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"So that people can see that I can afford nice things....?' A pleasant human being... Weird thinker..

Healthcare is epensive in Germany as well, which we pay monthly (social Security). Also in regards to politics you actually mostly cannot express your individual opinion on specific topics, since many Germans are used to be very careful about to say the "the right or correct ' thing. Lots of people living in Germany are afraid to be really honest about politics. This was very different in the 90s.

8 Euros or 80 Euros for teeth cleaning?

Americans put up Christmas decorations 5 months before Christmas.

Coming from Germany 😇 I saw the torn shirt first 😇 then the dirty wall😇 And felt very german 🤐 But I spend the 90s in the USA with my very own Gi-Jo. And must say that all of this is true. But the ppl (strangers) in the US are much kinder and helpful than any German (stranger) They all got their own success and views on their mind. Where as ppl in the US get together and help an individual that is down on their luck. I realize it has been 24 years since I left the US but I will carry that kindness with me for the rest if my life! Stay kind folks 🫂♥️

How could you ever not be stressed in an environment where you have to scramble for every cent and fear even the pop of a balloon because it might be another guy with a guy shooting the place down

After all, l love american christmas......

Thats exactly the way we celebrate Christmas always for years.........

That's rather easy on the internet. But in real life, bullies come in flocks. They rarely attack you alone. They know that you are defenseless and revel in it. They want you to react to them, to provoke you in any way, and they will make sure that other people see you while they're cutting you open. And whatever you do, whether you react or not, you have lost: any reaction from your part is interpreted by them as weakness and laughed at. Bullies are people who were abused, yes, but they chose to take it on others, therefore they're bad people. Your video makes it sound like that attitude is human and therefore excusable. But bullies have often pushed people to suicide, particularly among young people.

Shame you didn't check on the ratings( world) on Personal freedom. It doesn't matter which rating organization you check as invariably the USA doesn't make it to the top 10, which is taken by New Zealand and European countries.

After listening to your interesting thoughts I remember a saying from Immanuel Kant: "My freedom ends where others' freedom begins." The idea that "my freedom ends where yours begins" is a fundamental principle that lies at the heart of a harmonious and just society. This concept expresses the understanding that while individuals have the right to exercise their freedoms, those freedoms must not infringe on the rights and freedoms of others. The extreme individualism in the USA that you speak of, and which is unfortunately also becoming more and more widespread here in Germany, is essentially destroying the freedom of the weaker. Only the law of the strongest/richer applies. Trump and Musk and their ilk are making this clearer to us.

Well.... you might not have enough money after paying health insurance in the US but as you live in Germany now you might be able to afford a new shirt... 😉😂

imo the French said is best: liberte, fraternite, egalite: liberty, brotherhood AND equality. equally important principles

Leider schreitet die Amerikanisierung in Deutschland voran und ich hasse alles daran !!! Unsere Kultur wird mit Füßen getreten nur um damit einen Reibach zu machen . Es ist lächerlich wie absurd sich manche Menschen benehmen nur um Eure Gebräuche hier zu zelebrieren . Ich brauche kein Halloween um Kinder in Kostümen zu sehen dafür gibt es den Fasching oder den Valentinstag um meiner Frau / Freundin mal Blumen zu schenken... das war vorher selbstverständlich egal zu welchem Zeitpunkt man das tat . Diesen ganzen Konsummüllfeiertagsbrei brauche Ich einfach nicht .....wir haben unsere Eigenen Festlichkeiten und Gebräuche .

These are interesting views, and as a german who feels more and more pressure from all those regulations it´s really interesting to hear it. The right to bear arms is in my view not a big discuss in germany - mostly it´s something the few gun owners in germany talk about. But I think it´s quite essential for self responsibility. What is even more important is the 1st Ammendment, wich I know is under attack in the US too, but in Europe and especially in Germany the extent of restrictions and repressions especially for criticising politicians goes over the edge. This is the first of your videos I watched, so I don´t know if you follow those developments. You say in the US everything is based on the goal to make profit. Yes, that´s capitalism. That´s not a bad thing, because you can only make profit (in honest ways) if you use ressources you have or you buy and create some values for others that are worth more to them than what you spent for those ressources. So the profit someone makes is a direct indication for the values he creates for society. I think freedom must be individual, because collective "freedom" or the "collective good" was always the excuse for totalitarian regimes, and especially germany has had horrible experiences with this. It might look nice as long as you share the views of the majority or the political narrative, but once you disagree you are a thread to the "collective greater goal" and you are the enemy of society. Then, everything is OK to fight you. There is no such thing as collective freedom. There´s no freedom without responsibility. But there´s a collective rejection of self responsibility. Oh, and - freedom doesn´t mean one can do whatever he wants. Freedom means everyone can do whatever he wants without to cause any harm to others, responsible fot what he does and taking the consequences for his own actions, and most of all it means to endure the freedom of others.

My company offers stress reduction Seminars weekly a daily back workout for 20 minutes wellness checkups. And all is done during work hours, paid. I think in the US it has to do with switching work every 2 years mentality while in Germany it is not that uncommon to see workers spending their whole career at one company so they value you being as healthy as possible, since sick leave is also paid.

Land of the free-ish seems to have quite large incarcerated population. Fifth after El Salvador, Cuba, Rwanda and Turkmenistan. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate Germany is 178. and my Finland 198.

Gee, America. Did you work this out ? These thieves are robbing you. You would think the twerps that peddle freedom would object……hang on….you are…….

Jay Stephan! You can tell you're an American because you can't dress. The 80s want the sleeveless shirts back. Watch and learn how we Europeans dress, we dress nicely. Then Sweden is a much better country than Germany, many Germans move to Sweden.

Americans want "the freedom TO"(own a gun, make a business...) while Eurpeans want "the freedom FROM" (threads, stress...)

USA = only the fittest survive. EUROPE = we will survive only, if we work together.

Amerika hat keine Kultur weißt du eigentlich was Kultur ist

I'm no longer a Christian, but I still know the rules of Christmas well here in southern Germany. They start with Advent in December with the four Sundays that are celebrated with the candles on the Advent wreath and the calendar with 24 doors. The tree is only decorated on the 24th and then left in the home until January 6th. Everything else is modern and commercial, especially the outdoor decorations, which come from the USA. I can still remember my childhood, when you could only see the illuminated Christmas trees in the houses in the dark streets at Christmas, which was spiritually amazing

Offensichtlich ist es so, dass du erst das Weihnachten in Deutschland gut fandest und nach einiger Zeit doch wieder das amerikanische, pompöse Fest besser findest. Da erkenne ich eigentlich nur, dass dich die Kindheitserinnerungen eingeholt haben. Genau so geht es jedem Menschen, der an Weihnachten in einem fremden Land sein muss. In meiner Gegend gibt es kein Raclette, sondern Kartoffelpüree mit Frikadellen, weil die Kinder keinen Kartoffelsalat essen. Die Deutschen mögen eben nicht so viel kommerzielles Zeug, hier geht es um die Geburt Christi, deswegen hat der traditionelle Weihnachtsstollen (Kuchen) die Form eines Wickelkindes.

The food at Christmas varies: Some people eat Christmas Eve sausages with potato-salad, others eat raclette or whatever, nothing big. Then on the first day after Christmas Eve there is the Christmas goose and on the second day after Christmas Eve the remains of the big Christmasgoose meal are eaten. That's how I remember it from earlier times...

20 years ago we decided that we adults wouldn't give each other presents. Only the children naturally found their presents under the tree. Christmas together with all of us is our present... much better than vouchers or things that you don't like. Since then, the Christmas season has been more relaxed and we have been able to concentrate on making it nice for the children.

toll erklärt 😀👍👍

Yes, the USA is still, socially, a frontier. The lone home steader, reliant on non and responsible to themself. Europe is based on the village, all mutually interdependent.

Interesting. In Sweden the concept of "freedom" is very much based on freedom from opression, at least that is what our constitution states.

May be this culture differences are very old. In Europe we have about 2,5x more people than the USA and Europe is a bit smaller than the USA; because of that in Europe you have to be more oriented on society than in the USA. And the Founding Fathers: they didn't fit in in Europe; not because of facts but because of what they believed. So they chose the unknown (a very risky adventure) instead of complying and had to fight for their place in the USA.

I am German and sorry but I have to say that in Germany many dentists try to push you for unnecessary treatment too. And there are a lot of costs which aren’t covered by health insurance. For example, if you need dentures you have to pay thousands of euros yourself. The German healthcare system has a well-deserved reputation for offering equal treatment and easy access at moderate costs. But currently in Germany, one in four doctors are leaving the profession. The quality of healthcare is constantly deteriorating. And grocery prices, energy costs and rental prices are continuously on the rise. It isn’t that simple because you have to compare people’s income with the cost of daily life either.

You guys are celebrating the health system in Germany, but most of you are probably young and healthy. Please ask people which really need medical treatment, they will tell you how you get low quality for high payload: Germany.

Swede here. In my family, the important thing is being together. Sure, we have a christmas tree, decorated at the 23d (24th this year due to location and travel time) a christmas ham, meatballs, herring and the rest, and in the evening , presents. But the main thing is getting together. The rest is tailored around that. As for presents, the best gift is one that shows thought and knowledge of the receiver, the worst is one that is only a fist of money.

I don’t celebrate Xmas anymore but I always liked how my family celebrated it during my childhood: With December there was some decoration. An Advent wreath with 4 candles was a staple.😅 Plus some other smaller things. Every Advent Sunday evening we came together as a family for an hour to hear Xmas music. We didn’t talk during this hour. It was a cozy atmosphere with the candles, the decoration and the music. Everybody had time for their own thoughts. Usually afterwards we talked about whatever was on our minds. The tree came up on the 24th. Got decorated. Dad’s part. Mom cooked up a storm during that time. Meal prepping for the holidays. We kids were the help for both. Everything was ready and prepared in the afternoon. Then we got to church (no, we weren’t religious. My grandma was the only catholic). After church was Xmas eve. Presents and potato salad and sausages. (Yep. That cliche 🤣) The two days afterwards were family time. Alone or with friends. And a lot of delicious food. Tree and decoration were gone around the 6th of January.

Sweden we have a big dinner on Christmas eve and gifts but we buy what is needed during the year in clothes, books and some stuff which is more personal. It’s not more is better it’s more I love you.

Interesant punct de vedere!

Jay no offense I have seen your videos years ago and I enjoyed them but your current shirt looks like it took some shrapnels from a blast. You ok?

Germany gets exploited by greedy Politicians, Foreigners who just wanna get a handout and CEO's who don't give a damn about their employes. The living costs are rising. The Housing costs are too. All of that because of stupid decisions made by even stupider (? is that a word ?) and under qualified Politicians. But when you dare to mention your concerns, you're a right winger, a Nazi, a fascist and what not. That's the harsh truth!

Christmas in America is all about commercialism, corporations getting more money from average citizens , not very family involved .

The big festive meals in Germany will normally be prepared and served on 1. and 2. christmas day

Amis reden zuviel

American traditions spreading in Sweden more and more and forgetting our own tradition. I know people eating American Thanksgiving dinner, with NO connection to Sweden or our history. Starting Christmas celebration in Advent (that is a preparation time before Christmas) and removing Christmas trees and related decorations before New year's eve (that is in the middle of the Christmas time.) The commercial side of it is even emphasised by shops starting their "mellandagsrea", sale after Christmas, on Christmas day!

Gifts don't necessarily have to be consumerist though, it's not about more expensive = better. Thoughtfulness is the point of gift-giving. If you take the effort to knit someone a pair of socks, that can be a more heartfelt gift than buying them an expensive silk shirt, or if you remember they were annoyed about a broken potato peeler, giving them a new one can be more meaningful than some fancy electronic gadget you don't even know if they will like!

The best health care system doesn't help you if you have to wait an eternity for an appointment.

Spending winters in a former British crown colony aka Malta my German Christmas traditions have changed, too. I don't mind celebrating on the 25th with my Maltese family but I have a REAL firtree as a Christmas tree ( which costs a bum here) and it is NOT decorated before the 24th unlike my friends' fake ones in the middle or even at the start of December. And I noticed that I got more and more expensive presents here from friends and family, too. But what I am looking forward to most are my children spending the holidays here along with all those homemade " Plätzchen" or Weihnachtsgebäck they get along with them.😊 So, you can appreciate both worlds without the feeling of "betraying" one or the other.

I am British and don't think I could enjoy the very understated Christmas described in the video. I love it, the trees, lights, decorations, special food, the markets. I don't find it over the top and I don't spend more than I can afford. You can only be a victim of consumerism at its worst if you allow yourself to be.

Now, what about the couple , you saw, that made think this pathway???? What was it? Announced, but in the end not delivered

I love the simplicity of your background, eclat!❤

I don't understand why you mentioned this not romantic couple at the beginning. What was wrong with them that you have to think about Christmas. Greetings from Austria.❤

When xmas advertising starts at the end of August 😳