Reaction To Volker Pispers History Of USA Part 4 of 5
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This is my reaction to Volker Pispers History Of USA (4 of 5) (4 of 5)
In this video I react to part 4 of 5 of Volker Pispers History Of USA and this could be the most horrific part yet.
Original Video - • Volker Pispers history...
an important feature of political satire is the processing of truth with humor. and Volker Pispers is a top dog in satire.
Was a top dog.
Volker had his last appearance with his own program 7 years ago when he was 58 years old. he himself said in an interview that he doesn't intend to go on tour again with a new program
@@detlefv.4085Yes and it is important to mention that his argument for it was that he has said all there was to say. The fact that what he said more than 10 years ago is still relevant and/or even ongoing today proves his position.
@@camanou1430 Exactly. Those last few years before his retirement, he even basically toured with the same program, a "best of" of 30 years, most of it still relevant, still the same, still an issue, same as when he started. And especially in the second half of the show - the more preachy, more radical parts that usually are hard to find online - his frustration with nothing changing became palpable over time, before he quit the stage, temporarily at first.
@@detlefv.4085 i know. but he's still alive.
Yes, it is true. I had to google the incident with the wedding. It was in 2002, 48 were killed and 175 injured. Unbelievably sad. It’s frustrating that some lives are apparently more worth than others.
yep, you can think about Volker Pispers what you want - but he certainly gets his facts right!
always have been always will be.
I think, there was an similar incident in Iraq too, were a American Helicopter shot down some Reporters, because they thought, their camera was a Bazooka. Only thanks to Wikileaks, that incident was b rought out to daylight. The American Military wanted to cover this story up, as if nothing happend down there
@@pfalzgraf7527 Maybe in the past, but more recent events certainly not.
@@renebrose7735what are you talking about? Volker quit the stage 10years ago...
As a German citizen I can tell you. At that time it was the biggest news on TV. It was even debated in the Bundestag. How it cold be that American law could dictate the price of medicines in Germany. All Germans where really angry about that. It showed us that we are definitely not viewed as equal partners.
nobody is viewed as equal partner when it comes to America. At least I didn`t hear of it
The countries that could be considered "equal partners" are americas biggest enemies.. Russia and China. @@RokubiKitsune
@@RokubiKitsune sad, but true
The only right thing to do would be to tell the US that this works both ways. And if needed we should have no problem ignoring their Patents as well
Wake up. All EU are american bootlickers.
I am so glad, that Volker finally gets the attention that he deserves! Thank you, mate!!🎉🙏🏼👍🏼
American "comedians" need to take his text and adapt it to "funny language" and then perform it in the USA. It is educational and "black humor funny".
@@Muck006 I'd love to see Ricky Gervais doing it. He has a bit a similar style of mixing sad and funny things.
@@Muck006 No offence at all, but what in the blue hell is "black humor funny" Again with all due respect, am i to stupid as a german to get this sentence? Can you define this and close this gap 2 me? Edit: oder war das nur sarkasmus?
Volker isch halt immer noch der BESCHTE... If you do not get it - - - - - > #insider!
@@studiom23523 Volker Pispers = Intellektuelle Brutalität.
What I noticed about Volker (have never seen him as a German myself, before watching reactions to him) that his main topic may be the the USA (and other foreign politics) but he always manages to bring it home, for the German audience. Really a genius - not only to keep the audience engaged but for the facts he knows and shares and the hypocrisy we all share in our own countries.
yeah its very rhetorical and smart to come back and make insider jokes about german politics
Da gibt´s noch genug anderen Stoff, suche Löwe und Gazelle, ein Auszug wie die Weltwirtschaft funktioniert
Er hat wirklich sehr viel Deutschland-bezgenens Programm. Würde locker sagen doppelt so viel wie über Internationales. Jedoch hauptsächlich Kohl (und auch Merkel)
I learned more about world politics from this monologue than all my time in school.
Stimmt leider. Geht mir genauso
Me too
Me too
Weil ihr hier endlich mal zuhört. Sicher, moderne Geschichte ist in der Schule nicht Inhalt, auch weil es da recht schnell politisch werden würde und man als Lehrer da einiges zu beachten hätte, aber die Grundlagen zum Verständnis werden in der Schule gelegt.
@@alice.d nö,
mein Geschichtsunterricht war einfach unterirdisch. Das lag nicht am Zuhören.
Diesen Vorwurf finde ich arrogant Frau Geschichtslehrerin.
How much we have already gotten used to the US American "dictate of history" can be seen from the fact that you describe Volker Pispers as "brave". In a functioning, stable democracy it should actually be perfectly normal for there to be different views or opinions on certain processes. However, if Mr. Pispers were to publish his analyzes in an American newspaper, he would probably have to expect a visit from Homeland Security... That's the terrible thing: That the attacks of September 11, 2001, which were undoubtedly terrible and inhumane, were used to destabilize the Middle East for decades and at the same time to turn the USA into a quasi-media dictatorship in which those who thought differently were declared enemies of the state...
Edit:
It has been known for decades that the USA defends the patents of US companies tooth and nail, but regularly ignores those of companies based abroad. There are certainly British companies whose patents have been confiscated by US courts...
While the conspiracy theory that 9/11 has been an inside job is becoming more true every day
This should be played around the world on national TV.
It’s making me sick to my stomach and THIS is the stuff that makes the whole world miserable. Its the greed of the few that is the problem humanity faces and humanitiy wont make it if stuff like his persists.
Everyone must be held accountable in this regards.
Just have a look at how much trouble they have to hold Trump accountable ... and that guy's crimes are well known, heck, in some cases he even admitted them on national TV.
And in the end we all profit from this, too. Without exploiting the rest of the world we could not live by those standards we do live.
Yes, the Bayer patent story is true. In 2001, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services forced the company to drastically reduce prices.
The story about the researcher who caused people to die of anthrax in the USA is also true. Just wasn't an accident. Bruce Ivins sent letters, triggering one of the most complex cases in the United States. He ultimately committed suicide.
Over 90% of what he says is true. The rest can be discussed.
@@youprobablydontlikeme3206 the rest is also true some people just don't want to see it as truth
@@loyalm2468 The rest has _some_ basis in reality, but isn't entirely true. The quote attributed to Bush about how he couldn't leave some maniac at the head of a state for example can't actually be demonstrated to have come from Bush. It's always little things like that, but they are there.
Sure, back when Pispers made this program, there were fewer options to fact-check reliably, so he either had to go with a few not entirely verifiable things, or leave the entire part out of his program.
The Case around Bruce ivins is very intressting. Hard to find Something about. But it seems that he is just a scapegoat. His Family cant belive he killed himself...
@@183kolllnu9
Did his family think he sent such letters?
I always find it difficult with these "scapegoats".
Surely there can be much more but what is is enough for me in terms of shit.
Absolutely unbelievable, and I've checked everything, it's all true, including the $200 dollars part. It's estimated that there were around 4800 civilian casualties in Afghanistan alone. At the time of South Africa's inquiry, the company holding the patent was a German firm. However, they have apparently received clearance since then, and multiple companies are now manufacturing this medication.
Even if they hadn't: this recording is from two decades ago and thankfully patents can only be renewed once up to 20 years, unlike the utterly insane length of current copyright law.
Facts, facts, facts. In german we have a saying. Truth hurts. Thank you for doing this Video and now go on to the final part. Looking forward to it.
I love his directness.
It is kind of sad that Volker Pispers retired in 2016, he was always a funny voice of reason that was leaving people entertained, informed and sometimes shocked. I would like to see an updated version of "Bis neulich" (his long running program) for current events and situations.
Thanks for reacting to this...
By the way: love the channel, love the accent... keep it up
He wanted to come back in 2021, but decided not to thanks to the Schwurblis.
I stopped watching his "Bis Neulich" after the 4th time of always the same old phrases over and over and over again. His art turned into just about 90% repetition (sometimes even word for word, even already in his introduction) and only 10% new material.
I wouldn't watch any comedian or cabaret artist for that. Sorry. 🤷♂️
@@chanceneck8072 Because the things he speaks about do not change, so of course it is repetetive. If the world would change (aka stop being the worst fuc*ing place in the universe) then maybe his content could change. But since humans are the worst, that will never happen.
@@schnubbel76 Yeah, I understand that. But then just don't publish a so called "new" program every other year with 90%+ old content.
If he would have just made like 10-15 minutes new material on like his own show or some format where he could have done that, I wouldn't complain.
OR .... Just write more new material? So that he wouldn't HAVE to result to 90% repetition?
Nice to see you continue this. Let's answer the questions.
5:20 Franz Muentefering was the leader of the SPD shortly after the attacks and he was minister for traffic and infrastructure. As far as I remember, he was a very surface level person and when pressed on several subjects, did not know a lot about them. Trying often to get a quote out, that gets headlines. Those fired back from time to time. The one Pispers quoted, was one of them. These pseudo-intellectual, surface level things.
11:10 Yeah that pretty much happened like that.
13:15 also yep. Volker pretty much quotes a story, that has happened that way and was in the newspapers in germany for a bit.
Good video. Hope to see some more soon =)
What I enjoy most about Volker Pispers' style is that he has the perfect timing. He knows when a scene needs a pause for the audience to process the words he said. Much in contrast to some of the current politically active influencers who cut their clips so narrow that you have no time to think, you can not even find a good moment to pause the video without cutting the next sentence due to the input delay.
Some of them probably don't want to think but simply accept their viewpoints 🤔
I am from Germany: Volker is really one of the best and straight forward speaking persons I ever saw. I love his and this way to wake up people.
The pharmaceutical company Bayer has branches in the USA. It's easy to put pressure on them and say that if you want to continue doing business here, you have to accept the price we're offering you.
Yep, that's how the "free market" really works.
Volker was a beacon of intelligence. Sad he does not do a program anymore. It would bei so important exspecially while the AFD is on the rise in Germany and there is war in Europa. I miss his sharp and sarcastic analyses
Naja, was die AfD angeht ist er ein heuchlerischer Demagoge, da ist kein wahrer Mut zu sehen, er hatte sich ja damals bereits entsprechend abfällig zu Pegida usw geäußert, das typische linke Gewäsch ohne tatsächliche etwas zu belegen
Glücklicherweise wird die AfD stärker - den Restfaschismus in Deutschland hält doch aktuell keiner mehr aus, ausser Freunde des GREAT RESET.
True but his old take about the AfD ist still valid. If i remember correctly he said: "The AfD is a fusion of the NSDAP and the FDP... the worst of both of them."
Now it's bacon not beacon anymore in Germany 😅
@@eddy5422 wow just cause Baerbock mispronounced a word. This claims about mispronunciation are so terrible.
I know Volker Pispers and his biting programs for several decades, after all, we come from the same city. I think it's good that you show and comment on them here again. If he would not always perform it with satire and a little humor one would have to beat the hands in front of my face and weep endless tears because he is so right...
There's another interesting patent story about the company Bayer. After WW1 (1, mind you) the US government declared, unilaterally, that the patent for Aspirin held by Bayer, was now a US patent as part of the war reparations because of Bayer's involvement in producing both explosives as well as mustard gas. That Germany was just the first, but not the most proliferous user of mustard gas was conveniently ignored. That "honor" goes to the French who killed more than 30000 soldiers with mustard gas. Thanks to the prevailing winds on the French battlefields blowing relatively consistently from southwest to northeast. With the German lines being almost always to the north and east of the allied lines.
So after the war Bayer was dusallowed to sell Aspirin under their own name (yepp, it was developed by them) for measly short time of nearly 70 years. Then in 1995 Bayer was given the opportunity to *buy back it's own patent* from the US companies that had inherited it from their predecessors. For the measly sum of 4 billion dollars. Just st so that Bayer was allowed to sell its own product under its own product name in the USA again.
Funny, isn't it, that the patent protection would have run out in the next five years anyway, unless the US American owner company would have renewed it. But Bayer wanted to make certain, so they bought back their own patent.
Funny, isn't it? 😮🤯🤔
The Americans also confiscated masses of chemical and engineering patents and trade secrets from Germany after WW2 (see Operation Papreclip) and gave about 3000 German scientists and engineers a choice of "either you pack your cases and are ready to emigrate to the USA in the morning or you stay here and get tried for Nazi war crimes". That was how US companies got a massive boost after the war.
Laufen Patente nicht nach 20 Jahren aus? Markennamen allerdings nicht
@@cantkeepitinEs gibt schon natürlich Generika. Ging wohl eher um das Markenpatent, wie du schon gemeint hast
not quite right - When the USA entered the war in 1917, the American Bayer subsidiary was confiscated and the business, including the trademark rights to aspirin, was auctioned off. The pharmaceutical company Sterling Products acquired the rights to aspirin.
After the end of the war this was simply called reparations and was never returned
Interesting to see your reaction, and interesting to see the Volker Pisper renaissance lately.
I really enjoyed your video, of course the accent is delightful ;-) But it's especially to see how someone with an outside perspective reacts to these monologues.
Long ramble incoming, because I come from a family with a big shared interest in political satire and Kabarett:
I'm German (with a Norwegian family background, so maybe with an inch more distance to German culture as a whole, mid 30s now), and just old enough to have regularly watched the original airings of Volker Pisper's "shows" (for lack of a better term) on TV during my teen years. He was coming from traditional "political Kabarett" as an art form, which usually was quite minimalistic in style, and meant to be candid and brave, going waaay back, even before Weimar Republic times, iirc.
My parents and I used to determine the quality of a Kabarett artist like this: "the better they are, the more painfully your laughter will die in your throat". Artists in that tradition usually didn't have a lot of props and didn't move around much for performance or effect, their sarcastic monologue in itself was the point. The exceptions: If they were impersonating certain characters while revealing uncomfortable truths along the way (could be famous politicians, usually domestic ones because this also usually heavily relied on regional accents and party politics - Mathias Richling was quite famous for impressions of late 90s/early 00s German politicians - but also generic members of the society from a specific political spectrum, as was often practised by Georg Schramm, who was a regular cast in "Die Anstalt" before also retiring several years back, he had a "disappointed elderly social democrat who can't quite shake his idealism despite history biting him in the butt" persona, a "former military and staunchly conservative with simplistic worldviews" persona and so on - he was subtle, but brilliant).
I see Volker Pispers as maybe a precursor of the shows (yes, that term really works here) more common on German TV nowadays - on one hand, we have "Die Anstalt", heavily focused on the educational aspect, using statistics and graphs and props to really drive home the facts, and on the other, we have Jan Böhmermann, who is a peculiar mix of actual comedian - complete with his love of the spotlight and zany stunts - and investigative journalist, unapologetically "woke" (can you tell I don't like that term and the atmosphere of the so-called culture wars, despite being openly left-wing myself?) and very candid, who will not shy away from actively stirring the pot with his team himself.
Volker Pispers retired quite early and went back to a life away from stage, allegedly saying that he'd "said everything he had to say". I could get a sense of him repeating himself in the later years, of course his words never stopped being true, so I think he just made an astute analysis. With his level of insight and foresight, his decision just seemed logical to me, but I do miss him on the stage.
We do have some people in Germany who still toe the line between Kabarett and comedy and try to appeal to the former conservative majority slowly drifting to the populist right, exacerbated by the culture wars rhethoric. I'd sort Dieter Nuhr and most of his guests into that category, even though I know people who still like him (but are slowly running out of excuses for his repetetive "pub regulars" vocabulary, "Stammtischparolen", as we say in Germany, meaning repetitive populist positions so simplistic that even people who are old and boring enough to visit the same pub with the same people every week can grapple them while drunk). I'm personally not up in arms about him yet, but Jan Böhmermann (the zany investigative one) recently produced a parody of Nuhr's shows on his own channel and that was so unbelievably cringe (while actually being quite on point!) I wanted to throw up. Possibly in a good way.
And then there's someone like Hagen Rether, pretty openly to the left of the political spectrum - I have to admit, I haven't seen him since the pandemic - who is a pianist and songwriter (also a tradition in oldschool German Kabarett), and scores very high marks on the "how much does it hurt when my laughter dies on its way out?" scale imho. Weird mix of extremely dark sense of humour and almost esoteric, drawn-out, hard-to-watch performances, but when he hits, he hits hard, quite similar to Volker Pispers in that. He actually once performed with the symbol of the German unemployment agency printed in black on a white circle on a red armband (yup, he really went there!) during times of high unemployment, and he refused to accept certain awards for ethical reasons, things like that.
Lastly, I mused a lot about what British sarcasm and German sarcasm have in common, or where the differences lie. Neither laugh at their own jokes like US Americans seem to do. But correct me if I'm wrong: I got a feeling that British people use humour, especially sarcastic humour, in the actual original Latin meaning of the word: as "moisture"(or should we rather say, uh, "lubricant"?) to make a bitter pill go down more easily. German sarcasm isn't meant to make anything easier, it would rather be used in a destructive way, ranging from mild to nuclear, including self-destruction. Ah well... Telling, isn't it? 😬 Anyways, if you want brutal, on-the-nose, dry - yeah, German Kabarett is your thing. I hope it never dies completely, at least not in spirit.
What I miss about German humour is a dash of weirdness and absurdity to fluctuating levels of darkness that British Islands people (and folks in the Nordic countries, for that matter) do quite brilliantly. Germans can either do superficial and lighthearted, or they can do savagely sarcastic. There's only little room for other flavours... Can't have it all, I guess.
Thanks for reading my novel 😆 Looking forward to part 5!
Volker is the grandmaster of german cabaret
Cool, I watched all of your other Volker videos yesterday. I like your commentary.
He´s allways talking the Truth that why i love him 4 so long...
Great to see Pispers breaking the language barrier. Greenings from Hamburg
But does anyone from outside germany actually watch this? The comment section is overrun by germans. I mean, the YT algorithm brought us here because we watched him in the past or because we are german. Why would it suggest this to an american for example?
"Peacebomber" is such a good word to describe the ridiculousness of all of this
hard to comprehened the sheer disregard of human life from the "higher ups" in politics or lobbying companies. it's so sickening
Volker Pispers = my personal Fav of all Time. All bis Performances were brillant. So damn sad he retired. I saw him live aswell a couple of times. That was so good. Nice reaction Vid by the way. Greetings from Germany
amazing i missed a couple but i will rewatch them. A lot of work these days. Great content ❤
I really love watching these videos of yours, this sting of satire crosses the gap from over 20 years and I am glad you were recommended Volker Pispers.
I'm really enjoying your series on Volker Pispers so far! You are one of the few people who understand most of the points, compared to many other reaction videos.
You mentioned bravery a few times now, but I think it was and maybe still is part of the German satire culture to be that direct and brutally factual.
But I fully agree with you, Volker is one of the best in this.
true, I have been watching a lot of reaction videos to this. The people reacting were all Americans. None of them gets it. They cannot understand this. Mert gets it tho.
Yes, the story is true. The good thing with Volker Pispers is, EVERY story is true.
Unfortunately, all the told stories are facts.....
Yes, but the coffee spill case is a bit more nuanced, because the coffee was so hot that the woman received burns so bad she had to receive surgery. Sueing McDonald's over that was not unjustified, especially since she only wanted to receive compensation for her medical bills. It was the judge who decided that McDonald's had to pay that much, because the serving temperature of their coffee was so dangerously hot.
@@Warwipf You 're right. But Mr. Pispers mentionned that as an example for the US American suing culture, I guess.
@@Warwipfhe’s not talking about the McDonalds 80C coffee, more so making a general statement about the lawsuit you would have at hand if you spilled one over an American. You can substitute that with “accidentally push over an American and you’ll have a lawsuit at your hands the size you wouldn’t believe” or similar statements. The essence is Americans are trigger happy, whether it comes to shooting up schools, bombing weddings, hate crimes or suing people for menial things.
What’s that meme you guys have about college students throwing themselves in front of cars to receive damage compensation in order to pay for their tuition or pay off student debt? 🥸
@@Warwipfridiculous lawsuits are so common in the US it's easy to assume it's just another one on the surface
@@youtubeaxel9030i think the fact that it wasn't frivolous wasn't as widely known back then
Hey Mert, thanks so much for reacting to Volker's programme. My dad worked in the secret service in Germany in the late 90's and 2000's here in south Germany. He knew a lot of stuff that was going on with America, Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. Back then I was simply too young to realize what was going on.
In the 90's I can remember seeing TV reports of burning oil fields in Iraq. But I was way too young to understand what was going on. But yeah, the Americans are kind of untouchable. My ex girlfriend also was obsessed with America, she always called it "easy living", much better than Germany.
I've got one other question because I really like your Scottish accent as well as I can hear it when Amy MacDonald is having an interview, you just cannot "not hear" her accent :D
So in Assassin's Creed Valhalla there's a character called "Brigit" and she's also from England but in order to keep the confusion alive there are no subtitles. Can you confirm that this is ancient Scottish or is this a Welsh accent? I just don't know. Here's a short video:
th-cam.com/users/shortswPr_-MRBMJs
I'd love to read your reply. Thanks so much in advance and greetings from Germany :)
Thanks for Reaction.😊
Hey Mert...its great to warch your viseos, keep doing what you do. You've got a new subscriber
Political Cabaret is a recognised form of art here in germany and is subject to our right to the freedom of expression.
We also have freedom of speech with some asterixes^^ (denial of the holocaust, nazi propaganda and insults can be fined/punished).
Our freedom of expression is much more broad which means I can say some really outragous stuff if I express it through a reckognised form of art.
A great (and funny) example for the limits of freedom of expression was Jan Böhmermanns Poem about Erdogan.
Which was corrected shortly after to stop these loopholes. Now you cant be punished anymore by law for making fun of other countries authorities. Erdogan was the first rat that used this old law that was quite outdated. Merkel evaded it with the minimum she had to do in the Böhmermann scandal, but now its corrected. Thanks Erdogan you helped corrected the law to made us make more fun of you.
I dont like böhmi that much, but some Things of him were great. The 'Schmähgedicht' Was one of the great Things.
Good reaction. Thanks
Yes, but Volker miss the fact that the US also finance the "freedom fighters in "Chechnya". Btw...the US do in Germany what ever they want to do.
Thanks bro for reacting to this
Respect for your work.👍👍👍✌️
You really got one of our best if not the best artist. We call it political cabaret and two yrs ago I was a lucky one joyning his performance live😀.
Like your analysis which I think is on point!👍
Greets from the northern part of Germany
❤ Volker is great.
Great videos you do
It's so satisfying to watch this masterpiece from Volker with you again @Who Is Mert? That's what real art means. Once in the world, it may need some times, but finally mindful people all over the world will recognize. And then it's culture. Same as works from Brecht or Shakespeare. (Sorry for my denglish)
I’ve never clicked faster on the newest who is mert video. Thx for this awesome reaction
Basically all he says is based in reality, everything happened with a portion of comedy from Volker. He sadly stopped doing it a few years back because of harassment...
Yes. And he said he stopped because he tells this since decades and nothing changed.
Volker Pisper made a statement for his retirement saying that he quit because he baisically tells the same storys over and over again for over 20years now and the „new“ news always baisically tell the same things.
He also named his age (ca.60)years as one reason
And explicitly stated that he did not stop because of blackmail or other things of such kind against what was assumed by his fans.
@@leonidasrahe1432 Isnt that mentioned on his website though? basically saying taken out of context and such he wasn't willing to fight it and yeah family.
I never saw his website. My only source is a around 12minutes long audio from youtube where he explains his reasons for quitting.
By the way why are we writing in english if we most propably are all well versed in the german lenguage, in this comment section scince his news are propably exclusivly available in german.
Volker Pispers never was satirical or comedian, he just said the truth, what is possible in germany.... and it was funny and serious at the the same time. I miss him.
Yeah, it WAS possible.
Volker Pispers always leaned to the political left, but I'm sure that if he had such a program today he would be cancelled as a right winger or Nazi.
Love it, thx 😅
He is the greatest. He was telling the things so clear and in your face. No mercy. He is smart!
Unfortunately he gave up the stage. He is missing in this crazy time. For me.
Greetings vom Germany!
Can't wait for part 5
everything Pispers says is real
I fully agree with Volker Pispers. And I love to here you talk Mert. Great comments.
am so sad that Pispers is not performing on stage anymore. He used to be one of the brightest minds in German Kabarett.
I think, he got a lot of public pressure for what he said. And with thoughts to his family i believe, he decides to step back just for being save.
For years, Pispers has packaged the truth in satire and no one has wanted it to be true. Now comes the bill for the ignorance and laziness. And it will be much worse than what he thought. Thank you and greetings from the open lunatic asylum Germany.
It's really great to see Volker to relive through the brains of US Ally and especially many US citizens.
Some jokes are too "poetic" to translate but the facts are facts.
Nothing is false what he says, maybe preped and shortened, but doesn't take away any truth.
I like the way you look at everything again. And the most amazing thing: I understand your English.
I have never listened to Volker, but now I`m somewhat sad I didn`t. He`s incredible.
Here in Germany (I live in Berlin) Volker Pispers is (unfortunately) mostly known and worshipped by the more intellectual people ...good we have him though !!!!
In der damaligen Zeit gilt das als Satire ! 🤝
Heute ist es anders nur geändert hat sich nichts !
It's some kind of strange to rewatch Volker Pispers on the YT-Channel of an UK reactor. But also nice to see him being recognized outside germany. (:
So happy I could see him on stage before he retired. He`s so to the point it hurts.
This is so informative and also incredibly saddening. The spin that has been put on the events and the following actions by our western governments is so strong that many people believe it’s righteous to meddle in the Middle East. They were made to believe people in that region are bad and ‘inferior’. But what they forget is that the actions of leaders and extremists don’t represent the everyday ordinary people. This is true for any people, including us in the west (for those who are informed and have critical thinking skills).
I’ve worked in some refugee camps and have met lots of people from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. They were the most kind and generous people, even if they had nothing, they wanted to share what little they had. Of course some of them are angry and after hearing Volker, could you blame them? Not to say that I condone any of the t attacks of course.
Thinking about this makes me sad, angry and feeling hopeless at times. How can we ever break out of this constant cycle? All I can do is control my own actions and be kind, even if it’s just a drop in the bucket.
so nice!
12:44 Yes, the wedding story is real, amongst so many others like that. The wedding was in 2002. There were 40 people dead (including children), 70 people were injuried. The US attack lastet for 2 hours. "While US troops at Bagram airbase near Kabul issued a statement regretting the deaths of civilians, the terse statement from the US central military leadership contained no expression of regret." TAZ, 3.7.2002...... Imagine this at US soil....and even today they praise themselves as the people who free countries and bring freedom.
Edit: The USA paid $ 200 for every dead person and $ 75 for every injuried person in 2002.
He is referring to the May 2004 airstrike on an Iraqi wedding in the border region with Syria that killed 45 civilians, including 15 children. The U.S. paid $9,000 in compensation.
@@andreaskaphengst8121 12:50 He says, "as we also know from Iraq by now."
@@tosa2522 "That´s the official rate for a killed Afghani civilian - $ 200" Volker Pispers. Those $ 200 were exactly the amount of money that was paid for the dead people of the wedding from 2002 by the USA, each wounded got $ 75.
source: "According to Afghan information, the United States paid only $18,500 in compensation. He paid the families the equivalent of $200 for each member killed and $75 for each wounded, said Dehrawad Region Government Plenipotentiary Badur Rahim." TAZ, 3.7.2002
He was and in some kind will always be a teacher.....one, everyone want's to have 😊❤
He is referring to this I guess: "Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike"
47 Afghans were killed
The group was escorting a bride to a wedding ceremony in the groom's village
"The members of the commission gave $2,000 for every person killed and $1,000 for those wounded, he said."
So he was off by one digit but it's still a horrible event.
doesnt matter if it's 200000 per person. It doesn't change anything. All those so called super powers are just Nations full of scum of the Earth people (for the most part, some are certainly fine people). Not just the politicians, after all, they are just people picking that job. If you have selfish, ignorant people, you get selfish, ignorant leaders.
And the sum paid was still ludicrously low. They paid less combined than the cost of the bombs that killed the people. 😢
Depopulationsagenda, frühzeitige Abtreibung.
it is hard to not get sick watching this. Not because of Volker but just cause of the sick stuff going on with the world powers.
Comparing values, changing contexts and playing with figures, seasoned with precise knowledge of facts and pretending misunderstanding points out the absurdity. It makes hard to see getting this to work. Again and again. Thanks for sharing your thoughts , mate.
I’m a german (sorry for grammatical errors) - i really enjoy your videos, loving the accent and your way to comment.
I would really appreciate more videos like these ones.
I just have to ask: Why are you muting so many Words? I have never seen this before. Is it a license thing on youtube or is it an ethical issue?
It's fascinating to me how Scottish sounds so different from other dialects, yet it's perfectly understandable. Or does he just have a very clear pronounciation?
When I listen to people from Africa, some parts of England ( the "Chav" style) or the South of the US talk, I need to put on subtitles.
He has a very clear pronounciation. He's not speaking in a dialect (using different words, grammar etc.) simply a Scottish accent.
@@martingrafton4844 Sorry, used the wrong word there, thanks for clearing that up. But South-Africans or Indians are using dialect then, too right, because that's what I compared it to in my mind, because for those I need subtitles.
Then again, sometimes I have real problems understanding people from parts of England, so I guess it also depends on how clearly they speak in that dialect.
That progression from funny and kind of lighthearted cabaret (part1) to slapping you in the face with your own countries faults and mistakes (this) is very usual with his programs. It really makes you think.
If you take just ONE thing out of this, America just sees everything from their perspective and for their benefit.
Absolutely brilliant! Wish he would come out of retirement.
two of the best in satire in my opinion are Volker Pisper and George Carline
Pispers, one of the best germans. Period.
@Who Is Mert you're speakin facts..thats, why especially we in Germany see the US critical nowadays
„Don’t f… with da Jesus!“
Brain, Background and German Logic.
Hard lost when this man left stage …
and us with our own conclusions.
Oh Captain, my Captain!
cant wait for the finale
Talking about how he deliveres his stories straight.
I remember watching one of his videos like once every few years. And the older i got the more i noticed that he wasn't telling jokes or stories he was yelling at the audience. He told then again and again how bad and idiotic the german parties are and all that happend was the audience (and by the looks most likely the people voting for the wors party) laughing it off, having a blast and then going home and vote for that party again.
Thats what made him legendary he did not act for the laughts he fought against the stupidity of the people
Everything Volker Pispers says is real story. He may be skipping a lot of the details because of the sheer volume and complexity of the stuff, but I never really heard any lies or invented stories from him. There is not even any need to fact check for some of us. Most of it is established knowledge to those who are sufficiently interested in geopolitics and what's happening in the world.
I can just recommend to people to keep informing themselves at media outlets from all kinds of diverse sources. Even top quality news outlets are biased in most countries. Some newspapers even for example have paragraphs in their journalists employment contracts to unconditionally support the trans-atlantic treaty (including NATO endeavours in Ukraine), like for example germanies biggest boulevard newspaper 'Bild Zeitung'.
Part 4 is my favourite part of this series. I watched some reactions to this now already and yours are by far the best.
(For the German commentators: Are there other bits of Volker he should react to after, perhaps also some which are not translated yet? I could try to do.)
Volker Pispers is the greatest comidian ever! Greetings from germany
By the way, what Volker Pispers does is not a comedian but political cabaret. That's a significant difference. It is not designed for entertaining entertainment but rather for using the brain to think.
Please also watch his piece about macro economy and the financial crisis. 👍
The most intelligent cabaret in Germany, so sad he quit. I messaged him to go on, but his decison was made. So sad! There are way more videos! A must watch!!
That sentiment about the (non-)bravery of suicide bombers compared to bomber pilots was also uttered by Bill Maher on his TV show on ABC back in 2001... and it cost him his job.
That's the difference between the US and Germany. Which country is the "land of the free"?
He is too good 👍
Me as a german, as a simple worker have my own thoughts about that.
I wish i could go in a dialog with you about that.
Does TH-cam actually censor words like 'terrorist' or 'suicide' or why is it that you cut these words out?
The algorithm recognises these words and automatically deprioritizes the video in question in it's recommendation. It also sometimes limits monetization opportunities. So it's most likely a precaution.
i don't understand what direction youtube is going, i watched a documentary yesterday about pirates, in the interview part they blurred out the guns the guys had on them.... what kind of shitshow is the net becoming?
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Well. We always have to remember that TH-cam is a for-profit company and who pulls its strings are advertising firms. So no matter how stupid we think this is, YT only could stop this if it's parent company would wave the requirement to generate profit.
To be more precise. _Growth_ .Since Profit itself is not the problem but the eternal chase of even more profit than last earnings call.
@@the.n00bishyt literally is used by terrorists to advertise. How do you control ours of Content uploaded in minutes? Answer: you dont. You Train a Algorithm to flag content. Its sadly a necessary step.
the new TH-cam KI is unfortunatelly not very intelligent.
So certain Words might result in the KI reporting hate speech or sexual content.
Or a Comment under a Video gets deleted because you written the same Answer under several other Vdeos and now the KI thinks that this is Spam. And as a result a helpful Answer gets deleted before anyone can see it.
Yes, Mr. Pispers played in the top league, together with Georg Schramm and Urban Priol, the latter still on stage. There was a bunch of political Kabarett with some really great performer in germany. However i think it shrinked over the decades. And from most if not any there is no english translation avaiable.
One note: In german Kabarett and Cabaret are not the same. Kabarett is a stage performance the way like Pispers, Mittermeier and others are doing. Cabaret is with garter belts (Revue).
Sad but true....
Im so sad that every spicy word on TH-cam must be censored in some way to prevent demonization or something. I really want the WILD WEST times of the main platforms back!
Unfortunately, Volker isn't going Live anymore. He stopped everything and never came back. There are not many who tell you the truth, even with a bit humour mixed in. Thanks Volker.
5:15 Müntefering was an important ally of Schröder in the SPD party in the early 2000 years.
He organized the majorities of the SPD members of the Bundestag for the politics of SPD chancellor Schröder.
He did it even for Merkel (CDU) after the defeat of Schröder 2005.
An éminence grise
In Germany his programm is political satire, not sure if you have that in the US as well. With Volker you have found the pinnacle of that time, the others died before (Scheibenwischer).
11:39 O yeah. It was back in that time part of conversation even with my friends. In this time US became very unpopular for the Germans Youth exspecialy. Later on with Obamas Drone-War. Anti-Imprerialismus became a common word in our conversations. Germans of my Generation, early 40s by now, are not very Pro-US. Now with the UA war that changed, but our Trust isn´t limitless. The rise of Trump makes us sus of US-Politics in general as well.
Franz Müntefering was introduced by the former chancelor Gerhard Schröder as some kind of super hero, that could solve every problem, he had to do with. Spoiler - he could not. But Instead he coverd some party colleagues that had embezzled money. And after he was confronted with his lies, he suddently lost all his memorys on this case.. what a tragic coincidence.
A few years ago (I don't remember exactly when it was!) the USA had a severe fuel shortage and bought back reserves from e.g. Germany. But being the USA, they not only told us the price they sold us the fuel for, but also the price they wanted to buy it back. And everyone kowtows to the USA, though I really don't know where this global servility comes from!
Volker Pispers is the red pill of political comedy.
This guy exposed it all - a very anglosaxon imperialistic system
Volker Pispers was one of the best political satirists Germany has ever had. With this depth and education, Satirists of this caliber can be found in vain today. There are certainly some, such as Georg Schramm, but only some have this range. I wish Pispers would return from retirement with a new show, particularly nowadays with the worldwide political crises and split societies. Anyway, excellent analysis and comments on your channel. Keep up the good work, and greetings from Berlin.
Schramm has retired, too, so there's that.
Ja, der Volker macht Nachdenklich!