Taxes are for the military some will say. Few days ago I looked it up, above 30% from American taxes gone to Medicare in 2022. But your drugs and hospital +private doctors can charge 5 to 20 times as much as in germany, you get nothing for it. Here the worker pay around 10% tax for Healthcare, the workgiver also 10%. So 30% should be enough in the US. I know, doctors earn more in the USA.... Right, BUT: german university don't ask 50k bucks a year for education = 6 to 10 years X 50k+ interests the german doctors don't need to pay back😅. German university isn't 100% free, you need to pay like 150 to 500 bucks a year, I know peanuts 😂😂😂
Both are human rights (Rights in the carta of human rights of the UN). Article 26 Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. Article 25 Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
"You can make a lot of money here!" That's the attitude that got the USA to where it is today. Life's not about making a lot of money. Life is about making enough money to live comfortably and enjoy time with your family and explore the world.
Thats life. Not live to work, but work to live. Too bad this world is ruled by boomers who think working literally 1/3 of our lifetimes, while spending another 1/3 sleeping, is okay. We really have 8 hours a day, 5 days a week those like me who are lucky to not work on weekend, only for ourselves. If you count driving, coocking, cleaning... how much % of our lifetime we enjoy life? like 15%? thats just sad
that ain' germany though. taxes are high, gov't is greedy. you're lucky if you don't get knifed or get your head kicked in by our lovely imports. we're turning into a shithole day by day.
German here. That German university is (almost) completely free is one thing I am proud of my country. That shows we not only want, but actually NEED highly educated people here. That the taxpayers in Germany pay for it, even for non-German immigrants is totally fine by me. Without young people coming here, getting their education here, and maybe deciding to stay after they get to know Germany, we'd be in a lot of trouble. With an aging average population we can't keep up our generation contract. Such as pensions guaranteed by the government. These pensions are paid also from the taxes of the working population. With more and more older people (thanks to a constant increase of the average old age) a proportionately smaller number of younger people have to cover those pensions. So the German government decided to make education virtually free. You pay between 150-350€ per semester. But that includes public transportation tickets, reduce entrance fees for loads of concerts, museums, exhibitions, etc. Plus the admin fees for the university. Yes, obviously you still need to cover your daily expenses for food, rent, etc. But at least the education itself is tuition free.
Dane here: When I went to school back in the 70'es it was drummed into us: Denmark has NO natural resouces worth mentioning - except from our brains. We can't keep living of exporting Lurpak - in the future we will be exporting KNOW HOW. This "idea" was taken so seriously, that a new kind of High School/Gymnasium was introduced: Higher Preparation Exam. From 1967 now grown up working class children, who'd left school due to lack of finances, could qualify for university at a gymnasium in two years - with merit for life and work experience. We're still exporting a lot of Lurpak, though 🤔 Not so sure about the know-how 🙄
Bavaria here. You are right in as far as university fees are concerned, but if you don't want to study in Hintertupfingen (where the fox and the hare wish each other goodnight), there's the problem of getting a flat to rent in the first place, and rents in, say, Hamburg, Munich or Berlin aren't cheap these days, and I haven't yet started talking about the cost of living in a big city or finding a job you can do as a student without neglecting your studies. Yes, you can get a student loan (if you're lucky and your parents don't earn too much), but I thought about it twice and decided not to take it because I didn't want to start my professional career with a five-digit number of euros as debt. Instead, I took one semester off ("Urlaubssemester") to work full time and earn some money, and that was only viable because I had had a professional education before, had found a relatively cheap flat, sold my car, and Berlin's public transport system was quite affordable and reliable back then. However, there was a huge piece of luck involved, and more than once I feared that my whole plan would fail. Well, it worked out alright in the end, but it wasn't easy.
@@eisikater1584 well if u want to study in such a special place like berlin, hamburg or munich, do it..... i lifed quite well in my "Hinterupfingen" called Magdeburg.... i didnt finish my university but what concernse me the most is what @RustyDust101 says , we need educated university absolvers, a shit do we need them, we need workers, handymen, ppl who know how to work, solving problems by seeing practicaly, we dont need any more stupid shait face engineers, engineers are the scum of the working ppl suggesting resolutions that dont work, why? because the fucking engineer has no clue about actual handy work. i once tried to get an engineer i am glad i didnt and took the handyman course. btw, just because you earn more , you arent worth more....
Bulgarian living in Scotland here. Even tho shit went down the drain after Brexit, I didn't pay a pense for the 4-year BSc course I did (technically £1820 billed annually, but as an Europpean having started the course in between Brexit, the government covered all of my tuition for those 4 years) plus also access to any corporate software needed for the completion of my course - Adobe, Microsoft, Zoom Etc. To facilitate and negate the conditions of the pandemic.) But Master Degrees here are chasing after their American sisters I believe. Each year, tuition fees go up so severely & especially now that rest of the EU is treated as an international student, therefore charged by the much higher tarriff. 😢
American Passports rank number 8 in the world, together with Lithuania. You can visit 184 destinations. German Passports are number 2 with Italy and Spain and can visit 190 countries. Singapore is number 1 with 192 destinations.
That's not true, here the last ladder 1 🇫🇷 France 194 1 🇩🇪 Germany 194 1 🇮🇹 Italy 194 1 🇯🇵 Japan 194 1 🇸🇬 Singapore 194 1 🇪🇸 Spain 194 2 🇫🇮 Finland 193 2 🇰🇷 South Korea 193 2 🇸🇪 Sweden 193 3 🇦🇹 Austria 192 3 🇩🇰 Denmark 192 3 🇮🇪 Ireland 192 3 🇳🇱 Netherlands 192 4 🇧🇪 Belgium 191 4 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 191 4 🇳🇴 Norway 191 4 🇵🇹 Portugal 191 4 🇬🇧 UK 191 5 🇬🇷 Greece 190 5 🇲🇹 Malta 190 France is first as they have more visa-free
Mc Donald’s in EUROPE is a very different experience,,,, everything is sourced locally and tracked to its origin. Plus,,, The staff MUST BE PAID A PROPER WAGE. This was made clear to the AMERICAN FRANCHISE otherwise they knew they would loose their licence to operate.
@@user-to2kz6xg5u If you refer to that fast food chain I agree with you for the first and probably the last time seeing your posts on several channels. :)
Don't try to idealize it so much man :D it's mass factory farming, full of chemicals, ist shit that you put in your body and that's not only McDonald's, it's all the food in supermsrkets etc. Don't think it's that much better in Europe, it isn't
Fun fact about the slavery thing: A few years ago when the slavery discussion was on a new high, I heard a (white caucasian) woman in a discussion forum openly advocate for slavery. She was okay with slavery. So I offered her she even could choose in which area she wanted to be a slave. Hmmmm! She told me I was wrong! She wanted to OWN slaves, NOT BE one!
Not only do they have those despicable views, they feel confident and comfortable in saying it! Protected and emboldened by the right wing machine that poisons their minds.
The reason that small shops only accept cash is that for creditcard payments they have to pay a fee to the bank, not the customer, them. So they earn less money.
18:28 It's shocking how much attention America pays to its fallen soldiers, but forgets about the tens of thousands who die on the "home front" each year.
also ignoring the veterans who are now mentally and/or physically disabled and also.. ignoring the suicide statistics of soldiers many years more soldiers died from suicide than any other work related issues
As a german, who went to virginia with my german / american crossover buddy just can relate to this dude. The "fast food" in the states is amazing and when you compare like big fast food chains like the m to the c, it's not that different. But in Germany we mostly have "traditional kitchen restaurants" and the quality there is just insane. Most of the meat is from farmers nearby, the veggies are also from nearby fields and we have much tighter restrictions on stuff that get's sprayed on our meals. So it's not all bad in Europe ;)
Most Americans still think they live in the "Land of the Free"...wrong! Here in Europe & especially in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, you are free! In the USA definitely not!
👍 A nice contribution from both of you and of course also from the reference contribution from "Soldier of Life" which I have seen so often so far with a lot of fun and joy, just because this one is somehow really typically american for me which I enjoy 😉 On the subject of "food", as an European I wouldn't even think of mentioning McDonalds, whether in German or American form, because there are about 12.548.211 good "foods" here in Europe that would have been worth mentioning before that 🤣🤣
@@alicetwain Exactly. I remember going to Madeira for my honeymoon with nothing else than a couple of suitcases, our plane tickets and my German ID. On the other hand, you can access all the US states with a US driver's license, too, I think, which would be about the same. Minus the cultural diversity.
@@june4976 except the US states are still US. Now, you are German and I am Italian, we may be peachy now, but to communicate we need to speak English (which is not our mothertongue), and our countries have been at war a lot until not so long ago. Indeed, many older Italians are still distrusting of Germans nearly 80 years after the end of WWII! (And despite Germany having done a much better job at expelling Nazism than Italy has done expelling Fascism.) You and I are culturally way more different than two Americans from nearly neighboring states.
I agree with him, from north to south Germany there is really a lot of German history to see, whether museums, palaces, fortresses, beautiful churches, memorials to concentration camps, etc. If you have personally visited such a memorial then you understand that there must never be a dictatorship and facism again. Which we doo too learned in history class at school.💜
Germany has the second rank about the value of Passport for travelling. And Europe is so trainconnected. You can travel inside Germany by Deutsche Bahn his InterCityExpress trains. You have a lot of Highspeed-routes. From Berlin to Munich you can travel in under 4 hours or between Hamburg and Munich in unserem 6 hours. But also Berlin to Prague in 4 hours, Nuremberg-Vienna in 4 hours. Frankfurt-Paris in around 5 hours. and so on...
According to the last passport index, germany is at number 3 with several other countries ;) But thats better than the 7th place the us passport is at ;)
Hey Joel! Nice post - really genuine in my view. I live in Australia, and also believe Germany a great place to live...but Australia is also great...no guns, so that's a plus...
Except for the wildlife trying to kill you. Each and every animal living in Australia or the surrounding oceans seems to be the most lethal of its species.
Great video, buddy. Once again. I'm usually not a big fan of reaction videos. Feels kinda lazy sometimes. But you really add value through your reflection and honesty.
Great to see, that there still are some open minded US citizens, keep on going! Something, many students do here after finishing school, before entering universities is traveling other countries or even continents ( because just countries, that you can do any time later within hours). Or they just get a random working job, just for getting into other peoples world, make some money, for to have something in behind, when on university, or a car or something. Working for some months, a semester or two would even be a great way for foreign students at first, to getting deeper into the language, the culture, and even prepare for university, to find a suitable flat to rent, and all those things. Although university is for free, you still need money, to make your living. Many students do that, before and along or in between semesters. You will get friends more easyily when working or joining some sport-or other hobby-clubs, which are everywhere for every thinkable liking or interest. Just do it and you will not need a huge loan or bankrupt your parents, let them enjoy there savings , maybe for visiting you.
After 4 years in LA my taste buds became so conditioned to american food but then I went for 2 weeks to Spain, Austria and Slovakia and when I flew back my friend picked me up at LAX and had MacDonalds Cheeseburger with Coke waiting for me in the car I was so hungry so I took a big bite I am not sh*tting you it was so GROSS 🤮 I needed to flush the bite down so I had a gulp of Coke jesus it was so sweet like chewing on sugar cubes. So much different so much unhealthy the food in USA is compared to Europe. In those 2 weeks in Europe I felt so much healthier and actually had energy from the food. Here I eat my body is tired just from processing all those hidden chemicals. I also lost 5 pounds eating same types of food. It’s not sugary and over processed there. Much more tasty too
I remember when the US was known as the land of the free. It sounds like that has changed somewhat. I think the US would be a much better place if there were more people like you two. Joel for President has a ring to it. Every time I watch one of your clips I thank goodness I am Australian. Keep up the good work guys.
It’s really saddened me to hear you both say that you close your mind to school shootings, killings, bad news because you have become so used to hearing it. It brought to mind the famous words of Edmund Burke who said “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing”.
He Joel, I have watched tons of your videos and I think that this one is by far may favorite. I love the banter between you guys. So I propose that one of you becomes president and the other vice president (up to you guys which is which) as I have NO doubt that America would actually be a great place with you in charge.
I would be happy if the two of you would think hard about what kind of life you want to live and try to live it, even if it is in America. But nothing is worse than regretting something !
28:15 The strongest passports are the Japanese, Italian, Spanish, German, French and Singaporean passports. With these passports you can visit 194 of 199 countries without needing a visa. The American passport is only in 7th place with 186 out of 199 countries without a visa.
Yea, and fun fact: If you have visa to visit Mexico, you can easily live in the US 😄 Just hurry, you have until the November, but I dont know why would anyone want it tho.
I think that these are 10 reasons not to live in USA. I see these 10 reasons in many countries and not just in Germany - but Germany is one of the best.
I know that I as a German have to pay relatively high taxes, but I see the effects it has on society, so I am cool with it! My son finished a master study, my youngest daughter will soon graduate from high school and will study, too. And I am NOT a rich person!
That guy is observant and hilarious. I identify with not being able to watch the news even here in the UK, however. It is not an easy world for you young people and I am so sad about that. On a lighter note, I was curious about the name "Arturo". Apparently it is from Irish/Gaelic origin meaning "bear man" destined for greatness. So prophetic I suspect.
@@pfalzgraf7527 I am gay so was sadly breaking the law for much of my youth. A hotel room is a 'public place' so staying in a hotel with my partner I am still in breach of UK law. My point is that being in breach of a law does not make you a bad person.
When I visit the US the weirdest thing in hotels is that they give you the key and next the tell you where the ice machine is on your floor… Regarding brands and status some say that that is what fuels capitalism: We buy things we don‘t need, with money we don‘t have to impress people we don‘t like.
He has already discussed many videos recently on his own without a guest. It's getting a bit boring. And they are often outdated videos that are several years old. The narrator of the video that was reacted to raved about Germany back then. But he must leave Germany.
09:00 cash only is NOT result of German craving for privacy. It is simply the consequence of high fees for debit card machines for small businesses like small bakeries, restaurants etc. These simply can't afford a debit card machine. 19:00 I guess you DO have a choice...don't give every moron a firearm. Try to control who may have a firearm and who may not. In Germany you must have a proper reason to bear a firearm like for hunting, sport shooting etc. But you always must have education before using a gun und gun security and you have to pass a background check for criminal history etc.
We can go pretty much everywhere just with a tourist visa . For example stay 3 month in japan , south korea just buy entering . And in case of japan you can extend it up to 6 month in total . We dont need to apply for an extra visa . But the US want to know everything even in advance .
What‘s better in the US is the open space. Germany is densely populated. I live in the Black Forest and there is a lot of nature around but that‘s nothing compared to what I‘ve experienced in the US or Canada.
i just chugged 1 liter can of Danisch Beer (FAXE RED ERIk) i feel like im on a trip! (please only drink when you got the legal age of 88, and not when you are smoking and pregnant. Please drink responsibilityly!)
Hey, thanks for the video. It was fun to watch you. If you want to emigrate to Germany, don't wait, go for it. The longer you wait, the older you get, the harder it will be to learn German. If you like Germany and would like to come here, I would be happy for you. Best regards
Well Joel... When I look at video contributions from you from a year ago and you now think about your last trip to Europe, then you have grown up a lot this year. You see the world and therefore yourself a little more clearly. And your ability to think more deeply about the world has also grown. If you really decide to return to the continent of your forefathers, Europe will certainly not reject you... Stay tuned !
I own a 1970 Mustang.. in Germany, thats extremely rare.. and very expensive. I went over to a friend of mine to build my new PC.. drove home and left the cartons in my car.. I had 2 weeks of free time, so i gamed like hell and haven't left my house for a week.. When i needed to go grocery shopping.. i realized i left my car open, with a 4090 carton lying on my passenger seat. Nobody tried to steal the car or the 4090.. xD Love Germany..
No European in his right mind wants to steal an American car : it's too large, it needs its own petrol station because of fuel consumption, taxes are high because of the large (but inefficient) engine, the suspension is not suited for specific European roads (such as cobblestone), etc ...
If I were asked what the USA is like nowadays, I would say: When Aaron Bushnell burned himself to death last week in Washingtin D.C., the police officer present did not prevent it, but pointed a gun at him the whole time.
Hello @MoreJps, I really like your videos and have been following them for a while. I am a german from hamburg and I particularly like your comments on germany and of course on human rights and social justice. Please don't think that everything is great here in germany and without any problems. But with cool young democrats like you we can save the world for the future and of course for our children - thank you for sharing your videos with the world. Kind regards @all from germany! P.S. Here in hamburg we have a beer garden wich has about one thousand places ;-))
In my opinion you can NEVER go wrong by leaving what you know behind for a while. So if you can figure out a way financially to do it - go now! Doesn't have to be Germany, anywhere that's doable, go and live there for a year. THEN you can make an informed decision on whether your home country is where you want to be or whether somewhere else might suit you better. Like you said, this video focused on a lot of good aspects of Germany and I mostly agree with them (German here), but man, this country does have its issues, too!! I recommend you watch a couple of "10 things that suck in Germany" type videos, just to even it out 😉. I've lived in the States and Japan for a year each and there are SO MANY things I miss about both of those countries, but on the whole I'm happy at home. But I do have that comparison now. Also - life happened and once you're older and have a family it gets a LOT harder to just up and leave for a while. So, yeah. GO! Not gonna lie - knowing German bureaucracy there's probably a ton of hoops you're gonna have to jump through to get a job/work visa (and learning our language is really fun apparently 🤡) but if there's any chance to make it happen you should try. You can always go back, but only if you leave first 😉. (And international work experience will probably never look bad on any job application either.) *getting off the soap box now*
So, I lived in Amsterdam for about 2 years, college there is free as well, and when he said that people will say that people have to pay higher taxes to fund the schools, (I know he was joking, but Ive heard other americans talk about this too.....mostly peeps that have never been to Europe) But Tax dollars are mostly redirected back to the people in Europe, where as in the USA, taxes are put into the military, the drug companies, the huge paychecks of the gov. workers..etc. and in The Netherlands, taxes are high, BUT almost every cent is giving back to the people. Whats not is dedicated to public transit, education, affordable housing. Almost NO American tax dollars is given to the American education system. and using cash...thats dope. Same in Amsterdam. If Americans really respect their privacy, then you'll use cash.
and 2 years later he left. Thats exactly the humor i need. Thats the problem i have with those kind of videos you live 2 months in a country you know nothing about it. And then this people are like oh that was complete bs
He left because he got in legal troubles and he flew back to the US to get out of reach of german juristication. He ignored the laws about street legal stuff and drove a motorbike classified electric bicycle (to fast to be classified as "Bicycle") without insurance, licence plate and drivers licence. Maybe it was to much "restriction of his freedom do do any shit he wants" or Panic (this offense - when first time caught and no accident involved is mostly only a fine but no criminal record or prison sentence).
Also, you can be fashionable without wearing big brands, (though they might have been EU brands you never heard of which would still be high end), but mostly I agree, in the UK consumerism is more prominent but France, Ireland, Germany, not that much of a thing. But it still exist, like in Paris or younger people yes
12:21 while mentioning it, my basement room is open and unlocked for three weeks in a row already. The landlord is upgrading the building. Am I concerned about anybody to get into my basement room (except of the workers)? No. Am I worried about people hiding in there? No. Because all of that won't happen in germany. Might sound weird to americans, but that's just the way it is here.
I'm dutch living in the netherlands, and i'm in germany in 5 minutes, belgium in 15 minutes, london in 3,5 hours by train and paris takes 2.5 hours by train. And pretty much every other country in europe in a 1.5 to 3 hour flight that costs less the 100 euros usually. And the isa pasport doesn't even crack the top 10 of strongest passports really. German and dutch rank a lot higher.
As a German from one of the major beer-brewing places, I usually have a Samuel Adams bitter when I'm the US; it's not half bad. :-) And I remember when McD started in Germany -- they did the whole ice thing, too (which I personally quite like), but way too many people complained, as ice in drinks isn't at all common here. So now it's only available on demand -- if at all.
Many people in Germany will never see a weapon in real life outside of the army. Even though Germany has a lot of weapons per capita. In Germany, weapons have to be locked in safes separate from the ammunition.
I think this guy did leave Germany though. A combination of some legal issues and becoming dissilusioned with his life here. Tbh that seems to be a common expat experience. First a honey moon period and then the downsides start to hit home and they realize no place holds the secrets to a happy life.
Nice video. Funny, however, that you guys (as in most Americans) only think about the government when talking about privacy. A huge and much more realistic issue is the private sector. All those companies trying to steer, influence and manipulate you? Yes, protect against government overstepping. But be well aware of companies, too. They’re way less regulated than government, it seems. And they are in for the money. Do it like the Germans: don’t let it hinder your routines but be aware of it, nonetheless.
Dunno whether life here in Germany is really simpler. Such remarks always feel like a tourist's view where he just hasn't bumped into that specific bureaucrat that wore him down with requests for more information and documents just to get e.g. a European driver's license. ;-) Not saying that our government doesn't try to take care of everyone, but there are a few kinks in the system that could be improved.
It's not just Germany but across the EU. We believe (Belgians) that education and healthcare are basic human rights. The same as in Germany. It's funded via taxes. Nobody should be left behind. That's probably the reason that Europeans simply can not understand the Americans, having no national health care system and going into massive debts for student loans??? Incomprehensible for us, Europeans.
Oh, I have to correct one thing he said: I'm pretty sure the chains he's talking about are NOT from the Holocaust era but way older. He also says you don't have that in the US because your country isn't that old. Holocaust was in the early 20th century, World War II. Of course the US already existed then. So he must have confused the Holocaust with medieval history in that case. And I never heard of chains being reintroduced by the Nazis. They invented far more disturbing things to be "more efficient". But they didn't chain them somewhere in public to bleed to death. They imprisoned and killed their victims in concentration camps far away from the cities and didn't wanna scare the "pure Aryan Germans" with their mass murders. A bit like the US prefers to torture their prisoners in Guantanamo or Iraq and not at home. And yes, as you said: Americans also used chains to enslave people, even in their relative short own history. It's just a part of history the US doesn't wanna think or talk about too much. Maybe because it's still too young and immature as a country. But speaking of your "short history" as Americans: Most settlers who founded the USA came from Europe and many scientists and artists who achieved great modern things for the USA even still came from Germany during or after WW2, not even 100 years ago. So our history is - at least in parts - your history, too, isn't it? And if you just go back far enough there might be a medieval European hangman or prisoner in your ancestry, too :D . Anyways, long meanderings short: The chains he's talking about are most likely pillories from late medieval times back in the 13th-17th century where they were mainly used to shame people publicly (like in Game of Thrones).
Interesting. These are the ten most powerful passports in the world in 2023: 1. Singapore (193 countries) 2. Japan (192) 3. Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Sweden (191) 4. Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (190) 5. Belgium, Malta, Norway, Portugal (189) 6. New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland (188) 7. Czech Republic, Poland, United States of America, Canada, Greece (187) 8. Hungary (186) 9. Lithuania (185) 10. Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia (184)
Bro look behind him, how many people are walking and cycling... not to mention there wasn't some karen that would come up and tell that he can't be filming there 😂
American parents keep money for years, thinking about their child education....btw they should just move abroad with their family for a very tiny part of all this money, and their kids will then have free school, almost free healthcare, good food, good health, holidays, family time, no guns and high security 🙂 If i lived in US, first thing i would think when having my first child : leave.
28:20 the german passport is the strongest in the world (shared with France, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain) we can travel to 194 countrys without a visa. The us passport 6th (shared with canada, Czechia, Hungary and Poland) has "only" 189 countrys without a visa.
And another disadvantage is that in some states you still have the death penalty. That's crazy to me when I think about how the USA is a developed country, the strongest power in the world, the strongest economy and all these things. Every person should have the right to a fair trial and court. And you are still like in the Middle Ages, crazy.
You should react the German "Tagesschau" once. It`s the Offiical German News Shows, which is shown everyday from 8pm to 8:15pm. Even every other Television Channel starts the Movies at 8:15pm because of this show.
Hello Joel and pal. I love Germany and speak German "ein Bisschen", but the standards and rules are a bit too much for my anarchic British ways to want to move there. I would move to US first. P.S. I toured Europe on the train, from a base of my friend's aunt's home in Frankfürt. I toured US by Greyhound and stayed with my other friend's sister in Texas, then his brother in Thunder Bay, Canada, but could not use those as bases.
If you have to get out huge loans in the US for higher education no matter what - surely it'd be a better experience to study abroad? (In 2023 alone in the US, 604 mass shootings with 746 killed, 2442 wounded - 10 of the mass shootings in schools.)
Bei mir wären die 12 Gründe... Bier, Bier, Bier, Einstellung der Menschen, Bier, Bier Bier, unsere schöne Natur, Bier Bier, Bier und Bier 😂😂😂😂😂 Überall anders ist es schlecht ❤😂 So wie ihr denkt solltet ihr deutsch lernen ❤🤔 Wir haben bei uns nur 1 Regel um gut zu leben, man muss die Sprache lernen, sonst hat man kaum Berufliche Perspektiven... Die meisten können Englisch, aber bei 98% der Jobs, ist deutsch Vorraussetzung, man muss verstehen was seine aufgaben sind und Probleme diskutieren können. Wir sehen überall probleme 😂
Education and health care should be a RIGHT not a benefit. If a country is not healthy and educated it has nothing.
Certain factions of America doesn’t want their citizens health and educated. They wanted them oppressed, ignorant, scared and angry.
Taxes are for the military some will say.
Few days ago I looked it up, above 30% from American taxes gone to Medicare in 2022.
But your drugs and hospital +private doctors can charge 5 to 20 times as much as in germany, you get nothing for it.
Here the worker pay around 10% tax for Healthcare, the workgiver also 10%.
So 30% should be enough in the US.
I know, doctors earn more in the USA.... Right, BUT: german university don't ask 50k bucks a year for education = 6 to 10 years X 50k+ interests the german doctors don't need to pay back😅.
German university isn't 100% free, you need to pay like 150 to 500 bucks a year, I know peanuts 😂😂😂
Both are human rights (Rights in the carta of human rights of the UN).
Article 26
Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
Article 25
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
Health, education, and housing are constitutional rights in Germany 🇩🇪
Oops forgot about housing
"You can make a lot of money here!" That's the attitude that got the USA to where it is today. Life's not about making a lot of money. Life is about making enough money to live comfortably and enjoy time with your family and explore the world.
that's it
Thats life. Not live to work, but work to live. Too bad this world is ruled by boomers who think working literally 1/3 of our lifetimes, while spending another 1/3 sleeping, is okay. We really have 8 hours a day, 5 days a week those like me who are lucky to not work on weekend, only for ourselves. If you count driving, coocking, cleaning... how much % of our lifetime we enjoy life? like 15%? thats just sad
that ain' germany though. taxes are high, gov't is greedy. you're lucky if you don't get knifed or get your head kicked in by our lovely imports.
we're turning into a shithole day by day.
"80 People died dayly by gunfire in the US, in Iraq they called it civil war" Volker Pispers 2012
German here. That German university is (almost) completely free is one thing I am proud of my country. That shows we not only want, but actually NEED highly educated people here. That the taxpayers in Germany pay for it, even for non-German immigrants is totally fine by me. Without young people coming here, getting their education here, and maybe deciding to stay after they get to know Germany, we'd be in a lot of trouble. With an aging average population we can't keep up our generation contract. Such as pensions guaranteed by the government. These pensions are paid also from the taxes of the working population. With more and more older people (thanks to a constant increase of the average old age) a proportionately smaller number of younger people have to cover those pensions. So the German government decided to make education virtually free. You pay between 150-350€ per semester. But that includes public transportation tickets, reduce entrance fees for loads of concerts, museums, exhibitions, etc. Plus the admin fees for the university.
Yes, obviously you still need to cover your daily expenses for food, rent, etc. But at least the education itself is tuition free.
Dane here: When I went to school back in the 70'es it was drummed into us: Denmark has NO natural resouces worth mentioning - except from our brains.
We can't keep living of exporting Lurpak - in the future we will be exporting KNOW HOW.
This "idea" was taken so seriously, that a new kind of High School/Gymnasium was introduced: Higher Preparation Exam.
From 1967 now grown up working class children, who'd left school due to lack of finances, could qualify for university at a gymnasium in two years - with merit for life and work experience.
We're still exporting a lot of Lurpak, though 🤔 Not so sure about the know-how 🙄
Ja das stimmt
Bavaria here. You are right in as far as university fees are concerned, but if you don't want to study in Hintertupfingen (where the fox and the hare wish each other goodnight), there's the problem of getting a flat to rent in the first place, and rents in, say, Hamburg, Munich or Berlin aren't cheap these days, and I haven't yet started talking about the cost of living in a big city or finding a job you can do as a student without neglecting your studies. Yes, you can get a student loan (if you're lucky and your parents don't earn too much), but I thought about it twice and decided not to take it because I didn't want to start my professional career with a five-digit number of euros as debt. Instead, I took one semester off ("Urlaubssemester") to work full time and earn some money, and that was only viable because I had had a professional education before, had found a relatively cheap flat, sold my car, and Berlin's public transport system was quite affordable and reliable back then. However, there was a huge piece of luck involved, and more than once I feared that my whole plan would fail. Well, it worked out alright in the end, but it wasn't easy.
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well if u want to study in such a special place like berlin, hamburg or munich, do it.....
i lifed quite well in my "Hinterupfingen" called Magdeburg.... i didnt finish my university but what concernse me the most is what @RustyDust101 says , we need educated university absolvers, a shit do we need them, we need workers, handymen, ppl who know how to work, solving problems by seeing practicaly, we dont need any more stupid shait face engineers, engineers are the scum of the working ppl suggesting resolutions that dont work, why? because the fucking engineer has no clue about actual handy work.
i once tried to get an engineer i am glad i didnt and took the handyman course.
btw, just because you earn more , you arent worth more....
Bulgarian living in Scotland here. Even tho shit went down the drain after Brexit, I didn't pay a pense for the 4-year BSc course I did (technically £1820 billed annually, but as an Europpean having started the course in between Brexit, the government covered all of my tuition for those 4 years) plus also access to any corporate software needed for the completion of my course - Adobe, Microsoft, Zoom Etc. To facilitate and negate the conditions of the pandemic.) But Master Degrees here are chasing after their American sisters I believe. Each year, tuition fees go up so severely & especially now that rest of the EU is treated as an international student, therefore charged by the much higher tarriff. 😢
American Passports rank number 8 in the world, together with Lithuania. You can visit 184 destinations.
German Passports are number 2 with Italy and Spain and can visit 190 countries.
Singapore is number 1 with 192 destinations.
the danish is number 3
That's not true, here the last ladder
1 🇫🇷 France 194
1 🇩🇪 Germany 194
1 🇮🇹 Italy 194
1 🇯🇵 Japan 194
1 🇸🇬 Singapore 194
1 🇪🇸 Spain 194
2 🇫🇮 Finland 193
2 🇰🇷 South Korea 193
2 🇸🇪 Sweden 193
3 🇦🇹 Austria 192
3 🇩🇰 Denmark 192
3 🇮🇪 Ireland 192
3 🇳🇱 Netherlands 192
4 🇧🇪 Belgium 191
4 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 191
4 🇳🇴 Norway 191
4 🇵🇹 Portugal 191
4 🇬🇧 UK 191
5 🇬🇷 Greece 190
5 🇲🇹 Malta 190
France is first as they have more visa-free
@@jordanl.b.360 i don't see switzerland, so your list is invalid
Mc Donald’s in EUROPE is a very different experience,,,, everything is sourced locally and tracked to its origin.
Plus,,, The staff MUST BE PAID A PROPER WAGE. This was made clear to the AMERICAN FRANCHISE otherwise they knew they would loose their licence to operate.
@@user-to2kz6xg5u If you refer to that fast food chain I agree with you for the first and probably the last time seeing your posts on several channels. :)
You’re not compelled to read anything,,, get a good book if you’re offended other people’s opinions. @@irminschembri8263
@@user-to2kz6xg5u Might be that I mistook you for some other user- lots of letters and numbers. So my apologies as you sound like a nice person. :)
Don't try to idealize it so much man :D it's mass factory farming, full of chemicals, ist shit that you put in your body and that's not only McDonald's, it's all the food in supermsrkets etc. Don't think it's that much better in Europe, it isn't
Fun fact about the slavery thing: A few years ago when the slavery discussion was on a new high, I heard a (white caucasian) woman in a discussion forum openly advocate for slavery. She was okay with slavery. So I offered her she even could choose in which area she wanted to be a slave.
Hmmmm! She told me I was wrong! She wanted to OWN slaves, NOT BE one!
Not only do they have those despicable views, they feel confident and comfortable in saying it! Protected and emboldened by the right wing machine that poisons their minds.
No you didn't, this is just whippy shit.
You might want to read the "cornerstone speach" - or listen to it here on YT
The reason that small shops only accept cash is that for creditcard payments they have to pay a fee to the bank, not the customer, them. So they earn less money.
18:28 It's shocking how much attention America pays to its fallen soldiers, but forgets about the tens of thousands who die on the "home front" each year.
Exactly
also ignoring the veterans who are now mentally and/or physically disabled and also.. ignoring the suicide statistics of soldiers
many years more soldiers died from suicide than any other work related issues
Let’s hope enough of younger people like you and the next generations can bring that positive change in the US.
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McDonald's in the Netherlands only have recycable cups now, you pay for the cup and when you return it to the counter you get that money back.
As a german, who went to virginia with my german / american crossover buddy just can relate to this dude. The "fast food" in the states is amazing and when you compare like big fast food chains like the m to the c, it's not that different. But in Germany we mostly have "traditional kitchen restaurants" and the quality there is just insane. Most of the meat is from farmers nearby, the veggies are also from nearby fields and we have much tighter restrictions on stuff that get's sprayed on our meals. So it's not all bad in Europe ;)
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Most Americans still think they live in the "Land of the Free"...wrong! Here in Europe & especially in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, France, you are free! In the USA definitely not!
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Yeah.... waking up from their ' American Dream ' can be somewhat confronting and scary for young people. 😉
👍 A nice contribution from both of you and of course also from the reference contribution from "Soldier of Life" which I have seen so often so far with a lot of fun and joy, just because this one is somehow really typically american for me which I enjoy 😉
On the subject of "food", as an European I wouldn't even think of mentioning McDonalds, whether in German or American form, because there are about 12.548.211 good "foods" here in Europe that would have been worth mentioning before that 🤣🤣
The German passport will open you access to more countries visa free than the US passport. 🙂
Actually, as EU citizens we can access a ton of countries WITHOUT passport too.
@@alicetwain Exactly. I remember going to Madeira for my honeymoon with nothing else than a couple of suitcases, our plane tickets and my German ID.
On the other hand, you can access all the US states with a US driver's license, too, I think, which would be about the same. Minus the cultural diversity.
@@alicetwainUnited States = 50 "countries" without a passport
@@Michael_from_EU_Germany those are states. Not countries.
@@june4976 except the US states are still US. Now, you are German and I am Italian, we may be peachy now, but to communicate we need to speak English (which is not our mothertongue), and our countries have been at war a lot until not so long ago. Indeed, many older Italians are still distrusting of Germans nearly 80 years after the end of WWII! (And despite Germany having done a much better job at expelling Nazism than Italy has done expelling Fascism.) You and I are culturally way more different than two Americans from nearly neighboring states.
I agree with him, from north to south Germany there is really a lot of German history to see, whether museums, palaces, fortresses, beautiful churches, memorials to concentration camps, etc. If you have personally visited such a memorial then you understand that there must never be a dictatorship and facism again. Which we doo too learned in history class at school.💜
Germany has the second rank about the value of Passport for travelling.
And Europe is so trainconnected. You can travel inside Germany by Deutsche Bahn his InterCityExpress trains. You have a lot of Highspeed-routes. From Berlin to Munich you can travel in under 4 hours or between Hamburg and Munich in unserem 6 hours. But also Berlin to Prague in 4 hours, Nuremberg-Vienna in 4 hours. Frankfurt-Paris in around 5 hours. and so on...
According to the last passport index, germany is at number 3 with several other countries ;) But thats better than the 7th place the us passport is at ;)
@@vophatechnicus annnnd you put that under this comment becaaaause...?
There is also a train from Dortmund to Enschede in the Netherlands. I think it takes about an hour to get there and that train is even a Regionalbahn.
@@Kloetenhenne because 3rd rank is not 2nd rank as stated in the comment? I thought anyone with an intact brain could figure that out...
@@vophatechnicus wow you are a smarta.. aren't ya 🤣 who cares if it is 2nd or 3rd? And what was your iq again? 🤔
Hey Joel! Nice post - really genuine in my view. I live in Australia, and also believe Germany a great place to live...but Australia is also great...no guns, so that's a plus...
They just need to get rid of the current pm, useless in mho..😂
Also our Aussie beer is way better than any US or Germany beer
Except for the wildlife trying to kill you. Each and every animal living in Australia or the surrounding oceans seems to be the most lethal of its species.
Great video, buddy. Once again. I'm usually not a big fan of reaction videos. Feels kinda lazy sometimes. But you really add value through your reflection and honesty.
Interesting video. I haven't looked at the country I live in like that yet. Thank you for your videos and greetings from Franconia/Germany.
As a German this is so nice to hear, because I took everything for granted. Nevertheless the US are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For a visit.
Great to see, that there still are some open minded US citizens, keep on going! Something, many students do here after finishing school, before entering universities is traveling other countries or even continents ( because just countries, that you can do any time later within hours). Or they just get a random working job, just for getting into other peoples world, make some money, for to have something in behind, when on university, or a car or something. Working for some months, a semester or two would even be a great way for foreign students at first, to getting deeper into the language, the culture, and even prepare for university, to find a suitable flat to rent, and all those things. Although university is for free, you still need money, to make your living. Many students do that, before and along or in between semesters. You will get friends more easyily when working or joining some sport-or other hobby-clubs, which are everywhere for every thinkable liking or interest. Just do it and you will not need a huge loan or bankrupt your parents, let them enjoy there savings , maybe for visiting you.
20:43 i just used that quote on my new video about saving money. it is so nice. NAMASTE B!TICHES!
in Berlin some partys last for daaaaaaaaays.. the guy is so hilarious.. great reaction
After 4 years in LA my taste buds became so conditioned to american food but then I went for 2 weeks to Spain, Austria and Slovakia and when I flew back my friend picked me up at LAX and had MacDonalds Cheeseburger with Coke waiting for me in the car I was so hungry so I took a big bite I am not sh*tting you it was so GROSS 🤮 I needed to flush the bite down so I had a gulp of Coke jesus it was so sweet like chewing on sugar cubes. So much different so much unhealthy the food in USA is compared to Europe. In those 2 weeks in Europe I felt so much healthier and actually had energy from the food. Here I eat my body is tired just from processing all those hidden chemicals. I also lost 5 pounds eating same types of food. It’s not sugary and over processed there. Much more tasty too
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One error, we have a lot of imported foods here, but also regulation for importation.
I remember when the US was known as the land of the free. It sounds like that has changed somewhat. I think the US would be a much better place if there were more people like you two. Joel for President has a ring to it. Every time I watch one of your clips I thank goodness I am Australian.
Keep up the good work guys.
It’s really saddened me to hear you both say that you close your mind to school shootings, killings, bad news because you have become so used to hearing it. It brought to mind the famous words of Edmund Burke who said “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing”.
It is self-protection for the soul.
He Joel, I have watched tons of your videos and I think that this one is by far may favorite. I love the banter between you guys. So I propose that one of you becomes president and the other vice president (up to you guys which is which) as I have NO doubt that America would actually be a great place with you in charge.
I would be happy if the two of you would think hard about what kind of life you want to live and try to live it, even if it is in America. But nothing is worse than regretting something !
28:15 The strongest passports are the Japanese, Italian, Spanish, German, French and Singaporean passports. With these passports you can visit 194 of 199 countries without needing a visa. The American passport is only in 7th place with 186 out of 199 countries without a visa.
Yea, and fun fact: If you have visa to visit Mexico, you can easily live in the US 😄 Just hurry, you have until the November, but I dont know why would anyone want it tho.
I think that these are 10 reasons not to live in USA. I see these 10 reasons in many countries and not just in Germany - but Germany is one of the best.
I know that I as a German have to pay relatively high taxes, but I see the effects it has on society, so I am cool with it!
My son finished a master study, my youngest daughter will soon graduate from high school and will study, too. And I am NOT a rich person!
i need only one reason not to live in the USA....its the life of my child i need to protect!
That guy is observant and hilarious. I identify with not being able to watch the news even here in the UK, however. It is not an easy world for you young people and I am so sad about that. On a lighter note, I was curious about the name "Arturo". Apparently it is from Irish/Gaelic origin meaning "bear man" destined for greatness. So prophetic I suspect.
Sadly, he broke the law and had to leave Germany. But yes, I love his way of expressing things, too!
@@pfalzgraf7527 I am gay so was sadly breaking the law for much of my youth. A hotel room is a 'public place' so staying in a hotel with my partner I am still in breach of UK law. My point is that being in breach of a law does not make you a bad person.
What did he do?@@pfalzgraf7527
@@dereknewbury163 what? how?
@@pfalzgraf7527 what did he do????
Education and healthcare are human rights,period 👍👍😃😃 Take my car, my house, my wife( please do) NEVER touch my beer. 😊😊 A bavarian 👍👍
Much Love Guys from southwest Germany Baden-Württemberg ❤❤❤
Funny, when Arturo is with you you immediately adapt to his speech patterns and use "like" as a filler way more often than in your solo reacts :D
When I visit the US the weirdest thing in hotels is that they give you the key and next the tell you where the ice machine is on your floor…
Regarding brands and status some say that that is what fuels capitalism: We buy things we don‘t need, with money we don‘t have to impress people we don‘t like.
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Cash only may also be a necessity for small businesses because they have to pay a lot of fees for payments with credit cards or debit cards.
One of your best videos to date. A lot of good topics fr.
He has already discussed many videos recently on his own without a guest. It's getting a bit boring. And they are often outdated videos that are several years old. The narrator of the video that was reacted to raved about Germany back then. But he must leave Germany.
Education should not depend on your wealth or financial income! That should be a basic rule in every normal, democratic country!
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09:00 cash only is NOT result of German craving for privacy. It is simply the consequence of high fees for debit card machines for small businesses like small bakeries, restaurants etc. These simply can't afford a debit card machine.
19:00 I guess you DO have a choice...don't give every moron a firearm. Try to control who may have a firearm and who may not. In Germany you must have a proper reason to bear a firearm like for hunting, sport shooting etc. But you always must have education before using a gun und gun security and you have to pass a background check for criminal history etc.
We can go pretty much everywhere just with a tourist visa . For example stay 3 month in japan , south korea just buy entering . And in case of japan you can extend it up to 6 month in total . We dont need to apply for an extra visa . But the US want to know everything even in advance .
You two guys are really in love with Germany. Cool. best advertising for Germany
What‘s better in the US is the open space. Germany is densely populated.
I live in the Black Forest and there is a lot of nature around but that‘s nothing compared to what I‘ve experienced in the US or Canada.
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Soldier of Life is a great guy!
i just chugged 1 liter can of Danisch Beer (FAXE RED ERIk)
i feel like im on a trip!
(please only drink when you got the legal age of 88, and not when you are smoking and pregnant. Please drink responsibilityly!)
Im a beertester from germany: i tested miller 1 day ago, i didn´t thik it sucked. but it was no light beer.
Hey, thanks for the video. It was fun to watch you. If you want to emigrate to Germany, don't wait, go for it. The longer you wait, the older you get, the harder it will be to learn German. If you like Germany and would like to come here, I would be happy for you. Best regards
Americans believe Germans will only speak English to them!
Well Joel... When I look at video contributions from you from a year ago and you now think about your last trip to Europe, then you have grown up a lot this year. You see the world and therefore yourself a little more clearly. And your ability to think more deeply about the world has also grown. If you really decide to return to the continent of your forefathers, Europe will certainly not reject you...
Stay tuned !
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I own a 1970 Mustang.. in Germany, thats extremely rare.. and very expensive. I went over to a friend of mine to build my new PC.. drove home and left the cartons in my car.. I had 2 weeks of free time, so i gamed like hell and haven't left my house for a week.. When i needed to go grocery shopping.. i realized i left my car open, with a 4090 carton lying on my passenger seat. Nobody tried to steal the car or the 4090.. xD Love Germany..
No European in his right mind wants to steal an American car : it's too large, it needs its own petrol station because of fuel consumption, taxes are high because of the large (but inefficient) engine, the suspension is not suited for specific European roads (such as cobblestone), etc ...
This materialism they have it in Europe, too.Maybe it's more hidden, but it's still there. But it's easier to avoid.
If I were asked what the USA is like nowadays, I would say: When Aaron Bushnell burned himself to death last week in Washingtin D.C., the police officer present did not prevent it, but pointed a gun at him the whole time.
A friend of mine goes from a city in Germany to Luxemburg to fill up her car with gas because it is way cheaper over there 😂😂
Fun fact: the guy got into miniscule trouble because of a modified bike he used. Threw a hissy fit and went back to the US after all. lol.
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German here. I am thankful for skateboards Surfboards chewing gum and coca cola and much more❤
Hello @MoreJps, I really like your videos and have been following them for a while. I am a german from hamburg and I particularly like your comments on germany and of course on human rights and social justice. Please don't think that everything is great here in germany and without any problems. But with cool young democrats like you we can save the world for the future and of course for our children - thank you for sharing your videos with the world. Kind regards @all from germany! P.S. Here in hamburg we have a beer garden wich has about one thousand places ;-))
To live with that level of anxiety is like living in a war zone. I would never get to the States.
In my opinion you can NEVER go wrong by leaving what you know behind for a while. So if you can figure out a way financially to do it - go now! Doesn't have to be Germany, anywhere that's doable, go and live there for a year. THEN you can make an informed decision on whether your home country is where you want to be or whether somewhere else might suit you better.
Like you said, this video focused on a lot of good aspects of Germany and I mostly agree with them (German here), but man, this country does have its issues, too!! I recommend you watch a couple of "10 things that suck in Germany" type videos, just to even it out 😉. I've lived in the States and Japan for a year each and there are SO MANY things I miss about both of those countries, but on the whole I'm happy at home. But I do have that comparison now. Also - life happened and once you're older and have a family it gets a LOT harder to just up and leave for a while. So, yeah. GO! Not gonna lie - knowing German bureaucracy there's probably a ton of hoops you're gonna have to jump through to get a job/work visa (and learning our language is really fun apparently 🤡) but if there's any chance to make it happen you should try.
You can always go back, but only if you leave first 😉. (And international work experience will probably never look bad on any job application either.)
*getting off the soap box now*
So, I lived in Amsterdam for about 2 years, college there is free as well, and when he said that people will say that people have to pay higher taxes to fund the schools, (I know he was joking, but Ive heard other americans talk about this too.....mostly peeps that have never been to Europe) But Tax dollars are mostly redirected back to the people in Europe, where as in the USA, taxes are put into the military, the drug companies, the huge paychecks of the gov. workers..etc. and in The Netherlands, taxes are high, BUT almost every cent is giving back to the people. Whats not is dedicated to public transit, education, affordable housing. Almost NO American tax dollars is given to the American education system. and using cash...thats dope. Same in Amsterdam. If Americans really respect their privacy, then you'll use cash.
and 2 years later he left. Thats exactly the humor i need. Thats the problem i have with those kind of videos you live 2 months in a country you know nothing about it. And then this people are like oh that was complete bs
He left because he got in legal troubles and he flew back to the US to get out of reach of german juristication.
He ignored the laws about street legal stuff and drove a motorbike classified electric bicycle (to fast to be classified as "Bicycle") without insurance, licence plate and drivers licence. Maybe it was to much "restriction of his freedom do do any shit he wants" or Panic (this offense - when first time caught and no accident involved is mostly only a fine but no criminal record or prison sentence).
Couple of hours? I could be in Switzerland in 40 minutes from where I am sitting right now!
Also, you can be fashionable without wearing big brands, (though they might have been EU brands you never heard of which would still be high end), but mostly I agree, in the UK consumerism is more prominent but France, Ireland, Germany, not that much of a thing. But it still exist, like in Paris or younger people yes
12:21 while mentioning it, my basement room is open and unlocked for three weeks in a row already. The landlord is upgrading the building. Am I concerned about anybody to get into my basement room (except of the workers)? No. Am I worried about people hiding in there? No. Because all of that won't happen in germany. Might sound weird to americans, but that's just the way it is here.
I'm dutch living in the netherlands, and i'm in germany in 5 minutes, belgium in 15 minutes, london in 3,5 hours by train and paris takes 2.5 hours by train. And pretty much every other country in europe in a 1.5 to 3 hour flight that costs less the 100 euros usually.
And the isa pasport doesn't even crack the top 10 of strongest passports really. German and dutch rank a lot higher.
Don't do "wow" too much at 1:00 on the city view on the intro. It's London, Greenwich area.
As a German from one of the major beer-brewing places, I usually have a Samuel Adams bitter when I'm the US; it's not half bad. :-) And I remember when McD started in Germany -- they did the whole ice thing, too (which I personally quite like), but way too many people complained, as ice in drinks isn't at all common here. So now it's only available on demand -- if at all.
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The same guy also made a video: "Being Black in Germany as an African American". I can also recommend this.
Bro great Video keep going🔥❤️
Many people in Germany will never see a weapon in real life outside of the army. Even though Germany has a lot of weapons per capita. In Germany, weapons have to be locked in safes separate from the ammunition.
Can't you get a college exchange or so? It's a great way to see if you really like to live in Germany and to make some connections and....
Cash only for me.stay healthy!
A friend of mine made a tour of the world a few years ago. She told me that the most materialistic society she ever saw was South Korea.
In a democracy, You have the Government You vote for, and after You have the Government You deserve
I think this guy did leave Germany though. A combination of some legal issues and becoming dissilusioned with his life here. Tbh that seems to be a common expat experience. First a honey moon period and then the downsides start to hit home and they realize no place holds the secrets to a happy life.
...so it wasn't for beer in the Czech Republic, where the beer is the best in the world :)
Nice video.
Funny, however, that you guys (as in most Americans) only think about the government when talking about privacy. A huge and much more realistic issue is the private sector. All those companies trying to steer, influence and manipulate you? Yes, protect against government overstepping. But be well aware of companies, too. They’re way less regulated than government, it seems. And they are in for the money.
Do it like the Germans: don’t let it hinder your routines but be aware of it, nonetheless.
Dunno whether life here in Germany is really simpler. Such remarks always feel like a tourist's view where he just hasn't bumped into that specific bureaucrat that wore him down with requests for more information and documents just to get e.g. a European driver's license. ;-) Not saying that our government doesn't try to take care of everyone, but there are a few kinks in the system that could be improved.
It's not just Germany but across the EU. We believe (Belgians) that education and healthcare are basic human rights. The same as in Germany. It's funded via taxes. Nobody should be left behind. That's probably the reason that Europeans simply can not understand the Americans, having no national health care system and going into massive debts for student loans??? Incomprehensible for us, Europeans.
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Danke
JP you need to get some German and Czech beers for your buddy
Oh, I have to correct one thing he said: I'm pretty sure the chains he's talking about are NOT from the Holocaust era but way older. He also says you don't have that in the US because your country isn't that old. Holocaust was in the early 20th century, World War II. Of course the US already existed then. So he must have confused the Holocaust with medieval history in that case. And I never heard of chains being reintroduced by the Nazis. They invented far more disturbing things to be "more efficient". But they didn't chain them somewhere in public to bleed to death. They imprisoned and killed their victims in concentration camps far away from the cities and didn't wanna scare the "pure Aryan Germans" with their mass murders. A bit like the US prefers to torture their prisoners in Guantanamo or Iraq and not at home. And yes, as you said: Americans also used chains to enslave people, even in their relative short own history. It's just a part of history the US doesn't wanna think or talk about too much. Maybe because it's still too young and immature as a country.
But speaking of your "short history" as Americans: Most settlers who founded the USA came from Europe and many scientists and artists who achieved great modern things for the USA even still came from Germany during or after WW2, not even 100 years ago. So our history is - at least in parts - your history, too, isn't it? And if you just go back far enough there might be a medieval European hangman or prisoner in your ancestry, too :D .
Anyways, long meanderings short: The chains he's talking about are most likely pillories from late medieval times back in the 13th-17th century where they were mainly used to shame people publicly (like in Game of Thrones).
Can we take a moment to say bless you to old mate in the middle of a sneeze? 😂😂
You should definitely do a gap year and travel and explore the world (especially Europe).
HeIpIine💞💬💞
Interesting. These are the ten most powerful passports in the world in 2023:
1. Singapore (193 countries)
2. Japan (192)
3. Finland, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Sweden (191)
4. Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom (190)
5. Belgium, Malta, Norway, Portugal (189)
6. New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland (188)
7. Czech Republic, Poland, United States of America, Canada, Greece (187)
8. Hungary (186)
9. Lithuania (185)
10. Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia (184)
Your ranking is different to the "Global Passport Power Rank 2023". Are there another pages where you got your rankings from?
I'm dutch: believe me, belgian and german beers are the best!🍺
Bro look behind him, how many people are walking and cycling... not to mention there wasn't some karen that would come up and tell that he can't be filming there 😂
Ahem: 1:10 it's London in the UK, folks!
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Danke!
The city in the intro was London :-)
American parents keep money for years, thinking about their child education....btw they should just move abroad with their family for a very tiny part of all this money, and their kids will then have free school, almost free healthcare, good food, good health, holidays, family time, no guns and high security 🙂
If i lived in US, first thing i would think when having my first child : leave.
Ur good guys.
There's a video about Mc Donald in France, I think you should watch it :)
Repugant means repugant!
28:20 the german passport is the strongest in the world (shared with France, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain) we can travel to 194 countrys without a visa.
The us passport 6th (shared with canada, Czechia, Hungary and Poland) has "only" 189 countrys without a visa.
And another disadvantage is that in some states you still have the death penalty. That's crazy to me when I think about how the USA is a developed country, the strongest power in the world, the strongest economy and all these things. Every person should have the right to a fair trial and court. And you are still like in the Middle Ages, crazy.
You should react the German "Tagesschau" once. It`s the Offiical German News Shows, which is shown everyday from 8pm to 8:15pm. Even every other Television Channel starts the Movies at 8:15pm because of this show.
"It`s the Offiical German News Shows".
There is no official newscast, but it is okay to say it´s the most trusted and popular news program.
Hello Joel and pal. I love Germany and speak German "ein Bisschen", but the standards and rules are a bit too much for my anarchic British ways to want to move there. I would move to US first.
P.S. I toured Europe on the train, from a base of my friend's aunt's home in Frankfürt. I toured US by Greyhound and stayed with my other friend's sister in Texas, then his brother in Thunder Bay, Canada, but could not use those as bases.
Its actually Frankfurt without ü :3
@@fruitbowl18 At some point my spell check stuck it there and I went along with it.
@@fruitbowl18 So you have your way of spelling it and I have Main.
If you have to get out huge loans in the US for higher education no matter what - surely it'd be a better experience to study abroad? (In 2023 alone in the US, 604 mass shootings with 746 killed, 2442 wounded - 10 of the mass shootings in schools.)
Bei mir wären die 12 Gründe...
Bier, Bier, Bier, Einstellung der Menschen, Bier, Bier Bier, unsere schöne Natur, Bier Bier, Bier und Bier 😂😂😂😂😂
Überall anders ist es schlecht ❤😂
So wie ihr denkt solltet ihr deutsch lernen ❤🤔
Wir haben bei uns nur 1 Regel um gut zu leben, man muss die Sprache lernen, sonst hat man kaum Berufliche Perspektiven...
Die meisten können Englisch, aber bei 98% der Jobs, ist deutsch Vorraussetzung, man muss verstehen was seine aufgaben sind und Probleme diskutieren können.
Wir sehen überall probleme 😂