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[@marfel7613]

The bearded man's contribution should be broadcast on every station in the USA in prime time.

[@Muck006]

He is WRONG / spreads PROPAGANDA for quite a bit ... because for example, the "unaliving of black people" is NOT FROM POLICE but rather from OTHER BLACKS. The "rich white people" part is also a myth, because it is not "people" but rather MEGACORPORATIONS that control/PROPAGANDISE the US politicians (= lobbying). Btw. white people basically built that nation, contrary to race-communist propaganda that claims "black slaves built it all". People like him are the first ones to COMPLAIN ABOUT TRUMP ... the ONE GUY that ISNT PART OF THAT POLITICAL SYSTEM and would be the one to "break it" at least a bit.

[@jaycee9865]

Not sure if they'd appreciate it , but I agree!

[@martinjost5637]

@9:26 if you want to watch the rant (worth it)

[@ThirrinDiamond]

​@@martinjost5637 ty for the timestamp ^__^

[@JenniferRussell-qw2co]

For a rant, he summed it up precisely, enough said 🙋‍♀️🇬🇧🤗💖

[@atropatene3596]

Idk about that whole race card thing. My neighbours here in the Netherlands are a black family from the USA and the stuff they've been through is insane. There is racism here too, as they have experienced. But the systemic racism is much less prevalent, according to them at least. For example: after 6 years living here, they're no longer afraid of the police.

[@grahvis]

In the US, white suburbs and black inner cities are largely the result of racist housing policies. Not as blatant as it once was, but is still present in the distribution of funding.

[@pr0gengoo96]

There's racism everywhere - however - as once I had a bike incident and the driver came out and started shouting racial slurs, the Police and ambulance came in mere minutes and after realizing what was going on - he not only had to pay for the incident and my bike BUT also for the ''mental trauma'' he was causing me using those aformentioned racist epithets

[@annaf3915]

There is racism everywhere but one thing I appreciate about living in Central Europe is that "race" doesn't exist as a concept... anymore, for obvious reasons. I never knew I was "white" until I was 8 years old and I remembe rfinding that rather confusing as I was and am actually light beige. My son who is about to be 8 recently asked me if Africans tend to have darker skin because the Nigerians and Somalis he met so far all have a darker skin tone and he just learned in school that their original countries are both in Africa. I don't know if I'm getting my point across but I really appreciate there not being a concept of black and white like in the US.

[@sarahshawtatoun6492]

Yeah, I got to laugh at the whole, "I'm not racist, but why are Black people always complaining about racism?" It's like, Dude. Doesn't it occur to you that maybe they're complaining about racism because they experience A LOT of it? Oh no, it couldn't be that because YOU'RE NOT RACIST. It must just be that Black people lie all the time about what they're experiencing. YOU (a white guy) don't see it, so it's obviously not happening. And the fact that they say they DON'T experience it- or as much of it- in other countries? Flies right past him...

[@rolon-will3362]

Was surprised to hear racial ignorance from this seemingly nice presenter. Every black American I have met in a European country says America is much more racist. America sucks.

[@hrafnatyr9794]

By the way, the bearded guy's name is Jacob Arthur 🙂

[@CamMcGinn1981]

I've never heard of him before, but I like the guy,

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

Does he have a channel? He is great.

[@temitopeej8407]

Black people living in America don’t use skin color as an excuse. I’ve been black my whole life and I lived in Europe before America. I came to the US as an adult, I understood what it means to be “black”. Being black in America is an experience. The racism is top shelf, it has to be experienced to be understood. And I didn’t know what it meant until I came to live here. If you don’t experience it you don’t know. It is death by a thousand paper cuts. At the end you don’t realize how much you’re holding your breath until you go somewhere else and can finally exhale.

[@CharlesKim-ee8ie]

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[@CharlesKim-ee8ie]

Opportunity? Every race in the world succeeds here except one? That's called an IQ problem.

[@deadzio]

I never heard anyone changed skin colour?

[@nameinprogress9461]

@@deadzio Did you also never heard of being able to read ? "I’ve been black my whole life" just didn't feel like it compared to the american experience is what the og was about.

[@Jeni10]

I think she meant that she’s not classified as black in Europe, whereas in the US, she has to consider it all the time.

[@Mike-rn9iv]

Your guy doesn't seem to understand comedy. She was clearly being satirical, lol. And yeah in a lot Western Europe things are more chill for POC on the day to day :/

[@Mike-rn9iv]

Actually continuing to watch the video you can even see their point creeping in "I wonder if that was the same *one* that we just saw" ~ can't be multiple with similar experiences or even multiple black people enjoying a better life in Germany, obviously!

[@emarcellecole]

we will have agree to disagree on the racist card, I am white and have 2 sons who's father is Tejano, with one son having 3 sons with his African American wife and we live in the south, just because it is not a part of your experience doesn't mean it has a card.

[@BergenDev]

Funny how people from the U.S, bashing immigrants mooching. Meanwhile they come to Europe and do the same lol

[@pittarak1]

............ and they also insist on calling themselves 'expats', rather than immigrants?🤣

[@wWvwvV]

@@pittarak1call them 'expatriots' to start them a life crisis.

[@weybye91]

Yea Americans are hypocrits

[@danvernier198]

They come and they work. I don't know if you've noticed but people growing up in Europe don't generally want to take essential jobs and even if they did we don't have enough of them to fill the vacancies. The economy is completely dependent on migration.

[@jennyh4025]

@@danvernier198how many US immigrants in Europe do take essential jobs? Maybe as a doctor, but that’s it. Edit: No, they wouldn’t take that one, because it pay too badly to pay back their student loans.

[@eidodk]

"You don't need a bulletproof backpack" Yet that's the new craze among new school seeking parents in the US.

[@101steel4]

My English cousin lived in Florida for the last decade and told me about bulletproof backpacks. I thought he was joking.

[@grahvis]

A quick bit of googling shows that bulletproof backpacks are big business. The US population lives in the fear of their own making.

[@Muck006]

a) it is NEVER "the gun" that is the problem ... it is the DAMAGED MIND that pulls the trigger b) in schools it is LONERS / WEIRDOS ... but WHO MADE THEM? The ones who RULE SCHOOL SOCIETY and decide that "yuck, go away you weirdo" ... *THE PRETTY GIRLS CLUB* ... which everyone else wants to either be in or have as a girlfriend.

[@jessicaahhhhh]

You said you weren’t racist then went onto say something racist. I thought you were better than that man.

[@MiddletonJeff]

The whole I'm not racist but.... Oh snap.. That means yes you are...

[@NamuBang]

@@MiddletonJeffyes that’s usually it

[@portishphonic]

She didn't even explain anything, she just said I'm black. Yeah, that is the race card to me.

[@dustylong]

​@@portishphonic I didn't see it that way. More like " ... and then you'll understand. No need to explain further." That's how I got it 🤗

[@lottie2525]

Wow it was worth it for the bearded guy alone. What a dude! By the way, love, love, love your t-shirt design, super cool.

[@HedgeWitch-st3yy]

In terms of the black woman, in the US she would be at least three times more likely to die in childbirth than a white woman so she does have some reason for concern. However, there is likely still discrimination in Europe, certainly young black men are disadvantaged in terms of psychiatric care according to research in the UK.

[@nox8730]

I don't know. I have an anecdote for you. I live in center town, in a middle sized french city. My neighbourgs were pretty young, overall, and we lived on the second floor (3rd by US standards). One summer day, in the middle of the day, my neighbourgs were fooling around and one gave a challenge to his buddy: to thrown water on the head of the very first person passing below. Somewhat stupid, but well. Still, he complied and threw some water. But the two persons below happened to be young black women. They immediately lost it and called him a racist for throwing water at them. As a matter of fact, he didn't even consider the colour of their skin, obviously, simply treating them as people. But still, the unsufferable girls made a massive scandal out of it, which surprised the guy so much that he couldn't utter a thing, so confused he was. They just happened to be black, so what? And these girls really infuriated me so much that years after the facts, i still feel super annoyed when remembering it. What is the point of this story? Well, make what you want out of it.

[@margaretnicol3423]

Don't knock that mother for thinking of the bullet proof back packs for kids. For each of the last three years there have been more than 600 mass shootings - almost two a day on average. How does she know the next one won't be at her kid's school? They are not all reported in the national media.

[@pevaso-9392]

Yes Charlie, I would love to see you migrated , fully installed and Europe intergraded.. can't wait to see biking around with na big smile on your face happily saying i made it:))

[@SiskoMaSu]

It feels so sad, that the core reasons are safety, health and pure food. Those are the things that should be in order anywhere!

[@Aviertje]

Gonna throw in my vision as a European who is happy to stay here who visited the US twice. As a kid, we visited family abroad, we visited a few popular hot spots, and things seemed great. As a barely adult I visited again, on my own this time (for reasons), and I came face to face with how helpless I was as someone without a driving license, as someone who couldn't even walk to any shops nearby, who was unable to have any fun nature within a reasonable distance and so much more. That was the most horrible, one-dimensional holiday that I strongly suspect my family abroad saw coming, as they were very happy to have a young man around to help them moving house. (Also, don't get me wrong: I had zero expectation or intention to just be freeloading and was happy to help for a few days lugging stuff around, paying for the benefits and all that jazz. But as I stayed I came to understand very clearly that they knew exactly how dependent upon them I'd be once I'd be over there. In the end, I spent half of my holiday dragging stuff around, and the other half frustrated by being in soulless new-built suburbia with not even a working internet connection lacking the ability to go anywhere of note, made worse by some very inhospitable hot weather to boot.) It took me another decade feeling put off by the US until I ran across a random video on urbanism and infrastructure that it finally clicked and I was able to identify why that particular holiday had been such a disappointing nightmare for me despite it theoretically being such a great destination.

[@Die_Oile]

„I‘m not racist, but…“ is the worst beginning of a sentence to defend your argument. I am a white German, but apparently I know more about systemic racism in the US than you do, which is very sad. I know not everything is gold and candy in Europe, but at least black parents don’t have to teach their kindergarten kids to be meek and inoffensive as to not get shot by police. I can totally understand why the black woman (the meditation thing was sarcasm) lists „being black“ as her main reason not to return.

[@kashiiexe]

They rather teach them that you cant be racist towards whites and how to cry like a victim while commiting the most crimes of any race true

[@simonekeijzer7468]

It is ignorance. It is hard to know better if you don´t have the comparison. He comes from the viewpoint of "I am poor too and you can do something to climb that ladder". He didn´t think about how unsafe it is to be black in the USA and such. Probably because he isn´t racist, he really isn´t, he has no idea about the differences in treatment either.

[@eddykate3700]

Sorry Chris! Please, LISTEN to EXACTLY what you parroted about "playing the race card" and the classic "Everybody, and I'm not racist at all, black people they, not always, but they just ALL the time...dah dah dah" Oh dearie me! Please ask yourself why there is a such a deep rooted racist problem in the USA. Look at the statistics!

[@JaNouWatIkVind]

Yeah… that was hilarious. And sad. The minute he said “I’m not racist at all”, I looked at his white face then checked my white skin and, sorry dude, we’re white and we’re racist. And I’m not an American. I’m conscious, I’m aware, I try to change, but I have come to accept: as a white person, I’m racist.

[@rkw2917]

Damn I hate tiktoks with people chowing down I moved to Europe 30 years ago and ain't never going back Pretty much all the same reasons

[@Centurion101B3C]

Not to ut too fine a point to it, but as a coloured person in the US, you're on the bottom step while the white person is put on halfway up the stairs. And that comes from a white (and angry) older man. I lived in the US for 22 years. Thank the higher being of your choice, I decided to return to my EU origin. Best thing I did and missing NOTHING of the US.

[@nox8730]

This would obviously happen when a country promotes the idea of "races". When black people acknowledge each other in the street, they create a wall based on skin colours. They are emphasising unimportant differences to a degree that creates walls. Why so fixated on such details? I can't understand. This is ultimately not even a white vs black problematic in the USA. Because the whole US society creates these walls by pushing forward the idea of "races". Well, they do what they want in their country, i don't care. But i start to care when they come to us in Europe (white or black equally) to teach us how we are racists because we don't acknowledge the concept of "races" in humankind, and our black people do not acknowledge american black people in the streets. I have seen the case where black americans then lose it and call us racists because they assume we deprive black people from their "identity as "africans" ". That's so racist... Black people are no less racists than anyone out there. I mean, there are plenty of black people who have no ascendance in Africa and don't even care about it. Because they are german, swede, italian, french... not africans, damn it... This idea that the colour of your skin makes your identity is eminently racist. No matter who spouts the sh*t. Not even a question of where you are on whatever stairs. Better forget about that sh*t if you left the USA. Unless you went to the UK. The UK is pretty much the same as the USA, after all.

[@zapster252]

I love your reactions, but don't be fooled! Not everything is made of gold over here. But I'm pretty sure you'd fit in really well here and would certainly be a bit happier. I wish you all the luck and success in the world, that you succeed in realizing your dream of living in Europe. Much love from Germany!

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

As a Polish teenager who was fascinated by US culture in the 1980s, I must say that after 2000 I changed my mind. Half of my family lives in the USA and thanks to my younger sisters I understood that it is a country of slaves, workaholics, problenatic health care and poisonous food (compared to the EU) . As a former soldier, I am familiar with weapons (all USSR/Russian variants) but I don't want to see weapons on the streets in the same sense as in the USA . Based on experiences with my ex-brother-in-law and ex-US Marine, I can say that the average American military person collapses if he has to walk, for example, 30 km (about 20 miles) with a backpack weighing 15 kg (30 pounds) in mountainous terrain at an altitude of 1,300 meters (4,000 feet). I also hated his constant conversations about buying an AK 47

[@beldin2987]

I was born 64 and for me the downfall of the US started in the 80s with this guy : How Reagan Ruined Everything kzbin.info/www/bejne/omjHeamndpKKeJY even though we don't really saw here what happened in the US internally, like this video shows, but how he acts in public, he was just like the "black hat villain cowboy" he so often played in movies.

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

@@beldin2987 In 1981, in Poland, during the communist martial law, when the army shot workers and their families in the streets, we looked at it differently. Everything was on food stamps like during World War II, e.g. in the UK

[@AngryVet44]

@@smiechuwarte-qt8pnwho are you talking to? this reply was not at all speaking about guns, they were talking about how the Reagan revolution destroyed the American middle class. The fact that regular Germans were still allowed to have guns while Jews were restricted and were rounded up and killed shows that even in America those who have guns will still let others die if the government decides to commit genocide. And especially given the brain washing and racism especially white gun owning Americans would think the genocided DESERVE WHAT THEY GET. The black community who have lost teenage boys holding bags of skittles to cop violence is testament. The fact that white society started to restrict gun laws and lost their minds when the “Black Panthers PARTY FOR PROTECTION” WAS FORMED.

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

@@AngryVet44 You don't understand me because, for example, you have never had an allocation of 2 kg (4 pounds) of sugar per month per person. You have never been allocated a pair of shoes for cards or 250 grams of coffee per month. You saw tangerines once a year during Christmas and you knew bananas from TV and Western countries. Don't be offended, but you don't know shit about communists and the evil world

[@paul1979uk2000]

@@beldin2987 I do remember reading something about the US and how the balance from the early 80's started to shift in favour of the rich elites and before that, things were more balance and since then, things have progressively got worse. For me, from an outsider's perspective, I used to admire the US as a kid, probably because of the movies, but as I got older and learned a lot more, I started to realise how lucky I've got it being in Europe, and for me, my view on the US started to change a lot after 9/11, and not because of the attack but because of how the US reacted to that attack, to WMD, Iraq and so on, and since then, the US looks like a circus when it comes to politics, with Trump being one of the low point, and the idea that Trump could get back into power, suggest to me that the US has a lot more problems than some care to admit, someone like him shouldn't get anywhere near power. Also, I'm aware that many will point out about the far right and popularise movements in Europe, but if you watch closely, these are not as radical as they seem, in fact, a lot of them moderate themselves the closer they get to power or in power to appeal to more of the voters, that isn't the case with Trump, he's appealing to the radical elements in the US and that could potentially be dangerous for the US, history has shown how bad things can go if any of the radical elements in society gets too much power to change the system, which Trump already showed the warning signs of that when he was in power, which begs the question, what on earth are those Americans that want him in power thinking with what he tried to do near the end of his term? The UK is already going through its own mess with Brexit, many of the people are waking up to that reality, does the US need to go through something like that if Trump got enough power that he could become a threat to the system in the US.

[@jackofalltrades5761]

Working time reduction (RTT) is a scheme which provides for the allocation of days or half-days of rest to an employee whose working time is more than 35 hours per week. The benefit of RTT days is fixed by an agreement or agreement (most often company agreement).

[@LeSarthois]

To give a concrete explanation, I worked for a company where the normal work week was 37,5H instead of 35H. So every week, I worked that amount of time, and I "saved" 2,5 hours of RTT. So every 3 weeks of work, I had saved 7,5 hours of RTT or (in my case) a whole worked day, that I could ask, or accumulate over a year. Unlike paid vacations, RTT days off are not mandatory, but if they are not used, they must be paid, so companies vastly prefer people to "take RTT" than to save them :D

[@chippydogwoofwoof]

Thank you I scrolled down the comments to find this answer

[@Locspocs2]

I hate when someone's eating while talking, or vice versa. She could've recorded her snippet when she was finished loudly munching.

[@elemar5]

That's savages for you.

[@rolflin]

😂totally right my grandma would slap her

[@hansmeiser32]

yeah, immediately skipped that TikTok video. What I almost hate as much is women doing their make-up while filming. There's no way I listen to that person.

[@TheCornishCockney]

I blame the parents!

[@RustyDust101]

You guys do know that she did this for sarcastic emphasis. She KNEW from the very beginning what she was to say. But she dragged it out intentionally. For her being black and female was probably a very scary experience in the USA, especially if she grew up poor in the 'hood where she got demonstrated that she had virtually no escape. Except go into crime, sell her body, or score incredibly lucky TWICE: first time for a scholarship to a private school from K-12 and then a second time for college. Her chances of becoming a victim to either arbitrary police action (either harassment or even being shot) or gang criminality were much higher than winning the scholarship lottery twice. So yeah, I get where she was coming from. Skipping such a minor nuisance as "munching on snacks" is a clear sign of not engaging your brain enough to think through her motivation WHY she "munched on snacks".

[@PierreMiniggio]

6:01 In France, your work contract in a 9 to 5 kind of job usually makes you work 35h / week. But, some contracts make you work 37h to 39h / week, and the extra hour you work can then be compensated by having more days off. For 39 hours a week, it's about 2 extra days off a month you can get.

[@vansting]

I think what she is saying is that you as a black person are not pinpointed every where since European don’t talk about race since we are taught that we are all the same, humans.

[@rumpelpumpel7687]

and IF it is about race (since we do have racism here aswell) the once targeted are "normally" middle east ethnics. Both in populist media and in the public eye. Like, i quit a job a year ago because coworkers were constantly complaining about Alis and Gypsies being let in to grab money from our social care ... and stuff far far worse. Homophobia is quite popular aswell (at least in the metal working industry in which i was working for +15yrs) ... However really nothing against black ppl. Maybe because black ppl are a minority within the minorities and one that does not perticularly meet the racist eye. They (the racists and self-proclaimed free-thinkers) would rather ramble about islamification of the Occident due to too many immigrants being let in and a loss of "western virtue" and all that. Which is basically a senseless repetition of what the far right populist propaganda maschine tells them to believe ... and luckily those are still NICHT DAS VOLK! (they are not the people/nation!) Since WE THE PEOPLE trust and believe in equality and when we meet other people, we meet individuals and not stereotyped generalisations of races! ✌💚peace

[@vansting]

@@rumpelpumpel7687 well spoken!

[@TerenceSquires]

Dude, I understood the black woman unhelpfully did not provide context [while strangely stuffing her face] but you then referred to “some” then “all” black people using the race card! Stipulating that there are white people growing up with similar problems! So, please inform me when such poor white people suffered racial hatred and slavery to the same extent and legacy in America? Does having dreads give you such special incite, having a trace of native blood in your DNA does not qualify unless you had also grown and educated yourself in that native culture. Try speaking to a true Paleo-Indian or first nation person from your continent and tell them you suffer the same. By the way, using the term ‘using the race card’ by a self-titled non-racist is sketchy. I am sure there a many people that agree with you, including you black best friend. I was really enjoying your content up until then. Good luck on your journey of enlightenment….., one love dude.

[@nrnexusrising]

Thank you for saying this. I said as much the other day, but can’t find my comment, maybe it was deleted, I don’t know, but he came across as stupidly arrogant and hypocritical to me and I was enjoying his videos too until he said that now everything he says is suspect to me. Btw I have another account so it’s possible my comment may have been posted there, just trying to give him the benefit of the doubt.

[@susanatinsley7136]

Thank you for saying what I was thinking. I guess it takes time and a different perspective to understand what others go through because you haven't been through the same. He is still a little in denial about what happens in America and a little defensive even though he knows it's true.

[@chrisreinert9981]

We moved to Norway in 1985. Been back to home town several times since then, last time in 2022. In 2023 we vent to Chile to visit a friend. Comparing the the US to Chile was scary. The US has become a 2nd tier country.

[@veronikataf5206]

You don't understand American racism until you find a black American in England (which has a lot of racism) say that they don't feel as discriminated against there. I still don't fully get American racism and I live in Australia where the early settlers had hunting parties and they weren't hunting Kangaroos. Aboriginal people were classed in with the flora and fauna of the country rather than people till 1967.

[@tkps]

I'm sorry Veronica but that flora fauna thing is just not true and I'm not too sure about the 'hunting parties' either but as I don't intend to look it up I won't comment. We've been told alot of things that aren't true or are misrepresented because there's always people who would like to be right but have no evidence so treat opinions as facts. You'll never get rid of individual racists but they are few and far between and as you know Aussies have big mouths so if they hear it won't sit quiet for it. There is no institutional racism and although the Labor government just tried to persuade us to institute some, we told them we're all equal here and would like to remain so.

[@avitalsheva]

F**k off with always race card. We are white and it is OK for us. What you feel anytime to remind us how black you are ? This make even non racist person a racist on the end.

[@paulgreen758]

Get your plan in place Charlie, leave the land of the free, and exactly what the first guy said

[@KurtHögerle]

Yes, you will be welcome!

[@MarcBeland-vf4xd]

The guy with stats was impressive. Love when people get to the chase. On point. Quick. Got charts. He wins.

[@clivegilbertson6542]

G'day Mate! Fun fact for you...That lady living in Costa Rica...thee government there has more to spend on it's people because under their constitution a standing army is prohibited...That's right no army just a police force!... Cheers!

[@lorrefl7072]

There's a law in Belgium that a boss can't contact you outside of work but even before that law that wasn't really something that was done. In the rare case a boss would contact you, I don't know anyone who would've responded to it. They would've looked at it once they were back at work.

[@BlackAcePlays]

Same here. If you got a call from your boss during vacation, it was at least something like: "Hey, our factory burned to the ground, take some extra days off!" 😅

[@PsychoticEwok]

The black girl i think her point is in Europe she's not seen as black first over everything else she's an American immigrant people in Europe in general really don't give a shit about skin colour its not even a topic of conversation its a non issue

[@lazios]

The beard man had to say something about his country. 😅😄

[@jennyh4025]

And his family

[@stephn987]

I think the second girl was being ironic …I totally got what she meant.

[@margaretnicol3423]

Your comment about the race card worried me. ''Police killed at least 1,246 people in 2023. Black people were 27% of those killed by police in 2023 despite being only 13% of the population.''

[@Takemysenf]

Yeah, I wouldn‘t have said that either. At the same time, the facts that A) BlPoCs siffer immensely from injustice and violence and B) that some BlPoCs use the „race card“ are both existing simultaneously. And one does not hinder the other. Just saying - whilst racism is an enormous issue, all people, no matter which race or culture or religion, have the right to behave like idiots - and some just do.

[@user-be1it9zi8v]

Tell me you don't know how statistics work. What that shows is that black people are responsible for a crime rate higher than their population and that police kill more white people per capita. Also not all cops are white

[@kashiiexe]

Dont forget to mention the amount of crimes commited by only 13% of the population

[@walkir2662]

"I'm black" lady could at least said how that is different where she is now... Americans usually say they aren't racist, although many say all the others are... yet American culture is always aware of it. Like having to give an ethnicity on immigration and presumably many other forms, like cinema goers for movies being broken down by ethnicity, like calling the black card (even some people where I have to wonder How the F are *you* considered black?)... over here in Germany, any but using the racial card to yell "oppression! Discrimination!" would get you marked extremely far right.^

[@BergenDev]

These immigrants from the US wanting free handouts. They can play the mind gymnastics calling them selves "Expats", but they are just migrants looking for free shit.

[@tkps]

I was floored when I first read US entertainment media telling us the breakdown of cinema goers by ethnicity. If they asked us here in Australia where 50% of us are either born overseas or one or both parents are we'd all still say "we're Australian". But they'd never ask anyway as it's irrelevant to whether or not you a like a film. I get possibly wanting to know the age demographic but even then they never ask at cinemas. I suppose they could guess.

[@a.westenholz4032]

@@tkps I think the US has become hyper focused on analyzing everything through the various "racial" demographic lenses even when it isn't relevant. While sociological analysis of demographics of such data to combat social inequality was initially well intentioned, the US quickly and increasingly expanded it and have applied it to just everything to the point now that the population naturally identifies itself along such lines. Even though individuals often don't neatly fall into any one of the boxes.

[@Eyrenni]

She could, yes, but I think her video would have become very long if she seriously went into it. Because, just off the top of my head, the questions I assume would come up are: 1) How am I treated in (country in Europe) versus the US? 2) Why am I treated that way in those two locations? 3) Is it an occasional thing due to that city or the friend group I'm surrounded by or is it consistent across the board with the people and culture? 4) Are there things I'll miss if I don't go back? And are the things I enjoy here enough to make up for the things I will miss? And I'm sure all of this can, unceremoniously, be summed up as "I'm black". It's not entirely helpful to sum it up, but it can be.

[@MeisjeAndMe]

What a stunning and awesome statement from that guy with the beard.😁😁🤣 Also would like to know who he is, wrapped it up perfectly. 🙂😁😅😂😂

[@JokerNL070]

Hi Charlie, Im Dutch and I just wanted to say that europe has one of the worlds best ways of living. I'm not saying America is bad I love american people just not your gouvernement. For a country that is so rich they do so little for the people. You pay taxes where do they go? Over here and most europe countries they go to fixing roads and side walks, or schools etc. So if you ever think of moving go to europe ( not the netherlands were full) lol just joking. But hope to see more videos I like them alot. Cheers dude.

[@solidsteel3634]

Fun fact: In Germany and other European countries, the 4-day working week is under discussion in order to relieve the burden on employees.

[@Mjanmar]

In Slovenia company can have a 4 day working week, but it is their choice. Only a few small IT companies use it.

[@SailorYuki]

The issue with consumerism, especially about kids wanting toys, it's not just on the parents. In America, kids are bombarded with adds direct to them telling them to "buy this" and "buy that to bee cool" and "all the cool kids have this". Most European countries have banned advertasing towards children, so European children don't feel the need to get yet another Brats doll or Mega Action Hero Man. We also revolve our lives around shopping.

[@daviddogsbody]

The meditating woman. Your not a Black American. Your an American. I knew that as soon as you spoke.

[@FormattedByWeitweejen2024]

When I worked as a janitor at a Christian primary school about 25 years ago for 36 hours a week, I had 52 days off per year, I could also go on a school trip to an amusement park or zoo twice a year and once a year for free on the photo + a group photo with all teachers and children from all classes.. greetings from South Holland

[@TheCornishCockney]

The girl who stated she is “black!” Does she really have to stuff her face while coming up with the race card? Annoying.

[@GayJayU26]

And rude to crunch snacks as talking.

[@martinjost5637]

In Germany I hear the usually cursing about taxes. I didn't had to pay tuition fees (except a very nominal one) - and it had been clear all the time, that I will have to pay taxes, if this later on allows me to make good money. That's the deal - and I'm totally fine with it. This pays for all the stuff like police (with a real training), fire brigade, streets, public healthcare, public transport, schools und universities, social security, ...

[@peterv.276]

i would say every shool in germany is trilangual. german, english and then you have to choose another language.

[@CheckitOutYaw]

Me Dutch: "i didnt realize i live in heaven"

[@kevinh96]

Every European country has a certain minimum number of paid holiday days but many companies will give more than that. Many companies don't close on bank holidays (what we in the UK tend to call public or national holidays celebrating things such as Christmas, Easter, certain big events such as coronations or royal funerals) so they tend to add those days to your holiday entitlement. I get 32 paid days off a year and (with a few restrictions at busy times of the year depending on the company) I can schedule them whenever I like. My company also allows extra days off unpaid should I need them, say I was going to visit the States for 6 weeks or more but also wanted two weeks off at Christmas for example. In the UK companies also give compassionate leave, often paid but not always depending on the company. My company gives up to 6 months sick pay, but after 6 months I can claim what is called Statutory Sick Pay paid by the Government. It's a basic amount to live on, not much more than that but again employers can make up the difference. My company does this, they deduct the SSP from my salary and pay me the balance so I still get essentially my full salary for another six months. This isn't that common but many larger companies do offer this. We also have 50 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave which can be shared by both parents. So the mother can take six months off followed by the father taking almost six months off (or both mothers, both fathers if applicable). You are paid for 37 weeks though, so the rest up to 50 weeks is usually unpaid. Again some bigger companies might offer the full 50 weeks as paid time off, but most stick to the 37 weeks. The UK is a little behind when it comes to the laws some other countries have about your employer not being able contact you outside of working hours but it is in the works as we speak.

[@eddykate3700]

My daughter works in Australia for a British company. All the employees get an extra paid day off every year for her birthday!

[@riccardocoletta2398]

Minute 14:18 - Health care is a right. This always make me laught at "The land of the free". In Europe, health care, a roof on your head and education are basic rights, in US they're not. So, technically we have rights here that you don't have in US... So, technically, there is more freedom here than there

[@oliverl.9004]

Why would she answer a Tik Tok video while drinking and eating? That's so obnoxious.

[@GiantHaystack]

Charlie, you seem like a massively curious person, and you have mentioned previously that you have a young family; do everything you can to grow your channel to earn the revenue so you can experience what you seem genuinely excited by. You work is transient, you can KZbin from anywhere, if your partner has transferable skills, looks at the possibilities for you and your family to experience something else.

[@marianne6876]

The dark bearded man was brilliant. Hit every nail squarely on the head.

[@SvenScholz]

As long as you don't recognize the distinction between systemic and personal issues you will not understand that "beeing black" is a valid argument. And you will not be part of the solution but keep part of the problem.

[@elemar5]

Where are the riots in France Charlie? Are you confused about protests?

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

I had to skip that entitled black girl she was wrecking my head..

[@breezy3392]

The beard guy has a way with words 😂

[@eriktabbers3599]

Yeah well, if you manage to get the money to visit the Netherlands or Germany then you should visit sometime. Then you can see the culture etc if you make the best of it. You can move to the Netherlands as an American and get work / a permit to stay quite easily. 😂

[@johnam1234]

I really enjoyed your video and comments plus learning more about the world around me.

[@irina-ty1336]

RTT is, if you work overtime, your extrahour of work go into a pool, and at the end of the month, for 7 hours of overtime you either get the pay, or an extra day-off. How much RTT you can get per month is limited with your work contrat. For my mom, it was 10 hours per month, if I remember correctly.

[@gregmullins6927]

R.T.T sounds like it's similar to R.D.O (Rostered Day Off) in Australia where you work an extra 30 minutes a day for the month and get a day off work or an extra 60 minutes a day and get 2 days off a month (a 9 day fortnight).

[@chucku00]

Yup, it's the same kind of compensation.

[@tkps]

My son's a blue collar worker and he's on the 9 day fortnight. It ends up leading to far less sickies because you can plan the things that sometimes need doing in business hours for that day. He rarely uses his sick leave because he only takes it if he's sick. Much better productivity and you still do your weekly 37.5 pw just differently.

[@gregmullins6927]

@@tkps You're spot on mate but unfortunately the Americans find this very strange,I've lived and worked in the U.S before,they are so isolated from the outside world their media never reports on the progessive countries like Australia.

[@MartinWebNatures]

Great video Charlie 👍👍🇳🇱

[@Attirbful]

Love the bearded guy, wish he were my student!

[@royng546]

Hi, you should see some KZbin channels reviews of people living in develop East Asian (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan…etc) n Southeast Asian (Malaysia, Singapore…etc) countries instead of focusing on Europe most of the times…just my 2 cents worth..cheers

[@grahvis]

I suspect it would show that then US is an outlier when it comes to the way the population is treated, worker's rights, healthcare, etc. For example, other than a few very small countries, the US is the only country where paid time off for workers is not mandatory.

[@denbols]

Rtt days :Maximum weekly working time The general rule is that the weekly work schedule that can be applied in undertakings is: either 38 effective hours a week ; or 38 hours on average over a specified reference period. Nonetheless, even in such a case, it is important to point out that the effective weekly working time cannot exceed in principle 40 hours. Examples : effective work for 40 hours a week with the allocation of 12 compensatory days of rest (over a one-year reference period) ; effective work for 39 a week with allocation of 6 compensatory days of rest. However, it is important to point out that collective agreements concluded in joint committees in a number of sectors have reduced weekly working time to less than 38 hours.

[@peterv.276]

Glühwein recipe: bottle wine (obviously^^), 1-2 oranges cut in slices, 7 cloves, 2 cinnamon stick, 2 star anise ...put everything together and warm it up (don't cook it)...optional: rum

[@RustyDust101]

Red wine, preferably sweet.

[@peterv.276]

@@RustyDust101also works with white wine and for example adding additional blueberry juice

[@juwen7908]

Wenn englische Wörter total unterschiedliche Bedeutungen haben ... Meine ÜbersetzungsApp sagte cloves heißt Knoblauchzehe und ich so 'What, Knoblauch im Glühwein???' Aber dann kam sie noch mit Nelken um die Ecke 🤣🤣🤣

[@ryan655]

RTT means Réduction du Temps de Travail (Reduction of Working Time). In France if you work more than 35 hours a week, you can have recovery day depending of your entreprise. A lot of entreprise let the choice between being paid for overtime hours or take recovery days. But sometimes you don't have the choice. When I was working in a supermarket I have the choice but before when I was working in a restaurant I was paid for the hours but I can't take RTT. And today, I'm working as an IT Technician and it's the opposite I have between 10 and 15 recovery days depending of the year and in addition because it would be to expansive to my entreprise to pay my overtime hours.

[@alainmellaerts8926]

Bulletproof bag packs for children In the immediate aftermath of the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that killed 19 children and two teachers, Leatherback Gear saw an 800 percent increase in sales, its CEO and founder told TMZ. A company called Tuffypacks saw a 300 percent spike in sales of its armored bag inserts, which can be placed inside any retail backpack, TMZ said.

[@kenlaw9494]

Your videos, and the people appearing in them gives the rest of the world hope. Normally, we only see the far right or left loonies, so it´s refreshing to see that some US americans actually realize what the rest of the world already knows. I really hope that you get to travel or move to Europe some day. By the way. To think that 'europeans' are in a certain way, is in some instances likesaying that New Yorkers to Floridians are the same. There is a big difference between northern, western and eastern europeans.

[@tkps]

I saw a video a year or two ago from Americans in various countries who discussed why they wouldn't go back or what they found difficult to reintegrate with after living outside. The comment section was 50/50 those who'd done the same so gave their views versus those who'd never left and got stuck in to those people. Doing the usual 'you don't get how good it is here' 'X country is a socialist nightmare' 'universal health care shouldn't be a right' 'we don't you back anyway' and so on when they were simply making observations not criticising the US. Some there get very defensive if anyone dares suggest maybe it's not the best place ever so these videos are heartening.

[@romeodias]

Why do you act like being poc isn't an issue.cmon you kow better

[@ItsCharlieVest]

What's poc?

[@romeodias]

@@ItsCharlieVest People of color

[@JenniferRussell-qw2co]

The bearded guy described how many in the UK sees the US I think. It's not the people as such, it's the systems you have to live under, which in turn creates the stereotypical American tourist, (not all of course). When a child is indoctrinated from birth with a superior complex, poorly educated in an isolationist parochial way, how else are they going to be? Fortunately, many are escaping 'the land of the free', bcos they know better, also, they know that whilst the 'mighty dollar' rules back home it will never improve. You can't even vote in someone who has policies that would help bcos it seems only very rich people make it through the electoral system, and they are all in the grip of, say, Big Pharma and the NRA, etc. They would lose support from them if they tried to alter the status quo, so self interest takes over. It's sad 😢 I hope things do change for the people of the USA 🤞🙋‍♀️🇬🇧

[@Laz3rCat95]

9:26 Man's spitting facts

[@fossiliitv824]

here in Italy you have by contract one month fully paied for holyday plus 2/3 weeks of extra days usually used for dayly emergencies....also fully paied.........if you don't use those days during the current year you can either choose to do them the next year or the emoployer must by law pay those days to you because you decided to work instead.....sorry for my elementary English.........here the more you work (days/months) the more days off you gain....usually you gain 2 days off for vacation every month you work...plus as i said those days off for emergencies....so you don't waste holidays days

[@charbonneaupierre2060]

Idk if that has been said in the comments below, bit lazy to check all of them. But RTT (Réduction Temps de Travail - TimeWork Reduction) is a french law that said : if you work than 35 hours a week (legal limit), you'll have to take more rest. For example, if you have worked 2 weeks in a raw at 39 hours (insteat 35 so), you've done 8 hours more than what you should, so you gonna take an workday (8hours) to rest.

[@DickvanderVelde]

Not sure but I think that it has to do with shorter week hours. In the Netherlands we have someting called ADV (not all companies though). It started when a lot of companies started lowering weekly hours. So say a company would reduce the hours from 40 to 38, then you build up 2 hours ADV per week. Still you could work 40 hours per week and thus have an extra day off every 4 weeks because those hours accumulate. Not sure if it’s similar but I think so.

[@TimberwolfC14]

Maybe because my wife and daughters would be 2nd class citizens due to reproductive issues, super-excellent but far cheaper education (the kids can speak 4 languages 5 if you count English), You don't need a chemistry degree to do your food shopping, no need to be worried about the police wasting you,

[@jefrysax]

In america parents buy, buy buy because they work 100 hours a week and feel guilty don't have strength to pay attention to their children. The kids here apparently under the influence of media ;) found out about "binjing"? when a kid lays on the floor of a shop and starts screaming I want, I want I want ... I found out that if I start talking to my daughter calmly, "why do you want this", are you sure you want this one, I saw there are even better over at the other part of the store" and little by little the kid forgets what they wanted ... they wanted only attention, and no amount of barbies will be as valuable as paying attention to your child.

[@cdr.adamas1476]

RTT day : in french : "Reduction de Temps de Travail" : work time reduction : legal days of recuperation for overtime at work

[@naomiturtle4404]

I left the US in 1970, I lived in the Middle East for 5 years and I’ve lived in the Uk since 1975. I’d never ever ever go back

[@admerin6961]

I was the kind of parent who didn't get my child every single thing she asked for, but she always resented me for it and its because of peer pressure from children whose parents are trying to keep up with the Joneses. So it's definitely not the parent of the brat who is to blame.

[@veidorje1681]

[@sonofstifler1791]

The bearded wonder is jacobarthur30.

[@ItsCharlieVest]

thanks

[@IridescentTea]

That snacking girl was annoying to be honest. It's just common decency to be prepared for your video (or any other work for that matter) and not do the icky noises and pretentious unprepared sentences.

[@thomasd5]

RTT is in France if you work more than 35 hours a week, you get full or half-days off in addition to your legal vacation days to get down to the average 35 hour week.

[@NamuBang]

We don’t use it as an excuse. You don’t know what it’s like to even have to realize that ohhh no one cares outside North America You may say you are not racist but being dismissive is right up there. You paused her so much, you missed the point. She is safer where she is. That is a fact.

[@johncummings-h1o]

you are really not listening I think to what you are being told about the good old USA. You sound like one of Trumps proud boys. If you are reposting someone's work at least try to make informed and considered comments

[@veroniquehernandez9339]

yes in france we have riots and thats why we have paid vacation, free healthcare....we fight for our rights !!!!😉

[@KevinWood9]

I don’t get why you have to pledge your allegiance to your country if the government thinks you wouldn’t fight for your country it show how much it thinks of you. We sing the national anthem but we don’t have to pledge our allegiance to the country because it knows we would fight for our country with out the asking

[@RustyDust101]

Charlie, think about it. When you can prophesize that education, healthcare, food, work-life-balance, far more vacation days, parental time off, unlimited sick days, virtually no gun violence, lower crime rates, ... Will be part of their answers... You get my point that this encompasses roughly 80% of your potential life's choices. My ancestors roughly eight generations ago who emigrated to the USA had FAR fewer, and far less worrisome reasons to emigrate. Yet you decide to stay in the USA... Question: why? Greetings from Germany which, like many of them said, has its own share of problems but offers a much more wholesome overall package. Or go to one of the 26 other EU nations. Similar arguments yet subtly different each time. Not even the worst EU country has the same slew if problems the EU has. BTW: Germany recently introduced a dual-citizenship law which allows for dual passport ownership.

[@aftermax01]

Interesting what the bearded man said, except the part against religion. I mean, I'm free to not believe in evolution, as long as you are free to believe in it

[@lecoolpotager6670]

RTT days are off day we have because we made supplementary hours above the 35 legal hours

[@CamMcGinn1981]

9:30-12:15 ish... WOW. I like that guy. He seems interesting and smart.

[@krishellemans-i8u]

The reduction of working time (RTT) is a scheme which provides for the allocation of days or half-days of rest to an employee. This applies if the working time exceeds 35 hours per week, up to a maximum of 39 hours per week. If the employee works 35 hours a week, he does not have RTT days. so official she has to work 35h a week but 5*8h =40h that means you get 5h rtt every week , if you work 36h (4.5days) you get 1 h rtt every week on 52 weeks that gives you at least 6 days rtt (overtime) , greetz from Belgium (we have that also, but my week is 38h and we did 40h what means 12 days)

[@Maya75147]

RTT is to compensate overtime as their work weeks are 35 hours, this is specific to France.

[@pubsapass1214]

ARTT days were created in France when legal working time has been set to 35h/week instead of previously 39h/weeks. But to avoid organisation problems, companies had the choice to have their employees work 35h/week, or continue with up to 39h/week but the extra hours are given back to employees as paid days, added to the legal mandatory 5 weeks minimum of paid days.

[@pathibulaire2571]

RTT days exemple : Years ago, the official number of work hours a week was 39... by law it became 35 h / week.. but you still can work 39h/w..... if you choose so; either you get more money, or you get extra days off ( up to 20 days ). added to the 25 paid vacation days, it can give 45 paid vacation days ( 9 weeks of paid vacation a year ) + the national days ( 11 )

[@Mjanmar]

In the UK you have 39 hrs/week full time? Not 40 hrs/week (5 days × 8hrs)?

[@kam7r882]

@@Mjanmar UK ? are you insulting us ? RTTs are French

[@Mjanmar]

@@kam7r882 No. Sorry. I don't even know what RTT is. Forget it, I already find out what I want to know elsewhere.

[@DecoKeegan]

Had to skip this one. Race baiters, climate crap and Trump hating people annoy me.

[@alainott]

Rtt Reduction du temps de travail😉 This are days too work lover

[@alexandergaus493]

How can people listen to someone else eating in front of their mic? It's a sound that does roll my toenails up. It sends shivers all over my body 😂

[@giuliamorrell4466]

Oh dear charley. Im kinda disappointed in your reaction to the black woman