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@hwill123453 жыл бұрын
@Dan-ud8hz3 жыл бұрын
Life Expectancy and Mortality Rates in the United States, 1959-2017: "US life expectancy increased for most of the past 60 years, but the rate of increase slowed over time and life expectancy decreased after 2014." doi:10.1001/jama.2019.16932
@onalos12713 жыл бұрын
Just FYI, this did not show up in my notifications. I had to go to your channel to see that this had dropped.
@RIUWithDrAndy1063 жыл бұрын
What are you guys invite Hunter Avallone on this KZbin channel. 😎
@joshnelson76173 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, that aesthetic music is so my jam. Post this track in the channel.
@Gaspo123Ай бұрын
Its weird to me that Americans will argue against free health care like its evil.
@cameroonkendrick6312Ай бұрын
They don’t I want free healthcare
@shawngillespie3532Ай бұрын
Right Wing Politicians,media…….compare everything they don’t like on being Communist or “Woke”……convinces many people to vote against their own self interest
@shawngillespie3532Ай бұрын
@@cameroonkendrick6312I want free Healthcare 😂
@franklulatowskijr.6974Ай бұрын
It’s not unusual when you consider the way the 24 hour news cycle has changed the way people think for the worse. I grew up in a household where there was an absolute lack of trust in the government. Part of it is warranted: the federal government does anything it can to destroy tax payer services. Oddly enough, they’re the same people that rail about how government can’t do anything right. But that’s what they show the voters. They just show them how bad things like the veterans hospitals are run….all due to intentional scuttling by the same people.
@martinko4086Ай бұрын
If you believe that you have a "FREE HEALTHCARE " you are TOTALY STUPID !!
@kaylee90693 жыл бұрын
In France , Breaking Bad would have been a 1 episode serie : high-school teacher is diagnosed with cancer. He gets free treatment. The end.
@NaughtyboyASMR4203 жыл бұрын
Free but you paid it every time you go to mcdonald
@Warren_Peace3 жыл бұрын
Except he doesn't because nothing is "free".
@whodis25193 жыл бұрын
@@Warren_Peace "free" is maybe the wrong word as he was working as teacher, paying taxes etc. And yet it might be appreciated as free, as he doesn't have to pay huge sums beforehand out of his own pocket.
@DGMZ003 жыл бұрын
“Free” treatment
@timrietbergen3 жыл бұрын
Also; he would be paid a good median income with paid leave and holidays. Instead of the 3 months summer lack of pay so you hope you can get a job at summer school
@thebinwhisperer53013 жыл бұрын
Being an Australian who has lived in the UK for 3 years. I can confirm. Nobody outside of America thinks America is the best country in the world.
@lindsaysmith81193 жыл бұрын
Its drilled into them from the day they are born, therefore what do you expect.
@thebinwhisperer53013 жыл бұрын
@@lindsaysmith8119 they need to get rid of the shit politicians who continue to ruin their country. It's bad leadership.
@sadbread24463 жыл бұрын
@@thebinwhisperer5301 The problem is that a shocking number of people will actually idealize the horrendous leadership of our country and claim it's good despite failing on every metric except like, GDP. They'll literally compared America to developing countries and try to use those as a metric, but bring up Britain or god forbid the Scandinavian countries and somehow it's not comparable but Venezuela is.
@thebinwhisperer53013 жыл бұрын
@@txyz9294 yeah pretty much what you said. Also they can walk to America and Most migrants want to go to countries that speak English because usually it's the only other language they know. This is why in Europe migrants walk through France and Spain to try and get to the UK
@Jeramithehuman3 жыл бұрын
@@txyz9294 I don’t think you understand the video... try watching it again. We can afford things but the wealthy want more
@Teejsfolly192923 күн бұрын
Here we are, coming up on 2025. Things are about to get much worse, and we need more videos like this!!! Thank you David, for so many reasons, but especially for this. People need more of this information. Viva democracy.
@fatherson590722 күн бұрын
Nope, our economy is surging and expected to outpace every other developed nation in 2025. You’re gullible and ignorant.
@Brozius251219 күн бұрын
Don't bother, fatherson is an American troll who cannot stand that other countries have it better than the US.
@harrycooper52313 жыл бұрын
I'm in Canada, and our healthcare isn't free. I recently had major orthopaedic surgery, and had to pay $12 for parking. I'm going for an MRI and a CATscan tomorrow. I'll have to pay for parking again. :(
@austen983 жыл бұрын
First World problem right there.
@youngsavagefury71383 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂👌
@Blacksheepcomics3 жыл бұрын
I pay nothing just like you with my health insurance
@Blacksheepcomics3 жыл бұрын
Plus your taxes
@Browngemini20243 жыл бұрын
Thanks god it is just for parking
@kiri1013 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine living in a country where someone begs you not to call an ambulance because they don't want to get buried in debt.
@mycatiswaysmarterthanmosto85003 жыл бұрын
@nnaw ggg People get what they deserve? Ew, you must be from wallingford or derby.
@doomguy5103 жыл бұрын
imagine wanting free healthcare with an open border.
@fuzzy1joe3 жыл бұрын
@@doomguy510 Mexico has free healthcare. That's why they put up that wall. To keep US out.
@kevindonahue22513 жыл бұрын
@nnaw ggg You are talking about cost of living increases. That's something literally everyone wants and expects.
@jayrillabeats20593 жыл бұрын
In some places you are lucky if they get to you in time
@stevenpremmel41163 жыл бұрын
The American dream is to be rich enough to be able to ignore its glaring problems at the expense of others.
@Cindy-dl4bo3 жыл бұрын
Spot on!
@gnova73 жыл бұрын
yes this
@victorhopper67743 жыл бұрын
at the expense of others?????????? my rich neighbor up the road from me paid 142 million in income taxes last year. my wife helped do his taxes. get a education! you didn't pay those taxes dumbass!
@hannahwalmer11243 жыл бұрын
Yeeeess. this.
@vichuang14803 жыл бұрын
@@victorhopper6774 It's "get AN education" 😂😂😂
@Brandon-bh7pj7 ай бұрын
America is a joke at times. Dont kid yourself. There is some nice things about America but then again, there are a lot of issues and problems. I hate how some Americans think it's the greatest country ever and are so naive about others.
@vTheHeroicIdeal6 ай бұрын
Most Americans know how shitty this place is. The only people who love it nowadays are third worlders coming in thinking it’s heaven on earth bc it’s slightly less crappier than where they came from.
@fatherson59076 ай бұрын
@@vTheHeroicIdealso why do millions of people from western EU migrate to the US?
@vTheHeroicIdeal6 ай бұрын
@@fatherson5907 jobs making more money. The quality of life is lower but they chase careers. The third worlders come for free food and housing and Netflix.
@fatherson59075 ай бұрын
@@Smethells2023 sorry that you can’t handle the objective facts. Pew Research is the source for that objective data. Cry harder, peasant 🤣🤣🤣
@lindsaysmith81195 ай бұрын
@@fatherson5907 Bullshit claim
@nem4473 жыл бұрын
The real tragedy of America is that the richer Americans have convinced non rich people that other non rich people are the problem.
@AliceintheRabbitHole3 жыл бұрын
YUP.
@kiltedcripple3 жыл бұрын
A lot of what we consider racist, sexist, abelist, etc... divisions in this country are media manipulations to keep Americans at each other's throats instead of realizing that our top 5% of citizens, and the huge multinationals are the ONLY constituents our government serves. We are set join by women, nor transgendered people, nor Muslims, nor Mexicans... we are under full scale assault by the uber wealthy who consider themselves a higher species just as Hitler envisioned. And honestly, until we rise up and take their wealth and create with it a more equitable succor, they're not entirely wrong. I'm not saying that racism and schism et al don't exist, but we give them too much credit for what are actually class tensions deliberately mislabeled to keep us from unifying against our actual oppressors. So long as we're fighting each other, none of us can get ahead.
@joblo63943 жыл бұрын
100% ...It’s more about the top vs the bottom than it is the left vs the right
@humb1s3rvant3 жыл бұрын
The beauty of America is that those "rich people" started out not being rich. They stopped whining and got to work.
@DaveWhoa3 жыл бұрын
@@humb1s3rvant Donnie was given millions by his father.
@crow__bar3 жыл бұрын
As someone who grew up in Europe, the biggest scam is movies convincing me the US is a cool place to live in.
@23GreyFox3 жыл бұрын
@@Elektribe You know who write history. The victors do.
@radioblitz14943 жыл бұрын
@@Elektribe every country has caused genocide's and many other things
@JJ-yx6jy3 жыл бұрын
I wish I would've grown up in Europe. America blows. Embarrassing.
@radioblitz14943 жыл бұрын
@@JJ-yx6jy you think Europe any better?
@youknownothing95563 жыл бұрын
@@JJ-yx6jy Wester Europe*, you don’t want to put your foot in Easter Europe, it’s worse here than US
@COMALiteJ3 жыл бұрын
I forget which comedian said it, but a comedian pointed out, _truthfully,_ that you could get a hip replacement done in the USA. Or, you could fly to Madrid, Spain, get one done there, recuperate in a nice hotel, celebrate your recovery by participating in the Running of the Bulls, get trampled by a bull and your new hip smashed, get a *second* hip replacement, recuperate some more in the nice hotel, then fly back home, all for the price of _just_ the *one* hip replacement _alone_ in the USA. And still have spending money left over.
@user-pr6gn2un8z3 жыл бұрын
Huge stonks
@anarpurevsambuu39043 жыл бұрын
@Geba what’s the bs being spewed?
@COMALiteJ3 жыл бұрын
@Geba, the figures at the time were: • Average hip replacement in Spain: $7,371 × 2 = *$14,742* • Round-trip airfare to Madrid: *$827* • Rent for a nice place in Madrid for 24 months @ $1k per month: *$24,000* --------------- • TOTAL in Spain: *$39,569* ===================== • Average hip replacement in USA: *$40,365.* ===================== • *$769* extra spending cash left over.
@Mr69hammertime3 жыл бұрын
@@COMALiteJ every hero doesnt wear capes. Bless you for slapping this ignoramus with the facts
@82892869hi3 жыл бұрын
@Geba it’s factually true. Are you trying to say American healthcare is at all affordable compared to European, Canadian or Asian healthcare?
@arntmayer2 ай бұрын
I am German and I spent 5 years in the states working for a company in California. here is my opinion on the us. a shit hole country with extreme high crime. high violence and nothing in affordable. only the rich rich live good and everyone else has stress and lives paycheck to paycheck and god forbid you become ill. living in the u.s. you need luck and a lot of it. no way would I ever ever go back there. what a shit hole
@fatherson59072 ай бұрын
Your economy is in complete ruins, your government has collapsed, your housing market is in free fall, you don’t have basic freedom of speech, your legacy is disgusting, and your people are pathetic. Better start scraping your tiny savings together because we are no longer defending you or your vile neighbors. You are on your own. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Brozius2512Ай бұрын
@@fatherson5907
@FYMASMDАй бұрын
Of course Germany has plenty of the same issues. Don’t fool yourself.
@Brozius2512Ай бұрын
@@FYMASMD Yes but not as much as the US.
@joehuber3190Ай бұрын
I agree. Germany is a puppet of the USA(has been since 1945) and that has accelerated its deindustrialization. Germany would need to separate from the US to ensure its healthy future.
@garethmills62063 жыл бұрын
In Australia, people complain about the cost of parking at hospitals. Medical treatment in the ER is free.
@TheDrsuperawsome3 жыл бұрын
Canadian here: same. People will risk parking tickets to avoid paying for hospital parking because we’ve become so used to not paying anything when we go to the hospital. Universal healthcare is just better.
@oventi_3 жыл бұрын
Yep, here in NZ too. there are issues with parking fees, especially for low income folks.
@OurNewestMember3 жыл бұрын
Okay, I'll bite...how much does this infamous parking cost?
@WETDOGBR3 жыл бұрын
There's nothing for free.
@guss773 жыл бұрын
@@WETDOGBR no, you pay taxes for that - in Israel every adult is required to pay at least $30/month in health tax (max 5% of income). For that you are guaranteed health insurance for every citizen, with minimal co-pay ($4 GP visit) and no out of pocket costs for emergency medicine: my wife had an appendectomy incl. 4 day hospital stay, at no cost - we did pay $25 for the doctor house visit at 2AM because we weren't sure if an ER trip was needed. The parking bill was indeed atrocitious - some days I had to pay $15 for a full day of on-premise underground parking. Still, compared to *best* rate of appendectomy in the US at $10000 (the median cost is just under $15000) that's a hell of a bargain.
@RibiRoo3 жыл бұрын
"A patient cured is a customer lost."
@RichardServello3 жыл бұрын
Prevention has ALWAYS been less profitable than treatment! Seeing a doctor regularly and preventing cancer costs pennies.....TREATING cancer makes TRILLIONS!!!
@axidhaus3 жыл бұрын
There are shit tonnes of political hacks talking a big talk then doing shit !!!
@Jukeboksi3 жыл бұрын
Exactly why I wouldn't trust my health in any other hands except my own.
@nathanlevesque78123 жыл бұрын
Thankfully there are still people interested in curing patients. That's why vaccines are a thing in general. Goodbye smallpox. As a species we have been cured of it.
@ghislaincote48823 жыл бұрын
Poor, desperate, uneducated, ostracized criminal is more Business... we could this all day. Disclaimer: I am Canadian and paying way more than 11% (not all provinces are the same), but I still love my prisons and hospital lead by the public sector...
@matirei32663 жыл бұрын
As a latino (I'm Argentinian), It breaks my heart to know that some people in the u.s. died because they were avoiding getting medical treatment
@matirei32663 жыл бұрын
I know my country is consider "third world" ( whatever that means), but healthcare and education should not be denied to anyone
@NellyTubeAwesomeURL3 жыл бұрын
I hope you’re happy in Argentina :)
@fenraven3 жыл бұрын
Actually, a lot of people hope they die young in America, because if they don't have money (and most of us don't), we end up in old-age homes, where they mistreat and abuse you until you finally croak.
@KrislLeon3 жыл бұрын
I've had two broken teeth for months but can't afford to get them fixed or even removed. I hate the US.
@fenraven3 жыл бұрын
@@KrislLeon Affordable dental care in America is hard to find. I figure I'll lose my teeth, one by one, because I can't afford root canals and crowns. In India, dentures cost a few bucks. In the US? $20K. It's insane. Our entire country has been set up to serve people with money and screw everyone else.
@sephiroth127Ай бұрын
America Is so Rich because it leaves behind people who can't make it.
@jerrycargill50623 жыл бұрын
My first job out of college, I got zero vacation days and zero sick days for my first year, making $9 an hour. I had no choice but to show up sick. Where was my job? A hospital.
@captainlocke97383 жыл бұрын
Ironic (Palpatine face)
@TomTheDutch3 жыл бұрын
I don’t get those sick days, the company decides how many days you are allowed to get sick? I can call in sick everyday and they won’t judge, long then week get a doctors notice or maybe see a occupational physician. They aren’t allowed to ask what’s wrong, most people tell the employer but they aren’t required to do so.
@thewizzard31503 жыл бұрын
Same here, not a hospital,a factory but I never went in sick. Then I started thinking. Why am I still doing the same job that I was at 18? The answer was upsetting, America does not value degrees.
@MFPRego3 жыл бұрын
Oh the irony...
@jtraptor77763 жыл бұрын
wow, that sounds really smart (on this hospital's side). (this is sarcastic if you can't tell)
@jeffs44832 жыл бұрын
America: Land of the Fee, home of the Scammed.
@TheSilentWalkerz2 жыл бұрын
@Man with Silverado Not anymore, it’s even worse right now. The government does nothing about the supply chain issues, economic recession oh yeah and both Democrat and Republican do nothing about mass shootings.
@TheThetaMan2 жыл бұрын
@@fallschirmjager0000 💯
@SparkShadow2122 жыл бұрын
@Man with Silverado Even if that's true, and that's a big "if", somehow, it's still higher than most countries all around the world.
@revon72022 жыл бұрын
americans trying not to vote for a pdophile challenge (impossible) (joe bizen)
@Demmrir2 жыл бұрын
@@revon7202 Ah, and you, good sir, are why America is as bad as it is. Keep up the brave tradition of powerful convictions backed by nothing but smoke.
@navajorezathlete12023 жыл бұрын
Poor people in America fight all the wars for the rich and we continue to call it patriotism it makes me sick when I see poor people die overseas in the military and people back home say thanks for your service.
@frankfacts62073 жыл бұрын
SCREW the Military
@dinosaurus5983 жыл бұрын
@@frankfacts6207 The army needs to get fixed.
@victor_TH3 жыл бұрын
To me it is not just what you explained, it is also about the obscenity of waging wars abroad to get cheaper oil/geopolitical control at the expense of all the civilians killed while lying to their own citizens on how they are fighting for freedom. Some are dumb enough to believe that but even worse is that many people seem to be as selfish and inhumane as to justify those wars in order to maintain their comfortable lifestyle but well, what would you expect from a place where ruthless capitalism and money are the true God?
@nationalparkes24693 жыл бұрын
it's not nationalism it's patriotism, we aren't imperialist we're expansionist. There's always some nice sounding word to describe the ugly parts of America's actions.
@saino20013 жыл бұрын
Was this video funded by the U.S. Democratic Party? Because it's filled with their talking points!
@ricklayeux568816 күн бұрын
The only things America is no.1 at is military spending and healthcare costs.
@fatherson590715 күн бұрын
You forgot: Economic strength Global power University quality Innovation Accepting immigrants Space exploration Sorry to debunk your bigoted lie.
@geoengr33 жыл бұрын
America: where birds of prey convince mice to elect cats.
@andrewthomas6953 жыл бұрын
Step One is to defund the public education system.
@razi_man3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure they only want to ruin everything at this point, at least China is transparent about their agenda, US feels the need to hide behind "patrionism" for some bizzare reason.
@edwarddongres78663 жыл бұрын
@@razi_man Time for you to escape to China :)
@razi_man3 жыл бұрын
@@edwarddongres7866 I don't even live in China, besides, I never said Chinese goverment isn't bad, only that they don't try to hide the fact that they are bad, I find it odd why American goverment try to hide their human rights violation while China proudly displays it to the world.
@edwarddongres78663 жыл бұрын
@@razi_man Why is France hiding it?
@borger993 жыл бұрын
This country really is held together by such frayed strings. The Wild West never died.
@Topgun2323 жыл бұрын
It's called bullshit. It's the glue that binds everything together. Everyone is full of shit.
@alexcardosa80793 жыл бұрын
But Jesus Jesus Jesus nonsense.
@krunkle51363 жыл бұрын
It's tragic, as functional institutions are great for everyone. Problem is there's a lot of dysfunctional institutions that are disconnected, underfunded, and opaque. It creates a loop. Why would anyone want to be taxed in the institutions being funded aren't doing what they should.
@JimBaumbach3 жыл бұрын
Actually, the wild west wasn't really like the myth of the wild west based on a fake image of the self-sufficient (white) cowboy--an image people like Ronald Reagan used to sell his presidency.
@miguelthealpaca89713 жыл бұрын
@@JimBaumbach Yeah, didn't they say back then that nobody is to own the rivers and streams? They had public water supply that wasn't privately owned. Not everything needs to be a business.
@eliasE9893 жыл бұрын
Saying this out loud is not anti-american, it's pro american. Improvement is good.
@chadm23433 жыл бұрын
Except that it isn't improvement, so it is anti-American.
@WesternMan-th1ow3 жыл бұрын
Whats the problem with being Anti-American? Do you know how much human,animal, and environmental suffering has come at the hands of the US government?
@peterbedford4493 жыл бұрын
@@chadm2343 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
@thatnhoxiu3 жыл бұрын
@@chadm2343 Improving healthcare so Americans can live longer and can actually afford medication so they don't die or get bankrupt from hospital bills while insurance companies barely do anything is sooooo anti-american. I definitely agree with you on that
@theconqueror11113 жыл бұрын
@@chadm2343 Pointing out the flaws in our system then taking action to fix them and improve them is the most patriotic and American thing you can do. Sitting back and looking at the statistics at how far behind we are and concluding "there is nothing wrong with this, change nothing, any change is evil" is the most anti American thing you can say.
@Oulu28548 ай бұрын
As an American, I can confirm this. Living here sucks.
@Baovaniviet7 ай бұрын
I live in America and it’s hella cool
@mryardiedescendant7 ай бұрын
@@BaovanivietAlmost anywhere outside of war torn countries can be “cool” if you have lots of money and resources.
@KingX.6 ай бұрын
As an American I can confirm. Your wrong
@Sandesdagoober6 ай бұрын
@@KingX.*you’re
@Suqq-dm3ps6 ай бұрын
You are all so free in America, unless you don’t have much money and get sick or want to have children, lose your job. Should I go on?
@HugoRH4443 жыл бұрын
I was on vacation in Italy when my baby granddaughter got an extremely high fever and we had to rush her to a local hospital. It was a Sunday. The emergency doctor called a pediatrician because he couldn’t find out what was wrong with her. We got the best service you can ask for and after four hours when the fever started to subside and we were allowed to go back to the hotel we asked for the bill. They looked at each other, confused by our question and told us there was no bill. That’s the horror experience of being in a country with a government SOCIALIZED health care.
@blakebrown5343 жыл бұрын
Similar experience with my mother's friend in France. He had a heart attack while there and has a bill totaling like $50 when he got out. That would have been over $10k easily in America. Easily.
@kamovka80032 жыл бұрын
@@michelep9477 Socialist country's aren't that bad
@creatorof4wall3322 жыл бұрын
@@blakebrown534 Do u live in where now
@kylelundgren51332 жыл бұрын
@Eric Carman He was a nationalist.
@kylelundgren51332 жыл бұрын
@Eric Carman perhaps I should ask you what you think socialism is? If we are miscommunicating on this we will not understand each other.
@Darusdei3 жыл бұрын
to be fair. u.s. doesn't seem to be a country. it looks more like a playground for corporations
@nathanbosley763 жыл бұрын
Truth
@Komatic53 жыл бұрын
because it is
@Darusdei3 жыл бұрын
@@thomaskalbfus2005 calm down... you are screaming about elon musk. what makes you seem even more batshit crazy... the thing is that u.s. at the moment is a falling state and you don't have any numbers to say otherwise. so stfu
@thomaskalbfus20053 жыл бұрын
@@Darusdei well then ask yourself, why did Elon Musk come to America if it was such a failing place? Why did he leave South Africa? Now that is a real failing state!
@Darusdei3 жыл бұрын
@@thomaskalbfus2005 because america isn't a country. it's a playground for corporations
@MRSECEA3 жыл бұрын
In the Philippines, I don't have insurance, but can still afford or get a free health care.. yes my country may be a third-world country, but I can go to any hospital anytime without worrying for my bills.
@wanahmad71003 жыл бұрын
What about other South East Asian countries, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand are they third world countries?
@AudieHolland3 жыл бұрын
@@wanahmad7100 Indonesia is pretty bad. Lots of corruption on all government levels and the military still is a threat lurking in the background. Actually, when an acquaintance from Indonesia holidayed in Florida for a few weeks, she said that Florida made her feel rather at home. Very much like Indonesia!
@rtarouca3 жыл бұрын
As long as you don't mess with Duterte
@vminshi3 жыл бұрын
@@rtarouca as long as you do not do stupid shit.
@rtarouca3 жыл бұрын
@@vminshi Like questioning his logic
@melstark3466Ай бұрын
I lived in Italy for a month in 2003 and tried to think of a way to NOT go back to the US…my stress went down, I was in better shape and I ate better for lower cost…man I wish I could go back.
@lucasschofield87163 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather visited a hospital in the US for kidney scan, thats it. He was there for 8 hours, they didn't listen to him, they asked him the same questions repeatedly, charged him for things he didn't receive. And then charged him $17,000.....in his own words "They're terrified they'll get a 2nd class service if they get free healthcare, but they're being charged a fortune and getting 3rd class healthcare!" By contrast (UK), I cut my finger to the bone on a sharp tool at work, walked in, they took my name, I sat down, went into a room where they stitched my finger, I walked out, 20-30 minutes from entering to leaving, didnt cost me a penny.
@ty.Tibor1233 жыл бұрын
Yes America is a real piece of sht
@fran15143 жыл бұрын
same broke my wrist here in Belgium, doesnt cost anything
@LUrzidil-rn7nd3 жыл бұрын
and these point their communism and Chernobyl on others :D :D :D ... but I thought UK is the same shit and always pointing on others (Tolkien, Rowling, Pratchett), on Germans, on the US, because they are the same :D :D :D
@flightmaster9993 жыл бұрын
Yep, same here in Canada. If you are hurt, you simply go to the hospital or a clinic, get treated and walk out. No money or invoices involved.
@kallah49993 жыл бұрын
Same, i had septic shock and stayed at the hospital for almost two months with multiple doctors a day plus treatment outside the hospital for years after, and it didn't cost me shit here in Norway. We also get almost twice the American minimum wage if we don't want to or can't work for some reason. If i wanted i could quit work today and go to Thailand and live life with a high income by their standards🤷🏼♂️
@isabelafjordlover3 жыл бұрын
This is so horrifying and bleak, no wonder depression and suicide rates are increasing so quickly
@thegethconsensus3933 жыл бұрын
But don’t worry, rich people are making lots of money so it’s okay.
@thegreatgamelord86403 жыл бұрын
Line go up = life good
@CreativeTimelapses2hondamax3 жыл бұрын
Yes, but capitalism has been around for a long while and only recently have the suicide rates have increased. RIght?
@jsthltrJ3 жыл бұрын
@@CreativeTimelapses2hondamax Have you considered the impact of the world wars on suicide reporting? Capitalism has always been built on exploitation and death, but also people die for all sorts of reasons, at some points in history it has been less obvious if the boot of capitalism on your neck was the cause of our despair, maybe it was PTSD from ww2, maybe your life was less valuable to report on so we didn't track the cause of death, maybe there was an institution that certain individuals wanted to protect so they suppressed the reporting of suicides... ultimately the idea that suicide rates have only recently increased seems very suspect in my opinion.
@thomasmacisaac15033 жыл бұрын
@@jsthltrJ "maybe there was an institution that certain individuals wanted to protect so they suppressed the reporting of suicides" You're literally describing the Soviet Union.
@Koasterking2122 жыл бұрын
As a wise man once said “The American system isn’t broken, it’s working exactly as intended.”
@hermeslein66142 жыл бұрын
IS america an Empire?
@sheenashining98752 жыл бұрын
Why does the internet loves bashing our country it's so normalized why does criticizing other countries will lead you backlash but hating on USA is normalized our country is already declining in power while China is getting stronger why do u still hate our country
@flipsvaldes83252 жыл бұрын
100% , since Capitalism is the engine that runs the country, privatization is its first born , and money above all else is the family motto
@RNS_Aurelius2 жыл бұрын
They all know it's working they just don't know the goal.
@saagar20022 жыл бұрын
George carlin
@OzRichi20 күн бұрын
Thank you, David for putting this well thought out an excellent video. Very useful.
@funkyfinn13 жыл бұрын
I love how you guys always have better editing than pragerU. The Old TV idea is genius!
@hwill123453 жыл бұрын
:) Tymon Brown
@RockStar-gv1it3 жыл бұрын
I love the sound design too!
@funkyfinn13 жыл бұрын
@@RockStar-gv1it oh yeah It’s amazing too
@DiThi3 жыл бұрын
And PragerU was projected to spend about 25 million last year... most of that in buying ads.
@diegoarmando54893 жыл бұрын
Obviously. Dennis Prager has the imagination of Seymour Skinner at a box factory.
@whysoserious29513 жыл бұрын
“The reason they call it the American dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it” -George Carlin
@10pmmemes883 жыл бұрын
Quoting George Carlin with a literal Joker profile picture. The edge stings.
@whysoserious29513 жыл бұрын
@@10pmmemes88 I just like that movie, that don't make that quote less true. Just thought i would spread a different view on things, you dont have to agree with me. Take it or leave it. But challange ones belives on things is healthy.
@Jojojjojojojo3 жыл бұрын
@@whysoserious2951 I also think your profile picture is a bit stereotypically edgy, but I appreciate your mature response and I completly agree with the quote. You do you.
@owenismyname.30233 жыл бұрын
why does everyone hate americans I feel like everyone despises us just for being a american
@Jojojjojojojo3 жыл бұрын
@@owenismyname.3023 please don't think that we hate americans. I think the majority of you are very open, lovely people. We just dislike some aspects of the US government and political structure. Don't fight the players, fight the game.
@jordanosborne3472 жыл бұрын
As a combat veteran I’ll tell you what fighting for this country got me. I come back home from years of living overseas and my hometown is now destroyed by drugs and crime and most of my family members are poor, sick, or in prison. My wife is seduced by her high school crush who happened to be a heroine addict and then I’m thrown out of my home and divorced and never get to see my child. I fall into homelessness after attempting to take my life several times and eventually develop a nasty marijuana habit that drains my bank account. Now I’m just another crazy veteran that’s a statistic in this country. Now I’m forced to live off the state because PTSD makes it nearly impossible to be around humans for long periods of time. Mind you I’m in my 30s and have to remind myself that I can’t kill myself yet because I don’t want my daughter growing up without a father like I did. Don’t join the military if you come from poverty like me.
@danzighettotv98712 жыл бұрын
You weren't fighting for your country, you were The Wall Street bodyguard.
@lilnike32322 жыл бұрын
I hope everything gets better for you
@_caseyjames Жыл бұрын
Sorry Jordan, I’m a Brit myself but I’m sending you love and hope from across the pond. Thank you for at least trying to make a difference
@RahimmacDonald Жыл бұрын
Lol no one told you to fight for white government. All what you just told us is on you
@markironside9818 Жыл бұрын
Hate the war not the Soldiers. So sorry you had to go through that I suggest you listen to a man named Ajham Brahm, the kindest person I’ve listened to
@Stickfigure41429 күн бұрын
I'm showing this video to SO many people.
@fatherson590728 күн бұрын
“Look, I’m a victim!!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You believe any silly propaganda you hear from a drug addict comedian
@TeamNova8028 күн бұрын
Keep spreading it, and eventually it will wake everybody up to reality
@fatherson590728 күн бұрын
@ wahhhhhh I’m a victim wahhhhh You’re a lazy, entitled westerner with an easy life which you still manage to fail at 🤣🤣🤣
@Brozius251228 күн бұрын
@@fatherson5907
@davidmcdaniel592912 күн бұрын
My family just kept arguing about how great it is here,personally I wish I could get the hell out
@stewiegriffin123413 жыл бұрын
He makes some good points, but that doesn’t change the fact that he tried to exploit chipmunks for money and then tried to eat them when they told him to piss off.
@rileym75193 жыл бұрын
Ikr lmao
@potatopotatoeOG3 жыл бұрын
I almost forgot his horrible actions
@-scorpionox-3 жыл бұрын
He also murdered his brother with a rock then lied to his family about it
@rfreamon3 жыл бұрын
So if a rat bastard tells you your house is on fire you shouldn't do anything until a better person comes along to tell you?
@stewiegriffin123413 жыл бұрын
@@rfreamon YES!!!!
@SecondThought3 жыл бұрын
Wow, the animation and design work on this one was stellar. Spectacular work, Gravel Gang.
@mattmcdonald22403 жыл бұрын
Your videos are excellent as well!
@fullmetaltheorist3 жыл бұрын
Huh. I knew you'd be here.
@zacharywheat63713 жыл бұрын
It seems you watch all of their videos! I’ve been keeping up with them, and this seems like their first video to really take off. I hope they have more in the future.
@boblogiii88693 жыл бұрын
That's your takeaway that the design work is stellar...lol
@pdjinne653 жыл бұрын
It's visually better than the obvious competitor, for sure! Which is a good thing.
@Jivolt3 жыл бұрын
“Free healthcare raises my taxes!” - Americans that pay hundreds of dollars every month but are furious if they have to pay more in taxes to get free healthcare. Taxes that would be far less than their monthly insurance payments. #murica
@MrTalithan3 жыл бұрын
Literally it all has to deal the illusion of choice. Americans want to feel like THEY chose to do something, not that they were forced into it by taxes.
@dimebag1243 жыл бұрын
The conservatives will fight to the end to keep it that way and their brainwashed voters too will fight to the last trumptard standing.
@timkingsemail3 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile their actual healthcare costs would drop off. But, yeah, socialism.
@myronaustin3 жыл бұрын
💯👍🏽👍🏽 been saying that for decades! If we all put in for it, and stopped shoveling it in different directions at individual private insurance companies it would be cheaper. Our employers wouldn't have to negotiate for plans and in turn take the costs out of our checks each week (trucker here) since it got pulled into the taxes it would be a smaller amount.
@MisterManTheBestMan3 жыл бұрын
Yes, let us trust the government with a monopoly on healthcare. What could go wrong?
@JasonMac2u7313 күн бұрын
Post Luigi here. I love this video. We have to stop fighting each other and unite for our fight to take back our country from those rich people who stoled the American dream out from under us! Nice to see the fear in their faces as they realize a shift in the minds of the masses has turned our attention to them.
@jsthltrJ3 жыл бұрын
The Gravel institute is a sea change in the war against youtube anti-socialism propaganda. Thank you David Cross, your tone and delivery are an inspiration, masterclass in communication.
@DragonXflyer3 жыл бұрын
To me the anti-socialism movement feels very similar to the anti-marijuana movement, eventually people realize it's not as bad as the movements say. Kinda like when your parents tell you not do something, so you do it in spite. I am grateful there are institutes such as Gravel who fight for the people.
@awddfg3 жыл бұрын
*_"but muh satanic obama communist conspiracy!1!1"_* *_/s_*
@jonnyboyyyy3 жыл бұрын
@@DragonXflyer, except socialism is not something that we will ever understand to be a good thing.
@MalleusRegum3 жыл бұрын
"It is difficult for me to imagine what "personal liberty" is enjoyed by an unemployed person, who goes about hungry, and cannot find employment. Real liberty can exist only where exploitation has been abolished, where there is no oppression of some by others, where there is no unemployment and poverty, where a man is not haunted by the fear of being tomorrow deprived of work, of home and of bread. Only in such a society is real, and not paper, personal and every other liberty possible."
@sinthoras19173 жыл бұрын
- Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili, Georgian philosopher
@IjwPetersen3 жыл бұрын
@@sinthoras1917 i see what you did there
@AvatarBowler3 жыл бұрын
@alugwin Yep. One of the smartest ways a person has ever described real liberty.
@yuven4373 жыл бұрын
@@sinthoras1917 nice ;D
@m0nkEz3 жыл бұрын
@alugwin good message. Unfortunate messenger.
@ching-kionglang97243 жыл бұрын
my father was hospitalized 3 times in his 60's he live 25 years longer thanks to the Malaysian healthcare system ...he does not have to pay because we are poor...i am proud to be Malaysian...
@DJAlicorn3 жыл бұрын
it sucks that you *have* to be poor to get healthcare for free but at least it's not what we've got in the states.
@maxhamilton82043 жыл бұрын
I see you guys are poor so you are using other people’s tax to pay for your bills. You might know that no such thing is “free”. Poor people like you believe “stuff should be for free just because we need it but we can’t afford.” Yeah. Socialism. Welcome.
@ricardoramos45143 жыл бұрын
@@maxhamilton8204 you act as if poor people don't work hard or contribute anything to society.
@ETS1863 жыл бұрын
@@maxhamilton8204 they won't be broke by getting sick though
@nathanaelwong4913 жыл бұрын
@@maxhamilton8204 you just assumed that. Put yourself in his shoes,a dying loved one but saved by a system and wanted to show how grateful you are; but put down by dumb people like you who are incapable of showing any sort of relief for others. Instead of showing a good side of humanity you chose to point out political agenda.
@gweatherford16 күн бұрын
Private healthcare is extremely efficient in the USA. Efficient to feed the C Suite and investors with cash.
@robertcraane79103 жыл бұрын
You forgot one thing: America spends more on the military then the next 10 highest spending countries together... you can only spend that money once....
@fatherson59073 жыл бұрын
Easy solution: our false allies in NATO should be paying what they agreed to pay.
@potat0s8623 жыл бұрын
@@fatherson5907 just shut up,
@chippyjohn13 жыл бұрын
They have to though, if they didn't; all the countries they steal from an ruin would be at their door.
@Brozius25123 жыл бұрын
@@potat0s862 Don't bother, Father son is a liar and a troll.
@fatherson59073 жыл бұрын
@@chippyjohn1 you’re always at our door begging for money
@markb11703 жыл бұрын
My american relatives' minds were blown when they learned that I (German) get 30 days of paid vacations, no questions asked. Another anecdote: an american colleague of mine who‘s been living here for decades had a visit from her parents. Her dad got sick and needed to go to the hospital. The first thing her mom did out of instinct was to give the receptionist her credit card, and was dumbfounded as to why the hospital wouldn‘t accept her credit card. My colleague explained that it doesn‘t work that way here, and the mom‘s reply was: "But how will the hospital know I am able to pay for the treatment?" The way americans are conditioned to see that healthcare isn‘t a right, rather a privilege, is disturbing.
@thetimelapseguy83 жыл бұрын
@Link'd N Qualms America is not subsidising German healthcare. NATO is so america can have military bases in foreign countries, it does not help developed countries in Europe by any means.
@LibertarianLeninistRants3 жыл бұрын
@Link'd N Qualms get the NATO out of my homecountry, we were not asked if we want to be in it
@tannerjablowski31923 жыл бұрын
@@LibertarianLeninistRants yah. abolish the police! That has worked so well for all the places that have done it. Let’s try it on the global scale now too!
@glennmitchell91073 жыл бұрын
@@LibertarianLeninistRants Says the Leninist Ranter. I somewhat doubt the Libertarian bit.
@LibertarianLeninistRants3 жыл бұрын
@@tannerjablowski3192 when did I ever say something about the police? NATO is a military alliance and an undemocratic one as well
@klaud7311 Жыл бұрын
America is the land of opportunists, not opportunity.
@fatherson5907 Жыл бұрын
You surrendered your homeland in less than four hours and still worship a monarchy in 2023. A monarchy 🤣🤣🤣
@TheFBI911 Жыл бұрын
@@fatherson5907why should they put up a fight with the largest and most powerful superpower of their time and risk destroying their artifacts, homes, history and people?
@fatherson5907 Жыл бұрын
@@TheFBI911 blah blah blah. More rambling nonsense to desperately try to change the topic because you’re too embarrassed to admit what country you’re from.
@Brozius2512 Жыл бұрын
Don't bother, fatherson is a liar and a troll. He's a butt hurt American who cannot stand that other countries have it better than the US.
@TheFBI911 Жыл бұрын
@@fatherson5907 can't refute argument and therefore you resort to insults 🤣🤣classic american behaviour
@lynlyn4306Ай бұрын
Canadian. I used to shake my head at America. Then, for like 10 years, I changed my mind and was a big booster and defender, Now, thankfully, I've come to back to my senses. Thanks for this video- it just drove home some points been thinking about past few months. Imagine thinking "socialism is evil" but warmongering and committing genocide isn't. I think the rest of the world is becoming acutely aware that America has no lessons/wisdom to offer the rest of the world.
@fatherson5907Ай бұрын
And we are laughing at you. Your economy is in ruins, you are trying to jail people for using biologically accurate pronouns, your PM literally did blackface. Your entire country lives on our doorstep. Spending your life obsessing over the US. Typical of our cowardly neighbors who can’t defend themselves without begging us.
@rgl81093 жыл бұрын
Im from Germany. The only problem I have is convincing myself to go to the doc when I need too, but I never have to think twice about the money it will cost me. Poor America. Sorry for you.
@gavenothegangsta3 жыл бұрын
Eh the only difference is, in America it’s good to be a hard-working person, in Germany it’s good to be I’m not a hard-working person. If you average a classes grades together the stupid kids will see an increase in their grades, where smart kids will see a decrease, simple as that
@rabbitskywalk3r3 жыл бұрын
@@gavenothegangsta not saying that the german education system is great, but you really want to compare it to the education system in the us?
@stanspb7633 жыл бұрын
@@gavenothegangsta Since the US is failing in everything, where are the smart kids? More Americans leave the US ever since 2008 than immigrants arriving. I have lived outside the US for 21 years and feel sorry for those who haven't left yet.
@uhuistkeintieruhuistkleber27933 жыл бұрын
@@gavenothegangsta Us Education is shit, as statistics show you it is similar to the education kids in Usbekistan get
@frocco71253 жыл бұрын
Guten Tag, Freund.
@dominikfrohlich62533 жыл бұрын
I think the most misunderstood concept in healthcare is that patients aren’t customers.
@Lance-Urbanian-MNB3 жыл бұрын
Depends on what insurance coverage they have or simply how rich they are. ;)
@esshor.3 жыл бұрын
Prisoners shouldn’t be either
@esshor.3 жыл бұрын
Or wars
@brianlevine2493 жыл бұрын
They were until Insurance and the Government stepped in
@measl3 жыл бұрын
*Clearly, you've never heard of "Press-Ganey"? We have veeb a commoditized service for a couple of decades now, where your pay is tied directly to customer satisfaction surveys on EVERY patient! It started while I was still in medical school in the late 70's ["DRGs"], and by 2005, it was a done deal. Medicine is an awful way to try and make a living now, and LOTS of docs have abandoned both their practices, and the idea that they would help their kids go to med school. Most of us are willing to pay for anything **_except_** medical school, since we know what's actually happened to medicine. It's not only a "consumer service" now, complete with both daily satisfaction surveys and post discharge satisfaction surveys, but the actual "practice" has changed drastically too! There is no longer any continuity of care: we may eat what we kill, but we are extremely unlikely to actually follow "our" own patients through their stay. Instead, a different doc each day will pick up the chart and work the day - a terrible way to treat a patient!* *Medicine is close to a loss financially as well. When I was [finally] a PGY-III, I looked into what it was going to take to practice in the different settings. As a community practitioner, I need a census of around 2500-3500 patients. Today, thats between 5000 and 7500, depending on how you're doing it. Of course, that assumes you don't decide to just sidestep CMS completely (as MANY of us have done by opening "Boutique Practices"). Telling CMS to pound sand allows you to come very close to the old fee for service model, without having 5-8 staff who do nothing but fight with insurance companies all day!* *Medicine is fux0red.*
@nitashajohnson47673 жыл бұрын
I almost died in labor and so did my son because my nurses wanted to rush my induction to go out. And I have private insurance. Amazing isn't it. Also our life/work balance has to be the worst in the world.
@dreamofsprings3 жыл бұрын
@Niket Vishwakarma you cant just buy a plane ticket and leave the country, you have to get a visa or else the country is gonna kick you out.
@nayanmalig3 жыл бұрын
@Niket Vishwakarma You want her to abandon the children and just walk out like they do in the stupid colonial slave in S Asia ?
@nitashajohnson47673 жыл бұрын
Appreciate everyone's help here I don't think he understands that leaving my family and friends and my country is not the answer. I don't hate America, I love this country and the people of the country (well the vast majority). We all can't leave, right. So the solution is not leave the country but fix our broken systems. It's gonna take time but if we try I'm willing to stick it out. This could be the greatest country on earth we have all the working parts but we fall short and we just gotta do better.
@nayanmalig3 жыл бұрын
@Niket Vishwakarma Cheap colonial slaves think cheap about children - that's why they have the worst child slave problem.
@misterdd72393 жыл бұрын
Work life balance the worst is the world lmao. You haven't been to Asia yet.
@nathaniel_1176 күн бұрын
Wow. This got in my feed out of nowhere. I didn't know this existed, and it's 3 years old? Wow. This seems to be more relevant now than it was 3 years ago. Instant like, and subscribed 👏👏👏👏👏🖖
@cg9863 жыл бұрын
Poverty is a great way to force people into the military.
@justforviewing23 жыл бұрын
Bingo! And what do the for-profit companies (whose only "customers" are governments) like Lockheed Martin, Northrop Gumman, etc. need to stay in "business?" More war and conflict, which requires more military. Sickening that we think this is the path to a great society.
@catified20813 жыл бұрын
Yeah to learn a trade and come out as a skilled worker and get a well paying job. Stop being a victim and if your wanting for the gov't to make your life better your beyond fucked!
@jvtc3 жыл бұрын
@@catified2081 Please dude.... Vets are 50% more likely to become homeless than the average American. Yes, in some cases, the Army is a good option and service does give people direction in life.... But, why is it that when I leave the moderately wealthy town that I live in, and go to neighboring communities that are less well off that I see a major increase in Army recruiting stations in strip malls, and billboards advertising the Marine Core? Its because the government knows these people have few options and are generally blindly patriotic. They have stock in keeping people dumb, poor and squirting out the next generation of meat for the grinder. You aren't completely wrong, and I don't know where I stand on the issue morally, but lets not lie to ourselves.
@AgoristsRising3 жыл бұрын
Central banks manipulate interest rates and create infinite inflation that leads many to lose their ability to afford basic goods and services, suffer economically, and live impoverished lives. The Federal Reserve also funds wars and the police state. To end poverty, we need to EndTheFed.
@taylorc25423 жыл бұрын
As long as the military remains relatively merit-based, it is the most successful government program for lifting people into the middle class.
@poplopong3 жыл бұрын
Nothing has radicalized me more than being diabetic in the US. Everyone's favorite talking point, yet nobody except other diabetics attempt to help me in any meaningful way. It's so psychologically taxing knowing that I will likely die in my 20s from rationing insulin.
@scoobydoobers233 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but if you do die and have children, their inheritance won't be taxed, FREEDOM!
@hexzyle3 жыл бұрын
Could insulin be smuggled into the country?
@sadpee77103 жыл бұрын
ay if you're young maybe it's not too late to hop ship over to canada or smt
@freeofavia3 жыл бұрын
@@hexzyle You don't need to smuggle it. You can legally drive to Canada, but insulin, and bring it back. The problem is getting there, and you need a passport
@cm92413 жыл бұрын
Welp I'm a type 1 who's made it to 27. Sucks though, and diabetes absolutely radicalized me as well. You really realize how fucking greedy and unfair this country is.
@Venoza3 жыл бұрын
My friend from NYC broke his arm and he came to Europe to fix it. Plane ticket and hotel room was cheaper than if he would fix his broken arm in his own country. That's a shame.
@sasa303 жыл бұрын
It seems like helping Americans is our thing (European here).
@FirstLast-gk6lg3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I used to manage a restaurant and knowing how bad healthcare costs are, I would always give my employees a few weeks off of work if they needed something medical done, since they had to fly home to S. America in order to afford the treatment.
@deroutlaw38653 жыл бұрын
Just wow.....
@PresidentialWinner3 жыл бұрын
I'm not saying that's leeching. But that is kinda weird. People from all over the world come to Europe because they know we will take care of them. We can't carry everybody for fucks sakes.
@tannerjablowski31923 жыл бұрын
Pressing X to doubt
@aliceosborne3866Ай бұрын
As a U.K. citizen this is what upset me so much about Brexit.. we should be looking to Europe for our future not the USA.. America has glorified selfishness and greed as patriotic. It’s messed up.
@fatherson590729 күн бұрын
Look towards the countries which are collapsing? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You bigots never learn. Enjoy your failing economy.
@Rastamanjungle28 күн бұрын
the whole UK system is corrupted
@Rastamanjungle28 күн бұрын
@@fatherson5907 What he means u little uneducated ignorant troll is : UK broke trade deals with UE and they didnt sign a trade deal with US in its place.
@christobotha78483 жыл бұрын
I live in Africa and thought about imagrate to USA untill I read the labour laws. I have better job security in Africa! That is just sad.
@coldhands28023 жыл бұрын
Educate all of your fellow Africans on this so they stay too
@Suavemcool3 жыл бұрын
Is it a terrible place to be if you are poor and sick? Yes. Yet America is still one of the best places in the planet to be an immigrant. With good English you will be treated like an American the day you arrive. There is a reason that hundreds of millions of people want to emigrate. There is a reason people will risk their life to enter the US. Do you want to make enough money to send your kids to some of the best universities on the planet? If you are you hard working and motivated you will do better in the US than almost anywhere. Do you want to live a happy, peaceful, simple life? America is a terrible place. It is stressful and competitive. I'm American but no longer live in the US due to the lack of universal healthcare, the car centric culture, and availability of guns. I don't think I'll ever move back, but I 100% suggest it for people who want a better life for their kids. There are literally millions of examples of people arriving with no money and working their way to success. For some reason this work ethic seems to fade for 3rd generation immigrants and later, but that is a whole other story.
@Dan-pm4hd3 жыл бұрын
@@Suavemcool There are a lot of countries in Europe where you can get a better quality of life and free high quality education. The "acceptance" you are talking about is a myth imo. In the EU, people judge others based on country of origin and accent, even if the country of origin is also in the EU. Something like making fun of people from Florida. American racism is on another level though, comparable to the atrocities that China is doing atm.
@mezlabor3 жыл бұрын
@@Suavemcool Clearly you havent been in this country in awhile. Asians are reporting record numbers of hate crimes, migrants were having thei kids taken and thrown in detention cells with no plans to reunite them with their parents, African Americans are being killed by the police. I'm still in America and I will say this to anyone thinking of coming here. Dont I want out. This place is a dumpster fire.
@paulkenjerski51373 жыл бұрын
May you and the ones you care for find luck in this nation or another
@richvanatte39473 жыл бұрын
The U.S. isn’t a Melting Pot, it’s a Pressure Cooker!
@deathless35183 жыл бұрын
Is that the whistling sound I keep hearing
@MrBenjaminleduc3 жыл бұрын
Real talks
@jameswilliams21823 жыл бұрын
Truth, that's what creates all these mass shooters...
@thoticcusprime93093 жыл бұрын
@@jameswilliams2182 false. mk ultra does, and agendas
@ThomSkateFB3 жыл бұрын
@@thoticcusprime9309 Lol its so easy to buy a gun in the US, i think thats the problem. In my country there are no mass shootings
@jacksonthesyndicalist27713 жыл бұрын
"The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it." George Carlin
@ComradeHellas3 жыл бұрын
Boom!
@MaelPlaguecrow69423 жыл бұрын
Man, this is the most used anti American quote ever.
@losharclan79143 жыл бұрын
@@MaelPlaguecrow6942 It is pro American, if you actually care about people.
@bobbysworld2819953 жыл бұрын
@@MaelPlaguecrow6942 conservatives love George Carlin when he says 7 words, but omit his stance on being offensive towards people's bullshit.
@thesoupin8or6733 жыл бұрын
@@bobbysworld281995 Yeah, his interview about "punching down" in comedy is really something. Incredible to hear a man who did jokes about "liking when a lot of people die" be so sensitive and reasonable, on top of the fact that he delayed performing that joke when 9/11 happened
@AnbroBRАй бұрын
I spent 3 weeks in Sweden in the fall of 2019, visiting my distant relatives and also visiting with many ham radio (amateur radio) operators with whom I have made many contacts over the years. At the end of my vacation there, I did not want to come back to the USA. The Swedes were so polite and considerate, a far cry from what we now have here in the USA.
@fatherson5907Ай бұрын
“I took a vacation and didn’t want to come home” You peasants are so bigoted, it’s hilarious
@jerryjones72933 жыл бұрын
He who has the gold, makes the rules. That is the American "Golden Rule".
@yungphaedra59463 жыл бұрын
damn.
@_supersolar3 жыл бұрын
They Live!
@RC-ll7hk3 жыл бұрын
@@_supersolar Not so true.Other more developed countries are far betteras mentioned in the video.In those countries they have multi party parliaments and free healthcare.Those countries also have greater safety net.
@darthcelsius63933 жыл бұрын
@@RC-ll7hk under extremely less populated countries, it's easier to govern under smaller populations
@Kaptiv2393 жыл бұрын
@@RC-ll7hk Which countries are you talking about in specific?
@outofspace1203 жыл бұрын
Believing the US isn’t in peril is like sitting in your house while it’s on fire and believing that it won’t burn down because your grandfather was the greatest architect on Earth.
@btetschner3 жыл бұрын
Everyone wants to think that this is just a challenge, and that life will be "back to normal" very soon.
@fistpump643 жыл бұрын
nice pfp go yang
@Elkator9553 жыл бұрын
@@btetschner Unfortunately many people don't just want to think it, but believe it completely, and their two competing ideas for solving the challenge are: "Do nothing and wait it out." or "Go backwards."
@granda36493 жыл бұрын
Do you got any other ideas?
@Bobo4113 жыл бұрын
Yang endorsed Biden over Bernie. He fled the city he's now looking to be mayor of. He is a Buttigieg-level empty politician and it is shocking that people cannot see thru his fake ass.
@malakibaskerville2190 Жыл бұрын
As sad as this is, it's pretty comforting and a breath of fresh air when hearing other Americans admit we are flooded with inhumane flaws and are far from "the greatest country in the world". No matter what party we kiss up to, most of them are willfully out of touch with society and blame everyone BUT themselves for our declining living conditions. Awareness is the first step towards change, and many more Americans need to see stuff like this, no matter how uncomfortable it is to find out we've been duped since the start. True patriotism is loving your country despite its flaws and demanding for things to change.
@fatherson5907 Жыл бұрын
Watching propaganda from failed Hollywood comedians from extremist organizations is not what we need. You actually believe this creep. That’s how ignorant you are. What flaws are inhumane?
@quantisticman8415 Жыл бұрын
@@fatherson5907I can't belive what you writed 💀
@fatherson5907 Жыл бұрын
@@quantisticman8415 “writed”? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@quantisticman8415 Жыл бұрын
@@fatherson5907 💀
@fatherson5907 Жыл бұрын
@@quantisticman8415 “belive” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@silentp993320 күн бұрын
I think the Beatles said it best: “You say you want a revolution”. Well yes! Yes John, I do. That’s a great idea! I’m in! Anyone else?
@none-kq7ho3 жыл бұрын
i am in the UK and in the last 14 months I've had an emergency c section, 12 days in hospital, an MRI and now I'm looking at surgery on my spine, the cost is ZERO. its ridiculous what Americans have to pay, it blows my mind.
@davidbowles72813 жыл бұрын
It's unsustainable. The only question is how it ends and how many people die in that process.
@warpcore96813 жыл бұрын
Well, Chris your country spent hundreds of years stripping the world of it's wealth so yes, the UK can be generous to it's people. I'm not criticizing your comment just pointing out a historical fact.
@davidbowles72813 жыл бұрын
@@warpcore9681 So then how does Germany and Japan do it after being destroyed 70 years ago?
@mellowman10203 жыл бұрын
@@warpcore9681 what about Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Finland etc. The U.S has the largest economy in the world, they could implement it.
@matthew71863 жыл бұрын
How big is your house and yard? And what does your house cost? How much does food, fuel, and other living expenses cost? Why do people only focus on how much free stuff they can get? Btw there are jobs in America that have all these benefits or you can purchase all types of disability insurances if you want to.
@maramisbuckley90203 жыл бұрын
on the note of the highest carceral rate in the world, we should talk about how much of labor in america is prison labor. "Made in americca" really means made by unpaid prison labor
@Emilio19853 жыл бұрын
Prison labor was specifically carved out as the only exception to the constitutional prohibition of slavery for a reason. It allowed a backdoor to keep slavery in the United States, and expanded it to include poor whites as well as basically any black person caught up in the judicial system.
@belbercike23443 жыл бұрын
prison labor is just slavery all over again, except someone may have... *dun dun dun*... smoked weed.
@EricSandwich3 жыл бұрын
@Nick Persopolis this is false, Cuba has a lower carceral rate than America by many thousands
@jsthltrJ3 жыл бұрын
@Nick Persopolis thanks for letting us all know America is the *second* worst per capita, really takes the sting out of that L bro
@BagOfMagicFood3 жыл бұрын
"slavery with extra steps"
@mauriziomoretti53923 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Norway, Mi first son graduated summa cum laude in medical school 2 years ago. Student debt: zero. Cost for the family: zero (apart for food and clothes)
@peterleadley71033 жыл бұрын
Benefit to the country: Incalculable.
@erth2man3 жыл бұрын
My neighbor's kid just graduated from medical school as well. Cost to my family: zero because I live in the US of A and didn't have some government bureaucrat tax me more to pay for it thank you very much.
@MrsStevenBrown3 жыл бұрын
@@erth2man oh you paid it already..the very decline of your country and society is in free fall all because you don’t care about anyone but yourself...is it really worth it? Wouldn’t you rather have your taxes help people rather than fund politics and war? You’d be paying less like me and the rest of the world and still be able to help a neighbour’s kid get cancer treatment or college...PAYING LESS THAN YOU ARE NOW ! Read that again.. LESS than now and benefiting your society and country to boot! I pay 1/5 less than an American and live better and longer and the kids next door get the same free health care I do... you are so fucked, if a country can’t take care of its own it dies..a slow and painful death..
@peterleadley71033 жыл бұрын
@@erth2man ....and when he goes into practice I hope you can afford his bills!
@erth2man3 жыл бұрын
@@MrsStevenBrown Have you ever been in the US? I''m here to testify that you have been listening to way too much misinformation to believe half of what you say. Did you know that the US has the largest government run healthcare system in the world with the combination of medicare and medicaid programs? Those over 65 years of age and those below the poverty line are covered. There are roughly 156 million additional citizens that received employment benefits that most are happy with just like what some European nations do as well. I've never had any problem affording quality health care coverage for my family over many years. This has been there for me through broken bones, operations, cancer treatments etc. with working a blue collar job. Does our government have corruption? Of course it does, that is the problem with any collectively run government system that always starts out with good intentions. The US isn't unique in that way at all.
@morenoajrАй бұрын
So true… i often hear that USA is the best country. Yet, when i hear the sad complicated issues about our health care system…. So sad as it is all about money vs. human lives. Americans need to wake up.
@wateryblowhole94723 жыл бұрын
As a medical student, the most anger I feel isn’t from the stress or workload, it’s when we have to be lectured on insurance coverage. The doctors lecturing even hate doing it. It’s draining to everyone involved - financially, mentally, emotionally - except to the companies that get paid. We even have to go over insurance coverage plans when preparing for our licensing exams. It is an inhumane system that prioritizes financial gain over all else.
@nineblessednineadorednined92143 жыл бұрын
And when you say all else, you MEAN all else, including human life and dignity.
@seanservo31053 жыл бұрын
We can eliminate all but catastrophic med insurance and still have quality healthcare in this country. Plenty of docs function without insurance claims, they negotiate a monthly fee with their patients instead. Look into alllll your options, not just the low hanging fruit.
@thesoultwins723 жыл бұрын
watery blowhole.........You have hit the nail on the head - 'It is an inhumane system that prioritizes financial gain over all else'. Welcome to America! Despite all the false, fake, sentimental BS you Americans love to display - when it comes down to it, it's all about MONEY!
@KleptomaniacJames3 жыл бұрын
@@seanservo3105 and cut down on your clientele?
@Warren_Peace3 жыл бұрын
The reason why you feel that it is like so is because of the fact that insurance companies prioritize stability and sustainability. Insurance are designed for long term use and it would certainly be detremental if those companies suddenly don't have the funds to give to their costumers in need. Now, if those companies don't prioritize "financial gain" then that would be the time for you to be stressed. Costs don't just disappear in the ether, even if you don't see them in the receipt, somebody will have to pay for it. That is the common delusion of those who think Universal Healthcare can be maintained indefinitely
@jerryjones72933 жыл бұрын
The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for himself, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race, or his holy cause. -- Eric Hoffer
@pixelpatter013 жыл бұрын
Eric Hoffer had some wonderful insights into the human mind.
@Simboiss3 жыл бұрын
Power doesn't corrupt. Power reveals.
@FinzerArt3 жыл бұрын
I hate how as an american, if i critisize the the system, ill be called a communist or an anti american lol.
@jonathancauldwell98223 жыл бұрын
I suspect the answer begins with trying to increase paid holiday time. A miserable two weeks isn't enough to explore other countries but get that increased to three and more US citizens will travel overseas, that's when the fun would start... ;)
@vanishingstar7772 жыл бұрын
Get out of there it's an animal country. You are treated like you are animal in zoo.
@gabbo132 жыл бұрын
Or even you'll be out of the map.
@BashfulGeekGirlGaming2 жыл бұрын
You get called communist? Ive only been called socialist 🙃
@Carlos-nq7up2 жыл бұрын
The U.S. is all about money $$$$$
@Edukator937 күн бұрын
And another thing... I lived in the UK and my mother came to visit.. She had a medical emergency and we had to bring her to the hospital. No charge. Fully covered. She'd been in the country a few days. No travel insurance needd. Now THAT'S a great healthcare system.
@fatherson59077 күн бұрын
The UK NHS is third world, failed garbage. All paid for by crippling taxes which are causing their economy to fail miserably. Over 40% of cancer patients in the UK fail to receive urgent treatment within two months due to horrible wait times. Over 10% of the population in England alone are waiting years for surgery. Years. Average ambulance wait time in the UK is currently over 60 minutes. Nurses are paid so poorly by the NHS that many have resorted to visiting food banks.
@Motorfirez3 жыл бұрын
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” John Steinbeck
@realdaggerman1053 жыл бұрын
@Eli Wiens Bro, Nazi Germany wasn’t socialist. Just because it’s named something, doesn’t mean it is something.
@cl56193 жыл бұрын
American poor became middle class under capitalism. Middle class people are too busy, and too politically complacent, to participate in communist revolution
@Giesing-tp9dj3 жыл бұрын
"Anybody can win the lottery jackpot, but not everybody" - Volker Pispers (German cabaret artist )
@crabdragon42263 жыл бұрын
Socialism doesn’t work you can see through these examples of North Korea and Cuba, stop bitching about capitalism when it’s done more for you then anyother System, yes there are corrupt government officials on both sides of the party, get rid of them and this System will be fine.
@QuotidianStupidity3 жыл бұрын
@Eli Wiens Lol, you think Nazi Germany's economy failed? They made the mistake of attacking Russia and fighting on two fronts, without that they would have easily waltzed their way across all of Europe - they built an economy that was able to take on the world... bar the US (who were actually profiteering from it all by selling the Germans goods, and lending their enemies money and charging on the debt.) Atrocities aside, the German economy was a marvel considering the vast amounts of Hyper inflation they had suffered in the years leading up to the war . The US is in the state it is in now because you no longer manufacture everyday items, it's cheaper to import them from Turkey or China
@ramkumar4real2 жыл бұрын
"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it" G.Carlin
@fatherson59072 жыл бұрын
“Comedy acts are real life” -Peasant trash from India
@Tylerd8382 жыл бұрын
Not really
@Knightly_Mapping Жыл бұрын
True
@Sparrow.31 Жыл бұрын
Eve when you sleep it's hard to see it
@LarryWater Жыл бұрын
I thought the American Dream was about immigrates coming here for a better life.
@jayfermin74493 жыл бұрын
I live in NYC and had to be taken to the E.R in an ambulance a few months ago. I got a bill for $900. They didn’t even administer treatment in the ambulance. They just drove me to the hospital. I told my girlfriend to call me a limo next time. It’s cheaper and I’ll arrive in style.
@influencer_music3 жыл бұрын
Well, while bleeding out, you should have chosen an in network ambulance and previously chosen a lower deductible plan. The free market at work!
@erikchee10023 жыл бұрын
I feel your sentiment about the ambulance ride. I once took an ambulance ride more than 12 years ago and it cost me $1500. A fire truck arrived with 5 or 6 firefighters/paramedics who did most of the prep work and they didn't charge a dime. I would rather see part of the money go to them. Not to mention my ER bill was another $1500 give or take, for an episode of vertigo, and I have health insurance. It's not like my premium was $50 a month. I was paying over $800 a month for a family of 4. I don't understand why people oppose affordable healthcare. Right now if there is no ACA I'll be paying over $2000 a month for a family of 4 with individual deductibles of about $7000. I could choose a lower deductible like some influencer sarcastically suggested but the premium will be more than $3000! I don't think I can afford that in this pandemic as a self-employed! It's either mortgage or health insurance, which would you pick?
@influencer_music3 жыл бұрын
@@erikchee1002 Yeah, I had a very similar ambulance situation a year ago. Having the ACA is definitely better than no ACA, but it's still basically a subsidy for private insurance and healthcare to make more money off of. All of the bad incentives and bureaucracy of the healthcare/insurance industry are still there. We need at the very least a true public option, and ideally (in my opinion), Medicare for All.
@erikchee10023 жыл бұрын
@@influencer_music i agree. Basically it's the greed of insurance companies and lawyers, plus corrupt politicians that got us in this mess.
@Oni2193 жыл бұрын
I called an ambulance last year due to having my first panic attack. My family has a history of aneurysms, so I didn't think it was a panic attack. I calmed down before they arrived, so I told them I didn't need a ride. All they did was check my pulse and blood pressure. A month later, I got a bill for about $600. I didn't even get a ride and I'm just down the street and around the corner from the hospital.
@tjbjjtkd3 күн бұрын
The Walmart situation is very true. They got in some hot waters back 20 years ears ago when they were collecting life insurance policies from former employees that passed. I worked for Walmart 25 years ago and I remember one of my coworkers that was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was always sick and would take off work. Walmart ended penalizing him and he was eventually let go. Mind you the gentleman put in 22 years at the time. Sadly he's no longer here.😢 American has potential to be great but we are lightyears away from begin as great as we wolud lije to claim to be.
@fatherson59072 күн бұрын
You’re so desperate to be a victim that you’re citing anecdotes from decades ago to push your silly nonsense. Here’s some harsh truth, kid: you’re a failure because you’re lazy. Nothing more, nothing less.
@PatricksFrogMush3 жыл бұрын
The sad part is that the people who need to watch this video most won’t watch it. Ignorance is bliss...
@DocHalliday3 жыл бұрын
They'll label anything that broadens their prospective as "globalist propaganda", because they're proud to be bubble dwelling idiots.
@DocHalliday3 жыл бұрын
@hognoxious 😆😆😆
@bruhvillegentes58523 жыл бұрын
And if they do it’s high chance a drop a dislike bomb because it says something negative about the “best country ever”
@ShaneHornMusic3 жыл бұрын
As kids, we would listen to politicians and laugh at comedians. Today, we're laughing at politicians and listening to comedians
@Ross-vb8bb3 жыл бұрын
Damn, that shit hit hard
@shueybosman20173 жыл бұрын
@@Ross-vb8bb facts
@theoteddy96653 жыл бұрын
I like it!
@perperson1993 жыл бұрын
Maybe you were wrong to listen to the politicians in the first place
@realdaggerman1053 жыл бұрын
@@perperson199 Bro he said as kids, to the people meant to lead your home towards prosperity. Of course a child would be naive about it.
@jjkirk55253 жыл бұрын
Allow me to quote Lewis Black from Accepted: “If you’re rich, the government will protect every buck you make and every sh** you take.”
@TheDeathOfLucifer3 жыл бұрын
More like if you are making money.
@mmolchin3 жыл бұрын
@@TheDeathOfLucifer that’s not even true. The government has bailed out companies that have lost shitloads of money.
@jjkirk55253 жыл бұрын
@@TheDeathOfLucifer Mitch is right you know!
@DeosPraetorian3 жыл бұрын
@Kamil S yeah but the people that want to bail out banks alsoTell regular people that if they go bankrupt they should have saved up and planned better
@DeosPraetorian3 жыл бұрын
@Kamil S Also don't you think that those same banks tend to make greater risks because they know the government will save their ass if they fail
@TheGagginator22 күн бұрын
I'm so happy to be living in Sweden.
@othronos3 жыл бұрын
I’m a french dude, son of a American father. He just got a knee surgery in France. He paid 300 euros for the surgery-ambulance and hospital stay for 3 days. He is broke. He told me in the US he wouldnt have the surgery and wouldnt be able to walk again. France isnt perfect at all but im happy we have such a healthcare system
@kg-lg6vw3 жыл бұрын
My boss has had 3 back surgeries all on Medicare (free to him) so I don't think your dad knows what he's talking about.
@nono71053 жыл бұрын
Really? You're happy your country encourages people who can't take care of themselves? I wouldn't be. Your father, as a responsible adult, should have his own health insurance and take care of his own costs, not be a burden on society. Maybe he can't do that, maybe he has good reasons, maybe he requires and even deserves charity. But you shouldn't be in support of a system that encourages irresponsibility and dependence. It makes your country weaker.
@volusiasorange3 жыл бұрын
@@nono7105 psychotic
@nono71053 жыл бұрын
@@volusiasorange You should see a psychiatrist then. Just pay for it yourself.
@UWSGP3 жыл бұрын
Your father doesn’t know what he is talking about. In the USA there is low cost health insurance provided by states. Additionally, if he is truly broke, then most hospitals provide services to indigents. Our system my not be the best but my friends who have apartments in both Paris and NYC have their medical treatment here, kind of tells the tale. They have a choice of medical care and opt to do it in the USA.
@Mike-LitorisSoBig2 жыл бұрын
" It's called the American DREAM, because you have to be asleep to believe it " ~ George Carlin
@filip43942 жыл бұрын
You legend. I tip my hat upon hearing that reference, and I wish you a good day/night.
@sheenashining98752 жыл бұрын
Americans are really nice, US is the country of hope and dreams, US uphold justice globally, US saved the world. This is what the United States propaganda and movies told the world. The world believe for some decades, other than the US victims. But as information become more and more readily available, as more people travel globally. We realized that the good US is only in the movies and propaganda. The reality shows a stunning evil side of the United States regime, exactly opposite of what US preaches. I traveled extensively around the world. I know the magnitude of potential and resources at the helm of the United States. I understand how much good It could have done for Americans and thus our world. That is why when all those resources are use for purposes not for global peace and development, I'm very upset. When I mean stunningly evil US, I'm not talking about Americans. I'm talking about the US regime, which IMO works with top priority for US plutocrats. With propaganda justified sanctions, US agencies instigated political unrests, US fund supported rebels and puppet governments, indirect and direct wars led by US. US regime caused the death of multi millions of innocent civilians. They destroyed the life of multi millions of people and still continuing to do so. They are causing multi millions of innocent people to live in sub-standard life. The real owners/controllers of US did all these not for global peace and development but to maintain US hegemony, to fulfil their greed of power and thus wealth for the few families. I'm very disappointed and upset with all these because the wealth, resources and influence of the United States can be used to build excellent infrastructure, provide universal health care, give excellent education to the average Americans. The very influential media and hollywood could have influence more people globally to be peace loving, to have nice human values, to be less xenophobic and the whole world should together form a better world. But all these are not done in reality, what's done is very disappointing. The only thing that still stands true is some of the Americans are really nice. In fact, the Americans together with the rest of the world, are victims of the US regime for the past decades. This is why nowadays no one outside of US looks up to US anymore.
@reginageorge88022 жыл бұрын
Thanks to demoncorats
@Mike-LitorisSoBig2 жыл бұрын
@@reginageorge8802 if you think one of them is better than the other, you are still in deep slumber.
@ericchadwick7572 жыл бұрын
We have the American dream most of us are too lazy to realize it we take everything for granted my wife came from a 3rd world country called laos she makes a fantastic living owner of her own business and loves the dream America has given her she grew up under conditions that made me weep when I saw her quality of life and the life of the villagers but even being dirt poor they were so generous I'm truly blessed to have changed her life and the life of her family as well of the lives of the villagers I was able to do it because I grew up in America I owe my life to this great country and God bless it
@dibensy593 жыл бұрын
He left out the amount of taxpayers money wasted on military adventurism overseas (particularly in the middle east). Wars and maintaining the military are expensive, as is supporting our allies.
@Jorvaskrr3 жыл бұрын
"An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war." -Montesquieu
@peet49213 жыл бұрын
Did you know that in order to find out how many military bases the US has on foreign soil, the pentagon had to go by an outside source, because they couldn't find it all by themselves ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4q1Y4eufdCVasU
@dibensy593 жыл бұрын
@@peet4921 It's the taxpayers money. They say they want to serve them, but have absolutely no regard for expenses.
Ай бұрын
In Brazil, we have a mix between universal and private healthcare, the private is visibly expensive and the universal healthcare exists just like in Europe, the difference is that in Europe, the universal healthcare is efficient. Also, just like in USA, we also seem to be so dumb choosing a political side in our country even though the curiously dangerous choices of candidates makes us even more scared about our future generations
@frankielolleni31033 жыл бұрын
Referring to Britain as a sorta socialist nation, to us Britons, is crazy. But you guys across the pond have such far-right politics that a centre right government looks far-left
@linkhidalgogato3 жыл бұрын
yeah its ridiculous how people over here will straight up call the democrats the left like wtf dude thats almost as right as it gets
@comicconcarne3 жыл бұрын
I'm in Scotland for a year, and when people talk about the Tories down south, they can't believe how the US could view the UK as left-wing at all.
@illegitimateotaku7943 жыл бұрын
Ikr, it's so mind-boggling. I dislike the Tories with a passion, but after seeing how bad the Republican Party is in America, I have a newfound appreciation for them.
@samescourt38013 жыл бұрын
@@illegitimateotaku794 bro I wish the worst right-leaning people we had we’re just Tories
@unreasonable-man.bsky.social3 жыл бұрын
US Right-Wing: Socialism always leads to tyranny! US "Progressives": Well, what about (insert European country)? US Right-Wing: That's not socialism. US "Progressives": Okay. Well, we want social programs like (same European country). US Right-Wing: That's socialism!
@WiloPolis033 жыл бұрын
This animating just keeps on getting better, damn
@ThaStrum3 жыл бұрын
Laughed so hard that now i need to go and see a doctor for FREE.
@racineurr.89243 жыл бұрын
I live in Canada. There's no such thing as free. But true if I want to see my doctor, I don't pay for the visit and I don't pay fort the treatments. My meds and pills are also kind of free. I am co-assured with the Government. I pay a monthly prime and pay about 1/4 of the amount of the drug and the Government pays the 3/4. But know this: it's all paid by my taxes, many many dollars that are taken on my pay check. And it's a big amount. So I have less money in my pocket to consume products. Plus the waiting time for seeing a doctor, checking at the emergency is ridiculously long. So long that private clinics make a fortune. So I guess there is something for everyone. Private or Government care. One thing though: the services are excellent.
@connorbranscombe68193 жыл бұрын
@@racineurr.8924 Cracks me up how literally 99% of your comment is refuted by this video, not to mention you’ll only ever wait in line for elective/non essential surgeries, outside of bad emergency no one is ever going without life saving care because of a waiting list.
@racineurr.89243 жыл бұрын
@@connorbranscombe6819 Sir, this is the reality in Canada. My reality. Not yours. I think you got it a little wrong. My comment was not meant to disrespect the US healthcare care system. Rather to shed some light on the supposed wonderful healthcare system in Canada where all is free. I wanted to make sure everybody understands they there's nothing free in the world. Read my comment again where is write "But know this: it's all paid by my taxes, many many dollars that are taken on my pay check. And it's a big amount. So I have less money in my pocket to consume products. Plus the waiting time for seeing a doctor, checking at the emergency is ridiculously long. So long that private clinics make a fortune". You should also crack up at all those videos the Gravel Institute publishes...
@parkjimin-standkb-623 жыл бұрын
@@racineurr.8924 The longest I had to wait in Germany was 20 minutes lol. It's often just 5 to 10 min.
@johnsuckher30373 жыл бұрын
Yeah issues with skin? All visits for the next 3 months are taken, please check next week. But yeah it's free after you got taxed 40-60% already and will still get taxed when you purchase medication.
@frankenstein77777Ай бұрын
You didn't mention the obscenely obscene about of spending on the military. Just 10% of that would remedy so much of America's ills...but hey, freedom.
@fatherson5907Ай бұрын
Easy solution, break ties with our fake allies in NATO. They haven’t paid what they agreed to pay. Do you support stopping aid for Ukraine?
@StevenEveral3 жыл бұрын
Before I moved to Korea in early 2016, I went to a doctor to have my knee looked at. To take the fluid off of it would have cost me over $800, even through the VA. Medication for it would have cost me about $200 on top of that. I had it looked at again when I got to Korea. Since I wasn't on their National Health Service yet, I had to pay to get my knee drained. It cost me about $30. Total. That's including the examination, the procedure itself, and 60 days of medication. American healthcare is insanely broken, and unless you have traveled to other countries, most Americans don't even realize it.
@pixperformance213 жыл бұрын
I just came back from korea to u.s. after 2 decades for my job. I make about 60k a year and no debt but close to being broke every month. Nothing innovative. unless it's refunding something, customer service is horrible. Everything seems like a scam, but always great deals on fast food, sometimes practically free lol
@stavcho3 жыл бұрын
@@pixperformance21 60k and almost broke ... In which state / city u live in ?
@HarukiYamamoto3 жыл бұрын
They probably can't travel to other countries because they have been conditioned to believe that America is the greatest.
@kate11433 жыл бұрын
Really!!
@Chraan3 жыл бұрын
@@HarukiYamamoto Truman Show (travel agency)
@Zordon063 жыл бұрын
This can all be boiled down to the most American ideal, which is "fuck you, I got mine."
@MobileGamingChronicles3 жыл бұрын
Yep, get taken care of and to hell with everyone else.
@pokermitten97953 жыл бұрын
Well that's just half the population. The other half is asking for free shit so they don't have to grow up.
@scottgrohs59403 жыл бұрын
Or “let them eat cake.” Remember how that attitude turned out for its proponents?
@pokermitten97953 жыл бұрын
@Hoblem I have all the things. House, car, job, wife, child, side hustle, hobbies, friends. You need some advice?
@pokermitten97953 жыл бұрын
@Hoblem I am your real father.
@liberatedcat72483 жыл бұрын
Its not a bad thing to love yourself. But it get´s dangerous when you see every critisism as hate
@TheGravelInstitute3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. We didn't make this video because we hate America, we made this video because we want a better country than the one we have now, and the only way that happens is if people understand how bad things have gotten.
@raz87523 жыл бұрын
@@TheGravelInstitute imagine wanting a country you live in to be better so that it's people can live better lives before getting called unamerican for it :/
@imanethe11753 жыл бұрын
I am French, we criticize our government 24/7, it doesn't mean we don't love our country On the contrary, you gotta love your country passionately if you want it to improve and be better, to the point of weekly strikes and involvement. Sitting on couches and doing nothing while you watch your country slowly autodestruct itself is hating your country.
@nil9813 жыл бұрын
@@TheGravelInstitute how about a country with no billionaires, millionaires, and no capitalism, money, and poverty! That would be a dream come true.
@raz87523 жыл бұрын
@@imanethe1175 That's a good point actually. We have so many people thinking twitter activism is actually gonna change anything. We need people on the streets, volunteering and doing praxis instead of just watching the place burn.
@mattg51958 ай бұрын
Why people are breaking their necks to go the U.S to live with Americans is beyond me at this point.
@glenglen63868 ай бұрын
Important to note these are people that are in squalor due to the US meddling in their internal politics since forever. It's not Europeans swimming to the US, it's central and South Americans who are in an even worse state. The US still maintains a economic blockade on Cuba, a country incapable of doing any harm to the US. They've sanctioned the shit out of Venezuela on behalf of US oil companies that lost their assets when Venezuela decided to nationalize their oil industry. They propped up dictators in Chile. Funded cartels through the CIA in order to make off the books money that then were used to fund anti communist freedom fighters. That these moves comes back to bite them in the ass is a long going tradition. Like the Boston marathon bombers who were Chechens. The US funded Chechens against Russia. But like the Taliban and other terrorists around the world, they dont take kindly to being used and so they turn their hate and bombs against the US. The cartels are now organizing migrant caravans towards the US southern border as they have their own guys mixed in with the civilians.
@fatherson59078 ай бұрын
So why are millions from western EU coming to the US? Sorry to debunk your blatant lie.
@Brozius25128 ай бұрын
@@fatherson5907
@Ghallygirl6 ай бұрын
@@fatherson5907Because when you feed people a lie that your country is “oh so perfect” they’re going to think that the grass is greener. Well guess what the grass isn’t greener it’s the same colour and the US is now notorious known for being a country that seems like a dream until you wake up and realize it’s a nightmare. And it’s funny how this is the only argument most blind eyed stupid nationalist in the US use. Come up with something new please 💕.
@Rao-lg6rk6 ай бұрын
@@fatherson5907 [Citation Needed]
@CurtisCT3 жыл бұрын
As a refugee from NY living in Austria, I can confirm every single thing said in this video. I had no idea things could be so much more efficient and uncomplicated until I moved to this country. Back in NY, I was paying $250/month for crappy health insurance from my company, and that was considered a bargain, since all my family and friends were paying twice as much. But get this, I could only see doctors in a certain network, had a co-payment of something like $2K or $3K and had lifetime cap on benefits. Here in Austria I have the same universal health care that everyone else is legally obligated to have, and pay less than half of what I used to pay in NY. And here comes the best part, we pay NOTHING for doctor visits, NOTHING for surgery or hospital treatments of any kind, about $8 for medications (for a yearly cap of 2% of your salary, after that medication is free!), pay NOTHING for rehab, plus I can see ANY doctor of my choice ANYWHERE in Austria. I broke my leg a few years ago and so I have first hand experience of the health care system here in Austria, and I have to say, that experience really opened my eyes to the differences in the US. From beginning to end, I got first class treatment and didn't have to pay a single cent for anything. I even got an allowance for health care costs at home (meaning if I needed a nurse), a wheelchair for the home plus crutches to use outside the home, they even delivered my bandages, gauze and medication to me at home because I was unable to drive, and it all cost NOTHING! After they removed the cast, I was then sent to a swanky physical rehab facility in the Alps where I had daily underwater aerobics, massages, exercises, etc., for FREE! On top of that I got unemployment benefits, and after returning to work, got my 6 weeks of yearly paid vacation plus as much sick leave as I need. As a matter of fact, my boss kept getting on my case to take more sick leave since they couldn't believe I decided to come back to work so soon after recovery. I told them it's an American thing ;-) At this point I can't see myself returning to NY to shell out $3000 for a tiny closet-size apartment plus hundreds of dollars a month for subpar healthcare with high deductions and restrictive care. Freest country in the world my ass!
@CurtisCT3 жыл бұрын
@What Nowz I've thought about that, but they require you to renounce your previous citizenship before you can become an Austrian, which might mean visas and being treated like some unwanted foreigner by US immigration whenever I visit home. But you're probably right. Another American friend of mine here in Vienna, in his 50's, got cancer a few years ago and so also got to experience the health system here. For several years of cancer treatment, MRI's, surgeries, specialist doctors, rehab, etc., he didn't have to spend a single dime. His cousin in Florida, on the other hand, urgently needs a hernia operation but has no choice BUT to keep working despite the excruciating pain, because he can't afford the high deductions and fees. And if he takes off time from work for the surgery, he gets fired and has no more "insurance". So he shows up for work 6 days a week in severe pain, every day hoping this is not the day he collapses. And yet for the life of me I can't understand why Florida keeps voting the GOP into power, the same political party that denies them universal health care in the name of "freedom"! How free is this guy to live a healthy life? He lives a life of pain and suffering because Florida voters are scared into believing socialized medicine = communism and death squads. How absurd can you get??!! People here in Europe are laughing their asses off while on their way to their free doctor's appointments, for which by law you cannot be penalized by your employer. One day Americans are going to wake up and realize they've been duped for decades now...
@TinaD-qm6mu3 жыл бұрын
@@CurtisCT Oh I'm awake and I'm out in the next 6-12 months. We said we'd give Portugal a try for at least 2 years. The stories you mentioned, while horrible, are such an accurate example of everything that is wrong with our country and how we treat one another. Big Corp and our Elected Politicians are never going to stop taking so our choice is to stop giving...although I know they will ask me for taxes even when I'm gone. It's insanity!
@Davey-Boyd3 жыл бұрын
@@TinaD-qm6mu I am English, but I can guarantee you will love Portugal! Fantastic country, fantastic people! What do you mean, you actually have to pay tax to the US even if you don't live there? If so that really is insane!
@Davey-Boyd3 жыл бұрын
@@TinaD-qm6mu Forgot to say good luck and best wishes!
@TinaD-qm6mu3 жыл бұрын
@@Davey-Boyd HI-yes indeed we will still need to pay U.S. taxes when we move abroad. Unless we renounce our citizenship we will pay until the day we die. Thanks for the well wishes. We are really excited for a fresh start and I can't wait to show my son around Europe and beyond.
@JimmiG843 жыл бұрын
For me as a European, the most baffling thing is that so few Americans seem to grasp these things even though it seems so obvious to someone who has lived their entire life under one of those so called "evil" systems.
@gocanada97493 жыл бұрын
IGNORANCE IS BLISS they say, the dumber you are, the easier life you have
@michaelanderson28813 жыл бұрын
Not sure if it's evil. I think the intention is likely good. But it is immoral.
@Dimitar_Zheliazkov3 жыл бұрын
an European*
@catboynestormakhno26943 жыл бұрын
@@michaelanderson2881 lessening suffering is imoral, you have some fucked moral compas
@crimsonjynx57073 жыл бұрын
IK ITS SAD HOW IGNORANT WE ALL ARE
@edwinrivera31513 жыл бұрын
Let’s not forget how ridiculously expensive is higher education in America
@aym98083 жыл бұрын
@@russelllukenbill eye sea
@RhodesWC3 жыл бұрын
well with all that "free" money (tax dollars) streaming in, who wouldn't milk it for all it is worth... greedy administrators.
@babyfartzmcgeezak40673 жыл бұрын
Plus there's nothing good about it when professors are keeping the kids stupid and afraid and pompous they're learning what to think instead of HOW to think
@Robm_ph3 жыл бұрын
In most EU countries is not "free" but much more affordable, we have no debts (usually) for it..
@HDTomo3 жыл бұрын
A $7000 college degree in the 1960s with not many degrees. Colleges actually meant much because not everyone gone there because the knowledge isnt vitally necessary for everyone. But now everyone goes there because student loans, its $80,000 and ineffective
@donwest538718 күн бұрын
I had a heart attack; thank god I live in Canada
@fatherson590717 күн бұрын
Your economy is in ruins and your government is about to topple. You can’t even afford heating bills 🤣🤣🤣
@jesusblaster4353 жыл бұрын
Here in my country Sweden, we pay high taxes, i almost pay 34%. Once i get sick, I can stay at home and get 80% of my salary, I have 4 weeks of paid vacation, I have the right to free education. I broke my wrist boxing, the whole healthcare cost me 150 dollars, I stayed at home for 2 months and got my salary every month. I am 26 years old, own an apartment which is 85 square meter, a car, and 50k dollar in saving, after paying my bills and buying food for a month I still can save from 1000 to 1500 dollars. I have an average salary in swedish standard, no credit card, no debts no loans. Is it too little than the average americans or am I doing ok ?
@Onio_3 жыл бұрын
Similar situation here in Australia. Thank god we don't live in America.
@bigeffinowl3 жыл бұрын
Wow! If I ever have the money to emigrate from the U.S., I'm considering Sweden or Denmark. It's sounding better all the time.
@fortheloveofnoise3 жыл бұрын
I'll be joining you, I will be moving from the U.S. to Sweden once the pandemic is over. I am also 26. I will be marrying my Swedish GF so I can move there. Even though I have no plans on going to college...even when I move there, and I will never work for someone else so I wont need paid time off (self employed) I would have no problem paying taxes since it would actually help people....in the U.S. my taxes mostly just build new ways to kill people. I will be sad though that I have to pay higher taxes since I won't use much of what the system offers, except healthcare if needed. I will live off the grid, have my own farm, be fully self sufficient, and grow all of my own food.
@zsebora3 жыл бұрын
@@fortheloveofnoise I hope you marry your girl also because you love her, not just to move to Sweden :D
@marcinkonieczny94473 жыл бұрын
Only 80% when you're sick? Come to Denmark, it's 100% :P
@truehunger1083 жыл бұрын
Me, before this video: "Screw America!" Me, After this Video: "I feel sorry for that country, and I'm frickin NIGERIAN!!!".
@CJBuzzy3 жыл бұрын
America should change our motto from "In God we trust" to "wubba lubba dub dub"
@Frank-it9kl3 жыл бұрын
Yea not as free or as happy or as rich as the rest of the world thinks we are brother. The American dream was a spirit crushing lie.
@truehunger1083 жыл бұрын
@@Frank-it9kl I always thought the American dream was bullshit, i didn't think it was this big a dumpster 🔥🔥🔥.
@autodidact5373 жыл бұрын
Ask yourself why so many Nigerians abandon Nigeria to move to the US & not the other way around? If the US is so bad why does it have one of the worst immigration problems in the world? Why do millions of people from around the world flock to the US every year?
@truehunger1083 жыл бұрын
@@autodidact537 Maybe the fact that a lot of them already have a sort of connection there and the rest are ignorant.
@jennw68093 жыл бұрын
Insurance companies would rather pay extra people to take many hours to find ways to deny claims, rather than just pay the claims, which would be cheaper. It makes no sense. It's like they spend extra money and go out of their way to be evil.
@wdsbhb3 жыл бұрын
But think of the JOBS!!!! (Kidding, of course)
@unkconocido94033 жыл бұрын
More tax write offs, I guess🤣
@bensoncheung28013 жыл бұрын
They do it out of contempt of the common folk.
@SoulDevoured3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the company I worked for didn't do that and didn't do audits so we lost extreme amounts of money in claims. Especially when people automatically open a lawsuit against the company by default. Which with everything catching on fire and all... Means we've raised premiums sky high. Making fine print in a contract doesn't cost much btw. The people who lose are the ones that can't afford to sue us. That is to say insurance is the devil but it is largely like that because of alot of other messed up things going on. The health insurance industry is not profiting as much as people imagine. It's just set up in a system and with a structure that is wildly inefficient and cannot change because there is no other option. Like a public option.
@Jaguar210103 жыл бұрын
@@SoulDevoured 100%. All the systems in place are deep seeded and very hard to change through regular legislation. It really needs to be utterly and completely reevaluated from the ground up in order to actually be fixed. The current system will implement bandaid after bandaid until things finally fall apart and radical reform may be required.