American Reacts to 3 American myths we don't believe anymore after living in Europe

[@mcstaal]

European point of wiew: If you have to flash your wealth, you're not that rich.

[@verttikoo2052]

It only tells the size of things.

[@vanesag.9863]

In Spain we have this saying: dime de qué presumes y te diré de qué careces roughly translated "tell me what you brag about and I would know exactly what you don't have". People with money don't need to brag about it.

[@HelleKurstein]

Or you have little culture, humanity, social conscience, general knowledge etc etc

[@chrisbuck1052]

As a famous french sailor O de Kersauson said " only poor people are well dressed as they think it makes them look rich"

[@daviddieudonne7829]

Let’s not forget that the USA is the country with the highest debt, as a country I mean. And that a lot of Americans have debts. The ones flashing their money are often the ones in need.

[@Meggimagine]

Showing off your wealth is actually seen as pretty tacky in Europe

[@Pixiedust8399]

In the UK you will rarely a hear a wealthy person talk about money because it's generally considered pretty vulgar.

[@SanderFocus]

It's there alright, yet much more encrypted. Those who know, will see.

[@Meggimagine]

@@Pixiedust8399 Same in France

[@alakntvr7179]

It's ironically funny how even Europeans reduce it only to one small part of Europe, go to Eastern Europe or Balkan to see that side too, lol... cheers.

[@matthewjamison]

Money talks, wealth whispers

[@hagbard1983]

When I went to the US as an exchange student from Germany back in 1999, I was asked in a high school class if we had toilet paper, colour TV and fridges. I was totally baffled about the sheer ignorance of these high school students. Now, 25 years later, I finally understand why they were asking that. They’ve been taught their whole life that they live in the greatest country in the world. No wonder they were that ignorant towards the rest of the world.

[@Hliljan]

Our daughter went as an au pair for 16 years ago and was asked if We have showers and real bathrooms. Her first family taught that She should be thankful to stay with such a wealthy family. We had two full bathrooms and a house about 180 squaremeters.

[@annemariedusselaar9862]

Funny that alot of modern things originated from Europe, firehoses, microscoop, telescoop, cd, dvd, wifi and bluetooth to name a few 😉😄😄🇳🇱

[@somewherestuckinl.a.3239]

@@Hliljan Maybe they heard from their parents or grandparents. In Holland they used to have bath houses where you go to to take a bath.

[@Hliljan]

@ yeah 100 years ago

[@germainmozet]

@@annemariedusselaar9862 even cars, americans think they invented them when it was the germans, americans invented the automobile production line, it's different

[@silgen]

Any country that has to constantly tell itself it's the greatest country in the world, isn't.

[@thejarldk]

TRUE!

[@thejarldk]

vi vil bare gerne hjernevaske alle andre til at tro det!

[@Heisenberg-Blue]

I am German and I often think to myself that we are actually doing well, there are many other people in this world who don't even have a roof over their heads. I don't need wealth. It's enough if you have an apartment, enough food and you have time to meet friends and do something nice from time to time.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

You are doing well. You’ve got free higher education and great infrastructure. The U.K. has fallen behind because of n investment. Also the Americanisation is frightening to me. I’m European. And proud.

[@thetruthhurts7675]

@@phoenix-xu9xj Uk heads, or is in the top 10 in most of the tables in almost everything. No major European country beats Englsh education from start to university and beyond! We cannot be top in everything, that would triple governemnt spending.

[@la-go-xy]

Also, we do not need to accumulate private riches/investments for medical emergency, between jobs, retirement. in Germany That's paid by income tax... -- Not perfect, but better than in the USA.

[@Nickybeegee]

​@@thetruthhurts7675no you don't 😂

[@ybreton6593]

@@thetruthhurts7675 a vous de faire la traduction du français à l'anglais ! Oui , comme l'Allemagne la France , les Pays Scandinaves .! aux royaume unis les frais de scolarités : Cambridge 52000 Euros , Oxford 34000 euros par semestre repas compris , soit 70000 euros par années au bout de six ou sept ans d'études ???rien qu' lLondre henriette barnett école sélective pour fille et sur dossier , Wilson Wallongton elle brille sur le plan académique mais sur dossier , école de la reine Elisabeth Barnet école de garçons historiques allie tradition performance accadémique exceptionnelle admission après études des dossiers ? le Pompon : Eton collège à Windsor fleuron des public sclools britanniques ??? le tops 10 des écoles britanniques et de l'entre -soi . en France les grandes écoles sont gratuites maximum 350 euros de frais de dossiers exemple Polytechnique qui dépendait avant de l'armée est gratuite la sélection ce fait sur Concours , les autres grande écoles HEC , SupElec , ENA , Science Politique , école nationale de la magistrature etc. etc. etc. tout comme les unniversitées médecine , droit , lettres sont gratuites pour les étudiants les plus défavorisés il y a les bourses , le grouss et différentes aides contrairement aux britanniques . et les études ne sont en aucun cas inferieurs aux universitées britanniques

[@wessexdruid7598]

The USA is not run for the benefit of its people. It is run for big businesses. The role of the population is to be an unquestioning workforce - and to be a market that continually NEEDS to buy. That's primarily what your education system produces.

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

It's not a country, it's an enterprise.

[@wessexdruid7598]

@@diarmuidkuhle8181 A maximum money-making business.

[@ybreton6593]

@@wessexdruid7598 et dont les citoyens sont les esclaves

[@WillyUstad-nu5kr]

Right on!

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

The right wing media and the rich fool the American voters to enslave themselves, ‘this is FREEDOM’.

[@Why-D]

Many years ago, I had to support the US Military on guarding their baracks during the war in Iraq. When I went into the canteen, on a big screen there was a TV programme constantly praising the US way of ive and the great USA. I thought, if I would have to see this all the time three times a day, I would be heavily influenced. I always thought that kind of propaganda was only used by authocratic governments.

[@KurtFrederiksen]

"I always thought that kind of propaganda was only used by authocratic governments." It is. The 'Free' US Americans are nothing but surfs to big business and money and barely living day to day. Their 'Free' elections are payed by big business and no matter what or who they vote for they get the same crap as Business controls everything. It is a authocratic government, it's just better than most to hide behind the guise of Democracy.

[@Beggar42]

I live close enough to NATO HQ to get the American Forces Network FM radio station. That is a MASSIVE headtrip with, yes, outright propaganda. Hell, they used to have Rush Limbaugh on during prime time. (as an aside ... mainstream US music seems to be at least two decades behind Europe ... which is also weird as fuck)

[@MontyVierra]

If Trump has his way, America may soon be a totally autocratic nation with the army mobilized throughout the country.

[@LePaulLalonde]

Propaganda can be utilized by all forms of government. It has nothing to do with being autocratic or not

[@caroledsd1243]

in France, we have a proverb that says “one person's freedom ends where another's begins”.

[@ani-rf4my]

Same in German

[@thetruthhurts7675]

Yes, that pretty well means you have strict limitations to your freedoms.

[@GeekMoiSiTuPeux]

@@ani-rf4my Really? I though that was a 100% french saying.

[@braisfigueira5032]

Same in Spain, could be an european thing

[@nathanangelus]

It's not a proverb ! It's the short for the Article 4 of the Declaration of Human and Citizen's Rights (1789) (part of the French Constitution) : ""Liberty consists of being able to do everything that doesn't harm others : thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has for sole boundaries the ones assuring to other members of society the enjoyment of these same rights. These boundaries can only be determined by the law.""

[@vamboroolz1612]

Regarding the difference between USA and Europe when it comes to money. We went on an Alaskan cruise a few years ago and there was a predominance of Americans on board. At meal times when you sat at a table with strangers, they all wanted to know how much money you had. Some were coy about it but some were brazen. Being a Scot, this threw me at first but I eventually realised that money was their class system. Money would be the last thing Scots would talk about with strangers.

[@FSboy70]

Cool story bro!

[@brunofocant2481]

How to recognize an American ⬆️

[@Pomdownuder]

"So big and so isolated as the US" . Try Australia, I grew up in England but AUS is more isolated than the States, nowhere near as arrogant as the US still very proud of their country still patriotic but not arseholes about it. They travel the world and experience life in the world.Our freedom is to live life your freedom makes you paranoid, that's not freedom

[@trevorcook4439]

More diversity here in Australia too at 26% compared to US 14%. Womens safety were ranked at 10 and America at 37. The difference is we all just banter and put ourselves down not self flagellate!

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

The US is strongly isolated in terms of news. In their news shows almost nothing about the rest of the world.

[@thetruthhurts7675]

@@trevorcook4439 Womens safety is about to get far worse in the USA with a Nazi, Rapist, mysogenist as Predident.

[@Pomdownuder]

@@trevorcook4439 quite so trev. Despite the love for sand paper & cricket balls🙀, as a proud pom I bleedin' love it. 😅

[@Jill-mh2wn]

@Pomdownunder ,Just what I thought whilst watching from the UK . And here in the UK we celebrate and admire what the15 Commonwealth countries have achieved after independence .

[@dkeegan5654]

I’m always amused when US people talk about not travelling due their country’s size and isolation… I’m Australian .. lol

[@somewherestuckinl.a.3239]

And you may have the time and money to travel, most Americans work and we don't have long vacations and with a country as beautiful why spend the money and travel time but enjoy what you have, now that is smart. No need for us to say oh I have gone to the French Riviera, that is only for snobs.

[@jasonwarwick5062]

@@somewherestuckinl.a.3239Most Americans work…………Do you think the rest of us are unemployed? 😂🤣 Most of you don’t have passports or a DESIRE to travel. One of you even told me (after hearing about my pay rate) that you don’t have poor work conditions…. , You’re ‘tougher’ and ‘work harder’ than the rest of us ….🤦‍♂️

[@somewherestuckinl.a.3239]

​@@jasonwarwick5062 But we do work harder unfortunately that is not something to be proud of. Just read all those i moved to Holland or why it is so great to live in the Netherlands. Why get a passport if you don't go to a foreign country, first it is a lot of work nowadays and two it is expensive and with all those beautiful states to explore why bother? Makes total sense, but you do whatever you want to, just don't be condescending when it comes to other views.

[@somewherestuckinl.a.3239]

@@jasonwarwick5062 You may want to watch this video I found her to be on target more than foreigners are about the US. Brit Reacts to Things I Wish I Knew BEFORE Moving to the USA

[@somewherestuckinl.a.3239]

@@jasonwarwick5062 Seems like my reply was deleted.

[@davidt3183]

Earning 20K in France : you can rent a nice appartment, have a car, eat good food, go vacations once or twice a year (yeah, 5 weeks paid hollidays per years, and it's the legal minimum). And you will not die because you can't offer this surgery who cost millions of euros.

[@NicolasMendoula]

In Rural France then because it's actually not the same in the big cities

[@germainmozet]

@@NicolasMendoula c'est un autre probleme, car legalement nous avons tous acces aux soins

[@benjaminlamey3591]

I do not understand why america and the americans always need to compare themselves and to be the biggest. who cares, live your life happy, that´s the most important, the rest is just envy and greed.

[@pubsapass1214]

it's brainwashing since they are born, so there is no 'why', it's just like it is because it's how business owners and religions want it to be. It's the same in every extremist countries in the world. US just exactly work like Iran or Russia. Brainwashing kids...

[@metalpetrol3315]

Due to narrowmindedness, shortsightedness, lack of awareness, being brainwashed from a young age,……

[@MrB-vj1vg]

They are taught that life is a competition. Survival of the fittest. No idea of community, or looking after the weakest in society.

[@braisfigueira5032]

The true problem is that they seem to be importing that mindset to the rest in the world. Here in Galicia the mayor of Vigo tries to turn the Christmas light thing into a best in the world thing. I'm like: who cares? Maybe I'm biased because I live in Coruña, the direct rival when it comes to galician "cities", but I just don't care, my town might be small, but is quaint, beautiful, mild climate and has all luxuries you might want relatively close, that's all I need, would I miss my hometown after 40 years living there if I had to move? Of course, but I would adapt without issue. Is my city perfect? It is to me, and that's what I care about

[@BetsyEimers]

If it's all you hear, you're going to believe it. As soon as people start to broaden their horizon, they see it. But it will take a lot of time.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

You're an intelligent man, Charlie. And I enjoy watching you react and learn along the way.

[@robertbryson4576]

I have loved in Northern Ireland all of my 68 years and have had several vaccinations in the USA over the last 40 plus years. Most of these were ski holidays in Colorado. You get to talk with American folk when you share a chairlift or when you're waiting in line. Nearly every holiday I would be asked how long my trip was and when I said 10 days, folk would be really shocked. One guy asked me if I was a millionaire or something and I thought he was going to have a cardiac arrest when I told him I had a regular office job in a healthcare provider. He nearly lost his mind when I told him that I got four weeks paid holidays every year and that everyone also got 10 paid public holidays on top of their leave entitlement. No one on their deathbed in Europe has ever been heard to say that they wished that they had spent more time at work rather than with their friends and family.

[@Beggar42]

That has GOT to be the best typo in the universe ... I'm stealing the hell out of it. (Also, Northern Ireland? Please tell me you're a Therapy? fan.)

[@witchqueen8576]

Haha

[@JohnHollands]

Rich Americans have German cars, French fashion, Japanese electronics, Chinese shirts, Swedish furniture, Russian vodka, Italian yachts, and marry Australian models.

[@ItsCharlieVest]

@@JohnHollands I'm actually quite poor but I lucked out and have a BMW lol

[@RaduRadonys]

@@ItsCharlieVest In my country (Romania) people who drive BMWs are looked upon, like they purposely bought an expensive car to brag. It's funny though that it only applies to BMWs, and not to other expensive cars like Mercedes or Audi, not sure why. :))

[@jimmybgood982]

@@ItsCharlieVest best reliable cars after the japanese

[@FlorenzVillegas]

Even if we in Europe are perhaps not quite as materialistic as US Americans, the tendency exists here too. In Germany there is a saying that describes it quite well, I think: We buy things we don't need with money we don't have in order to impress people we don't know (or: like).

[@stefanievandijk7528]

aber man muß zufrieden sein ...

[@viderethevaccinatorfromhol7536]

In Germany? There's nothing like that in the Netherlands. It's not part of our culture. Although I consider ourselves as wealthy because of how we take care of each other. That's real freedom to me.

[@ficialintelligence1869]

Interesting ... especially the "freedom to" vs "freedom from" is such raw truth right now.

[@trevorcook4439]

Why now? Freedom is coming back to you. Freedom of speech, women’s freedom to have sports, toilets, prisons, changing rooms. It’s left wing parties in every western country trying to stifle speech which is the crux of fascism.

[@trevorcook4439]

Or by “right now” you mean over the last few years up until now?

[@cynthiagauthier8897]

In France, we often say that we have Rights, but also Duties.

[@ficialintelligence1869]

@@trevorcook4439 Trev, you speak truth (no sarc).

[@huubsimons2056]

I can imagine that the difference has something to do with the fact that the USA has never been occupied. Most European countries have a history of war and opression. So the European view of Freedom is more rooted in "Liberty" or "Liberated from".

[@itsmebatman]

This quality of life thing is very common in Europe. the Italians even have an iconic term for it: la dolce vita. It's not about being rich, but about feeling good and enjoying yourself.

[@LeSarthois]

The french equivalent is "joie de vivre" (joy of life/joy of living).

[@ani-rf4my]

And in German it's Lebensfreude ​@@LeSarthois

[@thetruthhurts7675]

@@LeSarthois Both mean the same thing, living life to excess.

[@thetruthhurts7675]

La Dolce Vita is actually demeaning about the life other people lead. It means living a life of physical pleasure, and self indulgence! It is not a motto for living well!!

[@despaney]

@@thetruthhurts7675 Are you italian ? In which case I'll go with your definition, but otherwise from an external point of view (French here) Dolce Vita with its literal translation "douce vie" in french makes me think more of a quiet, happy life, and maybe a little hedonistic but not in a negative way.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

1) you can't take it with you 2) work to live, not live to work 3) there's always someone who has it better than you. Worrying about that won't make it better or make you happier. There's also always someone who has it worse.

[@nevillemason6791]

When someone's dying they never lay there thinking: "I wish I'd spent more time in the office." There's no pockets in shrouds so spend it while you can.

[@helenemartin9535]

I am french and a subscriber of this channel. This is very interesting to see things from other perspective.

[@paulogarciadesousa]

Great review, mate, congrats!

[@ItsCharlieVest]

@@paulogarciadesousa awesome thanks

[@T0MT0Mmmmy]

Psychological studies show, buying something even when it's heavily expensive makes you happy a few minutes, spending a long relaxed dinner with friends makes you happy for days.

[@rainerknuth]

The freedom of an individual ends where the freedom of another is restricted. This means that if someone feels threatened because someone else is carrying a weapon, their freedom is already restricted.

[@capiroussecapi5815]

Hi, nice to see one of their videos on your channel. I follow them even though I am French. I like to understand what foreigners appreciate in France to the point of settling there.

[@Nobby76]

The "starving african kids" thing is pushed on most countries. When i was a kid here in england at school if we didnt eat all our school lunch, you would get teachers coming out with the "Think of the startving african kids" line. And me being a little cocky little shit at 10 years old decided one day to say something about it.. I got the line from a teacher one day, so i simply said "Well why not put this in a bag and send it to them them?" I was marched straight to the headmasters office and i had my parents called. When they told my folks what i had said , my dad couldnt help but chuckle at my smartass'ness. My mom, simply said "Ok we will switch him to packed lunches from now on, so it's no longer your business if he eats all his food or not.. If we hear of another teacher lecturing him about eating his food from now on, then we will have problems" The headmaster was quite stunned at what mom had said, but he didnt realise was my folks had VERY strong feelings about forcing children to do something they didn't have to do.. From that day on, no teacher ever used that line on me again, at least not at that school anyway.. Ahhh Freedoms.. The freedom to say whatever you like.. But americans often forget that the person they are talking crap about also has the freedom to do what they like, which could include punching you in the fact for saying stuff to them. Mike Tyson of all people once said "People are way too confortable saying what they want, without getting punched in the head for it"

[@deborahpolman2427]

You totally get it Charlie! Respect. If, God forbid, my house was to burn down, all my material stuff means nothing anymore. However, my kids, grandkids, animals and foremost my memories, these count! The rest will go to a thriftshop once I'm gone 😉. Not worth investing in wood, plastic or metal stuff

[@keithmiles917]

I'm also constantly reminded of the title the "World Series". Speaks for itself.

[@killer6ten]

The way i see it people in the USA live to work where others work to live

[@ItsCharlieVest]

yup

[@killer6ten]

@ItsCharlieVest but ur smart enough coz u left that systeem and make KZbin video's instat of work a normal job

[@ItsCharlieVest]

I like working for myself and being in control of my own time instead of other people being in control of me and my time. I used to tattoo but stopped due to anxiety issues

[@killer6ten]

@@ItsCharlieVest yeah im follow u long enough on KZbin so i know bout that. All the respect u really do have a european mind set keep it up man

[@loustic59vda]

I watched almost all videos of Raina and Jason. I saw their évolution in french society. They have integrated the Principles of french life. Happy for this couple with their daughter, they enjoy to change their life for their biggest happiness. They are so friendly nice

[@CROM-on1bz]

I also subscribe to their channel. They are very enthusiastic and sometimes I have the impression that they think they live in Disneyland. On the other hand, it is true that when I watch videos about the USA, their standard of living, what people eat, their health costs or the amount of student loans. I do not want to go and live there at all, yet I have been to the USA about ten times, for work and to explore and as a French tourist I have always been very well received (especially in the south, Louisiana). Sometimes people looked at me with pity and asked me if I had electricity or running water and if I lived in a medieval castle LOL. In general I answered that I had not hunted wild boars with a spear for a few years.😊😊

[@CROM-on1bz]

OMG I forgot Texas, super nice people from Texas

[@beldin2987]

But .. but .. wild boars are great. But i get the joke, you haven't hunted them "with a spear" because you can hunt them just with your fists 😂🤣

[@Patrik6920]

@@beldin2987 I dont think u know how dangerous wild boars are .. even somewhat domesticated once can be dangerous .. its basicly very large pigs with fangs hoofs and very sharp teeths, be glad humans rnt usually on the menu, but they will defend themself ..

[@beldin2987]

@@Patrik6920 I think you don't know Obelix 😂And maybe you are even american and took the boar hunting with a spear for serious ?

[@Patrik6920]

@@beldin2987 No, im a European, I assume u refere to the series magasine Obelix and Asterix .. its fiction, but Boars are real animals ..

[@LyraDavis]

17:59 that moment where he, as an American, looks back on America with a wider world perspective and says ‘it just doesn’t look the same to me now’.. that’s how many in the rest of the world see America . We value entirely different things. To us, the priorities Americans are taught seem superficial and materialistic. We don’t view America as Americans think we do (the way they view themselves). At least from a European perspective, It looks like a chaotic, divided, egotistical, -everything’s-racist-or-political- wealthy third world country, where people are one health problem away from bankruptcy, slaves to their cult-like company that tells them they’re a work family, where they pray to a flag and worship a green piece of paper. I realise that a very negative stereotype, and there are plenty of Americans who don’t fit it. But the culture itself churns out consumers who are vilified and ostracised if they don’t conform. It’s not Americans that are the problem. All the ones I know personally are some of the kindest, coolest, people with a great curiosity about the world. It’s the culture thats the problem. Imho.

[@svenpedersen9140]

Nice video. I hope you will get more subscribers. It is nice to see americans like you that take interest in basically the world we live in. Gratz for that !

[@DougBrown-h1n]

The basic philosophy in the US is "consume". Every facet of American life and values you are taught is about encouraging or requiring you to consume. And it's entirely about making sure the top few percent continue to enrich themselves. It's not to make the nation a better place - just look at the infrastructure. It's not even about our personal enrichment - if we're lucky enough to accrue some wealth, society demands that we give our money back with more pointless consumption, or necessary healthcare

[@nox8730]

Interesting. Not many notice the same things as i. Culture in the USA is actually merely a collection of ingrained behaviours meant to make some select corporations richer. Americans believe their society is all abiout cars because some corporations brainwashed them; starting from the early 1920's, into thinking that public transportations were for poor sods and filthy communists... Santa is red because Coca-Cola decreed it (as their color is red), and tax money goes to billionnaires and their corporations because using it to support a social net would be much too communist. Obviously, the hatred for anything 'communist' is not the least one in the list, as most americans have no idea what socialism or communism even is. This all seems like a joke, but reality seems to go way beyond comedy.

[@user-TonyUK]

I guess the biggest different from Europe and the USA is we do not have to worry about sorting out how much Taxes on our wages to pay, that is the Company that employs US, it is there FUNCTION to stop the right ammout of Tax for the Wages we earn each Month. I started work at 16 yrs old and retired at 67 yrs old and NOW a portion of the Taxes I have paid in my whole working life get return to me each Month as a Tax FREE Pension until I die.

[@trygvehadland9560]

Hello from Norway, I only work as much as I have to..... to fund all my hobbies.... Like archery. Hiking, mountaineering, canoeing, bushcrafting, fishing, hunting, hobby carpentry, forging, drawing and painting, violin playing..... So I need a lot of time to live..... When it comes down to it... we have onlu one life.... and I want to live it.... If I get old, I can sit in the old people's home and flip through all my photo albums and reminisce about all the things I got to do while I had the health to do it.

[@FSboy70]

Unner du andre å gjøre det samme og leve som du gjør? Og hvorfor tror du ikke at du kan gjøre det samme i USA?

[@billybudd5854]

I'm surprised that you have any time to work!

[@trygvehadland9560]

@@FSboy70 Hei, folk må gjerne gjøre som meg, det er selfølgelig opp til vær enkelt. Hvor mye penger man må ha og hvor man legger lista for hvor mye penger man trenger for det livet man ønsker å leve..... Det kommer veldig an på hvor i USA en skall leve da noen steder er bokostnadene høyere alene enn mine inntekter mens andre steder kan man nesten bo gratis.... så jeg tror ikke det handler om hvor i verden man bor men hvor man legger lista for levestandard og hva man regner for levestandard. Hvorfor fikk du intrykk av att jeg ikke tror det er mulig å gjøre det samme i USA? Jeg kjenner da flere som gjør det....

[@Bloodyshadow53]

In France we have a saying "l'argent ne fait pas le bonheur, wich mean "money don't buy hapiness" (not literally but that's the meaning of it)

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

I think that is universal.

[@Searover749]

ça arrange bien les riches, de laisser croire ça aux pauvres...

[@despaney]

@@Searover749 Ça dépend du niveau, si le manque d'argent empêche de vivre confortablement, effectivement plus d'argent permet d'être plus heureux, mais si on a déjà une vie confortable, plus d'argent n'amènera pas plus de bonheur, au mieux ça permet de tromper son ennui dans des activités diverses toutes plus couteuses les unes que les autres, au pire la vie se transforme en une recherche effrénée de toujours plus d'argent sans réellement prendre le temps d'en profiter. It depends on the level, if the lack of money prevents you from living comfortably, more money does indeed allow you to be happier, but if you already have a comfortable life, more money will not bring more happiness, at best it allows you to cheat your boredom in various activities, each more expensive than the last, at worst life turns into a frantic search for more and more money without really taking the time to enjoy it.

[@ChristiaanHW]

i think almost every place in the world has a saying like that, and i really dislike it. yes money by itself doesn't equate happiness. but with money you can buy things that make you happy, you can stop working and start traveling, you can go to places that make you happy. you can buy friends, family and strangers stuff, and seeing those people happy with those gifts can make you happy etc. i always see that saying as: money doesn't buy you happiness, but it does allow you to buy a map to happiness. but if you follow that map is a whole other thing. money opens doors and if you're able to keep your head clear, those doors can lead to happiness

[@daviddieudonne7829]

@@ChristiaanHWnot only that part is true, but I always reply to those saying that: yeah, but not having money can make you unhappy… while it’s true that money alone doesn’t make you happy, not being able to buy even just food or other necessities, will make you quiet unhappy pretty fast. I also say, yeah but I’ld rather be unhappy in my porsche than unhappy on the bus.

[@tobiasrost633]

living in DSA is not helthy, Divided States of America

[@That_is_for_me_to_know]

Also know as the Un-united States

[@framegote5152]

The wars where the USA had a part in was ALWAYS because of money (for the rich in the USA), Even in WW2 the USA only became involved when there was a profit in sight. Not to liberate Europe, but because of they got more influence in Europe and could secure contracts for American companies. And we all have to be so grateful for the USA they helped us defeat the Germans..... I wonder what happened to your idea of relocating to Europe? As you already said you have the right mind-set.

[@stephen8639]

Yes The UK finished paying for WW2 military aid on December 29, 2006, when it made its final payment of about $83 million to the United States and $23.6 million to Canada. Although they had been 6 occasions when payment was suspended for a year due to exchange rates.

[@Searover749]

in fact russia won WW2, by destroying 50 % + of the german army, in the east. 25 M russians were killed for that : widely more dead than in any other country ! i don't approve russia today, but historical facts can't be denied. US had few casualties, and zero damage on their land, in comparison to other countries involved (and destroyed). US came at the end of the war, to "harvest the laurels", establish military bases in EUR., and sell weapons and all other necessary things to EUR. It was just colonialism... and typical "war business" : the crucial basis of US economy.

[@nelltheretrogamer]

This is a bit random, but one thing I really can't understand about America is what they call "gated communities". Some Americans brag because they are wealthy enough to live in one. I see it in a completely opposite way. From my point of view, these people are willingly imprisoning themselves to a certain area because the rest of their city is too dangerous. I much prefer to live in a city where I can live anywhere and go anywhere without worries because all of it is safe.

[@nevillemason6791]

In my northern England city there were at least three 'gated communities' in the Victorian era. They had a gate keeper and the gates were locked at night. This ensured the wealthy were segregated from the desperately poor in society. These communities are still there but the gates have long gone. One of these communities still has an air of exclusivity (they don't talk to their neighbours even, they like to keep themselves to themselves). Actually a 'gated community' is actually a ghetto (definition: part of a city occupied by a minority group). In the USA they've never moved on from that concept. The poor should be out of sight (as well as out of mind).

[@pheedsmith3684]

In France we have a quote about freedom: "your freedom ends where other one's freedom begins".

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

My American friend who lives in a mobile home, I invite you to the German-Dutch border to learn a trade there and then after passing the exams, yes, as an American you can do that and you will even be paid to learn a trade. After that you will become a qualified professional, either in the Netherlands or in Germany where housing is still cheap. If you do that you can stay in the EU indefinitely. The whole process of learning a trade takes 3 years.

[@StefanRink]

If he comes up with a good idea to start a business here I'd be happy to sponsor him the $4K needed for DAFT as a rent free loan for as long as he needs it.

[@miamonan9627]

Some really interesting and intelligent perspectives picked up here. I’m pleased this couple have made the move, and found that life can be more relaxing with less, and also much healthier

[@petergeyer7584]

The quality of life thing is so true. I‘m from the US, and before I moved to Germany with my family 11 years ago I had a stable mid-six figure income, a huge suburban house, multiple cars, designer decorated interiors and exteriors, weekly lawn and cleaning services, etc. ad nauseum. We were living the “American Dream.” We hated it. In Germany I earn about 10% of what I used to, we live in a small urban apartment furnished from top to bottom from Ikea, and own an ancient car. But we have the things we need, our daughter is getting a world-class (and free) education, we have affordable health care, we have infrastructure like streets, schools, and public transportation that is well-maintained, we have vacation time that we actually have to take, and we have the time and energy to spend with our family and friends. We wouldn‘t return for anything.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

European take home pay usually includes comprehensive health cover and an earlier well paying retirement pension and the paid days off work can be three times more than Americans get. Police are not violent psychopaths as citizens rarely hold military grade firearms!

[@gavingiant6900]

Fella you misheard her at the beginning because she said American beliefs that Americans grow up with.

[@marionhansen3627]

In Scandinavia, I live in Denmark, we’re all well off, but we don’t like to talk about it. We value time with our family and friends more than money, and it’s so very far from our culture to be bragging about it. We find it rude and very arrogant. Just not something we do. Most of us will even say to a bragging american, that we’re really not interested in knowing how many dollars he made last year😊

[@annemariedusselaar9862]

I think making memories is more important than making a lot of money🧡

[@kathleenmillette574]

We are free to leave which is what I did 34 years ago. Never regretted it.

[@ulf5738]

I hope your KZbin channel grows. 😊 Keep up the good work!

[@SueIsRetiringToFrance]

Nice summary/review. I am a subscriber to BB (moving to France by June 2025) so I've watched a lot of their stuff. I was struck by their take in this video of the US being focused on freedom TO versus freedom FROM, and I agree with that. Got a new subscriber!

[@adrienleconte7025]

Hope you'll vote left then and welcome tho ;)

[@arne1958]

I love the "freedom from" twist.

[@agnesmichel1286]

The thing in my life that I value most is my reading time. If I had to work as much as an american, I would be unable to read 2 or 3 hours a day and I would be very unhappy.

[@briancostello9325]

Irish saying: “There is no pockets in your coffin.” Therefore, relax and enjoy your life.

[@joseestevezhernandez558]

In Spain we say "Seras el mas rico del cementerio" (you'll be the richest in the graveyard)

[@Verlonpique]

Je suis belge et nous bénéficions des mêmes bienfaits qu'en France. Le problème des américains, c'est la solidarité entre vous et du coup tout tourne autour de l'argent. J'ai suivi avec stupéfaction et sidération les débats qui ont précédés à l'obamacare. Aussi bien du côté républicain que démocrate. J'ai trouvé terriblement désolant que sur une question aussi vitale pour la population, les gens se déchainaient agressivement pour ne pas mettre en place ce système basique de soins de santé ou le limiter. C'est normal que tout tourne autour de l'argent aux USA puisque comme rien n'est mutualisé tout coûte une fortune: soins de santé, éducation, retraites, pas de chômage décent , congés payés, congés parentaux, etc...Beaucoup d'américains ont plusieurs emplois, et presque pas de vacances. Je suis personnellement heureuse de payer des impôts et de la sécurité sociale pour mettre à l'abri l'ensemble de mes compatriotes. Chez nous justement, le problème qui se pose, c'est l'évasion fiscale. Je pense qu'il n'y a pas de plus grande violence faite à un pays que le fait de ne pas payer d'impôt juste en fonction de ses revenus parce que justement cela prive les plus faibles et la classe moyenne d'une protection efficace en cas de souci. En Europe, nous souhaitons avoir des vies de familles équilibrées et offrir à nos enfants le meilleur. Souvent les américains nous regardent avec horreur en parlant de socialisme. Je pense que ce concept est ridicule. Dans une société dite évoluée, chaque responsable politique devrait s'assurer du fait que chaque citoyen ait une vie décente. Je ne comprends pas non plus cette folies des armes. J'ai un ami qui travaille à Interpol et quand il y a eu les attentats en Belgique en 2016, des policiers américains lui ont gentiment présenté leurs condoléances. Il m'a dit qu'il avait été sidéré parce qu'il se demandait si ces policiers avaient fait la comparaison du nombre de morts par arme à feu entre le continent européens et les USA. C'est juste fou. Comment ne pas comprendre que le nombre de morts est directement liés aux nombres d'armes en circulation ? Les USA restent un pays incroyable par ses démesures mais malheureusement je ne pense pas que je pourrait y vivre. Nos mentalités sont trop différentes.

[@shirl790]

From UK here. Before Internet we all looked at USA in a different light. This land of the free. Since Internet we've discovered ur lives are not much different from us. Apart from free health care, 28 days holiday a year, minimum wage cap, better quality of life, and many other things.

[@IesKorpershoek]

I lived in the USA for many years and never drank tap water or used it for coffee or cooking. It took a lot of adaption because I was used to drinking tap water in The Netherlands. Americans are not really free and live in a constant state of fear. The problem is paternalism, where older people( mostly white old man) tell you what you need to know or think and scare you. If you never hear about anything outside the USA you can not blame them. Everything is artificial just the outside matters.

[@SilionVD]

Love your videos and mindset. And the fact you really pay attention to videos that can teach you things and open up your mind for other visions. What you do is a real job! Bringing enjoyable, educational content to people across the world and learn through it. And you provide your own income. One could return the question to the critics about doing a real job by asking if tv should be canceled and those people should go look for a real job? Cause to be honest, many (not all) tv hosts, actors, you name it earn a lot more for some shitty content lately that only teach to hate, buy, and lie! Greetings from Belgium and keep posting videos.

[@ItsCharlieVest]

good point! thanks!

[@FSboy70]

Are you open to other visions, old visions, established visions or new visions - if you don't agree with them? And you don't know/understand what the term "a real job" is referring to, why don't you just ask?

[@Searover749]

Only 3 ?! LOL !

[@ItsCharlieVest]

exactly lol

[@rmyikzelf5604]

That's what I thought when I watched their video.

[@jamesby]

The "Eat your food because children in thrid world would love to have it" thing : we also have it in France!

[@Kari.F.]

To be fair, the Star spangled banner was written after a Bitish bombardment of a fort in the US a couple of centuries ago. To Americans back then, maybe their dream was freedom from the British empire?

[@despaney]

But also perhaps freedom TO conquier new lands (and who bother if they were already occupied by semi nomadic tribes).

[@Margot4454]

About "the greatest country in the world ", "the richest country in the world", why you mey hear here and there USA actually is a "third world's country" ..... well, in my opinion all depends on the definition. 1) I believe the greatest is a country that takes care about the citizens - education for free, health service, dentists available for kids

[@nekite1]

You can always judge a civilised country by the way it treats its poorest and most disadvantaged people fairly and compassionately. The USA does not do that.

[@jmbig]

Absolument d'accord avec cette vision ... Et le monde entier devrait prendre exemple sur la norvège... Qui sont l'exemple de la liberté, de l'égalité, et de la fraternité ...🤔🤔👍👍

[@livb6945]

It's so interesting that the US is so isolated. Not bordering many countries, that's true, but for example your border to Canada isn't a short one, and many US Americans don't seem to have the first clue about Canada. Or Mexico. The "kids starving in Africa" thing is something parents in all of the West used to say to their kids but we know more now

[@hagbard1983]

Your comment on the ‚never enough‘ mentality of the US made me think of Ren‘s song trilogy ‚Money game pt1-3‘. Especially part 3 touches exactly on what you said. I highly recommend watching it, the video is phenomenal, too.

[@TheTeccala]

The whole safety people feel while living in France can't be felt as a tourist, so even well traveled americans can't feel that. Damn I left my job for a career change with a special law in France that allows me to do so and get 18 months with most of my pay (employer agreed we both break our contract, he didn't want at first) + free formation. Even if I get sick I'm 100% covered. Truth is I'll earn less than in the US, but have more time for me and feel absolutely safe whatever happens, I gladly accept !

[@janicewhitwell614]

Got to say in there defence, I'm from the uk and when holidaying in a lot of europe you are told not to drink the tap water, especially in the eights and nineties and I still drink bottled water in spain but have never had a problem in france

[@matthewrooke386]

Time is the MOST expensive thing to be able to have, time with family, time for hobbies/sports, time to relax- I see that as a very wealthy person that can afford to have time to do what/when they like.

[@robt2778]

On the French drinking water, if its any comfort, this was something widely believed in the UK, and up to the late 1970s people were warned not to drink the tap water. I've also been to Evian, and seen where the water comes from and its not worth $5 a go ( but Evian itself i a very elegant town) Also it's be noted that in the US anthem the in phrase ' land of the free' the word free is set to a note too high for some people to reach. - this may be an unintended metaphor

[@LeSarthois]

Believe it or not, by the 70's in many French rural towns, water was a novelty (my father was born in 1959 and he remembers both tap water and sewer being installed in the city he was born in), and in many cases, older installations in big cities haven't been overhauled for decades (water wooden pipes were replaced in Paris up to the 1980's), so I can believe that the tap water quality in 1970's France was really dubious in several places. But, that was 50 years ago.

[@nathanangelus]

⏩⏩⏩For an American, Liberty/Freedom consists in doing what you want without any restrictions. The problem with such a way of thinking is that at some point, one's Freedom contradicts someone else's : for example, driving as fast as you want VS staying alive without being hit by some nut guy on the road. In France, this contradiction has been settled since the very begining of the Revolution in 1789 : Article 4 of the Declaration of Human and Citizen's Rights (1789) : ""Liberty consists of being able to do everything that doesn't harm others : thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has for sole boundaries the ones assuring to other members of society the enjoyment of these same rights. These boundaries can only be determined by the law.""

[@corneliahanimann2173]

I'm just not buying the idea that americans have that type of freedom. My american boyfriend was surprised about how we can just walk around with alcoholic beverages without covering them up. He was surprised with how many people cuss over here without censoring themselves. He was also surprised at how long we can stay out in a city in the evening without having to worry about anything. I think the only freedom they have is the freedom to self defense through a firearm. And they need it because any other regulations that would make the freedom to a firearm abundant is the laziness to make mindful regulations they have decided to call freedom. You can tell by how annoyed they are when they mention that this is a part of freedom.

[@nathanangelus]

​@@corneliahanimann2173 Considering what you're saying, I suppose you are European. What you are saying about your BF is quite logical actually. Since the USA have always been ""free to"" do whatever they want (as one of the many prooves of that way of thinking, you can think about the one-self-made-man concept or the so called "American Dream"), they also developped, by consequence, a very violent and mistrustful society hence some forms of censorship or misguided rules. Things we don't need here in Europe because, as we value the "freedom from" (the DDHC of 1789 in France is one of the results of the XVIIIth century Enlightenment philosophers from all over Europe mainly, so all Europe shares the same principles in end, one way or another), we thus value others and have more respect for each other and we also have a stronger sense of the greater good / common interest. To sum up differently, in the US, people tend to think "if you have the right to do that, I also have the same right, no matter what". In Europe, it's quite the opposite because our starting point of thinking is not a person/the individual but the group : "if the group can't, why could you ?". If a society thinks in terms of a group, of equality, solidarity, then this society is far less mistrustful (hence you don't need to be forbidden from doing a lot of things because there is some kind of a collective common sense and/or trust towards people to be reasonnable) whereas the US are mainly all about individuals no matter the cost to others (another good example is how we value taxes in Europe in exchange for "free" public services like healthcare). Of cause, all I said above is general considerations, you'll always find exceptions both in the US and Europe. I don't know if I was clear or not... I hope I was ! 😆🤗

[@corneliahanimann2173]

@@nathanangelus you're amazing lol. You even made references to several other things here. It was clear but I detfinitely had to read it twice, but I agree, it kinda sounds like what I was thinking, but you did a much better job at understanding historical context and I appreciate that.

[@nathanangelus]

@@corneliahanimann2173 You are very welcome ! 🤗

[@rvelden1647]

Charlie, with your way of life you are richer than a lot of other Americans.

[@witchqueen8576]

A little humility goes a long way

[@gennyshark]

We in my region say (italian language) : 'Ma quanti anni vuoi campare? ' I attempt to translate: ' How many time do you want to be live? ' , that means: enjoy your life, do things that give you satisfaction, money is not all( sorry for my english)

[@RandomerFellow]

I was shocked, or rather saddened, when I heard older Americans talk about their fondest childhood memories. A recurring one was the trips to the big mall and all the toys there. Mine, here from Scandinavia, are when we kids went on bike rides, got our first mopeds, when we went to and from school, a little later when we learned to fish. When I thought about it a bit more, it struck me that it was always about outdoor activities together with the kids in the neighborhood. Parents were hardly ever involved.

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

Thanks Charlie. 12:20 about the Dutch remark. You are indeed not the stereo type Yank. Keep up your good work mate 👍

[@mariopaes7872]

I really enjoyed your video mainly because what you said, your mindset . You got my like

[@carolbrookes5748]

Freedom to (US) vs Freedom from (Europe) is a very good way to explain this

[@stanislavbandur7355]

We have some saying, which is maybe somehow at a point how worthless is pretending something you are not "High living standard means, that you are buying things you do not need for money you do not have to impress people you do not like" (or impress people you hate) and that is part of an equation maybe there all of it.

[@RobertWilson-jb4xw]

Scotland here , retired from manual job at 60 , got work pension and state pension , since I’ve left work I’ve toured Europe on motorcycle , Netherlands , Belgium , Switzerland , Italy Luxembourg ,France , Andorra , Poland and by car to Brittany in France for a Celtic music Festival . Got my own flat ,car and motorcycle , looking forward to motoring down through France to Spain and Portugal in 2025 .

[@meteerbil2078]

The goverment? Really? "The federal income tax is between 10 and 35 percent and the state between 0 and 11 percent." Isnt it more likely all profit hungry companies who wants to earn as much money as possible?

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Paying taxes and getting the dysfunctional American government / state public services in return is pretty bad.

[@Sayitlikitiz101]

I believe it's a lot easier to blame the government than to introspect and realize that the American people are as guilty for the state of the US today. God forbid that they'd have to do something about that! That's time they could be more "productive" work to get more stuff they don't need. Americans would gladly sacrifice their own kids if someone tells them it's to save some random one-percenter's pet albino alligator.

[@martinsear5470]

Dude is that an 8 Track of Animals on your shelf. Not seen one of those since I was a kid in the 70's. Sorry this is unrelated to the video, it just surprised me.😉

[@Jane.2105]

I live in 🇨🇭and follow this couple and others. Going somewhere else really help them all to see a different way of living.

[@glaubhafieber]

In one if their videos they say that they pay more taxes than in the US but loving it. Getting healthcare and education in return. I have a disability pension and live a good life in a tiny apartment. I don’t care. I have enough to pay my rent, food and even occasional travel

[@marieadriansen2925]

Hello Charlie, I'm French. I follow this youtube channel and Raina and Jason are two great people, very open-minded and caring, who make the effort to discover another culture! I advise you to watch their latest video "We moved to France from the USA - Was it Worth it?". It's wonderful how they managed to understand us French. The stereotypes about the French hurt me a lot because they are completely false. I wish you the best !

[@corjp]

Charlie, what you said being in an European mindset trapped in the wrong country sounds VERY plausible, your interest in Europe is already something we are not used to from an American but it is , by me anyway, much appreciated.

[@svenpedersen9140]

One thing you said was "if you have enough to come by, relax"... well, I am honestly asking you this question as an european. Can you relax in the US if you just have enough to "come by" ? ... what if you get really sick (absolutely hope not) ? Here in Luxembourg, I had to stop working because of a very rare disease and the state paid me my operations (had to go to a senior surgeon in Germany) and exactly the same pay I whas getting as a software programmer (Luxembourg is a rich country tho). But I mean, even if you have just enough to "come by" in europe at least you can really "relax" in most countries because you don't have that threat haging over you. Maybe I am wrong.

[@VogterViking]

One African country is one of the poorest on the planet. Yet they have 37 trillion dollars raw materials in their country and don't get a nickel of it. Wonder why?

[@RaduRadonys]

Why? Because the US and other Western "civilized" countries use those raw materials for their only benefit, while keeping the African countries poor. Simple.

[@George-y9y5f]

Ask a woman living in Alabama how free she feels!!

[@Maugrim76]

Representing south Sweden here. Fascinating video you reacted to, and also - your mindset would find you unstressed if you came over here for a couple of months. On the reverse side, I am kind of curious how I would view the US. I do think there are great things over there too... it can't be all that bad?

[@kaivirkkala3213]

Fun fact, tapwater in scandinavia/nothern countries is classed as food! So you need to treat it accordingly.

[@onnasenshi7739]

You can't be an American, I think you're a European in an American's body. 😂 What you said is exactly what I live. I don't need a lot of money, I need a lot of time to share with my family and friends. Unfortunately I had to learn that too, I had my own small business and made good money, so unfortunately I was traveling a lot and hardly ever at home. At some point, my wife said she didn't marry my business, she married me and left. I won't make that mistake a second time with my current girlfriend and I'm glad that she thinks the same way I do.

[@thetinkerist]

I don’t have a tv in my living room any more, don’ t need it, annoying device, time sink. Please people, don’t obsess over stuff, obsess over time and decide what to do with it with the people you want to share it with. Time only comes once. ❤

[@vickytaylor9155]

Even the melody for the star spangled banner is English.

[@josiecoote8975]

Yes it was a men's drinking song tune written by John Stafford Smith, an English man, in the 1780s, called The Anacreontic Song.

[@Cindanela]

I live in Sweden, when my family went to Spain, when I was a child, in the 80s and 90s, we were told to not eat unpackaged ice-cream and not drink the tap water, the water was not necessarily bad, but it had bacteria the local population was used to that tourists were supposed to avoid. Now it seems most water in Spain live up to international standards. Thinking about this I can see why beliefs like not drinking the water in Europe live on.

[@marciusmarciukas5467]

11:33 That's very true i make 2000+ euros a month in my country being a laborer with no specialty and i live a really comfortable life but the same person on the other hand in let's say bigger US city has to make nearly 70 - 100k to be able to live like i do 🤣🤣

[@aidanabila143]

To me, once I done paying my house loan, I will work to keep enough for me to live on without working while all my basic necessities. No stress, just safe, healthy and peaceful life until I finally passed away. That is the life that I want 😊

[@raggeragnar]

Dude , you should have a place higher up to steer things in a better direction. I’ve been following your videos and you have a calm and insightful understanding of how things work.

[@nicfit9928]

I am french, I travelled a lot, to USA too I don’t understand that thing about freedom, the american are so proud of. We have freedom in Europe, some american should travel more By the way, I like your way of thinking

[@meriadecdebersacsurrivelie5235]

"I have time !" That's the good way. I'm old now, but for many years, i like to say to people who want to go faster all the time : "We'll take time to die. Let's take time to live."

[@karenglenn6707]

Just regarding the water, as an Aussie who grew up here in the 60’s as a kid, we all drank water from our neighbours hoses or taps on hot days when we were outside. Our water has always been beautiful to drink straight from the tap or hose, no filtration system needed, and that was nearly 60yrs ago. What is going on in the US with their crappy water??

[@sherryjoiner396]

It depends on the area. I live in northeast Texas and the water is very good.

[@trevorcook4439]

I drank water out of my hosepipe today whilst watering my roses here in Perf. It was a bit warm though!

[@LeSarthois]

Greed, lax pollution laws or corruption, privates companies overexhausting the networks and letting it falling in disrepair (with ridiculous fines), etc... OFC it's not all bad everywhere, but it can get very bad. And of course most of the time, local or federal health services have little to no power against those issues.

[@sharonothefae]

It might have something to do with old lead pipes

[@nolaj114]

​@@trevorcook4439 funny..I am in Perf too. Today was the first day I had to run the tap a little while to get cool water for my house plants.

[@trevorporter4776]

Who says, at the end of their life -- 'I wish I had spent more time at the office'.