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[@spencera1129]

There are a lot of obstacles to progress and propaganda in the US, but when it really boils down to it, we have the country we have because we ALLOW it to be this way. And that is an indictment on everyone here

[@mr.dr0bot731]

I'm looking forward to changing that Tuesday.

[@DailyDoseOfHasanAbifanchannel]

no laws for worker protection sounds SO INSANE

[@supershinigami1]

@@mr.dr0bot731 Oh yeah because Biden will change that.

[@farwakhan4423]

This right here

[@reemohooper2803]

@@supershinigami1 but he actually will tho. The worker protections that existed and were put in place under the obama admin have been gutted so imagine thinking that these people are the same. The protections werent great but they're being eroded under this admin and no leftist should be able to sleep knowing they didnt oppose this with something as simple as a vote

[@fl00fydragon]

How to write a cyberpunk dystopia 1) Describe the US 2) Put the word "cyber" every now and again 3) You are done.

[@BD-zg7is]

honestly solid take

[@GD-gd6tb]

how to write a distopia: 1) describe Turkey -done XD

[@everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713]

@@GD-gd6tb how to write a whale 1) describe your mom!!!! 2)lol!!!!!

[@wyattjenkinson450]

@@everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713 genius

[@GD-gd6tb]

@@everyonesaidmynamewasstupi3713 çok zekisin

[@codyrobitille1129]

My gf got fired the day she told her job she was pregnant. Yay right to work

[@N4chtigall]

I don't know if you live in USA or what but I think it's illegal in many countries. Anyway I don't see anything wrong with that. People act like companies just have free money to give out to people when f.e costs of employment in my country (Poland) are crazy high. You pay almost as much in taxes as you pay the employee. Many smaller companies just can't afford that.

[@sibinmathew7985]

@@N4chtigall how sad

[@miikaniemitalo5551]

in Finland embloyer would have been in court..... sorry about what happened..... :(

[@ikkai2354]

@@N4chtigall please dont write ,,poland" and ,, i dont think anything wrong is with firing pregnant women" in one statement. It shames the image of Poland.

[@bananian]

The right to get fired.

[@vincenzomazzella9080]

From my European perspective, the fact that Americans describe politicians like AOC and Bernie as far left makes me laugh my ass off. In Europe they would be considered centre-left in line with the s&n at the European Parliament level. In the US, the democrats which are considered "the left" are like the european centre-right at best.

[@Misufasil]

ur absolutly right, "is the us ready for sanders?", sanders would be part of the establishment

[@mehdisilini7296]

Yup, American democracy is basically "choose between the alt right and the right." Freedom at its finest

[@italo_scemo9202]

Yea, over there they only have the far right and the right, they’re too scared of communism to have a left-wing party

[@Froggeh92]

Im in an arab muslim country and the dems are still to the right of us lmao. On every social security issue. Social justice is abit behind though

[@pavelh756]

Well AOC is definitely left and wouldn't call her that smart :-D But Bernie is pretty much European centre-left and overall for example European right (not alt-right) is very different thing than in US. No right-wing politician in Europe will deny you healthcare or education for example, that's just standard.

[@Lexyboogie]

Even Japan has mandatory paid leave. Think about that: JAPAN. The most overworked country on the planet still has PTO laws, and we don't. And Americans actually defend this. How embarrassing.

[@DeosPraetorian]

Actually the United States is the most overworked in the world

[@androgenius_alisa]

Imagine working more than a country with a culture of working 10h shifts and using only 2/3rds of your leave

[@kingster14444]

I've never even thought of it like that. Like, over here we're always taught China, France, Japan, basically any country sucks because of how workers are treated, or how nice the cities look, and how other countries have so much propaganda. Yet we are the worst in all of that. Crazy.

[@Lexyboogie]

"America's not considered the greatest, Americans consider themselves the greatest" is the realest comment I've heard in 2021 so far.

[@Thekidisalright]

It’s 2023 and this hold true

[@AzimMundial]

@@Thekidisalright2024 and this holds true

[@livelyosprey]

As someone from the UK, I always thought people from the US were kind of overexaggerating how bad it was. Damn, I thought they were similar to the Britain

[@senabea]

As someone from the US, NOPE Please send help

[@TheKalihiMan]

In the US, not only will you pay hundreds of dollars to use tissues at the hospital, but the time spent there not working at your job will likely get deducted from your paycheck.

[@kaizokuAUTO]

@@senabea sending hugs and kisses

[@jorisessen8410]

I sometimes think USA is something like real life GTA. A surreal part of the world where there are no rules and restrictions. Sometimes it seems exciting. but during the last four years it has turned into a comedy show.

[@Stegibbon]

@@jorisessen8410 it was never exciting, just now you have a president who isn't even trying to hide the shit show. This is why there are never trump republicans cos he's giving the game away.

[@MellonVegan]

Okay, wait a minute. You're telling me that in 95% of US counties, 1080$ is not enough to rent a single bedroom flat? Despite the fact that your buildings are virtually made of paper? Can that even be true? Holy shit. (just found out that the average single bedroom apartment rent is over 1200$. that's ridiculous. that's more expensive than the most expensive city in all of Germany)

[@perperperpen]

That sounds a bit inaccurate. When you take the average of something, you need to keep in mind that outliers can skew the final number. Maybe it is accurate idk. I just know that where i live it wouldnt be that expensive.

[@llusygg34]

fun fact: only 7% of counties(cities) in the us have rent that’s affordable with the us minimum wage. so 97% of renters in america struggle with rent and live paycheck to paycheck

[@Shelbynrose]

I live in bumfuck nowhere SC and a one bedroom was $1000. Funnily I rent a full house now that’s $1350 with my partner. It’s 3-4c the size but I would never have been able to afford it on my own. Make it make sense

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

IKR!? And one storm and they proudly rebuild 🤷🏻‍♀️ Unbelievable to anyone in the world , for them it's normal

[@jeffc5974]

When they say it's not enough to rent a place, there is an implied "and still have enough money for things like food."

[@sicklesbrandon]

I sparined my ankle at work and im afriad im going to lose my appatmrnt and job i just got if I don't heal quick enough. Theyre doing the most to make sure I don't get worker comp. America blows

[@SuperMoodyyy]

murica!!!!!!!!

[@DailyDoseOfHasanAbifanchannel]

dayum :X :(

[@fakenamerealchungus9851]

Best of luck, man

[@ajiththomas2465]

I mean, that sure sucks. Another thing that sucks is trying to get in employment. In Florida, you need to have worked for at least 12 months before you're eligible to get unemployment benefits.

[@eseetv9341]

@@ajiththomas2465 that sucks so much

[@lupus2177]

I live in Norway and it’s interesting to see the differences between Norway and USA. I’m glad USA has some competent thinkers like you though, as I always stop by some people on the internet that still look at USA as an amazing country to live in.

[@beaismyth6164]

I heard Norway is lovely 💕

[@barackobama0101]

Yeah same here. I like to reflect on the differences between Sweden(my country) and America.

[@violetraven9440]

yep in fact i am considering moving to norway

[@Velvetx4cove]

Norway, huh? I need to put that on my list to escape to. Time to forget English and learn Norwegian. Maybe by a miracle I can obtain a work Visa. Just hope I pick a place that's alright with minorities or foreigners.

[@Velvetx4cove]

@Seb C That's true! Being someone that has never traveled outside the States alone before, it makes me nervous. All of the paperwork, languages, not getting lost, the difficulties of going through the airport. I don't know how my Pakistani, Bengali, and Puerto Rican friends do it.

[@wizardwd]

Americans do get summer breaks, but they call it unemployment

[@asdghfinjasgdrhtf7148]

this video made me decided to live in Europe when I'm older

[@queeniegreengrass3513]

Europe's rather anti refugee these days and we're becoming more like you every day... If you are coming here, please nuke the US first lol.

[@uhwaykin]

Hope you mean Scandinavia because pretty much the rest of Europe is only marginally better than the US and headed in the same direction.

[@queeniegreengrass3513]

@@uhwaykin probably does

[@RobertEdwinHouse9]

@@uhwaykin scandinavia is GOAT

[@alexicordeiro-beaupre2415]

Come to Canada

[@helios566]

The comment that "America is the greatest" is exclusively spoken in the US every other country looks at your country like a dystopian hellscape.

[@natb9919]

Facts, couldn't have put it better myself

[@Solimnus]

Tell that to the millions of people that flock here every year from their garbage countries to seek a better life. Idiot.

[@justsomeguywhofollowsthetr3456]

@@Solimnus 38:35

[@Solimnus]

@@justsomeguywhofollowsthetr3456 That's not an argument in the slightest. He just pulled that out of his ass. It also doesn't answer why people choose America over other developed countries.

[@claytonjean6385]

@@Solimnus its simple/ propaganda

[@fyurex8969]

It was a real shock when we immigrated to the US, my dad works in banking and was offered a job paying a bit more than 2x what he was making here in Paris. And even with that huge salary boost our life style got a bit worst because we soon learned that in the US there is a fee for everything and the higher salaries in America are just nullified with how expensive everything is, all the extra BS you have to pay for etc...

[@mattcraftien974]

That face when you have: - a better pay than the minimum wage us worker. - your education payed by the employer - 2.5 day of break per month - sick leave - and generaly better worker protection while being an 18 year old apretice who spend half of his time at school learning.

[@destdest9858]

How to be happy 1) born outside of US 2)???? 3) PROFIT

[@sosukeaizen8224]

At least ur not born in Iraq

[@cottonclouds]

my GOD america doesn't have unions and it shows 💀

[@bryce354]

you can thank Reagan for that one

[@andrewwalker9960]

@@bryce354 What a shock. Reagan did something shitty. A solid 75% of the issues we’re dealing with are because of that fucker.

[@briankeyes268]

I get a kick out of richest country, your country has some of the richest individuals but they don't share.... so the country is not rich, a handful of individuals are rich.

[@jaydenbenson1748]

@@Jack-hd1cl but that wealth is hoarded by the top 1%. So the wealth gap is pretty relevant

[@luke_222]

trueee

[@briankeyes268]

@fantasticmoose somewhat true, but nowhere is the difference so stark.

[@ILoveGrilledCheese]

It's a third world country with a few billionaires in it

[@Stegibbon]

@@briankeyes268 yeah Zimbabwe might have a thing or two to say about that. In the first world definitely though.

[@camcam794]

I work in child care. We don’t get any vacation time till after a year of working. You only get one week off, unpaid. If you work 5 yrs you can get 2 weeks unpaid vacation. No paid sick days, and minimum wage.

[@D-ragon-S]

Sweden: After getting a contract for at least 25% workweek (10 hours) you get paid sickleave (80% salary) for 480 days. After 6 months employment you are garanteed 5 weeks full paid vaccation. All national holidays (16 days) fully paid from day one. Mothernityleave from employmentday 1 = 480 days with 80% salary. Mandatory phaturnetyleave in this is 90 days. Otherwise you don't get paid for those 90 days. A family can choose who (father or mother) takes the 90 day's and who take the other 390. You can also split the 390 however you want. The employer has no say in this. You can't loose your job.

[@juliemariemcintyre]

Child and elder care workers get it with no vaseline in the us

[@Stegibbon]

Why the hell do people emigrate there?

[@mikenerdcore]

5 YEARS FOR 2 WEEKS????!?!?! WTF IS THIS?!! EXPLAIN AMERICA

[@mikenerdcore]

@Gogo Apples ohhh gurll u triggered...bootlicker?

[@ericfranklin1802]

The fact that America works more hours per year than the Japanese is insane. The work hierarchy over there is insane to the point that they install nets above office buildings because worker suicides are not a rare thing. (For instance lowly office worker have to work as much or more than your manager, who has to work as much or more as his boss)

[@Zach22001]

Don’t need nets in America individual life isn’t important. Japan is having an issue replacing its population

[@bingusboop3829]

@@Zach22001 mm dystopia novel type beat

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

well, it's interesting cause it shows how hardened the Americans are , or programmed? 😳

[@trunklemcjeans]

@@TheKeystoneChannel we aren’t hardened. We’re just brainwashed.

[@obidamnkenobi]

As if any US employer would waste money on nets!! They'd deduct the cleanup cost from their paycheck!

[@allyjay7395]

I worked at mcdonalds for like 2 weeks and I complained to a coworker while we were on dish duty bc the dishes werent fully clean and i have OCD. She told the manager about it and they put me on the back window during the busiest time of day without training bc they wanted to get rid of me. The comanager or whatever would come around grabbing handfulls of money out of the cash register when it was full and on my next shift they accused me of stealing bc my drawer was short $30. They took me into a back room, cashed my check for me and told me I owed them $30 and I actually gave it to them teary eyed. I was young and stupid and it was my first job ever but I took calculus and physics in HS so I know my drawer was not short and I am no thief. I still get angry enough to burn the place down when I think about it and I still hate mcdonalds bc of it.

[@DevilJin01]

Working entry level fast food or retail in the US is demonizing. Absolutely demonizing. Seen family members get destroyed physically and mentally by that shit. Sorry for what you went through.

[@raiemie7365]

the more I hear stories of young friends working, the more see how they all get fucked over bc they are clueless of the environment and people abuse them

[@sergiosalgado5556]

Could’ve sued them and reported them to OSHAA, being a minimum wage worker, they are not legally allowed to take away any money from you

[@Stegibbon]

I bet you Americans have never heard of going to court over unfair dismissal? Though I suppose it wouldn't be great working there anyway, but you might have been due a payout if you had labour protections.

[@cosettecasette4883]

sorry to hear about your experience. working at mcdonald's is awful, I lasted a month. I was getting sexually harassed by a group of guys who memorized my schedule and would come in only to bother me and the managers wouldn't do anything about it or let someone else take those orders. I would be crying at work and the manager would just stare at me blankly and say I have to keep serving them because they're customers. fucking hate mcdonalds dude, abusive environment for sure

[@donkeyjoe4782]

My mother, single mother of 3 had 40k in debt by the time she finished her associates and got a decent job with the state. She died at 48 of cancer still in debt

[@DailyDoseOfHasanAbifanchannel]

that sucks :(

[@gesture6786]

who’s paying the rest of it? you guys? or does it disappear?

[@mits_y]

"what happens when ur sick?" Guess i'll die then

[@yourdadow446]

Holy shit now i feel bad for Americans I actually cried when he talked about parental leave this is so sad.

[@hexoson]

Even a lot of Americans don't know about how terrible we have it. I still have my whole future ahead of me. I'd prefer to stay here, but the USA just sucks so bad that I might just get my 4-year degree in Computer Engineering (or just Engineering) and move to Norway, Sweden, Germany, or France. I took some French courses, but I'm not great with my French and I barely speak it. I might have to actually start learning to speak it fluently though some time soon, though. I don't care about making $150k+ a year. That's something I fixated on for so long. I just want to live a happy, stress-free life where I can relax, support a family, and do things that make me feel fulfilled. If you read this, have a great day! :)

[@jensenbrewersson5657]

@@hexoson go for it. Most European countries are very welcoming and most of them speak English too. No need to learn the language like French or German perfectly beforehand. As long as you learn it while you are over here you are fine.

[@perperperpen]

I mean yeah it sucks. For a while i didnt even know about these kinds of things in my country, but when i really think about it, i have nothing to complain about. At the end of the day im lucky to be here and not somewhere else, even though i could be living better in a different privileged country. It seems like actual global problems are being ignored. I almost never hear about serious issues, its always politics, and privileged people whining about nuances. But then again, its hard to even know where i stand in terms of privilege within my own country. I know my mom had it hard growing up. 5 kids as a single mother is tough, but for some reason i never felt like we were struggling. Im trying to hard to reflect on my own life, but with nothing to compare to, i guess i live in a sort of blissful ignorance of how much better my life could be. Sad.

[@spaceowl5957]

Ehh the French don’t speak English that well in my experience, but in Scandinavia or UK you should be fine. And Spanish is t super hard to learn compared to French and German I hear

[@egallegal3513]

@@spaceowl5957 spanish is fucking easy. Where did you get that info from. I can speak German spanish and english and i can say german is 10x harder than spanish dude

[@riva2003]

Yeah, in EU we do have paid sick leave, vacation days and parental leave. It's a norm. I thought every developed countries are like this?

[@lnuma92]

Apparently not because America is highly capitalistic and wants to pressure it's citizens to keep it that way. It's why we're voting so hard come November 3rd to change that.

[@MissAngie25]

You’re making the mistake of believing that the US is a civilised developed country 😂 In their minds they believe that they are but the rest of us know better 😂

[@Stegibbon]

The power of propaganda is total in America. They all think things that are good for them are bad for them.

[@Mernom]

Seems like america is not a developed country then!

[@riva2003]

@@ComradeCoySound real depressing dude. I wish you all the best and one day will leave there.

[@e5kimo]

the thing that gets me about my americans coworkers is the fact that people in their 40s and 50s have totally forgotten that a summer vacation with their family was the norm, not the exception, when they were young. all while actively voting for politicians that make their working conditions even worse.

[@I_am_right_tho]

I live in Sweden and the best thing about my country is that all education is free. You can go to a top university and instead of charging you the government pays you to help with education. Basically u get money for studying which means that u can then afford books, food etc. this means that almost everyone in Sweden have a good education :)

[@40yearoldvirgil15]

Which is a massive benefit to everyone that lives in Sweden. Something the Americans can't quite understand. Americans - "WHAT!!??? WHY THE FUCK AM I PAYING FOR KIDS TO LEARN TO BE A DOCTOR"

[@MizterMissile]

This is so beautiful I started cry, i love to learn. I didn't get to go to college because I couldn't afford and still currently can't as I'm not even employed lmao i am just struggling to get out of my depression due to the reality of this shit hole cuntry. Plus it's hard to get motivated to sign up for the diet slavery. Infuriating life. On the plus side, maybe I suddenly have a goal that isn't simply "wait years til I no longer exist anymore."

[@tanura5830]

@@MizterMissile you can educate yourself in your free time online and through books

[@alanjacob1488]

That is because you guys have no population. Without actual competition, students become mediocre.

[@kurjakakara2403]

i'm shocked that even paid parental leave isn't a thing in the us,, holy shit. i really hope things turn out for the better for americans, stay strong

[@fabooshka]

Bro last week Hasan's videos on afghan helped me with my communications social commentary assignment, and this one gave me an epiphany for my statistics in psych paper

[@bessc3358]

not sure if the person who asked "do u have to pay to give birth in the us" was being sarcastic but yes

[@JimijaymesProductions]

I never understood why Americans partied hard until 21 and then settled down, this makes sense, you dont have time to actually enjoy anything or travel once you have a job....and the risk of losing insurance on top of that, no wonder people become youtubers, twitch streamers and porn stars. Well paid workers at mcdonalds that are happy.... oh wait thats australian mcdonalds where they are well trained and go on to get better jobs as being a good mcdonalds employee is seen as positive because of the responsibilities.

[@jimtroy4380]

When it comes to worker discrimination and mistreatment here in Europe. If let's say, a single mother was fired from an employee because she was "inefficient", here in Greece it would be a matter of days before thousands gather outside the labour Ministry. You just don't see that in the US

[@collectedcurios]

"There are always more workers" - Red Skull....... and every US employer.

[@beaismyth6164]

Ben Shapiro said this very thing.

[@beaismyth6164]

@Gogo Apples eyyy, good one champ 😆

[@siroj4249]

Conservatives: Nuclear family! Think of the children! Also Conservatives: You don't get to raise your child, I need you to work!

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

BS. Liberal,: We hate Trump...meanwhile had no clue what he actually stood for and did 🙄 And I'm not American 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@mysterioso2006]

As a 24 year old American with zero prospects, a video like this makes me so angry..... like how can we even salvage this country, yaknow? Literally everything about it sucks....

[@violetraven9440]

i turned 18 i agree we are just fucked at this point with no way out

[@123blastoffful]

I’m 22 and have been working a part time meijer job for over a year. They wanted me to pay over 100 dollars for benefits or leave it. This country sucks ass, what is so great about this place? Why should i love america when they don’t even love people like me?

[@cyberash3000]

ou know ive met so many yanks working here in the uk, cos they hate working in the usa so they coem to the uk to work

[@123blastoffful]

@Crazy Swayze well i’m black so you know, i got that

[@Jenny-er5hd]

Yeah, you need a revolution. I think every congressmember exept for 8 or so are corrupt. Bernie Sanders was kinda your hope for a real democracy. You need to campain for AOC if she is running next time. Get everyone you know to talk about it, cause the media is just as corupt as both the republican and democratic party, and are going to do everything to undermine the candidates that actually fight for the people and don't get bribed by the rich companies. America is an oligarchy, and everyone with a proper education knows it. I think eventually people are gonna get to fed up and actually do something about it, but I wonder when that will be.

[@ibefullofme]

Wish he would go down one rank in that chart instead of using Norway or Sweden, literally look at Uruguay, has 20 paid vacation days standard.

[@Pashanny824]

The proof of our stupidity took center stage these last four years.

[@D-ragon-S]

Europe will take you as political refugees if he gets a 2'nd term...

[@eseetv9341]

GWB was just as stupid and palin was dumber.

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

Boy are you wrong! This is the problem in America, you people are so incredibly programmed and twisted by the media, if you really looked at what he did, you'd be sitting with your rad cap on now. God you people are blind, it's utterly shocking. Stop hating listen to him and see his policies, you'll be shocked what you all threw away

[@TheKeystoneChannel]

@@D-ragon-S Fuck no! They should be grateful if he gets 2nd term, you're as blind as he is. Stop being distracted by the media , besides, Europe is pretty much heading the way America is now

[@catwetterau8273]

@The Keystone Channel Trump sucks boomer, he rode off Obama’s decline in unemployment and then took credit for it, he handled the pandemic horrible, he doesn’t like gay nor transgender people, and makes gross comments about women

[@DevilJin01]

As someone who's mostly worked entry level jobs most of my life I've felt the effects of what happens. You always have to trade some type of quality of life every year. This year you're always short on gas, next year you gotta work without health insurance, next year you're out a job, the year after that you get another job, the next year you're working sick because you can't afford the time off to go see the doctor. It's a vicious, demoralizing cycle. The US beats it into you that living a healthy, productive life is only for corporate drones and anything other than that is shameful and is only there to do the bidding of the wealthy.

[@Gingerbread22]

I have to fully agree as this has been my past few years as well and even working office level jobs. Every year, got to risk some part of yourself to make ends meet so you maybe get a bit back the next year. No time for doctors even if I could afford to do it regularly. No big vacations anymore. Its been a brutal period of time.

[@asakarlsson3133]

What people in USA call "work benefits", we call "work rights".

[@TheB0sss]

Here in the Netherlands I have 30 paid vacation days (6 weeks). Obviously sick days are also paid. And national holidays don't count by law

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

I always wanted regular people to become fed up and gef pissed. Finally, when a large number of people did, they did it for all the wrong reason. They realized they were being given a raw deal and that they were getting screwed over yet they have focused their anger in the wrong direction. They're pissed at the wrong people.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

And the powers that be gave a huuuuge sigh of relief. They were shitting their pants for a while. Then things turned in their favor. Conservatives pulled through and the righteous indignation of regular folks was wasted. There was so fucking much potential smh

[@randomsmith7003]

Slightly on topic, I used to work at McDonald’s and when I tell you It was the worst job I’ve ever had, it’s the truth. To hear that people think it is easy makes me sick. The amount of manual labor and back bending you have to do at that job is insane, especially when you’re earning not even nine dollars an hour. It’s a literal slave labor for not even a living wage. You would constantly have people yelling at you, screaming, fighting workers, spitting, and some really vile things. The managers themselves don’t even care about the workers, and in many instances women were sexually assaulted multiple times by the same men, we’re reported, and the managers didn’t even bat an eye. I can’t emphasize how tough this job actually was. The mental drain alone will drive someone to insanity. Towards the end of me working there I was having breakdowns every day, and was forced to do things I would never even wish upon anyone else. All I’m saying is next time you go to a fast food restaurant, try to be nice to the workers. It really improves their health.

[@lancevoltron3585]

At the time I didn't think as much about it, but nowadays it feels much more sinister when I remember how my boss at a Kroger store would always emphasize how certain breaks and whatnot were not required by law but privileges offered by the company.

[@midgetwthahacksaw]

Dude, that's against the law AND a violation of the worker's protected union rights. Definitely should have called your rep on that manager.

[@emmamix]

"SnEeze On a BuRgeL" is now my favorite insult

[@hoathanatos6179]

"Go home, Turkey!" Last time I checked Turkeys were native to North America.

[@MizterMissile]

That's dope i love it

[@abdullahkaanturker4656]

Nice one

[@floo0o0]

34:00 Idk if he saw those numbers for the first time but holy shit that look on his face I can't

[@kelvinflomo5025]

Hassan you hit the nail right on the head when you talked about why people come to America.

[@h0len]

When people call America the richest country in the world, that doesn't quite make sense to me. The people of America aren't rich, not compared to us Norwegians people from Luxemburg or Lichtenstein xD The GDP being high is a bad goal to set, as china will overtake America eventually, which means when that happens Americans won't be able to say that they are rich as they no longer as a whole have more money, even if they are doing significantly better per person. All comparisons should always be per capita, as it does not discriminate versus rich and poor, and if you think oil is the only reason Norway is rich... The think again, people also pay 10 times their local salmon to buy our salmon xD

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

The elites here are the only ones who prosper. They prosper at the expense of the many as the few. Via crimes against humanity, on countless levels.

[@jason23189]

23:54 so good. ty

[@Trillykins]

I live in Denmark and work as a software engineer. Even with the 38% tax and bit lower wage I'm very happy that I do not live in the US. I don't have to worry about healthcare. I have 32 week parental leave. 6+ week vacation. In my profession it's also customary to have a good number of months warning if you get fired. If you've worked at a company for 3 months you have one month plus the remaining month you're in. 6 month you have 3 months. 3 years you have 6 months. You know, there are some niceties. Oh yeah, paid sick days with no real maximum, which I thought was normal everywhere. Oh, and free education lol

[@mattd8331]

Only 2 weeks in Canada. And hourly employees get it tacked onto their pay checks, 4% added. It increases to 3weeks and 6% after 5 years at same job and 4weeks and 8% after 10 years at same job. No national paid sick day mandate. Most provinces guarantee some number of unpaid sick days, some a small number of paid days. I blame our proximity and corporate-ties to the USA for Canada not matching or coming close to most European countries.

[@kimm.8800]

From a Swede: we actually have four weeks paid vacation here!=) To us it seems American lives in the 19th-century when it comes to these things. Horrible to have to live like that

[@llusygg34]

i’m coming to sweden

[@NeXusStigmA]

When you want a vacation, you dont get paid, and in most cases you yourself have to get someone to cover for you. You basically have to look for people that are willing to work 12 to 16 hour shifts so you can get a day or two. Its also funny that some contracts say you can only have 2 or 3 sick days for the year.

[@beaverones41]

Meanwhile in Europe working such long days are literally illegal because it is not healthy.

[@NeXusStigmA]

@@beaverones41 not only is it illegal, but its also common sense.

[@beaverones41]

@@NeXusStigmA Yes exactly.

[@TheBusbyBabes]

in germany you can get 3 years of parental leave if you want to xD

[@SapphireTNT]

this should be mandatory viewing in all schools

[@samoththemamoth]

I can confirm that Best Buy did that LMAO There were like 5 full time people not including management in the whole store. Most of us were part-time/seasonal. Then they dropped all of the seasonal people including myself because they hired too many part timers.

[@hagarmahmoud6952]

In Egypt, a third world country, a dictatorship btw, we get 21 days of annual paid leave and 3 months of paid maternal leave

[@queerruska]

I got paid more at a summer job than US McDonald's workers get from the jobs that they're supposed make a living out of??? Jesus that's bonkers.

[@timonc6302]

I Remember when i was 18 here in Belgium, got a student job at a bakery that payed 8€/h which is 10$/h and all my friends and family suggested me leaving that job since i got seriously underpayed for the Labour and hours i had to do. I had no clue America is THAT fucked up the the highly underpayed student job i had, still earned me 2$ more An hour? That is insane.. Sidenote: i later got a job paying me 14€/hour or 17$/h as a STUDENT WAITER Fix UR country x

[@vitus1549]

Wait so if you get sick in the US you still go to your job?! wtf

[@loomgoon5145]

basically.

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

You also die if you get sick in the USA. As almost nobody can afford insurance, or the medical bills even with it. So most don't seek medical assistance.

[@blockgunk]

"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ILLNESS! THIS SICKNESS BUSINESS IS LIBERAL COMMIE BULLSHIT!" -A Republican, probably

[@M3G4FR34K]

I've been following Second Thought for about a month now, maybe two. I highly recommend the content especially the content from that of this year!

[@BLTspace]

While I knew a fair bit of how bad it was... seeing this video and all the statistics laid out was just depressing. Mind blown.

[@WonderSilverstrand]

North Americans and North Koreans share the same type of patriotism it seems

[@texyodar3741]

WTF? I'm from Borat's country - Kazakhstan, and we have like 1 year of paid leave, and 2 more not paid. In those 3 years company is not allowed to fire you.

[@anthonypopour7548]

This video almost made me cry

[@alexinho6981]

US of A: Nobody giveth, Everybody taketh away.

[@sonsuenos]

I think that every job should have a liveable wage. Especially because the McDonald's worker is special and I love eating there. They are as important to our society, just as important as doctors. Some doctors are so greedy and so egocentric.

[@plainText384]

What's so bad about three months pregnancy leave here in Germany you also only get 3,5 months of paid pregnancy leave, after that you just get up to 3 years of unpaid (at least by your employer you get some money from the government) leave with job security.

[@notslimshady2943]

As of right now in Orlando Florida, the usual pay right now is about $10-13. My current workplace increased their starting pay to $17 an hour and I still barely afford rent and all my other bills, not including subscriptions. The cost of living is absolutely fucking insane in Florida

[@svenskahugo3199]

i ignore the comment on american ignorance because of my ignorance of our ignorance

[@Juniper_moth]

I’m a woman whose worked in primarily male-dominated “untrained” labor, the assumptions people constantly had in my capabilities was absurd. Either people would write me off or try to do my job for me, it’s infuriating.

[@Danneleet]

I'm writing this during my paid toilet break 💁‍♂️

[@Danneleet]

@isak it happens haha

[@basselwehbe8412]

The Gilded age hasn’t ended it just got a new coat of gold

[@DeosPraetorian]

The second gilded age

[@Razb3rry]

it's truly sad how much contempt our own government has for the populace in the United States

[@miikaniemitalo5551]

In Finland both mother and father gets leave.....also coverment gives a gift to parents...care package....it contains clothes for the baby and stuff that is necessary to take care newborn

[@Whywhohow347]

I've always wanted to study and live in America, but the more I learn about the country, the less i want to go there..

[@BOBTHEBUILDER-ql6sv]

Literally come down to canada easier to move here after you graduate too

[@ultimately-sabrina]

Literally worked at a county owned long term care facility for 15 years as a charge nurse. Over these 15 years I had my three daughters. I worked up until delivery with all 3 and went into labor twice at work. No maternity leave. I had to use all my sick then vacation time for maternity leave which was 6 weeks. Six weeks that they basically allowed me to be off because I had a baby. Any longer I would’ve needed a medical reason I’m order to keep my job. By the third I was tired of running out of vacation time and had my doctor allow me to go back after four and a half weeks off so we didn’t go broke.

[@Saturn_Rising]

giving birth isnt medical? lmao

[@hororka4616]

In Slovakia we have 20 days of vacation + 5 days for everyone over 33. We get 50% paid for first three days on sick leave and 70% after usually. Some companies and some insurances cover 100%. Plus we are now getting 3 sick days in most companies plus we don’t work and get paid for public holidays and Slovakia has the most I believe in Europe. Plus we have 56 hours of doctor visits (paid) which is 7 days which you can take as full days half days couple of hours off or whatever.

[@jono4919]

In Australia we have 4 week paid holidays per year and 10 days of paid sick leave. We also have medicare for all and paid maturity leave. If you lose you job you have access to Social security (Job seeker allowance) During Covid-19 people on Social security are being paid an extra $1000 per month on top of their $1000 per month job seeker allowance ($2000 in total) . Bank home loans are around 3.5 % . Min. wage is approx $20 per hour , 38 hour working week ...LIFE IS GOOD! =)

[@gdaymates431]

Yeah ok. But it is getting harder and harder to find a permanent, ongoing role or contract for more than 12 months. Ive been stuck in temp jobs on and off for years. It's really hard. Many of my friends are in the same position. Don't get me wrong, Australia is great but things are definitely shifting right. Even the fact that the government tries to force people to get health insurance after 30 instead of investing into Medicare. There are lots of cracks in the system. Health workers are paid absolute crap wages (for example). I could go on but I'm probably preaching to the choir (because you live here and likely know all of these issues). Also I'm so fed up with Labor not pushing back on horrible liberal policies. Signing off on those massive tax cuts is sickening. Both parties continue to sell off our natural assets. Ahhhhh. Must stop typing. Blood is boiling lol.

[@jono4919]

@@gdaymates431 yes, I agree Australia is not perfect but we have it a lot better off than the peeps in the USA . Every government around the world has room for improvement. Not sure what you mean regarding health insurance. I am 47 and I have never paid a cent to health insurance. In Aus it is an option. It has cost me a times when I need a dentist or physiotherapist etc..but when I asked them what the cost would be with health insurance it was only around 50% cheaper so I am still better off ..they try and force you onto health insurance but it is still an option. Around 54% of Australia's have private health insurance. ( access to private hospitals , cheaper dentist, physiotherapy, optical etc..) and the cost of private health insurance are a lot cheaper than US at only around $160 a month? I live in WA and with the borders closed all the local mining jobs are going to locals so we are seeing a mini boom atm. All I can suggest is a career change if you stuck in the casual roundabout ? I use to work retail which seemed to be a dead end so I took a course in property management ( 7 day course for $800) and now I earn double what I used to . Good luck . Stay safe where ever you are.

[@gdaymates431]

@@jono4919 Hey, yeah I earn good money right now but have no job satisfaction so I'm looking to change into something for less money but more satisfaction. I've applied for a few tafe courses for next year, just waiting to find out if I'm in or not. The forcing health insurance thing is if you're over 31 and earn over 90, 000 a year. If you don't get it, the cost goes up 2 percent each year. So in the future if you do, or I do, decide to get it and earn over 90, 000 we would be lumped with a massive premium. But I'd just rather pay the sum back to the tax office rather than a private health insurance company. I hate them. I used to work at Medicare and people would come in crying all the time because they had to pay so much more out of pocket, thinking their private insurance would cover them. I wish we had a proper funded Medicare system and would do away with private all together. That's wishful thinking though. It's insane, we pay millions and millions of subsidies to these private companies instead of it going straight to Medicare. Anyway, we are very lucky to live here, regardless. Haha.

[@jono4919]

@@gdaymates431 agree..not a fan of private health insurance but I guess it does take some pressure off the public system. =) and yes, I hear ya, I earn more $ these days but the jobs kind of sucks. Hard to find that balance. ;)

[@RB-zw6ym]

Wtf no sick leave!??? What's wrong with your country??? Don't you guys have unions or protests for this stuff?

[@RB-zw6ym]

@Gomer Mcphee wow. I don't want to be rude but America sounds so scary. How are you all still alive?

[@RB-zw6ym]

@Gomer Mcphee I mean yeah of course. Things can always be worse in alot of situations, I hope with the new election maybe things can get better. 💜

[@DevilJin01]

@Gomer Mcphee Can thank the chuds and the shellshocked, knee jerk labeling Cubans for that bullshit rhetoric about socialism.

[@violetraven9440]

@@RB-zw6ym we just try no matter how pointless we know it is and sometimes we just barley make it by other times we lose it all and starve

[@Stegibbon]

@@parispc politics and democracy in America are a sham. We're getting pretty damn close to that in the UK too, we had Jeremy Corbyn running the labour party and he was a breath of fresh air, back to the old labour party before Tony Blair bastardised it. Just unfortunately we have capitalist owned media here too so all the stories were about bullshit anti-Semitism claims and pseudo-right wingers infecting the party and propagating the bullshit. Imagine a world with Bernie and Jeremy leading. Makes me upset it didn't happen.

[@reaperking2121]

For anyone who needs a counter to the FInLAnD is small therefore doesn’t count. Germany is a nation of 80 million plus, an industrial powerhouse and they provide the same benefits their smaller Norwegian nations give.

[@plainText384]

I don't know about at least 2 months of vacation, here in Germany it's at least 24 Days of paid vacation (most get 30) + a couple (around 8) state/ religious holidays which are also paid if they're on a work day. So all in all it's about a month of paid vacation per year.

[@m4rt_]

23:50 Norway might not have a minimum wage set by law, but in practice because of labor unions, it's basically $20+ an hour.

[@MellonVegan]

As for why people are coming to the US from Europe: Everyone I know who moved there (at least for a time) was either getting a PhD at a US university bc they work in a tiny field that is taught better in the US or they work at a US uni in said tiny field bc you literally have to accept any job you get (might work in China for 4 years, then move to Australia, then to Sweden, virtually no choice) or they married someone from the US. That encompasses literally every single person I could name. And considering immigration in general: The top countries that people come from are either controlled by cartels, authoritarian communist regimes or dictators or they literally have legal slaves and indentured servitude. Germans don't go to America. Germans go to Canada and Australia (when they leave the EU or greater Europe, so to speak).

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

The USA one of the worst countries on earth if your not an elite, or well off.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Most guys that i know who went to the usa, went there to work in the financial sector. If you making 250k a year life is pretty good in the usa.. Nobody goes there to work at mac donalds lol.

[@AudioLeka]

Ok this is big. This was the first time a streamer made me laugh out loud

[@Ichsukatanuka]

Second thought does brilliant videos.

[@erinhardick1362]

I came back to work 4 weeks after my first C-section as a retail manager because I had run out of paid leave. Recently I broke my foot and though there are many stores in a 10 mile radius I had to work 10 days in a row 7 open to close because no one could help work the store.

[@anonymouse7773]

To all foreigners: the 3 month summer break is mostly for school years, and maybe college (but most of the time ppl are doing classes/internships/jobs/research/etc over the summer to stay on track or build their resume, and that is assuming they're able to go to college). Even in high school, a bunch of students spend their summers working. After undergrad though, there is no guarantee you'll ever get a sufficient paid leave again.

[@cottonclouds]

how does anyone live past the age of 30 over there holy fuck

[@anonymouse7773]

@@cottonclouds I think that's part of the reason why there is a huge drug/cardiovascular/diet/chronic health problem. This isn't a new problem either, the other day I was listening to a foreigner's perspective on early 1900s US and they talked about how large the wealth gap was, how the food was bland due to mass production and freezing, and how everyone in the city was constantly on the run. We are lucky in that we actually do have a lot of resources to make things better, but we are not taking advantage of it and those resources are not distributed efficiently. We're basically running a broken machine and at some point it's just going to shut down completely.

[@samuelrowe1454]

@@cottonclouds You have to realize not every American lives like this. I'm 25 and my company gives me 4 weeks paid time off each year. Good health benefits. 401k. Maternity and paternity leave.

[@anonymouse7773]

​@@cottonclouds Tbh as a comparatively low energy person, I find myself feeling guilty a lot of the time because the work/hustle culture here is so big. And what you see in teen/college American movies is only a depiction of the elite kids lives. I still push myself as hard as I can with the not so great mental state I'm in right now, but since high school, it was almost like a competition to see how many extracurriculars/hard classes/jobs one could hold. And it was almost out of necessity that a lot of kids had to do this (I went to a public school and many ppl came from middle class to lower income families), but that is then carried onto adult life. In college, it's pretty normal for students to flex about taking a bunch of credits while working multiple jobs, and about getting little to no sleep. What starts off as a struggle and necessity has been turned into this "flex" culture that makes an unhealthy amount of work seem normal, good even. And on top of that to hear some older gen ppl tell our generation that "We're lazy and entitled" almost adds a layer of gaslighting on top of that.

[@anonymouse7773]

@@samuelrowe1454 No one is denying ppl can live well in the U.S., that's well known, that's why many ppl still choose to move here. But there are a SIGNIFICANT number of ppl, esp working class Americans, with NO worker's protections, and esp right now they are getting fucked over. And to ignore that just because you happen to have a job that offers you protection...well it's just plain denial. That's kinda the whole vibe in this country, "Well. I AM doing fine, therefore everything else must also be fine." But it's not.

[@m4rt_]

Here in Norway I get 25 work days paid leave, just normal vacation leave, you also get paid sick days. 25 days (5 weeks) is the legal minimum, but i think some companies give more.

[@CorruptKiwi]

Lol! I’ve been working full time for the past 3 and a half years and am only just now getting a week vacation for the first time next week... then I check the schedule and I’m still on for a couple of days during the period I requested off... feels good man

[@gregmayo6987]

In Australian we get 4 weeks payed leave a year with 15% leave loading and 10 public holidays...Ive just returned to work after having 3 months long service leave ( payed)

[@praxisandtheory3142]

22$/hr at mcdonalds in denmark?!?! I made that much as a computer science intern here in America. Yes, intern, I'm currently looking for my first "real" job

[@praxisandtheory3142]

@isak I've had a few different jobs before and during college but nothing since graduating

[@MizterMissile]

5:30 "What happens if you're sick, d'you think? You fuckin' SUCK IT UP AND SNEEZE ON A BURGLE." Oh fuck, I think I'm in love again

[@everperplexing]

My mom got fired for the women’s center in my town that she worked at for years just because she had me

[@Touchmyspaget]

I watched this live and im from Europe.. I had so many bruh moments... I knew it was was bad, but not this bad

[@m4rt_]

The reason there are stay at home moms is because there is/was no maternal leave. In Norway that is basically non existent, because the Mom, and Dad get maternal leave.

[@mathugg]

Only teachers and students got summer break in euw most jobs have 5 weeks maids vacations so it's closer to a month than 2

[@dr_birb]

The best counter to "just get a better job" is that if every McDonald's worker would get a better job, noone would serve you the 9000+ cal lunch, and USA would collapse shortly after. Oh wait, it's not possible, ever, everywhere.

[@iuric.528]

"There is no minimum wage in Denmark", there is minimum wage in brazil if you want to set the bar really low for the USA. And still they don't hit the bar.

[@SavolaxMitsu]

In Sweden only schoolkids get 2,5 month summer holiday. Employee annuel holidays is 25-30 days plus national bank holidays.

[@deathtothesystem]

With Right To Work, literally all they have to do is claim that the reason they're firing you ~isn't~ because you're pregnant or have cancer or whatever.