What’s Clearly A Scam But Americans Have Been Conditioned To Believe It’s Normal Part 7 Reaction

[@ingeborgsvensson4896]

I am Dutch and it is simply unthinkable that we would let children pledge allegiance to our flag or our country, it comes across as indoctrination and something only a dictator would demand.

[@Tobichiii]

I'm german and i totally thought the same. it's super strange.

[@AIHumanEquality]

"Comes across as" that's exactly what it is. Also why they're told "America is the greatest country."

[@beldin2987]

@@Tobichiii Yeah, the first thing that came into my mind was "Hitler Jugend" when i saw that. Btw. the originally even lifted the arm the same way. It was changed later when they got aware of the fact that it just looked exactly the same as what the Nazis did. But still, thats something that only dictarships do where the kids have to be brainwashed about how great the not so great reality is.

[@tech4u2022]

@@beldin2987 Well essentially the USA is a MAFIA based political system ...

[@laziojohnny79]

@@Tobichiii Germans have had an issue with even waving their flag ever since the kerfuffles in the '40's. It took them up to 2006 to finally be proud of their colours and flag again due to the World Cup held in DE. Although Mutti Merkel wasn't very pleased with that little outburst of German nationalism that summer in '06....

[@lottie2525]

If a business can't afford to pay its staff a living wage, it's not a viable business. Quit with the ridiculous tipping system USA and just pay your staff properly like they deserve.

[@AIHumanEquality]

It's hilarious how America espouses about how a free market is so important while crushing small businesses and making sure the top corporations remain in control of the markets.

[@SaraMKay]

maybe they'll listen to you 👍

[@lolololol7573]

The tipping problem is one of the most confusing thing to me. What is worse is waiters DEFENDING that shit because they are conditioned to believe they would get LESS on an hourly wage. I discussed this with some people before on Reddit and they genuinely believed their salary is all they would get. No hon, we still get tips too.

[@bepsnet]

Netherlands here. In my country, a minimum wage is really the minimum you should receive per hour. It is punishable to do less than that as an employer. I think this is valid throughout Europe. There is no point in setting something up and mentioning the minimum wage if there are exceptions! Then nothing has been set and you cannot speak of "we have a minimum wage" that is valid by and for every state.

[@AIHumanEquality]

That's the case across most of the world. Even China has min wage laws.

[@lloydatc]

Minimum wage for waiters in Norway is $18 an hour.

[@agffans5725]

Be aware though, that if you eat at the Danish chain Jensen's Bøfhus and tip the waiter, it all go straight in the pocket of the owner, because waiters at Jensen's are not allowed to keep a tip.

[@SaraMKay]

average waiter salary in Switzerland is 30 Swiss Francs Funfact: Switzerland is ridiculously expensive to live a normal life in...

[@AngelaVara-i4l]

Pledging to a piece of cloth is insane.

[@JorlinJollyfingers]

If your companies business model relies on paying sub living wages it shouldn't exist. It is THAT simple.

[@SB-cz9vo]

Spot on.

[@SaraMKay]

So, my mum built a house (obviously not she herself) about a decade ago, and they take the landscaping very seriously where she lives, so first thing they were preparing the soil, then sowed the grass, ventilated the whole lawn regularly and did everything. Fast forward to now: Most part of the former grass lawn is now clover. Just happens because it's more resilient, just like the lady explained. I love, love, love it. Clover is a darker, more saturated green, it flowers, where's clover, there's bumblebees (that's actually a saying/ aphorism (maybe I created it)), it's just lovely 😍 Of course the grass- lawn- people hate it, and for the life of me I don't know why - it's just lovely, like a meadow - if you don't breed horses in your yard - there's really zero need for maintaining grass 💁🏻‍♀️💐

[@AIHumanEquality]

I'm Canadian and if you tried to supplement wages from tips here you'd have the government coming down on you cause that's not allowed. Very few places in Canada actually pay min wage anyway cause our market is more competitive so to try to recruit workers they raise the pay a little bit. The fact I can afford an apartment, food, and still have money leftover on social support (which is infamous for being barely above poverty line in Canada) and I still have it better than many part time workers and even some full-time workers in US is insanity.

[@Phiyedough]

I had often wondered about the huge plots of land that come with many US suburban houses. It is OK if you want to grow food as a hobby but for many it just creases a lot of extra work, for people who already work long hours just to pay the mortgage!

[@AIHumanEquality]

Most young people don't have a mortgage and likely never will move on from renting with the current economic and housing problems.

[@baramuth71]

Yes, the tipping system in the USA, it alone is inhumane and an absolute impertinence that employees have to live off tips. What does the restaurant do when all the employees don't go to work and the boss is alone in the restaurant, close the store or throw them out, they can't afford it as greedy as they are. Maybe they'll find out and ask why. Yes, pay your employees better, they work their asses off and you earn the big bucks.

[@uniquename111]

Well many of the EU countries have Unions that actually have powers to negotiate. Whilst in US the companies refuse to do so and the goverment have no powers to force them and US workers seem to be shut down or are just quiet giving up hope. In Sweden it is the Union and the companies that negotiate the salary together to decide the minimum which works fine, until companies like TESLA show up at our door and feel they dont need to care about that. Which is mindboggling.

[@manueltapia1859]

The tips here in México is an extra for the worker who was atending your table, we only pledge to our flag in special or historic days like in September 16 our independence day, not May 5 😅

[@RickTheClipper]

There are countries that let children pledge allegiance to the flag, North Korea, Germany between 1933-1945, and the US

[@patrickholzer6415]

Im from Austria, you know, the place where Hitler was from, so we know a thing or two about dictatorships. And despite still having a huge problem with right wing people, we dont pledge our allegiance to our flag or anything. The only thing similar I can think of is singing the hymn on the Nationalfeiertag at October 26th. And even that isn't really a thing in many places.

[@peet4921]

''having a huge problem with right wing people'' Like what ?

[@Antek104]

True

[@thomash3716]

Well my idea as a european is like this... Give the waiter a proper salary and then if the customer finds the service extraordinary they might give a tip for "exceptional good" service and everyone would be happy. Of cource the restaurant owner then have to charge for the full cost of the business... which is customary i most other businesses... would a pilot fly for less than a minimum salary and depend on tips? :O And all that shit about pledging allegiance is scary... indoctrination on the highest level!

[@beldin2987]

Just think about that : If your waiters get paid fairly, you maybe loose your so beloved "free refills" that you always tell the rest of the world, where waiters get paid correctly, are such a great thing in the US. Or the other way around, your out of control tipping fees is maybe what we pay if we want to have some extra drinks. But also in the end, if we go into a restaurant we maybe drink beer or wine, and i don't think you get that as free refills at all.

[@charlottehardy822]

Dog groomer is on point, thing is that isn’t an American problem, it’s a first world problem 😏

[@hrafnatyr9794]

In Sweden, the average salary for waiters/waitresses is currently around $32,000 per year according to the union's statistics (the hotel and restaurant union, to which most belong). In addition to this comes compensation for inconvenient working hours, i.e. höidays, evenings and nights of between $2.5 and $5 per hour worked depending on what days and hours you work. Of course, everyone in the industry is also entitled to necessary sick days, five weeks of paid vacation and 280 days of paid parental leave according to Swedish law. If you only work during a certain season (for example a summer job), the leave is usually paid as a supplement to the last salary for the time worked. The salary for the very young (16 - 18) and completely inexperienced is of course lower, but never even close to what you in the US call minimum wage. It is also fixed and not dependent on tips at all, and all the other rules apply here as well. Tipping in Sweden is completely voluntary and always personal, however employees are expected to report the extra income in their tax declaration. Despite all of the above, we have plenty of McDonalds in Sweden, all of which follow the collective agreement 😉.

[@wolcek]

Paying $$$$$ for a mutt - if that's your thing, go ahead. I cannot see a problem with selling a mutt for big bucks to someone willing to buy it. How does it differ from people spending $$$$$ on bottled tap water instead of using their own tap water?

[@_JoyceArt]

My main problem I have with the American tipping scheme, is that restaurant owners divert the risk of owning a business on their waitstaff.

[@pubsapass1214]

About the grass, there are automatic lawnmowers and it works perfect !

[@lorrefl7072]

I don't know how it is in Belgium when they send you the wrong merchandise, because I never had that happen. But one time I got a package with cosmetics and the package had either not been closed properly or someone on the way between the company and me had served themselves. Of the 15 items that were supposed to be in my package, there were only 3 in there. The company send me the whole 15 items again, so the 3 that I got the 1st time were a freebee.

[@Sponge1310]

On the last one, with the wrong product received, I’m not sure if there’s a law on that here in The Netherlands/Europe, but I’ve have different experiences with different companies, once a company asked me to return the item, but said if I showed them the receipt/proof of sending the item, they’d refund me the shipping cost and they did plus when the correct item arrived they put in a small extra gift as an apology for messing up the first time, so that was pretty cool of them. But most of the time, they just let you keep the wrong item and they’ll send you the correct one free of charge.

[@milton7763]

Number 1: credit score system

[@TheRealGSmith]

Plant some nice trees and bushes in your yard. Some colorful flowers. Maybe even get a pond or a pool. Just grass is ridiculous.

[@MartinWebNatures]

I wonder if the title was wrong Charlie. As you mentioned these don't fall under... conditioned to believe.

[@milton7763]

I din’t think grass is a specifically American scam 😂

[@catlover0160]

I watch a lot of reaction channels and you are the only one where I think..’please get out of America, you deserve SO much better’ .. I know you have said that won’t happen yet but I hope and pray it won’t be too long, love from the UK 🇬🇧

[@YukiTheOkami]

if u can like if ur neightborhood allowes that get some flowers get some berry busches get a fruit tree depending on the area u might have to look up if its drought resistent or cold resistent ur forntyard will look nicer it be easyer to maintain in ur backjard u put 3 plastic quick composters everythign thats spoiled raw vegetables crushed egg shells or grass or other green shit thats leftover from maintaining yard and garden u put it in the composter u let the worls do their stuff and in one or 2 years u will have the finest compost soil wich u can use to fertalize the garden: another tipp is instad of buying tocic fertalizer for ur lawn use ur own urin hust pee in a bucket fill it up with water and water ur lawn with it trust me u cant get cheeper better fertalizer for grass i have rentet 3 Schrebergärten here in germany and thats how my dad and i run them of couse from time to time we need to buy soil couse we use planters or when we took over the gardens the soilwas full of weeds and its verry turfy and heavy and carrots for example like it sandy but jeh u will have verry nice frontyard this way but i heard some neightborhoods or neightborhood associations dont allow this wor what reason ever especialy fruit trees are good keep the place from overheating

[@ItsCharlieVest]

Yeah we was actually thinking about doing a food forest, great advice about the compost bins

[@AIHumanEquality]

Compost is good for plant growth but don't use urine on plants. Some plants can handle it but others cannot and you can actually kill your plants from toxicity by putting urine on them. Just use water. It's much safer and easier to grow plants with.

[@happysugarwaifu432]

2$ per hour.... wth is wrong with you people?

[@kellyvandijk3269]

I wish you and Amy a great weekend ✌️🇳🇱

[@Aloh-od3ef]

Dear America. If you want things to change. You have to force a change! America has been exposed to how other countries do things, for over 30 years now. In that time I’ve seen countries go from a communist backwater. To some of the nicest countries in Europe! In that time American people have done nothing to grow and develop their society. If you want things to change. Then you need to make a stand and improve your country! 😊

[@elpis_ezechiel]

In France we do have a minimum wage for waiters, which is... low, but fairly decent in comparison to the USA. And guess what ? People still tip good waiters. It is a common practice to give something, a few euros or more (if the service was really amazing). But not like a giagantic proportion of your meal's worth (what is it in the USA I don't remember, 15% ? 20% ?). So no, if you have a better hourly rate for waiters, the tips probably won't disappear entirely.

[@alexandersmith9499]

Oh, and I NEVER stood for or recited the flag prayer!!!!

[@PeterMortensenLit]

I have heard Seattel is very different when it comes to tips and income, is this correct ?

[@glenakiwibackyardgardner1193]

We have a minimum wage of $23 we don't need we don't tip here

[@bjcee1108]

It is permissible to ignore commercials.

[@Kahrowleen]

is it considered rude to "overtip" in the usa?

[@judithanouk]

Maybe the woman that talks about birthcontrol means the trans community?! Wild guess, not sure if that is what she means 😆

[@mortisrat]

You asked what she meant about men being told to get vasectomies... Women have access to loads of birth control, both hormonal and NON HORMONAL (for those wingeing minnies who say it's not fair to put it on women because *ohh the hormones*). It's free. Most of it cannot be tampered with by someone else. Most cannot be detected by someone else (only a downside for men who can be raped, as they cannot know when it's removed). Most of this is as/more effective than a vasectomy. All can be quickly and easily reversed. In the very, ridiculously, highly unlikely event of that failing or being forgotten, there is then plan B / the morning after pill. Which only women have any say in. Failing all else, there is then abortion. Which only women have any say in. I've never, even once, met a child-free women with children. Every child-free man I know has kids. *by child free, I mean who didn't want them - not those who ended up not having them by circumstance Despite all of this, should you ever suggest that those with all of the power, and all of the control actually take some REAL responsibility - you get shot down and told that the man had exactly the same degree of responsibility. He should have got a vasectomy if he didn't want a kid yet / want a kid with her. HE should have been able to find a doctor who was willing to perform a vasectomy on someone VERY young and with no kids (good luck with that). If he didn't want kids ever, he should have done it in his teens. So, if, for example, a man is in a long term relationship - but not at the 'planning a life and kids with her YET' stage, and agrees with their partner not to use condoms (because neither like them, so why not discuss family planning options aside from that?) and she decides she wants a baby and removes her contraception without consent... nobody will have any issue with this. If he acts unhappy then he'll be vilified. He MUST put up, shut up and pay up to be socially acceptable. Most people think this is just fine. His fault as much as hers for not getting a vasectomy or informing his long term partner 'I don't trust you not to rape me, so we'll have to use condoms every time, regardless'. Men only have condoms. If they remove them without consent, they go to jail for rape. Sounds super fair, right?

[@elpis_ezechiel]

I somehow agree with your comment, as the burden of birth control has often been put on women (for the good and the worse). However it's not as one-sided as you seem to make it. Women usually have the most options available (though it's not as easy as it sounds if you have issues with one type, as not all of them are available or at a fair price everywhere, it's still very much a problem in many places), but also have the all of the consequences (sides effects - even non-hormonal contraceptions can have them, responsibility, and pregnancy, if it fails - wether you can or want an abortion, it's still a big thing for your health and so). "and she decides she wants a baby and removes her contraception without consent... nobody will have any issue with this." Well, no. In some places removing contraception without consent is considered rape (whether he or she is the one removing it without consent), as consent for a protected intercourse and consent for an unprotected intercourse are two different things. There are many groups of people (antifeminists, for example) that want you to believe that these victims are ignored or even villified, and it's not necessary the case. Sure, some people will say it's not a big deal, no matter the "side" they're in. Some people will also got to great lenghts to protect them, no matter the "side" they're in. These are complex and touchy subjects and I feel like a youtube comment section is no good place to talk about it no matter how detailed and nuanced one tries to be. (I tried to write a lot of different things but I can't bring my point in a satisfactory way - also English is not my mother tongue so there's that.) There are other options being tested as we speak and that show promising results, or already available : contraceptive ring, hormonal gels or injections, etc. Studies that are currently made are having difficulties due to the lack of volunteers for testing phases (I find that a deeply sad thing). Furthermore, condoms are the only thing that can protect you from STDs. The big problem with vasectomy is that it's NOT a contraceptive, it is a sterilization. Same as having your tube tied. It should not be advertised as reversible or a contraception, it is not.

[@AIHumanEquality]

Personally I don't think we should sell animals period because that feels really weird. You're basically putting a price in animal lives and turning living things into goods. The whole concept is weird to me. Many pets are like family, put it in the context that you're buying a family member and you see how weird it is. While I am 100% against forced breeding between animals I will just say mixed breeding happens between animal species in the wild too, it's not exclusive to human engineering.

[@AIHumanEquality]

The whole rant about "identity theft" is a little pointless in the digital age where every private corporation has your information from many illegal data brokers anyway. Most companies aren't going to ask you to send products back if there is a mistake cause one product is like 2 cents lost for them. Maybe for more expensive speciality products but a maas produced conditioner they won't care if you send that back or not. I have never been asked to return anything from a business that made a mistake.

[@richardhltrp1791]

wow ... im surprised by your answer on tips ... what do you mean "if THEY pay tips THEY can pay less ??? the company does not pay the tips !!! its just disgusting how americans treat there employees .. its just criminal !!

[@laziojohnny79]

F mate I've been subscribbed to your channel for quite some years, seen you in good and bad times, always knew you were left leaning but you seem to drift off to the far left if pledging allegiance to your flag is in your opinion dictatorial. And seeing the comments you've gained quite a left leaning bunch of viewers/subbers.

[@kronop8884]

The thing with a pledge is that you only need to do it once if you mean it, incessantly repeating it is indoctrination in the same way as was carried out in former communist countries and indeed in right wing nationalist authoritarian regimes throughout history. In most free democracies the citizens recognise this and would not participate in such a thing

[@sawomirmarnotrawny1694]

i dont't know what u r smokin' there but u have to quit...

[@ItsCharlieVest]

what are you talking about? lol

[@sytax1]

well, i dont know what you are smoking but its ok. for me you are a typical US citizen that wears blinders. but thats ok also. i have fun, so mission accomplished. go ahead please to provide more of this. greetings

[@manueltapia1859]

Thats how he talks, come on!! Everyone has unique way to talk 😅