American Reacts Why Europeans Hate Living In The United States.

[@tubekulose]

2:15 You are absolutely right. I don't understand why this guy in the video you are watching thinks we Europeans are too dumb to know the historical context and the background of racial tensions in the US. We are Europeans. We know history and we know what has been happening around the globe.

[@cireenasimcox1081]

I too marvel at the earnest explanations many reactors give the rest of the world - about subjects the rest of the world are probably taught more about, than those in the US system.☺ But, whether it's done merely for the money or not, at least modern technology is allowing people to see further than the brick walls around them.

[@arkadiuszfasula6510]

The irony is that people despite having access to all the knowledge they need on the phone - google search still prefer to listen and pass on what you can only describe as absolute bollocks. When i was growing up we’ve learnt from the books

[@janolaful]

The education got me this guy couldn't even spell subscribe

[@tubekulose]

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[@tubekulose]

@@arkadiuszfasula6510 👍

[@anderslofgren8235]

Gun violence is not a perception thing, but a fact. You don't have mass shootings in Europe basically ever. And school shootings are so common in the US I think most Americans are getting desensitized to it. Yes, it's a problem but... Considering the shooting in Las Vegas, Uvalde and Parkland to mention a few notable onces it baffles most of us how you can just continue as if it's to be expected and do nothing to change it. Look up Port Arthur in Australia and how they dealt with it. It can be done if you don't allow your politicians to be bought by lobbying organisations. The perception we have of the US is that money is always more important than human lives.

[@tjblues01]

IMO, it's because Americans are very individualistic. They love their guns and as long their own children are killed in a school shootings then they just don't care. I've heard few street interviews done after those mass shootings and responses made me sick. They were similar to responses given by Germans to excuse Aktion T4 - almost absolute lack of empathy towards victims...

[@hellequinm]

And there's another thing. I'm from a south American country, there's a lot of violence, but you know were it is, you know what to avoid and when to go out. I spend 60 days in US and I must say I felt a bit unsafe honestly. Someone out of nowhere decide to shoot random people for no reason, how do you try to keep yourself safe? You don't. I don't think they understand it this way, imagine having a child and the school being the most unsafe place for them to go. Instead of changing the gun laws, they tell parents to do homeschooling. Yeah, money way more important than lives.

[@oglordbrandon]

Theres a giant war in Europe where hundreds of thousands have died in the last 2 years. I think it's you that's desensitized.

[@arne1958]

It surprises me that food quality/safety wasn't mentioned.

[@riaannesimoens]

Yes! Me too! Maybe it wasn't on the list of factors to choose from.

[@CuriousEnthusiast956]

America has more variety of great food than any other country in the world. And in regards to safety when considering the population size, there are many many other countries out there with far smaller population and stricter gun laws and yet have more violence than America when the maths are considered. America for all it's nonsense is still better than Europe and more free outside of certain aspects.

[@margplsr3120]

to basic and most important things

[@sue-ellentaormina781]

Look up the Global liveability index .. the US lags behind in most all categories, including the rankings of highest standard of living, highest life expectancy, lowest mother and infant mortality rate, highest minimum wage, most liveable countries, most liveable cities .. happiest countries ! Countries with the most freedom and social justice The U.S. has the highest overall rate of death from firearms compared to 13 other high-income countries - it's nearly five times that of France, ...in fact Firearm-related injury is now the leading cause of death among children and teens.

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

itn was maybe number 11, but should have been higher i think

[@benandrew21]

Well I'm not gonna speak for anyone else, but for me I would never live in the US because here in the UK I can send my child to school and be certain that he wont be shot to death.

[@rorykeegan1895]

Tell that to Andy Murray. He'll put you straight. Half his classmates in Dunblane never got to go home.

[@benandrew21]

@rorykeegan1895 well thankfully I'm not sending my children to school 30 years ago you donut.

[@Para2normal]

@@rorykeegan1895 and when Dunblane happened our Government acted quickly to ensure it wouldn't happen again, instead of sending "thoughts and prayers".

[@easy1355]

@@rorykeegan1895 And the fact you had to go back to such a tragic but extremely rare incident, such a long time ago, is a good indication how safe our schools are compared to the monthly shootings in American schools. Good point.

[@albe8479]

@@easy1355 and also how bad faith and hypocrites americans have become.

[@Patrick-q2z]

The Europeans don’t let unfit people own guns. It’s not hard to understand why that stops mass shoutings.

[@janolaful]

Connor said about Sweden they have gun problems 27 Sept 2024 - Some 195 shootings and 72 bombings have taken 30 lives this year alone.

[@WookieWarriorz]

​@@janolaful30 total deaths though mate. And Sweden has about 120 deaths per year due to homicide. The city of Chicago ALONE in the USA has 800 homicides per year, the USA has over 20,000 total homicides. Please don't say Sweden has a problem when comparing to the United States. The difference in safety is night and day

[@gerryatriesilke]

We had also Law´s and Police! Most of the Criminals have Gun´s.. not normal Peolple! IF you don´t like to be Criminal,.. xou don´t need one.. that´s easy, isn´t it.. unfortunatly some People have to had guns ..and they or they Family Members, snaped. If Nobody has any Gun,.. it would be a little Safer, seeing the little Childs kills theire Siblings by some kind of accident? no, my Stepfather had gun´s and we are in constantly dangfer/fear , as he has got a drinking problem, and the Police could do nothing, as long as Nothing happend ( the law has changend a few years ago) ... i don´t want/ need anyone with a gun in my Family and i am a German!

[@yngvekristoffersen7403]

Due to the masive amount of hunters with rifles/shotguns, Norway has more guns per capita tan the US… and with about 5M people we only have about 30 murders per year…

[@samoday2992]

Say it louder ?

[@helenwood8482]

The narrator is wrong. Your healthcare system is the worst in the world and results are very poor.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Yes. The US has the lowest ages for 'natural' deaths in men and women too.

[@Trebor74]

It's extremely good,if you are rich and don't mind being made poor.

[@geddesjimmy]

It also has one of the highest infant death rates in the world

[@keldsleepnot7961]

It's because he doesn't understand that healthcare in EU countries is literally for everyone.

[@ПръчкоПръчлев]

Absolutely!

[@chrisellis3797]

Fun fact Connor, you don't have a left and a right political party. You have a right and a further right. I think Denmark classed Bernie Sanders as right wing and he's considered so far left he's a Commie in the US😂

[@mikefraser4513]

You're right. An average UK conservative here in the UK would be regarded as as left-wing wing MP in the US. (Or one of "the enemy within" ..glad McCarthy's not around..but Trump is)

[@Cold444W]

This framing is absolutely false and it's so annoying to continually hear it, there are too many examples of Europe being more "right-leaning" than the USA on several policies, but specially it goes on to categorize Europe as if it was one single country, Denmark is very different from Poland, which again is much different from Croatia, or from Estonia which is very different from France, Europe is not a monolith. And no, in every country in Europe Bernie Sanders would be far left, Johan Hassel the international secretary of the ruling party inn 2020 in Sweden of the Social Democrats literally attacked Bernie Sanders for being a left wing extremist, and it has happened multiple times in Scandinavian countries which at least in popular imagination are supposed to be more "left" than most of Europe.

[@ivindhimsett9803]

​​@@Cold444WIn Norway Bernie would be rated as a centrist at best, and a right leaning one. Yes there are differences in Europe, but let us flip it around. Several right wing politicians in Europe would absolutely be classified as left wing in the US. Views on healthcare, guns and taxation alone would be enough to acomplish that.

[@WookieWarriorz]

No mate I'm sorry you're just ignorant look at the democrat party and their policies they're absolutely left, even in Europe they would be left. I know someone told you this meme, but it's not true the republican party is absolutely full on facist at this point and the democrats are a reasonable normal political party

[@WookieWarriorz]

​@@mikefraser4513literally not true literally literally not true. You're just repeating this phrase your saw somewhere. The American democratic party are fairly similar to the labour party In the UK. They have nothing in common with the Tories. But the American republican party is far right facist right now.

[@ikkelimburg3552]

It’s not just the perception of gun violence, it’s a fact. My ex husband was sent for a year to the US for his company. We went as a family, the company my husband worked for arranged a house, two cars, education for our son and so on. They actually did their best, a big house in a gated community, a middle school that had a plethora of extracurricular activities, the works. What struck me the most was the fear. The community was like Fort Knox with an actual gate and security firm. The houses had alarms and securities that could rival the Swiss banks. Lord knows how many times I set off our own alarm and had to call the main gate that it was a false alarm. On the television: murder here, murder there, cops shooting people up, people shooting cops. I had a fulltime job driving my son around since we lived basically on an island, surrounded by things to ‘avoid’ according to our neighbors (again: fear). The straw that broke the camel’s back was the day my son came out of school announcing we needed to go shopping for a new jacket since the current one was setting off the metal detectors in his SCHOOL. A middle school! Not some innercity school that would be a perfect setting for dangerous minds the sequel, but one that was considered ‘nice’. I left with our son the same week.

[@oulibemusic1257]

@@ikkelimburg3552 and now, if ever you could become pregnant or are, you would not go with your husband. European women will refuse to travel to red states, whether it is for work or for vacation. While your kid’can be shot in school, you can bleed’out with a miscarriage. African bush js safer.

[@tedwarden1608]

I’ve only known two people die from gun violence. Yup! They were on holiday in America :-(

[@lanamack1558]

The narrator has the affrontery to criticise a Polish person's spelling. How good is his polish?

[@CeiStockport-nx2qi]

Because he's a numbnuts who probably wrote his script on the back of a napkin. He totally glossed over the fact that 90+% of people know you're not much at risk of being shot dead by criminals is low as long as you don't go to blatantly dodgy areas. The chance of being murdered by trigger happy, untrained cops who think they're soldiers is what would worry me.

[@russcattell955i]

As a US Citizen, the narrator has a tenuous grasp of spelling the English language too.

[@ElunedLaine]

I thought the same thing. If he were given a Polish questionaire, how many questions could he answer ?

[@Badgersj]

Ahem. "Effrontery" and "Polish" (polish is that stuff you used to put on shoes).

[@geoffreynolds8835]

Exactly 😊

[@JM-hl9yc]

Hi, About Education: I'm Polish. My son started studying Aero and Space engineering in Poland in Technical University in Warsaw. He get bachelor degree and he decided to make Msc. in France in top 5 university on the world (for its specialization). He get both in Poland and France government subsidiary for schooling for all 5 years period. Now he's doing PHD. His entire study period cost me 0$. I couldn't doit is USA. MY son doesn't have any loan so he start his life without any debt.

[@pielmeierdieter]

We, in Europe, understand free education for our kids as an investment in the future.

[@johanlebacq6683]

Free education does NOT exist! It all comes down to the taxpayer.

[@francocanuck]

He is a EU citizen it's the reason he could do it ,my son became a chemicals engineer in France, cost at the university ZERO only pay for books ,how Americans could challenge that ???

[@shortylucy]

You're basically living my Star Trek fantasy. I'm so happy for your son. I'm sure he'll do great things. ❤

[@JM-hl9yc]

@@shortylucy Thank you :D

[@Thorium_Th]

I'm surprised religion wasn't mentioned. That would be quite high up on my list. I feel very uneasy among religious people because they're so unpredictable. They have fantasy arguments like "because god says so" or "because it's in the bible". They can justify anything they want but at the same time they are not even following all religious rules themselves.

[@e.458]

Yeah, but American Christians are a very "special" type of religious people. Remember that Americans are the descendants of religious radicals who emigrated because their countries of origin didn't share their extreme beliefs. Things like prosperity gospel and the idea that financial (career) success equals piety is a uniquely American belief. Also their "because God/the Bible says so" argument somehow only seems to count for obscure texts (often mistranslated ones) that validate their bigotry, not the core teachings of Jesus (after whom they've named themselves). Can't make them the template/strawman for all religious people. You penalty meet religious people every day that you value and maybe even admire. You just notice them as such because they aren't the self-righteous, loud, and frankly mad type of "religious" that you expect when you think of the word.

[@mrsmerily]

I dont know I would say lot of religion here Europe as well. True, not christian.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

I was also waiting for religion to come up. Like several other things, I would be really be worried about ending up working in one of the more extremely Christian fundamentalist areas.

[@patriciamillin-j3s]

That’s very true, good point. Religion is taken to whole other level in the US, to the point of extreme fundamentalism

[@patriciamillin-j3s]

@@corringhamdepot4434So would I! When I think about it, I see myself being approached by some priest complaining that he didn’t see me in church and when I tell him I don’t go to church, I’m immediately an outcast.

[@HJ-eb8wt]

I had to smile when I listened to the observation about a Pole spelling never with just one e. That Pole probably speaks at least 3 languages, so missing an e is no big deal. How many Americans know how to spell the word for never in Polish, or any other language?

[@noelle3551]

I'm from the UK, apart from my own language, I can converse in Russian and French, with a bit of Chinese and Vietnamese! As for ex-pats from other countries living here, I see no need to mock them for learning our language!

[@paulinagabrys8874]

Polacy nie są jakimiś poliglotami. Może Ci z terenów przygraniczych czy z wyższej klasy średniej ale nie ogół społeczeństwa. Jesteśmy monoetniczni i to sprzyja braku umiejętności mówienia w obcych językach

[@xtinkerbellax3]

Hilarious coming from an American when over half of US adults are illiterate.

[@krzyzaak]

​@@paulinagabrys8874 to nie jest do końca prawda. Polski system nauczania pozwala na naukę, biegłą naukę przynajmniej 2 obcych języków do ukończenia liceum. To, czy w domu i poza nim chce się dziecku, czy rodzicom nad tym pracować czy też nie jest tylko kwestią ich lenistwa, a nie miejsca z którego pochodzą, czy klasy społecznej, z której się wywodzą. Oczywiście pieniądze, czy bliska granica niejako wymusza , lub pomaga w nauce, ale większość zależy od rodzica, czy podsuwa dziecku coś po angielsku czy niemiecku, oraz czy w ogóle dba o to,czy dzieciak się języka uczy. Łatwiej jest dać tablet do ręki i mieć w dupie, sam też pamiętam jak w dupie miałem naukę niemieckiego, rosyjskiego, czy łaciny, która miałem w szkole, już o angielskim nie mówiąc, ale w obecnym świecie, dzieciak bez przynajmniej angielskiego na poziomie biegłym, to przyszły tuman i życiowy przegryw i niestety to jest fakt i trzeba się z nim zmierzyć. Żyjemy już od dawna w globalnej wiosce i nie możemy liczyć, że świat nauczy się polskiego, który jest wyjątkowo trudnym językiem. To my musimy się nauczyć międzynarodowych języków (angielski,chiński) by sobie we współczesnym świecie poradzić.

[@suzyfarnham3165]

Americans are stupid...I was at a gift fair in Ohio. I explained ALL my stock would be going on a container and shipped back to Australia.One woman asked why I didn't just get a U Haul and drive it all back?!! I explained Australia was an island...she then said.. "...so don't you have bridges there???How stupid!".......Yeah?? I always got told how amazing it was that so many Australians could speak English!! OMFG????!

[@mrfomo217]

Mocking a Polish guy for not spelling English words perfectly was bloody weird.

[@arkadiuszfasula6510]

I’m Polish can we switch to Polish please, apparently making a mistake in foreign language is a terrible thing to do

[@ElsonFernando78]

Especially coming from a country where most of the population can barely speak proper English. I live in Poland for 7 years and I am always shocked with the number of polyglots in the country. From small shop clerks to delivery workers (both noble professions, don't get me wrong), I rarely come across someone who cannot talk to me in English. When asked if they speak English, they always respond "more or less" or " a little" but then they start talking and you realize it is much better than yours. Also many cases of Polish speaking my mother tongue (Portuguese), by choosing it as foreign language for 2 semesters in college. They have English since 5th grade. Then a 3rd language around the 8th grade (usually Spanish, German, or French). Then again 2 semesters in the university. That is easy 4 different languages, and I can confirm this is the reality here.

[@pikus4392]

What is your superpower? I speak Polish.

[@elizabethsellors9046]

The irony when Americans misspell the majority of English words. Then they take it a step further by changing the meaning and suggesting the British definitions are wrong. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@bognagruba7653]

@@ElsonFernando78 All Poles learn English from preschool, not from 5th grade. Older generations often don't know the language, but some kids are already fluent from watching KZbin.

[@simbob26]

It's not the "ownership of guns" that the rest of the world finds alarming. There are guns in almost every country. It is the complete lack of implied responsibility that normally goes along with gun ownership. In Australia, where I live, I am considered a bit of a "gun enthusiast" as I own several of them. It is my responsibility to look after them, prevent them from being stolen, store them where nobody else has access to them and only use them responsibly and safely. This is not a condition of use in the USA.

[@mrsmerily]

well this is what I can sign. There are actually many western countries that have lot of guns. Most are not like UK which is like the other extreme from US.

[@Deedee-z5w]

@@mrsmerily You would be surprised how many people can have guns in the UK, the difference is they have to prove they have a safe lockablestorage, the have to hold a licence which is registered with the local police, they have to have a background check which has to be renewed at intervals

[@lillibitjohnson7293]

@@mrsmerilyall of those countries with high gun ownership than most countries. The difference highly regulated gun ownership. USA doesn’t care if mental people can go down the street and buy a gun and pow down 20 kids for shits and giggles. THATS the difference. Every other country absolutely does care if their kids come home from school. This, gun laws. Background checks. No walking around with guns willynilly. No mentally ill people allowed to buy a gun . Anyone not being able to buy a gun out of the boot of a car . You’re cooked

[@suzyfarnham3165]

THERE ARE MORE GUNS IN AUSTRALIA now THAN WHEN THE BUYBACK HAPPENED IN 1996.......DIFFERENCE...In Australia they are regulated, background checks etc. We have NOT had a stranger on stranger mass shooting since the new regulations came into law. It only took 3 months...and it was law, When NZ had the mosque shooting...new gun laws went before parliament in 6 days. America continues to do NOTHING. Actually AFTER Uvelede shooting, Texas made it EASIER to get guns??? Go figure.Stupid country.

[@MartinJohansson-nn5dv]

Hi, I'm Swedish and this applies to me and it's MY opinion. I pay about 32% in tax and it's no problem when I see what I get for it. Medical care costs (I translate in USD so it will be easier to understand) 10 USD per doctor's visit and a maximum of 140 during a twelve-month period, then medical care is free of charge. Medicine during a 12 months is a maximum of 280 and up to this amount is a falling scale of 25.50 and 75% and then free. Leave when you have a child amounts to 400 days which are paid and can be divided between the parents. In order for women not to end up in a women's trap, part of the leave must be distributed, otherwise it will disappear for a few days, this makes our society more evenly distributed. When you are on sick leave and cannot work, you have 80% of your salary. Having your children in care when you work costs a maximum of 160 for one child and 110 for the next child. Child allowance every month is 130. As we believe that children who grow up should have the same conditions, the State pays for our educations and pays out 160 every month. You can also get a very advantageous student loan that is paid off in 25 years, it must be paid off before you turn 60. Paid vacation is about 25-30 days per year and the majority must be taken according to law, we believe that recovery benefits everyone in the long run, also the feet taken. You have the right to take leave for studies when you are working to further your education. We currently have 8 parties in the Riksdag, this means that if you don't have a majority, you cooperate with other parties to get a majority. This means that the parties do not become so polarised, but gather around the middle and this benefits most residents. When you cooperate with other parties after the election, the climate between the pariahs becomes balanced and respectful. We have one vote for every resident over the age of 18, and then it applies to ALL citizens. Votes are counted on election day and after that a government must be formed. Even people in prisons are visited by politicians, we believe that all citizens have the same value. Speaking of prison, we believe that care and education are better to get a person on the right track for the future instead of punishment. The punishment is to be deprived of liberty, not to be punished in prison, therefore we try to achieve as normal an everyday life as possible for the inmates so that it will be easier to return to society. You can say that we believe that people can improve if given the right conditions. We have some weapons in Sweden, but as we have a lot of nature and need to reduce the stock of certain species, the majority are hunting weapons, personally I don't know or know anyone who owns a gun, this is freedom for the Swedes, to feel safe. Sweden has the most single households in the world, could this be because we work 40 hours a week and have a salary that you can live on? A good gauge of value is a recent 2024 report on the happiest countries in the world. The biggest loss this year was the USA, as they fell out of the top 20 for the first time since the report began to be issued. Last year they were in 15th place, but have now fallen all the way down to 23rd place. 1. Finland 2. Denmark 3. Iceland 4. Sweden 5. Israel 6. Holland 7. Norway 8. Luxembourg 9. Switzerland 10. Australia 11. New Zealand 12. Costa Rica 13. Kuwait 14. Austria 15. Canada 16. Belgium 17. Ireland 18. Czech Republic 19. Latvia 20. Great Britain Equality index in the world Here are the most equal countries according to the report: Iceland Norway Finland New Zealand Sweden Germany Nicaragua Namibia Lithuania Belgium My declaration takes a maximum of 5 minutes to submit as I have no sales of property or shares and I can do that at home at the computer, just to check that the information is correct. We take our environment seriously and believe that green energy is better than fossil energy and strive to have as good an environment as possible. All of Europe is laughing at the United States now that we are following your election. We hear that Europe is Marxist and fascist (how does it work)? I could go on, but I think you get what I'm trying to say. Can also point out that in Sweden we have freedom of religion and do not interfere with religion in our state decisions. Sweden has had peace since 1814, over 200 years and is the country in the world with the longest peace

[@Searover749]

US people also pay taxes, but they get nothing in return : that's a great scam, but they're proud of it... until they have to sell their house to pay hospital fees, after a big surgery, or a cancer... (same scam for university : they pay hundreds of thousands $, for learning nothing, or b.llshit ! US adults know less about the world, than european 12 yr old kids !)

[@AndreAndre-yd5gw]

In Sweden no single father with a female child is allowed to keep his daughter. The state will confiscate the daughter and put her into foster care....as it happened to a Ukrainian family. The mom died of cancer and the Swedish government took all 3 daughters from the father and put them into foster care, separately. Yes, they separated the kids. The father was only allowed to visit them once a year for 1 hour with a social worker present and watching. They were only allowed to communicate in swedish so the social worker would understand. The youngest daughter forgot her mother tongue within a year. One daughter was placed with muslims who threw away the necklace with a cross she got from her dying mother. She had to act muslim and follow its teachings. All girls were forbidden to practice their language or have any contact with Ukrainians or their father. The father, once exhausting all legal ways was heard by some ex military operative who helps people for a fee, I think he acted pro bono because the father had 0 money. They were smuggled to Poland where the polish state gave them asylum. Sweden actually wanted this family extradited, but Poland told them to f off. Sweden is a horrible place. The girls begged the judge to allow them to stay with their father, they cried, yet they were taken and separated, their culture, language, heritage banned. This ordeal lasted 3 years. F you sweden.

[@pw6002]

Israel on the 5th place for the happiest country, despite them being at war for a year now ? If they really are that delusional, I understand how they can genocide Palestinians the way they do without a remorse: they are completely disconnected from reality…

[@tonyberezowecki]

Your take on US politics is way off. The Republican presidential candidate lies so much nothing can compare to him.

[@JP200]

To me the US is a dystopia that happens when you let capitalism run rampant and literally everything is 'for profit'. The love and need for money is at the root of 80% of it. And religion, or religious thinking (like the woke stuff), is responsible for the other 20%. And what makes it worse is that due to its cultural and economical dominance this 'US culture' is exported to the rest of the world 😬

[@duncanalmond7880]

Very well put!

[@Thisandthat8908]

good thing you crowbared "woke stuff" in there. I assume you do that a lot. That's hardly US specific. Also the UK for example has a level of religion being forced into schools that is shocking to see from the outside. And they are absolutely unaware of the problem. I think in the US there are certainly regions that are worse than others. With religion being obnoxious in society. . But your examples are not really the issues.

[@JP200]

​​@@Thisandthat8908You shouldn't tell people you don't know about your assumptions, it's dumb, "you do that a lot" 🙄 It's just an obvious example of 'religious' thinking, or 'magical' thinking. Heavy with dogmas, tribalistic group thinking, forbidden words, rituals, etc etc. The US afaik is one of the most religious countries in the world, and even if you remove the 'god' element, the religious mind isn't simply gone. And yes, it's often the 'anglosphere' countries, including UK, Australia etc, they often share this.

[@martinbynion1589]

It's no coincidence that Religion is at the heart of many of the worst places on earth - USA, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, etc or that the decline of religion is prominent in many of the best - New Zealand, Australia, Scandinavia, Germany, etc.

[@JP200]

​@@martinbynion1589Religion and religiousness promotes and rationalises tribalism and xenophobia.

[@batcollins3714]

On National Irish radio yesterday an American tourist who is a non drinker complained to the host the he can't understand why the Irish drink so much. He got extremely angry when the host answered that the Irish don't understand how Americans are obsessed with guns to the point of having their children gunned down in their schools almost every day. We do t need guns in Ireland and even the Gardaí, that's our police, are unarmed.

[@oulibemusic1257]

As a french I of course have to tease you a bit. You don’t need guns because you are too drunk to aim….loooool

[@mehallica666]

Never upset an Irishman. Not even a sober one.

[@kroche90]

​@@oulibemusic1257you know the Irish rangers are the best sniper team in the world, right?

[@tedwarden1608]

There are plenty of guns in Ireland.

[@kroche90]

@@automaticninjaassaultcat3703 average wages in Ireland is higher than the USA... The average person in the USA lives paycheck to paycheck.

[@carlapocock3849]

Have been watching MSNBC and Fox here in Aus ever since the presidental race began. Your politics are hilarious , it's like watching a bunch of clowns at the circus.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I sometimes watch The Ruben Report (Republican viewpoint) and the Late Night Show (any of them, all Democratic viewpoint) here on YT and they are both show how ridiculous US politics are.

[@silviahannak3213]

Exactly..it's more like a Concert and Comments under the Belly Line. Not about Politics and the Plan how Dump wants to do it better. So only 2 Parties...that is sad for such a big State.

[@KlausStortebeker-nn6lw]

Yeah, for me as a German the us election campaign it's like the biggest freak show on earth.

[@perjus]

Because US politics is a circus.

[@joachimthielker3132]

@@perjus Yeah, and the clown becomes president! Disgusting!

[@annedunne4526]

Ireland does not have a lax attitude to taxes. For the majority of workers tax is automaticaĺy taken from their pay in a system called PAYE or " pay as you earn" so no filing of taxes. The tax on multinational corporations has gone up from 12.5% to 15%. Still too low in the opinion of many but not non existent. You should remember too that Europe isn't a country and each one has its own systems and laws. We know about the Republicans and the Democrats, we can't avoid it here in Europe on the news. There is no real " left" party and what we see is a cult of personality heading towards fascism versus a party who want to make positive changes for the good of its people, despite the power of money and big corporations.

[@pikus4392]

There is simple metric how safe is your country. When you are confident that your child can travel alone (even like 7+ above) by foot,bike,bus etc - it means it is safety.

[@Kim-427]

Many of our children do that. I don’t think it’s wise to put a seven year old in charge of protecting their selves if they had to. I don’t think that would go so well. That’s a small individual against whatever may arise. It could be bad weather,automobile accident etc.

[@isabelcarrasco4528]

​@Kim-427 How bad weather COULD be on a short-ish journey greatly depends on where you live. Like, I'm German and the only weather danger I can think of on a way short enough to send a 7-year-old on is storms, where branches or roof tiles could fall on one's head. And I feel like the adults around that child would most likely just not let the child GO outside if such a bad storm were announced?

[@eisirt55]

And not get murdered in his classroom.

[@2727daqwid]

​@@Kim-427 Things like weather and accidents involving traffic can be addressed. Public transport and a dense urban environment help with bad weather if one lets their kid go out alone during a storm for whatever reason. Well-designed infrastructure, narrow roads, pedestrianised roads, protected sidewalks and bike lanes, frequent crossings, speed bumps, a mix of those two (raised crossings are amazing!), speed bleeders (pieces of road that are intentionally narrower and bent) near schools, roundabouts, having schools actually within walking distance also help, etc, etc. All the things Americans hate (I'm of course generalising here for the sake of humour). Unfortunately, some of those solutions are not available for the USA (and other places, including in Europe, where we don't live in some uniform utopia) because of historical mistakes, poor planning or lack thereof, profit above all else mentality etc. So I totally get why people in the US wouldn't feel comfortable sending their 7yo to walk to their school every day.

[@bellabella9181]

Having lived in both Europe and the USA as a child and an adult. You know what would be an interesting conversation. Sit some American kids down with some European kids and talk about gun violence. Talk about school shooter drills etc... you will soon realize the trauma and fear that American kids experience without really knowing any different. Personally as a kid feeling unsafe at school in the US never really went away.

[@Patrick-q2z]

On the worlds lists of best education the US is definitely not at the top. That’s really bad value for money and probably the cost leads to the exclusion of a lot of smart kids.

[@etienne8110]

Guns would be my top1 too. I found it shocking in Texas how many people were walking around with guns. You never know how one could react in an argument, under the effets of alcohol etc... And the rate of homicides further convinced i was right to be afraid. Never felt this insecure in any other countries. USA is just unsafe to travel in, i can t imagine what it s like to live there.

[@ugriDnuub]

IRS: You need to pay your taxes. Me: How much? IRS: You figure it out. Me: But how do you know if it's correct? IRS: Oh we know how much it is, we just want to give you the chance to screw up.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

And when you screw it up, we'll add a fine to the total.

[@Kim-427]

Do you guys get tax checks from your governments at the end of the year? Or do they just take taxes from you?

[@ugriDnuub]

@@Kim-427 I'm Norwegian. Here your employer(s) and banks have to report all that stuff. Your employer will also pay a certain % of your gross monthly wage as a prepayment of taxes based on estimated income and wealth from previous years or your own reported estimate. Then once a year you get a form from the govt with all your reported numbers for income, debt++ from the previous year and you just check that those are correct. Then later the balance between what's been pre paid and what your actual taxes are, is either paid back to you with interest or you have to pay the missing bit. It's all checked and signed online with 2FA in about 10 min for most people.

[@margaretbamford7176]

​@@ugriDnuubSame for Australia. Called PAYG "pay as you go"

[@gillianrimmer7733]

​@@Kim-427in the UK it's automatically taken out of your earnings every month if you are employed. We get a form called a P60 at the end of the tax year - it breaks down how much you've earned in the last year, how much tax you've paid , your tax code, and if you've not paid enough tax, or, more usual - if you've overpaid and the amount you will get back.

[@Izzymill]

European education better than US

[@daphnelovesL]

Did he say gun violence is not a hourly thing? This is so American comment.

[@WookieWarriorz]

Yup USA has 20,000 homicides per year with 15,000 of them being guns. The UK has 600 total homicides per year, Sweden has 120. If you combine all the murders in Sweden AND the UK it is LOWER than the city of Chicago alone at 800 per year.

[@CeiStockport-nx2qi]

WookieWarriorz. Annual gun deaths in the the UK is around 65 annually. Not 600

[@sparkyfromel]

my neighbor was an US surgeon on a international exchange program here in Australia he asked "how many shooting incident do you have here ?" ..the Australian surgeon said "about a couple a month" "as much" said the surprised American , later it turn out the US guy was asking how many time someone start shooting while in the hospital emergency the Australian was shocked , ours is hunting accident or family dispute , nobody shoot at nurses or doctors ...ever !

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@CeiStockport-nx2qi Wookie said Homicides, not gun deaths.

[@Kim-427]

He said that because as many of you seem to feel that it’s a shooting on every corner in 50 states everyday and it’s just not like that. We’ve never had a school shooting in my state. I don’t own a gun and have never fired one and I’m not interested.

[@paulbromley6687]

As a Brit I have visited the US and I mainly enjoyed it, I would never choose to live there, I would far sooner live in Portugal, Greece, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Singapore based on visits and experience of the people and places. It has a lot to do with the US lack of social cohesion and care for those less fortunate.

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

24:05 "It's really the perception that 'they' have...." No perception about it. We see the stats and news stories of school/mass shootings that just do not happen here. Maybe once or twice a year, not once or twice a day!?!?! (USA: over 600 mass shootings each year over the last 4 years) So to a European where that just rarely ever happens, it's very frightening. And something that would scare me off from visiting, let alone living there.

[@Kim-427]

Why is it that you people tell us what it’s like where we live and you don’t live here? Thats like us telling you about your country and I’ve never lived there. Ridiculous!

[@13thmistral]

@@Kim-427 Statistics ;)

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

@Kim-427 cos the whole video was about asking us what we think. 🙄

[@speedy7040]

@@Kim-427 You americans are so out of touch of reality ...and the mental gymnastics you do to defend the indefendable is amaising. I once saw a personne saying he does not know an american that has suffered because he does not have healthcare. The next question was „ do you know someone who did not call the ambulance and suffered at home , because he cannot affort it?” Answer „Hell, yes!”.........No conexion between his neurouns .... And I talked to a „responsible gun owner” who was keeping his gun in his car and when I asked if the gun is loaded , he said yes. , but has the safety on... he wanted to „protect” his kids ....because kids theese days can type with one hand while driving , but cannot open the car compartment and just ....help themselves .Right....

[@pw6002]

@@Kim-427 Because we keep ourselves informed. And your country does not make us dream anymore, at all. And I’m the first one to regret it, believe me.

[@d.c.4788]

When your store like Walmart is bigger than your hospitals where you save lifes. Clear indicator what your government value more. Money over human life

[@majamaja220]

I add another issues which makes USA unhuman for me. For example lack of generation cohesion. In our culture ( central Europe) we care for our elderly people, visit them, help them. Lack of infrastructure in subburbs. We have schools, restaurants, local shops, bakeries... often in walking distance. We live together, for example, each weekend I hike with my friends in the mountains, pick mushrooms or berries in the forest. It prevents one from to be alone, unhealthy, and morbidly obese (I am over sixty). Why is American society so unhuman, why your homeless occupy streets of Los Angeles in tents and nobody cares, why are you so noisy, self centered and often without wider overview about the world. Can you make a video about positivities of your country for us. I am sure there are some, but i do not see any

[@kennethbruggeandersen6117]

About the education thing… It’s not the the same all over Europe. But here in Denmark, yes we get free education all the way through university. And yes, we get paid too take the education. Not much. But enough to get by. Which is something we can do, because we also pay a lot in taxes.

[@nedludd7622]

Was religion on the questionnaire? Two Europeans who were sent to the US by their employers told me of similar experiences. One was a military officer who was sent to Texas with his family as part of an exchange training program. They rented a house in a nearby suburb from the base. Neighbors came to "welcome" them and he said that one of the first questions he was asked was "Which church do you go to?" He sure got a culture shock. The other told me about the same in another state. In Europe you can avoid the superstitious zealots. A problem with this guy's report is his false equivalence between the political parties. They are both bad, but one is out of control. You cannot put an openly fascist party following a cult leader spouting utter nonsense on the same level as a just normally bad party which never carries out its promises.

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

Just because his neighbours assumed he went to church, doesn't mean they're 'superstitious zealots', unless you're trying to apply that slur to all religious people. If it's just the done thing to go to church in a neighbourhood, they just made a false assumption. No harm was done.

[@yngvekristoffersen7403]

Yeah, in most of europe it`s considered extremely rude and close to zealotry to even ask about your personal belief.😊

[@Sienisota]

​@@WilliamSmith-mx6ze I don't even ask about religious beliefs of my cousin, and he is family! You don't go asking your neighbours their religion, you don't assume they have one. Talking about hour own beliefs is fine, but you don't assume someone else's beliefs unless they specifically tell you and want to discuss. It's maybe similar if you asked your new American neighbour who they voted in the last election, and what party they belong to

[@cecilialeitet2794]

There are parts of Europe (especially in the east and south) who are very religious. Up in the north we are very secular. I guess it matters very differently depending on country of origin.

[@carrie5490]

@@WilliamSmith-mx6zebut why would you even ask? It’s like asking how much money someone makes, what job they do or who they vote for. You simply don’t ask it’s rude. Also, if someone is northern European you should assume they aren’t religious, it’s the most likely assumption to make.

[@Rumu11]

one thing to note about work life balance is that many places in the eu have much much stronger unions than the US. It's not the government making the companies behave, but unions a lot of the time. In the case of Denmark, there's not a government enforced minimum wage. It's handled by unions instead. Of course, the goverment also plays a big role, but I think the bigger difference is the strengths of unions in europe vs. the US

[@BlueDusk95]

I don't understand the language barrier, I'm French and I survived Scotland, so I can't imagine any place where the local variant of English can be more awkward.

[@LivariusD]

Tout le monde n'apprend pas forcément l'Anglais à l'école, et ne s'y intéresse pas forcément par la suite. Personnellement j'ai fait Allemand LV1, Anglais LV2 et Latin renforcé, mais j'aurai très bien pu choisir l'Espagnole ou l'Italien à la place de l'Anglais. Ça dépend des écoles et de ta situation géographique. Enfin, c'était comme ça y'a 15-20 ans. Je sais pas si aujourd'hui y'a pas une injonction à apprendre l'Anglais.

[@thirstwithoutborders995]

I think it was just: "What keeps you from emigrating to any other country?" - Language Barrier. It is different if you work there or go for vacation. And while most Europeans speak some English, is it fluent enough to work in the US? They could have asked this question for any other country and gotten the same answer realistically.

[@BlueDusk95]

@thirstwithoutborders995 I've worked in Scotland.

[@topsyfulwell]

Probably more communication barrier. When you learn it's offensive to speak your language around Americans, you know you're dealing with a cultural mindset that can't be shifted.

[@roywilson1703]

Salut d'Ecosse , un pays sausage Monsieur .

[@alwynemcintyre2184]

The US lets big business tell the government what to do

[@zimon85]

In Sweden you get ~$370/month if you study full time at collage or university. You can take a loan on top of that if you want with an interest rate of 1,2% - 1,5% and the first year after graduation is interest free. Meaning you have one year to find a job without it effecting your loan. Bear in mind that there is no tuition fee either. The only thing you have to pay for yourself are books and other study equipment. And living costs of course.

[@mikkomalinen2641]

Almost identical system in neighbouring Finland as well.

[@cynic7049]

@@mikkomalinen2641 I am pretty sure the other Nordic countries have similar system.

[@bluedragonfly9842]

There's Bafög in Germany. Money that supports you at university. But you have to pay I back later.

[@oulibemusic1257]

@@bluedragonfly9842with no or close to no interest

[@tmendes24]

And in the US unless you come from a rich family or get a full scholarship, you likely have to work at LEAST part time while going to college. I had a PT work study job my first year of college with a full course load. And after the first year I worked more than I was in school. I couldn’t handle more than 2 classes a semester, bc of work schedule, stress and financial constraints.

[@O.O.O.K999]

No American gun violence is not exaggerated, check the statistics (I have, ages ago). America has more gun deaths p.a. than all other developed countries combined; America is the only country in the world, with more guns than people; America is the only country not in a state of conflict at home, where children get shot by other children; America is the only developed country in the list of six that combined account for 50% of global gun deaths. You DO have mass shootings, defined as when four people or more are shot dead, almost daily. The last one here in the UK was 1995 which led to and even greater tightening of our already tight gun laws and there was very little objection. I've watched several 'Americans living abroad, what made you realise America really messed you up" and gun violence is often mentioned. It's absence in other countries, seems to shock many Americans.

[@notyourtypicalgranny]

As an Australian I have a decent knowledge of American history and certainly can see why the racial tensions are more extreme. I do think that people in countries around the world know a lot more about the US than the US know about them. I can name most of the states and have general knowledge and we get a lot of US news in Australia through streaming channels. I have some wonderful friends in the US and would love to visit but I would not feel safe or comfortable going there. To be honest I don't know whether I would be more scared of citizens or police. I have never really felt unsafe in Australia. We have excellent and inexpensive healthcare and a very good education system though we also pay for university courses.

[@anouk6644]

Although the numbers regarding (gun) violence are high in the US, in all the 12 times I’ve been there, I’ve never felt threatened or afraid. Only once I felt uneasy because we wandered off into a sketchy neighborhood. Unless your friends live in a bad area, shootings are not a daily occurrence in peoples lives. Maybe you could ask them how it is where they live? I have friends in rural Pennsylvania, Denver and Seattle and as far as I know they haven’t been anywhere near any dangerous situations. I like visiting the US, but would never want to live there for the reasons listed in the video.

[@suzyfarnham3165]

@@anouk6644 I have visited dozens of times and we were once warned about gunshots in Washington...We were at the Washington Hilton?? It also happened in Annapolis the same trip. Nothing to do with sketchy areas...we always stayed at nice hotels..VERY nice. Last trip in 2020..IN BROAD DAYLIGHT I watched as cars were attacked on the highway at the bridge going over to Palm Beach. You could see Mar A Lago. Smashing bottles and jabbing flagpoles at ANY car with a Biden sticker...it was February 2020. I would say Palm Beach is also a 'nice area'??? I never used to be scared when visiting America BUT THE past 8 years has changed that. I WILL never GO BACK.

[@IMGreg..]

My sister had the same issue with American healthcare. My nephew was in NC on a soccer scholarship and was injured. He needed an MRI. It was cheaper to fly him back to Toronto and get the MRI done, and she had bought insurance for his time in the US. Same with my cousin. He needed heart surgery in Florida. They were Canadian citizens but also legal residents of the US with insurance. It was cheaper to fly him back to Ontario for his surgery rather than wipe out their life savings having surgery in the US. Both the MRI and the heart surgery were done for the cost of airfare. Actually, the MRI cost more because she went to a private sports clinic to jump the que. I think it cost her a couple of hundred bucks. You can't do that for that little in the US. Not in Canada, but in some European countries, you as an American could go there to have emergency surgeries done for cheap and in some cases, free.

[@Badgersj]

Different American accents don't worry British people so much, we have such extreme differences within our own countries that the various American accents sound like the differences between North and South London.

[@julez8690]

Americans always think they have these huge differences in their accents it is mindblowing. I understood them just fine wherever I was. Now England that is a whole other thing. Was in Chatham and Yorkshire . Still not sure they spoke the same language.

[@hardyvonwinterstein5445]

If you don't believe that, play Fallout 4 London.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

That's true, we have over 600 recognised Accents and dialect within the UK, so US accents are easy to most of us.

[@ronaldstrous2764]

I think because the survey respondents are mostly from Europe AND south America (as stated in the beginning of the video) i suspect that a lot of votes on this topic are from south America. Same goes for the topic on immigration.

[@Searover749]

US dialect (a kind of pidgin) is just one of the numerous dialects derived from english, like indian or kenyan english (but these 2 countries have nice accents and cultures). On the other hand, when you hear a US accent, you know you're gonna hear a ton of b.llshit per minute (that's a very efficient repeller for europeans).

[@fabangel7176]

We know about slavery WE learned that in school (and that slavery continue) and jilm Crowe Era. Usa is considered a very racist country. Did hé think WE know nothing even from our own country or others européen country? Did hé think your health system is crappy but good? It is good if you are rich. We are not acustomed with others langage? Hère each country as a différent langage,each country as several accent and régional langage.English is only thé official langage of UK(England, Scotland, Ireland) Americans think their country is so much better they dont understand why people dont want to leave there

[@micade2518]

Should you come to Europe for medical treatment, there's no way that it will be "free" for you, but the cost you'll have to pay will be infinitely lower than for the same treatment in the USA. In France, healthcare costs are negotiated at Government level and capped. That's what makes the difference. NB: Your US crappy food doesn't help in preventing people from falling ill, whilst in Europe, we are protected by strict regulations on food quality and nasty disease-inducing chemicals are banned.

[@micade2518]

@matt2352 Which of my points is?

[@HenriBourkel]

Fun Facts: On the European political scale, the US doesn't have a left and a right party, but rather a moderate right party (Democrats) and an extreme right party (Republicans). Political parties in Europe are membership parties, not registration parties like in the US; you register as a voter, not a party supporter. All the things the Republicans call communist (public healthcare, public pension fund, mandatory paid vacation, etc, etc) were introduced in my country (🇱🇺.lu) mainly by the Conservatives because they are rooted in a Christian trade union movement.

[@terra7066]

In the Heritage Foundation rank of the most capitalist countries Luxembourg is in the 7th position and USA in the 25th.

[@geschita]

Are there european countries where you have to register to vote? (Just curious, because in Germany you don't register. You Just .... Vote.)

[@istvanglock7445]

Yes, and I think the registration process is responsible for much of the polarization we see in the US.

[@mrsmerily]

sorry, but many times those who call themselves liberal or even conservative in Europe are not that either. More to left on scale. This is not my opinion, I have diploma to prove it.

[@auroraborealus2709]

In my Country,kids go alone in street.,Healtcare if u need, u can have.1.place is your Health.With or without Joob u can go to doktor.U can't by gun free.And many many more things.Security on 1.place.In midle night u can go aut.99 %of this America haven't.

[@ajuc005]

@9:48 - in some European countries tourists get free public healthcare, in others you'd have to pay for the private healthcare, but the thing Americans don't understand is that private healthcare in Europe is also super cheap compared to the US - because it has to compete with the public healthcare on price and quality - so they can't price gouge like in US. If you set your prices to 10 000 USD - people would just wait in a queue and get it done for free. And if they can't wait in a queue cause it's life-threatening - the public healthcare prioritorizes these patients so the waiting times are reasonable. So in practice our system is a combination of cheap private healthcare if it's nothing serious and you want to have it done quicker vs free public healthcare for serious/lifethreatening stuff or if you're broke and OK with waiting longer. I live in Poland and sometimes I go to a private healthcare to get non-life-threathening stuff done quicker without waiting in lines - and I've never paid more than 200 USD for anything, usually less. MRI is about 150 USD, RTG is like 20 USD or less. Typical visit to a dentist is 30-100 USD. Consultation with a specialist is also under 100 USD and with a regular first-contact doctor it's under 50 USD. So it should be easy to beat USA prices even including hotel and flights.

[@fernandobartolomeu5488]

Good morning in Portugal the university is paid but the tuition fees are between 50 and 120 euros and certain courses such as medicine from the 4th year receive a salary and needy families receive state and municipal support

[@formatique_arschloch]

Here in Finland taking care of income taxes is so easy. Government takes taxes automatically and mail yearly some papers to check. For me everything has always been right and no actions what so ever needed. Just check the simple forms (5minutes) and continue living. I have voluntarely raised my income tax % from 23 to 25, so at the end of the year I always get a nice sum as a return. Good for christmas holidays😂

[@ronaldstrous2764]

Dutch guy here. Every year I download my tax form from the Dutch irs, check it, sign it and send it. Takes me about 15 minutes.

[@vaiapisai1346]

Same here in NZ. Our taxes are taken out automatically by the IRD before it arrives into my bank account. Makes life so much easier 😊

[@CloudHugger79]

fun fact: The democrats would be considered a far right party in Scandinavia. It's to the right of the parties we consider far right here in Norway as an example

[@lloydedwards809]

Having spent some months in Western US States, the "language" issue was the attitude. That's an issue with many things eg your use of "left" when referring to media/politics - left of Ghengis Khan isn't "left"!!!!!

[@kanedNunable]

americans grasp of politics is childish at best. calling the dems the FAR LEFT when they are centre right is hilarious.

[@northleedspoppa]

TBF for an ancient warlord Khan was probably far left 😂

[@useall7665]

When you live in europe everything is just around the corner + we dont have to deal with bullshit tax's and tips.

[@erikstenviken2652]

The guns in northern europe are for hunting. Normaly not used by criminals. And the laws are strict.

[@notyourtypicalgranny]

Same in Australia, strict laws about getting and keeping guns.

[@josephtreacy667]

​@@notyourtypicalgrannyYep. Had a really bad mass shooting about 30 years ago and that was it . Strict bans and licensing aftrr that.

[@evelynelewis7151]

In Switzerland, when you see a chap riding a bicycle with a gun strapped to his back, you know he's going to do his regular training with the army, and you actually feel safer. In the US, the way they carry guns, showing off their "rights", is frightening, not reassuring at all.

[@kanedNunable]

@@josephtreacy667 last school shooting in UK was 1996! america has one each week.

[@mamaloh8165]

Work in the US has kind of a religious meaning due to the dominance of calvinistic protestant sects. Calvin himself was obsessed with punctuality, he is seen as the father of Swiss watch industry because of that. The pinnacle of such ideology is the Prosperity Gospel - an upside-down version of Luther's version of Protestantism, which says more or less, that the rich are good people that have been rewarded by God, the poor are bad people that are poor for that reason.. That's what scares many Europeans away, to us that looks as if the Enlightenment Epoch had never happened. The amount of religious references and remarks of public figures is irritating. All those vows of politicians about them praying all the time seem totally incredible to most Europeans. Same goes for the opposite, you know, constant references to "Satan" etc.

[@Ariadne-cg4cq]

The taxation system in most European countries is different from that in the USA. In Europe the employer deducts the tax from the employees pay packet and pays the tax directly to the tax office so the the employee doesn’t need to fill out complicated tax forms which is a very efficient and popular system. The only people who have to fill out tax forms etc are the self employed or people who run very small businesses. However some of them use accountants to do it for them.

[@ChristiaanHW]

the only thing i have to do during "tax season", is log in on the government site that deals with taxes, check if they haven't made a mistake and confirm i agree with the numbers they use/have. takes 5 minutes tops and that's it edit: this is in The Netherlands

[@KathrynElizabethJaneway]

In Romania it's automatically taken from our monthly salary. The only tax we have to pay ourselves is if we own a car, and / or house and we can do it online, so we don't have to waste a lot of time queuing.

[@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt]

I suggest the Language Barrier is not that Europeans have a hard time understanding Americans, but rather Americans have a hard time understanding Europeans whose first language is _not_ English. If you have a French person (for example) with a strong French accent speaking English you might have to put in a little more effort to listen to what they're saying, if they mispronounce a word you'd have to make a little more effort, which Americans are not prepared to do; And therefore dismiss or ignore Foreigners trying to communicate with them. Example: criticising a Polish speaker for spelling an English word incorrectly, harsh I think (notice English, English spelling of Criticise not the American misspelling of the word with a z).

[@soniam.p.7198]

I agree - and how many American citizens aren't even able to distinguish YOUR and YOU'RE...

[@obugger]

I'm astonished that language is seen as a barrier. I'm British and the fact we speak English is the number one reason for people migrating here. English is globally the most widely spoken second language and already being able to speak the language (to some degree) and the opportunity to improve their English obviously makes English speaking nations very attractive to non-native speakers. The original video is downplaying the gun issue. The USA is only 4.23% of the global population but has 50% of the privately owned guns. Statistically gun homicides are 22% higher in the USA than in the EU.

[@manub.3847]

"Language barrier": perhaps this answer comes from people who have learned the basics of English but feel uncomfortable using this language in communication. Or they have had the experience of being laughed at or treated badly because of their accent or imperfect pronunciation.

[@ronaldstrous2764]

The survey is also amongst people from south America, so that might be a reason.

[@S3nn4h]

I have some experience with it. The language barrier is not really the language in itself, but the accent. I used to work for a Helpdesk Customer Service company. We had a European team (Spanish, French, Germans, Italians, Polish...). My colleagues had no problem taking calls in English when we were doing only EU support. Then we started to do Worldwide support. While they could still take calls from people from Africa, Middle East or Asia, they had to transfer to me all calls from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and some from the US depending of the State, main culprit being Texas :P They just couldn't understand the customer at all (even for me some accents were very thick and hard to follow but I was able to make the call). And even for the UK some of my team had issues with some places, especially calls from Wales and Scotland, but I didn't mind getting the calls, the ladies from Glasgow and Cardiff were lovely and always put a smile on the face when they were calling me Love and Darling :)

[@tiialarissanykanen]

I have been following You for some time. It has been amazing to see, how information has changed You. Offcourse You are older now, but still. 🥰

[@billyo54]

I went to university as a mature student here in Ireland. I did a three years bachelors degree and a one year masters degree twenty years ago. I received the equivalent of two hundred dollars a week plus an extra fifty dollars per week for book expenses for the entire four years.

[@Izzymill]

Same in London had a grant. The good old days

[@Valokaari]

Higher education in Finland. From a guy who has a bachelor’s in engineering and now doing my master’s. During my bachelor’s the costs came from books you had to get, food (student discounted at the school diner) and housing. You also get student support from the government and if you need it, a student loan. In my master’s (started in September) I’ve so far payed 2,95eur for every lunch and total of 30cents for a few copies I printed. No student support but as we don’t have any physical books, those are the costs.

[@DiannVonDenWoelfen]

I live in Germany. Regarding public transportation, the need to own a car has decreased further with the advent of car-sharing schemes. Regarding taxes, property taxes where I live are a mini-fraction of what they are in the States. VAT is included in the sticker price of all items, so you know what you are spending (very nice). And the USA is the only country in the world to tax its expatriate citizens, which means they are doubly taxed. This has a knock on effect that few investment banks will offer their services to you. I don’t know how it is in other countries, but in Germany the Universities are very inexpensive. The fees for one semester at the TU Dresden cost around 290 Euros. Each University student is given a ‘Semester Ticket’ which allows them access to public transportation, so there’s a nice trade off. Plus, all students receive discounts on admission to the theatre, a nice way to support the arts. BTW, there are plenty of engineering programs at German Universities that are nearly EMPTY and the Universities have developed schemes to recruit foreign students, who also benefit from this low tuition.

[@JP200]

I recently got an 'international medical insurance' policy in the Netherlands for about €180 per month. It covers basically everything all over the world, except in... the US, China, Hongkong, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia 😏

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

are you sure it doesnt cover it? because i have something simmilar in germany, and while it doesnt cover the us directly, they will cover the cost of getting you tf out of there so you can get treatment at home.

[@JP200]

@@JohnDoe-xz1mw Yes, I copy/pasted the list of countries in my reply from their website 😉

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

@@JP200 i just mean there is a difference between countries where they will just pay for you to just get treatement theire but that doesnt mean they wont get you out of coutnrys where they refuse to pay for it. im almos twilling ot bet that if you break your foot on a skilift in montana, they will get you home. at least thats definitly the deal here, if its an actual emergency not just soemthing that is uncomfortable to you but not dangerous the wont leave you hanging

[@JP200]

​@@JohnDoe-xz1mw Sure, they won't let you die. I don't know what will happen if you're underinsured for medical. Maybe you actually have to pay for the rest of your life, just like an American? 😬 When I on their website select my destination is the US, the monthly €180 calculates into €540 😄

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

@@JP200 sorry i have no idea how it works in the netherlands but in germany, all those payments are jsut "extra" all they mean is you get a nicer room in hospitals (and by nicer i mean the same room but you dont have to share them with random strangers that might snore) and free wifi, the basic coverage is not affected by that and they will take care of you wherever you are. with the excpetion of countries that there is an active travel warning, you cna chekc those on the goverment website as well, if you are STARTING yoru tripp at the time the active travel warning is already out, you are on your own.

[@r.bejstrup9489]

Denmark here. Most schools and programs are free. In addition we have something called the state's education support. There are different conditions for receiving support; firstly, it must be a state-approved education, you are 18 years old, Danish citizenship, upper limit for other income and if you live at home, it depends on the parents' income. And you can only get it for 5 years and 10 months. The largest amount you can get is around $1000. However if you think it's a lot of money, you just have to be aware that in the major educational cities you can't even rent a coffin with a lid for that amount. You have to have an income on the side, whether it is a student job or a loan. The reason why it was introduced was so that children from low-income families also have a chance to get an education.

[@Lily-Bravo]

Get that commentator to write a letter in Polish, and see how he does!!

[@Geordioca]

Your rection to the IRS was the best natural reaction I've seen anywhere on KZbin 🤣

[@hilarymiseroy]

You've mentioned Swiss gun ownership before and I meant to explain. Switzerland has a small regular army but a very large militia system and one of the features is that the weapons and equipment are personally owned so are kept at home and inflate the figures.

[@martinbynion1589]

Totally agree - this shows a massive ignorance of Switzerland and it's cultue. Typical of an American.

[@obugger]

And, compared to Americans, the Swiss rarely use those weapons to commit murder.

[@klaus2t703]

@@obugger This is because the Swiss are educated and use the Militia in case of foreigners intrude. (Basically how the 2nd ammendment is meant) But the Americans use their guns aginst Americans. 15,000 times per year. Good job. Reference: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Just imagine how the US would act if any foreign country killed 15,000 US citizens per year. Then they surely would know that this is not right ... and they would take measures to stop this killing. The rest of the world thinks: 15,000 people are 15,000 people, no matter who killed them, it has to be stopped.

[@ronaldstrous2764]

Funny thing, the US second ammendment was meant for militias, but now applied to everyone.

[@fayolasaunders6342]

Really informative thank you. I appreciated your commentary too.

[@papaquonis]

12:35 It's certainly correct for Denmark starting when you turn 18 - even before you get to higher education. University and similar higher education is already free, and then you get paid by the government as long as you're studying . There are obviously a number of different rules that can affect how much you get - how old are you, do you live at home (if so, how much do your parents earn) or on your own, are you a parent, etc. But probably the most common basic stipend for a university level student living on their own is around $1000 per month.

[@LinusOttosson]

American elections is far too important for Americans to handle.

[@dianehodgkinson7113]

I am English, I have visited the States a few times - I rarely understand 'American English' (example - You call it a Bathroom / Restroom - Yet there is no bath or rest area) we just call it a loo! #

[@piafredriksson400]

I was visiting US when I was 20 and now I’m 66, we was driving around through several states and the tension between different groups was something I noticed and sometimes it get me uncomfortable and afraid. And this was so many years ago and I guess it’s no different now perhaps worse. I have never visit this country again in all the years that have past since then. The main reason I didn’t go back is that it isn’t safe, to many guns and crazy people on the streets due to lack of care for those people and to easy to buy guns. I really feel sorry over this cause the nature and all the different cultures with people from all the corners off the planet would have been great to experience more closely. We was driving from place to place for a month so we stayed just a day or two at the same spot.

[@michaelmarchant7245]

It's no longer the case in the UK, but when I went to university (1985) the government paid for all the university costs and I was given a grant to give me enough money to live off while studying, so my degree cost me absolutely nothing and I didn't need to work while studying.

[@Badgersj]

Same here. The payoff was that the admission standards were lowered so that they could be widened, in our day we had to pass exams to get in.

[@michaelmarchant7245]

@@Badgersj I seem to remember that Tony Blair wanted 50% of young people to go to universtiy.

[@Badgersj]

@@michaelmarchant7245 I think you're right. Doesn't seem to have done much good, lots of young people out of pocket paying for useless degrees in media studies.

[@WookieWarriorz]

This is pretty much how it still works today. I got £4000 a year in grants I didn't have to repay and I did 2 years in Scotland and tuition and it was 100% free. Also our student loans are given by the government and is really really fair, some Americans to bankrupt due to the predatory loans they are sold.

[@WookieWarriorz]

You're wrong mate, this is pretty much how it still works today. I got £4000 a year in grants I didn't have to repay free money basically and I did 2 years in Scotland and tuition was 100% free. Other 2 years were £4000. Also our student loans are given by the government and is really really fair, some Americans to bankrupt due to the predatory loans they are sold. WE DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM because the loans are repaid by a small % on income you earn over £20,000 per year.

[@slytheringingerwitch]

No country is perfect but watching those that aren't justify why that's acceptable is painful to watch.

[@Nemesis-pe7mw]

In the Netherlands we have a tax period. We download the application, fill in some numbers, check somethings and submit. My wife does ours as she's an accountant and it takes her 1 hour max each. If you submit it early like 1 month after being able to do so you get the taxes back early, if you submit the taxes after that you have to wait a bit longer. If you do not own a business usually the taxes have already been paid and you get money back for your tax exemptions (if you did not opt to get them monthly). I've seen the US tax forms and they are horrific! Here now a days I could explain to my 9 year old how to do the taxes and we'd probably be fine.

[@RandomerFellow]

I am Swedish and I have no problem with the American car culture per se. But it should be supplemented with sensible options for those who want to cycle or cannot drive a car. And in particular there should be a natural environment for recreation and commerce in every suburb.

[@kille-4B]

As a Dane I don’t understand why americans buy such big cars/trucks when they are not needed and then start whining about gasprizes. It’s like if someone living in New Yourk absolutely needed a Hummer🤪

[@meanmicro]

I’ve subscribed today as I have watched your channel on a regular basis I like your comments and views

[@katejackson7432]

in uk there are alot of signs in many languages because we expect there t be people who dont speak english or as a 2nd language. information often has details of a no. for translation

[@charlottalarsson3696]

Hi! I am Swedish. The state pays 1250 swedish crones a month to students from year 11-13 in school (called gymnasiet). Thank you for sharing interesting thoughts. Best regards Lotta Larsson

[@defizr]

In the UK 'college=further education=vocational education'. The UK equivalent of 'college' is 'university'

[@Originalkugelzwerg]

I saw a report on school shootings where the most disturbing thing was the proposed solution. A bunker in the classroom of a primary school where the children are trained to seek shelter without panic when the alarm sounds.

[@daphnelovesL]

In the Netherlands you can do your tax in 5 minutes If you have your paperwork collected. And collecting the paperwork took the most time. And a paycheck we don't have check for 20 years.

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

Paycheck is more a turn of phrase, people could be paid in cash or direct to their bank account but it can still be referred to as a paycheck.

[@martinbynion1589]

In NewZealand, most people don't do tax returns. Income tax is taken at source (the Employer) and the system is simple, unless you have some reason for claiming a tax rebate. I usually get a few $ back from Inland revenue, paid to me automatically. You are welcome to the "Freedom" of doing tax returns.

[@RaduRadonys]

@@martinbynion1589 Same in Romania. People calculate and pay themselves the taxes only if they have companies or invest money in stocks or similar. Average people who have just jobs don't have to do anything, the taxes are taken automatically from the salary.

[@ChristiaanHW]

@@martinbynion1589 in The Netherlands you don't need to do your taxes, but it's advised to at least look over the numbers the tax office uses, just to make sure they didn't tax you to much or they forgot something. so you log in via the internet, check their numbers and if everything is alright click the agree button.

[@daphnelovesL]

@@martinbynion1589 I lived in New Zealand for sometime I know how it works. But is was before the earthquake in Christchurch.

[@mauriceluciano5211]

It's true, my undergraduate degree and postgraduate degree were both paid for by the state. Tuition fees were covered and I received a grant for food/rent etc. I came out with zero debt. I'm Irish btw. I did my BA in the UK. Still paid for by the Irish govt. My English friends couldn't wrap their heads around how I was paying nothing compared to what they had to pay.

[@thomasdalby8420]

You still had segregation during the 2nd world war......your black soldier's were mistreated whilst they were fighting for your country. Europe saw this and were disgusted.

[@SMoggyinski]

This is absolutely true. There were even gun fights and riots in the UK during the Second World War, *between* segregated black and white American soldiers. Google "Battle of Bamber Bridge" or the Leicester riot, for example. Hollywood movies which depict black and white GIs fighting together are just absolute romanticised fiction.

[@erikthomsen4007]

Related to education cost: Yes, some countries do pay you to study. Decades ago, when I was studying at the Technical University of Denmark, I was living in a low-cost dorm room, pretty much on campus. Given the relatively cheap housing, the education support (the monthly payment I got for studying) was high enough for me to live off. Granted, I needed to be careful about spending, and there wasn't exactly much luxury, but there was no need for me to have a job to pay for education. There was no tuition fee, but I did have to buy the books needed for the different classes. So the education itself was nearly free. Since I lived on the edge of campus, I just walked or used my bike when attending classes. Also, with the pretty good public transportation system that exists in that part of the country, and safe bike lanes in the larger cities, I had no need for a car. This also helped making it possible for me to study, without having to work during evenings. A positive effect of this system, in my opinion, is that it doesn't really matter how wealthy your parents are, when you are choosing a higher education. And, as soon as a student has finished the education, and gets a job, all that the country spent on the student is eventually returned via tax money. So in a sense, the country is _investing_ in new tax payers, rather than just paying students to study.

[@alistairbolden6340]

If you are poor enough and decide to go to collage not only is the college free but your boarding and food will also be covered and you will get a weekly sum of money to help you survive while you study, so yes most European nations UK included pays their students to study but only if they can't afford it themselves. I went to collage in the UK and had to pay nothing for it because my family was not wealthy, I got free room on campus and a card I could use in the food hall for free food, I also got a free transport card allowing me to use all transport at a vastly reduced price. We also get something called a student card that reduces the price of many things, such as gym membership, and even alcohol at most bars and clubs. Unlike the USA where some students can get scholarship spots if they are really smart, across Europe you get scholarship spots simply because your family can't afford to pay the fee.

[@nedludd7622]

What did you learn in that "collage"?

[@alistairbolden6340]

@@nedludd7622 Fair, it was Moreton Morrell college, I'm a blacksmith and farrier.

[@Sienisota]

​@@nedludd7622Probably more than you would in average U.S college. Most of the world only allows you to become a teacher f you are amongst the best on your field (At least that is how it is here in Finland). U.S makes teachers from people who barely managed to pass and not be drop-outs.

[@davidduffy2046]

If it hurts, don't do it!

[@markthomas2577]

When I went to University all my tuition was free and I received a weekly living expenses grant which was about a third of the average (male) UK weekly salary. That was in the 1970s.

[@Ana_N-mlp]

I'm from east europe. Education here is free up to (and including) a university degree - no tuition fees. The state gives monetary grants to help with expenses in middle school and university (not loans - they don't have to be repaid). They're either for students from lower income families, for gifted students or those with special achievements etc. Students have subsidized public transport. They get one subsidized hot meal per day (in restaurants where eg. office workers would go to eat, not some junk fast food or cafeteria lunches). If students choose to work while studying, their income is tax-free. Most elementary and middle schools have the option for the students to rent the necessary textbooks for a token fee (around the cost of one textbook). For people who study in the same place where their family lives, it can be said that they get paid to study. I don't think I've ever met a person who finished university in debt. Between 35 and 40% of each generation has university degrees, with another 5 to 10% advanced degrees. As for the quality, undergrad education here is comparable to postgrad (masters or phd) in the US.

[@Lottaquizzes]

In Sweden you’ll get about 100 usd/week and you can get a very cheap student loan up to 230 usd/week. You have to pay for books and materials, but there is no tuition fee.

[@bard6184]

Here in Norway, college is not free by default. When I went to college, tuition was about 1100 kroner (100 bucks) per year, books perhaps twice that amount. What's really astounding is what happens if you end up in a situation where you can no longer function in your job due to sickness or injury. Then, if you can't afford to pay for it yourself, the state will you give you additional education for free, so you can get a job you will be able to do.

[@emmae4602]

I’m surprised by the order of this list too. I knew straight away that guns would be at the top, but I expected that to be followed by healthcare and then either the insane religiosity of the US, or your political environment. They would certainly be my top 3/4, although as an atheist the religious stuff would probably take the top spot for me, I think i would find it unbearable over there. It pisses me off that religion is still being pushed in schools in the UK, probably because we’re officially a Christian country (which is something else that winds me up). I also don’t think we can really comment on your bipartisan politics because we’re in a similar situation here. There are other parties on offer but it’s the same two in charge all the time, they just seem to take turns 🙄

[@rubenboerde9935]

I like your style, talking and thinking at the same time. Conclusions changing, its a beautifull thing, "The Mind"

[@LivariusD]

The English language barrier can really be a problem here in France. You can spend your whole school career without learning English. In my own case, German was my first foreign language, English my second, but I could just as easily have chosen Italian, Portuguese or Spanish instead of English. And in higher education, it's not suprising to choose an Asian or Arabic languages, or simply no foreign language at all, depending on what you're studying.

[@JenniferRussell-qw2co]

That was very interesting. I never assume people will automatically speak English, wherever I go in Europe. I get by pretty well speaking French, and to a lesser degree German, but you should at least try and learn a few words/phrases of the language of where you are travelling to, it's good manners at the very least. I have my pocket phrase books at the ready, just in case I get stuck. 🙋‍♀️🇬🇧🤗

[@Lily-Bravo]

I spent my school days in a town 22 miles from Calais, and there was actually reluctance about the inclusion of learning French in our curriculum! Admittedly there was sea between us. I have to admit, it was not until I went to stay with an exchange student and found she had 3 older charming brothers that I began to realise the advantage. I learned more French in that short time than I had at school, where it was more focussed on reading and writing "proper" French than speaking it and learning some colloquialisms.

[@LivariusD]

@@JenniferRussell-qw2co I completly agree with you. But when you immigrate to a new country, knowing just a few words can be a problem, and yet some people still try. They rely on immersion to learn the language as quickly as possible, and that's, in my opinion, a very good way of learning.

[@LivariusD]

@@Lily-Bravo Yes, in France too, school programs are not very effective. We focus on grammar and spelling, and end up lacking vocabulary, which is the most important part. However, you can learn English in any school in France, but it remains an option that the student can choose or not. The best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in the culture.

[@Lily-Bravo]

@@LivariusD Absolutely. I was a member of a Twinning Association here in the UK, twinned with a similar settlement and we did yearly visits and made friends and my french improved dramatically. (Didn't notice much English on the French side though!) I haven't been able to join in the last few years and I noticed I am very rusty now.

[@yoshihiroitabashi]

I've been working for years, never had to file my own tax, it is an automatic salary deduction, sometimes I'll receive a tax refund but most of the time I couldn't careless if I don't. Add: For healthcare, me and my mom got hospitalized at the same time for almost a week, we got a private room for two, we spend like $700 in dollar amount when converted after the government health insurance and other government assistance is deducted. we practically only paid for the room. For Education, we have free college education for all student in public universities and colleges, they can still get stipend from scholarships and grants, essentially making it look like they are getting paid to study.

[@chrisellis3797]

England here. School and college was free until I was 18. From that point on it's University and I'd have had to pay. I didn't go to University but not due to money (or brains), I was just inherently lazy and sick of schooling😂. Worked out though, same job as graduates but without their Uni debts

[@benttranberg2690]

Not only is there no tax work here in Norway. I can’t think of any paper work, not even electronically. When I visit the hospital, my phone guides me to the right room. There’s no paperwork. If I do shares or funds, taxes are automated. We pay electronically in stores, with phones or watches.

[@paulkennedy6386]

I have visited the USA many times, I love it, it's a fantastic country and the people are great (on the whole) but live there, I would not. What if I got sick, what what if I wanted decent employment rights, lots of other reasons too that I could probably live with. But those two I couldn't swallow. I get 38 days a year paid for holidays and if I get sick I can go the doctors, hospital etc and pay nothing at source. If I was really sick my company pays me full pay as I am getting better, and for 6 months after that half pay.

[@Helge_Torp]

In Norway University is 100% free (even medical school) and you get a student loan with 0% interest while studying to cover living expenses. After you finish your education, a certain % of the loan will be converted into a stipend and you don't have to pay that part at all. Fun fact; if you move to the north of Norway, the government will pay your student loan for you (about 2.000$ a year, I think it is) 😊

[@Thisandthat8908]

healthcare is a biggie. US healthcare has a extremely bad reputation abroad. Also workers rights. Even most of the nastiest dictatorships have paid vacation and stuff. The US is one of the worst places in the world in that regard. As a rich person moving to the US might be interesting. As a normal person? A middle class working person? Well, it's better than North Korea or China. Although i suspect at least workers rights are better even there.

[@samoday2992]

As a brit that lived in the states for 15 years i absolutely loved the place . Moved to Canada and cant wait to get back.

[@erikstenviken2652]

University is free in sweden and you get money from the state so you could say that you are payed.

[@bjornssecrets9299]

Yes you get money from a state institution but that is a loan not a gift, you should know that as a Swede. You pay the loan back by the state institution taking a portion of your debt from your wages. The loan you get is very low percentage . If you move abroad you don't pay!

[@mrfomo217]

@@bjornssecrets9299 He is absolutely right. So your snarky "you should know that as a Swede" is rather misplaced.

[@bjornssecrets9299]

Oh snarky, nice reply to what you don't know how I was feeling but then this is social media so we get people like you. You get a small grant of which nobody can live off, what I meant is that in principle everyone basically needs to take a loan. 1250kr gets you diddly so even if like my kids who worked as well they also needed to take a loan out to live. So free yes but as most move to another area to go to uni you need an apartment, pay heating and that thing called food to buy, so people take out a loan from CSN. I wasn't clear but you, if you're intelligent enough ( now that is snarky, you're welcome) you could work it out!

[@mrfomo217]

@@bjornssecrets9299 Dude. Just take the L and go take a nap or something. Holy crap. 😂

[@PhononLabs]

About language. I am Spanish with an oxford english C1 level certification. I use english almost everyday at my job, and almost the entire media I consume is in english. That said, being fluent with a language is very different from speaking, writing, expressing yourself in your own language. When I speak english I feel slower, dumber... Sometimes you want to say something that instinctively you would say in a certain way because it's how it's said in your own language, but you know it's not the way it's said in english, or you don't know the word, or you just can't remember. That makes you think a workaround to say that. That takes A LOT more effort than having a conversation at your own language, and those are... let's say "brain resources" that you can't spend focusing in the matter. Usually, having a meeting in english for me is a lot more exhausting than having a meeting in spanish. And that doesn't even cover the fact that our language usually SHAPES the way our brain works, how we approach a conversation, an issue, a problem, a meeting... So my point is: The language barrier doesn't mean we don't want to live there because we don't speak english, it's also because a lot of us speak english but having to live speaking all the time and only english would be really really hard.