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- Switzerland's Strict Society - A unique investigation into the heart of a country that is unlike any other.
Switzerland's Strict Society (2022)
Director: Pascal Carron
Genre: Documentary
Country: France
Language: English
Synopsis:
In the cosmopolitan cities of Geneva, Lausanne or Zurich, or in the rural valleys or in the mountain villages, the distinctive Swiss identity never fails to surprise its visitors.
Switzerland is the country with the most firearms per capita, just after the US. However, there is hardly any gun violence, and never any mass shootings. Every member of the Gobet family goes shooting, and the cupboards are full of assault rifles. Each year, Isabelle, Patrick and their children take part in the world’s largest shooting festival in the countryside. A large, popular and… peaceful gathering.
Although Switzerland is a neutral country, guaranteeing the inviolability of its territory and the right not to get involved in a conflict, it does have an army. It is even one of the few European countries where military service is compulsory. Regularly, Olivia, a 36-year-old from Geneva, swaps her lawyer’s gown for kahki and soldier’s boots. For three weeks, she gets her captain’s stripes back and makes life hard for the 120 men under her command. In a vast field transformed into a firing range, market gardeners with dreadlocks swap spades and rakes for rocket launchers, and Yohan, a 23-year-old refrigeration engineer, drives a tank worth five million euros. However, Swiss civic-mindedness obliges the shells to stop whistling at 11.50 a.m. to allow the farmers to put their cows back out to graze!
Switzerland is also the world champion of bunkers with three hundred and twenty thousand atomic shelters. The most spectacular ones are dug into the mountains.
With a superbly trained military, the country’s borders are jealously guarded. Here there is no free flow of goods with neighbouring countries. The customs officers are not only looking for drug dealers, but for smugglers too. The price of meat is twice as high in Switzerland as in France, so many Swiss people try to hide sausages, roast beef or ribs under the seats of their cars as they cross the border.
Switzerland has a very high level of security and surveillance. In Lausanne, from six o’clock in the morning, the agents of the cleanliness brigade are on the hunt for signs of incivility. Spitting on the ground, leaving a cigarette butt on the pavement, or throwing a can into the wrong bin are all crimes leading to heavy fines.
A model of an open but strict society, Switzerland fiercely defends its identity, its traditions, its idiosyncracies and its values. A unique investigation into the heart of a country that is unlike any other.
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One of the main reasons why the Swiss stick to the rules is that they set them themselves (and voted for them), they are not dictated to them.
Yes, Swiss are psycho-rigidly brainwashed and like to overpay for everything (otherwise they will complain against the government).
Since 20 years votation about 48% taking this privileg... just sad, we trow a lot of chances...
😢😢😢😢😢
If 51% vote for a law that dictates your life, even though you were part of the 49%, it's still a surpression of your freedom. Democracy is a scam too. You can vote yourself into a totalitarian shithole if you keep 51% brainwashed.
40-49.9% will not agree with you, bro
Those who choose not to vote - for whatever reason - get to live with the choose of those who vote
Those who don’t vote shouldn’t complain if they don’t like the outcome
Wow as a Brazilian I’m shocked to realize how filthy rich Switzerland is to the point of having human resources to watch for bins in the streets
Not Switzerland as a whole. At the beginning, notice that the v/o says "Enforcing a law, that is unique to the city [Lausanne]". So, that zealousness of enforcement does appear to be unique, probably to a very specific part of the city center. I've seen 2, or 3 commenters mention they had been caught by those very same gentlemen. So, judging by statistical probability: these two guys are the totality of the human resources watching for bins in the streets.
@@CineSoar They are considered the lowest of "pond life". although the laws are valid all over Switzerland they are only applied "to the letter" in Lausanne. Notice how these two grown men have to hide and run after their victims ...
May need to send them to Haiti to bring law and order. Mainly because they speak french.
@@phillywood8728I'm pretty sure this guy salary is higher than even what the president of Haiti makes, so that's not going to happen 😂
When I watched all the way to the end, I understood why they only do military service a few weeks per year and every year.. the rest of the laws in civilian life instil in them a sense of discipline, it is not borne solely out of rule but common sense..
imagine, for a moment, another country which spends $trillions on defense.. if their citizens were brought up like the Swiss, how much better way of life it would be..
Everyone has read about sparta and perhaps wishes themselves to be like Spartans, but few understand or would commit to what it could take for your society to be such nowadays..
If you want to understand what Switzerland could be like without its rules, come to the UK and see what some of our cities have turned into.
I am Swiss, this documentary paints a much stricter picture of life here than it's actually the case. Switzerland takes recycling very seriously, it recycles 53% of the trash produced by its population. The fees for littering/ using public trash bins for your own waste (in order to avoid paying for the trash bags, which do cost smth) are different in every canton. They are the reason why Switzerland is so clean. We are the only direct democracy in the world, so we did vote in favour of this, it's nothing that was imposed on people by the government.
Also for the people saying everything is so insanely expensive here, Swiss wages are higher than the average wage in the surrounding EU countries. So for tourists unfortunately it's expensive, for an averagely earning Swiss person the prices are (somewhat) affordable.
I love living here and while some of the measurements and regulations may seem a bit strict, they were established and chosen by the Swiss citizens and have made this country so incredibly clean and safe.
Yeah i pretty much thought it was some type of propaganda in the video, thanks for confirming. What a beautiful place to live. Whats your favorite part about being Swiss?
Hats off to you guys! As a South African living in a failed state, I'm truly envious!
@MissLary24 do you have many Nigerians in
n
switzerland?
May I ask then, if you're not allowed to throw your own waste, what can you throw in the public bins? What is the purpose of it being there? Genuinely curious, and borderline confused.
Thanks if you'll answer.
*, but for Swiss earning an average wage, prices are...
As someone from this country I'd say this documentary depicts kind of an extreme example of everything going on here. The rules sometimes are annoying but I'm thankful for them. I think its necessary for a soeciety to have rules to uphold a state of peace within - I wouldn't want to have it any other way. Sure there are people that can be a pain in the ass but you have these everywhere. Do keep in mind that we have our problems too. Housing is getting more and more expensive with some cities in particular, many normal hardworking people are struggeling getting by and supporting a family, mental health is taking more people out of the jobmarket than ANY physical diseases and so on. Its not perfect but I'm happy here, compared to others we have it very good here I think.
- We accept euros but we have our own money - its called swiss francs 😅
Yeah mental health is such a topic here because of the pressure to be successful
Do you have any insight in the tax haven aspect? Thanx!
Lived in Switzerland for six years. Loved the nature; quirky place at times, but every place has its quirks. Much rather prefer it to any other country in Europe, and I’ve visited over 30 of them. ❤
Funny, I visited Switzerland several times in the 80's and 90's, decided about 30 years ago it was just too boring for me...lived in another European country for a couple years, MUCH preferred it there...
Which country did you live in?@@matthewschiebout7384
I agree ! Spent 6 months working
in Luzern in the 80s. One of the
happiest times of my life....
@@2msvalkyrie529 Everyone is different. I hated it in Switzerland! And I dont hate many things. But everyone can have their own opinion and experience. So whatever.
I am Swiss and 43 years. most of the ppl i know have no guns at home including myself! And those shooting events, thats only a small scene. So please dont say „everyone“ has guns and goes shooting
I agree lol. All service military men technically have guns, but the passion shooting scene is held by the minority. As you can tell by the strong emphasis on security and military this documentary is very geared towards Americans so ofc there some of that influence
Most Swiss men of military age have a gun at home unless they choose to leave them at the "caserne".
Stop being a pus
There is zero cun culture in switzerland. Und es isch guat
I am Swiss and in my early 60s and I certainly do not own a gun either. However, I do appreciate the freedom to own one in Switzerland.
I loved my various experiences in Swz. Living in South Africa, a country where chaos is the norm and law and order almost non existent, I loved the order, cleanliness, SAFETY, and even the rules re laundy and bins because it shows people are meant to consider athers and "anything goes" does not apply.
Care to relocate there maybe?
I agree with you as I have also lived in the middle east. What I do not agree with is the lack of fairness. A fine has to be proportionate to a person's income. I also believe in second chances for people who have genuinely made a mistake and did not know. In my country in Europe we also have to buy garbage bags. This results in the post man stealing the coupons or a neighbour taking them(you get coupons for a certain number of bags once u pay your tax). If you need more bags it's expensive. I don't know if garbage bags should be where a Government takes tax because the poorest probably can't afford them. Switzerland is a very wealthy country. What I would want to know is why are people tempted to put their home waste in public bins. Let's say it's not the cost of the bags. If I did this it would be because the garbage is collected once a week and not at all if there is a public holiday. Once in summer I had to leave nearly 2 weeks worth of garbage inside my house because I had to go away for work. The very next day was garbage day and if I could have put it out it would have been great but I'm not allowed to put it out the day before. It has to be after 8pm the day before so they can collect it in the morning. I would look into why people use public bins. I'm sure there are some interesting reasons. Imagine having to keep baby diapers for a week in your home in summer with no air-conditioning(which is the norm in europe). Ugh. I'd love it if they collected the rubbish twice a week. Then they i would not complain about the garbage police.
Switzerland was sued for taking stolen money from South Africa's apartheid leadership.
Have lived on both and you‘re exaggerating on both sides!
@@Majoyol I have not been to Switzerland but as far as South Africa goes she is 100% right
Swiss supermarkets chains have huge margins, especially on imported goods. It's a well know story.
They also have huge salaries to pay
@@omnitravellerIt is a free market, but enforces some proteccionist laws, especially when it comes to food. This situation has formed basically food lobbies and cartels, because supermarkets can charge whatever they want.
its true that imported goods are very expensive, but its not a supermarket problem, its a problem of branded goods that are way more expensive from the manufacturer here. take the example of coca cola, they have local bottling plants that sells to the supermarkets for a very high price, meanwhile they forbid any bottling plants outside of switzerland to sell to a local supermarket, so its either you buy directly from coca cola switzerland or you dont buy at all. the money stays at coca cola. same for any other bigger brand.
It's all about dominants and dominated
Yeah, it's good that German retailers Aldi and Lidl are making inroads. The are really shaking things up in this regard, and it's about time.
I'm Swiss and I never perceived it as strict. I rather perceive those rules as a way to keep the environment clean and look after each other rather than being rules to teach obedience.
no, its not strict ... we the rest of the world are just sloppy! Lol
16:08. What an outrageous statement by the narrator. Being neutral does not mean the Swiss don’t take a stand on their opinions… on the contrary, there are usually referenda 3 to 4 times a year where all Swiss citizens give their opinion… other countries would benefit from this system as it keeps the politicians aware of the views of the people.
I do like swiss direct democracy, however, in working democracies politicians often do pooling to monitor public opinions
I recall her saying "being neutral doesn't mean you have to take a stand on your opinions" which is very different from what you're saying. The narrator is clearly implying the Swiss have a choice but don't feel the need to doso as often as the US. Don't be misleading.
@@johnson6099 I listened again and her exact words are… “…especially when you are neutral and don’t have to take a stand on your opinions.” I think my reading of her implied denigration of Swiss Neutrality stands. 😕
Not true at all. Only some ideas gain enough traction to be presented to the public for a vote. So the question is: do people really choose, or the filter for ideas to be voted on is behind closed doors?
Let’s face it, they are bizarre. The women didn’t want the vote until nearly 1980. Living with all that stolen loot has muddled their brains.
As foreign student in 1961 I could shoot under the supervision of the Swiss Army once a month. Helped me be the best shot in my US Army Basic Training company in 1963.
living now in switzerland from 4 years i respect this country a lot we feel in security here and in peace enjoy the mountains the nature beatiful lakes in the summer but yet you risk to be depressed in the winter and yes social depression because here socializing and having friends it's not easy but STILL prefer by far this that being in the south region and having people begging for social connection because they will need favors in life, everything has a price in this word, i enjoy my little life here
If I may ask, where did you live before moving to Switzerland?
@@kimberlyhampton5332 hi ,from center italy
You must be a very small minded Italian to prefer Switzerland over southern countries..
That littering enforcer is actually rubbing his hands when pulling someone to find them, 5mins 26secs in, he’s enjoying the power hahah
Exactly. He didn't pass the exams to get into the police (because they try to avoid those kind of people), so he's doing this to exert his power fantasies.
He's a S.O.B, quite frankly.
It's not about littering, it's about paying taxes on your waste. That's why it's enforced.
Used to live in different countries, but apart of high living cost, Switzerland is my top favorite.
Thanks for showing some lovely footage from Lac Leman. This brought back lovely memories of my time there. It is truly safer to walk alone at night in Geneva. One night, I forgot that the bus to my home stopped running at midnight, and I had to walk across the bridge to get home. Apart from some pesky young men, who I ignored, it was a brisk and safe walk home. Yes, Switzerland has many rules, but it makes for a pleasant and safe life. If you don't like the rules, don't live there.
I certainly have a newfound respect for Switzerland after watching this.
Not having a newfound respect would cost you a fine.
I have visited Switzerland twice a year over the past 10 or so years, I love the clean streets and the respect people show to each other. A very safe and beautiful country ❤❤❤, it may seem strict to outsiders but it creates a more positive society for its citizens.
I like how Switzerland has implemented it in disposing of waste and littering. I am Malaysian and embarrassed with the Malaysian government. We have no system. Everybody throws litter everywhere, and nobody is fined like our neighboring country, Singapore, which is very clean, and anyone caught littering will be fined. Keep up your excellent work in Switzerland by educating your citizens on the correct way of disposing of waste and preventing littering on streets.❤❤❤❤❤
Is it possible to change the laws of your country of Malaysia to be more like Singapore?
I’m talking about the law against littering
Law is nothing without the means to enforce it
Don’t be too hush on your own people. Sure there’s always more to improve,but from my experience I find Malaysians to be among the most friendly and nice and peaceful people. I’m Chinese and I like your country. Cheers 😊
You can maybe contact the local government and even protest with environmental groups to put pressure on the government to make a change!💓🌍🍀
@@vivianms3721right, I was just in Malaysia too. Very impressive and organized country compared to the countries nearby. Comparing your country to a tiny, rich city state doesn’t seem just. It’s like calling yourself poor because you don’t have as much money as Jeff Bezos
I am proud to have such an army in Switzerland.
God only can protect our country .
May He protect 🇨🇭
God only protects switzerland because if he didn't the police would fine him as well 😂😂😂
The country built by those who fled to the mountains and dug hidden chambers. But why?
This can seem extreme to outsiders but I've been to Switzerland and was very impressed with the cleanliness, functioning and politeness I found. It seems the model works well for them. I see accountability from citizens and government is expected. Perhaps the rest of the world should mimic the Swiss ways.
The only country where the citizens actually are the government/state!
it looks dirty, the streets are horrible.
While I agree with you too a certain extent, why have trash cans outside if you can’t use them?
@@chrissy3684 They can use the trash cans outside but not as some were using, as shown in the video. I am not familiar with the laws there but they gave a very quick explanation in the video.
@@chrissy3684 you pay for the garbage bags a hefty price, as a tax that goes toward recycling and such. If you drop your home garbage in the street bins, you're effectively avoiding taxes. It's that simple and it makes sense when you look at it closely. I't just lacks the style of a perfect solution imo.
A lot of this is much less exaggerated than shown. I still think it is necessary to have some rules in a society. Switzerland is one of the freest countries I've been to. You are secure, everything is clean and people are polite. I think many people that comment here are just jealous.
jealous? :))) good one. not everything's about money, you know? apparently you don't
Rules or laws vary from culture to culture. As an American, this hyper attention to this sort of thing is absurd, unimaginable. But it is clearly part of an overall Swiss "culture". As such the "rules" are logical and make sense. It reminds me of Japanese culture tbh. It always amuses me when people try to compare American gun culture and laws with places like Switzerland. A country of 8 million people, 15,000 sq miles, with essentially one culture, that has been completely insular for centuries is impossible to compare to America in almost any respect. Although, American culture before the 1960s had many things in common with some aspects of Swiss culture.
If by free you mean free to do what mob rule allows, then sure, it’s super free!
Not like I’m riding a high horse here in America though. Homeless people can smoke meth, throw trash everywhere and shit on the sidewalks with zero accountability. Everywhere is fucked IMO.
thank you my friend yore welcome here ; )
It's not exaggerated unfortunately. These exact two men gave me a fine when I threw a takeaway packaging in the street bin.
in Switzerland we have order. But when I travel to our neighbouring countries, I am personally shocked at how untidy and unclean these countries are. It's just lousy.
Sorry buddy, but Austria is just as clean as Switzerland, but there aren't any Karen Kops standing around waiting to fine people who throw trash in a trash bin. You're ridiculous.
And as I say to many other Swiss. Just the fact things work, I went back to the UK for holiday after moving to Switzerland over 10 years ago and things just work. UK was a sh!t show though, nothing worked like it was supposed to and it's so frustrating.
very true
in other EU countries they never wash roads. the street is full of cigarette butts and dirt. When I walk on the streets in Spain or Germany, I'm even afraid to step because there is sticky mud and dog waste.
Swiss people are allowing in so many Muslims, it is changing.
proud to live here in Switzerland, whenever I'm travelling abroad I really feel how well these strict rules here work and how well our society respects them. having the second highest gun per capita but at the same time having one of the absolute lowest murder rates in the world is all you need to know about Switzerland
I lived in Switzerland my whole life and let me tell you, not everyone owns a gun here. I do sports shooting (as a 16 y/o), but that's a rare hobby. The guns are stored and locked away in the shooting range. We disassemble half of the rifle every time after we shoot and store the parts in different places. A big part of the reason youths like me can do sport shooting is the military service. It should serve as a kind of preparation course for the military.
Also, a big reason why Swiss citizens apparently own 'so many' guns is that when you are finished with the initial military course, you get a rifle that you keep at your home. But not the munition. Munition is stored in local military bases or similar and would be distributed to soldiers there in case of a threat. (The guns are handed back when their service ends.)
"But not the [ammunition]. It is stored at local military bases and would be distributed to soldiers in case of threat."
Why don't you also add that this policy of not allowing (any longer) citizen-soldiers to keep a complement of ammunition at home is a relatively new one (like, in the last twenty years).
This effectively disarms the Swiss citizens.
When Germany invaded Norway (in 1940), the Norwegian citizen-soldiers were ineffective at resisting the invasion ...because their weapons were stored in military bases, and they could not get their hands on them in time. But at that time, Swiss citizen-soldiers had BOTH their individual weapons and the ammunition for them in their own homes. ...Switzerland remained an island of freedom from Axis occupation.
"...you get a rifle that you keep at your home."
Utterly useless, and it's obvious that they will collect those in the near future.
I’m American and would like to retire in Switzerland 🇨🇭. Beautiful well managed country that respects the environment and the quality of life of its citizens.
Are you willing to learn the language tho? =D
But not on Social Security. There are plenty of other countries in the world where the environment is respected and a good quality of life prevails at a much much cheaper cost of living.
@@UjoFretka
Quale?
Welche ?
Quelle?!
He wants to reside here,not become a citizen .
Go to Geneva,zug or Locarno,you don’t need to speak The local language...
Here in ascona,the people from Zurich and Basel also don’t Speak Italian,they show up with their broken English ,in their own country .and no one complains.
It’s a diverse country,we shouldn’t be so narrowminded .
In time he will learn ...
Good luck and hope you make it, @costamesa 🍀
few can afford to retire there lol
i get a tear in my eyes whenever i'm in switserland and need to pay for something lol
Boring bourgeois country that attracts boring conservatives.
The UK should be like this, however our people are no longer our people and our leadership crooked. Well done Switzerland we envy you.
“Our people are no longer our people?” How so?
@@CZnLB Groups of cultures not integrating into our society and more importantly British people veering away from the values that upheld our country and fought tyranny previously.
@@thunderpants007Immigrants GRRRRR. Its funny because Switzerland has one of the highest immigrant populations per capita in Europe. (The difference being they're well educated Germans, Americans, Italians, and Asians)
I get what you mean... 😓 Also those beautiful Scandinavian countries I always dreamed of visiting. Now I'm retired and scared to go there. I once visited London decades ago, it is still alive in my memory. Lovely memories really, friendly polite people 🥰
London is minority indigenous British. @@CZnLB
Wow, no wonder its so clean! LOVE IT❤❤❤❤❤❤❤!
Thanks for quick overview of Swiss living. Enjoyed it. Way back when, I passed through it once en route to So. France, so it brought back pleasant memories. Still practice one habit I observed there: pick up litter from the street even if it's not my own. Recently I noticed I'm not the only one any more, so I wonder . 😊
It is so Swiss that the tanks don’t drive on the grass 😂😂😂😂
Well where do tanks in your country drive? Why would we want to ruin the grass and all the vegetation that were planted by the city /town services? And waste our citizen's tax money? It would be a shame and senseless..and probably cause a reaction (I would certainly)
@@thearcherofjustice1492 Peak swiss moment.
We rest our case!@@thearcherofjustice1492
I knew almost nothing about Switzerland before this video. I am so impressed by what I've seen. I had no idea they were so well defended. They live a well disciplined life which makes life easier and more comfortable for everyone who is willing to obey the law. They use good sense in making laws that are good for everyone. Lovely. And how beautiful the country is!!
I would trade the US for Switzerland. Peace, safety and cleanliness? Sign me up!
Me too.
Living in Switzerland is different than going on holidays. On paper everything looks nice, but you will be very lonely. Tons of people would die to come to the USA and live there. I rather have a bit more crime than living in a dull country like Switzerland. Be careful what you wish for.
@mariaagosti-pm7tk do you want to come to California?
We will sponsor you.
Have you ever been here?
We are in a state of hate.
The youth are dying to fall in love.
The greedy elites aka politicians have made life a living hell bending everyone over and sodomizing us to kingdom come.
We have all had enough!
@@mariaagosti-pm7tki am kinda curious, can you elaborate it a bit more please?
@@ghostraptor2068 There are MANY unspoken rules in Swiss society and then there are also tons of official rules you have to follow. Many foreigners are not aware of that. Swiss people do not befriend someone easily, there is no small talk at all, when I lived there, we had a WhatsApp group chat with neighbors and the Swiss did a separate one , kind of excluding the foreigners. They discriminate you on the job market if you dont speak Swiss German. Its a very xenophobic environment! Its not the paradise people think it is. Social life is lonely, people oftentimes are very very close-minded. I can only recommend to move to the Italian speaking part in Switzerland where many Italians live. The Swiss and Italians there are definitely more relaxed due to the proximity to Italy.
The granny shooting the rifle like a boss cracks me up 😁. Very good documentary!
You don't see her target yet
I wish the United States would have a law against throwing your cigarette butts on the street. !!!!
I was even on a day trip with a group of people, and one man threw a cigarette, butt on the sidewalk , and he was practically right next to the bin. I picked it up and handed it to him and told him to throw it away and he said to me, you need to put it out first and I said you you put it out and you throw it away.
Also, I noticed when I was in Texas last time many grass fires probably started because people threw their cigarette butts out the window during the drought season
Texas is lovable and loathsome.
Totally agree 👍🏼 💯
🙄 there are much worse pollutants than cigarette butts. You probably dispose of toxic kitty litter by the pound, and buy single use plastic water bottles by the dozen - stop being self righteous
Same here!
Technically it is against the law (it's considered littering) and actually some places in TX have a huge fine for it. Unfortunately, like many laws they are simply not enforced.
When I lived in Los Angeles it was the worst. People would throw all their trash in the street and cops would only stop someone if they were committing a felony. I got into a shouting match with armed security one time for the exact scenario you are talking about.
But mess up your taxes and short the government by $5 and Im sure you will hear from them
Beautiful clean country long as the people of the country are happy then f the rest. You dont go to someone elses house and tell them how to live. You blend in or find somewhere else that suits you it's a big world.
The people, who does ‚littering‘, themselves wouldn‘t ever to walk in with shoes in their home or ‚snip cigarettes‘ at their own balcony/ garden.
@@detlefmann7433 ohh we have tons of those kind of people here no pride in anything except destroying and creating chaos. The me me me me mentality and thinks they have the right to do what they want when they want with 0 regards for others.
You don't go to someone else's house and don't tell them how to live? Well, if so then you definitely missed a few of my former landlords, colleagues and Swiss-Asian and else neighbours, they couldn't resist denunciating and nag-nag-nagging untill they got their unbeloved newbie fired and homeless on the street.
i screamed once "viva la suisse" because I was very happy and my earth was joyful for being at laussane .. I was shut up by several people on the street. I felt kind of weird afterwards haha
This true. Foreigners speak so loud! I was always shushing my visitors, especially after 22:00. The neighbors might call the cops!👮♂️
😂😂😂
I'm so introverted I worked on myself for 10 years to be able to loudly say stuff in the office and cheer everyone up. I can't do that on the street
Amazing leadership in Switzerland all countries should be like that
Amazing leadership? Really?
If only it were true…
@@chtinninyes because we are our leader! We decide on laws
Wow!! Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing.
A few years ago I travelled into Switzerland (Lugano) from Italy for the day.The contrast was freakish, while I could appreciate the cleanliness and order , I was happy to return to the beautiful mayhem of Italy.
❤❤❤
Italia is ‚trust love‘ 💖❤️🔥❤️
I lived in Locarno many years ago and the strict Swiss rules are suffocating. I found it a country where there is a high standard of living but it is so boring I hated it. Italy, no matter how chaotic is 100% better to live in.
......and you are not afraid to say so. Bravo!
So beautiful all Italians complain about it whilst Swiss people seem pretty happy about where they live 🤔
Crazy to see the French part of Switzerland portrayed like this here. I personally don't know it, I live in Lucerne (the city in the thumbnail of this video, that didn't even get mentioned - German part of Switzerland). I have thrown home-trash away in public bins several times. Only once a police officer approached me, and I said "well Sir, I'm going to holidays tomorrow and had just a very little bit of excess trash from home, because I don't want my house to stink up during the holidays", and he easily excused me without a warning or fine.
Also about the border force, I have never seen this meticulous behavior when crossing from Austria or Germany to Switzerland. You're per toll law allowed 5 liters of beer per person. I often drive alone and had between 5-10 liters. I got stopped several times, nobody ever gave me a fine. As long as you're not obviously a restaurant owner or someone selling this stuff, they won't bat an eye for a couple cans of excess beer. I guess same with meat. Crazy to see someone fined for 3.3kg instead 2kg.
I was there yrs ago. There is Germany speaking & Italian speaking & Swiss & French speaking
@@a.f.7246 You're almost right, there is a Swiss-German speaking part (Swiss-German because Germans dont understand it and its nearly as far away from German as Dutch) a French and Italian speaking part and a Romansh part (basically an old version of Roman/Latin)
In the US were lucky if someone doesn't dump their trash, sewage and maybe murder victim on the street. Even then, the police don't bother noticing much less citing anyone.
Besides taxation, the street runoff must go into La🎉ke Geneva. So every step is taken to avoid trash polluting it. And Switzerland makes a lot of money off tourism and maintains their reputation for cleanliness and order.
In fact we do have in Switzerland big facilities to handle trash. It might not really look glamorous, but that's how trash is treated, we actually also separate some things to recycle and reuse them, we make sure to destroy only the things we can't recycle
@@mathiask.5474 We have a lot more "empty" space in the US. In addition to two ocean coasts as well as large rivers of that flow into the sea. Sadly these are places we've toss our trash forever. Including native people's. But their trash was all biodegradable. America needs to learn some lessons from modern Europe. They've come to terms with modern consumer and digital society better than the rest of the world.
Only when you defend yourself from thuggery, it’s only then when the police intervene.
Well, I am 54 and I recycle. I live in an area where recycling is heavily encouraged. I do think younger people were taught more about it in school.
There is no runoff supposed to going into any lake in Switzerland.
I live in Switzerland and i see lot's of people here seem to not know that our people often make rules that don't make much sense and are just first World problems... While much more important business ends up ignored
Many years since I left GE/CH now. ❤ - Working as a *International* employee. Found it rather easy to adapt to the Swiss "Rules"? Living in a disciplined society has its advantages. Reminded of "Die Schweizermacher" (The Swissmakers) - A 1978 Film. The Swiss had a sense of humour rather like mine - Ironic? Back then, the WORLD seemed a rather more FUN (safer) place though...
Stellar film! Long live William Tell, the sax player
The importation of groceries to Switzerland? I agree with the rules, it is wonderful how the country protects their own farmers.
Living in Manchester U.K. 22 years, I agree with these strict, zero tolerance and zero patience approaches in Switzerland - as has been found in NYC in the US, taking this approach serves as a deterrent to other and more serious forms of criminal behaviour and the key to the success of this are forms of enforcement which are determined, resolute and relentless
Easy go and live in Switzerland
That is not your kind of "zero tolerance". It is another identity.
Please don't use NYC as an example. It is a cesspool of aberrant behaviour.
Then go live there then, I'm sure you'll fit in with that zealous lot
NYC is being destroyed by illegal immigrates.
This is super, great, fantastic. People don't understand the language of politeness. I have seen many videos of Switzerland and looks stunningly clean. In many states in the great America, you can loot unto $1000 from a business and nothing happens.
That is due to our very liberal government. Hopefully that changes soon or there will no longer be in America.
To be watching two grown men running after and treating a “waste tax’ violator like a murderer is just plain weird. To read comments from people on how the rest of the world should be like this is just crazy. I would never want to live there and I’m related to people living there.
Absolutely agree and i know Sameone with autistic kid that spend several years in Switzerland and said it was nightmare
I was born and raised in Italy, my father is from the US and now I live in Switzerland with my family since 13 years. What you see in this video is mostly cherry picking, but obviously, if you don't like following the rules, then Switzerland is not the place for you.
At least here our kids can freely play outside and go to school without the fear of being shot. The system works efficiently which in returns means less stress and more time to dedicate to what you like instead of fighting the system.
@@danielekirylo its call being brainwashed to think its "normal" so ya i prefer to live in less peaceful area but that's will no one decided over me
@@yaelboyer446 unless you live on the Moon, you live in a society which has rules, so you are never truly free.
@@danielekirylo typical answer to Sameone who can't figure the difference between justice and tyruny so not see point to disscion with you
I remember back in the 80s I was in Lasan Switzerland on business. During the weekend I walked around the city and saw a parade. I was quickly approached by their policeman and told I was not allowed to look at the parade because I didn’t pay I valved them to never go back to Switzerland, and I never have.
I once wanted to visit a lake in the mountains of Switzerland, only to find that it had been fenced in to charge an entrance-fee - never seen anything like that before 😅
*I vowed...
It is a "plakat" You attended a private parade that allows people to attend who did not contribute to funding it. Your few franks go to cover the costs of policing and cleaning up
To be fair I’ve lived in a suburb of Zurich my whole life and no one really cares when you throw which trash away. Maybe it’s different in Geneva but we definitely don’t have people guarding trash cans in Zurich.
You cant compare Dietike with the rest of Switzerland haha
Suburb, probably with many foreigners, right? Live in a city in Switzerland with many typical Swiss. You are MORE observed than you think. People watch you without you even knowing you are being watched.
I' am from Switzerland this is definitvely not a thing here! This is a very specific thing in a very specific city and no other city cares about it. So don't get the wrong picture from this "investigation"
That will be the most expensive barbeque in history
10 out of 10😃
In the USA there are suburbs where you get a hefty fine if you let your lawn grow too long, especially if you are a repeat offender. I think it has to be cut when it gets to the height of a rodent or something. And you can't pant your house whatever colour you want on a lot of places that are not Swiss.
Those are called the HOA police lol
How big of a rodent?..
But one can choose not to live there.
Probably Texasastan 😅
@@Kim-J312 You know nothing, just s..t 👆!
They should bring these two officers to Philadelphia. They’d resign within an hour.
😂
This reminded me of the show Parking Wars with Garfield and Sherry. I'd love to see them handling that circus!
Many years ago, I traveled with my 15 yo son and his junior Fife and drum corps with other parents, to Basel to visit a Basel Fife and Drum corp. We all had an amazing time, stayed in an immaculate Hostel, a very gracious hostel host.
While on a bus in Zurich, we witnessed 3 citizens arrest another driver and pull him out of his auto. Our bus driver explained the arrested driver was in the wrong.
We also witnessed a gentlemen dressed in military gear on another bus that scolded two Swiss teenage boys that were acting up. He grabbed them by the collars like an uncle would. As a parent, I thought that was fantastic. I grew up in the era of all parents and teachers kept an eye out for all kids.
The constant comparison to the USA is quite a shame, however. I respect the Swiss, and they have had quite some time to establish their country, rules and breed people into the societal norms. There is no basis for comparison. We are in no denial of our issues, especially presently that those of us are fighting to continue this democratic experiment of people from every country of the earth, including tens of thousands of Swiss.
We often met curious Swiss citizens, and we were happy to talk and I had learned some basic Swiss to communicate and not be a rude guest. Most Swiss, men and women, automatically said, "Wild Wild West". We were asked if we all owned horses and lived on vast ranches .
In Interlaken, we found the Swiss very rude towards local Italians. We were shocked, many in our party are Italian. We have our issues, but Italians are well loved and long past early judgement of many migrants of almost 100 years ago. We explained to Italian shop owners that we adore Italians and were friendly. This was very much appreciated.
The food was wonderful, fresh produce from Italy was addictive and it is a breathtaking country. I recommend everyone to visit .
In Interlaken, in a premiere five star hotel, I encountered the rudest people and worst service I ever experienced in Europe. And I have been here fourty years. I am not even Italian, lol. It nearly ruined my honeymoon. In fact, they were all overworked and overwhelmed by demanding tourists (it is perceived as Disney World without an entry fee). Entitled people suck the life out of the usually foreign workers, who are paid poorly and work long hours. But I knew that it was the exception because I had been in many places around the country that were charming and where people were kind and helpful. Sorry that you, too, had that experience. I can still feel the shock myself.
I lived there for a couple of years, but still came back to my home country.
Swiss do have some treats, we should copy - like military training and gun ownership rules, but I don't know, otherwise it's pretty repressive. I had no feeling of freedom there. Everytime I took my trash out (in the taxed trash bag!), I felt like I was being watched - and I probably was 😅
Anyway, I live in a private house now, with lots of land and little neighbors. I enjoy being able to do what I want, like barbecue any time of the week, listen to music and run my washing machine on Sundays. And mowing the lawn pretty much till 9 p.m. in summer 😀
I find, it is reasonable and okay,
when you switch off loud machines after 8 pm.
And ‚Sunday‘ is the only quiet day to relax from ‚weekly- stress‘.
I find these ‚regulations‘ not so bad, because here in Europe most people don‘t have a lot of space for herself. So we need these laws for an basic of respect !!
Enjoy your freedom ! 😊
Which country do you live in now?
@@loumac9312 Lithuania.
I notice you have some spicy sausage contraband hidden under the subwoofer.
Lol
I seriously thought this was a parody for the opening few minutes until the guy was punished with a fine.
This is bizarre to me.
Why should littering be tolerated?
@@Shimra8888he was not literring..he threw away trash in...a trash bin because surprise surprise he had no more reciclying trash bags at probably 7am!😂 some call that civilized😮
@@silvykara2927 order comes at a cost
These public trash bins only work if ppl follow the system and dont throw away their household trash in there
@@silvykara2927 No, he was effectively doing a bit of petty tax evasion. In Switzerland household refuse must be disposed of in specific bags that are taxed. This pays for it's disposal and encourages people to recycle (which isn't taxed)
When there aren't bigger problems in the country, you have to keep people busy by monitoring bins on the street, checking for meat produce in vehicles, etc 🤷🏾
Need a lot more of that here in London that has the opposite approach where personal freedom trumps any obligation to the comfort and rights of others.
No! Let London be what it is. It wouldn't be as vibrant and innovative if it imposed such backward and rigid societal rules!
Klar, man soll nie nie sagen und auch Undenkbares nicht ausschliessen, aber diese unerschütterliche Überzeugung, dass die Schweiz einmal militärisch erobert werden könnte, hat etwas Rührendes und Beeindruckendes gleichzeitig.
Swiss are very uptight people and like Harry Lime said in THE THIRD MAN film:
in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.
I wonder if the clock was supposed to remind them when the washing times arrives, and to keep quite etc. etc. but a cuckoo clock is so noisy........
The cuckoo clock originates from Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
I'm Swiss and once a foreigner asked me if i wash my garbage before i dispose it to the public container. First i was amused about foreigners who think we even clean our garbage. She was relived and told me she got rebuked by an old lady because her glasware and cans were dirty when she threw it in the container.
Well, i then had to admit that I lovingly wash my trashand and carefully dry it before disposing.
I felt very weird..
Switzerland is an amazing country and I’m glad they are strict and do not tolerate nonsense, filth, graffiti, etc.
We have tons of graffiti sadly :/
@@keahnig164 And too many Albanians!
@@JonGreeny
What?
It's the most accurate depiction of Swiss life I ever saw outside of Switzerland 🇨🇭 🤣🤣🤣
Licence to own a pet and being obliged to let children pass safely - I hope more countries would adopt these policies.
The same should apply for having children! 😄
This is not the law in all of the 26 cantons of switzerland. Each canton sets its own laws. The example shown was for canton Neuchatel. In canton Vaud we don't have this law.
I live in canton de Vaud. What's with the children?
Wow, this country is so safe that the narrator referred to a 'big one/case' for the customs official. I then though it would be drugs or some other contraband but it was for a family of 5 who did grocery shopping! Seriously! Chasing after people because they bought some groceries...I would love to live there if that's the peak of criminal activity. .
In tonight's news, a family of 5 brought in over some meat from France! Absolutely shocking and gruesome discovery. Officers are said to need on-site counselling and time off from work to help cope with witnessing such actrocities.
😂😂😂
I have lived in Switzerland for 10 years and I love it. These rules seemed crazy at first and I didn't like some of them. But I have learned to appreciate the rewards reaped by everyone complying. Two standouts I recall are the noise curfew (loud music, power tools, washing machines vaccuumers etc) are not allowed during night hours, Sundays and public holidays. So we have peaceful nights and on a holiday sometimes you can hear the whole town distant laughter and barking etc it's lovely. The other one is the road rules. The fines for road transgressions are so steep. And drivers always give pedestrians right of way, unless it's not safe to stop. So the roads are very safe, and it's normal for kids to walk to school unaccompanied, from the age of 5. I'm so glad my children grew up here! I don't have a dog, but I think the dog licence and compulsory puppy training is such a good idea. Animals have such good rights here. You have to sign a paper even to buy a hamster and you cannot buy one without having a cage with certain dimensions so the hammy has plenty of room. The cows in the fields have so much space to graze it's so nice
I did a working holiday in Switzerland, in a rural area. In my broken German, a great topic of conversation was always about work, everyone has a huge work-ethic. Also sense of ordernung and cleanliness; I will never forget meeting the village lady on-the-job, who's voluntary task it was to regularly clean the public phone box. She took much pride in this task.
I assume that one would become accustomed to the laws. However this does not curtail freedom of choice in most activities. Its all in the self-discipline I suppose.
it seems we've all gone crazy, Clar😢😢
What?
Why?
I agree. It's like everyone has lost their minds. No common sense.
And if that isn't enough, we have here in 🇺🇸 the fas🎉cist takeover.
I am a Japanese with a permanent residence in Switzerland. Correction of an early comment in the video: Switzerland is not the cleanest country in the world but second, after Japan where we don't have such laws or fines and people still don't litter as it's in our culture to be respectful and considerate 😉 I enjoyed this video - while it looks extreme, those who live here know that trash bags are tax, so yes, don't take your trash out to public bins. In Japan, you hardly see bins outside in public (they took them away years ago due to a bomb threat in a bin or something, can't remember) Since then, everyone just takes their trash home if they bought snack or food on the way. It's really that simple. Oh and those people trying to get out of fines smuggling way over the limit meat - saying they were going to donate them to the poor, come on! What a sad excuse. 🙄 I absolutely love living in Switzerland - an amazingly beautiful country, safe, stable and clean!
Japan is surely very beautiful but you just made that statistic up. In no newsarticle or study it states that japan is cleaner than switzerland.
Thought it was Singapore 🇸🇬!
@@benzo2762 I also lived in Singapore for 8 years. At first glance it seems clean where the tourists go. When you live there, you see more. I worked in banking and my building was brand new. The ladies room and pantry always got so dirty. In a culture where it’s the norm to have cheap labor (maids) - people aren’t respectful of keeping areas clean themselves.
@@PeterAnk I speak from experience and every single person who’s been to both countries would confirm this. Every time I return to Switzerland from another country I feel relieved how clean it is here except when I return from Japan 😉
You are Japanese. No wonder you love living in Switzerland..
I live in Switzerland. We use Swiss francs, not Euros.
Yes, I confirm it is strict over here.
The people who actually live in Switzerland are smiling at this. Yes there are rules to be followed but the enforcement is aways soft touch and most people follow the rules by themselves with an ocassional fine when you slip. But please goa head and believe in this, we are all in a prison.
Haha most peaceful and beautiful 'prison' ever 😂 🙌🏼
I'm sure if you're raised in such an atmosphere, it would naturally feel very normal and not at all like a prison.
From many other perspectives, it definitely feels quite restrictive and...starched, for lack of a better term.
No they are not. The Swiss don't smile :)
Its realy a geat documentary congrats. I say that as a swiss. Was realy exellent in Switzerland is the Public Transportation System. When you live in a City you dont need a car..
I am living in Switzerland car free and this is possible outside cities. I commute to Liechtenstein with trains and its amazing. Don't like driving and feel no need to have a car.
@@Erintii - not to forget how quickly you are in Italy, France, Germany, Austria from any Swiss city less than five hours. The train from Zurich to Lugano via Arth-Goldau is like moving through time. Winter on one side of the Alps, late Spring early summer a few minutes later. And "circling" that one church three times maybe what inspired the matrix!
@@Locomaid agree, traveling to Ticino or Geneva is like traveling to another country without leaving Switzerland. Switzerland is very diverse when it comes to weather, for example snow in St Gallen and no snow in Rorshach
So there are no “all you can eat” Korean BBQ in Switzerland??
Being fat is a crime
There are a few in Zurich. It costs 80CHF/person, no drinks included.
there are
The rule about having two Rabbits/Guinea pigs just melted my heart ❤🥲🥰
"You just threw your home trash in a *public* trash bin! That is a violation of the law! Now put your hands up where I can see them! You could have a gun for all we know" LOL
Everyone I've known who has ever spent time in Switzerland has several horror stories of being fined for just going about their daily lives. This includes Germans who themselves are renowned for following a multitude of complex and unnecessary rules.
Maybe, the laws exist because of the people you know. Look at the streets in switzerland and the streets elsewhere.
I've lived here since I'm 14.5 now I'm 68.5 and I've only been fined twice. Once someone who was there I renting a room in my home threw home garbage into a street bin with a piece of paper bearing my name.. The other time it it was for not having a valid bus ticket. They stopped accepting money on the buses and the driver refused my offer to pay. Immediately an inspector came to me to fill out a 100 sfr fine.. I told her well I know she's only doing her job. I'm so lucky, I just bought a Tribolo and won 2x50 sfr, soooooo my fine actually costs me 2 sfr (the price of the Tribolo game) 🤣
People may think this is super strict and like a jail but….this is why it’s one of the safest/cleanest countries in the world sooo 🤷♀ can you blame em?
Other countries manage to be clean and safe without such rules
@@vaclavklem5191 Tell me one? I guess I will find absurd rules let's go
Yes, I can. Totalitarianism is often safer in terms of crime. Freedom is messy and requires citizens devoted to that freedom and knowledge about their society. Americans aren't blind rules followers, at least we didn't USED to be. You can have freedom, or control, but you can't have both. They are incompatible.
@@GQ007-il6ekYes ot is but as soon as you live in a society you do give up freedom for order. The question is how much, this is not a black/white issue (as nothing really is).
I respect the fact locals feel safe and say they enjoy life there, but I can't say I'd like to visit.
All these rules are logical, the only point not shown out here is that these are only a tiny part of the ecosystem (like not seeing the forest for the trees).
The major issues still need to be addressed and made to come to light.
A few examples:
- drug dealers rampant in the same city of Lausanne at night (can google or find reddit articles to confirm)
- judges are party members and pay yearly something to their party (this raises the question of whether the legal system can at times be biased -> see United Nations issue raised about this)
- political party financing not public (the attempt to have it happen failed)
- nepotism in various domains (issue already raised by an ONG and public)
- addressing results not causes (example: the rule I never once respected with showering / flushing the toilet after 22:00 given my job and night shift; luckily there a warning from a lawyer made the complaints stop as this does not stand in court as topic for enforcement; the true cause which should be addressed is building insulation instead of the result)
There's no perfect world out there but in terms of safety, cleanness and predictable outcomes Switzerland tops.
Hopefully we can work together and improve the more major topics as well as we do address the tiny ones.
No matter what country you live in, everybody wants their drugs. However I found your points very interesting.
I love that they need their Guinea pigs and rabbits to have companions…so they aren’t lonely. ❤ Quick! Someone send me a gazillion Swiss Francs so I can go live there with my animals two by two!
Power tripping like hallway monitors. 😅
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job.Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Special thanks to guest speakers sharing personal knowledge pertaining to daily life activities in the country.Making this presentation more authentic and possible -!!!😉.looks like a wonderfully beautiful region to spend time in during the summer season. Wishing viewers/Swedes s safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 )🌈🎉😉.
Actually, with so many cows in the country, Swiss are in fact cowboys.
😂😂😂 noted
Public washroom in Zurich airport was a great disappointment. Toronto Pearson is way cleaner.
❤🇨🇭 Bravo, good management a clean country.
OMG I could never live in Switzerland, and its perfect clean streets and law and order. Everyone is watched closely.
I’ve lived in Switzerland for almost 4 years now. And Im really tired of the laws and regulations. Really hindering to do anything here. Beside work and go home.
I wish we had this in the U.K. it is disgusting here when I have had to
see litter, all kinds of waste dumped around the corner. It's disgusting a few times , not often saw people urinating ! Spitting on the pavement!
Dog faece on pavement.
But I could not live in Switzerland, because I do not like how it is so expensive! I just visit. I like it's cleaness.
Spitting on pavements and fly tipping is very Polish. I was born there so can say it. I hate visiting in towns to see spit everywhere and it is heartbreaking to see rubbish dumped in forests in Poland and just across the border in Germany. I have checked the rubbish and all of it is from Poland. Same along a beautiful road near my village in Germany, Poles just throw away food packaging through car windows. I HATE it.
If you live and earn there, it is not that expensive. Just eat less meat 😂
@@Locomaid Majority of the Swiss earn normal salaries.
@@JonGreeny I agree. But what is „normal“ differs markedly from canton to canton, city to city and industry to industry. A starting salary for an engineer is about 80 kCHF. Of course there are cashier, retail, waitstaff and bartending jobs (and many others) but often these are part-time jobs and thus don’t really fall into the data set. And I know that there are people that fall through the cracks. But skilled workers can earn well and very skilled workers can also earn very well. But having had a recruiting company for almost tens years in the German-speaking region (DACH), I can say that an established engineer earns between 120 and 140k CHF on average. Add in a qualified leadership role and there is easily another 30 kCHF on top. Change industries/sectors (from machine to insurance or finance, for example) and it can go up, but also down. It is not propaganda. Taxes are also lower in Switzerland. But rent and food can make you broke if you live by US standards (more discretionary spending). I saw many ex-pats struggle for the first years until they either left (happens a lot) or figured it out. Particularly people coming from France, Italy and Spain under negotiate salaries at the beginning.
I'm Swiss and have seen quite a bit of the world. I love to travel but I LOVE to come back here. And I tell you life is wonderful here. You have your black sheep, stuff you don't like but the average person lives a wonderful life. Peace.
The couple with those weird award medals for shooting that's Ridicolous , never heard of such a thing.
Would like this in LA , NYC and SF
Then those cities would lose their vibrancy and uniqueness..
They have very high duties, but the good news is that customs officers are doing their jobs very well and with full dedication.
and forcing Swiss citizens to pay more for their food! This is criminal.
@@merc340srswiss are paid enough money to buy their produce in switzerland and support local farmers. not spend it on german, italian or french farmers.
@@NixMatti That's not an excuse! People have a right to free trade,...to buy the best goods at the best price. All else is protectionism which keeps ineficient businesses operating and forces consumers to pay higher prices. Unacceptable politics!
@@merc340sr there is free trade within limits. you are allowed 3kgs meat per person which is more than enough for 1 individual. otherwise it would be a free for all and everydick tom and harry can do what they want. this is not only siwtzerland other countries have the same policies. at the end of the day the countries system functions, there is prosperity people are happy.
@@NixMatti It's petty politics! It is the meat lobby bribing politicians or politicians pleasing the meat lobby to get votes.
I think this is a great idea to charge £2 per waste bag, it makes people think how they can use less packaging and thus cause less waste. But clearly it has to be enforced in an authoritarian way. The Swiss don't mess about, which is why many consider it the best country in the world
Swiss people are often very ‚honestly‘. You can lie your backpack in an café or Restaurant, while you go to toilet and it isn‘t like Napoli or Barcelona. There is low or neither burglary/ cleptomany 👍🏼👍🏼
Ordinary people don’t have a choice in how grocery store products are packaged. I don’t decide how Danone packages yoghurt, do you? It’s ridiculous.
I would give anything to be a Swiss citizen. It's my dream country. You're very lucky if you are there!❤
I am swiss and I have never seen anything like this happening.
that's why they said Indonesia is heaven. Indonesia managed to be clean and organized without being too strict.
You are aware that Indonesia still enforces the death penalty? 🙈
So do most states in the US. And we aren't especially strict. @@LodrikBadric
Switzerland have maybe many rules but no chaos, conflicts amd criminals like other countries. The rules help that peoples can living together in peace
Right on, teach your children well.
Living in CH for many years and having lived in many European and Asian countries, I can say without a doubt that it’s one, if not the best places in the world to live and raise children. The only problem is the high cost of living particularly the health insurance.
We moved here last July after living in Asia. We really like it and feel like the issues addressed in this doc are very exaggerated, but I am totally with you both about the health insurance. The costs are insane! I really hope it does get accepted! Will keep an ear open. @@Wisteria__Lane
My sister lived in Switzerland and didn't like it. She found the Swiss to be extremely rigid.
@@DIRTYPETER1boo hooo
@@DIRTYPETER1
I don’t know of any....
But I think you shouldn’t live too much in the past,and in negativity.
It only poisons your soul ,while you can’t influence or change any of it
Bruh we the most rigid
@@jkpk-sv2bl ....don't flush your toilet after 22h00!
As a swiss person i agree. I dislike this culture and it does make me sad sometimes.