True, thanks to power hungry politicians, but I disagree with with the hate that we the American people get for it. I love my country but hate my government & therefore don't trust them.
No they are not. Don't get me wrong. I like Pispers and I think this is a good show. But he is also very biased to the left and he has not all facts right. Allende The CIA did several operations in Chile and they supported the junta with money and weapons but there were not involved directly in the coup. Actually it was the CIA's fault that Allende got elected in first place. The tried to kidnap general Rene Schneider to prevent the election of Allende. Schneider got shot and died three days later. After this the PDC (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile, the Christian Democratic Party in Chile) backed the election of Allende. Allende was a socialist and he nationalized industry. His politics was disputed. The opposition and his partner PDC was not happy with him. Allende hat not a majority anymore and lost the confidence of the congress in a vote. CIA had not to be so convincing I guess. The CIA was not invboled in the planning of the coupe. The knew it by forhand, an agent reported it to the headquarter and they also informed the BND about it. But they did not make the planning. By listening to Volker you might imagine that the role of the CIA was bigger than it actually was. He says nothing about the Soviet Union. The Sviet Uniuon occupied Iran withe the British in 2nd World war. The British took there troops back, the Soviets did not. And they separated parts of Iran. Head of state was Reza Shah Palavi whoi resigend and his son Moihammed Reza Palavi followed. About his terror regime. Just a theory by me. But how much was it a fault of the Soviet Union? There was a real foreign danger getting control / getting back control over the country. Palave problaby saw in the Soviet Union a real danger because it was for him. It wasn't like that the USA decided that Iran would be a nice bullwark against communism.
Not everything he said is a fact. He said Bush wasn't democratically elected which there is no proof of that and that would mean Trump wasn't democratically elected either which means Americans aren't as stupid as people think they are and that they were scammed by certain people in power, I don't believe in that, it goes against the nature of American naivety especially when it comes to foreign policy. Nobody would have put Trump in power if they knew that Trump would wipe his ass with top secret documents while they were sleeping.
While that is true that there are a lot of facts in it, if you leave out things it can still sound exaggerated. I don't know much about this part of history, but I could imagine there is more background to the conflicts/wars than just the USA telling people to attack. Like some backstory about Iraq and Iran being enemies already, but Iran was too powerful to fear any attack from Iraq if Iraq had no support, but now Iran was weakened and/or lost its support.
@@LJJ22 In the end it all comes back around to the war on communism. The US backed alot of poeple with the goal to have a shield against Russia/China, and more often than not it backfired and made everything much worse. They learned their lession in Vietnam and decided to wage war by proxy, so they dont have to send their own troops in. So they backed good upstanding people like Saddam Hussein fir example. How that turned out we all know. And after heavily supporting Osama bin Laden to fight their war for them it finally bit them in the ass. That was a long time coming and entirely the result of their own meddling in foreign affairs.
Volker Pispers, the sharpest tongue in Germany. Unfortunately, his political statements cannot be dismissed out of hand. He gets straight to the point. The Program is old, but still relevant. Greetings from Germany.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende lies dir dann mal bitte alles über Allende durch, Volker hat das alles mit Absicht weggelassen... weil er eben keine Ahnung hat oder mit Absicht unterschlägt. Allende war der kommende Hitler oder Putin also war es schon sehr gut das er entfernt wurde.
Aber mittlerweile hat er kapituliert. Die Leute bleiben blöde und wählen immer noch die Parteien die ihnen das Geld aus der Tasche ziehen. Ich kann ihn verstehen, sehr gut sogar.
I know this hurts. It always hurts when you're confronted with the idiocy of a government that does things in your name, even if you don't agree with them. Especially when you're faced with present day consequences of actions committed by idiots way before your own birth that still echoes down history right until today. You can't do anything about the past, you're not guilty for what happened before. You're only responsible to try to change what's happening right now. But now you may have a glimpse into how Germans feel about our own history. Anyone born after WW2 has no guilt for actions committed back then. But most Germans feel a sort of second-hand shame and embarrassment for it, as well as a responsibility to make certain something like that never happens again. Edit: Volker Pispers has a PhD in history, so what he is saying is accurate. Sure, he puts his spin on it for comedic effect. But this is typical for German political cabaret. It is brutally honest satire, sometimes stepping into cynicism. But usually whatever they say is factually true. Because by staying factually true they can't be critically targeted or sued for defamation and slander. In Germany the freedom of expression ends where someone impugns the dignity and honor of someone else which is the highest human right: human dignity. So satirists have to be careful not to make factually wrong claims. How they spin the story to make it both entertaining AND enlightening is limited by the skill and talent of the satirist. Volker Pispers was one of the best in his field.
It isnt "idiocy" ... it is EVIL ... and most people need to remember that "government = 95% UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS!" Bureaucrats are responsible for the information which politicians have to make their laws and probably assist in writing these laws as well.
Indeed, brilliantly put! This comment should be required reading for all english speaking reaction TH-camrs before diving into German (or any European, for that matter) political satire.
And yet, I still feel a great responsibility towards what you call *German history*, because my great-grandmother was incarcerated twice into a concentration camp and only got out there by shere luck… in the end, she got liberated by the US troops which liberated Dachau. She was lucky as hell and could even celebrate her 102 birthday, but she never forgot what she endured before. All of that happened, because she kept asking about the fate of her Jewish neighbours, which she never ever saw again…
@@willybauer5496 Us Germans have to live with our country's history, we must study it, we must never forget it. We all have the responsibility to never, ever let anything like that happen here again...and if we can, we must also do everything we can to do keep anything like that happen anywhere else. We know what our ancestors did, we know how they failed, we must be better than that.
This program was recorded in 2004, almost twenty years ago. Merkel only became German chancellor in 2005 but Pispers was already roasting her back then. 😂
Etwa nicht aus gutem Grund? Die meisten mögen es vergessen haben, aber unter Helmut, dem Dicken, war sie schon 2 mal Bundesministerin. Und damals, hat sie sich auch schon nicht mit Ruhm bekleckert. Als Umweltministerin, hatte sie sogar richtigen Bockmist gebaut, mit einem Schaden von 1 Milliarde Euro (Schacht Konrad). Das ist so, als würde man Andy Scheuer und seinen Zwillingsbruder ins Kanzleramt hieven. Das würde doch auch niemand bei klarem Verstand machen! Die Leute haben alle ein Gedächtnis, wie es meine Oma gesagt hätte, von 12 bis es läutet...
@@olika9076 it’s in this case 100% he picked it from the pentagon. I studied history, this r all numbers from the US government, so it could only be worse. They wouldn’t make themselves more disgusting. U could also read the pentagon papers about Korea. It was as horrible. And the uS was proud to hire fundamentalists for osama, that’s now isis. It’s all their doing, and they shared it proudly. Iran was West friendly, they especially liked the US for their fight of independence, but US and the UK didn’t want to pay for that oil, and didn’t want the people profit from it. The US stole it
Some mistakes, but mostly correct. The stationing of soldiers at the holy sites of islam for example. US soldiers where never stationed at the holy sites, these cities are off limit for non muslims (Mekka and Medina, Jerusalem is not a holy city in islam, that was made up later. Not once mentioned in the Quran). And US soldiers where invited by the islamic authority in KSA, the royal family. So in some parts he exaggerates or is not 100% correct, but mostly it's fine.
Hey morejps....i am no mainstream thinking guy...i am one of your subscribers from germany cologne. Germany is no Free country ..germamy until now Has no peace Contract from the USA , Russia and England.thats no all allyies . Search for a vid from Mathes Haug....S.H.A.E.F. Gesetzt....translated SHAEF.laws. Search for the Dr Mathes Haug vid..."SHAEF Gesetze weiter hin gültig" I am sorry its pure german...you habe to translate It Best wishes from Cologne Germany.
If you think America is acting like that "to keep the international peace" you dont know anything about American interventions in the last 70 years and didnt understand a single thing Pispers is saying here.
Volkers shows are NOT comedy but satire. Also this is a history lesson for everyone he guessed in this show. Of course he wrapped it like comedy. Keep in mind that the winner writes history to his advantage (history books). Volkers remarks depend on real history. But so is the point of view from "outside". I wrote it several times before, but if you want more objective news about your own country read news from foreign countries about your country. That works for every country in this beautyful world! Love your reactions because of your open mind! Keep going on! 4 more parts to go. Many names of german politicians and sometimes you need the geographical and historical background, to completely understand his kind of humor. His show about capitalism is a must.
It's actually a documentary. I have watched several US reactions and I think yours is one of the best. You don't just laugh about the satire but you get the points that he makes. I thank you for that.
One can see that you did not feel too well with the fires shot toward the US, but I'm glad you decided to continue with part 2 anyway! He's rather a political cabaret artist than a comedian, so there might be some exaggerations, but actually he's rather acurate regarding the facts but put them in words that sound comical to absurd, making people laugh but think about at the same time. He's enormously intelligent and knowledgeable, and while this show is almost 20 years old (Gerhard Schröder was the chancellor before Angela merkel, who was in power for 16 years), in the past 2 years quite some Americans reacted to this show. And all the while he fires his shots in all directions, including his own country, "Jeder kriegt sein Fett weg", as we say in Germany.
Happy to see people outside of Germany to agree to the work of this man, he is a genius which deserves to be honored! Sadly he isnt active that much anymore and the younger Germans dont know him anymore....
@@leonardchurch7675Schwachsinnige Behauptung! Suchen Sie nach finanziellen UNTERSTÜTZER des "kleinen Österreicher" damals und werden erst dann verstehen, von was Sie schreiben!
He did not retire, he resigned, and by his own words he gave up because he saw no change in his country beside a change for the worse. The results we can see at present...
watch the rest :) it's a good lesson on recent global history and a reckoning what the A-list players in international power-politics of our lifetime have been up to... and it's not comedy as in jokes and making fun of people, it's political satire: spitting ugly truths about the peole in power in such a way so that you tensely want to hear more, then releasing the tension with some word play, irony, sarcasm, pointing out how absurd and ridiculous and contradictory and hypocritical our leaders and their actions can be...
That one goes through to part 5 - and it is absolutely great! It has been making the rounds among Americans reacting to German videos - and I love the takes of all of you guys! Please continue the series!
Just look at Myanmar... what they could have done with 2 million $... that would have solved the whole issue... I blame Britain for that one, tbh... just like in Hong Kong they did NOTHING! Shame on the Commonwealth
The point with German political satire is: there might be some polemics, but there is way too much truth in there to be brushed aside. There have been times when people accepted the heute Show over the regular news because they thought the satire was closer to the truth
I know it is rough at times for you, i lived many years in the US ahd have been exposed to the narratives there. I respect you for trying to look beyond the general narrow american view of yhe world. 👍
Good to see Volker's video pop up lately. Be sure to check out the full thing. This is important stuff to know, especially for Americans, because knowing the truth about how you're being manipulated, empowers you to change the future.
Its not Comedy young man . We in Deutschland have a long tradition called political cabaret. And dont get it wrong "the Americans" are not you and your fellow countrymen. Its the political industrial military complex that plays the games Pispers is talking about.
Just found your channel and I am so happy about it. I’m from Germany and to me it is really cool and refreshing to see somebody from US who is reflecting about humor and history and who is not blind for the US role in the world. Don’t get me wrong - I am happy for all good stuff the US is bringing to the world (especially for the Germans it is so important what US army did to finish the world war 2) , but it is just good to see that you are not blind for the problems as well (hope my English is not that bad - greetings and hugs from Germany) ❤
The facts he presents are not exagerated, the connections and conclusions he draws are not exagerated as they are part of history by now. The way he presents those facts and conclusions are "Volker Pispers style". He presents them in a way you have to laugh, the alternative being embarassed beyond measure. Sit back, get comfortable and enjoy the ride through history, which so more or less common knowledge in the educated (rest of the) world but afaik not taught or discussed within US schools or society.
Germany is probably the most brainwashed nation out there. The amount of historical BS I've seen spewed in the comments of this channel is insane. 99% of accepted history is completely false. Up is down, left is right etc etc. History is written by the victor, a d unfortunately the wrong people have won on numerous occasions.
As an American living in Austria now, I am amazed how American politicians, military (mostly retired), and diplomats are quite willing to speak frankly and honestly in documentaries made in Europe, but they would not dream of it in the states. Therefore, many truths are disclosed to the rest of the world that they choose to keep a secret from Americans. One documentary I am thinking of in particular is about Gorbechev and how he wanted a loan of just a few million to set up a democratic government in Russia after Perestroika. The USA, and thus NATO (at their push) turned him down flat and backed Yeltsin, who USA saw as a drunk and easy puppet. We now see how that backfired. You won't ever see that German documentary played in the USA, but Americans who were deeply involved in all of that were more than willing to sit down and be interviewed for the documentary. That's one reason many Americans think of Reagan as a great man. Boy, are they foolish.
thank you dear, for bringing this, I know that man, he is also really critical to Germany and the people, who don t want to look through msm news, but take the biase..God bless you, take care. best wishes from Germany and Switzerland.
I am impressed that a young US man is trying to understand how Germany is working. Great. In case you will watch this video till the end please take an extra look (ear) when he is talking about teacher and schools. Brilliant. In case you will visit in the future: in Bremerhaven you will find "Das Auswandererhaus". A museum about people who emigrate to US etc. And a must to do: walking on the ground of Northsea (like Cuxhaven to island Neuwerk).
Please make a reaction video about Billy Wilder's One Two Three. This sheds light on the historical relationship between post-war Germany and the USA and how people think about each other. Nobody has made a video like this before. And I would find it very exciting to see and hear a young person like you doing it, maybe as a reaction series. And then a tutorial "How to built a Yankee doodle cuckoo clock. 😁😁
Your reactions strengthen my faith in humanity. Its very sad that Volker Pispers now gets famous outside of germany cause he retired a few years ago. His words: "I do cabaret for like 30 years now and many topics remain the same. People laughing about the same things and are understanding what going on through my words, but nothing changes and after all Im sick of it" Greetings from germany
A young American watches German political cabaret - and understands it. Maybe the world isn't lost after all. Greetings from Germany. PS: Georg Schramm is also brilliant. He stopped at some point because he realized that nothing could be improved in politics with cabaret.
You are doing great with your channel and showing Volker Pispers, who is from a neighbouring country in Europe, is a great comedian with his heart in the right place. By the way, I have only heard from him through young Americans! Thank you for that.
Very cool to see a young guy like you checking out some true words wrapped in humour. Keep up the good work, stay critical. Greetings from South Germany
When you say ... america is a police ... that's what Volker means when he says - naive is't cutting it, when you descibe the people in america. America is defending their own economic interests with their military and special units everywhere in the world - that has nothing to do with policing or protecting.
Fortunately I saw him live 3 times in the 2010’s when he was still active. He was always making 3 hours of political comedy with a small break in the middle. Just great and a lot of people in Germany are missing his voice. ♥️
@@haraldomike3286 Ja, die sind alle online zu finden. Und jemand hat sich die aufwändige Mühe gemacht und alles wirklich sehr gut in Englisch untertitelt. Ich denke, das ist auch der Grund, warum es hier bei YT eine ganze Reihe Reaction-Videos zu deutschen Comedy- und Satirebeiträgen gibt.
Thx 4 the vid mate. You can watch everything of Volker Pispers no mater wich topic. Every single Show is very good researched. Greetings from germany 😊
he is not a comedian, a "kabaretist" is something different, political satire based on facts without exaggerations, this is important since they get fact checked, this is why shows like "die anstalt" always have source refferences to every show on their homepage.
Volker is amazing, i saw last week a video that was nearly 15 years old and everything he said back than is still true today. Its like this man know the feature.
Actually there's zero exaggeration, he just cleverly explains history from a neutral stand point and sets stuff into a perspective which you haven't seen before.
Volker Piepers isn‘t clever (@7:05), he‘s politically informed and intelligent, probably one of the brightest satirical comedians around. Thanks for promoting him! Greetings from Cologne, Germany
hey @morejps you said that it has to be taken with "a grain of salt", and that it "was exceggerated" due to comedy. But in my opinion it is a quite accurate and neutral observation of the topics by Volker Piepers. He is a political analyst who communicated the topics and his opinions "objectively" which turned everything into a tragic comedy rather than just comedy. Not much exceggeration to be found. side note: some of the translations are not very accurate so the jokes sometimes are difficult to be understood, but content wise it is accurate.
With „keep the international peace“ you mean „secure Americas influence & oil sources in other regions by removing other governments and implementing their own ‚proconsuls‘“
Joel, it's Folker, not Wolker ;D A german V is always pronounced like an F (as well as as an Z like an TS). =) Finally you yet have also seen the very popular Pispers satires translated into english, like so many other US-american and british channels here in YT did already. And you liked it as well as all the others. It's all true, no embellishments and no whitewashing. Finally he is historian, he calls the smut by its name. There's another sharp and hilarious tongue in germany, Georg Schramm, but I don't know if someone has translated him. Thanks for your apt comments and don't be feeling upset because the critique. It's of course about the unbearable Bully US politics, that only makes the world unpeaceful. The USA government and military is friend to no one, only always egoistic, greedy and dangerous. And not reformable, because you always vote for the same unfortunately outdated 2 parties full of millionaires, that are not interested in representing their own people. So you need a complete new REALLY democratic system like in Switzerland and better, with more INDEPENDENT parties and referendums. This ruthless Globalists try to prevent it, so you citizens must push it through, to to get rid of this hostile foreign rule. You surely can imagine which criminals I mean.
@@sebastiant4597 It depends. The character "V" itself is pronounced "fau" in German. Sometimes V is pronounced W like in "vegan", "vegetarisch", "virtuell", "virtuos", "Viskosität" or "Vokabel", but most often V is pronounced F like in "viel(e)", all words with the prefixes "ver-" and "vor-" like in "Vorsilbe" (= prefix), or when I say to my men "vögelt mich", and like in Volk(er). But there seems to be no explicit rule when to pronounce it F and when W. You just have to know it. Maybe we should have another Rechtschreibreform about this topic!
@@najalundgren3565 Thanks for you afford, I am pretty sure you'll figure out what all the words in the first set V=W have in common and why they are the least helpful to evaluate German, Germanic or Nordic pronunciation. Or do you really want to discuss the pronunciation of V as in VIP in German? (Which actually will lead to one of the nicest treats in the ethical standards of German pronunciation.)
Volker Pispers is great. When he points out that the different parties didn't change anything to the better in the past decades in Germany. Or when he explains what money is. I attended his shows two times in Germany. What a pitty that he ended his carreer after more than 30 years. Also excellent was Georg Schramm and his different alter egos he played on stage.
This is the type of "comedy" where you don't know if you should laugh or cry. No matter if you agree or disagree to what he says, it is a good thing that he may say it.
I think the point he is making is that whilst the US always try to frame it as international peace keeping, in the past they acted completely in their own interests, and supported human rights violators getting into power simply for economic benefits for the US.
My beloved Americans. As a German, I've lived three years in the USA. Two of my sons were born in America and possess dual citizenship. I think I'm blessed to got to know a lot of grounded and welcoming Americans, and of course, true patriots - and I appreciated it. I distinguish between the people, and the government. It's not the Americans that are rotten, it's the power politics based on the Monroe doctrin, enforced by the military-industrial complex. It's the same thing everywhere. Do I like the Russians? Yes, very trustworthy people. Do I like their campaign in Ukraine? Certainly not! Although you shouldn't forget the prologue of this war. Nevertheless, would I trust Putin? No further than I could throw him. Or take the current situation in Germany, with our childish, insane government. Meanwhile 80% of Germans want this government to resign and want a new government. Have you ever heard this on CNN? Volker Pispers is a great and intelligent satirist. He always puts the mirror in front of every hypocrite people, or system. But if you want a deeper dive in rotten American power politics, I suggest Daniele Ganser. He is a Swiss historican and peace researcher and offers disturbing facts over the USA and even 9/11. But he always differs between the people and the government.
I'm putting this under the Pispers video since it kinda fits here the most: I would kinda like to see international people like you react to the song Frieden created by the well-known german band K.I.Z. It's pretty new but it's really deep and you should be able to talk about mentioned stuff. Subtitle options do exist.
Hi my friend. Volker Pispers is NOT a comedian, he's a cabaret artist. There is a big difference between comedy and cabaret, especially political cabaret. Cabaret handles the "political business" very satirical or sarcastic by pointing out (sometimes catastrophic) political decisions or events in an even apparently sarcastic (and therefore funny) way. This kind of cabaret has a long history in Germany, especially during the 3rd Reich (and WW2). Many artists have been killed from the Nazi-Regime because of their art of fight against ignorance, racism and the contempt for humanity. Greetings from Germany, keep up your good work 🙂
Volker Pispers is in the same league as George Carlin. There is no grain of salt necessary with these two greats of stand-up comedy. They are completely factual.
This, my dear friend, is not comedy, it's satire, which is its own artistic genre. The main difference between those two is that satire is always based on facts, while comedy can be completely made up. Political satire is the probably the highest and most sophisticated form of humor.
As a German I want to underscore how great of an orator Volker is. Sadly many word plays and puns don't translate well. Its hard to appreciate withiout speaking the language but he really has a way with words.
Volker Pispers is not your ordenary comedian. Everything he says is well reseached and aside from some mean comments absolutely true. 😅 You should watch the rest, even though it might hurt. Also, his take in capitalism ist gold ❤
just a little more context, that standup took place somewhere between 2002 and 2004, before angela merkel got elected. and during that 5 part youtube series (which i have seen many youtubers react to), volker makes some insight jokes about german media and politicians from that time who most foreigners dont know. but overall its not such of a big deal if you dont really understand the puns from volker vs the germans, as the main topic is the usa and their influence in the middle east
The US isn't a peace police. They get the most profit out of wars and Volker isn't a comedian, he makes satire.
True, thanks to power hungry politicians, but I disagree with with the hate that we the American people get for it. I love my country but hate my government & therefore don't trust them.
@@Timbothruster-fh3cwi hate US government but i love country girls. I even sub one of them because how cute they're. I wish i can marry them
@@boboboy8189 Hahaha 🤣😁👍
@@boboboy8189 Are you American or German?🙂
@@Timbothruster-fh3cw i'm from south east Asia.
No grain of salt, no exaggeration on this one. They are all facts.
exactly this was the comment I was about to write.
Yeah true
No they are not.
Don't get me wrong. I like Pispers and I think this is a good show.
But he is also very biased to the left and he has not all facts right.
Allende
The CIA did several operations in Chile and they supported the junta with money and weapons but there were not involved directly in the coup.
Actually it was the CIA's fault that Allende got elected in first place. The tried to kidnap general Rene Schneider to prevent the election of Allende.
Schneider got shot and died three days later. After this the PDC (Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile, the Christian Democratic Party in Chile) backed the election of Allende.
Allende was a socialist and he nationalized industry.
His politics was disputed. The opposition and his partner PDC was not happy with him. Allende hat not a majority anymore and lost the confidence of the congress in a vote.
CIA had not to be so convincing I guess. The CIA was not invboled in the planning of the coupe.
The knew it by forhand, an agent reported it to the headquarter and they also informed the BND about it. But they did not make the planning.
By listening to Volker you might imagine that the role of the CIA was bigger than it actually was.
He says nothing about the Soviet Union.
The Sviet Uniuon occupied Iran withe the British in 2nd World war.
The British took there troops back, the Soviets did not. And they separated parts of Iran.
Head of state was Reza Shah Palavi whoi resigend and his son Moihammed Reza Palavi followed.
About his terror regime. Just a theory by me. But how much was it a fault of the Soviet Union?
There was a real foreign danger getting control / getting back control over the country.
Palave problaby saw in the Soviet Union a real danger because it was for him.
It wasn't like that the USA decided that Iran would be a nice bullwark against communism.
Not everything he said is a fact. He said Bush wasn't democratically elected which there is no proof of that and that would mean Trump wasn't democratically elected either which means Americans aren't as stupid as people think they are and that they were scammed by certain people in power, I don't believe in that, it goes against the nature of American naivety especially when it comes to foreign policy. Nobody would have put Trump in power if they knew that Trump would wipe his ass with top secret documents while they were sleeping.
While that is true that there are a lot of facts in it, if you leave out things it can still sound exaggerated. I don't know much about this part of history, but I could imagine there is more background to the conflicts/wars than just the USA telling people to attack. Like some backstory about Iraq and Iran being enemies already, but Iran was too powerful to fear any attack from Iraq if Iraq had no support, but now Iran was weakened and/or lost its support.
@@LJJ22 In the end it all comes back around to the war on communism. The US backed alot of poeple with the goal to have a shield against Russia/China, and more often than not it backfired and made everything much worse. They learned their lession in Vietnam and decided to wage war by proxy, so they dont have to send their own troops in. So they backed good upstanding people like Saddam Hussein fir example. How that turned out we all know. And after heavily supporting Osama bin Laden to fight their war for them it finally bit them in the ass. That was a long time coming and entirely the result of their own meddling in foreign affairs.
Volker Pispers, the sharpest tongue in Germany. Unfortunately, his political statements cannot be dismissed out of hand. He gets straight to the point. The Program is old, but still relevant.
Greetings from Germany.
Sharpest tongue in Germany? Georg Schramm?
Well Georg Schramm, Max Uthoff, Hagen Rether etc. etc. did similar sharp programs. They only have not the bigger attention Volker has.
@@PropperNaughtyGeezer Sorry, i correct myself!! "One of the sharpest tongues"!
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende lies dir dann mal bitte alles über Allende durch, Volker hat das alles mit Absicht weggelassen... weil er eben keine Ahnung hat oder mit Absicht unterschlägt. Allende war der kommende Hitler oder Putin also war es schon sehr gut das er entfernt wurde.
Aber mittlerweile hat er kapituliert. Die Leute bleiben blöde und wählen immer noch die Parteien die ihnen das Geld aus der Tasche ziehen. Ich kann ihn verstehen, sehr gut sogar.
I know this hurts. It always hurts when you're confronted with the idiocy of a government that does things in your name, even if you don't agree with them. Especially when you're faced with present day consequences of actions committed by idiots way before your own birth that still echoes down history right until today. You can't do anything about the past, you're not guilty for what happened before. You're only responsible to try to change what's happening right now.
But now you may have a glimpse into how Germans feel about our own history. Anyone born after WW2 has no guilt for actions committed back then. But most Germans feel a sort of second-hand shame and embarrassment for it, as well as a responsibility to make certain something like that never happens again.
Edit: Volker Pispers has a PhD in history, so what he is saying is accurate. Sure, he puts his spin on it for comedic effect. But this is typical for German political cabaret. It is brutally honest satire, sometimes stepping into cynicism. But usually whatever they say is factually true. Because by staying factually true they can't be critically targeted or sued for defamation and slander. In Germany the freedom of expression ends where someone impugns the dignity and honor of someone else which is the highest human right: human dignity. So satirists have to be careful not to make factually wrong claims. How they spin the story to make it both entertaining AND enlightening is limited by the skill and talent of the satirist. Volker Pispers was one of the best in his field.
Very well said!
It isnt "idiocy" ... it is EVIL ... and most people need to remember that "government = 95% UNELECTED BUREAUCRATS!"
Bureaucrats are responsible for the information which politicians have to make their laws and probably assist in writing these laws as well.
Indeed, brilliantly put! This comment should be required reading for all english speaking reaction TH-camrs before diving into German (or any European, for that matter) political satire.
And yet, I still feel a great responsibility towards what you call *German history*, because my great-grandmother was incarcerated twice into a concentration camp and only got out there by shere luck… in the end, she got liberated by the US troops which liberated Dachau.
She was lucky as hell and could even celebrate her 102 birthday, but she never forgot what she endured before.
All of that happened, because she kept asking about the fate of her Jewish neighbours, which she never ever saw again…
@@willybauer5496 Us Germans have to live with our country's history, we must study it, we must never forget it. We all have the responsibility to never, ever let anything like that happen here again...and if we can, we must also do everything we can to do keep anything like that happen anywhere else. We know what our ancestors did, we know how they failed, we must be better than that.
This program was recorded in 2004, almost twenty years ago. Merkel only became German chancellor in 2005 but Pispers was already roasting her back then. 😂
Etwa nicht aus gutem Grund? Die meisten mögen es vergessen haben, aber unter Helmut, dem Dicken, war sie schon 2 mal Bundesministerin. Und damals, hat sie sich auch schon nicht mit Ruhm bekleckert. Als Umweltministerin, hatte sie sogar richtigen Bockmist gebaut, mit einem Schaden von 1 Milliarde Euro (Schacht Konrad). Das ist so, als würde man Andy Scheuer und seinen Zwillingsbruder ins Kanzleramt hieven. Das würde doch auch niemand bei klarem Verstand machen! Die Leute haben alle ein Gedächtnis, wie es meine Oma gesagt hätte, von 12 bis es läutet...
Merkel has been the butt of the joke way before she became chancellor. Look at how she looked before 2005
Nein, sein Programm „bis neulich …“ hat er ab 2002 gespielt und immer wieder aktualisiert.
@@jodelschnepfe4287 this record was from bis neulich 2004
There is no grain of salt to search for, that’s all 100% facts. It’s not even very funny, it’s a history lesson
Beware of somebody claiming to know the "facts"😉. Additions like "percentage numbers" are only proof of the "facts" were opinions😉
@@olika9076 it’s in this case 100% he picked it from the pentagon. I studied history, this r all numbers from the US government, so it could only be worse. They wouldn’t make themselves more disgusting. U could also read the pentagon papers about Korea. It was as horrible. And the uS was proud to hire fundamentalists for osama, that’s now isis. It’s all their doing, and they shared it proudly. Iran was West friendly, they especially liked the US for their fight of independence, but US and the UK didn’t want to pay for that oil, and didn’t want the people profit from it. The US stole it
Some mistakes, but mostly correct. The stationing of soldiers at the holy sites of islam for example. US soldiers where never stationed at the holy sites, these cities are off limit for non muslims (Mekka and Medina, Jerusalem is not a holy city in islam, that was made up later. Not once mentioned in the Quran). And US soldiers where invited by the islamic authority in KSA, the royal family. So in some parts he exaggerates or is not 100% correct, but mostly it's fine.
@@terribrad24 Two very important sites of Islam are located in Jerusalem: the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
@@terribrad24uh Jerusalem was one of the most important holy sites in islam since its origins.
Hope you check out the other parts, the whole set is incredible. Such a pity he stopped.
You mean a pitty, right?
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 guess I did, yea
Hey morejps....i am no mainstream thinking guy...i am one of your subscribers from germany cologne.
Germany is no Free country ..germamy until now Has no peace Contract from the USA , Russia and England.thats no all allyies .
Search for a vid from Mathes Haug....S.H.A.E.F. Gesetzt....translated SHAEF.laws.
Search for the Dr Mathes Haug vid..."SHAEF Gesetze weiter hin gültig"
I am sorry its pure german...you habe to translate It
Best wishes from Cologne Germany.
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Pity is the correct way 👍
One of the great . Hagen rether also a good one
This stuff is old but still relevant.
Buckle up Joel, especially part 3 and 4 will hurt.
If you think America is acting like that "to keep the international peace" you dont know anything about American interventions in the last 70 years and didnt understand a single thing Pispers is saying here.
As a german thanks for getting views on this guy. He is so damn right. ❤️
Volkers shows are NOT comedy but satire. Also this is a history lesson for everyone he guessed in this show. Of course he wrapped it like comedy. Keep in mind that the winner writes history to his advantage (history books). Volkers remarks depend on real history. But so is the point of view from "outside". I wrote it several times before, but if you want more objective news about your own country read news from foreign countries about your country. That works for every country in this beautyful world!
Love your reactions because of your open mind! Keep going on! 4 more parts to go. Many names of german politicians and sometimes you need the geographical and historical background, to completely understand his kind of humor. His show about capitalism is a must.
It's actually a documentary.
I have watched several US reactions and I think yours is one of the best. You don't just laugh about the satire but you get the points that he makes. I thank you for that.
None of the others "just laughed" and this guy is pretty naive " yes I knew we are always into peace keeping". Is your comment serious?
Volker Pispers ist der Beste, er fehlt mir. Grüße aus Germany
One can see that you did not feel too well with the fires shot toward the US, but I'm glad you decided to continue with part 2 anyway! He's rather a political cabaret artist than a comedian, so there might be some exaggerations, but actually he's rather acurate regarding the facts but put them in words that sound comical to absurd, making people laugh but think about at the same time. He's enormously intelligent and knowledgeable, and while this show is almost 20 years old (Gerhard Schröder was the chancellor before Angela merkel, who was in power for 16 years), in the past 2 years quite some Americans reacted to this show.
And all the while he fires his shots in all directions, including his own country, "Jeder kriegt sein Fett weg", as we say in Germany.
great to see that some people in america really are open minded
At least somehow ;-)
Happy to see people outside of Germany to agree to the work of this man, he is a genius which deserves to be honored! Sadly he isnt active that much anymore and the younger Germans dont know him anymore....
Gerade durch solche Männer gelangte der kleine Österreicher einst an die Macht.
It`s because TODAY he couldn`t say that anymore, without getting in serious trouble.
@@leonardchurch7675Schwachsinnige Behauptung!
Suchen Sie nach finanziellen UNTERSTÜTZER des "kleinen Österreicher" damals und werden erst dann verstehen, von was Sie schreiben!
Mittlerweile hat er aufgegeben diesen Idioten im Publikum die Wahrheit ins Gesicht zu sagen und dafür Applaus zu bekommen
@@leonardchurch7675Bro wtf
Like us germans about WWII. Its not easy to hear, but he is just spitting facts
Yeah, you finally came across volker pispers. one of the best cabaret artists in germany. hope you watch the other parts too 👍
As you said, he is just as intelligently bitter and sharp-tongued where it comes to his own country Germany!
Volker was the Best ever. I am still sad he retired.
He did not retire, he resigned, and by his own words he gave up because he saw no change in his country beside a change for the worse. The results we can see at present...
watch the rest :) it's a good lesson on recent global history and a reckoning what the A-list players in international power-politics of our lifetime have been up to... and it's not comedy as in jokes and making fun of people, it's political satire: spitting ugly truths about the peole in power in such a way so that you tensely want to hear more, then releasing the tension with some word play, irony, sarcasm, pointing out how absurd and ridiculous and contradictory and hypocritical our leaders and their actions can be...
That one goes through to part 5 - and it is absolutely great!
It has been making the rounds among Americans reacting to German videos - and I love the takes of all of you guys! Please continue the series!
I am doing the same, it's beautiful like watching people watch GoT for the first time.
Movie: Team American - World Police. Also, the USA only acts around the world when THEIR interests are threatened.
Just look at Myanmar... what they could have done with 2 million $... that would have solved the whole issue...
I blame Britain for that one, tbh... just like in Hong Kong they did NOTHING!
Shame on the Commonwealth
I think you are correct. @@lynnm6413
@@lynnm6413britsin Just like america is playing the bigger game.
that was a well made documentary.
best history teacher ever! honest entertaining and damn smart!
Finde es echt Mega dass dir sowas gefällt, Volker Pispers ist Legende. Macht dich zu einem meiner Lieblingsamerikaner😅
Satire nicht Komödie wichtig
Guck alle Teile👍
The point with German political satire is: there might be some polemics, but there is way too much truth in there to be brushed aside. There have been times when people accepted the heute Show over the regular news because they thought the satire was closer to the truth
a long time ago. now heute show needs its own satire.
I know it is rough at times for you, i lived many years in the US ahd have been exposed to the narratives there.
I respect you for trying to look beyond the general narrow american view of yhe world. 👍
i am happy to see a young american, start thinking.
Good to see Volker's video pop up lately. Be sure to check out the full thing.
This is important stuff to know, especially for Americans, because knowing the truth about how you're being manipulated, empowers you to change the future.
Its not Comedy young man . We in Deutschland have a long tradition called political cabaret. And dont get it wrong "the Americans" are not you and your fellow countrymen. Its the political industrial military complex that plays the games Pispers is talking about.
Just found your channel and I am so happy about it.
I’m from Germany and to me it is really cool and refreshing to see somebody from US who is reflecting about humor and history and who is not blind for the US role in the world. Don’t get me wrong - I am happy for all good stuff the US is bringing to the world (especially for the Germans it is so important what US army did to finish the world war 2) , but it is just good to see that you are not blind for the problems as well (hope my English is not that bad - greetings and hugs from Germany) ❤
There are 5 parts, its a MUST to see … and to learn.
Volker has right with every word! Greetings from Germany
Something something not ze yellow from ze egg.
I was hoping you would watch volker pispers for months. looking foreward for the next parts.
much love 👌
..even for a german - sometimes his words cut like a sharp knife... Making another part ? ! plucky, I guess.. ;)
The facts he presents are not exagerated, the connections and conclusions he draws are not exagerated as they are part of history by now. The way he presents those facts and conclusions are "Volker Pispers style". He presents them in a way you have to laugh, the alternative being embarassed beyond measure. Sit back, get comfortable and enjoy the ride through history, which so more or less common knowledge in the educated (rest of the) world but afaik not taught or discussed within US schools or society.
Germany is probably the most brainwashed nation out there. The amount of historical BS I've seen spewed in the comments of this channel is insane. 99% of accepted history is completely false. Up is down, left is right etc etc.
History is written by the victor, a d unfortunately the wrong people have won on numerous occasions.
As an American living in Austria now, I am amazed how American politicians, military (mostly retired), and diplomats are quite willing to speak frankly and honestly in documentaries made in Europe, but they would not dream of it in the states. Therefore, many truths are disclosed to the rest of the world that they choose to keep a secret from Americans. One documentary I am thinking of in particular is about Gorbechev and how he wanted a loan of just a few million to set up a democratic government in Russia after Perestroika. The USA, and thus NATO (at their push) turned him down flat and backed Yeltsin, who USA saw as a drunk and easy puppet. We now see how that backfired. You won't ever see that German documentary played in the USA, but Americans who were deeply involved in all of that were more than willing to sit down and be interviewed for the documentary. That's one reason many Americans think of Reagan as a great man. Boy, are they foolish.
thank you dear, for bringing this, I know that man, he is also really critical to Germany and the people, who don t want to look through msm news, but take the biase..God bless you, take care. best wishes from Germany and Switzerland.
I am impressed that a young US man is trying to understand how Germany is working. Great. In case you will watch this video till the end please take an extra look (ear) when he is talking about teacher and schools. Brilliant. In case you will visit in the future: in Bremerhaven you will find "Das Auswandererhaus". A museum about people who emigrate to US etc. And a must to do: walking on the ground of Northsea (like Cuxhaven to island Neuwerk).
Please make a reaction video about Billy Wilder's One Two Three.
This sheds light on the historical relationship between post-war Germany and the USA and how people think about each other.
Nobody has made a video like this before. And I would find it very exciting to see and hear a young person like you doing it, maybe as a reaction series. And then a tutorial "How to built a Yankee doodle cuckoo clock. 😁😁
this whole thing is a masterpiece!
He‘s a legend of German „Kabarett“.
Thanks for reacting to this political satire. pispers is brilliant.
Looking forward to the next part(s).
❤ Greetings from Germany! Volker der die Wahrheit sagt. Pleas looking Dr. Daniele Ganser!!!
Your reactions strengthen my faith in humanity.
Its very sad that Volker Pispers now gets famous outside of germany cause he retired a few years ago.
His words: "I do cabaret for like 30 years now and many topics remain the same. People laughing about the same things and are understanding what going on through my words, but nothing changes and after all Im sick of it"
Greetings from germany
A young American watches German political cabaret - and understands it. Maybe the world isn't lost after all.
Greetings from Germany.
PS: Georg Schramm is also brilliant. He stopped at some point because he realized that nothing could be improved in politics with cabaret.
it is nearly a history lesson because all what he says is fact ;-)
I would love to see the second part. I'm such a big fan of comedy
You are doing great with your channel and showing Volker Pispers, who is from a neighbouring country in Europe, is a great comedian with his heart in the right place. By the way, I have only heard from him through young Americans! Thank you for that.
Very cool to see a young guy like you checking out some true words wrapped in humour.
Keep up the good work, stay critical.
Greetings from South Germany
When you say ... america is a police ... that's what Volker means when he says - naive is't cutting it, when you descibe the people in america.
America is defending their own economic interests with their military and special units everywhere in the world - that has nothing to do with policing or protecting.
No, No, No, it is not exaggerated what this comedian had to say. Indeed, Peace for all of us.
Fortunately I saw him live 3 times in the 2010’s when he was still active. He was always making 3 hours of political comedy with a small break in the middle. Just great and a lot of people in Germany are missing his voice. ♥️
Sind denn die 3h in teilen online, also "bis neulich" kennt man ja
@@haraldomike3286 Ja, die sind alle online zu finden. Und jemand hat sich die aufwändige Mühe gemacht und alles wirklich sehr gut in Englisch untertitelt. Ich denke, das ist auch der Grund, warum es hier bei YT eine ganze Reihe Reaction-Videos zu deutschen Comedy- und Satirebeiträgen gibt.
Thx 4 the vid mate. You can watch everything of Volker Pispers no mater wich topic. Every single Show is very good researched.
Greetings from germany 😊
ich schmeiß mich weg beim Schröder Witz 4:10 und er verzieht keine Miene 🤣
Pispers is kind of like George Carlin used to be. It's not really funny, but it's funny enough to not be sad, because what he says is true.
Reacting is one thing… learning of this is a different cup of tea
Respect for showing this Joel
All parts are pretty informative ;-)
Hey, i like they you responded to what pispers said. Youre speaking like a grown man, respect! Keep it up.
he is not a comedian, a "kabaretist" is something different, political satire based on facts without exaggerations, this is important since they get fact checked, this is why shows like "die anstalt" always have source refferences to every show on their homepage.
Volker is amazing, i saw last week a video that was nearly 15 years old and everything he said back than is still true today. Its like this man know the feature.
Actually there's zero exaggeration, he just cleverly explains history from a neutral stand point and sets stuff into a perspective which you haven't seen before.
American foreign policy is always to America's advantage.
Therefore, as a European, I would never enter into a package with the USA.
Yeah, you should do all parts
the man is a german cabaret legend. I can only recommend his program "until recently 2016" In german „Bis Neulich 2016“.
greetings from Germany ;-)
The crazy Thing is that this clip is aktually areound 20 years old
Great job & reaction, greetings from Europe ✌️
Volker Piepers isn‘t clever (@7:05), he‘s politically informed and intelligent, probably one of the brightest satirical comedians around. Thanks for promoting him! Greetings from Cologne, Germany
12:25 that's the best thing about Psipers, they are not exaggerated. It's basically the truth but he delivers it in a humerous way
A lot of people in germany claim that Pispers was "shadowbanned" respectively forced to quit his program.
hey @morejps you said that it has to be taken with "a grain of salt", and that it "was exceggerated" due to comedy. But in my opinion it is a quite accurate and neutral observation of the topics by Volker Piepers. He is a political analyst who communicated the topics and his opinions "objectively" which turned everything into a tragic comedy rather than just comedy. Not much exceggeration to be found.
side note: some of the translations are not very accurate so the jokes sometimes are difficult to be understood, but content wise it is accurate.
With „keep the international peace“ you mean „secure Americas influence & oil sources in other regions by removing other governments and implementing their own ‚proconsuls‘“
Joel, it's Folker, not Wolker ;D A german V is always pronounced like an F (as well as as an Z like an TS). =)
Finally you yet have also seen the very popular Pispers satires translated into english, like so many other US-american and british channels here in YT did already.
And you liked it as well as all the others. It's all true, no embellishments and no whitewashing. Finally he is historian, he calls the smut by its name.
There's another sharp and hilarious tongue in germany, Georg Schramm, but I don't know if someone has translated him.
Thanks for your apt comments and don't be feeling upset because the critique. It's of course about the unbearable Bully US politics, that only makes the world unpeaceful. The USA government and military is friend to no one, only always egoistic, greedy and dangerous. And not reformable, because you always vote for the same unfortunately outdated 2 parties full of millionaires, that are not interested in representing their own people. So you need a complete new REALLY democratic system like in Switzerland and better, with more INDEPENDENT parties and referendums.
This ruthless Globalists try to prevent it, so you citizens must push it through, to to get rid of this hostile foreign rule.
You surely can imagine which criminals I mean.
Oh ja, das sind die gleichen, die auch Deutschland fest im Würgegriff halten und ausplündern !
V like Fiktor? He'd need to know that Volker is a German non-nordic name... since Vigga isn't Figga either.
@@sebastiant4597 It depends. The character "V" itself is pronounced "fau" in German. Sometimes V is pronounced W like in "vegan", "vegetarisch", "virtuell", "virtuos", "Viskosität" or "Vokabel", but most often V is pronounced F like in "viel(e)", all words with the prefixes "ver-" and "vor-" like in "Vorsilbe" (= prefix), or when I say to my men "vögelt mich", and like in Volk(er). But there seems to be no explicit rule when to pronounce it F and when W. You just have to know it. Maybe we should have another Rechtschreibreform about this topic!
@@najalundgren3565 Thanks for you afford, I am pretty sure you'll figure out what all the words in the first set V=W have in common and why they are the least helpful to evaluate German, Germanic or Nordic pronunciation.
Or do you really want to discuss the pronunciation of V as in VIP in German? (Which actually will lead to one of the nicest treats in the ethical standards of German pronunciation.)
Please do all 5 Parts! 👍
Great Channel, great idea. Best regards from Cologne, Germany
Volker Pispers is great. When he points out that the different parties didn't change anything to the better in the past decades in Germany. Or when he explains what money is. I attended his shows two times in Germany. What a pitty that he ended his carreer after more than 30 years.
Also excellent was Georg Schramm and his different alter egos he played on stage.
This is the type of "comedy" where you don't know if you should laugh or cry.
No matter if you agree or disagree to what he says, it is a good thing that he may say it.
I can really recommend "die anstalt " best german satire
I think the point he is making is that whilst the US always try to frame it as international peace keeping, in the past they acted completely in their own interests, and supported human rights violators getting into power simply for economic benefits for the US.
Never old...🙄Volker ist Der Beste!
Nice to see an American covering him. Really nice 🙂
For a better understanding. This Act is from 2004
My beloved Americans. As a German, I've lived three years in the USA. Two of my sons were born in America and possess dual citizenship. I think I'm blessed to got to know a lot of grounded and welcoming Americans, and of course, true patriots - and I appreciated it.
I distinguish between the people, and the government. It's not the Americans that are rotten, it's the power politics based on the Monroe doctrin, enforced by the military-industrial complex. It's the same thing everywhere.
Do I like the Russians? Yes, very trustworthy people. Do I like their campaign in Ukraine? Certainly not! Although you shouldn't forget the prologue of this war. Nevertheless, would I trust Putin? No further than I could throw him. Or take the current situation in Germany, with our childish, insane government. Meanwhile 80% of Germans want this government to resign and want a new government. Have you ever heard this on CNN?
Volker Pispers is a great and intelligent satirist. He always puts the mirror in front of every hypocrite people, or system.
But if you want a deeper dive in rotten American power politics, I suggest Daniele Ganser. He is a Swiss historican and peace researcher and offers disturbing facts over the USA and even 9/11. But he always differs between the people and the government.
Volker Pispers is a very intelligent person and I miss such voices in German cabaret....
Best wishes and good health from Germany
I'm putting this under the Pispers video since it kinda fits here the most:
I would kinda like to see international people like you react to the song Frieden created by the well-known german band K.I.Z. It's pretty new but it's really deep and you should be able to talk about mentioned stuff. Subtitle options do exist.
I like to see you watching that, Joel! Thank you! ✌
Volker Pispers - A grandmaster of political cabaret and probably the best history teacher I ever had 😁👌
Very sad that he no longer performs live 😕
sure ! go ahead with part 2... i like seeing your inner-crash when you read the funny stuff about your country and the people there... ! :))
Hi my friend. Volker Pispers is NOT a comedian, he's a cabaret artist. There is a big difference between comedy and cabaret, especially political cabaret. Cabaret handles the "political business" very satirical or sarcastic by pointing out (sometimes catastrophic) political decisions or events in an even apparently sarcastic (and therefore funny) way. This kind of cabaret has a long history in Germany, especially during the 3rd Reich (and WW2). Many artists have been killed from the Nazi-Regime because of their art of fight against ignorance, racism and the contempt for humanity.
Greetings from Germany, keep up your good work 🙂
Volker Pispers is gold! 💕
Volker Pispers is in the same league as George Carlin. There is no grain of salt necessary with these two greats of stand-up comedy. They are completely factual.
This, my dear friend, is not comedy, it's satire, which is its own artistic genre.
The main difference between those two is that satire is always based on facts, while comedy can be completely made up.
Political satire is the probably the highest and most sophisticated form of humor.
Der beste Mann in Sachen Humor für mich. All the best to you and warm greetings from Germany.
The subtitles are so on point it’s scary
4:59 its not about peace if youre honest, though... its about power, influence spheres and resources... I wish more Americans would admit that
As a German I want to underscore how great of an orator Volker is. Sadly many word plays and puns don't translate well.
Its hard to appreciate withiout speaking the language but he really has a way with words.
Volker Pispers is not your ordenary comedian. Everything he says is well reseached and aside from some mean comments absolutely true. 😅
You should watch the rest, even though it might hurt. Also, his take in capitalism ist gold ❤
just a little more context, that standup took place somewhere between 2002 and 2004, before angela merkel got elected. and during that 5 part youtube series (which i have seen many youtubers react to), volker makes some insight jokes about german media and politicians from that time who most foreigners dont know. but overall its not such of a big deal if you dont really understand the puns from volker vs the germans, as the main topic is the usa and their influence in the middle east
Pispers is an absolute HERO! He is a german Realist!!! We love him and we do miss him.