amazing speech. Never heard of this guy, but I ran across this video by accident that just so happened to be playing on my TH-cam. It's changed my life and my travel. Thank you Rick for opening my eyes to all parts of this beautiful planet we all inhabit
I was so lucky to have been able to have attended this lecture at IPFW. I even got to meet Rick Steves at the end of the lecture and he signed my guidebook! Such an awesome experience.
Rick doesn't understand European people are victims of poverty and terrible affliction by violent occult regimes. We are supposed to inspire them to learn safe food handling procedures and build new architecture.
Btw, anyone who says Rick talking about the rest of the world is America-bashing is sorely missing the point. Seeing an American this sensible, open, cultured, knowledgeable and mature does well for America. Rick is America at its best, and he makes Americans fashionable, understandable and welcoming.
Rick doesn't understand who we are. Americans defected from the monarchies of Europe and the British chased the pilgrims to America and gave weapons to the Indians to kill the settlers. The British commandeered merchant ships causing starvation of pilgrim settlers in the winter months. The cruel catholic monarchies and Abbeys with their dark dungeons are horrific.
As always, a very interesting lecture by Rick Steves. He speaks great truth & if only everyone possessed Rick's open minded approach, his caring & compassionate nature & his logical mind set.
I’ve listened / watched you for many years. In 1999 I started budget traveling with going to Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. I’ve experienced many of the things you speak about. Since then I’ve traveled with OAT in Boston. I will consider your company in the future when travel is opened back up from COVID. Thanks for sharing this wonderful information.
Yes Peggy, i started travel the same way as you did, then i decided to venture much farther, outside of Europe & i'm so happy that i did. As a part Scandinavian woman, i visited all of Scandinavia first, but i always knew i'd venture much farther. Since those early days, i've seen the most incredible countries, all over our planet & i've met most of the world's most hospitable humans, in countries such as Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, UAE, Turkey, Russia, Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Korea, Mali, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, & other countries & i was simply blown away beyond belief. I've also visited numerous countries in Central Asia, ie: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan etc; & i visited Rep of Georgia & Armenia. All countries visited over a 20 year period & God willing, more to visit over the next few years & hopefully beyond. The saddest thing i've learnt, is that the countries i just mentioned above, are the ones that the media most dislike & condemn, yet in truth, they're the world's most friendly & hospitable countries, without a shadow of a doubt. I was treated with true respect & treated like royalty, yet i didn't ask for it, or even expect it. It's just that many haven't visited these global regions, so they've no personal experience whatsoever. I always encourage people i know personally & meet, to travel far & wide, to not be afraid & to not believe all the negative media/news hype, that's so often drilled into our innocent minds. I think that the media, almost always shows the dark or dangerous side of certain countries, but when you get to those specific countries, you quickly gain a completely different picture & perspective & almost always, it's all good. As Rick says, when you travel & open your mind & heart to the rest of the world & not just your own, you learn so much, you grow as a person, you become more humane, respectful & compassionate & it's pure magic, it really is. Sorry for my lengthy msg. I wish you all the best & happy travels to you too!
"There are powerful forces in America that are very happy that you happily live in a dumbed down society". This is the most important statement from Steves in this video. Think about it.
It shocks me how many times people have discouraged me from traveling outside of the United States and yet the most unsafest place to live right now is the United States of America.
So true & so on point!! I always say the same thing & many of the people i know & many outside of the US, do know this & this is why Rick states that Europeans laugh out loud about this. I have been blessed & have travelled the world numerous times & i am ten times the person i used to be, so far as being more respectful, humane & understanding, toward "all" humans on planet earth & not just toward my own peoples. I wish you happy travels & all the best.
I’ve eaten in restaurants in the Netherlands with food and marijuana on the menu. One of my friends indulged himself while we 3 on-looked and ate our food.
A sosialistic capitalist promoting his company and books, actually making sence. He has some very good points about usa vs the rest of the world, and he promotes his thaughts in a very american way. And he got balls. Telling an american audience that terrorism is something you had comming is like telling the french their cheese is a health hassard. I really loved this show. It's a real capitalist arguing for other solutinons. He Thinks it will benefit both his business and the american people positively. And I agree. I'm european, have lived in america and learned to love the amaerican people. But I'm also very sceptic to the american government. As a citizen of a country that have our freedom mostly thanks to american human and econonomic support in ww2, Im forever greatfull. But I'm not a fan of your current foreign policies. You invaded Irak becouse you did'nt like Saddam Husain, and you tried to convince everybody that he had a part in 9/11. I supported your invention in Afghanistan, but ure reasons for invading Irak was just bullshit. Saddam was one of the wors dictators in the world, but that did'nt give you the right to play out your moral supeririority and kill 100 of thousends of Irakies. Your governments history of defending the american lifestyle since ww2 is fillled with crimes against humaninity. Supporting and funding murderous dictatorships in south america and around the world. American freedom became others slavery and death in your relentless and amoral chase for the american lifestyle . The idea of freedom and eqality was limited to within your borders. The rest of the world became just a fence against the wrong ideoligy. If you are not with us, youre against us has been your new reason to fuck with other country's independence. America used to be an island of hope for the prosecuted and poor, and you still have enough positive fans around the world to save your reputation. But to be great again you have to abondend the notion of beeing moralistic superior. I love the american idea, and the american people. And I would love to be in love with you again
Rick Steves is a bit of a naive dork. He lives in a city that allowed burning and looting at the helm of BLM to go on for months! To say we deserved a reckoning shows you what he's all about. We quit watching him some years ago. We prefer Rudy Maxa.
Excellent talk! A small correction: Switzerland taxes are less than in the USA and Switzerland does not have free health care or any "socialist" programs with the exception of subsidized higher education. I think you are confusing Switzerland with Sweden. A common American mistake.
Europe supports & cherishes her brothers a. sisters in North-America ! We simply did not like the idea of intervention in the Middle East, and honestly... Can you blame us ? Look at the state of Iraq, Libya & Syria right now.
If you're talking about Iraq--No Our lousy leaders handled that completely the wrong way but how else could the defense contractors feed their children???
Please do not put down the Middle East & North Africa. If a person has never personally visited these countries/global regions, they really should NOT judge. The countries you mention, they are some of the world's friendliest & most humane & hospitable countries on planet earth. I have visited many years ago myself and there are many you tube videos abound, created by Americans, Europeans, Australians, etc; who have visited & have created videos for all to see. These videos are truly eye opening & enlightening. They're certainly worth a watch! In ref to the US/Iraq war....The US had much to do with the war in Iraq & the ensuing issues there & there's much info abound online discussing this. Ironically, this is why Rick does these videos. To "educate" we humans. To help open our minds & hearts to travel & to meet humans everywhere & to gain more realistic perspectives about all humans across our planet. I think the US has huge issues too, on many levels & is certainly "no" utopia.
Like RS,travel with his books,but OMG was I shocked and disappointed when he started his rant about Soviet union. Soooo wrong. There was no better richer country than Yugoslavia. And what did USA do to it? Never expected this from Rick.
1:42:16 Rick makes some really general subjective statements about Europe in this presentation that simply are not true. For example, in Sweden, a majority of people vote for non-socialist parties. Socialism has been in steady decline the past 50 years. During the late sixties, the Social Democrats had over 50% of the popular vote, now they have on average something between 25 and 30 percent of the popular vote and are currently reliant on other parties to stay in power. The city of Stockholm has a non-socialist local government. Here are also a few quotes from Wikipedia about certain laws in Sweden: "Cannabis in Sweden is illegal for all purposes." and "The laws on prostitution in Sweden make it illegal to buy sex.".
22:08. I like Rick and his contribution to travel but there is no question that hare he is looking down his nose and stereotyping Americans. Many of whom are his customers. Saying that everyone but us is dumb always gets a round of applause. But I agree with him here 36:29. Both CNN and Fox. Good line.
That was definitely more of an accurate observation than "looking down his nose and stereotyping Americans." People are quick to issue criticism but can't take it themselves.
I think it is kind of an insult, to the collective intelligence of his followers, that Rick Steves thinks he can just give a talk full of streaming opinions. One of the biggest most profound insights which is gained from world travel is to see the world, and the people who inhabit it, from many perspectives, and lose one's judgmentalism. Rick Steves has only become more arrogant and complacent as he now feels he's entitled to spew his biases. I don't watch him anymore because he's predominantly excited about his beers, wines, and whiskeys.
Rick, After returning from our third trip to Europe we've decided that it will be our last. We've found only two kinds of people there , friendly people that are trying to rip you off and mean people that are trying to rip you off. I cannot hide my Americaness. They do hate us.
dave maxa no, I don’t think so. They hate Americans, especially in Spain. Too many cool things to see and do here in North America to piss time and money away in Europe. Europe isn’t worth the bullshit.
I like your view and I love Europe and Italy and have lived all over the Middle East, I lived there, didn't just visit. But you have a serious bias on the Second Amendment. Check out the Swiss and their per capita gun ownership, very low murder rate. The military keep their weapons at home and they used to be able to keep their sidearm, if allowed, at retirement. Czech Republic has all legal drugs too. I lived in the Netherlands for a year and only one of my Dutch friends smoked pot regularly, I agree with you there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Switzerland.
From a very general perspective, sadly, ignorance is bliss, but certainly not helpful to anyone. Global travel is a really wonderful thing & does help to open our minds & hearts to all humans across our planet and it helps to enlighten us & to broaden our perspectives and much more. Personally, yes i have travelled & i do believe it's helped me to grow into a much better person. A more open minded, respectful & understanding person. For me, it's truly a win/win.
![BOWKYLION - วิงวอน (ex-change) [Official MV]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cLdnZWDaO-w/mqdefault.jpg)
WOW! this lecture was ahead of it's time!
amazing speech. Never heard of this guy, but I ran across this video by accident that just so happened to be playing on my TH-cam. It's changed my life and my travel. Thank you Rick for opening my eyes to all parts of this beautiful planet we all inhabit
he has many travel videos on youtube called RICK STEVES. he is brilliant! i learned so much from him
I was so lucky to have been able to have attended this lecture at IPFW. I even got to meet Rick Steves at the end of the lecture and he signed my guidebook! Such an awesome experience.
Rick doesn't understand European people are victims of poverty and terrible affliction by violent occult regimes. We are supposed to inspire them to learn safe food handling procedures and build new architecture.
People who go shopping stimulate the economy. Rick backpacked through Europe as a rich kid, begging and getting stuff for free, very shameful
@@freshstart4423 good businessman
@@freshstart4423 q7y8y888t76787678878777777uitu
😢 😅😊 X
Lbug hop CBC ck BC. V x cvojocvov I’ll l
I’m
Btw, anyone who says Rick talking about the rest of the world is America-bashing is sorely missing the point. Seeing an American this sensible, open, cultured, knowledgeable and mature does well for America. Rick is America at its best, and he makes Americans fashionable, understandable and welcoming.
Exactly
Rick doesn't understand who we are. Americans defected from the monarchies of Europe and the British chased the pilgrims to America and gave weapons to the Indians to kill the settlers.
The British commandeered merchant ships causing starvation of pilgrim settlers in the winter months.
The cruel catholic monarchies and Abbeys with their dark dungeons are horrific.
Fr
I've always loved this man. He is so open and engaged with people.
As always, a very interesting lecture by Rick Steves. He speaks great truth & if only everyone possessed Rick's open minded approach, his caring & compassionate nature & his logical mind set.
Thank you for encouraging travel, even during uncertain times! Travel is truly a priceless experience!
I’ve listened / watched you for many years. In 1999 I started budget traveling with going to Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. I’ve experienced many of the things you speak about. Since then I’ve traveled with OAT in Boston. I will consider your company in the future when travel is opened back up from COVID. Thanks for sharing this wonderful information.
Yes Peggy, i started travel the same way as you did, then i decided to venture much farther, outside of Europe & i'm so happy that i did. As a part Scandinavian woman, i visited all of Scandinavia first, but i always knew i'd venture much farther.
Since those early days, i've seen the most incredible countries, all over our planet & i've met most of the world's most hospitable humans, in countries such as Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, UAE, Turkey, Russia, Nepal, Mongolia, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, Korea, Mali, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, & other countries & i was simply blown away beyond belief.
I've also visited numerous countries in Central Asia, ie: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan etc; & i visited Rep of Georgia & Armenia.
All countries visited over a 20 year period & God willing, more to visit over the next few years & hopefully beyond.
The saddest thing i've learnt, is that the countries i just mentioned above, are the ones that the media most dislike & condemn, yet in truth, they're the world's most friendly & hospitable countries, without a shadow of a doubt. I was treated with true respect & treated like royalty, yet i didn't ask for it, or even expect it.
It's just that many haven't visited these global regions, so they've no personal experience whatsoever.
I always encourage people i know personally & meet, to travel far & wide, to not be afraid & to not believe all the negative media/news hype, that's so often drilled into our innocent minds.
I think that the media, almost always shows the dark or dangerous side of certain countries, but when you get to those specific countries, you quickly gain a completely different picture & perspective & almost always, it's all good.
As Rick says, when you travel & open your mind & heart to the rest of the world & not just your own, you learn so much, you grow as a person, you become more humane, respectful & compassionate & it's pure magic, it really is.
Sorry for my lengthy msg. I wish you all the best & happy travels to you too!
"There are powerful forces in America that are very happy that you happily live in a dumbed down society".
This is the most important statement from Steves in this video. Think about it.
I watched the whole show. It really opened my mind
22:10 - 22:57 is brilliant. "These people have been conditioned NOT to be engaged."
People in poverty and oppression don't have culture.
Nice 🙂👍 sharing great presentation 👍👍👍
At 37:00 he speaks about Greece and he is totally right.
Rick Steves for president!!
Rick Steves.
The rock star of travel guides.
It shocks me how many times people have discouraged me from traveling outside of the United States and yet the most unsafest place to live right now is the United States of America.
So true & so on point!! I always say the same thing & many of the people i know & many outside of the US, do know this & this is why Rick states that Europeans laugh out loud about this.
I have been blessed & have travelled the world numerous times & i am ten times the person i used to be, so far as being more respectful, humane & understanding, toward "all" humans on planet earth & not just toward my own peoples.
I wish you happy travels & all the best.
I love when he kindly asks to
Turn off the cell phone ❤❤❤❤
You are fantastic
When I lived in the Netherlands in a coffee shop folks ordered hash and weed from a menu or a shadow box
I’ve eaten in restaurants in the Netherlands with food and marijuana on the menu. One of my friends indulged himself while we 3 on-looked and ate our food.
What a dude! 🙂
최고. 👍
I didn’t ask to see this video, yet multiple times it has come through to me. Why is that?
A sosialistic capitalist promoting his company and books, actually making sence.
He has some very good points about usa vs the rest of the world, and he promotes his thaughts in a very american way. And he got balls. Telling an american audience that terrorism is something you had comming is like telling the french their cheese is a health hassard.
I really loved this show. It's a real capitalist arguing for other solutinons. He Thinks it will benefit both his business and the american people positively. And I agree.
I'm european, have lived in america and learned to love the amaerican people. But I'm also very sceptic to the american government. As a citizen of a country that have our freedom mostly thanks to american human and econonomic support in ww2, Im forever greatfull. But I'm not a fan of your current foreign policies.
You invaded Irak becouse you did'nt like Saddam Husain, and you tried to convince everybody that he had a part in 9/11. I supported your invention in Afghanistan, but ure reasons for invading Irak was just bullshit.
Saddam was one of the wors dictators in the world, but that did'nt give you the right to play out your moral supeririority and kill 100 of thousends of Irakies.
Your governments history of defending the american lifestyle since ww2 is fillled with crimes against humaninity. Supporting and funding murderous dictatorships in south america and around the world. American freedom became others slavery and death in your relentless and amoral chase for the american lifestyle . The idea of freedom and eqality was limited to within your borders. The rest of the world became just a fence against the wrong ideoligy.
If you are not with us, youre against us has been your new reason to fuck with other country's independence.
America used to be an island of hope for the prosecuted and poor, and you still have enough positive fans around the world to save your reputation. But to be great again you have to abondend the notion of beeing moralistic superior.
I love the american idea, and the american people.
And I would love to be in love with you again
Rick Steves is a bit of a naive dork. He lives in a city that allowed burning and looting at the helm of BLM to go on for months! To say we deserved a reckoning shows you what he's all about. We quit watching him some years ago. We prefer Rudy Maxa.
He needs to keep his socialist crap to himself. He's a dork and embarassingly simple minded.
Excellent talk!
A small correction: Switzerland taxes are less than in the USA and Switzerland does not have free health care or any "socialist" programs with the exception of subsidized higher education.
I think you are confusing Switzerland with Sweden. A common American mistake.
what year is this?
This is a version of Europe which is only similar to the Europe we actually have.
Europe supports & cherishes her brothers a. sisters in North-America !
We simply did not like the idea of intervention in the Middle East, and honestly...
Can you blame us ?
Look at the state of Iraq, Libya & Syria right now.
We didn't like it either dip shit. Direct your comment to Washington D.C.
If you're talking about Iraq--No Our lousy leaders handled that completely the wrong way but how else could the defense contractors feed their children???
Please do not put down the Middle East & North Africa.
If a person has never personally visited these countries/global regions, they really should NOT judge.
The countries you mention, they are some of the world's friendliest & most humane & hospitable countries on planet earth.
I have visited many years ago myself and there are many you tube videos abound, created by Americans, Europeans, Australians, etc; who have visited & have created videos for all to see. These videos are truly eye opening & enlightening. They're certainly worth a watch!
In ref to the US/Iraq war....The US had much to do with the war in Iraq & the ensuing issues there & there's much info abound online discussing this.
Ironically, this is why Rick does these videos. To "educate" we humans. To help open our minds & hearts to travel & to meet humans everywhere & to gain more realistic perspectives about all humans across our planet.
I think the US has huge issues too, on many levels & is certainly "no" utopia.
6:55
Save me some time, thanks!
Like RS,travel with his books,but OMG was I shocked and disappointed when he started his rant about Soviet union. Soooo wrong.
There was no better richer country than Yugoslavia. And what did USA do to it?
Never expected this from Rick.
shut the f up iam czech and i cant bbe more grateful soviets are away, fak russia
He's better when he stays off politics, well sorta. We found him to be naive and dorky to the point of embarassing. He doesnt need to proseltyize
Rick Steves for congress
hard to imagine trump supporters in the audience.
Why would that be an issue and how would you know the politics of an audience
@@michaelmerck7576 What???
1:42:16 Rick makes some really general subjective statements about Europe in this presentation that simply are not true. For example, in Sweden, a majority of people vote for non-socialist parties. Socialism has been in steady decline the past 50 years. During the late sixties, the Social Democrats had over 50% of the popular vote, now they have on average something between 25 and 30 percent of the popular vote and are currently reliant on other parties to stay in power. The city of Stockholm has a non-socialist local government. Here are also a few quotes from Wikipedia about certain laws in Sweden: "Cannabis in Sweden is illegal for all purposes." and "The laws on prostitution in Sweden make it illegal to buy sex.".
They're trying like hell to revive it in America.
He's a dweeby dork. I much prefer Rudy Maxa.
And now the US is more liberal on marijuana than Europe.
Stoner nation. We can be nothing but proud.
@@taroman7100 It's always 4:20 in U S and A!
Sad but trrue.
In other words, Rick cares more about his daughter’s teeth than clean water in a village.
Each year we affirm that it is worth 13000 lives to keep our right to bear arms? What kind of logic is that?
It's logical logic!
22:08. I like Rick and his contribution to travel but there is no question that hare he is looking down his nose and stereotyping Americans. Many of whom are his customers. Saying that everyone but us is dumb always gets a round of applause. But I agree with him here 36:29. Both CNN and Fox. Good line.
He's a wokester. A bit late to the game.
That was definitely more of an accurate observation than "looking down his nose and stereotyping Americans." People are quick to issue criticism but can't take it themselves.
I think it is kind of an insult, to the collective intelligence of his followers, that Rick Steves thinks he can just give a talk full of streaming opinions. One of the biggest most profound insights which is gained from world travel is to see the world, and the people who inhabit it, from many perspectives, and lose one's judgmentalism. Rick Steves has only become more arrogant and complacent as he now feels he's entitled to spew his biases. I don't watch him anymore because he's predominantly excited about his beers, wines, and whiskeys.
He does seem to always find a strong drink at every endeavor
Rick is a simple naive dork. We ended up tired of his crap and gave his books away. It's hard to believe he has groupies! But it cost him a divorce.
He's gotten away from his profession that of dorky travel guide.
Rick,
After returning from our third trip to Europe we've decided that it will be our last. We've found only two kinds of people there , friendly people that are trying to rip you off and mean people that are trying to rip you off. I cannot hide my Americaness. They do hate us.
Really?? Hate us??
Anand yes, very much so.
They hate you not us. Act like a jerk you will be treated the same. You got what you gave.
dave maxa no, I don’t think so. They hate Americans, especially in Spain. Too many cool things to see and do here in North America to piss time and money away in Europe. Europe isn’t worth the bullshit.
@@aaronchandler2380 What Countries did you visit let us know please .
Here goes old la tee da Steves on the pulpit. Stick to what little you know Steves and keep your politics zipped.
why? everything is politics.
I like your view and I love Europe and Italy and have lived all over the Middle East, I lived there, didn't just visit. But you have a serious bias on the Second Amendment. Check out the Swiss and their per capita gun ownership, very low murder rate. The military keep their weapons at home and they used to be able to keep their sidearm, if allowed, at retirement. Czech Republic has all legal drugs too. I lived in the Netherlands for a year and only one of my Dutch friends smoked pot regularly, I agree with you there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Switzerland.
1:16:17 yeah I don’t think it was that extreme and people cared about your show that much
From a very general perspective, sadly, ignorance is bliss, but certainly not helpful to anyone.
Global travel is a really wonderful thing & does help to open our minds & hearts to all humans across our planet and it helps to enlighten us & to broaden our perspectives and much more.
Personally, yes i have travelled & i do believe it's helped me to grow into a much better person. A more open minded, respectful & understanding person. For me, it's truly a win/win.