VICIOUSLY DARK GERMAN SATIRE! AMERICAN REACTS To Volkker Pispers History of USA and T3RR01SM PT 5
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Bro.... the person that has made the translation has done a pretty awesome job as well. His job has been as important as Pispers' performance!
Absolutely, this has been hand made. A Google Translate voice to text translation would have never worked, that also only works about 80% in English. This program has to be translated by a human being to translate the humor as well. AI still doesn't work like that.
Just mistranslated misquito into midges
@@thomasboggemann4612 “midge” ist korrekt, heißt “Mücke” auf Deutsch. Das was du wahrscheinlich meinst hätte noch ein “t” hinter dem “e”.
Agree, that one about "An American history of terror" is really really good. Others are not. But it doesn't matters. Outside Germany the actors are unknown.
I've never heard a german call Pispers controversial.
Well he is not german.
No American like to Joke about the President before the man With the Death Cat in die Head....
It's controversial when you're the one committing the crimes.
Jan Böhmermann is controversial!
@@siegesfreud6473 Never was, never will be. Not in the way Pispers was, Böhmi is just to fullof himself
I never forget Merkel's reaction, when Schröder said, that germany won't take any part in the invasion of Iraq. She was the leader of the opposition and didn't had any right to speak for the official gouverment, but shortly after Schröder said, we won't help in Bush jr's war, she flew right to the US and apologiesed for that.
this is how she became the Bush-Zäpfchen
I too remember that as well when she personally flew to the USA to lick Bush's boots.
Her party was pretty much created by the USA after 2.WW as the tool of the USA.
Was also the main player who made sure that we won't get rid of the Nazis - but for sure fight all 'communsist' with everything we got.
But still.. It's always the greens how are driving us into a armed conflict
Thanks for bringing this up! Didn't know about that. Also, there should be 4 other responses to your comment here (as of this comment), but I'm not shown a single one. What's going on?
My family is part Turkish (part others). We didn’t really have trouble because of that even though we don’t speak German with each other. In my experience it’s more those who’ve been here for generations and still act like they’re in Turkey, don’t have to adapt but instead own the place. (Which is probably pretty disrespectful towards the natives wherever you live)
A colleague of mine told me she wanted to experience Christmas with her German boyfriend because her family refuses to celebrate any local holidays. We began talking and agreed that adapting to the place you live in and picking up some habits is natural.
Edit: I should probably clarify. The "don't have to adapt and act like they own the place" refers to those who refuse to learn the language, act like they are better by being non-German and treat the natives like they are the ones out of place. They act like the natives are the ones who should change or leave because they don't belong. Imagine going into someone's home, ignoring all the house rules and then telling them to leave if they don't like it. It shines a terrible light on those who aren't like that merely by assosiation...
Not to mention what Lord Bryon mentioned Erdogan said. Left a bitter taste in many people's mouth.
Edit 2: btw I can only see 10 of the over 20 comments I'm supposed to have. Most of those I see seem to be fragments of multiple conversations so don't be suprised if I didn't reply
Thanks for that command! I agree...
@@jkfgh4143 Kommt drauf an. Bist du Zuwanderer erster Generation, dann ja. Bist du 4 Generationen hier, sprichst die Sprache nicht und deinen Kindern muss bei der Einschulung erstmal die Sprache beigebracht werden? Das ist einfach respektlos. Wer sich so wenig mit dem Land in dem er lebt identifiziert kann halt auch gehen und woanders leben. Ich wohne im Ruhrgebiet und treffe hier ständig ältere Türken die überhaupt kein Deutsch sprechen, sich aber beschweren dass sie nicht respektiert werden, aber Respekt muss man sich halt auch verdienen. Man kann auch seine Traditionen pflegen und sich trotzdem integrieren. Meine Familie kommt auch nicht aus Deutschland, trotzdem bin ich Deutscher. Ich lebe ja nunmal hier.
@@jkfgh4143 Versteh mich nicht falsch, ich will niemanden ausgrenzen und auch niemandem verbieten hier nach Deutschland zu kommen. Aber ich finde auch dass ein Land eine Gemeinschaft bildet und wenn man in ein Land zieht und dort dauerhaft bleiben will dann muss man Teil dieser Gemeinschaft werden. Das heisst ja nicht dass man alle seine Traditionen ablegen soll, aber man kann sich doch irgendwo in der Mitte treffen.
Also bitte, mein Vater musste mit einem Nazi arbeiten. Das hat nichts mit seiner Anpassung an die "deutsche Gesellschaft" zu tun. Akzeptiert einfach, dass es immer noch Leute gibt, die die AfD wählen und somit dann auch andere rassistisch beleidigen. Die Mutter meiner Nachbarin wurde von einer älteren Dame angespuckt und meinte, sie solle zurück in ihr Land abhauen (Türkei).
@@nalien182 Naja, gibt ja auch genug Deutschtürken die freiwillig Erdogan wählen. Die müssten sich doch eigentlich mit den AFD Asis gut verstehen.
I may not be Turkish but I do look like one. People always confuse me with one (Actually I am just a half Peruvian with a beard).
But living in one of the biggest cities in Germany, I had almost no issues with racism. I do remember only two incidents:
First, I was about 16 years old. I went on a street fest. A dude was looking for his friends and yelled "All Germans gather around". I looked at him confused. He then said "Not you!". That was the first time someone said to me, that I would not be a German.
Second, I was at a wedding, danced with a girlfriend from Thailand. After that, I went out to talk to people. A guy came up to me "Hey, somethings going on with you two?" I replied "No no, I do have a girlfriend." He: "Oh. And now you're telling me she is blond and blue-eyed" Me slightly confused: "Well, yes, blond and green-eyed". He: "Oh no, you should look for someone from your race. You two fit better together." He was dead serious. Was not the first time I noticed some racist stuff coming out of that guys mouth but that was something else to me. I was really pissed but didn't wanna pick a fight and ruin the wedding.
So, long story short:
I would not say that as long as you behave like a normal citizen you would be treated differently in a bigger city. These two were exceptions in my opinion. But I have to say, that I am more German than most Germans my age. E.g. I love the "Deutsche Grammatik und deutsche Rechtschreibung", so I am an absolute grammar nazi. I never used a lot of slang words like "Digga" or "Alter" and really hated the German gangsterrap culture. There is a word "Türkendeutsch" (Turkish German) a lot of Turks are speaking. They speak with a slang like instead of "Ich" they say "Isch". If you do that, you are instantly be viewed less useful/intelligent/interesting to talk with. So, I know how to talk and maybe that already got me into a different spotlight.
Yeah i think the first one was just a little side jab from a guy who thinks he's funny if you actually gathered there for whatever reason there would have been no problem 'i think'. As of the second one it still amazes me that those people exist, like blatant racists that dont even hide there xenophobia behind the usual "ich bin ja kein rassist aber.." but i guess every local community has the confused nutcase in one form or another
Only time i experience stuff like that is out of choice with a black friend of mine he calls me "versoffener Kastenkopp" and that my birth was responsible for the alcohol addiction of the eastern bloc and i make edgy jokes whenever we pass a KFC or a Ferry/Boat its all in good sport, serious stuff like that luckily never happened to either of us from a third party
I live in Berlin and i lived in Friedrichshain/Kreuzberg for a few years. I saw a very clear divide in the local youth of turkish descent: on one hand, i got to know nice, educated people, going for university degrees, aiming for a better life than their parents and grandparents; on the other hand, there was a subculture of small gangs, family feuds and turkish nationalism. People who are more German then a lot of Germans next door to 3rd generation turks voting for Erdogan. And basically no visible inbetween.
And it's actually not weird to me. I'm tall, blond and blue eyed. The Nazis thought, i was one of them, as long as i kept my mouth shut. The punks and antifa warmed up as soon as i stated my opinions. I had weird connections to a wide variety of very different people. I knew more racist turks than actual german skinheads... My Life was weird back then....
The slang thing is something i really struggle with sometimes. Like, i know people are not less intelligent just because they talk differently, but just something in my mind immediately labels someone talking in that slang as a bit stupid. Some people who talk like that might be idiots, but not everyone of course. I really dont know how to deal with that sometimes.
Keep on, just shit that some talk. Regards from Hessen
I call it "Ich bin so krass deutsch" (I'm so blatantly German).
I have a friend (kosovars) who speaks like that and me and his brother always tease him about it.
But I've heard Germans speak like that. This gives me a headache. It doesn't sound cool but brain amputated
I have often heard from turks that they prefer to fuck german girls even if they are already engaged to their cousin, there is less trouble when you break up with them.
He uses this standup for several years in all kind of versions (depends on the topic (german-inner policy/ foreign policy/healthcare/finances/education and so on...) - in his standup are jokes like "I tell this story more than 13years - and nothing changed and it's still 'up to date'. It's called "bis neulich" ("till then")
He used to do it. He retired years ago. Funny enough "I tell this story more than 13years - and nothing changed" is one of the reasons he retired.
Like he said: "I was watching the news (from 25 years ago), because they were on program and was like 'That was yesterday, last week, last month and so on' and only after some minutes realized the newsanchor is dead. Always the same stuff in the news. East Germany is bad, West Germany is bad, men are bad, women are bad, not enough medical staff, too much medical staff and so on." And he is right about that. Only the names change of the people, the rest seems to be the same.
small correction: it's "'till recent(ly)"
so, in other words " see you again when yesterday creeps back into the present"
id be more like ("till lately")
@@holzteppichverleger yes, that's it!
I strongly recommend the german cabaret artist Georg Schramm.
It's been a while since I watched his performances, but as far as I remember he is as good as Pispers if not even better. Slightly different style, because he plays several roles in his appearances.
I don't know if you can find him with english (or any) subtitles, but I guess I could help you with that. Just let me know ;)
Strongly agree
I kinda second it, but i think this will really test James knowledge. Schramm is not... only relying on it but does more word play than Pispers, which is often hard to translate and would probably completly lost in subtitles. Still, worth a shot!
@@ingrudmessenger1193 I was told James is learning German? Is he or isn't he? I'm glad I don't have to learn it, as it is my native tongue (even studied it). Learning German as a foreign language must be really hard... good luck, mate ;)
When i was in school 30 years ago there where three types of children with non-German heritage.
1. The one who are overly proud of their heritage. They act as if their culture can overrule German laws. They are doing a lot to show "Hey look I'm not German and I'm better for that." They gotten into touble all the time. They bullied me a lot.
2. The one who "integrate". They have their own culture but not trying to shoehorn it into everything. There was rarely any friction with them.
3. The one who fear to show their heritage. They try so hard to be German that they are a caricature of one. These where often less assertive and the other children bullied them a lot.
I later got only in contact with Type 2 and 3. Type 1 often ended up without a job or a low paying one.
and type 1 is exactly why we have so many problems and it is type 1 who constantly boasts about their heirtage and that Turkey is way better than all the german allman potatoes and that Germany sucks anyways just to call for racism and discrimination the next moment when you answer "then go home idiot" in return.
Most people have turkish or middle eastern friends nowadays and we don't mind them. It is type one, those who don't care for our country, language, culture and laws that we dispise and want to leave. And it is type 1 that calls us Nazis and racists in return because they know of Germany's history and the tendency of media and politicians to pick stuff like this up.
It's sickening.
I don´t think there is any quite as hard as Volker but you kan go check out "die Anstalt"
It´s a TV show which explains what´s happening in the world in a similar way as Volker does.
Grüße✌💪
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Its sad... he actually retired in 2015... but as far as i know he enjoys his life without being a public person. I wish he came back one day...
German social scientist here. My area is social inequality, not specifically migration, but it has been a big part. I think your comparison of turkish and black americans is somewhat accurate, but I would like to also say that it is much less severe than what black americans have reported from their experiences. There are very vocal racist groups in germany, but they also don't have the power those groups have in the US. However, for our standards it is still a big problem, and as someone who was a punk in the early 00s, I can attest it has gotten worse since the end of the 90s. But more in the sense that the vocal racists are more racist. In general society, things have indeed improved. The main problems are the education system and hiring practices (mirroring the US), which is largely a problem of Germany being a fairly conservative country when it comes to it's institutions. Just a few points on that. Thanks for your videos!!
I´d rather say that germany has an alarming increase of extremist, racist and antisemitic midset because it has imported such an immense amount of people bearing it. The attitude of germans towards the unknown has only changed a little, but the overall number of hatecrimes and seriously harmful hatespeech has increased due to an ever increasing number of muslims denying themselves of any education regarding this. Statistics in germany are almost always portrayed as if there is an increase of far-right ideology, but trith is... there hasn´t been the slightest trend ever since. There is a crippling aversion amidst the german population to name issues such as this anywhere within the own responsibility, holding on to the bygone sense of guilt from the past and lingering responibility of selfreflexion and to protect minorities at all cost, even from associating negative habits with them, regardless if this then deminishes furthermore minorities. We should realize that germany does not have a far-right-problem..... it has a too much tolerance problem, practically speaking an Islam-problem.
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Hi thx for explaining, i totally agree that its somewhat similar but by far not as severe.
Turkish people all came here by choice as guest workers and Not by force.
Weird how that stuff is so rare and yet people focus on it so much, makes me think there is more to this.
I mean, I agree that, or course racism is wrong, that is not debatable, but I often find that people who are indeed not racist are described as such.
And then there is the fact that much bigger problems are ignored or pushed into the background.
Germany is being dismantled, and that has been happening ever since WW2.
It's no longer safe to go out at night in bigger towns or cities, the police seem to be very incompetent when it comes to dealing with non-German people
because they are afraid of being labeled racists, and so crime rates rise, gangs are now a thing in German cities which was not really the case before
(and these gangs are mostly non-Germans.) Then there is what you said about Germany being conservative...
That is just not true, It's plain false, maybe if you were to equate religious believe with conservatism but besides that Germany is one of the most liberal countries I know of.
When it comes to politics, the German people are terrified of being called right-wing, because then people always use the "Nazi" card.
And so the Germans just sit down and shut up while everything around is slowly collapsing and crumbling.
Even our culture is being erased. But it's OK, since everyone opposing anything is automatically a Nazi.
I think the US has and is committing horrid crimes, but it's not supposed to be Germany's responsibility to pay for the crimes of the USA.
Thou, they still make Germany pay, Back after WW2 was over many of the US soldiers and only the US soldiers said things like "Germany is not going to exist in the future" or
"Germany is going to be erased" and exactly that is happening, of course I think we should help people, that is only Natural.
But the fact is that you can't have a country without borders. And they are letting everyone in, including extremists, criminals, murderers and child grapsist.
All of those are of course minorities, but they are not rare either.
We should maybe instead of telling them that they can "stay at our place" maybe, just maybe, we should stop supporting the USA bombing their homes.
Help people, but don't be fooled into having your kindness used against you.
Our own politicians are doing just that right now and have been doing it for a long time.
The Germans mean well, they are quite ready to help people, but more and more are starting to realize that "helping people" is not the point of all this.
It's destroying multiple counties with different means. The USA is making bank of it all while all the ordinary people suffer.
It was the same in WW1, it was the same in WW2 and it's the same in every war going on now.
It is, exclusively, about the profit of a certain VERY, very small, minority and all the "normal people" are just pawns in this game.
And one of the cards these people are using in the media is the whole racism thing.
Again, racism is horrible, but now it being used as a label to put on everyone who does not agree with the current political decisions.
And yes, that is very ironic, since pretty much what is happening is that the USA, (which, let's face it, is controlling Germany) is bombing these innocent people into the stone ages.
Destroying their countries and turning them from places that actually resembled Europe on a social and technological level, into Stone Age type s__t-holes and then say,
"yeah, just go over to Germany" making true on their promise to erase Germany bit by bit.
Did you know that in quite a few schools in Germany, there are just as many or even more non-Germany children?
The people who started this whole mess are destroying the Middle East, Germany and now have started a war in Ukraine,
I hope you know that the war there was initialized by the EU, and the fact that America is practically trying to surround Russia.
This is all a rigged game, And us calling each other racist or homophone or anti this or anti that is all just a way to keep the people distracted and small.
Hitler was a piece of shit but he said something that was/is quite true.
"Große Lügen für den kleinen Mann" Meaning, "big lies for the small man" that pretty much sums up our current society.
though i have to say that there is vast regional differences. Cologne is very different from rural bavaria or saxony. The next thing is that there is a difference between turks that integrate and those who try hard not to integrate. The pro Erdogan bunch.
Theres lots of turkish people in germany you wont even know are turkish except by their name or if they tell you.
He is the quintessence of german Humor. On point, thoughtful and sincere. And its even better if you understand german. (;
Pispers is not "controversal" as you say in every video. LEARN! This is Politisches Kabarett in Germany and - even Pispers is one of the best - that is normal culture in Germany, nothing "controversal"!
Perhaps you, as a lesser skilled english speaker, are just not able to comprehend his meaning of "controversial". It`s quite fitting. Perhaps you should LEARN some english first? ;)
@@matteslambertus7684 wtf?! The way to respond is not to discredit someone else’s ability to speak English and then not give an explanation of your own opinion…that‘s just bad form, nothing else!
I do agree with Sakura, controversial is the wrong word, celebrated would be more fitting.
@@lynnm6413 And you too do not comprehend the usage of the word "controversial". That you gous don't get the meaning of a word does not make the word a wrong one. He obviously uses that word in a sense of "the individual is talking -about- controversial/edgy/problematic/sensitive topics and thus opens up sensitive discussion or even argument. That ist how grammar works in the states, it does not mean that the *person itself* is controversial at all. You guys just perceive it that way, along many others here, because in our german Gramma things are taken much more literal. Never noticed how in American slang there a bunch of examples where things have double or tripple negations and still they mean a singular one? There is a whole lot of examples where Germans stumble across "weird" American expressions because we are just that literal and logical with the German language.
I'm happy that I was able to educate you both ;)
... some people would say the holocaust(shoah) is controversial, but that doen't change anything about the fact, that the holocaust(shoah) happend!
trues stays true, whatever people say about it ..
@@matteslambertus7684 "how do I tell the comment section I have a horrible internet persona without telling them"
"Die Anstalt", best combination of facts and commedy in Germany.
Nicht mehr. Die Anstalt macht jetzt nur noch politische Satire, die auf Linie ist.
@@marcelusk4620 leider hast du damit vollkommen recht. Es ist geradezu zum Heulen.
i strongly want more of react videos with volker pispers.
its mindblowing. I think even in older performances can help to see it clear.
~ 4:47 comes from a scandal we had a while back in Germany, where the NPD was so heavily infiltrated by the "constitutional police" (including highest ranks and most active agitators of that party) that it was no longer discernible which anti-constitutional acts of that party were orchestrated by actual members and which by undercover agents.
In Germany, that meant the process of officially outlawing the NPD had to be aborted. Now in the US, I'm not sure things would necessarily shake out the same way.
And again, Germany's authoritarian overreaching is no joke, no matter how it compares to the US.
I am sad that I only found your reaction to volker now, so late two years later. But honor to whom honor is due. You have done a great job. Many have already written it, it is sad that volker is retired. But probably also better for him, because these are more radical times now. Anyway, thanks for your work and many greetings from Saxony ✌️🙃
Very nice to see Americans that are following to what goes on in old Europe, or any other parts of the world. We in Europe are under the impression that a lot of Americans not even know who's the vice president of the USA, but I guess that's also only a part of what is true. I hope we can all see the best of each other and learn from it, in respect. Greetings from Norway, I wish you all the best!
There's so much more of him, just don't know about subtitles. I'd love to see you react to more of his shows!
Pispers is on off the Greatest! ...Greatings👋😊
Loved those videos & love the fact that an American knows Volker Pispers. He's one of the best & I dearly miss his stage presence. He really made you feel bad for laughing sometimes but he made you think as well.
First Generation of turkish imigrants are some of the best germans we have.
Second Generation are typical germans.
Third and fourth Generation are in some sort of identity crysis and dont really try to fit in. They are mostly not interested in Germany or being german at all.
@@jkfgh4143
Naja, mein Blick auf die Dinge sieht so aus: Wenn wir alle zusammen leben und für einander da sind und uns gegenseitig Geld in Form von Steuern zuschachern, fände ich es schön wenigstens eine Art gemeinschaftliches "Team Gefühl" zu entwickeln (so wie auch mit den ersten beiden Generationen). Ich bin 100% deutsch, also sollten Sie eigentlich wissen, dass ich keinerlei Nationalstolz besitze... 😉 Es geht mir weniger darum, dass sie sich nicht deutsch fühlen, sondern sich so aufführen, als ob sie ihr Geburtsland verachten würden. Das ist nicht nur undankbar (klar ist hier sehr viel sehr hart im Popo, aber anders wo hat mans meistens deutlich schlechter- Siehe z.B. Länder mit größenwahnsinnigen Diktatoren, wie die Türkei...), sondern auch sehr unsozial. Deshalb finde ich es sehr befremdlich, wenn man sich so aufführt, als sei man etwas besseres und würde über allen anderen stehen, ohne auch nur ansatzweise Bereitschaft zu zeigen etwas zurück zu geben...
Meine Partnerin ist nur halb deutsch - wie oft sie rassistisch beleidigt wurde kann man an einer Hand abzählen... Rassisten hat man in allen Bevölkerungsschichten und allen Nationen dieser Welt.
Ich finde nicht, das man diesem Land seine Rassisten mehr vorwerfen kann, als jedem beliebigen anderen Land.
Ich habe einen in der Verwandschaft und einen im erweiterten Bekanntenkreis. Ich kann nur sagen, dass dieses Land sehr inklusiv ist und ich Rassismus in meinem Umfeld nicht als ernsthaftes Problem sehe.
Ps: Ich habs nicht so mit Göttern und Propheten- ist nett gemeint aber lass gut sein 😋👍
@@jkfgh4143 haha ja da hast du recht. wenn wir auch definitiv anderer Meinung sind, trotzdem echt nette Unterhaltung 😄👌
Turkish people didn't come to Germany as slaves, as with the origin of the black community in the USA. They came here, beginning in the 60s as immigrants. Some came here only for a few years, to earn some money, or study and then returned to Turkey, many stayed. But it was all voluntary migration. Also, while there is a problem of islamophobia, whenever that cooks up, compared to the hysteria you see in the USA, when that becomes an issue, it doesn't seem to be as bad, in comparison. So, in essence, it's an issue, it's bad, but it's not tearing society apart bad and it's its own problem and not any one problem you have in the USA, but the german version of it. Like, we never had anybody who could bring an idea like a muslim travel ban into the mainstream. When people were using that kind of extreme rhetoric, they usually either ended their career and commited social suicide or they already were in some sketchy fringe parts of society.
Not as slaves but as "Lohnsklaven".
@@elmercy4968 well no, they were threatened much better then people from Romania or Bulgaria nowadays
Growing up in Oldenburg, Germany there was a whole neighbourhood that was mostly people of turkish and middle eastern descent. The general advice from parents to children was "Don't go through that neighbourhood, go around" fostering an entire generation raised on mistrust towards people from the middle-east. Even I myself only ever rode my bike through said neighbourhood once. I don't need to tell you what mistrust breeds, so yeah there's one explanation from my experience. Only now many years later do I see how discriminatory the whole situation was.
MAN, AND I THINK HE IS THE BEST GUYAND THE TRULIEST PERSON IN OUR COUNTRY
2:56 the difference is, black people are part of the whole history of america. the turkish migrate to germany just 60 years ago. anyways, many turks dont identify with germany, dont want to be german and act like this. thats why many germans still have preconceptions
Und das ist leider bei vielen Deutsch-Türken, die hier geboren wurden, zu sehen. Ich bin sicher, die meisten der hier geborenen sind absolut friedliche und nette Leute. Nur dann gibt es eben noch jene, die sagen "Ey, alta. Isch bin Türke, du Scheiß Deutscher. Wir machen hier voll krass neue Türkei für Erdogan!" und so eine ekelhafte Parallelgesellschaft aufgebaut haben, weil die Behörden die jahrelang mit Samthandschuhen angefasst haben
We have a rather large group of turkish immigrants who voted for Erdogan. You can't get a lot more anti-democratic
The black people in America were enslaved, Germany gave the turks work
Thats hits the point quiet well... I agree... Its not hate against the people or there look, its the culture they bring with them, with to often no willingnes to migrate to germany laws and socity rules in the slidest way...
@@derwissenskiosk8041 But the government is also partly to blame because they do not integrate/include them properly.
8:21 yes sure that happens. But important here is to see it in the context of how many are successful and what would happen if they did not do the surgery/whatever. It is logical that mistakes will happen and the more complex the operation the higher the chance of failure. However without context that is just an empty number.
when are u coming to germany tho? 99.9% of covid restrictions have been lifted.
Gute Frage
Ausser in Bussen (NRW). Da muss man immernoch die Gesichtswindel tragen. Ich schätze mal, dass du damit die übrigen 0.01% meinst... XD
Außer dem will die Propeller-Zahnfee ja wieder im Herbst mit dem Schwachsinn weiter machen...
Aber mit dem dummen Deutschen kann mans ja machen...
But not for long 😅
Volker Pispers may be a lot of thing - controversial is not one of those. He tells the truth - brutally direct, honest and using analogies that makes you think twice about your view of things.
Appreciated that Volker Pispers is cherished by so many americans! 🥰
Great respect that you kept on track till the end. Edgy stuff, not political correct. But he made some good points, as you mentioned.
There was a comedy group / format called "Die Anstalt" (basically "The Institution", with the implication "mental institution") where a bunch of German political satirists (with changing lineup and a few guests from other European countries) much like Pispers took pretty hard hits against politicians and quite a few corporations that had some shady practices. Some of their programs actually had to be withdrawn after various lawsuits.
The currently maybe most controversial German comedian would probably be Jan Böhmermann, with his TV show "ZDF MAGAZIN ROYALE". Funny enough, (much like "Die Anstalt" was) a show in the public (i.e. "state-run") German broadcasting station. Böhmermann is probably most famous for having been sued by Turkish president Erdogan for insulting him with a "poem" that was written as a reaction to Erdogan's reaction to a parody that he thought is an insult, to which Böhmermann said "no, dude, this ain't an insult. THIS is an insult". And of course the allegation that he somehow was involved in the "Ibiza Affäre", where the Austrian vice-chancellor was filmed promising a woman, posing as the wife of a Russian oligarch, political influence for money.
Political satire in Germany has a long history and it is usually quite brutal. You have plenty of material to work with.
Die Anstalt still exists and is way more dark and politically interesting as Böhmermann. Böhmermann has a way more "silly" humour.
Hey,James Bray: Du bist ein cooler Typ. Greetings from a german guy
This was Volker Pispers at his best. 2,5 hours non stop cabaret.
Turkish people are more like the German Mexicans. More or less. Though finding "equivalents" is always a bit difficult.
Yea would agree.
I've got no inherent problems with Islamic people at all. Heck, my local Dönermann is probably my favorite representative of the Balat business in my area. They own their 'Dönerladen' with a license to print money (or at least that's how it seems to me) plus a hair salon two doors down, plus their own delivery service for their ingredients... so they are an incredible success story for full functional integration of Turkish immigrants. They have provided legal, high paying jobs for the last 20 years or so to the local area. Plus amazing foods, as well as hair cuts for affordable prices.
My personal friends are very laid back muslims from the Kosovo area who emmigrated to Germany over 30 years ago. Their kids were all born and raised here, grew up in their parents' restaurant, even now help their parents. The restaurant even carries the name of the first-born, Fabian's.
That does not mean that everyone from any kind of ethnicity or religion will be a great person.
Islamic people have the same propensity of having bad apples among them as absolutely any other population group around the world. Nothing is different there.
Unfortunately it is always a minority that is picked out among a greater population because they are such easy targets and can't really argue against it because they rarely if ever have enough economic or political power to counter such arguments. It only takes a few minor infractions to make the stupid masses point to those few exceptions and claim that 'all of those people' are criminals, dumb, stupid, lazy, whatever.
That is the gruesome, sad, vicious reality of humanity. The world over.
A fairly large part of humanity fears the 'unknown' and projects their fears on anything that they have not come into contact with on a regular basis.
If something doesn't work out, find a scapegoat minority and blame it on them.
The xenophobia that this starts has never ever resulted in anything positive, and caused so much harm, hatred and damage, even to the society where its majority points to the minority and blames them for everything.
Exactly!
I think, when it comes to the treatment of people of turkish decent in Germany, it strongly depends on where in Germany you are looking. In areas with a high percentage of immigrant decendents and well integrated communities (no matter the origin) there is almost no problem, people are used to it and don't even realise/contemplate that topic anymore.
he had several books and CDs in his over 25 years of political satire cabarett until 2016. i miss his sharp tongue to let the people look into a mirror and chock on the laughter.
5:30 it's not a tax, its something way more complicated that has to do with the media being independent from the state and also federalism in germany that gave birth to this bureaucratic monster. But: We have actually good public Information comparable to the BBC. They are obliged to be politically neutral and have to be very objective. Anything that's not a fact but an opinion has to be labeled as such and so on. In the US it's a complete commercial shit show and the big ones only seem to exist in order to advance certain political agendas #foxnews
Fox is a burning dumpster fire….preach!
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If you love that kind of German satire, you have to look up "Die Anstalt". Kind of the same lvl and i guess especialy the episode about middle east will blow your mind :) Have fun
GEZ fees are absolutely no tax as tax would bring state influence to the contence of the national Public TV. It is a fee that everyone, able to watch TV have to pay. And nobody can go to jail, because they did not pay it, but sometimes those who are not official free of payment (mostly poor people) are sued for payment.
The GEZ is more a fee than a tax, that finances public TV. This means that it (especially the news) is financed by the people and therefore is obligated to act in public interest. This is a good thing, because it enables the TV stations to do independent news reporting, not influenced by any private investors with certain political interests. But yeah, the jail thing is a bit exaggerated if you ask me...
That jail thing is as far as i know actually only about ONE case where someone never paid and didn't cooperate with any authority like police and (not sure if the right word) the bailiff (Gerichtsvollzieher). So basically he didn't even go to jail just for not paying but for his completely uncooperative stance even towards the court (baliff collects debt on court order).
Volker Pispers is an absolut legend but my all time favorite german Kabbaretist is Georg Schramm. Check him out. Good vid, thanks!
Hey James, I love that you found Volker Pispers somehow. I'm german and I loved Volker. I still do for sure. Sadly he retired like 5-10 years ago... His statements are on point still. I would love to see him back on stage. But I dunno if he would.
i can confirm that being turkish is like being black in america especialy if you life outside of bigger citys and especialy if you live inside a village however all the refugee´s over the last few years changed this a little bit atleast turks dont get deported and have a permit to work wich is almost impossible for 85% of black africanrefugee´s ... i lost quite a few friends thanks to deportation AKA abschiebung ...
A few Germans don't like anything colorful. It is not just Turkish, it is being different. It is exhausting.
I love how Pispers roasts german conservatives and reactionaries.
You need to look at Nikolai Binner, he is an Stand Up Comedian how also makes critical stuff to the German C Politics. He ˋs really funny, but he had to pay the prize for it.
About that remark regarding turkish people in Germany compared to POC in the US: What do statistics show regarding the *brutal killing* of *unarmed and subdued* individuals of one group in one country versus the other group in the other country? It's definitely horrible in Germany, and still comparing that to *just the on camera* incidents in the US is next-level downplaying things.
volker pispers is a legend. was really funny to see an american react to this :D if you want more go look up hagen rether or georg schramm but im not sure if there any subtitles because they are lesser known.
German here - I really appreciate your videos and your consideration on that topics.
Awesome video. Love the ones with this comedean. He makes a good job and it's a great dark humor xD
Honestly as a german (male white - so mainstream I guess) I would agree that turkish people here or imigrants in general have it harder than "germans" because they suffer from stereotypes and injustice/racism of some sort HOWEVER I would not go so far and compare it to the live of of any black person in America. The racism is so deep in America in all parts of life. German police might have their flaws and they are not free of racism however these guys are puppies compared with the regular american "stand my ground" rambo police guy who shoots first and than asks questions. Hell here most of them never used their gun.
In Germany you pay 18 EURO per month for the state TV channels. Essentially, the German pays 18 EURO per month to be lathered by state propaganda on TV.
P.S: Yes, a guy named Georg Thiel sat in prison for 3 months for not paying his "broadcast fee" (Rundfunkgebühr).
I can recommand Hagen Rether. He has similiar topics and is more brutal than Pispers, sometimes.
Suggestion for a calm satirist whose punchlines are going deep in your guts and leaving you more informed and depressed as Pispers programs do, is Hagen Rether.
The GEZ isn't actually a "tax" for "television" but a fee for a range of media that isn't linked to the state but also not profit oriented. The money goes into an independent pot not overseen by the government. This way they try to broadcast a wide range of content, that may interest every demographic or social class (which doesn't work that well, because most of the content seems either cheap or targeted at old people, but outside of television it is improving) and to have a few independent, non-profit and trustworthy news sources.
The GEZ being a tax is a common misconception, the government is (almost) not involved and doesn't get to see a penny :)
Above all, you have to pay the GEZ fee, i.e. for television and radio, even if you have neither a television or a radio. This is called household levy now and yes, you can get into prison if you don't pay!
GEZ, yeah TV license. And you're not even allowed to pay it in cash (some people had the idea of paying it in pennies). And you have to pay it, even if you have no radio or TV. The fact that you *could* watch TV/listen to radio is enough to make you pay. According to the German Supreme Court.
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Hey there!
Just to clarify: GEZ isn't really a tax. It's called the "Rundfunkbeitrag", which means something like "broadcast contribution". It's a modest amount of money every german household has to pay (i think it's something around 17,50 € per month at the moment).
But this isn't money the state has at it's disposal but functions as a budget for several publicly run media companys that can't be controlled by the state, because they aren't financed by it. This is a consequence of the misuse of media before and in WW2 to manipulate the public to obey the state (much as you can see in Putins Russia right now).
If you are interested in politcal Cabaret, you should check out "Die Anstalt", ist a german where they crittisyse several aspects of Western societies, including historical fatcs
he is defenitely right about the turkish situation in germany
Volker Pispers retired a few years ago, but this guy hast a Lot of stuff Like this.
“Can you tell me how much Turkish the average German knows?” “Tamam”
An ihrer Stelle hätte ich Angst 😧 vor deutschen Busfahrern 🤣
In Berlin there was the wall and on the border of the GDR to the FRG there were fences and mines fields like in Corea!
I wouldn't say he is controversial. I never met somebody, who didnt think, that Volker was the backbone of political kabarret in germany
I don't think it's accurate to compare the discrimination of afro americans in the US to the discrimination of turkish people in Germany... while discrimination against turks/ muslims in general is quite a problem in Germany it's a little bit like trying to compare algerians in france to palastineans in Israel, they both are discriminated against but it's on a completely different scale.
You do NOT go to jail if you dont pay the "Rundfunkbeitrag". Its also not a tax (legally)
the Sections about the unequality of people was interesting aswell. You should watch it aswell :D
Wenn the bred gets dryer, the games must be funnier😂
ShadyShae and me really got people into watching german cabaret and political satire. ^_^
I'm kinda proud of myself. ;D
A suppository is a form of medicine. A pill, a syrup, a cream.... the suppository is a "pill" you put in a different opening of your body. Brown nosing was a good guess.
GEZ is...well. you technicly have to pay it, but there is many ways to get out of having to pay it. if your income is below a certain level, if you get social security, if you are a student, if you are an artist...many ways you dont have to pay that people dont know and pay anyway.
Some time, if you didnt have a TV or radio you didnt have to pay GEZ BUT since now computers and mobile phones can be used to watch TV and listen to radio - GEZ wants money.
technicly you will not go to jail for refusing to pay GEZ tax. HOWEVER if you dont, youll get punitive fees on top for not paying, those are like a parking ticket. and if you dont pay those additional fees, youll get a citation. and if you dont show up, dont pay...THEN you can go to jail until you pay the punitive fees. (Beugehaft). if you just keep not paying GEZ but pay the punitive fees the only thing that will happen is that a...Gerichtsvollzieher whatever that is in english shows up, evaluates your possessions and then auctions off your stuff until the GEZ is paid from that money.
Would be ironic if he auctions your TV, phone and computer cause then you technicly wouildnt have to pay GEZ
Volker Pispers retired a few years ago, because he is tired of fighting against a corrupt system for so many years.
Nice reaction.
James if u have got Amazon Prime you need to watch Last one laughing but the german version🤝👌
"Ami command and I'll follow" comes from the 3rd Reich: "Führer command, we'll follow you!"
5:25 What happens if you don't pay your gas bill? Your gas will be turned off.
What happens if you don't pay your electricity bill? Your electricity will be turned off.
But if you don't pay your GEZ, the program won't be turned off.
This was the 2nd half of Pispers' program from 2001 until about 2010. Then he changed it due to the financial crisis to a fundamental criticism of capitalism. Equally on point, but I'm afraid not available with English subtitles.
Hey James… you could try to fly over one of his other shows and see how think about them and probably react…
GEZ is technically NOT a tax, but it is mandatory. I think the English term might be levy. And you do not go to jail for not paying it, at most the money could get seized.
7:45 when talking about the flu, he singled out SARS, which funnily enough IS covid, since the scientific term for it is SARS-CoV-2. So while he probably didnt expect a pandemic, its topical for us and even in light of the many deaths due to covid, his sentence is still 100% accurate lmao
As far as I can recall his last appearance on stage was at the final episode of "Neues aus der Anstalt" in 2015. This one is way back from 2004.
The US has decentralized corporate media while germany has centralized media. The german constitution gave german television, or specifically the 2 back then existing channels, post ww2 the obligation to (broadly) educate and guarantee political transparency which has to be "funded". However the last part was never specified as a tax obligation which is why until around 2010 the GEZ was voluntarily and from then on became mandatory through the german supreme court. This is until today a hot topic because the german broadcast organisation "Deutschlandfunk" bases its mandate on the constitution although technically it is still not a tax and cannot be named as such either. It also has close lobbying ties to german politics, so I guess you can call it corporate as well.
Hello. GEZ do not pay people who receive social assistance or are below a minimum income.
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The former GEZ-fee, now called "Rundfunkbeitrag", is paid to finance the public TV-service. You won't get into jail for not paying it, but the German Public TV-Service Organization will try to seize money and stuff from you in order to make up for the fee you didn't pay.
Some people refer to it as a tax, but it isn't a tax, as the collected fees go the the TV-Service only, it can't be used for other purposes.
I can tell you as a German citizen I hate that and would stop paying it if that was economically viable. But removing that fee from German reality is as likely as removing the second amendment from the US constitution.
In other words, it won't happen.
Nice move to Bring Volker Pispers. He is doing usual Kabarett, but in a highly researched Level whith the bitter pill everyone has to think about. This one was about USA, but usually He is Picking German politics
My neighbor is a Turk. Quite correct. Babble often. He sometimes works in the garden on Sundays, but that's not bad.... I like to play with my cars on Sundays :D or with the sound of the engine. We complement each other... And much more importantly: he gets on my nerves less than the philistines from the other side... Yes, my profile doesn't suggest it, but I like people who are like me... when the dark one hits the nail on the head have or different eyes that's ok... for example: If he calls me German Potato I call him Mustafa (No, not his name :D) or Ali. We just stand over it and laugh at such stupid "nicknames". And politically there is hardly a better conversation partner. We have a church right next to us :D The swearing when the bell just goes full throttle at 9 o'clock :D :D :D :D I have to think directly of the people who are upset about the muezzin :D but bell terror is totally beautiful... I was of the same opinion... until I lived right next door :D I am now firmly convinced that it doesn't matter whether the muezzin roars or the bell terrorizes us :D Conclusion: whether Turkish or German is the main thing you're not russian... wait... no, um, whether turkish or german doesn't make much sense nowadays, since they've become very similar over the generations. at least those who want to be here or love Germany. and there are many of them! And apart from that, NEVER forget the most important thing about Germany: don't compare country people with city people. very very important. all my childhood i had turkish friends and classmates. play football together, go camping and and and. It may be different in cities, but we have welcomed our refugees with open arms. Bicycles for free, for example. I think that all of us country people do really bad things because we have never understood the city people....
The GEZ is not a real tax, thats the reason why many people say it is not legal and thus don't pay it.
However if you do not pay it the government will bring you in prison, we have some people here who took that step to make a sign.
Its almost 20€ / month by now, and will probably raised to 25€ or so in a year. I hate it too because it has almost no purpose anymore by now in times of internet where you get litteraly all important news on the fly.
Thanks for your great videos, hope you had a blast while visiting germany ^_^
Greetings from Düsseldorf
"I hate it too because it has almost no purpose anymore by now in times of internet where you get litteraly all important news on the fly."
//Nur mal so am Rande.// Und wie viele dieser "on-the-fly-news" darf bzw. kann man denn WIRKLICH vertrauen schenken? Kaum bis keine Recherchen, Faktenchecks, nichts. //Nur mal so am Rande.//
Und ein in wenig Geschichtsvergessen scheint er auch - oder recht jung. 🤷
Die Gründe für die Existenz der ehemals so gennanten "GEZ" ("Gebühreneinzugszentrale") sind schon bekannt, oder?
Ich helfe einfach mal aus:
" Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
organisierten die Westalliierten den Hörfunk und das Fernsehen in ihren jeweiligen Besatzungszonen neu.
Vorbild war das britische Konzept eines gebührenfinanzierten Rundfunks, der [b]staatsunabhängig, aber nicht privatwirtschaftlich[/b] [Anm.: !] organisiert sein sollte. Durch eine freie und unabhängige Berichterstattung sollte der Rundfunk zur "Reeducation" und zum Aufbau einer demokratischen Öffentlichkeit beitragen.
Bereits ab 1946 begannen die westalliierten Besatzungsmächte nach und nach damit, die Sender wieder in die Hände deutscher Verantwortlicher zu geben. So entstanden noch vor der Gründung der Bundesrepublik im Jahre 1949 sechs autonome Landesrundfunkanstalten in Westdeutschland. Manche von ihnen, wie beispielsweise Radio Bremen, hatten ein sehr kleines Sendegebiet. Andere, wie der Nordwestdeutsche Rundfunk (NWDR), erreichten viele Millionen Menschen. Aus der unterschiedlichen Größe und auch Finanzkraft erwuchs schnell die Notwendigkeit zur sendegebietsübergreifenden Zusammenarbeit."
(Quelle ist bpb.de)
Ich finde das absolut gut so. Man stelle sich vor, die jeweils Machthabenden hätten die Gewalt über die Massenmedien.
Wie gesagt - ich möchte nicht streiten. Schon gar nicht hier - auch wenn man es freilich trefflich könnte. Die Umsetzung dieses Konstrukts dürfte gernst ebenso optimiert werden wie an dem Konzept festgehalten.
cheers! :)
Great German stand-up comedy. Maybe a bit harsh for Americans, but at least no beating around the bush as we Western-Europeans like it. 🤣
1:02 "Bush-Zäpfchen": Zäpfchen in this context means a small medical plug, which is put into the buttwhole.
GEZ isn't even a Tax. It's based on a "State-Contract", where every houshold has to pay a fee.
Well, that makes it practicaly a "Tax", but a certain Law here makes it impossible to name it a Tax, so they used a State-Contract as a Way arround, but it's handeled like a Tax
Even if you dont have a TV or Radio, you still have to pay those tax :D
We need him to come back out of retirement immediately - now more than ever.
I'll totally recommend Serdar Somuncu's "Hassprediger" but I don't think there's a subtitled version online.
You have to pay for GEZ (Gebühreneinzugszentrale) even if you don't have a TV. A smartphone or a PC with a connection to the internet is enough.