varied by state and territory. Since December 2019, the smoking age in all states and territories is 21 after federal law was passed in Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in December 2019.
14:45 you can buy beer and wine from age 16 in Germany, liquor and stronger alcoholic beverages at age 18 though
Well, it has a lot to do with education, so in most of europe they discuss lowering the voting age to 16, but the US has a big problem with education.
Here the state elections are already at 16, but federal elections are still 16
9:39 there must be at least one european country shown in black, for "100% certain God exists", the Vatican :D
Why is owning a gun and driving a dangerous machine like a car considered less risky to everyone around you then smoking cigarettes and having a drink. Only in Murica 🤷♀️
Yeah Europe is a peninsula of peninsulas lol so True
Not only are the states with lower percentages of people living with their parents more rural, they're also inhabited by descendants from those parts of Europe that have the lowest figures.
For example, North Dakota has a lot of descendants of Scandinavians and Germans. It's not the Italians and Greeks that migrated there.
regarding the voting age (i can only speak from the german perspective here): in germany you're an adult with you're 18th birthday, inculding all the Privileges and consequences there are, because of that the voting age is 18. Saying that 18 isn't old enough isn't true in my opinion anymore. 10years ago that was different, but young people tend to be more invested into politics today
Isnt there even an attempt to probably lower the voting age? Its partially already 16 for smaller elections and it works pretty well. Not sure of the current state of lower age Project for our big Election.
@@smaragdwolf1 there is, auf Landesebene ( german states) you are allowed to vote with 16years. But there's a giant debate going if people should be allowed to vote with 16 in "big" elections, f.e. den Bundestag (german parliament) or not
@@ErrorNamenotfound-jc6ty im german. for the sake of the english viewers of this channel, i tried to keep up english, even if i know that youre probably german too^^
The last years have shown that Teens are pretty aware of their situation and their political power. Personally, i dont have much problem with them being able to vote in the BTW (Bundestagswahl). Its their future afterall and political decisions have more impact to them, than to others.
....senior citizens would still be the biggest group for the next years, even with 16 as voting age :/
I think you can't just if 18 is enough. Some people never mature. 18 is fair compromise to accept someone as mature and responsible individual.
I don't think it would be fair to keep people criminally and financially responsible from the age of 18, but deny them the privilege of adulthood as voting.
Whether young people are more involved in politics doesn't change the fact they don't understand how the real world works, are easily lead and far too idealistic to make good sensible voting decisions.
Europe has 43 countries, 3 transcontinental countries (Turkey, Kazakhstan and Russia) and 4 geographycally Asian countries but political European countries (Cyprus that is an EU member, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) and Israel compete in European sport competitions. So technically Europe has from 43 to 50+1 countries.
Europe isn't a geographic continent, but for historical and geopolitical reasons Afro-Eurasia is divided into Europe, Africa and Asia. Like America is often divided into North America and South America (and Central American sometimes). Anyway there is a geographic boundary: the Urals, the Bosphorus, the Caucasus, the strait of the Dardanelles, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
If we look at the continental plates, we see not 3/4/5/6/7 continents, but at least a dozen, for example Venice, Milan and all the east side of Italy aren't on the Euroasiatic plate but on the African plate.
From what I've seen, read and heard from adults everywhere I would say you are giving adults WAAAAAY too much credit when you say you don't agree with 18 year-olds voting because they aren't informed enough, but have no problem with everyone 21 and older voting. I also absolutely don't understand why you would give young soldiers more trust in that regard, but maybe that's my German perspective on military.
Many european countries are far less religious than the rest of the world, especially the nordic countries and the ex-communist ones (the latter because the state repressed religiosity of course). The Czech Republic and Eastern Germany (where I live) are probably the most non-religious area in the world. About 70-80% of the people in my city are not a member of any religious group, sometimes the percentage is even higher. I was never religious, have never believed in any supernatural stuff. In school, only a handful of students in my class where religious (that was a bit exotic to the rest of us). But not all of this has to do with the communist era. My great-grandparents were already part of the "Free Thinkers" movement back in the 1920's.
About 1/3 of all Germans are not a member of a religious group or church. Western and especially southern Germany (catholic!) are much more religious than the East, but in general there is a tendency towards non-religiosity. That doesn't mean that all the people who are not part of a church are atheists, some of them may still have some supernatural beliefs. But it's safe to say that about 10-15% (perhaps 20?) are real Atheists, like me. But in my experience, most people just don't really care, even many of those who are still church members.
I think probably it's also accurate to say that many countries are far less religious than the USA in general. The level of religious fervour in US politics for example doesn't get beaten by much until you head to countries ruled by religious theocracies. Here in Australia the recent national census showed nearly 40% of the population identifying as being of "no religion". And just like much of Europe, nobody here in Australia really cares whether you're religious or not - which is not my personal experience in the USA.
@@dutchroll Certainly, yes.
Bur Europe has the coolest looking churches and cathedrals visited by old ladies and Chinese tourists.
Last time they did a count in Sweden (2019 I think) the numbers were something like 85% atheist/non-religious and a mix between different religions for the remaining 15%. One thing to mention though is that until recently all newborn Swedes were automatically written into the Swedish church which is why some articles from other countries often made it look like Sweden was a lot more religious that it actually was. For the wast majority of Swedes, religions simply don't have a place in their life. It's not a matter of people choosing etc, religion just isn't a thing here anymore. My first contact with religion as a 30+ year old Swede was in 5th grade when we had a brief but all inclusive lesson on world religions during history class.
@@gundalfthelost1624 Ok, then it's very similar to the situation here. :) Thank you for the clarification.
In 2019 they changed the legal age to buy tobacco in the US from 18 to 21.
The more rural it gets, the cheaper accommodation usually gets. This allows more young to afford a place of their own.
I noticed a quite interesting difference in demographics between France and Germany.
In France the population is mostly centered in Paris and somewhat at the coasts, while Germany is more spread out.
But at the same time the french population is moving into the suburbs and areas surrounding the cities, while the german population is moving into the cities themselves (except for the highest density cluster).
Also the elderly in France tend to move towards more rural areas while in Germany they move into urban areas.
And that is just with two neighboring countries in Europe. Comparing that across continents would give completely different results. Not just about how rural a country or state is, but also how the wages are. The fact that NJ has such a high rate of people living with their parents isn't completely unrelated to rent prices.
“I’m not going to pause”. Two minutes in - pauses…
Yep! "I'm not going to talk". 😂. I actually said out loud, "impossible" . 😉 I must stop talking to myself. Do you do that too, Connor??
5:45 The main factor that determines the sunlight hours is - surprise surprise - clouds! Regardless of the latitude, every place on Earth has about 4400 hours when the Sun is above the horizon, which is also the theoretical maximum for how many sunlight hours per year you can get.
8:15 It is really outdated. According to the last census in 2021, Czechia has less than 10 % of its people religious.
18:20 It is more of a cultural thing. In Czechia and I believe also in other countries, it is normal to build an extra floor on top of your parent's house and live there in a basically separate household, just within the same house. Even my uncle did it like that.
Most people are uneducated politically, regardless of age. Didn't the US use the famous phrase, 'no taxation without representation'? If you're old enough to be able to work full-time, you should be old enough to vote. Never mind things like driving, drinking, having sex. Being old enough to kill and be killed, fighting for your country, yet not being allowed to vote, would be utterly ridiculous and unjust! If you're considered responsible to do any of those things, you should be considered responsible enough to do all of those things. In the UK you can have sex at 16, drive and join the army at 17, yet can't vote until 18. It's totally illogical. We should decide on an age of informed responsibility and apply it consistently. If you want the voting age at 21, then all those otherage restrictions should be set at 21 too. It would still be unjust but at least it would be consistent.
Statistics are missleading if you only count in the avg wage and not the attached Benefits . For example Germany , there is a 50 : 50 split of Fees to the pension Funds and unemployment insurance between employer and employee . The Wage is somewhat lower because the costs are splitted for the ( mandatory ) Pension Funds and unemployment Insurance .
Its a matter of Education ( which is free in Germany , even if you study ) , voting with 18 is OK , but i agree , most 18 Year old have other things in their head than politics = finding a Job or mabe Boy / Girlfriend , start a Family and so on . If they ignore their right to vote , its their turn but some of them are political aktive and are junior member of partys in Germany
The cost of housing is insane in Spain, that’s why people still live with their parents, even if they have a job.
We actually drive cars, mate. Manual trasmission cars.
The living at home thing doesn't just mean people have no money to leave home, it can also mean there's less of a stigma about it. Cultural differences.
10:30 judging by the election results in the US a lot of adults also don’t seem to know anything about politics
@@Mr.Heller every politician from the far left to the far right is a populist.
@@Mr.Heller But populism is not actually successful. The liberal elite rule with an iron fist.
The reason why there is nothing set to 21 for driving, voting, alcohol or tabacco in Europe is that that age has no specific meaning. In most (if not all) countries in Europe you're an adult at 18, with all the responsibilities and privileges that brings.
And 18 being too young as voting age? Our state level elections start at 16 here. And the same 16/18 split is also for alcohol. Beer and wine is age 16, but hard liquor is age 18.
Yes, the US not only spends more than the next 9 countries combined, the US alone spends 2/3 of the entire world's military spending.
Tobacco purchasing was 16 in the UK when I was growing up but they put it up to 18 about 15 years ago to try and cut teen smoking.
Is it only me that is sad about the amount the US spends on defence is so huge, yet they cant provide free healthcare for the population?
They can provide free healthcare. It’s a matter that most Americans don’t want it when finding out that the government would control the individuals healthcare and the massive tax increase needed to fund it. “Free Healthcare” has been voted down by the people of several states in the past.
Considering the current situation in Ukraine, i think we give America too much shit for their military spending. I'll gladly admit i made fun of them before the war, but that was because i was ignorant and thought that war would break out in the western world. While yes, they should provide for their people, I do not think we should belittle them for their military expenditure.
The part where you try to describe the heat in the Grand Canyon was the best point. 😂 Haha. Awsome. Very enjoyable. Greetings from Germany and thanks for the cool vid. 👍
7:47, I just don't get the question. What god? Thor? Shiva? Zeus? Why not "does gods exist"?
Such a Christianity focused way of thinking.
In Italy kids start drinking sips of wine or beer from their parents at a single digit age. Parents teach us how to drink and why, there's a whole culture behind it, there are traditions and a lot of families known at least one little producer they go visiting in their outside rural area, it's like taking a small vacation. Then yes, teenagers and young adults will drink heavier beverages but it's mostly a rebellious phase. Adults do not have the habit to go home from work and start drinking just to 'lose it up' or for the sake of it. It's not a thing (and its frowned upon).
By the time they can go out and get smashed they're already used to the effect and what it does to them, so they can have a more informed decision when, what, and how much.
I moved out of my parents house when I turned 16, I live in Sweden. I had my own income then so why stay?!
I was 18, my sisters were 16 and 17. Only my brother stayed until after 20, but he also had military service. Pretty normal i Sweden at the time. I think its a little less common now that housing is so very expensive.
Today though people are living longer and longer with their parents due to the lack of housing, especially housing that young people can afford. Sweden is getting more like Southern Europe in that regard. Sweden has built way to little for generations and the youngest generations are suffering because of it :(
Your pretty much correct about a right being a centrist in the US.
But up north.. in Scandinavia..
A right winger would be more left than your democrats.
Still getting your education from cartoons - no wonder you're confused and doubting
Of all the things you could have complained about you decided to complain about the cartoons. Ok, boomer.
An Icelander here and if I remember it right there was a poll taken recently and if memory serves the belief in elves and hidden people was higher than the belief in God. To be frank though we are still a rather heathen bunch of folk and that's despite having a state church
When I visited Iceland some years ago a local explained that some planning of new roads need to take churches of elves (rocks) in consideration and that these should not be disturbed. So, sometimes they needed to adapt the plans and build around it. Fascinating. 🙂
I have been stopping by your channel for a quite some time and boy, the progress you made! Keep up good work!
Its not entirely true that wealth makes kids move out earlier. In the richest parts of Stockholm, its not uncommon for houses to be large enough to have a separated section, an apartment of sorts, which makes it possible to live at home for longer
Here in the uk i can remember when you could buy tobacco at 16 it weren't that long ago really and even though the drinking age is 18 you are legally allowed to have an alcoholic drink in a pub or restaurant at 16 as long as its with a meal and you are with an adult but in your home the only law is its illegal to give under 5s alcohol most of us grew up having a drink or 2 at Christmas or special occasions as a young child oh and when it comes to economy he mentioned it excludes countries outside the European Union and now it would look different because as he says we were 1 of the largest and we are no longer in the European Union but other things would be different too as this video is a few years old
And you could buy cigarettes for your jail-bait girlfriend.
@@mikefraser4513 speak for yourself
As for heat, it isn't only in Arab countries that loose clothing is common. I live in south-east England, and in summer I walk around in ankle-length kaftans and sandals.
The young people living with their parents comparison didn't really make that much sense since the US stats were 18 to 34 and the european stats were 25-34 so obviously less people live with their parents at 25 than at 18
Tobacco purchase age in the US is 21.
You don't know your own country?
It was 16 here in Norway before when I was 16
RE: tobacco
On 20 December 2019, the then President (Donald Trump) signed legislation amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raising the federal minimum age for sale of tobacco products from eighteen to twenty-one years of age.
Edit: Sorry. I posted this comment before you paused and checked via google.
It is great You learn about Europe, but I was really starting to rip my hair out. BUT. Now You are 99% wiser than the common person in the US.
7:24 the HDI map is quite outdated, Spain for example is now higher than France
Its also not a good index, considering an integral part is GDP per person with the assumption, that that has to do with human development, without taking into account income inequality. Where in Europe theres very low income inequality and general high living standards, while in the US the vast majority of income/wealth belongs to the top 1%. The income inequality in the US is on par with 3rd world countries (and not those on the better end of the scale), and over half the US population actually lives in 3rd world country conditions with regards to poverty, healthcare, education etc etc.
In fact, I was told by a Dutchman, who works at a municipality there, that they had a delegation from the US visit, who wanted to see, how they combat poverty and homelessness in the Netherlands. So they took them to an area, that the Dutch consider poverty stricken, and the Americans were very surprised, coz thats what they considered middle class in the US...
JOKE: Why are Italian men so short???
Their mama say they have to leave home when the grow up.
At the age of 18 in Usa, you can be a porn star. But you can't buy a beer? Ha ha ha ha ha. The land of the free.🤣
I don't think the beer is free either. LOL Just teasing. I need a beer here in this terrible heat (south west France).
It’s interesting you think Muslim countries must be crazy high in terms of their belief, I really don’t think they would be, there would be variations like there are in ostensibly Christian countries. I don’t think Turkey would be as high as say Saudi Arabia
The narrator gets the hours of sun totally wrong. The map isn’t showing how many hours of daylight per day based on sunset to sunrise, it’s showing how many hours of sun per day based on clear day VS cloudy day
its not a cultural boundary, its the Eurasian tectonic plate, continents aren't arbitrary liens on a map they are drawn by Plate boundaries, SMOKING AGE in the USA is indeed 21 and has been since
Dec. 20, 2019
Parts of Russia are part of Europe just not part of the EU
In my country, voting is strictly mandatory, so you better know enough about politics when you turn 18.
Yes, you are correct: Europe is not a continent but Eurasia is.
5:56 Regarding amount of sunlight: the amount of sun is of course connected to amount of rain (and clouds). I can at least explain that blue blob in south of Sweden: that’s an area where a lot of rain drops after coming in from the ocean with winds from the west. A few hills around there (can’t really call them mountains) makes it rain in this area. Similar explanation for the dark blue blob in western Norway (the city of Bergen is the city with most rain in Europe).
Hi There...About "heat" re:-weather...I come form Australia (Sydney) and I remember coming back from a wander around the Pyramids at Gizeh and my fellow theatricals aghast that I had been out in 46ºC heat! I realised that 46º dry heat felt cooler than the 33º+ with 85%+ humidity of a Sydney summers' day...Driving here...You can get a "provisional" licence here at 17 (3 years with the first year restricted) and trust me we hav eshit loads of vast open spaces so that concept of Europr being congested just doesn't work...Cheers!
love the hair, Connor. Looks like you washed it and it turned into a cut-down Buzby.
The military is about following orders so I'd rather have soldiers not vote rather than vice versa.
18:00 I can just speak for me. I lived with my parents while I was working so I could buy an apartment without credit. Today I sold the apartment and I live in a house, without credit.
I live with my mum. While it is just about doable to get my own place, the cost means it just doesn't make sense.
There are some mistake, for example alcohol age in Italy is 16 not 18, and, even if it's not in the video, same for sex (with some exceptions which would be too complicated to explain here) however, in general, is 16, not 18.
"American Reacts How Do Europe & The United States Compare?"
No, but good question.
China has a smaller land mass than the states and it contains over 1 billion residents. even India has more residents than the states which for its land mass is underpopulated they should be welcoming foreigners into the country to populate the landmass.
People don't need a higher voting age, they need better political education
As soon as you reach an age where you have to pay taxes you should be able to vote, no taxation without representation.
15:47 And Americans ask themselves why they can't have universal health care.
Czechia is predominantly atheist country so this data seems really weird and Polish are hardcore Catholics. If you look at numbers HDI seems to be high, because in real life millions of people can't afford healthcare and 500 000 file bakrupcy due to medical bills every year. Income seems larger but how many people need two jobs to survive? Also in Europe in EU and I guess almost all countries on the continent have about a month of paid vacation guaranteed by law and that seems to me as important to live a healthy life.
@6:00 - those "other factors" are usually called "clouds" ;-)
The flags compare the EU with the USA. Not Europe and the USA. Most of Russia isn’t in Europe.
10:55 Service guarantees citizenship!
Better check out what a continent is, are you mixing them with islands?
On sun vs latitude. America and Europe have different colour schemes. On the graphic shown it looks like Norway (Europe) has the same climate as Arizona (North America). It really really does not!
as i recall in Dec. 20, 2019, the President signed legislation amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raising the federal minimum age for sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years
In France we vote at 18 but I’m 14 and we already learned political things
google is your friend... "On Dec. 20, 2019, the President signed legislation amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and raising the federal minimum age for sale of tobacco products from 18 to 21 years." yay google... EDIT: aaaaand 2sec after writing that, u checked it your self... yeah it's 21 now :)
Voting age: 20, but 18 for military? Why is one government employee worth more than any other? Or worth more than a private sector employee?
If you use the "risk of life" argument, then there are loads of other high risk jobs, not to mention a lot of military personell are not "operative", but mostly behind a desk.
Frankly military people should not be allowed to vote. Voting is manifesting a choice, which is exactly what the military beats out of you. For example my country Bulgaria has a ex military president right now. That P-resident has abused every single constitutional power and dishonored the institution in so many ways that basically degraded the trust in the institution possibly beyond repair. Bulgarian President is a non-executive, but that damn ex-military just cannot stop pushing. So instead of uniting the nation and representing it with dignity, he's been putting everybody at odds, created two separate parties, when he's supposed to be non-partisan and proclaimed Crimea as Russian in a public debate..
And ahh yes his fellow militaries voted for that piece of shit, because it was one of them. So no more damn militaries, thank you.
America is an interesting country. Obviously this is a foreigners way of phrasing it (and I completely understand if many people in USA wouldn't agree I guess). But for me America is this really weird mix of very liberal modern values and things that are to be found in many European countries too, but also with so many things that for me almost feels more like something that would be closer to more conservative societies in as an example the middle East. Obviouly these things can also be found in some European countries too, but if I should generalize somewhat....
belgium > netherlands idc what others say, belgium pretty much a non existing thing for some americans. which is frustrating, i learned that education wise belgium > netherlands. Amsterdam and the port and the waterways are just a really big +
Yup, the many 'Muslim- countries' in Europe are crazy religious...like, ehhh...you know, ehhh...😂😂😂🤦
Europe is very culturally diverse so the definition is definitely not about cultural boundaries but about the continental plates that we learnt about in school.
I'm amazed that you didn't follow your own logic and upped the age where people can join the military. I feel lika you shouldn't be deployed as young as 18. If you cannot be trusted to vote why should you be trusted to choose to throw away your life for someone else's cause?
1. "Russia spans the northern part of the Eurasian continent; 77% of Russia's area is in Asia, the western 23% of the country is located in Europe. European Russia occupies almost 40% of the total area of Europe."
2. Certainty of God: Yes, people CAN be certain of many things. Haven't you ever walked into a room where there are others and you KNEW without anyone saying anything, that something didn't feel right or someone was angry etc. Our feelings are very difficult to articulate; for instance, I feel VERY strongly there is a God (I prefer to call him/her Prime Creator - even the most doubting person must think to themselves that the intricacies of life etc., are so complex it couldn't have been an accident). Although I'm NOT religious, I am spiritual (in fact we're all spiritual) - for me religion is way too divisive & troublesome. That aside, develop within yourself your ability (which we all possess) to "feel" things.
3. Politicians know that the younger the voter the easier it is for them to convince them to vote their way. Like you Connor, for me, 21 is a just about age; you have to have lived out in the world and experienced real life; you possess none of the qualities needed to make a responsible judgement before then (roughly speaking).
4. EU: Of course you must appreciate the EU doesn't represent the whole of Europe plus the UK are (thankfully) not members of this little club in Brussels. These last couple of years the EU's growth has gone down somewhat.
5. Young people living at home is mainly due to financial constraints.
Great video Connor; sorry my response is so long.
your point to compare american Conservatism with european one, is not as simple as you think, especially in the balkan area, conservatism is/can be, e.g. Serbia, far right. In western Europe, its not as reactionary, but still existant
the smoking age in the US changed a couple of years ago to 21.
The video is correct. In 2019 their was legislation changing the age from 18 to 21 nationwide to buy tobacco. It is now illegal to buy tobacco in the US under age 21.
9:45 Yes, I'm sure a lot of Muslims would agree God exists. I see no problem with this.
This video was painful
In Finland at 18 you can buy drinks that contain at maxinum 22% alcohol. When you are 20 you can buy any alcohol drinks.
In Malta they vote at the age of 16 too
Pausing is fine, scrubbing back and forth a dozen times is annoying but pause away
you sayed that people dont really whats going at 18 but some people in america are 36 and also dont know whats going on
So pleased you like living with your parents, I and my brother liked living with our Mother, so she left home. Hindsight I don't blame her.
During my lifetime they reduced the voting age to 18 but that was during a time of Vietnam draft so lots of 19 year olds were dying and had no say in politics at all.
since december 2019, you must be 21 to buy cigarettes in USA