American Reacts to 6 LIES America Told Me About Europe

[@BarryOconnor-z9q]

I am from the UK. I lived in the USA for 7 years. While I was there, they would constantly come up to me and say things about the UK that were not true. When I corrected them and proved I was correct, they would get upset and say if I hate the USA so much, what are you doing here and then they would usually finish by saying I was jealous of their freedoms. Because I didn't have any in the UK and everybody knows that. It didn't bother me as I knew they were wankers.

[@fionagregory9147]

@@BarryOconnor-z9q yes

[@carloszarzoso1724]

I know everyone wants to speak to you even strangers I don't want to talk all the time its like you never have freedom to get away from ppl. I like very very small talk especially if I don't know the person.

[@lynnm6413]

After a while one gets tired to correct their faulty assumptions, when they are unable to deal with the truth!

[@SAABROSS]

Chuckle...... At cognitive dissonance. 😂

[@caitrionaryan8674]

You have the freedom the UK/Ireland to go for a walk without worrying about being shot. Most of the wotld actually.

[@t.fernbach602]

Still waiting for Americans to realize that "Europe" is not one place with one culture, the same traditions, laws etc.

[@ArnoldQMudskipper]

Same with the "British" accent.

[@Alan-q5f3u]

What do you mean it's not 1 county...you've got your own court and parliament and flag😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@steddie4514]

Or even "realise" 🤦

[@t.fernbach602]

@@Alan-q5f3u are you referring to the European Union? You can't be that ignorant, right?

[@ArnoldQMudskipper]

@@Alan-q5f3u TF are you taking about. Did you reply to the wrong comment?

[@moniqueriddle9339]

So let me wrap it up. You have the right to carry a gun and call someone a nasty word, but not the right to have acces to healthcare and free time? That is pretty sad.

[@resiefan3258]

You think we don't have healthcare??? we have great healthcare, the best drs, the best hospitals and short waiting times. 7 states also have 0 income tax name 1 country that has 0 income tax. In America I can have an operation the same day I sign the papers, in Europe Australia etc people are waiting for up to 2 years for an operation due to wait times due to a lack of drs and beds.

[@moniqueriddle9339]

@@resiefan3258 I didn't say you don't have any, but that you don't have a constitutional right to have acces to healthcare. Here it's one of the fundamental rights that everyone (including homeless people, unemployed etc.) has the right to have acces to healthcare.

[@KlausA-q8i]

Wir haben das größte das beste usw. Aber nur dann wenn sie es bezahlen können, die es nicht können sterben und hungern ,😮​@@resiefan3258

[@i_d_i_e_h]

@@resiefan3258 You're not seeing the bigger picture. No offence, but Americans tend to only think about themselves, not their fellow Americans. It's great for YOU that you can get an operation the same day. But - over 50% of Americans avoid getting healthcare because they don't have insurance to cover the cost. There are tens of millions with HUGE medical debt. Americans experience worse health outcomes than their peers around world. Life expectancy is way lower than in Europe and even some third world countries. It doesn't help with the best drs in the world when the healthcare system is totally f*cked up. I live in Norway. Yes taxes are high, but I never have to worry about getting sick. I can go to the drs whenever I want without paying anything. The waiting list all depend on the emergency of the treatment you need. (If you want to skip the waiting list, you can ofc chose a private hospital if you have health insurance or pay out of pocket) And the taxes we pay isn't just for healthcare, but many other benefits. Most of us have no issues with high taxes. We pay for quality of life. And with that said - you actually pay the same or even more in taxes than us. If you add federal, state, local and sales tax + other services - like the insane cost of health insurance. Well... do the math. What do you get in return from what you pay in taxes? It's truly sad how so many Amercians are blind to what their government has done for decades. They are literally stealing your money, and you are ok with it.

[@bianuccijunior5905]

@@resiefan3258 that's not even true lol, USA is not even in the top 10 and why tf should I ever care to have 0 income taxes if I don't get services and I'd still have to pay for an insurance(which usually costs even more than what we get taxed)? Also, private healthcare exists in other countries too, but you still have the right of access to public one..

[@daviddavies3637]

"We are the land of the free." "Which must have come as a surprise to all the slaves." - Philomena Kunk.

[@RexFeral55]

Ain't nothing free in your country but the bullchit

[@daviddavies3637]

@@RexFeral55 Which country would that be?

[@RexFeral55]

@@daviddavies3637 Gee David, what country was this all about? Is this veiled indignation or honest curiosity? Tell us the purpose of your inquisition.

[@daviddavies3637]

​ @RexFeral55 Gee, Rex, reread your own post and tell me if you think it was clear. Are you thinking I'm American or not? I never mentioned my own nationality. Now, before you try being clever again and having a hissy, try engaging brain. Might help avoid confusion.

[@RexFeral55]

@@daviddavies3637 It was a simple question.

[@abergreg]

Owning a gun isnt a freedom, being able to live safely without one is.

[@rogerszmodis]

Schools everywhere else: no running in the halls American schools: no full auto in buildings

[@JoannDavi]

@@rogerszmodis UK = impoverished island nation

[@MK-fc2hn]

Tell that to the 50,510 people in England and Wales who were victims of knife enabled crimes last year.

[@drummingtildeath]

​@MK-fc2hn the knife murder rate per capita is higher in the US than in the UK.

[@abergreg]

@@MK-fc2hn You have conflated two issues in the feeble minded way of ordinary people.

[@peterclancy3653]

As an Aussie I worked for an American ( USA) company for a short time on a monthly salary. This meant that I was on 24 hour call, no OT and ended up working a lot of weekends, had to stay close to a phone ( no mobile phones) and no sick pay, holiday had to be approved and I still had to be on call. Americans working in the same job used to get 2 weeks holidays a year for the first ten years of employment. Quickly changed my mind about USA being a great country. Their quality of life sucks.

[@resiefan3258]

There are places like that in Australia too trust me, my aunty is working in Australia still while married to an Aussie. she is working in the aged care sector.

[@Paininthrneck]

​If shes not getting at least 4weeks holiday a year then she must be a casual employee.​@@resiefan3258

[@juanto6740]

Sound like no quality of life is US.

[@mjrdainbramage]

There are two aspects about the US that I find both fascinating, and a bit disturbing: 1. The use of the word "benefits", to describe things like vacation time, parental leave, etc. Yes these things are beneficial to the individual employee, but calling them benefits makes it sound like your benevolent CEO has, out of the goodness of their heart, bestowed upon you this great gift. In practically all of the western world, and many non-western countries as well, these things aren't called benefits, they are called rights. Language matters. 2. The way many Americans seem so outraged that their tax dollars could potentially be used to pay for healthcare/food stamps/education/housing/etc., for someone who didn't work as hard as they did, made the wrong decisions in life, became ill, or whatever other reasons caused them to need help. It seems so incredibly divorced from compassion, and a sense of community. But at the same time many of these people are very religious, and supportive of the idea of charity. Someone from the US pointed out to me that they are willing to help the less fortunate, but only if they choose to do so; hence all the charity fundraisers. So it's like this weird amalgamation of "keep your hands off my stuff" - "I should share some of my stuff with people who have less stuff" - "god forbid anyone tries to organize sharing of stuff, because that is communism".

[@ryansmilla]

Hear, hear! 👏👏👏

[@perezpepito104]

Isn’t that communist?

[@CmdrTobs]

Americans are right, they really are benefits. Calling things 'rights' that really 'legal obligations' is disease. You actually can't speak to 50% of population now because they confuse the two.

[@mjrdainbramage]

@@perezpepito104 Yes, that is exactly how that works

[@Mlkds]

Exactly, they can organize it but only upon high margins of profit to be capitalist. Don't forget to include that they have to pay premiums to companies responsible for prison management if the capacity of that prison is below 80%(not completely sure the percentage). Even the prisional system is capitalist based and that is why so many people are wrongfully convicted. You just have to be at the wrong place in the wrong time with the wrong cop

[@xanperia]

I recently argued with an american who makes gun related videos and he was in the comment secion yappin about the freedom of owning guns in the U.S. I tried to explain that we in Europe CAN have guns too, but we just don't NEED them and not needing guns is a damn good freedom to have. He did not understand. He asked: "What do you mean? You CAN buy guns but you don't want to?". It's as if this concept is really hard to grasp. I gave up after several attemps to explain.

[@francisdec1615]

Talk for yourself. Not all Europeans love slavery. And there is no country in Europe today where you can just buy and carry a modern firearm without any kind of license as you can in some US states like Vermont and Maine. The closest you come in Europe is the Czech Republic which is kind of gun friendly, but you need a license for owning as well as carrying. I'm from Sweden myself and I lack words for the contempt I feel towards the idiots defending the gun law here.

[@KoljaWolfi]

​@@francisdec1615 wait, what? why do you need a gun?

[@mw-wl2hm]

Tyler learned of our strict gun laws on his Canadian channel last week. After his initial surprise that they legally exist here, he was surprised we have to have a licence, how many steps before you can get the licence, how few types of guns are legal and that we're not allowed to carry them around. Then he learned that it's pretty much all for rifles used in hunting or sport and not handguns used for 'protection.' lol

[@salttrader4113]

I completely get it, I'm in the US and I never cared about owning a gun. It never even occurred to me I could ever need one...

[@xanperia]

@francisdec1615 Why do you need a gun?

[@MadDragon-lb7qg]

We had a mass shooting in Scotland in the early 90s, and a very bad shooting in the late 80s in England. Trust me, when the plan to tighten gun ownership came up, no one complained, the law passed with barely any pushback. Knives are an issue, yes, but we have not had a serious shooting issue in over THIRTY YEARS!!!!

[@livb6945]

We are not jealous of anything in the US anymore, tbh.

[@England-Bob]

Well apart from Trump we desperately need him in 4 1/2 years time to help get rid of the woke bullshit here. Trump for PM 2029🎉

[@katyroseable]

@@England-Bob Ha ha ha very funny.

[@gerardflynn7382]

​@@England-BobTrump would not be allowed to run for the PM in another country. Plus he will be facing the rest of his criminal activities in court in 2029. That's if he is still alive by then.

[@lynnm6413]

I‘m jealous of their gas prizes….I am paying 8€ a gallon

[@geofrancis2001]

@@England-Bob wasnt boris the uk trump? how did that go?

[@brianbarcroft9167]

Yes, as a European, i am fed up of Americans continually boasting about how free they are as if every other citizen of the free world is cowering in fear of a monolithic government. Perhaps a rule of thumb is that those are really free don't feel it necessary to continually bang on about "our freedoms". I am a Brit who has lived for a long time in France. I have never heard anyone talk about "our freedoms". Freedom is a generally accepted concept that is just part of life. Nothing to discuss.

[@devilsadvocate1597]

Don't forget the great USA is a second world country 😂

[@erica.7231]

@brianbarcroft9167 Who is talking about all this freedom with you in france? Are you online too much? You sound like people who complain about trans when it's probably not the issue its being made out to be right? Freedom is a cultural pillar for americans. You may not agree with it but why bother to whine about it. But if you must stand on your pedestal it's fine I guess because that's all it really is .....

[@brianbarcroft9167]

@erica.7231 I've no idea what you are banging on about. I've already told you that we don't bang on about our freedoms because we simply take them for granted. If you want to obsess about them feel free - but stop telling me that your freedom is somehow better than mine. It's arrogant and wrong. Plus all your freedoms are based on those hard won by Europeans. Was the original Bill of Rights American. Magna Carta? Of course not.

[@dominikdiensthuber7458]

According to the personal freedom score 2023 USA is at place 27, for general human freedom it is at place 17

[@brianbarcroft9167]

@dominikdiensthuber7458 Right, so not the best, the greatest in the world, not an example to us all! And I wonder if that survey included the freedom not to go bankrupt over health care or the freedom for our children not to have to do active shooter drills at school. I suspect not.

[@bbllee26]

I'm French-American. Worked 20 years in the US. Moved to Europe 6 years ago (for work, same company, not same work contract as I was under US law while working in the US, and now my company had to apply French law). I kid you not: in my 2022 end-of-year review my manager wrote I had to take 2 weeks in a row because I had never taken 2 weeks straight. Then in 2023, my end-of-year review mentioned that I should take 3 weeks in a row to experience what it feels like to take a real break. Summer 2024 I did take 3 weeks off (straight). I had never done that in my life and I felt incredibly re-energized and happy when I returned to work. It made a world of a difference on my work happiness level (and mental health).

[@Salix631]

The vast, vast majority of people in Europe do not want guns. Its not a thing that matters to most people.

[@isoldedoyle3483]

I agree - we have a mainly unarmed police force who have suffered some losses over the years due to gun crime. Every so often there is talk of arming the whole police force but most people do not seem to be keen on the idea. Criminals and paramilitary groups do have guns but usually use them against one another. I’m inclined to the view that having an armed police force would just escalate situations.

[@tedwarden1608]

@@isoldedoyle3483. If you’re in UK you might be surprised at just how many armed response units there are. 🤷‍♂️

[@andyf4292]

its why we dont even have school shootings

[@marcuswilson3485]

Most European countries have a mandatory, armed police force. What are you talking about?

[@francisdec1615]

Talk for yourself, Salix. I want to be able to defend myself against "ordinary" criminals as well as against the state. Ironically 95% of people like you see nothing wrong with the police or military having guns - NPC.

[@karlrichardson4665]

I’m British and I spend alot of time in America. The USA is a beautiful place but you’re not as free as you think, in fact many of you live in fear

[@antonpix4505]

Hi, where in the USA did you live? 😊

[@teufelhund3801]

Who lives in fear? Unless you live in or near a ghetto/slum/trashy area it is pretty safe, since the vast majority of crimes is by gangs... wish cops went after them rather than victimless crimes.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

@@teufelhund3801 That's not what Americans say though. Lol.

[@teufelhund3801]

@Linda-hs1lk What Americans are you fucking talking about? I am an American. Also, the government offers security but can never deliver, but they will take all of your rights, saying they will offer security. Probably a good idea not to rely on people that cannot defend you, or you end up with acid attack epidemics and gang rape epidemics that the government tries to cover up and doesn't pursue.

[@davidgommeren7283]

@@teufelhund3801 You do realise people live there as well, most often not by choice?

[@Karen-p9t5g]

Vacations are one thing …. but pregnancy, maternity leave, in Canada the mother gets a year paid maternity leave and there is paternity leave, in some countries in Europe it is 2 years…. This is with paid leave with your job held for you.

[@user-eh2jk6mf9s]

My country is like that! My friend had a kid and had 2 years of maternity leave!

[@patricie_kesy]

In Czech Republic you can have 2,3 or 4 years. It is up to you what do you prefer. You have more money if it is 2 years than 4.

[@laurapenciuc6258]

Two years in my country and an extra year if you come to work earlier.

[@ReneSchickbauer]

Even in third world countries, mothers get more protection and maternity leave than in the US. It feels like social progress has stopped in the US about 150 years ago.

[@SuviMatinaro]

I'm Finnish. I rent my 2 bedroom appertment in a building where all appartments are privately owned, and 70% of residents own their home and the rest rent. I get social benefits for some months of the year becouse for my profeccion. No-one here cares how you finance your life, if you have your shit together as a neighbour. The city owns appartments for people who need further support, but those appartments are all over the city. In Finland vacations are paid and mandatory. You can't not have vacation. We have 5 weeks yearly of which 4 is summer vacation. Also there are unlimited payed sick days. You just need to have a docktors note on the appropriate rest time. And its illegal to fire someone on sick leave. The government supports the employer in longer sick leave costs.

[@lillm6874]

Exactly👍 Greetings from your neighbour Norway❤️

[@rinaweggelaar5946]

I live in the Netherlands and it's almost the same her. And I think, just like Finland, we have payed time when you give birth. In total 3 months. All people here have Social Health care. It's basic care for your own doctor and the hospital. You pay the resurgence about 140,00 euro each month but they can't regret you the medical basic care.

[@SuviMatinaro]

@@rinaweggelaar5946 same here with healthcare. No one is turned away from a hospital and you don't have to worry about affording ambulance either.

[@gayaboyken4172]

Germany is pretty much the same too

[@cynic7049]

@@lillm6874 Same here in between. Greetings from Sweden❤

[@booboss]

About "death panels" in Europe. I live in Poland - relatively poor country of Europe when you compare it to Germany, France and especially Nordic countries. My mom had cancer - very awful one. At some point doctors told my dad that there's no chance - it's a matter of a month more less. However they told my dad that they were keep her in hospital, give her chemo and medicines and generally take care of her. Chances were next to zero and they knew that, openly said that but were treating her as they seen any chances. They said that miracles happens sometimes so they always fight to the very end. Of course neither my dad or hospital crew told that to my mom. It's the worst thing you can do. This is why my mom lived to the very last day fighting and thinking she has a chance. Not taking hope from her. Chances were of course but next to zero. Point is that hospital spare funds to treat her even if it was lost cause. Eventually doctors where right and my mother died almost exactly month later. It's even stupid to talk about money now but that was the point of the video. As you can expect our "medical bill" was exactly $0 because here there's no such thing as medical bill. So yes - death panels exists - but only in America throught insurance companies. Ironically I'm writing this comment exactly at the day (or maybe day after) when some hitman shoot to death a CEO of the biggest health insurance company in America. I'm wondering what was a motiviation of the shooter. A death panel over his wife maybe? Or maybe his kid? Re-think your "freedom" America because right now you look like bunch of fools buying cheap crap from your goverment thinking you're "free". Instead you're sitting there and scratching your head why whole rest of the world is making fun of you at every possible point. Honestly you're not different from Russians thinking that Putin actually cares for Russian citizens. The difference is that some Russians knows it's bullshit but in America everyone (regardless of party) still belives in this American bullshit.

[@ryansmilla]

I used to have a Russian colleague who grew up in the Soviet Union and later on lived in the US for a couple of years. She told me: „You know, Americans live under the illusion to be free. In the Soviet Union, we KNEW we were not free and didn’t believe a word our government told us. Americans think they are free and believe everything the government tells them. Genius, really…“

[@V.W-f9v]

Booboss, I'm sorry about your mom ❤. You're right in what you're saying. Point of correction, though - Poland hasn't been "poor" for awhile now. Check some info about our economic growth and how we compare to other Western European countries. We're more than good.

[@booboss]

@@V.W-f9v Thank you. About economic I know but it was 2016 so back then we were not poor per se but poorer than Germany or France. Today however... well.... let's just say they are going downhill and we're climbing up.

[@miguelnovovillasuso]

Excelent comment.

[@booboss]

@miguelnovovillasuso Thank you, I would hope some Americans would read that.

[@Koirankeksit]

My us marriage certificate states my race of being "white". For me ana European this is so disgusting. What does "race" matter? My race is "human".

[@0raj0]

Well, then you are probably not very well educated in biology, as human is not a race, it is a species. Race is a classification within the species, it's a similar concept to eg. breed within the dog species.

[@elibienestarfernandezmanle108]

Me vas a perdonar pero la humanidad es una raza y no tenemos especies ni subespecies. Lo que si tenemos son Etnias. Blancos, asiáticos,

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Tyler, over the course of my 75 yrs to date, I've travelled extensively. I've lived and either worked or studied in the US (twice, totalling 10 yrs), E Africa (15 yrs), Canada (as a student for 6 yrs and later working for five), HK (4 yrs), EU countries (totalling 11 yrs), S Africa (school for four yrs), and England and Wales. Today, if I was entirely free to choose, the US would not be amongst my top 60 countries where I'd like to live my final years. Sorry.

[@chriswinter8511]

Yea US was not an option I wanted to seriously explore when I decided to emigrate next year. Every country has it's issues and no country is perfect but the US, there's far too much wrong with it, as they say.. it's a 3rd World country with a Gucci belt.

[@williamsimpson5808]

Hi, I travelled the World for 26 years and I TOTALLY AGREE

[@Sine-gl9ly]

@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 I have lived and worked in more than a dozen countries on several continents during my life. Replace your Africa with my Middle and Far East, and your Canada with my Australia, New Zealand and a few more Pacific islands. I'm also a wee bit older than you. A couple of the countries I have lived in, would not be possible to do so now due to political changes BUT, aside from those, and if I were otherwise entirely free to choose, I have to say that the USA would not even be on my list of preferred countries in which to retire, either for part or all of the year. The UK is not perfect - no country is! - but I came back 'home' when I retired, and have not regretted it. Or only when the weather's like this!

[@deletenow3276]

Do you mind explaining why?

[@theocharisstylianou1822]

I would sunner have the freedoms in my run down country than live in the USA 😂😂😂😂

[@constancejordan7359]

I lost EVERYTHING bc of lack of healthcare in the states. I’m grateful my husband was from N Ireland bc that’s where he had to go bk to for cancer treatment. Dr’s even make home visits! I left when the orange toddler got in bc I knew my husband would never have the healthcare he needed in the states. I had a a major stroke last year & do you know what the bill was for the ambulance, 5 wks in hospital, 4 months home physio 3 times a week & follow up care? NOTHING! I’m glad to be out of the states! I’m free to have a actual life now & not constantly spinning the plates!

[@V.W-f9v]

I hope you're OK now. I'm glad you were here when it happened

[@constancejordan7359]

I’m glad I was here too! I have NO desire to live in the states again! They don’t have real freedom there’! I can’t wait for my kids to move here & have real freedom! As my daughter said, the “American dream” is built on quick sand!

[@amandafielding4451]

I have a neighbour who's mum immigrated to USA when she was 18. Many years later close to retirement she got Altzeimers. After years of paying into social security, usa taxes, health care, the poor lady ended up bankrupt through unreimbursed medical bills and then homeless. Unbelievable!! Banks, health insurance, government just an absolute bunch of crooks. Now don't be thinking they were poor, they owned property in an affluent neighbourhood in CA, not a trailer park in Kentucky. If it could happen to them then it can happen to any of you and garuanteed at some point every single citizen there will require healthcare, especially given the lack of control on pesticides, food additives and lax environmental laws. Europe can be a bit lax on benefits admittedly but it's nice to know that if you need assistance you won't be left dead like you would in USA.

[@Lollipop-n8z]

Beware of Farage and his populist ilk

[@rosemaryjones5550]

I had one day of tests for a diagnosis for and i quote I REACTED TO SOMETHING lost ability to walk for three months this would bankrupt me 5 times over in US

[@daveford12]

As a kid I thought America would be a great place to live purely based on the wholesome movies and tv shows that where shown here. Having travelled to places within Europe and America, do I look at America in the same way heck no. The current notion of making America great again will never happen and looking back it never has been. If the obsession of freedom means to own a gun and not allowing a woman having control over her body or person losing their job because of their sexual orientation. Books being banned because you can’t have an adult conversation about how these books can be used in the right context. It’s not freedom it is oppression imposed on you by people who want to rule all aspects of your life.

[@ceejay0137]

Yes, sadly many (if not all) the freedoms Americans enjoyed for the last century or more will be taken away from them in the near future.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

As a kid I thought I wanted to live in the US. It was the biggest wish ever. Now I don't want to visit the US. Not even with a free ticket.

[@callum563]

Lol yes “make pornography a children book again.”

[@John-jw8rx]

My mum retired and moved into a bungalow at the coast, given to her by the local council/housing association. She gets a state pension, her rent paid and free prescriptions, delivered to her door for free. Plus free healthcare of course. I'm so glad she was born in England and not America.

[@mouseinthehouse_]

What do you mean "free"? We are being taxed into oblivion to pay for illegal immigrants and healthcare tourists, who get given all the council housing now, who clog up the NHS so nobody can see a doctor or have to wait a year for a procedure. Our healthcare is not free, it is paid for by every taxpayer yet we are the ones who don't get any of the benefits. Also the standard of care is dreadful, all the hospitals are full with long wait times. Everyone knows if you need something done you have to go the private healthcare route now.

[@Sine-gl9ly]

@@mouseinthehouse_ We all know full well it's not 'free' , but it _is_ free at the point of use. I live in a fairly poor area of the NW of England and do not recognise the country and systems you describe. I am almost 80, have a beautiful, warm HA garden flat and manage very nicely on a standard pension TYVM. I can get quick appointments with my GP, had eye surgery at a teaching hospital in a major city in 2020, 2022 and earlier this year. There are many immigrants here in East Lancashire and I count increasing numbers among my friends.

[@Sine-gl9ly]

@@John-jw8rx I am in a similar siruation. I retired over 15 years ago, I live in a beautiful garden flat - small but perfectly formed! - in an over-55s HA block, with my State Pension, and various other allowances. Neighbours in the surrounding area are kind and friendly, and of course I have my free bus pass to travel wherever I want, when I want. I am fortunate to still be in good health, but I have had several eye surgeries in the past few years , all done promptly by a wonderful team in a huge teaching hospital in the biggest city in the Northwest, with transport door-to-door.

[@John-jw8rx]

@mouseinthehouse_ free at the point of access. No bill at the end. My mum has recently been treated for lung cancer and I must say the care she received was excellent. From the diagnosis to the treatment, was superb.

[@John-jw8rx]

@Sine-gl9ly Yes, some moan (see comment above) but our system is still far better than Americas, they literally get no help at all. Some people don't realise how good we actually have it. No state pension, no housing benefit, no social housing. Don't pay your rent on a Friday, homeless by Monday. I'm so glad my mum lives here and not in America.

[@crazyknitter22]

It only took 1 mass shooting in the UK to make gun laws stricter. It always feels like in the USA there is no value on life if it doesn't affect certain people.

[@thehellyousay]

it feels like that because it IS that.

[@TheErnie1964]

If it were the family of politicians,or CEOs their would be change .

[@amandafielding4451]

Depends on the people shot; Seems if coloured people are gunned down by cops they asked for it, if innocent children are shot in school then thoughts and prayers are offered or hoax is cried. BUT if a rich CEO, with plenty of blood on his own hands is shot, then there's a lot more said about it. I think USA worships money and so people with money are held in higher esteem and above the law compared to the poor or working class. If you're not rich your life has no value to the country or government whatsover.

[@sean8514]

While I lived in Colorado (27 years) there was 3 mass shootings. Columbine HS, Aurora theater, and King Soopers in Boulder. There was others but not enough people to make the news. I have zero affection for my country anymore. It sucks here. It's dangerous as all hell, expensive beyond affordability for the average Joe , the I infrastructure is falling apart at the average of 60year old bridges for example, there's just not a reason to stay.

[@sean8514]

​@@amandafielding4451 Absolutely disgusting, isn't it?

[@KimV74]

as a resident of Denmark i find the american way of living lacking, here i DK we pay 38 % tax, that gives of free healthcare, education, daycare and other public service, we are constant being blamed by the US right side of being communist for our social democracy, maybe the people of the US should try and exspan there point of view and hopefully learned something, and ofc our system is not perfect, that dosnt exist

[@LadyCupcake01]

It's very similar in Poland. The income tax + health/social taxes is about 30-35%, and about 50% if you're in higher tax bracket. We have free healthcare, free education (including universities), and all other services provided from that. I also think the US got fixated on "socialist = communism = bad" because of propaganda during/after the world wars, which said that communism can only be Russian so it's the enemy. I think it'll be a long time until US is ready to let go of that sentiment.

[@martinmatte1518]

For me, as German, my freedom of speech ends, once i violate someone other´s personal rights. We have some other exceptions on top, like the deny of the Holocaust or waving Nazi symbols, for example. It´s funny, how US citizens are so obsessed with rights, while they almost lost most of them - especially when it comes to worker´s rights. The USA is so self orientated, while in Europe it´s more about the freedom in the whole community and respect, often pushed by general rules (doesn´t even needs laws, in the most cases). I mean, this wouldn´t work in the selfish US, you can´t even follow simple rules in the traffic - the fast lane doesn´t really exist in the US and noone stays on the right lane at all. 😝 In Europe, the housing zones are usually mixed as well - rich meets the poor and they interact and celebrate together. I love this fact, not to mention the beautiful cities, grown over the centuries and not designed in blocks, like a LEGO-world.

[@batteredwarrior]

Very well said! 👏👏👏🇬🇧

[@amorphousalienblob]

Yes, strange isn't it that Americans can wave swastika flags and wear nazi symbols.... Freedom of speech to the max. And now they voted trump as president again who's going to destroy democracy in America in total....

[@MrFreelanders]

I recently visited Germany. I loved the place and the people. Autobahns are terrifying.😂 Have to agree with what's said.

[@francogrion2507]

Bravo🇮🇹

[@TVeldhorst]

In EU: Your freedom ends where someone elses begins; no ones freedom is more important than someone elses.

[@sajdsdasio]

What is it with Americans and treating the whole of Europe as a monoculture and that we're all alike. It is very ignorant and insulting towards Europeans who have their own unique culture and ways of living

[@budapestkeletistationvoices]

Although EU laws bind European countries in either edges of the continent together by providing the same basic legal framework from Greece to Finland, from Portugal to Iceland and from Spain to Romania. In addition it emanates to other non-EU countries too

[@drantigon]

Main Character Syndrome

[@jeffafa3096]

The biggest difference between the US and the EU is that there is a lot more autonomy in the countries in the EU compared to the autonomy of the states in the US, but there are big cultural differences across the inhabitants of the different states too. We in Europe tend to do the same and view all US citizens as similar, while in reality they are perhaps just as diverse as EU citizens. Still, the lack of general knowledge about the world from most US citizens never ceases to amaze me...

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Americans are a product of the education system in America that is grossly underfunded and the teachers feel undervalued. The curriculum that is taught carries an American bias.Pupils are taught nothing about anything outside of America. Hence they have zero social awareness and are willfully ignorant after saying the pledge of allegiance each day at school. They are indoctrinated into cult America and believe that America is the best how wrong they are.

[@Patrik6920]

@@jeffafa3096 one other thing that is a big difference, we Europeans embrace and learn from eachother and our differences... in US its sadly deviding ppl .. its rly sad

[@tomasstary1464]

I am from Slovakia, we are forced to take vacation, if there is leftover vacation from previous year, as after the half of the year, we are allow to give 2 weeks of notice we are taking that leftover vacation (without having to ensure we have a standin or so for our position) and we may literally not care if the building burns because of it (my colleague did take this way whole previous year budget this way, creating ton of problems due to high workload at that time - he was not allowed to take vacation due to that workload earlier, until this happened :) )

[@Passioakka]

Someone said in a comment in another vid about freedom something like this: in US people say they are free TO but in Europe we say that we are free FROM - a bad life, bad things...something like that and so true.

[@DreamsOfSappho]

It´s a quote by the one and only Margaret Atwood :)

[@lemasander4932]

It’s true somehow. For me (European) freedom doesn’t mean to be able to do what I want. For me it means the possibility to live my life without fear of being harmed in any way and only to do what I want as long as it doesn’t diminish the freedom of someone else.

[@radiatoren8233]

@@DreamsOfSappho It is a second hand retelling from Isayah Berlin. Isayah Berlin was a Russian-british philosopher. He held a lecture in Oxford 1958 where he outllined "Two concepts of liberty": "Liberty in the negative sense involves an answer to the question: 'What is the area within which the subject-a person or group of persons-is or should be left to do or be what he is able to do or be, without interference by other persons?" "Positive liberty is involved in the answer to the question 'What, or who, is the source of control or interference that can determine someone to do, or be, this rather than that?" Call it liberty or freedom, you are pretty well into the same philosophical framework. You can see racist remarks as an interference on positive liberty, while most americans will hold that it is only a concept involved in negative liberty.

[@michaelpearl-r8w]

Most places you work in the UK will remind you how much holiday you have left towards the end of the year and remind you to take it.

[@JoannDavi]

Too bad the salaries are tiny....

[@paulellis783]

​@@JoannDaviaw there goes that American ignorance again! Considering our government implements a minimum wage for EVERYONE, I would guess that you're talking out of your arse!

[@michaelpearl-r8w]

@@JoannDavi It's not the size of your salary that matters , but what you can do with it.

[@danielriley7380]

I was made to take mine. Turned up one day and was informed as the end of that day I had to take two weeks off.

[@danielriley7380]

@@JoannDavithe US has the second highest average salary in the world. 7 other countries in the ten are European.

[@nellieknifton]

Having lived all over the world and experienced many different cultures, I look at it as ‘freedom from’ not ‘freedom to….’. As a teacher I have never had to deal with an active shooter drill… a fire practice was the only drill we had. So I would rather live in a society where we have freedom from certain things such as hate speech, guns, etc rather than having the freedom to own a gun or insult people.

[@dav7444]

In the UK, we are definately encouraged to take time off and refresh. I get 35 annual days off a year. Work is not allowed to contact one when off.

[@relax2calm]

yep

[@trippyendo]

Forced to take them at certain jobs others would rather pay you the money and work you into the ground 😅

[@V.W-f9v]

And let's remember - those are working days (weekends and public holidays excluded)

[@V.W-f9v]

​@@trippyendothe law forbids it. You must take your time off until a specific date. The only time they'll pay you for those days is when your contract ends before you can take them

[@Jay-xw9ll]

I'm in the UK. I love your attitude Tyler. You personally disprove many American stereotypes by being open to new info and an all round nice guy. The gun thing is big for me. I've lived here all my life and I've never been in fear of gun violence, not for a single second.

[@Enhancedlies]

he also proves many...

[@fionagregory9147]

@@Jay-xw9ll same here. Guns are for yanks and on cowboy and Indian films.

[@fionagregory9147]

@@Enhancedlies many what?

[@ZestyWiggle]

@@fionagregory9147 The many manys, that Americans many

[@JoannDavi]

No, he's dumb.

[@stephen6452]

I live in France. I'm socially free not to go to church or to have any religion. You're almost ostracised in the US if you're not a member of a church.

[@m.h.6470]

In Germany, you can have guns, but you need to prove, that you have a reason for owning them. Self defense isn't a valid reason for owning a gun, as the law recognizes, that guns are escalators, rather than diminishers, if it comes to violence. In German law, we have something called 'appropriateness', when it comes to defense: If you can defend yourself with words or by walking away, you can't argue, that using a knife or a gun is 'self defense'.

[@lindaostrom570]

better than canada. here you are not allowed to defend yourself in your own home but are told to leave the house. so what if someone is waiting outside? still cant defend yourself or YOU will be charged with assault or homicide etc.

[@Raeffi3]

there recently was a case in austria where a guy shot and wounded an intruder that was attacking his wife and afaik he got no punishment because he followed all the rules

[@m.h.6470]

@@Raeffi3 Possible. The laws in Austria are different. It is a different country after all.

[@Raeffi3]

our gun laws are rather relaxed

[@francisdec1615]

The state has cannons, missiles, tanks and submarines but thinks pistols in the hands of civilians are "escalators"; and even worse - most people accept this idiocy.

[@bodan1196]

Freedom under responsibility. This is a direct translation of a swedish saying. (Frihet under ansvar) The meaning is that freedom comes from accepting responsibility, ie a basic care for others. Without this acceptance of responsibility, the word is spelled freedoom.

[@bronwolff]

Thats in the danish consitution of 1852... basically legaly translate to.. you can say what you want, but dont blame the mob beating you for it

[@Ramtamtama]

freedom from speech

[@bodan1196]

@@bronwolff If you don't have the words to explain to someone why what they say is wrong, and use physical violence to silence them; what does that say about your point of view, and about you?

[@bronwolff]

@@bodan1196 that i say stupid shit and is a whimp.. your point is?

[@bodan1196]

@@bronwolff That you shouldn't complain when a mob is beating you senseless for saying stupid shit?

[@Elijah.Anderson]

16:15 In Estonia, it is mandated by law that companies must provide employees with at least 28 vacation days in a year and employee should use at least a half of that. If you fall ill, your doctor can issue a sick leave for the required duration, and this does not affect your vacation days. Additionally, if you are employed or registered with the unemployment office, you are provided with insurance, and medical services are almost free. A hospital visit costs only 5 euros, while the rest of the services are covered by the state using our taxes

[@cannissolis]

On the healthcare subject, the US also has artificially High drug prices due to a lack of regulation which allows the pharmaceutical industry to collude in price fixing. This is why people smuggle pharmaceuticals from Canada where drugs are more realistically priced. The terrible part is that in America the cost of medication is often many times what the same medicine costs elsewhere, which deprives the poor of medicine and pushes up the cost of health insurance depriving the poor of treatment too. The land of the free? yeah right! The land where the rich are free to exploit the poor.

[@rutos7]

Some people like abuse. If you can't afford medical treatment in the hospital, then something is not right. I can't call US land of freedom anymore, only land of rich

[@lixon1501]

That is probably the thing that shakes my head even more than the "Free healthcare" thing. How can medicine, and espcecially prescription drugs (that the doctor specifically gave you to get bettter) be given fully to the market to set the price without any regulation?!

[@Ormathon]

The whole "land of the free" only apply to the top 1-5% in the USA, but the common people are too brainwashed to realise it sadly.

[@marilouba]

You know, I've been trying to argue this point several times with citizens of the US, and they just don't get it. The medicines are the same throughout the world. Most probably even the pharmaceutical companies that manufacture them are the same around the world. However, having a state run healthcare system gives the state the authority and the advantage of being able to regulate and negotiate with pharmaceutical companies on pricing. How is it that insulin is 100s of dollars in the US but 1/10th of the cost for the same product elsewhere? Because they can negotiate. And that system allows for, as you said, smuggling of vital medication from other countries, which can lead to a whole lot of trouble with expired medication, or even dangerous ones too. It's a system ripe for exploitation that cannot easily be put under control. And in the same conversation goes the universal healthcare arguement. People in the US argue that state run healthcare will raise their taxes, and devalue their quality of care. But that's far from a reality in other countries. Do we have queues for some treatments? Sure but never for serious issues. But isn't that the same in the US when you can't afford the treatment? You wait and save up money to be able to do it and even then you might end up bankrupt.. And in the US you already pay the same percentage of taxes as us in European countries. I live in Sweden and my tax cut from my paycheck is around 30%. In the assumption that it's about that much in the US, what are you getting for that tax payer money? In most of Europe we get free healthcare, emergency services (fire department, police, ambulances), infrastructure, education from start to finish and beyond. While in the US you pay your taxes, then on top of that you pay for the insurance premiums, then on top of that you pay a hospital bill, then on top of that you pay for your medication at extortionate prices, and you pay for your education or drown in student debt. So my question again is, what are US citizens get for their tax money?

[@sean8514]

You're absolutely right. 100%. As an American who is a type 1 diabetic with chronic pain issues both associated and not with the type-1, I had to get my face reconstructed and many back injuries as well as severe arthritis and bursitis, I can confidently say our "health care system" is garbage. Nothing but systemic exploitation of the less fortunate. If it meant I could move to a nation like Spain or France, I would give up a kidney. I've been dealing with the HC system here intimately and frequently for the majority of my life and know just how bad it really is here. Those of us who are happy when there's $15 in our bank account at the end of the month instead of a negative balance, know just how broken everything is here. I can confidently say that I would NEVER raise a child in the United States of America if I had a choice.

[@toastedsandwich1]

When I worked, I'm 72 now and retired, I worked for the DHSS and we had a thing called flextime. This meant that you could come in early go home late and mount up your hours. once you hit your statutory hours, usually 35 per week you could take what ever excess you worked in lieu. It was great. So if you wanted a week you just came in early and went home late for 4-5 weeks and you got a week off that did not cut into your holiday time. I have cancer and my oncologist told me that they treat to 100+ . The treatment is second to none. When I was on chemo and working (I have had it twice) I had a full year off and got full pay. I have never paid for any medical care in Britain ever and I thank the NHS they have kept me alive. I would not have it any other way. I feel so sorry for you American chasing the "America Dream* that you can never have.

[@whatwhatyep]

You paid your whole life for medical care. That's what NI and Tax is for.

[@SeanCollindridge]

​@@whatwhatyep Very true but it comes out of your wages, so you don't notice. Also if you do get sick and need time in hospital or expensive meds, you aren't going to bankrupt yourself. You're certainly not going to die because your insurance won't cover your treatments.

[@nancystowell4877]

"They call it "The American Dream" because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin

[@allannahk]

@@nancystowell4877damn it, I was just about to write the same quote!

[@RolEnFamilia]

I am Catalan, a region of Spain and I work as a social integrator as a liaison between the state social services and the elementary school, helping families with fewer resources, as well as mediator in conflicts and mental health problems of school students. By law I have the whole month of August off, then we have Christmas vacations from December 20 to January 8, Easter is another 10 days and national holidays. It is very important to be able to rest and spend time with the family, as it is the basis of the community. One of my basic phrases is: I work to be able to live, I don't live to be able to work.

[@martincampbell7774]

Regardless of the fact that the UK is not part of the EU anymore, the longer number vacation days, limits on hate speech, good healthcare for all citizens still apply. They didn't just disappear, nor did similar items disappear in the EU. All of the European countries have much better work/life balance rules than the USA (including one item not mentioned - maternity leave).

[@crazyknitter22]

It's still part of Europe, you muppet. Not every European country is member of the EU. EU is a trade union not a continent. 🤦‍♀️

[@ShirleySmith-e4q]

The more I learn about America, the more I'm glad I'm British 🇬🇧

[@scottirvine121]

Anything but American tends to be a good thing tbh

[@gagada124]

You mean the USA, America is a continent of 35 Countries, most of which, I am told, are better than the US.

[@Kari.F.]

I feel the same about Norway, too. I always ask people from the US which freedoms they think they have that we don't have in most of Europe. None of them have ever come up with one.

[@B08Y]

I'm no longer glad I'm British. Give me Trump anyday over Two Tier Stazi Starmer.

[@fionagregory9147]

@@ShirleySmith-e4q me too.

[@Fredreegz]

The idea of not being able to take a two week holiday in an entire year honestly feels like something out of the 1950s.

[@DoctorWossname]

Years ago I remember arriving at work one Monday morning (in the UK) just in time to see mabagement approach one of my colleagues. They told him HE HAD NOT TAKEN ENOUGH HOLIDAYS this year and needed to use some ASAP. They actually sent him home, there and then, telling him to take the week off and come back next Monday!

[@quinnatoc2770]

Yep, I usually take 1 week off every 8 weeks or so, sometimes wind up taking all of February off just to use up my holiday before the end of the work year lol, I can't even imagine being 'lucky' enough to get 1 week a year.

[@pipobscure]

I’m on 10 days holiday right now because they’d be lost at the end of the year. So yes this happens!

[@Silveirias]

Yup, companies are actually legally required to ensure their workers use their holidays. I used to work for this big tech company (won't name names, but you're familiar with their fruit logo I'm sure) in the UK via an agency. This was during covid, so people barely took holidays. Come November and they were suddenly saying people are no longer allowed to request time off for December and that you can't carry your remaining holidays to next year. Most people had around ten days of holiday they hadn't taken yet. I got into a bit of an argument about this with them and they actually just fired me on the spot which I'm pretty sure was illegal, but whatever, I was about to move to another country within a few months anyway after my contract with them would have expired. All my colleagues suddenly got to take their holidays which I'm pretty confident was because I quoted them the literal law about their responsibility over their employees taking their holidays.

[@user-eh2jk6mf9s]

My father was also forced to take a week off because he still had paid leave days from the previous year and he needed to spend them. I on the other hand worked for a few months while in university, never took any leave days and when I quit to return back home to study for my graduation exam, they paid me all the money for the still unused break I never took, that was almost 400 bucks on top of my last paycheck for the 10 days paid vacation I never took.

[@abergreg]

I worked for an American finance company for nine months, their abuse of your life was ridiculous, a 37.5 hour contract and 60-70 hours of work to do. Having to get up at 4.00 AM to get to a conference hundreds of miles away a full days work and then a return journey. A frequent SIXTEEN hour day, NO extra pay, a joke.

[@grahamwarford5452]

I know it's shit but hey YOUR FREE. 😅😅😅😮😅😅😅😅

[@hypsyzygy506]

Sounds like legalised slavery.

[@user-eh2jk6mf9s]

Even my local fast food place has better work policy than that American company. We worked 8 hours and our half hour lunch break was also paid, so we basically worked 7 and half hours.

[@resiefan3258]

Oh you sook try working in Australia with my cousins. Flying from Perth to Broome working 12 hour shifts in the 40 to 50 degree Celsius heat for 2 To 3 weeks strait not seeing your family in Perth.

[@resiefan3258]

​@@grahamwarford5452and yet people in Australia are working 12 hour shifts 2 to 3 weeks strait living in a caravan away from wife and kids and still have less rights than Americans in 2024/2025. Police will tell his wife she can not own any gun to protect herself and her family while husband is on the mines hundreds maybe thousands of km's away depending where she is living.

[@Linda-hs1lk]

What they told me so many times is 'withouth 'us' (as if they people who tell you did it) you would be speaking German. Many US Americans think they were the only ones liberating Europe and totally ignore the fact they were allies, not the only ones. We're greatful for it, don't get me wrong, but it's pretty annoying to hear THEY liberated us and that's why we don't talk German. I most react with 'we were liberated by Canadians here and we all speak German'.

[@AmberZak83]

I’m in the U.K. and I live in social housing. I’m disabled. We pay rent, it’s just lower than if we paid a landlord, and the council does any adaptations I need. We are a little pocket in my village. 9 bungalows. All for disabled. And it’s in the nicest area of my village.

[@101steel4]

In the US you would be homeless. They treat their citizens appallingly.

[@TullaRask]

In Oslo, Norway social housing can be very expensive. I worked for a guy with MS, of course he needs a bigger apartment for his assistants etc. 15k nok he paid for 1 bedroom and one open plan livingroom/kitchen.

[@benpassmore7135]

Social housing in the UK isn’t free. It’s built by the local authority and is rented by the tenant. That rent is lower than private rentals and people can get help with rental cost if they don’t or can’t work. And yes if you have been in it for a period of time you can buy it for reduced costs as your rent is taken into account. But the criteria for getting a house like this is strictly enforced.

[@Bawetta]

In Poland it's the same. And the government flats are scattered everywhere in towns.

[@givemespace2742]

As an Australian I noticed that it's hard to tell which houses are privately owned and which are council house. Maybe not everywhere but where I saw. British people tend to care for there houses well.

[@jynxcloudy6969]

"can you have a handgun? Yes" No, you cannot. Unless you're in Northern Ireland. The channel isles and the isle of man have their own laws, but in the mainland - Great Britain: Scotland, England and Wales - you cannot own a handgun

[@sararawle5492]

Was thinking same... The UK banned privately owned handguns in 1997 after the Dunblane school shooting

[@margaretphare3157]

It can’t be much of a pledge if you need to re-pledge your allegiance every day. In my opinion once you’ve sworn yiur pledge that should be it.

[@lynnm6413]

In my opinion, pledging to a flag is fascist-adjacent and creepy!

[@RichTeer]

It’s not so much a pledge as it is a brain-washing exercise.

[@cannissolis]

Yes, it's called indoctrination and is also how all the Abrahamic religions work.

[@tonyinuae]

Conditioning.. doncha love it??

[@thorstenguenther]

Yep. I pledged my allegiance to the Federal Republic of Germany after basic training in the navy. Once. But then, Americans seem to easily forget which country they are in and have to be reminded by seeing their flag on every corner.

[@eleanordixon9678]

A European dweller here. America doesn't strike me as a very attractive proposition at all. I have more freedom living over here and I won't get shot.

[@resiefan3258]

More freedom in Europe are you kidding me??? in Europe you have no freedom of speach, no freedom of movement and no freedom of self defense, hell your income taxes are up to 50% in Europe. why the hell would my family leave the USA with all our freedoms to live in Europe.

[@BIGkiller1987]

29:07 Icelander here, I can tell you if you meet someone from Iceland and ask them "What is Iceland's national anthem?" the most common answer will be "I have no idea". Our national anthem is rarely played outside of sport championships or special school events.

[@fr0mab0v3]

The moment he said “6 lies america told me about europe” the only thing i tought was: only 6?

[@holgeriffland2280]

Here in Germany we are legally entitled to 20 working days (4 weeks) of holiday per year, of which at least 2 weeks must be taken consecutively once a year. However, most employees have more holiday than this statutory provision. However, it cannot be less, as your employment contract can never put you in a worse position than the statutory provision allows.

[@NunoFerreiraX]

18:58 it's not encouraged to take days off in the EU... it's mandatory to take 20 or more working days off. Both company and employees are heavily fined if the employees don't take those more than 20 days off. We are forced to take days off. By law.

[@paulbromley6687]

How is this not a modern form of slavery to have your employer have the audacity to think you owe them a part of your life.

[@maskharat]

Uhm, that's the baseline of any work contract. My employer rents my time and knowledge to do stuff for them from me. They're entitled to the contracted time, that's what they pay for. edit: not from the US btw.

[@Goldenhawk583]

@@maskharat In most places, once you are off work for the day, time is yours until you clock back in. In the USA, your boss can call you back in as they please, you are never at your own time first, its employers time first.. then yours. Then, if you are sick, getting someone to stand in for you, is your job. You may be dying, but your manager wont get anyone for you, you are still obliged to do as your job demands in getting a replacement worker. That is almost complete slavery, you can be fired on a whim, you have no actual rights to personal time, you can be told to work outside workhours, often for free.. It is very different from a standard workcontract that you speak of.

[@paulbromley6687]

@@maskharat I mean they should not be able to demand a worker to do more than the mutually agreed hours and honour annual leave entitlement within reason

[@jackh5489]

The main difference is that we have responsibilities and rules with our freedoms, being a Dane, the right to be a citizen, to vote, to own a gun, to drive a car and many others, comes with rules and is considered a privilege, that has to be worked and studied for. A simple example; if you witness an accident, you MUST aid the victims. If you do nothing, you will face being charged by the state.....Being ignorant isn't an excuse, it's the citizens duty to be informed about the existing rules and regulations. If you stand before a judge and say "I didn't know that", is definitely not to your defense advantage....I've seen so many US tourists behaving in traffic here, as if they were at home in the US, getting up in the face of the local police about their rights...guess who always lost that argument. Also; a happy worker is a productive worker....And as an American, you should ask yourself why the US is the ONLY industrialized country without a state run healthcare system....

[@elibienestarfernandezmanle108]

Is the Same in Spain!

[@verkath]

I'm French, and I've got 42 days of vacation a year. Some of those days are because I work 39h a week (35h is the law). I hardly pay anything when I am sick (doctor, treatment...). And we've got a law saying that your boss is not allowed to call you when you're sick, on holidays or after your working hours !

[@davidleaman6801]

When I heard about the "Freedom Convoy" in Canada, my initial reaction was one of surprise. Why are Americans coming to Canada to protest their issues? In Canada, we seldom discuss freedom because there is no need to talk about it when it is already present.

[@mw-wl2hm]

🍁😊 Exactly.

[@lindaostrom570]

what?? the freedom convoy was wholly canadian and had little to do with the us. are you new?

[@mw-wl2hm]

@@lindaostrom570 It was..(though there was much participation from the States including funding) but there's no need to correct in a nasty way.

[@davidleaman6801]

@@lindaostrom570 Not new. I'm 75 Years old and have lived in Canada since birth. I'm just hard to lie to without getting caught.

[@captainfrandad1138]

An exhausted employee is a useless, and potentially very dangerous, employee. Mistakes can lead to harm or even death due to exhaustion. That's why in Europe we value and respect time-off to relax and recharge so performance levels, and safety levels, are kept higher. The American work experience sounds horrendous.

[@nigels.6051]

Boeing vs Airbus, the one where the doors fall off the aeroplane in flight is the one made in the USA by sometimes exhausted workers!

[@ookamifuyu]

I saw someone point out that Americans seem to want 'The freedom to' stuff, bear arms, say whatever they want, buy whatever they want While Europe has more of a 'fredom from' approach: freedom from violence, freedom from raccists/homophobes/ religious preaching, freedom from harmful substances in toys/food, freedom from the fear of social and economical insecurities. And then as people point out, europe is different countries.. the european parlament can pass laws, but generelly they're a sort of 'member countries should have a minimum standard of this' types of deals, where it's up to each country to implement them like they see fit. For Denmark, often our local rules and standards are already stricter than what the EU put's out - since EU laws need to be something most countries can agree on.

[@GrumpyPingu]

Brit here. It's really refreshing to watch your reactions to this kind of stuff. I like how you go into these almost blind and respect the other cultures. You even give your input and are willing to learn about this stuff. I have seen the ignorance of other reaction channels, not only from your side of the pond but also British reaction channels, that just sit there and say, "Well, that's a stupid thing," and I commend you for that.

[@TylerRumple]

Thank you!

[@generalapathy6446]

Nobody on their death bed ever said " I wish I'd spent more time at work."

[@verttikoo2052]

Except Mericans 👍

[@romystumpy1197]

Or I wish I had bought that rolex watch, etc etc

[@verttikoo2052]

Important is to know the seasonality. Buy stuff when they are discounted. When they empty the ‘old stock’. I don’t buy the newest iPhone every year. I buy it every 3-4 years. Buy the new and sell the old. Still all my gadgets are from Apple.

[@ryansmilla]

I am German and used to live in the UK for 20 years. Everything said in the video is true. We are at least as free as Americans, freer if you ask me. There are slight variations between the different European countries, but generally we have 20 to 30 vacation days. Sick leave does not come out of that. If we get ill, we’re entitled to 42 days of sick leave on full pay and insurance takes over after that, so we’re not completely stuck. It is true that employers encourage employees to take the leave they are entitled to. Some insist that each year, three weeks of that should be taken in one go to ensure a proper break. I know that if I get a serious illness, I will get treated without having to sell my house. I am also unlikely to get discharged as a drug addict. We get paid maternity leave (6 weeks before and at least 8 weeks after giving birth). After that, new mothers and/or fathers can request parental leave (duration depends on certain factors, but we’re talking years here, potentially). Your employer has to keep a job open for you during that time. Most people get their old job back. Employers don’t pay you during parental leave, but the government steps in here. It’s less than a salary, but you get something. In the UK, a university education is quite expensive. In Germany it is free. There is a tiny administrative charge, and of course you need to find the money for food, accommodation, books etc. You can apply for a grant for that, but you only need to pay back half of that and there is no interest on the loan. So, why, I ask, would I ever want to live in the US? I‘d rather live in any other EU country, and I believe that is true for most Europeans. There are always exceptions. Americans are told that their country is the greatest country in the world, while being forced to work so much and pay for so much (healthcare, education) that they can find the time or money to travel abroad and find out they’ve been misinformed.

[@L.K.Rydens]

US: You have freedom to behave whichever way you like. EU: You have freedom from people behaving whichever way they like😅 (I'm obviously being dramatic, but the foundation of the argument is true😅).

[@lynnt9852]

all new housing estates being built in UK HAVE to include some affordable housing, shared ownership housing (pay mortgage and rent on the rest to the council etc), social housing and everything from 1-5 bed homes/apartments, you cannot just build large family homes. you also have to build green space and depending where you build, you also have to include local ammenities like a little row shops, bus stops, nurseries (kindergarten) and even schools

[@annekedevries9208]

I'm from the Netherlands and yes, taking vacation days is encouraged!! When you don't take your vacation days, after about 2 or 3 years those days will expire. Those days are worth money, so the employer has to pay you, a lot. Or when you lose a job, every not taken vacationday, turns into money. At your own request you can even buy more vacation days.

[@jeanauguste-f7i]

I live on a new "posh" housing estate in the UK. there are a few houses for the less fortunate, but it is not broadcast. No one knows who they are. Because it's not important.

[@user-TonyUK]

It could be that the US Govt do NOT want you to KNOW about a different lifestyle - just in case everyone leaves the USA for any other country, because MOST other country are free-er than YOU ARE.... AND even if you do emigrate to another country YOU will still be expected to PAY US TAXES. So MAYBE its the loss of Taxes they FEAR rather than the loss of Citizens....

[@AltCutTV]

The International Revenue Squad will find you!😼

[@user-TonyUK]

@@AltCutTV Unless you find another country that treats you so much better, then you can renounce your US Citizenship and take out a European Citizenship thereby avoiding to pay a Tax in a country you do not reside or have a Citizenship in

[@djtwo2]

@@user-TonyUK But you have to pay a lot to renounce your US Citizenship.

[@user-TonyUK]

@@djtwo2 Then its down to you to work out which is cheapest in the long run, pay X ammount of $ or pay tax on your salary that you earned outside of USAs area of control.

[@RebeccaOre]

@@user-TonyUK There's a financial penalty for doing that, $2,350. And some tax gotchas for people with serious money.

[@doomhippie6673]

I heard a smart person once say the freedom in Europe is a Freedom from (gun, violence, poverty etc) while the United States has Freedom to (be poor, threaten other people, exploit the environment). Ok, that sounds too negative. the idea is that in Europe freedom is seen as being secure from danger while Americans see it as a Freedom to do things.

[@phillipnash2843]

You know you’re free when there’s no debate to be had, no questions that need answering and everything is normal.

[@stevec-b6214]

Imagine, theres no country, no religion too....they may say you`re a dreamer!

[@phillipnash2843]

@ What a pleasant dream.

[@renagadehunter7077]

I work in the UK for a well-known US courier company and get 27 days holiday a year. I just sold 5 days back as didn't get around to using them. And I work an average of 30 hours a week. So it's obviously possible for them to do it in the US.

[@AveCaesar2025]

You get it because - being based in the UK - THEY HAVE TO OBEY UK LAW

[@user-eh2jk6mf9s]

Their logic is basically why give worker's rights when the law doesn't make us? We can exploit the heck out of it

[@pffffggg]

I still can't believe that anyone in that country (the States) believes that anyone is really jealous or envious of them

[@0raj0]

If they don't know anything about the other countries and they are told the whole life that USA is the best, what would you expect?

[@hrafnatyr9794]

To us Swedes/Nordics/Europeans, much of your concept of freedom is difficult, bordering on impossible to understand at all. Let me give two examples: The freedom to bear arms: We instead have the freedom from arms. My angry neighbor doesn't have an assault gun in the closet, the "road rager" I confronted yesterday didn't have a Sig Sauer 38 in the glove compartment and our cops don't have to first hand fear that the drunk driver they stopped has two guns under the seat. Oh, we absolutely have the right to own guns. What is needed is training, a gun license issued by the police authorities PLUS a valid reason such as a hunting license or a membership in a shooting club, home guard or similar. The weapon(s) must at all times be stored separately from ammunition and in an approved burglar-proof gun cabinet. The right to property: About a year ago, I explained in a completely different comment in another channel what the Swedish "allemansrätten" is. In a couple of responses from the US, it was loudly criticized. ”The Right to Property = happiness" is even older than the Constitution (less than 250 years 🤷). So let me explain a little. "Allemansrätten" is not a collection of laws here (in fact most of it is not codified) but what is called "Urminnes Hävd" (≈ claimed from times immemorial). Oh yes, we can all own, use and exploit property and land here (in fact the absolute majority of land in Sweden is privately owned). What we can’t do is to dictate and enforce to everybody else exactly what they can and cannot do on that land. This is instead outlined in "Allemansrätten". These rights include, among other things the right to stay everywhere in nature (there are of course limitations to guarantee privacy), the right to pick wild berries, mushrooms, flowers and fallen nuts and many other things. No, it is definitely not allowed to put up signs like "No Trespassing - Trespassers will be shot". To me, things like these this are true freedom, no guns, no barbed wire fences, no exclusion, in autumn lots of Swedes in the forest, equipped with berry pickers and mushroom baskets without having to worry about breaking any local or private laws.

[@mw-wl2hm]

This is the single best way I've ever heard this said - "We instead have the freedom from arms." Something we Canadians think all the time. On his Canadian channel last week Tyler learned about Canadian gun laws and actually said shooting someone is justified if they try to break into your home.. The 'stand your ground' law doesn't exist in Canada and the fact that Americans can shoot someone who steps onto their property is insane.

[@francisdec1615]

@hrafnatyr9794 Tala för dig själv. Du är korkad. Innan 1934 fanns det överhuvudtaget inte vapenlicenser i Sverige. De flesta vapenlagar i Europa kom till under 1900-talet för att förebygga väpnade uppror, alltså för att hålla folket kuvat. Är det något de har rätt i i USA är det att vapenägande ska vara en odiskutabel rättighet. Du har INTE en rättighet att äga vapen, om du äger dem på statens villkor.

[@anderslagerqvist2642]

"Allemansrätten" is usually named "freedom to roam" in English which allows anyone to go anywhere (with some limitations). Basically owning a piece of land does not limit people from walking/camping there... But you can't harm crops or camp for long.

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

​@@mw-wl2hm If it's an armed burglar I'd say fair enough. People prepared to commit robbery do tend to be violent, and I wouldn't wanna stand there and wait around to find out just how much. Someone literally breaking into your house is very different from a 'trespasser' simply walking across your land.

[@mw-wl2hm]

@@diarmuidkuhle8181That is the point exactly.. with those laws & so many with guns comes numerous instances of accidental shootings (ie family members coming home late in the dark, or those trespassers) you can't have one without the other so I'd rather err on the side of caution.

[@LelleKidd]

In Sweden, we have 5 weeks of holiday per year. The holiday legislation states that the worker is entitled to 4 consecutive weeks of holiday. No employer can change this without reaching an agreement with the employee. In addition, unused vacation can be saved for later years.

[@EmilyCheetham]

In uk we have 28 days leave per year. Plus if we need to take sick leave then we just phone in and tell the manager and it’s fine.

[@judegrindvoll8467]

One thing that really shocked me the first time I visited the US was the number of elderly people I saw working quite menial jobs (I mean people who looked like they were approaching 70+). It would be interesting to hear what the state pension/disability allowance is in the US. In the UK you can work in your 70s if you choose to but it’s not typical.

[@91GT347]

A lot of them actually choose to. They have worked their whole lives. They go stir crazy with nothing to do.

[@NagadirGame]

@@91GT347 Traveling? Hobbies? Learning new things? There is so much things to do beside just job. Kinda sad...

[@Sine-gl9ly]

@@NagadirGame Agree. I've been retired over 15 years and I am as busy, or busier, than I ever was when I was working, all with things I _choose_ to do!

[@judegrindvoll8467]

@@91GT347 Yes but I’m talking about hard jobs - housekeeping, shop work, etc. Things generally better suited to fit/healthy people. I’m not saying people in their 70s/80s shouldn’t work if they choose to, but the number I saw certainly made me think many of them are working because they have to. Let’s be honest, most bored retirees with a healthy pension volunteer in much more pleasant jobs!

[@NagadirGame]

@Sine-gl9ly I am young but I feel like I would need 20 lives to be able to do everything I want

[@skipper409]

In the UK we have easy access to guns….you just need to get hold of the potatoes, caps or water to load them

[@stoneoutdooradventures2286]

I legally own 10 firearms and none of them shoot potatoes caps or water I think your talking about children mate

[@quinnatoc2770]

​@@stoneoutdooradventures2286No, he's saying that you can easily acquire a gun without checks even as children, but the dangerous stuff is only available with actual checks and controls in place.

[@LowPlainsDrifter60]

@@stoneoutdooradventures2286 The irony obviously flew right over your head. 🙄🙄

[@stoneoutdooradventures2286]

@LowPlainsDrifter60 irony.. nope don't see it your right..phew over my head

[@skipper409]

What he said …… obviously you have a German sense of humour 🤣

[@germainmozet-z3n]

In France we have a saying: la liberté des uns s'arrete ou commence celle des autres "the freedom of some ends where that of others begins", this means that I am not free as a single individual but that I am part of a community that is free together

[@wobaguk]

In the place where I worked for 20 years, they massively motivated you to take holiday, because if you DIDNT, at the end of the year they would have to pay you for the days you didnt take, which they really didnt want to do.

[@davidsarif2481]

I am being pestered by the management where I work (a government building) right now as it is close to the end of the year, to take my holidays so they can "close the books". And apparently they don't take no for an answer.

[@JJ-ps2ec]

But they pay you either way so that doesn't make much sense to complain about

[@wobaguk]

@@JJ-ps2ec I dont mean its paid holiday, so you are being paid either way, they had to compensate you for working instead of taking holiday. So it was like doing overtime pay.

[@steverobbins4274]

Life expectancy in the US is 77.5 years, while in Europe its 83.3 years. That's the difference between a work life balance and socialised health care and not having those.

[@natyvillalobos2664]

I can confirm they encourage you to have a freaking life and be with your family. I had an Australian boss who lives in Check Republic who actually said to me and I'm quoting: If you need to take the day off or work from home just do it dont even ask, your family and Health are the most important thing, hope your son feels better❤ huuugeee difference!

[@philbaker4155]

FROM ENGLAND HERE..... I ... I dont get a gun because i dont need one ....I Live in a bungalow rented to me by the local council in a really nice area .... WE look at family time it keeps employees keen to work .... IM nearly 70 with a grown up Daughter and two beautiful grandchildren who visit me at least 3 times a week .....WE the people in england look after our older generation .... everyone gets treated the same ....YOU Pledge your life to a government wow thats strange ... LOOK BACK TO HITLER AND THE THIRD REICH

[@tatamaksa1]

Where does one stop and the other start? The amount of calls to jail those who criticise Trump....​@mattg56

[@everestyeti]

​@@mattg56Not if Donny gets his way.

[@stevesoutar3405]

@@mattg56 it is still a weird thing, it's indoctrination - like when schoolkids in the British Empire had to salute the flag and sing the National Anthem (God Save the King) every Monday morning They were still doing that in state schools in Australia when i went there in the 1970's - as an 11 year old British kid I was mystified as to why a school in an independent nation on the otherr side of the world was doing this As a Pommie kid fresh off the boat, I didn't understand why Aussie kids thought this was normal If you look back in history, Hitler took this one stage further, and school kids in Nazi run schools (which was basically all of them) were taught and encouraged to report their parents and family members if they said or did anything the Nazi party didn't approve of

[@philbaker4155]

@mattg56 you pledge your life and allegence to whomever is running your country we don't do that

[@jeanbrown8295]

We have a lot of good laws in England,for working conditions,but always remember those benefits were not given freely by employers,our forebears had to fight to get them,so what is wrong with Americans,why are they not demanding better conditions,maybe because they are constantly being told how lucky they are.

[@maryotoole7389]

I sometimes think American has very few rights to be able to live a normal life unless your rich and and that is not freedom without worry but the top people don’t want to spend money on you

[@resiefan3258]

Kid or lady that is the same in every country these days. you should travel for work more. Think work is more happy and safe out of the USA 😂😂😂 it's all the same bs. employers hate you equally.

[@maryotoole7389]

@@resiefan3258 no it isn’t only America and one or two other countries can bankrupt you if you take really ill I don’t have that worry do you ?

[@maryotoole7389]

@@resiefan3258 I’m sorry I think you should have a few months out of America’s you can walk anywhere without fear, and our rights have a much better future than in USA they tell you lies it’s not till you look in from outside USA that you realise what it’s really like

[@joseluisnd75]

In minute 18:45, about vacation. In European countries we got payed vacation by law (the minimum is one month per worked year in Spain for example). It has social and economical reasons. Vacations help workers to rest and that is good for social peace and for enterprises benefits, because happy and rested workers work better and have less reasons to complain about their works. The other key reason is economical: in vacation, workers can use the money they earn on more diferent activities (than while working seasons) and this pushes a lot more of bussinesses and general economy. We even got "extra" payments in june and december to promote this movement of money (don't know if you in USA have somthing similar). Our yearly income are so divided in 14 pays: one per month and two extra ones to push economy up in summer and Christmas.

[@crazyknitter22]

I heard something absolutely bonkers from an US friend that her health insurance refused her support on her meds because she and her adult children earn too much. You won't find anywhere in Europe that your adult children are included when calculating any financial support from your health insurance. Unheard of.

[@Lucky32Luke]

City planning engineer here from the EU living in the UK. It is partially true the UK is trying for at least in the last 15-20 years to build social housing in areas commonly populated by middle class people. Not sure how much success we can measure currently if you do not try also to elevate the schooling system with it. On the other hand I have spent 3 years in the US in New York and Chicago studying social erosion done by the misfortune of careless city planning. The results were clear. The UK's approarch is more humanistic and carry a great promise with further development meanwhile the US's approach is more speculative on financial gain as soon the poor areas declared to be demolished and buy them out for cheap. You could call it a scam or a scheme.

[@stevencharlton7693]

When it comes to health care, here in Scotland, all health care is paid for through national insurance contributions. So we don't have to pay whenever we have medical needs. That also includes free prescriptions for anyone in Scotland, regardless of being employed or unemployed.

[@inertiapunk6473]

Aside from general leave days most jobs in the UK have Volunteer time off (VTO) days too, this is an employer benefit that enables employees to take paid leave (usually a few days per year) and spend this time volunteering with a charity or non-profit organisation. Some also give you a free day off on your birthday.

[@ElkeSiegburg]

awesome 👍👍

[@marikothecheetah9342]

We have free day off for blood donors and four days per year of so called day off on demand - you don't have to justify it, don't need doctor's note, nothing. And you can take it even 5 mins before you start your work.

[@RVANBREUK]

Freedom and rights. The limits are extremely self explanatory in Europe: my freedom ends where tours begin. Example: you can have an absolute blast of a party, but don't expect me being friendly if you keep me awake after a certain hour if I have to work the next day. This logic of empathy to heavily populated areas is necessary to keep the murder rate down

[@andersbentsen3107]

we pay high tax here, but we pay kids to exist, we pay youth to take free education, and we pay old for their participation in society

[@Ciofey]

If you don't use up all your vacation days, you might end up in a situation where you can sue your company for not providing you with the mandated vacation days. So if you have vacation days left, and it is only three months left of the year, and you have not requested any vacation for those days, your manager might have a talk with you about using up your vacation days before the end of the year, to avoid any potential lawsuit. This differs a little from country to country. In some countries, vacation days can be carried over into the next year, or converted into money. However, many companies don't want the hassle, so they will at least send you a reminder email to please plan your remaining vacation days for the year, once you enter the fourth quarter.

[@dragonatorul]

One way I heard it put recently is that Americans want to have "freedom to" do something. Freedom to own guns, freedom to talk smack, etc. Whereas in Europe we value our "freedom from" bad stuff: freedom from being abused, freedom from egregious medical debt, freedom from being shot by a stray bullet, freedom from being exploited, etc.

[@tdurb0]

Probably the best video I’ve seen you do 👏🏻👏🏻

[@janinshirley]

I live in what is known as social housing. I'm not exactly poor but I cannot afford to own my own home. My neighbourhood has a mixture of social housing and owner occupier housing

[@fionagregory9147]

@@janinshirley that's good.

[@janinshirley]

@@fionagregory9147 Some years ago the government of the day brought in a scheme where tenants of some social housing would have the right to buy their homes at a discount, only problem with the scheme was that money made from the sales wasn't made available for new social housing to be built as a result there is a shortage. In my case I had to retire due to ill health so no mortgage company would lend me any money if I wanted to buy a home

[@martinconnelly1473]

I suspect that Tyler does not know exactly what social housing is in the UK. So let's put him straight. It is reasonable housing that the local council owns and the occupiers rent from the council, usually at a lot lower cost than private landlord costs. My mum lived in social housing as a child until she got married. She had seven siblings and the house they had (is still standing) was 3 bedrooms but the children's ages were spread over 20 years so at one point (I was talking to an aunt yesterday) they had the four youngest sharing a double bed in one of the rooms, topped and tailed as it was called. It was enough to live, maybe a bit cramped, within your means if you were/are on a low to average wage. There are usually waiting lists held by the councils of people wanting to get into them so they are clearly a popular option.

[@sjbict]

@@martinconnelly1473 All social housing in my area are owned by Housing associations/ social enterprises with rents at ,market value

[@fififerguson6483]

I live in social housing, rented from a housing association rather than the local council. The majority of social housing is run by them now as the councils sold a lot of their properties a few years ago. I think I am right in saying that all new housing estates have to allot 10% of the properties to social housing by law.

[@MC50000]

HANDGUNS were banned in the UK in 1997! after the school shooting at Dunblane in 1996 where 16 children were killed

[@saradavis7136]

Not 100% accurate. You can still own a 22lr calibre handgun with a long barrel and balance bar at the back that means it meets a minimum length requirement. These exceptions to the ban were to enable the sport of pistol target shooting to continue.

[@Rebecca-zl9vt]

I'm a Canadian and I have 5 weeks vacation per year. My employer is always encouraging time off for work life balance and ensuring proper mental and physical health. Plus we have personal leave, sick leave, family sick days when our kids are ill, flex time to get and extra day off per month and hybrid work. You could not pay me to move to America. Oh and free healthcare, health benefits and 18 months maternity leave.

[@JohnHazelwood58]

Fun-fact: In Germany it's illegal to have no Health Insurrance. And if you can't afford it, the goverment jumps in and pays for it and you'll get the Healt Insurrance for free! :)

[@katenl8976]

In the Netherlands as well.

[@old_grey_cat]

About US being seen as weird as far as work demands are concerned: In Australia, before I retired, the standard for my Award was 4 weeks recreation leave a year, and if you didn't take a year's leave by the 3rd year after it accrued then you were required to be on leave - as in, you were paid the leave bonus and were officially on leave even if you came in. It had been decided by the experts that, like taking tea breaks and lunch breaks, productivity dropped if the leave wasn't taken. I remember reading that in WWII military manufacture, people wanted to keep working through the breaks. Trouble was, correcting mistakes made from loss of concentration etc. when work was continuous actually lowered the weekly output. So they were ordered to take tea and meal breaks as a way to support the war effort! Similarly, failure to take recreation leave leads to burnout, increased illness, and distraction by family problems. We also have sick leave which builds up, 2 weeks full pay and 2 weeks half pay each year in my award. Useful if you got cancer after 10 years of service without much sickness! The rule is 10 days as national minimum (pro rata for part time) - remember, coming to work while unfit drops productivity and can spread disease. Casual staff get 25% added pay in lieu of leave, so they can save up to cover missed shifts.

[@devilstear1840]

In my country we get approximately 5 weeks paid vacation per year. My workplace encourages us to take 2 weeks in a row yearly. Our law also states, that companies can decide 3 weeks of those themselves (some companies have a few weeks closed completely because of company vacation) and the other two weeks HAVE to be chosen by the employee. Then we have separate sick days (i dont remember the cap though) as well as a parental leave system (depending on how long of a parental leave you take, you'll get either more or less money from the system) Fulltime means 40hrs/week and is typically around 8hrs/day. There's also a legal cap on daily work hours (max 10hrs/day). But it's not allowed to become a regular occurring thing to work 10hrs per day. There's even a whole law called "employee protection law"

[@ranmyaku4381]

I'd say the lie that US is more patriotic than other countries should be added there. Most Americans seem to think there is only one way to show patriotism and commonly mistake nationalism for patriotism. The top lie Americans seem to believe though that Europe is one culture, laws, belief and ideology is something that should be addressed first. Europe and the UK are many different countries and they all have their own thoughts, ways of doing things, laws, etc. Europe is a continent Not a country! That being said there are for the most part some common beliefs, perspectives and ways of doing things that many (again not all) generally have in common and I think this is what this guy was presenting.