Reaction To Volker Pispers History Of USA (3 of 5)

Reaction To Volker Pispers History Of USA (3 of 5)
This is my reaction to Volker Pispers History Of USA (3 of 5)
In this video I react to part 3 of 5 of Volker Pispers History of USA after previously watching part's 2 of 5 and 1 of 5. In this he delves into his analysis of the USA's role in the Middle East. This was more excellent German Kabarett Satire.
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[@neoplan6116]

The Schäuble sentence is a kind of double punch. Mr Schäuble is a conservative politician who sits in a wheelchair since he got shot by a madman 1990 and in Germany we have a saying when something bad did not happened and we realize this later we often say "Dieser Kelch ist an uns vorüber/vorbei gegangen" - this goblet passed us. So he had the punch that we didnt got Schäuble as president and the second punch was to change the word "gegangen" - went/passed - with the word "gerollt" - rolled" for a person who sits in a wheelchair.

[@padascos]

Honesty be told, I do not even know that one and simply assumed he meant it more like a head metaphor, as in the Kelch is his head, with nothing present inside and just a nice looking shell. Guess you never stop learning new things even about your own language and culture.

[@dukereil4845]

Na besser gehts wohl nicht!

[@carcharodoncarcharias1321]

@@padascos Kelch got be assumed as something like the holy grail. but more in the sense of monty pythons' humor

[@MidnightsfireLP]

And what is meant with this phrase is similar to we dodged a bullet.

[@Jan-gh7qi]

The original saying "the goblet passed us" refers to the biblical scene, where Jesus announces, that one of his descipels is a traitor and then gives his goblet to Judas, signalling him, that he knows, what is about to happen.

[@Luna1967100]

Volker Pispers is absolutely brilliant! He manages to hold up a mirror to all of humanity in a 90-minute cabaret show. I miss him so much on the German cabaret stage. It's nice that he's getting the attention he deserves here again.

[@chrisshdl]

Da bin ich voll und ganz bei dir.

[@theravenlord3004]

Pispers was a gem of political satire, and it was a shame that he grew bitter in the end. Yet who can blame him? Either way, he was no prophet. He told people what will happen, and it happened over...and over...and over again, because he had his eyes open. And everyone sat there and the penny never dropped. He must have felt like Cassandra reincarnated.

[@enemdisk6628]

Oh man. That's somewhat of a tragic story. He is a great human being. Very intelligent.

[@HC3053suevus]

IMO the vast majority of Volker Pipers' audience understood his ʺsatireʺ = his highly intelligent, well informed correct description of politics and economics etc. very well, but many others / television viewers didn't want to hear or accept it.

[@psymcdad8151]

IIRC he did not grow bitter. He just did enjoy 'not being in the spotlight all the time', having time for himselfe and his family... and maybe does not need to repeat the same programm over and over again without a need to ever change a lot because the issues always have ben the same. (Lets be real; His Program, while switching on certain topics, was orbiting arround a selected set of topics that mostly remained the same. I can watch a 2008 Performance here on youtube and compare this to the last DVD ('Bis Neulich 2016') released. And its... different actors, but the same topic and the same problem.) How much of a challenge is satire if reality writes the jokes? In therms of Satire, Volker played DarkSouls in GodMode; All seen before, all known, different dressing, same shit, same punchline. (And I am not claiming he picked low hanging fruit. But if even high hanging fruit gets easy, even the most ambitious might lose interesst eventualy, ESPECIALY if it results in no change at all.) And, as much as I miss him, especialy since 2020, I can perfectly understand that hes done and over with the lot of it. After all; you can only pretend to play a new game after you changed the UI and Skins for the Xth time. It gets dull and you dont want to do it without being 'bitter' about it.

[@chrisshdl]

Die Menschen haben über ihre eigene Dummheit gelacht, statt ernsthaft darüber nachzudenken. Ich möchte meinen, dass man häufig dieses Unverständnis in seinen Augen sehen konnte.

[@HC3053suevus]

@@chrisshdl Volker Pispers war und ist sicher frustriert davon, daß nicht mehr Leute links wählen (und regieren) und z. B. lieber solche ʺschlauenʺ Sprüche glauben (oder notgedrungenermaßen hinnehmen) wie ʺÜber Geld spricht man nichtʺ und ʺWohlstand = Menschenwürdiges Leben gibt es nur bei ständigem Wirtschaftswachstumʺ. Mir fällt es aber trotzdem schwer, den Großteil meiner Mitmenschen für dumm zu halten - jedenfalls schon gar nicht Pispers Publikum. Oder glauben Sie wirklich, daß die Leute nur deshalb in seine ʺShowʺ gegangen sind, um sich darüber aufzuregen oder sie nicht verstanden haben?? MfG von einem schon etwas älteren Zeitgenossen. Volker Pispers was and is certainly frustrated that more people don't vote (and govern) on the left and e.g. prefer to believe (or out of necessity accept) such ʺcleverʺ sayings as ʺOne does not talk about moneyʺ and ʺProsperity = decent living only exists with constant economic growthʺ. But I still find it difficult to consider the majority of my fellow human beings stupid - at least not Pispers' audience. Or do you really think that people only went to his ʺshowʺ to get upset about it or not understand it?? Kind regards from a somewhat older contemporary.

[@orlathemming8689]

I am realy impressed by you, as a non German, you understand a lot more then many Germans would. Because to understand this political cabaret you need some knowledge and intelligence and a special mindset. I saw some other non Germans react to him, non of them understand him as good as, you do. Respect!

[@blundernator7794]

Yes, agree. IT is very interesting to hear youre thoughts. Much of the other reacting guys just laughing but did Not understand what Pispers tell us

[@BR618]

@@blundernator7794 agree to agree, but I wonder if you saw the same (or better, mostly the same) people as I did, and they were a lot of times Americans. Mert has a European back round, so it's more like a German watching "Mock the Week" or "Have I Got News for You" (meaning: You will more easily understand political satire in another language, if it is from your own countries political harbours, e.g. the same continent ... or u know, one of the bully-ones) .... but still a nice job Mert 👍

[@studiom23523]

i guess this is because volker is incredible hard to read and understand cause of (our) the german language and the sence of humor that is put in some sentences and hardly can not be understand in english.... Its the same like in the film fight club with the plaid, that nowbody in germany knows :) Stay safe and thx for beeing open minded!

[@BR618]

​@@studiom23523 rule1, poor space monkey ^^

[@HansMeisee]

aha🤦‍♂️... wie kann an so viel scheisse in ein Kommentar verpacken?

[@Buddha-bei-die-Fische]

Please note that Volker P said this all about 10-15 yrs ago and retired about 8 yrs ago. He was/is so to the point that it is still valid. He was sooo good.

[@pepsi-mcrib]

This exact gig is from late 2004.

[@kataseiko]

It's too bad he retired - the world has gone crazy in the past few years and I'm sure he would have the right words for all of it.

[@ondorion1104]

Hi, I'm German, and I saw this about 10 years ago. I could hardly believe it. Thank you so much for doing this for an English-speaking audience and being a non-German yourself. That way, it reaches an even broader audience. I genuinely thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@veliostv9089]

Ah, I miss Volker... Watched him live once, back in 2004. You enter his show laughing and leave it, close to crying. That was very impressive.

[@bibamann]

That's what german comedy is about. Leave it crying :D

[@Cray93]

@@bibamann it's not just comedy, it's satire

[@stefanbender2584]

Er sollte noch eine Show machen.....Material hätte er genug...

[@berulan8463]

​@@stefanbender2584Wenn er heute nochmal ein neues Programm machen würde, würden wir nie wieder aufhören zu weinen.

[@stefanbender2584]

@@berulan8463 Deshalb schaue ich seit 2 Jahren keine Nachrichten mehr....der Wahrheit wegen.....

[@themorethemerrier281]

Political leaders in Hesse and Bavaria have been regularly sketchy (always combined with grandiose narcissism). Eg. Seehofer, Söder, Koch.

[@ErklaerMirDieWelt]

I met Koch a couple of times and had a chance to talk to him in a small group for an hour or so once. As a private person, his views were social if not left leaning. He just didn't care. He was in politics only for the money. Which became pretty obvious when he signed off on the extension of the Frankfurt airport as minister president of Hesse only to retire from politics and become CEO of the contractor that built the airport.

[@MrProthall]

Merz as well. Basically pick one, all CSU politicians are human scum

[@paha4209]

@@ErklaerMirDieWelt I mean there is a reason why he was called Roland "Gollum" Koch back then.

[@paha4209]

Seehofer and Söder didn´t play a role back then. When this was taped it should´ve been either still Stöber or Beckstein.

[@rantanplan178]

@@ErklaerMirDieWelt So you mean, his "Kinder statt Inder" statement (childs instead of indians > meaning: we need to make childs instead of importing cheap Indian specialists). As he's a more left leaning person, he made that statement as money was more important to him than ideology? Is that your point?

[@alexanderwesselmann4656]

Re: the Schäuble remark: The cup that rolled by us is indeed a literal translation of german saying ("Der Kelch ist an uns vorbei gerollt / gegangen") which means that you were spared some evil that was somehow on the horizon. It's a sharp pun in the way that Mr. Schäuble is in wheel chair and was up for the german presidency.

[@kdhanimesan]

I guess that one of the reasons it did not get translated is that it seems to be based on the bible, where Jesus said "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.". I guess one needs to have a basic knowledge in christian theology to understand this reference 😅

[@alinasmith5737]

It's basically "dodged a bullet".

[@goldbluetears]

@@alinasmith5737yeah but rolled refers to the wheelchair of schäuble

[@gundleyG]

@@kdhanimesan There is not need of any knowledge of this fairytail-book you refer to. It is just the way it is explained in the first comment.

[@tetsi0815]

The saying itself comes from the bible: Matthew 26:39 “Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.’” or in a German translation (Luther Bibel) "Und er ging ein wenig weiter, fiel nieder auf sein Angesicht und betete und sprach: Mein Vater, ist’s möglich, so gehe dieser Kelch an mir vorüber; doch nicht, wie ich will, sondern wie du willst!" 🙂

[@thetaleteller4692]

Best line of Pispers about Merkel was "He can't a better way of insulting her, than by citing her by word". If Pispers still had a program I presume his line about Scholz would by "I cant insult him by word, since he never says something citable."

[@heavydragonoil1325]

He hasn't worked for years or you'd hear about the imperial laws used in Covid and the type of government that goes with them. We would like to know about the Silk Road on which Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan lie. And here for too long some could find out that the war in Ukraine has not only been going on for 2 years, but for 10 years. And the others would not have forgotten that 40% of Germans with employees were already affected by poverty in old age before inflation and 40% were already in it the pockets of the 1% went before they couldn't get money. Greetings from the Freiland Insane Asylum German Nation ;) -

[@themorethemerrier281]

His perception of Merkel was: passive, indifferent, a little naive and generally useless.

[@PatrickVogt314]

Would be also important to mention that Merkel was not yet Chancellor when this was recorded, but his opinion (of her) only became worse after that :-)

[@Jan-gh7qi]

There is one bit of him about German social politics, if I remeber correctly, where he sums him views up perfectly: "Angela Merkel is the first politician who doens't care about politics. She youst likes it, to be chancellor" Merkels politicy was a lot about going with the flow. She was a Conservative at heart but if the public demanded liberal politics, she leaned in. She positioned herself as a strong ally to the US but also kept some ties to Putin and Russia. She continues the neoliberal social politics of the former government but weakened them here and there. Her Fans called her a "great leader" and an "pragmatist" for it. Her critics (and Volker was one of the hardest) called her "indecisive" "without a political stand" and "a protector of the status quo".

[@BattleGhul]

@@Jan-gh7qi Strong ally to the US is an interesting choice of words ^^. I would say bootlicker.

[@swapode]

​@@Jan-gh7qi TBF: Merkel had a pretty good moment during the refugee crisis, when she decisively shut down the usual conservative attempts to close down borders etc., despite those attempts being rather popular, both in Germany and in the EU. Not much, but more than most heads of states in the 21st century can say for themselves.

[@crash_hunter8659]

Don’t know how to translate it, but he called her: Ein Umluftofen. Sie produziert viel heiße Luft und backt darin Allgemeinplätzchen. She isn’t saying much, but when it is nothing.

[@enemdisk6628]

Wow, this Volker is an astonishing, well-read, witty man. More people should see that video!

[@kikikoko607]

7:22 Peter Scholl -Latour was a journalist and an expert of the middle eastern region. In 1973 he and a collegue were captured by the Vietcong, but was released short time after and stayed with them eight days, to report about them fighting and about their side of the story during the war.

[@DasBoerner]

The Leaders do everything to keep ppl in fear, all this is just about Power and Money. Volker Pispers is the best analyst you will ever see and hear.

[@Anika6.91]

3:24 comes from the biblical 'take this cup [as in the impending crucification and death] away from me' when Jesus prays to God after the last supper, I think. As someone else already commented they could have used the phrase 'dodging a bullet' but they stuck to the imagery used by Volker Pispers.

[@sirpurrsalot6588]

When you set Pispers programms over the years into context, when and how long he actually menitoned topics through out his shows and compare it to what actually happend at that time or shortly after in the world or in politics, you cant help yourself but to realizie how smart he actually is. He is often called prophetic but as he himself put it: I am just good in reading peoples motivations and do not tend to forget what people said a while ago. To bad he retired a while ago we could really need smart people like him today.

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

Common Sense so rare you could call it a super power

[@Cleeves358]

8:30 Praktikantin = intern. Reference to Monica Lewinsky. Joke lost in translation due to a false friend

[@PeterButchens]

The bayern munich analogy really did make for a good chuckle. Great that you caught that !

[@charon3444]

3:16 "dodged a bullet" with him not being elected

[@marpfel]

hehe. I see what you did there. :D

[@lynnm6413]

That one would have hit even harder since Schäuble caught a bullet …. I think that would have been a step over the line for a politician that survived being shot.

[@rudolfgernd8760]

We later catched the bullet with Schäuble introduceing the disastrous austerity policies that ruined the economies of southern European countries. Means he later caused enormous harm.

[@marpfel]

@@lynnm6413 "step" over the line? :D

[@lynnm6413]

@@marpfel lol 🤣 That pun was unintended... honest! 🤭

[@cgerold]

Started with you and the algorithm gave me some other reactors, too. Quite interesting to a German to see the reactions on “our” kind of cabaret - and the special case. Liked some others too, but: You are the best! 👏🏼👏🏼 Good job!

[@Prince_4_ever]

Very nice to see Volker Pispers in your video. He was one off the best cabaret. sarcasm and humor in perfection. Hagen Rether is also brillant with fine humor. Greetings from Germany

[@tramper42]

12:00 glad, that YOU as a non-German got the reference and note the similarities 😂

[@markusklein7222]

Georg Schramm is also a fantastic Kabarett

[@zubinsethna7358]

I agree. Georg Schramm was one of the best, too. I miss him and his voice/view.

[@m1k3ga]

I have seen him three times, quite amazing. You can hear that he studied evangelical theology and took the best out of it ;-)

[@icemang.9981]

First thx for your great videos, very good work. Btw, Volker Pispers was an english-teacher until 1986 working for the interpreter institute in Munster. He himself studied in Bonn Anglistik (English studies), catholic theology and pedagogy. Apparently he seems to be highly intelligent and very eloquent. Thx again and greetings from Germany 🙂

[@vajaga4624]

Oooouh, if you only understood german. Volker Pispers is brilliant, mocking the society, system and politicians. Genius satiere on a high level.

[@IceColdKillah133]

'cup that rolled by us' is indeed a saying, it basically means that we were spared of something bad or unpleasent

[@miwove]

or in other words 'a close call'

[@Dennis3113]

@@miwove jeah thats nails it pretty good

[@Johndooize]

A quot from Jesus bevor he was crucified.

[@wortdrexler]

… and the "rolling" part is a double entendre, since Mr. Schäuble is in a wheel chair.

[@RubyRhod]

He's in a wheelchair.

[@lukashomma6431]

So sad that Volker Pispers was too frustrated with the missing results of his shows and quit. I can understand. I still miss him so much though.

[@sigourneyburton3387]

I like these reaction videos so much and they are getting better and better. I really hope that the number of subscribers will rise!

[@jijidou4433]

Es ist bedauerlich, dass Pispers so früh aufgehört hat. Wir könnten ihn heute wirklich mehr denn je brauchen. Jetzt hört auch Somuncu auf.

[@Anthyrion]

Ich glaube er hat aufgehört, weil die Menschen, egal was er oder andere bezüglich der Regierung rausgehauen haben, es immer wieder das gleiche war. Politiker versprachen ganz große und tolle Dinge und am Ende? "Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von vorgestern?"

[@jijidou4433]

@@Anthyrion Es iat wohl am wahrscheinlichsten, dass er resigniert und aufgehört hat. Trotzdem braucht es kritische Stimmen und Denker.

[@budoschulesamurai]

Es ist verständlich. Er erzählt seit Jahrzehnten, was abläuft. Und was hat s genutzt? Nichts. Die Menschen hören ihm zu, und wählen immer noch die selben Clows. Der ist frustriert. Zu Recht. Deshalb hat er aufgehöhrt. Schade.

[@jijidou4433]

@@budoschulesamurai klar doch und jetzt kommt wahrscheinlich, dass Pispers heute AfD wählen wird..

[@budoschulesamurai]

@@jijidou4433 Tja, wenn er in ein paar Jahren den 4. Weltkrieg und Millionen vergasten Linken, Grünen, Asylanten, Juden und alle anderen die eine andere Meinung haben will, dann schon. Die Nazis haben schon mal zu 60 Millionen Menschen, darunter auch ein paar Millionen Deutsche, vernichtet. Die Deutschen haben aber anscheinend nicht viel davon gelernt, sonst würden sie nicht AfD wählen. Die anderen Politiker, sind aber leider auch nicht wirklich besser. Wenn Menschen mehrere Jobs haben, und trotzdem davon nicht richtig leben können, dann stimmt was nicht. Die AfD ist allerdings nicht die Lösung. Was die USA und Russland angeht. Beide Regierungen sind Massenmörder. Das war aber immer so. Bei Russland wissen wir gerade wies läuft. Was aber viele nicht wissen, dass die USA einen "geheimen" Drohnenkrieg gegen "Terroristen" führt. Würden die damit nur Terroristen töten - Gut. Bis jetzt haben die aber ca. 10000 Zivilisten, davon auch viele Kinder und nur ca. 10 Terroristen getötet. Dies unter Bush, Obama, Trump und Biden. Auch das Foltergefängnis haben die nicht geschlossen.

[@TiborgSGE]

Can't wait for you to react to part 4 and 5.Those two part in my opinion are the most shocking ones.

[@voyance4elle]

Your reaction is so great :D I found your channel through these Volker Pispers reactions.

[@MasterDyogenes]

No, it was not a misstranslation: Mr Schäuble is in a wheelchair, so in his case the trophy rolls past Germany instead of walking. The saying "This trophy has passed us by" is meant ironically. He's saying that it's lucky we didn't win that "award".

[@erbse1178]

3:16 no misperception. German saying is "The cup has gone by me" translated to: I was spared by this. Because the minister was sitting in a wheel chair, Pipsers said "The cup has rolled by me". Alot of verbal jokes in one sentence (kinda dense)

[@catalyticcentaur5835]

"terse" seems to be more correct to me in this case. "succinct" could also be okay, but I think "terse" is more on point. ("dense" can also mean dumb.) Yeah, and I wasn't succinct with this comment. ;-)

[@michaelmueller9635]

As a reference: You can compare Bavaria in Germany with Texas in USA.

[@tosa2522]

3:07 The expression goes back to Jesus' words of prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane on Good Friday, "Let this cup pass from me!" When he says "the cup rolls," he is alluding to the fact that Mr. Schäuble has been in a wheelchair since an attempt was made on his life.

[@rimarDe]

Concerning Hessen and Bavaria: In Hessen there was in this time a minister named Roland Koch (very controverse person (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Koch)) and Bayern: This part of germany is very special. And nearly every minister was ... how could I say this without getting to prison ;-) ... politicians in Bavaria have very good "connections" to the economy and dictators, especially he: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Strauß

[@rimarDe]

And some bavarian politicians were kind of dumb and ridiculous, especially de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Stoiber

[@karacho1]

Yes, bavaria and hessen (both are parts of germany) had mad leaders too.

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Only those two?😂😂😂😂😂 how about Berlin (capital and state) Thüringen, Saxonia ?

[@Zibbl0875]

Its not all about mad leaders... In Hesse and Bavaria, the elected parties had more than 50% votes in year 2000 +/- 5 year (sometimes over 60 %)

[@lorenaklein7278]

may be, nevertheless tehy are Garmany's power house in contrast to BerlinÄ's poor but sexy- image.

[@cocoangel1979]

Omg, your comparison with Borussia Dortmund... 😅 I died laughing 🤣🤣🤣 Borussia forever ❤

[@Arsenic71]

That's why he is not a comedian, be's a cabaretist. He once told the audience: Keep your entry ticket to this show, so you later can tell your children, "look, I was a member of the resistance back then". So sad he's stopped making cabaret, he was truly great in his time and especially this show has proved to be truly prophetic (as you said).

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

to be honest, the general german TV audience has little to no influence on POTUS. I like this abriviation so much, it summarizes the politics in the US right now. GröFaZ would approve

[@MarcHumer]

Volker Pispers is one of the most intelligent people in the world. A brilliant observer.

[@ReeN1995]

You are the first reactor who caught the "Syrians having to go in the closet". Massive respect! Edit: It's not a prophecy. It's a Plan kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIjbfKFjZrhrqtU

[@blaueragnostika6413]

The comment about Thierse has two different layers, if you listen carefully. Yes, he was known for his beard, so you could obviously compare him and the pictures of Saddam Hussein, when they dragged him out of his shelter. But Thierse - in contrast to Hussein - also was democratically elected as a president: "Präsident des Deutschen Bundestags". Most listeners miss that.

[@Steevee5k]

"Ein Kelch rollt vorbei" is german expression, when something bad or uncomfortable comes your way but misses by a small margin.

[@PImasta]

3:14 "There you can see what a cup of a possible president has rolled by us" refers to Mr. Schäuble who sits in a wheelchair after he was shot during a campaign event. He was a candidate to become Federal president of Germany - who has a more representative function like the Queen in GB.

[@ManOfSt33l]

No other Kabaretist But (this is only my opinion) is able to bring a special period of time into on or a few brutal honest sentences and makes you also smirking or laughing even if the truth is sad..

[@ralfwieseler2554]

i really adore your Accent by the way !

[@dellinger71]

'cup that rolled by us' basically means 'we dodged a bullet'.

[@Foatizenknechtl]

Yeah exactly.

[@gaianasuanach6231]

This iy a biblical reference about what jesus said: let this cup pass from me

[@aliceestate3899]

About Merkel: On the evening of the opening of the East Berlin border in 1989, Merkel sat in a Berlin sauna and then went to bed. That says it all, an event of the century happens and she goes to sleep. In 2015 she opened the borders for illegal immigrants and never officially closed the border again and said, they're here now, we can do it, we didn't want to get bad pictures at the border. Bad pictures happen nowadays in the interior of the country, in the inner cities, trains, in the outdoor swimming pools... and at the end of her "service time" she wished for the song of the grande dame Hildegard Knef (Neff) "Rain red roses". Probably blood-red ones. About Bavaria: Not too mad leaders but special ones, Franz-Josef Strauß' speeches are legend, some leaders are unintentionally funny, Edmund Stoiber told us about 10 minutes long about the way from the central Munich train station to the Franz-Josef-Strauß-Airport with many slips of the tongue...and the current leader made a name for himself for years with funny carnival costumes (Shrek, Homer Simpson, a Punk, Gandalf, Prince Luidpold of Bavaria, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Marylin Monroe, Mahatma Gandhi and finally as Edmund Stoiber). There is a saying in Germany for about 10 years: You don't need cabaret artists anymore, you can't beat the comedy of the politicians in their daily business life. That's why Volker Pispers said he is quoting Merkel verbatim because he hadn't found a better way to insult this woman.

[@samtraji1]

I would look into the old episodes of "die anstalt" they where really good.

[@MA-oj8zk]

I wished Volker Pispers would have done the same kind of program about the History of the UdSSR/Russia.

[@andrekramer6608]

1. “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” Mark 14:36. Jesus prays about his upcoming arrest and execution. Meaning: If the cup moves past you, you avoid a heavy fate. 2. This is 20 years old. Merkel didn't have the reputation of the later years of her chancellorship back then.

[@arthur_p_dent]

7:00 again, it is important to consider the time the video was recorded. Yes, in Italy, Silvio Berlusconi was in charge. His reign no doubt opened the doors for many a populist regime in Europe and the rest of the world. Especially the current Italian government. Bavaria and Hesse - well, Bavaria is CSU land, the CSU being the populist sister party of the CDU. Hesse, at that time, was governed by Roland Koch, who also took a very populist approach at an election campaign back then with his much criticized signature collection against double citizenship and immigration reforem, where people would, by their own description, "sign against foreigners". Volker Pispers is of course no friend of conservative politics, in case anyone hasn't figured that out by now.

[@frankhanzlicek6550]

Volker Piespers is the greatest! I miss him!😢

[@causk8365]

"the cup/grail/vessel going past you" is a german bible reference akin to "dodging a bullet", avoiding a catastrophe the english bible passage is: "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. " That the cup is rolling is a reference to Mr. Schaeuble being wheelchair bound, unfortunately a common reference for humor/satire treatment. Mr Schaeuble is something of a elder statesmen figure, being one of the few survivors of the Kohl era clique of christian conservatives. There were several attempts to suggest him to take up the office of bundespresident (mostly ceremonial office, but formally the highest ranking). The current fellow in the office is part of SPD's Schroeder gang that was part architect of the german very cosy Putin-Russia relationship. The Pispers take hasnt aged very well, we could do with a bit more cynical realpolitik instead of empty moral grandstanding, but i better stop before tempers flare over current politics.

[@catalyticcentaur5835]

"A chalice of bitter poison or tears" would be my suggestion for "Kelch" in this context.

[@clausdiventres5763]

Hi, lot of foreign people reacted on germany and german comedy. But I think that you are one of a small hand full who really understand it. Great job. Keep on. I enjoy your vids and think about your opinion. We are very similar here. By the way: I stayed in edinburgh. Meeting friends. Good time and í‘ll come back soon.

[@tubekulose]

3:01 It's a common saying based on Jesus' words he is said to have spoken on the Olivet "let this cup pass from me" (Matthew 26:39). 😉

[@ascaniusvotan2319]

so refreshing, most people I speak english with are from england. I really like your accent :)

[@syn4ack]

3:12 "Dieser Kelch ist an uns vorbeigegangen", here translated as "a cup of ... rolled by", means "we've dodged the bullet of him becoming president"

[@nicolelopez2698]

I'd love to see what Volker would have said about the war in the ukraine, the covid 19 policies and the polarisations in politics in europe

[@Falscher_Prophet]

You should also see Hagen Rether - same level as Volker Pispers. His Kabarett programme is called "Liebe" (Love). The name is the same for years only the content changes every year. Also highly political satirical cabaret ...!

[@christophurach]

That was a saying... "we dodged a bullet" would be the english translation

[@zeldaconnection9945]

2:57 The Goblet has passed me ... means more or las, bad luck, death ... passed me

[@detlefs]

The "cup" saying means someone is spared from something bad that has already announced itself. Here, Schäuble applied for president and Germany was spared from it :-)

[@MellonVegan]

Like a passive version of "dodged that bullet"

[@romanbecker6711]

Another fact, Schäuble IS sitting in a wheelchair, that's why he said "rolling"

[@ronnybliss5599]

"What a cup of" means like an emty cup is rolled on earth next to us. or an emty Brain we had a short time as president,too. Greats from Berlin😀

[@arthur_p_dent]

As for Merkel - first of all, you hav to keep in mind that the show happened BEFORE she became Chancellor of Germany. At that time, very few people who think highly of her today would have held her in the same high regards back then. However, his main critisism of his is her lack of substance when she talks and that is a criticism that many people (including Pispers) continued to maintain after she became chancellor. What she said often did lack substance, and especially commitment. She would typically not take a side in an argument before she was sure where the consensus is. This criticism may not always have been justified, but it was easy to perceive her that way and Volker Pispers most certainly did.

[@helgeb.7200]

3:30 "Fortunately, the jug has passed us by that Schäuble became Federal President."

[@zumogerstubchen2340]

3:15 It's a literal translation of what he said but it's actually an old saying: Imagine a situation where something potentially negative or unpleasant was about to happen, but fortunately, it passed by without affecting us. We would say, "This cup has rolled past us." It signifies that we have managed to avoid a difficult or unwanted situation.

[@ThomasMuller-jb5lh]

You know Volker Pispers? Respect! I thought he is only known in Germany.

[@stefanmuc2k]

Regarding the cup: you have a rather similar phrase with the "poisoned chalice". If you don't have to drink from it, then something bad has narrowly passed you by.

[@Luzarioth]

wow, you actually know more about German Football than me... and I was born & raised in Germany ;P

[@fdm698]

To give a brief explanation about the Bavaria topic that's been brought up and you've asked about a couple of times now (from someone who grew up there): Bavaria is a deeply Christian and conservative state to the extent that germans often call it "our Texas". The christian conservative party has been in charge of the state nonstop since the 1950s, often even with an absolute majority (note that we do not have a two party system). Their politics are generally to the far right, though, to be fair, not to the extent that they could be called extremists. The leadership is generally seen as a bit of a running joke in Germany. A big part of the problem is also that Bavaria is the second most populous and the (by quite some margin) most economically powerful state in Germany so they can take major influence on national politics. Although, as the bavarian conservatives would hate to admit, that strength stems mainly from having Munich as an economical and intellectual powerhouse (BMW, Siemens, Audi close by, the two strongest national universitys as well as the headquarters of most big research communities to name a few) in its center, while Munich itself is led by the left leaning party spd. Hope that's helped to clear some things up about the comparisons he draws and general animosity of Germans against Bavaria. Great video by the way :)

[@D4RKBRU73]

3:30 pretty sure he means the saying of "der Kelch der an uns verüberging" as in "the chalice (filled with poison) that went past us" which in turn relates to Wolfgang Schäuble (the guy the initial quote is from) not becoming our president

[@crappiefisher1331]

3:22: it's indeed a saying and comes from the bible: "Let This Cup Pass from Me'" is something jesus asked god before being crucified.. the "cup" basically stands for something bad you luckily avoided (this cup passed me), you wish to avoid (let this cup pass me), or you wished you would have been able to avoid (i wished that cup would have passed me) .. long story short: "the cup" holds something you dont want and hence you hope it passes you or feel happy because it already passed you normally in german it is "vorbeigehen" (something "goes past us") or past tense "vorbeigeganen" ("went past us") but he used "vorbeigerollt" (rolled past us) because the guy he is talking about sits in a wheelchair after surviving an assassination attempt.. so this "cup" did not "walk" but "roll"

[@Mischnikvideos]

Peter Scholl-Latour: Fought as a French soldier in the Indochina War, was a German journalist in the Vietnam War. He was taken prisoner, but was released unharmed a week later. He held both citizenships and lived in both states. Most recently, his focus was on Central Asia, which he still traveled to when he was over 80 years old. He was a sought-after expert.

[@christophgriener9852]

Alles richtig, aber besser wäre "in der französischen Fremdenlegion" (Franzosen sind bzw. die französische Staatsbürgerschaft haben dort nur die Offiziere.) Nach drei Jahren in der Legion kann man einen Antrag auf Verleihung der französischen Staatsbürgerschaft stellen.

[@Mischnikvideos]

@@christophgriener9852 Scholl-Latour was in a newly created paratrooper unit that existed solely for the return of Indochina to France. The recently founded Vietcon tried to take advantage of this and Scholl-Latour got involved in fights. He must have gotten his French passport from his father, who was from Alsace. The first paratroopers of the Foreign Legion did not emerge until two years later.

[@christophgriener9852]

@@Mischnikvideos Yes, I think you are right. He was an experienced journalist and I found his commentary always very sensible and realistic. He'd probably rotate in his grave, if he knew what was going on.

[@Mischnikvideos]

@@christophgriener9852 I don't think he currently has a serious problem. Scholl-Latour was never anti-Western. He criticized the approach. In the Vietnam War, he criticized that the Americans were repeating the mistakes of the French. He was not criticizing the war itself. In the Near and Middle East he warned against the local governments and was in favor of fighting or controlling them. He also criticized the approach here. In 2014 he criticized the one-sided blame on Putin. But he also described Russia as a residual empire. He failed to answer what should be done with it. But nobody asked him that either. Scholl-Latoure was a Gaullist and wanted a united Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. The rest of the empire and their interests stand in the way of this. Once again he would probably be for the "West", but against its actions. However, the current conflict was started by Russia, not by the "West". Putin doesn't want the majority Russian areas of Ukraine, he wants everything. This is not in the interest of the Russians, but of the rest of the empire.

[@tobitobsen7826]

Can't wait for part 4 and 5 🥳🥳🥳

[@69quato]

The sentence about Shäuble is translated a bit weird - confusing if you don't have the context for reference. In Germany there is a saying , loosely translated "somthing (in the metaphor a cup - like in a poisoned challice) passed (missed) you narrowly" , meaning you barely escaped an unfortunate or even catastrophic situation. For context: Schäuble was former leader of the opposition and a former minister of the interior - at the time of the quote he was retired from parliament but the CDU's candidate for the office of Federal President (a position with very limited political power , but very representative for the country). Schäuble has been in a wheelchair for a long time at this point (after an attack on his life , while in office). That's why Volker Pispers said "rolled past/by us" - nasty , but nice =)

[@nrichthof]

@3:23: the "cup" references the cup of hemlock ("Schierlingsbecher"), a cup containing poison, an ancient Greek method of executions. By saying that “the cup has passed me”, one is saying that they weren’t made to drink poison and therefore be killed. This is a common saying in Germany, as many others have already pointed out.

[@nrichthof]

@@DeReAntiqua What I was referring to predates Jesus Christ by about 400 years. See en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoned_cup and the trial of Sokrates

[@blaueragnostika6413]

@@DeReAntiqua I, as a German, always associate the saying with the Schierlingsbecher. So there may be more than one root of the same metaphor.

[@tomfoolery3847]

3:27 My attempt at explaining the line "There you can see what a cup a possible president has rolled by us", even if it's not very easy for me, so bear with me here. The man he's talking about here is Wolfgang Schäuble. Here in Germany, we have a Bundeskanzler (chancellor), who's effectively the most powerful person in the country (currently Olaf Scholz, in Pispers' time it was Angela Merkel), and also a Bundespräsident (president - currently Frank Walter Steinmeier), who doesn't have any real power, but which is a very prestigious position in the country and to some degree is meant to represent the country and its people. In 2004 (if I'm not mistaken) Wolfgang Schäuble (the man the quote "The Iraq war is a bad solution, but an even worse solution would be a humiliated world power USA." comes from) candidated for president in Germany, but failed to be elected. Now, my understanding of the English language isn't exactly a strength of mine, but maybe a better translation would be "There you can see, what a gem of a possible president we narrowly avoided". The phrasing "has rolled by us" is kind of a literal translation of a German term which basically means "we have avoided". The joke here is, that Schäuble is wheelchair-bound. Hope that helps a bit.

[@yongsaiX]

Merkel changed a lot during her reign/terms. At least in the eyes of the voters. She began with a strong pro Bush, pro Iraq-War, pro Atomic Energy stand. She was a typical conservative back in the day. And during her idk 80 years as head of government she slowly shifted many of her viepoints. She managed the exit from atomic energy. During the refugee crisis in 2015 she showed that she takes that whole christianity-stuff serious actually. She showed compassion against the explicit wishes of her conservative base. And they hated her for that. That was the moment when many on the left where forced to vote for Merkel, the woman that embodied conservatism for them, for so many years. That was Merkel the preachers daughter. When Covid came, she was Merkel the scientist. When she went on TV in 2020 and said that the food supply is secure, everyone knew the situation was serious. And during those later years she gained international fame for her politics. When Merkel became uncriticizable for the liberal urban voters in 2015, Pispers had already retired. That lucky guy..

[@erdnuzz8368]

"Da können Sie mal sehen was für ein Kelch an uns vorbeigerollt ist als Budnespräsident" That is leaned on a very old saying that is not very common anymore these days in germany :) "der Kelch geht an jemandem vorüber" The meaning of the scentence "der Kelch geht an jemandem vorüber" - "someone is spared from something bad that has already announced itself." Volker Pispers combined it in a sarcastic way - its hard to explain and understand when youre not hardly into the german language :D And sry for my bad english, im still in the process of learning ^^

[@our_roadtrip]

I remember Pispers on TV. He was just stating the obvious. If you read a few Newspapers regularly, these things are very easy to see. And they are still easy to see...

[@seanwayne4603]

"There you can see what a cup of a possible president has rolled by us" would be better translated to "We really dodged a bullet there regarding Schäuble becoming president (or Cancellor in our democratic system).."

[@marcoftheninja6278]

2:58 the best analogy here so you can understand the "cup" phrase : We dodged a bullet, because that guy didn't become prime minister

[@bensonheadshis3131]

You assumed correctly, at about 3:40 there is a german saying that can losely be compared to something like "It seems that we´ve missed a bullet there".

[@patricksteuble9994]

Hi Mert! Thanks for showing Volker Pisper's demasking cabaret to the people! I love it since years. Regarding your question about why he makes such comments about Merkel: I myself always saw Merkel as a puppet for the international elite. At the same time she was/is jokingly called "Mutti" (=Mommy) by many. (But that's actually wrong, because that would mean she would care for the german people/country first - what was not the case in mho.) So this combined with the often pseudo-moral speeches, her looks and appearance/manners, maybe you get the picture why a lot of critical minded people make fun of her. Sorry i can't explain better right now...

[@wirrbel]

As for his comments on Merkel, note that he talks about the time before Merkel became chancellor. Under Schröder's chancellery, Merkel was the leader of the opposition and travelled to the US for a visit at some height of the Iraq war debate, declaring the opposition's support of a military intervention. He definitely isn't politically aligned with Merkel's party (CDU, comparable to the tories) and also criticizes Pflüger and Schäuble, two CDU politicians. In his presentation, he also takes aim at the SPD (labour party, during the Iraq war ruling in a coalition with the green party), but has to draw the quotes from the Afghanistan war (Struck with germany being defended at the Hindukusch) as Schröder and Fischer were fairly reserved during the Iraq war (Fischer: "I am not convinced"). If I am not mistaken the video of Pisper is from 2004, and Merkel only became chancellor in 2005 (remaining in that position for about 16 years, role is compareable to british prime-minister). Back then she was considered a political lightweight.

[@cl0ud88]

"Der Kelch der an uns vorbei gerollt ist" could be replaced with "dodged that bullet" if we stick to idioms

[@steveschwartz2814]

- the part of the "cup that went past us" was similiar to "there you can see what a bullet we dodged with that guy as a president" - the reason why he talks about merkel in a more negative way (to put it mildly) is his strong left-leaning personality crushing with a right-wing government - when he talks about hesse and bavaria having lots of luck over the least years, he is pointing to the german-internal stereotype of bavarians being rather strongmang-attitude and a little dumb as he described before with bush. with hesse it was more the one guy at that time who was leading the local government there. he fit the description also. hope this helped. Cheers

[@lorenzsabbaer7725]

great reaction!

[@Laufbursche4u]

The cup saying... think of a poisoned cup

[@jochenrammer1527]

Vielen Dank, thank you.

[@svenhinrichsen458]

Pispers is a Legend in Germany...but he retired some years ago. We would have needed him during Covid, but he stayed silent.

[@DasHemdchen]

Yes we would‘ve needed him, but he repeated the official lies (on his website). That was the only time he disappointed me, otherwise he had such a clear view behind the curtains.

[@GoodBread]

​@@DasHemdchennope, Volker was absolutely right with it. If you call it lies, it's your weird interpretation of facts. But everybody can have his own delusions nowadays...

[@AxelWerner]

forget about that "cup" thing. It's a bad translation of a german saying. He was talking about a german politician (Schäuble) which at some time where almost about to be elected german president. And what Volker stated was something along the lines, that was a close call.

[@insomniagaming9588]

the cup thing: "there you can see what a (great leader we missed) cup rolled by us"

[@Jan-gh7qi]

About Bavaria: Bavaria has a sort of special role in german politics. It is the richest of the states and one of the biggest, so it holds a lot of power. It has a very unique culture, sometimes very different from the rest of Germany, Bavarians are sort of the laughing stock of Germany but they also tend to see themselves as superior or are envied sometimes. A lot of people in bavaria are very conservative and very catholic. The ruling parti in bavariy for decades is the CSU ("Christian Social Union"). The CSU is powerful enough to be even represented in the federal parliament, even if they are only electable in Bavaria. there is an agreement between the CSU and the CDU ("Christian democartic Union" which is the biggest center-right party in germany (the Party of Merkel). The two parties are allies on the federal level and the CDU doens't run for office in Bavaria. In this Constellation the CSU is sort of the right, religious convervative wing the CDU. They tend to make the news with populist beer-tent rethoric, Bavaria-first sentiments, and hardcore-conservative policies like anti-immigrant policies, band of non-christian symbols in public buildings etc. In Bavaria they are viewed as a legitimate force but out of bavaria, they are those weird lederhosen-guys one only has to listen to, because they are allied with the CDU.

[@germanCrowbar]

Früher hat Bayern Ausgleichszahlungen aus NRW erhalten. Die waren also nicht immer so "reich".

[@newyorker641]

Bavarian here. Yes, Germans with their moral superiority do laugh about us, but our conservative politicians do have more common sense than many other "I want to do good but fail"-politicians. Our education system is above the German standard, our crime rate lower and Munich with the highest percentage of foreigners is the safest and best city by far, based on facts. That's why it's so expensive, a lot want to live there. In comparison, Berlin looks like a 3rd world country to it. Infrastructure (like roads) is maintained far better than in many other places, our government accepts that people use cars and need good roads. Despite of not having greens in our government we have the highest number of solar panels per household compared to the rest and without stupid Merkel with our nuclear fleet we would also have the lowest carbon footprint regarding our power grid, coal was mostly phased out during the 70s and 80s. Pragmatism beats ideology. Why all of that? Bavaria was a Kingdom long before a German nation existed. We don't trust authorities outside of Bavaria to solve Bavarian issues, the government in Berlin is a magnet for incompetence and arrogance. In other parts of Germany people are far more subject to authority than we are, that's why we sound like populists because we can't stand elitist Germans with their tendency to control everything. Our slogan 'Mia san mia' could be translated as live free or die, it takes Germans often some time to integrate but most I've talked to really like it. So yes, the rest of Germany often don't get our way of life translated into their mindset, we are mostly negatively presented in our left wing press but I like it here.

[@wolfganghermesmeier]

@@newyorker641 Yes, that is exactly how Bavarians see themselves and why the rest of Germany is laughing at them. BTW: Munich is and was not ruled by the CSU, but by the SPD. Bavarians tend to forget this fact ;-)

[@newyorker641]

@@wolfganghermesmeier All facts (wealth, crime rate, unemployment rate and GDP) simply put us on the first place in Germany. The SPD in Munich has basically no influence on any state politics. There are more people moving in than out, just recently I've talked to someone from Kiel and he admitted the overall quality of life is without doubt way higher in Bavaria than anywhere else in Germany. Germans are very 'obrigkeitshörig' (subject to authority) and are mostly looking for politicians that rule over their own life. We are different. Live free or die.

[@wolfganghermesmeier]

@@newyorker641 q. e. d.

[@robertheinrich2994]

3:00 it is "ein kelch vorrübergegangen", something bad could have happened to us and hit somebody else. but schäuble sits in a wheelchair, so the "kelch" did not walk past us, he rolled past us.

[@DramaQueenMalena]

The "cup" joke: A saying from the bible: God, let this cup pass from me. It means "spare me".... Schäuble was a candidate for president then and was not elected. He is in a wheelchair (interesting story, he was attacked in the 90ies for his politics). So Pispers basically: How lucky we were that this cup rolled from us.

[@tigeriussvarne177]

Instant like, keep them coming.