Rich and poor - the inequality gap (2/3) | DW Documentary

[@jessicadesmond-robitaille5972]

I’m such a documentary addict and I can’t believe I’m just discovering this channel now. This is TOP notch documentary filmmaking. I’m shook

[@edmund6392]

Also a doc addict...what other great documentary channels do you recommend?

[@jessicadesmond-robitaille5972]

@@edmund6392 to be honest I think Netflix has some of the best docuseries but in regards to KZbin I highly recommend “The Guardian”

[@edmund6392]

@@jessicadesmond-robitaille5972 thanks! Will check it out. I also love Frontline

[@ParcelOfRogue]

@@edmund6392 A Different Bias

[@Arnot1664]

Same here Jessica. Just a reminder to always be critical on the information you are listening. I recommended you these because I really like DW but I watched their documentary on “Tesla on Elon Musk” and I felt they were biased or following an agenda (as any media).

[@tanaysingh7767]

This is pure gold. Such detailed study and its presentation should be an example for all the people who claim to be media.

[@Nimbereth]

The best channel on youtube.

[@Wamsuo58u]

Why do they ignore the inherent issue with Fiat currency

[@AmberU]

I agree I am in the US and this was very informative from the perspective of what is going on locally, nationally and internationally and I will be making personal changes and financial ones to look out for myself and choose not to turn a blind eye to what it takes to eek out a living and going on.

[@InfinityStone-fj2mr]

Tanay Singh yet they don't address u have to research for yourself, journalism is mostly dead.

[@henrykay5750]

I dont understand this attack and overall distrust on general media Most of the media and news I consider worthy enough to consume is well done. Even stories coming out of perveyors of filth (ie RT, fox news, sky) help the general public gain understanding of what slant the ultra conservative class wish to push. News stories and almost no story is going to be 100% across the board..it's up to the consumer to extract usefulness out of any one item...or simply disregard it. We should support all media...especially if they make a good faith effort to uncover truth.

[@theaniqa99]

The dude is an engineer at Siemens and he can’t afford a home. That’s sad!

[@costnukhta]

only beacause a lot of appartments get refugees... That pays taxpayers,,, in this film showed a getto where live refuges, which doesent work at all . they cant pay for local shcool books.

[@coopsnz1]

Tax to much there your answer

[@KatariaGujjar]

@@costnukhta Refugees don't live in E450,000 apartments. Refugees don't inflate real estate prices.

[@costnukhta]

Really ? Did you see this neiborhood and people that live theree before ? This was just families that worked on simple job... and how 1 million refugees that germany takes only for 2015 ? how 1 million people that went only at 2015 can change real estate market?

[@KatariaGujjar]

@@costnukhta Show me how a non working refugee came to own a E450,000 apartment.

[@wcg66]

The end is the important note. Even Groner is a player in an even larger game. Honestly, he wields little power, it's his investors and people who "manage" multiple Groners who wield the power. I don't think we've recognized the multilevel marketing scheme that is our economy yet.

[@p.b4287]

Yes, we could see that clearly. The way Gröner behaved in front of investors showed more than can be said in words. Excellent work of the DW

[@kevinnev]

Absolutely.

[@LadyCoyKoi]

We are all agents and victims of this system.

[@Speedster189]

I would argue that a mayor probably holds as much power as Groner, legally. Financially groner weilds a different power. There’s a lot of different kinds of power in This world. Why would a billionaire person ever want to be President where they no longer are free to do what they want? See Trump. He wanted a different power

[@prodigalson2670]

yeah, everything you do is slavery with extra steps. He still has to go to work and handle stress and can bankrupt. Having a company is just a different form of slavery than being an employee.

[@mohamedhajr5370]

I just love how straight honest in his words he is and most Germans, they don't sweet things as most Americans do, they just speak reality and only truth even its annoying to hear, not going around in a circle to avoid hurting your feelings, more of this, please.

[@simonstones1918]

Mohamed Hajr couldn’t agree more with you fella. More straight talking!

[@druidhillpark]

...and Germany is not as wealthy as America too...so mow you know why.

[@mounbakko5871]

@@druidhillpark , political correctness will get you for straight talk.

[@sophiaatn5339]

@@druidhillpark because Germany didn't have slaves?

[@STICKITINYOUREAR]

Mohamed Hajr- Wow, you BS detector must be turned off !

[@maxtroy8511]

In boarding school, "all the children are treated the same". But of course, at 3,000 Euros a month, all the children are treated like rich kids.

[@sarojakrieg4780]

Max Troy most of this children are miserable in school .Theu don't get love at all.

[@zBMatt]

Saroja Krieg that’s not actually t true. They grow up independently and get family time on weekends, which makes family time more special and meaningful (they don’t take it for granted). It’s literally like going to college. When / if you went to college do you think your parents stopped showing you love? They didn’t call / text you? Lol

[@TheLily97232]

exactly. it just shields them from the overall reality... but as a mom I understand what she means. However I have been to a richer kid private schools they were the bully, not the other way around so...

[@2012withShantelleS]

@@zBMatt except we dont send 10 year olds to college.

[@zBMatt]

@@2012withShantelleS boarding school is literally college with younger students.

[@timblu5029]

Please do similar videos in the future. Thanks

[@DWDocumentary]

Hi tim blu, thanks for your proposal, we are working on it! Stay tuned!

[@Pfirtzer]

@@DWDocumentary Is there any posibility to do a documentary where children in Eastern Europe and poor countries. Children are taken from there parents put in fostercare by the government under pretext that parents are not fit to take care of their children. Children are even sold to Western rich people for adoption.Parents fight in vain to get their children back, they can't afford legal support. This is happening in p.e Serbia but kept hush hush by the government.Also Happend in Armenia.

[@george-and-gracie7996]

The "the poor girls organized a dance performance to say thank you to the older millionaire" part made me uncomfortable.

[@ginadean5696]

Especially the part where he talked through their performance and didn’t show them enough respect for the work they put into learning their performance to watch.

[@vladimirbatroni8499]

@@ginadean5696 He is full of himself.

[@user-cg7uv3mh9f]

@George-and-Gracie The bitter irony of it all !

[@Sailor.Catracha]

Same! But looks like he wasn't paying attention to the dance so that's something I guess

[@tn7403]

Oof

[@lutherreigns5781]

So they basically said they send their kids to boarding school so they don't have to be parents through the week.

[@honestly1970]

no no no - to shield them from their wealth. that statement was borderline delusional.

[@chownful]

the wealthiest are so self absorbed that they almost never raise their kids...they are so spiritually and morally bankrupt that they think that somehow benefits their children

[@KK-pm7ud]

Exactly. Like the kids would be spoiled watching their parents go to parties all the time. Lol.

[@Wanderer25]

You can tell they are not happy. While the middle class family struggling financially have a great family bond. The irony of it all.

[@o0GrayMatters0o]

when narcissistic psychopaths win the breeding rights of the most attractive females what you have is a generation/breed of youth that is inherently detached and self-serving. in the past the youth was able to dream and aspire to respectable and honorable careers and accomplishments, but since now they can be/have anything they want depending on the level of patronage their most-inner circle has gained, most only aspire to becoming rich, and such will be progress in a materialistic world where there's still acreage left. humans are chattle, living on profit farms, on rungs of varying heights. climb.

[@smallstudiodesign]

I worked as an interior designer for a woman who was given hundreds of thousands of “play money”, by her lumber baron husband, to dabble in her hobby (business) of home decor. Thus, kept her quietly busy / entertained, while he screwed around behind her back. Such equality. Such wonderful ethics and high moral ground.

[@anovino1992]

@ Design, I was wondering the same thing 🤔 His assistant seems to be very close to him. Why would you have kids, and send them away to be raised by someone else. While all the While pretending to care about the least fortunate. The end of the documtarty says it all. Tax deductible, it's really sad. I lived in Germany and never saw all those dilapidated buildings. Well that was before all the migration flows.

[@davisholman8149]

@@anovino1992 The migration debacle has ruined European countries. They need to stop it before they lose their culture. So sad what I have seen & the entitlement mentality by these people - I have witnessed it here in the USA also.

[@anovino1992]

@@davisholman8149 Because the progressive, have wanted to deconstruct the constitution since Woodrow Wilson So that gives them the right to make this country into a socialist, communist country. By eradicating the middle class, I lived in Europe for over 10 years. We were consider rich compared to the local national. I never knew it was that 👎 bad.

[@lo2740]

@@anovino1992 yes, and it also says a lot on a cerrtain german mentality

[@ultraali453]

Keeping up appearances for the family I suppose. Their private life is their own problem. If they are creating a net-benefit for society, then its a good thing.

[@Mighty_Deeds]

If the Germans are struggling, then I don't know which nation isn't. Germany is still better situated to come up with a new economic model for the future before this one collapses on everyone.

[@the.communist]

All nations are, with maybe the exception of very few ones, swissertland, luxemburg, iceland, finland, etc.

[@paulgoogol2652]

bbbbbut capitalism has given us the best lifes people ever had Kappa

[@coopsnz1]

Middle class shrinking in most European countries

[@loiba]

I don't know why people believe Germany is that well suited-their pyramid of age structure is collapsing, they need immigration but most of the immigration is not compatible with the country's values..it's headed to a major crisis.

[@coopsnz1]

@@loiba it like this dumb idiot in Australia blaming Capitalsm for why farmers struggle, the problem is Big government social democracy is why farmers struggle. Watch libertarian view scotty on KZbin why socialism sucks for middle class and upper class

[@ayyasas]

Never fail to open my mind more and more after watching DW Documentary. Feels like taking lecture in Europe tough the body stay in Asia. Thank You 🙏

[@XandriaRavenheart]

Woah, Germany's problem schools look like really expensive international school's in my country, Sri Lanka. Really shows the inequality between countries I guess. Being on welfare in Germany is probably better than being middle class in Sri Lanka.

[@SH0907]

Yes, here in Germany the welfare guarantees a very high living standard. It's so high that some lazy people decide not to work and instead live only off of welfare. That is very unfair to the working populace.

[@PazLeBon]

@@SH0907 why? they should do shit jobs? v tory of you

[@PazLeBon]

@TimTimKitty00 fascism alive and well I see

[@PazLeBon]

@@Platypus882 ok, sounds more Hitler than fascist

[@sashaspano588]

@@Platypus882 "desire to protect high living standards." what you are really saying is "desire to keep germany as white and european as possible." racist prick. western countries are partly to blame for the refugee crisis in the middle east. germany will and has already benefitted from the young refugee families who have emigrated there.

[@ibenzawla]

At least in Germany they are aware of the problem and making some effort to find a solution. Different story in the US where the massive wealth imbalance is actually encouraged and celebrated by poor white folks.

[@EclecticianG]

In which country do you live? Why are you only focusing on "whites"? That's hardly fair or representative, and it isn't true. Yes, there are some people who buy the "American Dream" farce, but they come from many different backgrounds and ethnicity, not just Caucasians. To be fair to the sheeple, they've been programmed through school, TV, movies, etc. to be part of the rank and file. Psychological manipulation...Yet, there are plenty of who are aware and unhappy, so please stop making such grossly inaccurate, stereotypical characterizations. I'm poor, white and American, and I certainly don't celebrate the imbalance - only brainwashed fools and idiots do that.

[@locomoco2012]

You need to acknowledge that people buy and buy stupid shit. Millionaires and billionaires continue to invest in their business while the average America does not spend money on things that make him or her better. Average America buys stupid shit, eat shitty food, does not save money, make stupid ass irrational choices, watch shit on the internet and tv. Stay woke!!

[@jjjj5452]

Our solution is to build walls

[@jjjj5452]

@@locomoco2012 and also spend most of their time on youtube

[@ibenzawla]

@@EclecticianG Obviously not all whites and I did not intend to generalize. The thing is though its frustrating to see poor people mainly in the south vote against there own interests year after year just because they are told to do so because "liberals" or "socialists" or "Obama" or "Pelosi"... Yet many of those programs or ideas would end up benefitting them the most. How on earth would a poor American oppose Obamacare or other essential programs that mostly benefit them?

[@UchihaItachiSpirit]

These documentary are so valuable and educational. Hope that DW will have more documentary like these. Thank you, DW.

[@utubecomment21]

Yes, yes, yet another News Corporation exploiting the poor for their (news corp) own financial gain ... what a noble documentary this is - facepalm!

[@stein6707]

@@utubecomment21 what are you even talking about?

[@viktorijakarakulko949]

'They have the power' smiles mischievously.

[@MegaDiddlemaus]

Great admiration to those teachers who are helping those kids. Listening to the dreams of those kids are inspiring. Hope they all achieved what they want to become someday🙏❤️

[@JJ-xz2re]

The best documentary media with no bias just documentary this is what we need No bias no politics in media Thank you very much DW keep doing what you doing salute you DW documentary media 🖐

[@earnestbaguma2174]

Thanks Dw for always delivering quality and very unique information in these documentaries we can't easily get anywhere else

[@LongtowerNyc]

@ 16:20 it shows how the girls doing a dance routine for them and he didn't even give them his undivided attention until after the music stopped and everyone started clapping. Then he turns around his face lights up with a smile and starts clapping..... For someone who cares that notion was a big deal. He's a very interesting person who comes off cool, but I know there's an absolute ruthless side to him too.

[@the.communist]

He wouldnt be in the position he is if he didnt have that side

[@ecclairmayo4153]

He looks bad in this documentary, not cool at all

[@teza5876]

I thought it was rude

[@blyat7276]

@@the.communist exactly, you don't build a billion dollar/hundred million dollar empire buy being the nicest guy on the street.

[@rispatha]

The mentality of a property millionaire... Buy a piece of property for as cheap as possible, make any repairs if needed as cheap as possible, charge 3 times what the actual payment for the loan payment is, put as little as possible into the maintaining of the property, hopefully sell the property later for 5 times what was invested but will settle for 3 times as much. Buy a piece of property for as cheap as possible, tear down all structures if any, rebuild with a "better" structure, charge each renter 3 times the rate for a smaller space, do as little as possible to maintain the property, earn 20 times the loan payment amount, hopefully sell the property for 10 times the investment but will settle for 5 times the amount invested. Then people wonder why fewer and fewer people and businesses are able to grow and thrive financially.

[@coolbreeze9713]

It happens a lot in Ireland where the American vulture funds buy up every house and apartment all newly built you can think of. And then rent them out charging humongous rents which only a person earning at least 5000 Euro can live in without sharing. Thus pushing out many people including the natives out of housing ownership. It affects the immigrants as well who go there to study and start employment.

[@rispatha]

@@coolbreeze9713 ... It is sad that these greedy venture capitalists get away with doing what they do. Rents being paid are higher than what mortgage payments would be yet the renters rarely if ever qualify for a loan to purchase the home they are living in..

[@coolbreeze9713]

@@rispatha yes correct. Many people here have said that even though their mortgage repayments would be lower than the full rent they pay for a house or an apartment, their mortgage applications are rejected. The same people who have very good jobs as engineers, accountants, marketing, medical industry. The only option seems here is to buy a cheaper house in smaller towns away from cities, buy a good car and commute everyday. I know a doctor in the Netherlands who lives like this. But the downside is for some people they'd be missing out on the vibrant and fast city life.

[@PuneetVijay]

This is very good. Hats off to the DW team for all the hard work they have placed in making this film.

[@plung3r]

Top Five Regrets of the Dying: 1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2. I wish I hadn't worked so much. 3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings. 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my *family & friends* 5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

[@teza5876]

I wish i tried harder i tried to make more of my life and experience more.

[@nickharley2344]

I wish I would have learned to move on sooner.

[@NorroTaku]

6. I wish I was born into a rich family

[@aw_artlover]

@@NorroTaku i wish I was married rich lols

[@ramrajdahayat7763]

If your happiness depends upon other people then the moment they left you will again be sad , so what's the point in relationships, anyone except parents and 1-2 friends of yours are there with you just because they're getting something from you & the moment you spend providing that thing , they're done with you .

[@simonhattrell5321]

I am always impressed by the quality of DW's documentaries. Gröner may regret one day that he and his wife sent their kids to boarding school. He freely admits that he does not have the time for them during the week. Schade! He may live to regret that choice one day. A driven man intoxicated with his success but he finds time to support 'worthy' causes. Good for him. A very revealing window into his philosophy of life. The Siemens engineer's story highlights how 'market forces' have no regard for the commitment to quality that has been the hallmark of German industry and take no account of the bond that builds up on the factory floor, which is discarded without a thought for the welfare of those who have loyally put in so much, another Germanic trait, which is the envy of the world.

[@joncarthy2370]

Well said. The top down pursuit of money/cost cutting slashes skilled workforce, i.e. more expensive, without any concern for the after effects. It happens in all fields. When I worked in mental health they cut the number of psychiatric nurses dealing with severely mentally ill people in favour of unskilled, cheaper, support staff. What's destructive is the lack of awareness of the negative ripple effects for such economic decisions, but I guess the point is to shore up your own wealth and let everything else be an after-thought.

[@PazLeBon]

envy of the world? thats a joke right?

[@nanamuco7460]

his aim is to get into politics that's why his doing all those charity works it's all calculated

[@glg210]

Gröner: "...because id like to live here myself..." Lol 😂😂😂 as if

[@nb8947]

Real reporting is so refreshing. The same issue from so many angles without agenda

[@imagineth]

Great series DW Documentary. This is such a great analysis and exploration. Just found part 3, about to jump right in.

[@H4rd5tyl3]

Another high quality documentary, about topics that matter! Thanks DW, yet again!

[@AnujFalcon]

At least he was willing to be interviewed!

[@alimahmoudian4161]

Great series of documentaries. I wish we had this level of transparency and professionalism of journalism in my country.

[@mavenexinc.9201]

I can tell you come from USA

[@thetrashmaster1352]

"It doesn't matter if we give kids good schools because their parents don't care about them." (10 minutes earlier) "I told my kids look, I won't be here for you so you should just go to boarding school."

[@ecclairmayo4153]

Children need time and resources. Well, I guess for him one out of two and bad...

[@Sailor.Catracha]

This guy gives me narcissist vibes.

[@k3kboi665]

@@stevearcher6100 hanging out whit the rich makes you richer and hanging out whit the poor makes you poorer. The poor cant offer you opportunities as they dont have any even for them selfs.

[@CH-gs9zu]

So he gives his attention to his assistant every day.

[@TheyRiseBand]

I bet he does... Giggity...

[@FiveMCity]

@@TheyRiseBand I was thinking the same XD

[@GetsmartR2D2]

😂

[@p.b4287]

He feeds his ego and tries to clean his conscious.

[@armanx2]

No wonder she is good looking one ;)

[@Sorenzo]

"Old poor people, you've already lived most of your life in suffering, what's the point of helping you now?"

[@andrestherock1]

I love too much the documentaries of DW are engaging, interesting, unique and open mind.

[@kbsltd11]

doing a thank you dance and getting totally ignored. Almost as good as the wife thinking her interior decorating business supported by her husbands business, means she's making it happen all on her own.

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

I don't think she said that nor did she imply she's doing it on her own. Her approach was her interior design business means she is contributing at least something and she's not totally living off him (nothing wrong with being a housewife either).

[@a-dalematthews4364]

That rubbed me the wrong way. Like wow at least pay attention.

[@sarfarazusm]

Most eye opening and professional channel I ever saw. I salute

[@saramarie5744]

"Can I get everyone's attention" .... a summary of this man lol

[@Blenblue235]

More of this please - take a look at London and the UK where I live perhaps. The divide is so wide, many people do not realise how far away they really are from having the opportunities that the wealthy have. For example: If you send your child to private school/nursery - thats not enough - the wealthy are having their children privately tutored from age 3 in all areas and subjects. I know this because my partner and I were asked to do this work post - university by an agency we both signed up to for some short term work. Truly Insane.

[@joncarthy2370]

Hothousing the young to give them an added edge, to produce another generation of security. The reality is safe-guarding your clan's future to the best of your abilities and hang everything else. Why else would someone as wealthy and successful as Felicity Huffman, say, seek to buy entry for her children by forging admittance documents to prestigious universities? Scratch the surface of wealth and success and recoil at the bodies half buried.

[@nothinglastsforever0000]

That’s very common in South Korea. The level of competition in this country is something outta this world

[@Speedster189]

Are you fucking really trying to compare private school to super rich multi millionaires ability to pay for private tutoring ? That’s just silly

[@JohnMoseley]

I live in London too. One could do a fantastic documentary about all this here. Gentrification has happened with dizzying speed and reach, absorbing and rendering very expensive numerous areas previously seen as not just undesirable but dangerous. Of particular interest in the property market is the practice of extending houses not just upwards, but downwards into often lavish basements and sub-basements dug out from the foundations. In a number of instances, this has resulted in damage not just to the property under renovation, but to their neighbours too, since so many London houses are attached to one another as part of terraces.

[@marcobonesi6794]

Compared to my homeland,Italy,Germany is still a paradise.In Italy you can be the most capable person,but if you or your family have no connections,it's very hard to earn even enough for a decent living standard....

[@jdengsky]

marco bonesi what are you talking about

[@WilliamDavis-hs8zu]

This documentary is admirably impartial

[@choiceb718]

So in Germany even poor children can learn in such a well builded school that is not crowded? Shit inequality isn't just inside a country. Sending a child to a school like that may cost the whole income of a normal working class in my country.

[@MnMEminem]

This documentary is still a bit biased... most people I know in Germany and are on welfare just don't wanna work and are straight up lazy! Most people that are on welfare are not those victimised poor strugling people, they are awful human beings that abuse the social system and spend a lot of the money they get on alcohol and other substances!

[@stein6707]

@@MnMEminem shut up with your anecdotals and look at the figures again

[@deflandre8286]

This documentary is brilliant. Well detailed both sides - average & educated/skilled people as well as rich ones. Part of Siemens engineer who can't afford to buy home for family (despite years of savings) is sad and makes me think whether this system is efficient.

[@big_brayo]

Also consider the fact that income doesn't directly translate into social status. Personalities usually come into play whereby I might be a high income earner but not so smart when it comes to money management

[@uvwxyzero]

If scraper don't scraper than arber can't scraper.

[@frugalhappy9572]

4 hr sleep and no time for the family and he calls it great - no thank you!

[@ecclairmayo4153]

Not for me either, he can have it!

[@Securiteruadmin]

Yet you still want his money, his "privilege" but none of the sacrifices.

[@ladispute8810]

@@Securiteruadmin No not everyone wants that. You don't need a few hundred million euros. I would be satisfied with 1 million euros lol. Still a few sacrifices there but not like this man.

[@sauddy]

He just likes his work. I'd bet he can hire or delegate a lot of his work off to free up time.

[@ladispute8810]

@@sauddy That's fine but then you shouldn't have three children. ^^'

[@user-wr3gy7el2h]

Very interesting! Thank You for this series

[@CS-dn8rd]

How ironic..This German business man talk about parents who don’t seem to care about their children but he workers hours upon hours, neglect his children and feel it was best to send his off to boarding school and do charity work to help the less fortunate so as to ease his conscience.

[@ecclairmayo4153]

Ha! He even said children need time and resources. I guess one out of two ain't bad

[@MechanicalMentor]

I agree. He's a fool.

[@raresabraleaks8216]

He’s not neglecting them, he simply manages his relationships mechanically, like a business. He’s still providing and overseeing their future, i think it’s a viable parenting style.

[@Tubingonline1]

That school for the underprivileged would be called an elite school in my country India and may be most of the other countries.

[@okk2776]

I'd say it's a decent and very normal school to be honest, nothing bad about it

[@MJ-uk6lu]

@@okk2776 You show a clear lack of understanding of how other countries work. That school is definitely wealthy by international standards.

[@MJ-uk6lu]

@@jaigracejjoy No, not really. That's just a normal reaction from a person who doesn't have much experience.

[@aw-g]

German living standards are very high

[@TENNSUMITSUMA]

4 hours of sleep?! Can any medical dr, whose credentials can be checked, verify that this is in fact possible indefinitely? Last I checked you'll physically disintegrate much less die if you continue on less than 6 hours asleep for years as i keep hearing so many rich people claim! I can post links of stories of japanese men dieing on the train because of overwork! Their heart literally stops, and they're in their late 20s to early 30s!

[@alexmeyer2058]

So, I'm not the professional you requested, but I can tell you that sleep in humans happens on a spectrum. There are individuals who function well with only three hours of sleep. Generally though, this is not the case for most individuals. To further on the amateurism, I'd wager this guy has a high functioning form of personality disorder with the lack of emotional empathy and hightened stress resistance, otherwise he couldn't thrive under those circumstances.

[@ladyrouge2704]

My life partner of 9 years operates on 4hrs of sleep. I don't know how he does it. I wouldn't believed it myself had I not seen with my own 2 eyes. He's also a vegetarian from. He never gets sick. I couldn't do it. I can barely string any words together with 6hrs of sleep.

[@TENNSUMITSUMA]

@@ladyrouge2704 for 9 years straight he functioned at 100% with 4 hours max of sleep, each night, for all 7 days of the week or less?!

[@ladyrouge2704]

@@TENNSUMITSUMA Well there were times he napped. But often not. He's just made differently. He's still coherent. I sleep between 7-10hrs a day and even if I sleep 10hrs sometimes I still nap. My partner sometimes works 12hrs 7 days a week. Starts his day at 3-4 am and then goes to university at night. And gets good grades too. I know. It sounds like it's not true but it is. Don't worry. I don't understand it either 😂

[@JohnMoseley]

Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher claimed to sleep only two hours a night. She suffered from severe dementia later in life, at least once collapsing into incoherence when she was supposed to be giving a speech.

[@MissTrinidad]

This series made me subscribe to this channel. Amazing work!!!!

[@armanke13]

Even the "poor" in Germany seems well off.. many other countries envy you..

[@subhadityasen5486]

Man last time inequalities were this high world wars happened. Extreme right is rising right now, and they sound kinda fascist dont they.

[@itrthho]

That's why non-Germans are storming the borders...

[@salsapsychology2707]

@@subhadityasen5486 you hit the nail on the head. Historically, inequality has not been resolved peacefully

[@brownerjerry174]

@@subhadityasen5486 big thanks to the decades of left leaning ,socialist or even communist policies of the liberal governments,,,starting from 60's,,,now natives are tired of being discriminated and then also getting on lectured how they are racist,fascist,and misogynists,,,I mean there is a break point,,,that's why we are seeing the rise of right wing parties in Europe ,Asia and north america,,,

[@subhadityasen5486]

@@brownerjerry174 From what I know true leftist reduce the income gap not increase it. Right till the 1970s inequality was actually going down then came Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher who started reversing everything leftist socialist definitely communist from the 1980s onwards. For almost 40 years now the West has been moving AWAY from the leftist stuff and you don't seem to have a clue about that... perhaps you do and are here to guide the gullible to your fascist fantasy land with alternative facts :D.

[@valentinofebrian7130]

"Earth:Planet Of Inequality" Should be a great series :D:D:D

[@kimthor3903]

Make the doc your self don't wait for people it is a good idea might jack your idea for myself 😉

[@LadyCoyKoi]

Have David Attenborough narrate it too.Sir David: "Humans are the strangest creatures Earth has ever produced by far. They obsess over the most trivial of things that have no purpose for absolute survival of the species. They also have the strictest code of hierarchy which no other species on Earth truly follows, except for Naked Mole Rats, bees and ants. And is the only species on Earth where males dominate over every aspect of the female of the species." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@libby305]

I think we are all in the same page, some of us express it differently but agree with this video. This is happening worldwide. One of the professor mentioned that this is a worldwide problem and growing. So many ways to prepare the next generation to avoid this but I have to admit that as a parent, is not easy it can be very hard. The rich and politicians makes it even harder.

[@CS-dn8rd]

Middle class, upper middle class will soon wake up to see they are in the same boat and the lower middle class and the poor. They need not get too comfortable or content because at the end of the day the rich care nothing about anyone but themselves and their wealth.

[@sumonwazid8123]

Thanks a lot DW,s documentary team who are ceaselessly keeping us on air....... Love from Bangladesh ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@Loomismusic]

I love when this millionaire complains he doesn't have time to spend with his family. There's plenty of people working two or three jobs that have that problem and barely make enough to pay rent.

[@jvnd2785]

I "love" when folks with 2-3 jobs and no stability in life have the audacity to reproduce. People should have enough common/economic sense to see having kids as a huge drain on finances and time. If you cannot afford a Lamborghini then don't have kids! Simples!

[@awoowoofwoof6809]

@@jvnd2785 I applaud how out of touch with reality you are. We could make a replacement to steel with how dense you are.

[@Massimo-sn7xd]

True, but still, this is a perfect display of how economic inequality and/or capitalist socio-economic system harms *everyone,* in one way or another.

[@sauddy]

Psh. He just likes working. He could easily delegate and/or hire people to take some of his responsibilities. Shoot, he could just retire now and live the rest of his days still much better than most of us could dream of.

[@ScarletEdge]

IMHO it's his moral bargaining, he don't parent his kids now but later in the future his kids will inherit a fortune and that will make everything right, right? XD

[@peanutsandcorn7733]

Having nothing to lose is also power. Have a nice day.

[@farmoboy83]

Exactly, I believe that today and in a very near future that will be true power. If they can't frighten you layoffs or can't buy your loyalty with money, they have no power over you and you are really free.

[@jumbebrown7417]

Exquisite documentary ever to watch...As a black african living in my mother continent,I really enjoyed every bit of it... Much congrats!!

[@BlauerBooo]

where do you live?

[@RuslanNazipov]

It's amazing to look at it, despite the fact that Germany is in dire need of working hands. Not surprisingly, German scientists go to work in the United States. For life, many Germans could go to the post-Soviet countries, where buying property is cheaper than in Germany.

[@pacjam418]

I know so many Germans in the US. Now I know why.

[@pingxu4576]

I live in the USA. Thank you for providing this documentary and letting me know the people's life in another country.

[@allgoo1964]

Inequality. It's the natural consequence of capitalism. It can't be avoidable unless unnatural element is added.

[@S3Mi87]

"Inequality is part of nature" - fixed ;) And there is only one way to get rid of it. Way down the hill, where everyone has 0.

[@davidsimpson2008]

Kindness is a human need that Capitalism is yet to reward. Create incentives for kindness within a free market and perhaps we don't all have to capitulate to Marxism.

[@tomasvarinsky4987]

There is a difference between being worth 4x more than your neighbor and being worth 400x more. Japan is deeply capitalist and the top CEOs have their salaries usually capped at max 8x the average.

[@hzhang1228]

@@S3Mi87 inequality is not part of nature, there are still tribes that live without the concept of private and money. everyone works, job is assigned based on ability and all resource is shared based on need. no, inequality is not natural. society was at first collective (communism) before capitalism.

[@simeonnedkov894]

Yeah, but socialism, on the other hand, means everyone is equally poor lol :D

[@jyotmotte6695]

Both parts are good DW is always making it good.

[@rajarajab8143]

Finally am watching part 2

[@chome4]

I didn't even know there was going to be a part 2!!!!

[@Thequeenoflosthearts]

And what about part 3?????

[@fahmed7999]

@@Thequeenoflosthearts Where is PART 3 i've been looking for 3 months

[@macioluko9484]

@23:30 I like how realistic this man is. There are way too many people that, if put in his position, would expect to be saved by some government program. I wish him and his family all the best!

[@minhduchuynh3017]

Macio Luko why is everybody become so jealous with him.. grow up and make themselves richer and richer everyday. I couldn’t agree with you more,

[@irvingkurlinski]

Income inequality always, yes, always leads to destruction of the system. Unbridled capitalism is a terminal system. The human suffering isn't part of the bankers/investors equation.

[@theracer6882]

Income equality = communism

[@ceicli]

26:45 Her reasons for sending the children to boarding school seems a bit... off. You can have rules at home too. All are equal, right, most are rich (more or less).

[@izhizki]

Pure educational!. DW is always best for documentaries.

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@domurc]

There is an issue here with 'Education' being the issue. Schools do not teach kids skills that will help them get ahead more just a tick box assesment center.. They need to know how to manage finances, understand investing/savings/pensions, paying bills. Then be allowed to explore skills that interest them to master and create a career from rather than be forced to study history etc

[@M_O_P.Limited]

Well said, you are right.

[@sushilbade5927]

I like it's presentation and worthwhile watching.☺

[@cebanasdima]

inequality is something normal, if you work hard you get more, if you work just for salary from 9am to 6pm, you get what you deserve.

[@MaruskaStarshaya]

Agree. Someone drink beer and have fun while others work hard all day, and they want to get equal pay checks, what morons they are

@@MaruskaStarshaya Some drink beer and have fun and still get paid... What about them?

[@wesalois]

Sure!! Collect charity money 'for the children'😒So you can build more private schools that charge an arm and a leg for school fees.Private schools didn't quadruple on their own you know.

[@farzana6676]

You don't have to attend private school if you don't want to. It's a free market. You can go to any school you like.

[@sebas8225]

@@farzana6676 You cant go to "any school you like", you are crazy if you believe this

[@sarojakrieg4780]

Wes Owan let them pay with ill gotten money .who cares

[@sarojakrieg4780]

Yes you right I only sent my children if I want to

[@chrism8180]

Am I the only one baffled about the statement that those schools are funded with tax dollars? Because "theoretically" amyone can go. And then further commentary later on how the lawmakers do nothing to adjust costs to make it affordable for all.

[@mso008]

I don't envy the property millionaire at all. He is wealthy enough to retire and spend time with his family If he doesn't want to retire, he can easily delegate to employees, continue building and spend time with his family.

[@macioluko9484]

I think he'd benefit from reading: "The 4 hour Work Week". Plus he can certainly afford the 4 hr work week lifestyle

[@AmberU]

I agree its like they are props they are just there to say he has them. So these kids do not even know their father basically.

[@AmberU]

So he believes in helping children but not spending quality time with his own ? Such a irony ....

[@sebas8225]

@@AmberU His own children may hate him in the future if he doesnt check up on them.

[@11bornrich]

@@AmberU I mean it depends on who you are, a lot of guys who are at the top got there because their mission & ambition meant more to them than anything or anyone else. Someone like Elon Musk who spends most of his time working because he's hell bent on seeing his dreams through, I can't criticise that. Everyone is different.

[@earnestbaguma2174]

I also appreciate the fact that this millionaire guy is atleast doing something with some measurable good impact in society. Here in Africa, the richer they become, the more detached from society they become and the less they contribute

[@paullamola2317]

So True

[@bff6434]

His personal assistant is getting the best education of her life on the job

[@Adrian-lc6jq]

She's his assistant not his lawyer, accountant etc. assistant if a broad job. She job can include taking his clothes to the laundry, picking his kids up from school etc. She isn't in the inner circle of closing business deals.

[@mbarnes9872]

I bet she is...bruhahaha

[@Francisco-j1e]

These documentaries must be done constantly and in mass.

[@hman8100]

Yeah for different countries

[@quadq6598]

So who would rather spend time with the Siemens engineer? or with the delightful Mr Money?

[@Icien1]

We should be cautious about people with wealth trying to help the world out. They have the power. What if they included low-income people in their decision making, as they are the actual people represented. No taxation without representation comes to mind.

[@deobratpandeysankritya]

Thanks to DW for such informative videos & documentaries! Support from Remote village of India.

[@nananana2980]

Great documentary DW👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[@sanjuktachauhan3340]

Your documentaries are eye opening. You've done a brilliant job 💯

[@davoo2555]

I think its okay some people in society to be rich and others poor, but its not okay to have many people in society who are very rich and others very poor. That gap has to be balanced always and that is a huge task economist have but not make poor people rich or rich people poor. Both rich and poor need each other and that is what makes life possible. We can not all be rich or poor but we can make life together. Rich people and poor have been around since. And we can not all be equal

[@hantor7369]

They aren't poor they are lazy

[@Wamsuo58u]

@@hantor7369 they aren't lazy, it's harder to save. Inflation is a secret killer and people are brainwashed into going into debt. You can't live your whole life paying debt and being successful.

[@canalsentir]

hi from Mexico. This series is excellent. It is reminiscent of situations worldwide, as inquality exists everywhere and this is a global issue.

[@rosepiscatoria4345]

Happiness is making your children and family happy by spending your time with them.

[@MdMaruf-zx8bg]

#DW_News is the world's best channel for learning English. I am learning English Language regularly by seeing this online channel. Love from Bangladesh to DW News & Germany

[@boomafoo9]

Great documentary series thank you DW!

[@LegalShield3000]

I certainly wouldn't mind that level of wealth, but if you only get to spend time with family on the weekends, is it worth it?

[@zelekuther7938]

I don't think it is. Better to be less wealthy and have time for your family.

[@garnhamr]

but it's the same for working class. People do 12hr shifts in factories and stuff

[@subhadityasen5486]

He is too rich to need to work anymore... maybe he likes his blonde employees :D:D:D. Maybe he is bored of his wife... and kids are boring anyway.

[@ecclairmayo4153]

No

[@11bornrich]

For some people, the hustle, working, ambition is just in you, the don't want to look back at life later and regret the things they didn't do. Later on in life he can spend all the time he wants with his kids but if you're in love with your work sometimes it trumps other things like spending the weekends with your family.

[@25knightcrawler]

What's with the sign the third kid is making at 35:39? Just an 'ok' gesture or something else?

[@kelsibrown1789]

Why have children if they are just going to be living at a boarding school. This is just like the kids being foster kids.

[@vladansretenovic1952]

The whole documentary is so detailed and it really shows all what is wrong with the world today…

[@globalismoblackman]

Correct very greedy money driven society all about money and elitism Smdh 😅

[@Roccofan]

@@globalismoblackman If we both work as sales people and you come in an hour earlier than me and leave and hour after me and you make the company more money, who should be paid more? If you get paid more because you sacrifice more time away from your family and you want to move your family to a better part of town, who are you hurting? If by your demonstrated willingness to work more, your children get to go to a “better” school and your wife is able to cut back her schedule and help the kids with their homework, how are you harming me? Since your wife was willing to sacrifice her income to help your children become better readers and get better grades, your kids are now getting better grades and a higher chance at a scholarship, who did you cheat out of that? Are you now the greedy money driven person in society? This is what happens most of the time. Most millionaires got to that level of wealth by paying off their homes and saving money. They have character traits and work ethics that lend themselves to increased income and wealth accumulation. They didn’t cheat or harm anyone to get there. They simply…..wait for it….played by the rules.

[@kararinjuguna2189]

@@Roccofan Well said!!! Sadly very few people have this kind of mindset & mentality. As Christoph Gröner said in part 1 of the documentary, scarcity mindset is the prevalent thinking pattern in society.

[@JehovahRapha777]

If I was this guys wife I would be concerned about him having such a cute assistant...

[@aw-g]

With That amount of money and wealth I think she doesn't give a f If I were a woman I wouldn't too

[@Arctic-fox717]

Siemens guy family beats both rich families.. So carring! Doesn't matter how small their flat is - it's cozy and full of love! They know what love is, that the point. The scene when the little guy got so excited that he gets to go to school - so heart touching!

[@phantomKE]

Ooooo! The assistant makes an appearance in part 2.

[@nstl440]

She probably thinks he's an idiot but she needs the money.

[@frederikheymans]

A lot of food for thought... Thank you for this series.

[@DWDocumentary]

Dear Fred, thank you for your feedback! Stay tuned for more :-)

[@frederikheymans]

@@DWDocumentary You bet!

[@sonofdurin8044]

You have to be either a producer (= own factories to produce tangible goods) or become involved in finances

[@geoffreyhughes9979]

Another excellent video.

[@sebastiaanvancrombrugge6441]

thanks dw for part 2.

[@1800cc-Dead-Meat]

Look at how shifty eyed his personal assistant becomes as he talks about his family, (4:15) she does not like hearing about that shit … o yea he's hitting that.

[@jaynm26]

you a fool

[@jaynm26]

You know what its the fact that this bloke said "If I have a fight with my wife. I still go to work. Who says that?" What "happily" married man says that?"

[@tamtrinh174]

this kind of wealthiness is laughable. is this the thing which rich people bragging about? hahaha

[@agrosyntrop]

@@jaynm26 No you a fool to think a personal asistant doesnt do everything with this kinda money involved. There's litteraly a line of beautifull asistants waiting at the door for that job.

[@prodigalson2670]

In all honesty, I'd do the same in his place.

[@nurba_nurba]

please do similar video about us, uk, japan, china or russia

[@iliakorvigo7341]

In case you've missed it, the USSR has fallen 3 decades ago. Russia is not a communist state.

[@SM-fj4kz]

do canada!!

[@hamzaabbas7150]

also pakistan

[@mellowtones1985]

Add The BAHAMAS also

[@MrAaaKMA]

if an international documentary is more complete and honest than all your local media and politics...

[@mustang19ms]

You won't take your money into your grave, the only thing that's valuable is the true human connections, you can be successful and not see the bigger picture

[@bartuzpooij9051]

As a highschool teacher I hope my students will grow up in a more fair and equal world. These 1% people are driving things forward? Don't even think about it!