Teacher Reacts To "Geography Now - Germany" [FAV COUNTRY]
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- My name is Michael! I teach geography, history, religion, social science and physical education. Way too many subjects if you ask me... I don't claim to be an expert in any of these subjects.
Although I am pretty awesome at PE!
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The second best bread in Germany is "Das da!" but the best is "Nein, das daneben! "
"Geschnitten oder am Stück?"
"Nein danke, das war alles"
"Bitte?"
"Was?"
....classic conversation 😀
True .... true ....
because we got like freaking 200 different breads here xD
as someone who works in a bakery i have to agree
Some smaller mistakes that this video made covert:
-we don't have bears but we have wolves.
-we don't have 300 types of bread but around 3000
-our tornados are called "Windhosen" and are the smallest type of tornado you can get, but we have large storms coming from the sea
-"Vergangenheitsbewältigung" is not a kind of guild from the past. Its a mindset of never again giving into such ideologies.
You mean Windhose. A Windrose is a special form of an axis diagram for displaying meteorological wind data.
and mein kampf isn't illegal to own. it is discussed in universityclasses like history and germanistic but it is kept away from the schools because kids are quiteeasy to impress so we don't want a repetition of the past
@@severingutmann798 thats true, but since someone already explained that in the comments I did not mention it again.
@@Talkshowhorse_Echna understandable
Actually, we do really have real tornadoes.
"Windhose" is just another name for it and is mostly used for smaller ones with not much damage.
Ususally, most German (or European) tornadoes are a maximum of F3 on the Fujita scale.
And of course much less then in the U.S.
But now and then, rarely there are big ones here, that cause heavy damage too.
For example, the Black Forest Tornado from 1968 (F4) that killed 2 people (over 200 seriously injured) and damaged over 1700 houses in Pforzheim.
He made one mistake: There is no universal school system in Germany. Every single "Bundesland" has its own. That's also the reason why the A-Grades are not worth the same throughout Germany.
Of course school grades are formally worth the same everywhere. All degrees are reciprocital between all Länder.
@@bobbwc7011 ich glaube er meinte das bezüglich der fächer etc. denn nicht jedes bundesland hat die selben fächer zum beispiel hatten wir an meiner schule damals kein latein und in hamburg gabs latein in den schulen.
@@RockmanX3 das hat nichts mit Bundesländern zu tun, sondern ist von Schule zu Schule verschieden. Bei uns am Gymnasium waren Französisch oder Russisch 2. Fremdsprache, im Nachbargymnasium dagegen Latein und Französisch. Und ja, Bildung ist Ländersache, aber die Formen der Schule sind trotzdem in ganz Deutschland gleich (Grundschule, Sekundarschule, Gymnasium) und die Abschlüsse sind gleich viel Wert (auch wenn der Weg dahin durchaus unterschiedlich schwer sein kann ;D)
he made a few more (little) mistakes, but thats okay for me.
@@RockmanX3 nicht nur das Abitur in bayern ist schwerer und wiegt mehr als das abi in brandenburg z.B. Weswegen Abi 1 brandenburg in bayern vermutlich nur en 2 wäre
German dubs are pretty damn good. The voice actors are definitely putting their heart in
i'm so glad i understand sarcasm. here, have daumen hoch.
@@daskraut Have you ever heard any dubs from any other country on Earth? That in mind, german dubs are crazy good.
@@Scorpion949494 nö, echt nicht.
@Vandole ja nee is klar
Lower Saxony is called "lower" because its less elevated above sea level and generally very "flat" when it comes to topography
Wrong. "nieder" and "ober" are directions.
Saxony in the east get the Name in ~1000 ad after Heinrich der Löwe get messed Up with Pop and the emporer.
Lower Saxony ist the Main Land of the sax who settled in Britannica.
The Titel which owned to Heinrich der Löwe was "Herzog von/der Sachsen". This titel was given to a Wettiner (Albrecht der Bär?). He lived in the area what than called newerdays "Saxony"
It is not “flat” only at the coast, for example there is the “Solling” in the south of Lower Saxony
@@iljanoglik Directions like "upper" and "lower" in geography basically always refer to elevation. "Down" is where the rivers flow to, not a direction on a map. Speaking of maps, the convention of drawing maps with the north at the top is relatively recent. Before that, south and east were more common (the latter is the origin in of the verb "to orient (yourself)")
@@iljanoglik ""nieder" and "ober" are directions." Nope...
Example: "niedriger Tisch" means "lower table", as in a table which would be closer to the ground.
"Oberhalb" means "above" something.
This CAN mean "above" a landmark on a map, but also "above the clouds" in regards to elevation to ground level.
Both words are to be used and interpreted in context.
@@iljanoglik Everywhere in the world, "upper" and "lower" relate to elevation. "Lower Egypt" is at the sea (the Med, in the north), "Upper Egypt" is bordering Sudan (in the south).
Just to let you know it is not in fact illegal to own "Mein Kampf" in Germany. You can in fact buy original versions of it, but it is illegal to print it, display it in a book store or sell it to minors. Yet the printing bit is because of issues with the copyright. Though you can buy a critically commented version for educational purposes, which is sometimes read at least in parts in school. This version then shows how contradicting and flawed the book really is.
the printing one must be wrong too, since bavaria has used its rights to this book and printed a commented version of that last year or the year before.
@@zn4rf There is a little truth to all of this... But this needs to be split between "until 2016" and "after 2016" - mainly because the copyright law in germany protects a publication for "70 years after the death of the author" - so the copyright expired on 31.12.2015.
Before that date the bavarian state had the copyright of the book and did not issue any permissions to print or sell the book. Which means until 31.12.2015 it was illegal to print or sell the book. "Owning" it has never been illegal by itself.
After the copyright ended (so in 2016) new copies of the book were printed and sold, which lead to bavaria issuing the "commented version" to try to get a head start on publishing the book so people do get more context when reading it.
There is no longer a copyright on mein Kampf.
Edit: so --> no.
@@marlik82 - § 17 Abs. 2 UrhG - you can resell (!) the book freely. Print editions, that is.
@@haraldschuster3067 I should have been more specific in my wording, yes reselling was never illegal (a fact that was confirmed in 1979 by the federal court of justice). With "it was illegal to print and sell" I meant new copies of the book (also technically no book store would even try to sell an antiquary version of it back then, so private reselling only).
One of the best german words is ‘Doch’. It’s used like this: “Du kannst das nicht!” ,”Doch!”
Doch means “Yes, I can/do/am/will…”
Video: "Germany takes the environment very seriously."
Me, a German: "We do WHAT?"
Back in the day when this video created we actually kind of did. 2011 we were the spearhead when it came to renewables. And then after it got decided that we need more, we actually slowed down the innovation and construction partially by 80%. Now we are in the middle bracket of Europe.
HAHAHAHAH An dem Punkt konnte ich nicht mehr vor lachen
@@Schwachsinnn und trotzdem gehts uns immer noch ziemlich gut. Corona hat alle gefickt, egal welches Land.
das sollte man nicht vergessen, dazu noch der jetzige Krieg.
Aber wie gesagt, uns gehts immer noch sehr gut. Die Messlatte wurde 2010 recht hoch gehalten, aber ganz ehrlich… wir jammern zurzeit auf einem verdammt hohen Niveau.
Naja, verglichen mit den meisten anderen Ländern, definitiv
@@commandergree68 frankreich? Norwegen, schweden, Finland, dänemark?
About the German health care system: I guess you can always criticise something. But most of us Germans are glad to have it and i guess those, who are not (i personally know not one) just don't know how it would be without it. So i guess most of us really do appreciate it!
What is there to criticise about the German health system? That, by the way, is based on laws passed by German monarchs 200 years ago. Isn't it rather strange that there are supposedly highly developed states that spend 100 times more on wars than on the health of their own citizens? Is it normal that people there die of cancer because they have no money, but tax money buys weapons? This may sound like Russia, but ....
@@arminvoneckerberg8978 I fully agree. But there surely are some things to criticise on a high level. For example, that everyone pays the same amount of money in the system. I am a student and 100€ for me are nearly 1/6 of what I have for living (there are circumstances why I can't get bafög and I am not the only one that doesn't fit quite in this social net) BUT I think it is worth to pay this - please understand me right - I just think, I would rather pay way more when I have a solid income and a little less right now. But as I wrote: it is criticism on a very high level and I would never choose otherwise.
I have no clue of how it works in detail but I know it is more expensive than what people pay in, so I am sure on the financial part there are some things to criticise, too. But again I hope that this never be a reason to quit it.
Now you know one. Our healthcare system is bad as hell. There is a healthcare system in every country. It is not a german invention and germany is not the only country to have one.
The most significant difference is that ours is mandatory. That doesn`t mean it`s free or good. In fact we have a two class healthcare. One for rich people and one for employees.
Nobody is getting denied treatment in germany if he has no money but somebody else always pays for it and the next time the other way round. You always pay. Nothing is for free and no gifts are given to germans.
@@Zerocorrupt-Sifu 1. Nobody ever said, that it is for free?! It never could be for free. I don't understand, what you wish for.
2. The two classes is something to discuss about, but you obviously never lived somewhere else for a longer time, because you would never talk like that if you would have. I lived in Costa Rica for 1 year and they have the best health care system in South America and guess what: It was shit if you compare it to ours. You have to see it in context to criticise it appropriate. Know what is critism on a high level (because nobody else has it) and what is to criticise because other countries have it and there for it is proven feasible.
@@Zerocorrupt-Sifu you can always switch to private insurance it's not even that expensive but what ppl dont understand in that big chunk of the money there are other insurences aswell like "Pflege-, Invaliden-,Renten- and etc."
It is even smart at a certain level of income even as employee to get private health insurance because some have a revolving system that gives back money ones a year if you are not using their services.
The healthcare system it self is not perfect ( one example is long waiting lists no matter who you are or how dire your situation is bc of lacking personal and inproper paymant and that certain doctors only keep a certain amount of patients bc "Krankenkasse" only pays a fix amount to them etc.) but it is enought for the living standard of Germany.
Eventhought some ppl would love to just pay nothing to the community bc they work so hard and whine around there are other places you can work on the world where you can fulfill this ambition and ones a year you can visit Germany for its culture and stuff nobody is forced to live there like in the DDR.
Another thing to correct: The "Kuckucks clock" isn't from Bavaria, it's from Baden-Württemberg :D
And to be specific... Black forest
That is possible, but stating it as a fact is actually not HISTORICALLY correct.
the oldest cuckoo clock known is from the early 17th century, and is a clock in the heritage of prince-elector Johann Georg I. von Sachsen, so of Saxonia. The actual age of this clock is unknown, but it came into his collection as early as 1619.
The oldest cuckoo clocks in the Black Forest however are described in sources as being from somewhere between 1730 and 1742, but those were only described in sources from the 19th century.
So the conclusion: the Black Forest or even Baden MAY be the birthing place of the typical clock, but that is just speculation. We don't know where they came from originally.
NOWADAYS though, they ARE a definitely a product of the Black Forest. No doubt there.
At that time, however, there were two different kingdoms such as Baden-Baden or Württemberg
@@kenninast Baden mein geliebtes Heimatland
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@@peterlemcwilli9203 Raus mit Würtenberg
Yes, the benefits are very good. I used to live in the US for many years, and it is a difference like night and day. And despite having a very high income, i refuse to switch to a private insurance, and the care is still very good. It is more of a problem that certain types of doctors are not available in sufficient numbers everywhere. Otherwise, our social system works pretty well. It could need some minor reforms, but overall it is solid and Germans often have no idea in what kind of paradise they live.
1:20 holy fish! That was actually some solid German right there! Awesome, your pronouncing was fabulous.
As a German, I also didn't know we had tornadoes until Geography Now taught me about that fact. Or at most I knew them under a different name.
EDIT: Cleared up a misunderstanding. The original Geography Now episode taught me about tornadoes years ago, not this video.
In terms of benefits, there's quite the robust social security net in place overall, although of course there's things you can complain about. But I think that the systems we have in place work reasonably well under a realistic point of view, healthcare wise as well. The biggest issue I personally see is the overbearing bureaucracy that looms over everything and sometimes has real trouble adapting to changing times and new circumstances.
@@FonVegen I agree. Only thing I would change is that dental treatment would be covert more. If you have no extra insurance, it could ruin you financially.
I think that means the local thunderstorm cells in summer, which can sometimes cause smaller tornadoes (which can sometimes cover a roof, but in general the house walls remain standing).
We count on average there are about 25 tornadoes per year in Germany.
But as we unfortunately saw during the flood disaster last year, the huge masses of water in such thunderstorm cells are more dangerous than the wind.
Have you never followed the news? There have been numerous quite destructive tornadoes over the last few years, and they were all over the news.
In Hamburg war vor 6 Jahren mal einer
We actually say things like "tschüss" "auf Wiedersehen" and "Servus" quiet often regardless of the state we´re in. You could say that "servus" for an example is mainly said in Bavaria but some states or just individual villages or people use it as well.
Schleswig-Holsteiner here: no one ever used Servus in the real north. We use Tschüss usually.
@@kevinpagel2527 Yes, for sure, but some people use this anyway like some people in the south also use ciao. It's quite unusually, but sometimes it happens (atleast as a joke sometimes)
In northern Germany we usually say Servus to make fun of the southeners. At least that's my experience.
Fr. I'm from Baden-Württemberg and I always say tschüss; everyone does 🤔 you don't really say "auf Wiedersehen" unless you're saying goodbye to that person forever lol
Same with greetings. I constantly use "moin, Hallo, Morgen, Guten Morgen, Mojen, Hey, Hi" and ... "Na" xD.
Für grade mal fünf Jahre Unterricht ist dein Deutsch echt gut. Ich hatte fünf Jahre Französisch Unterricht und “Bonjour” ist das was hängen geblieben ist. 😂
Also, great content! Your students are lucky to have you. Deffo an “A” in my book mate!
You seem like a pretty cool teacher to have, mate!
As of 2010, according to the German Institute for Bread, there are just over 3200 different types of bread in Germany.
Ok, as for health care, I'll give you an example of, myself. I was born with a heart defect. At the time, my parents (German mom, Indian dad) were living in India. They went to Germany because they found out that one of the best pediatric heart surgeons at the time was based in Germany. My dad got a job with his old company in Germany, and off we went to Germany. My father's health insurance covered him and his family. I was taken to a doctor who immediately made an appointment with the surgeon they had heard of. A few days later, I was being operated on. The insurance company paid for everything, without even blinking. Fast-forward a few years. I required a follow-up operation, and once again the insurance company didn't say a thing. About 10 years later, I was 17/18, I had to have a third operation, and that went off without a problem, and the insurance company didn't say a thing. After the 3rd op, I was informed that I would have to go to a rehab clinic to recover from major open-heart surgery and to learn about nutrition, keeping healthy, etc, etc. Rehab was not optional, everyone who had major surgery had to go.
I couple of years before the last op, my father was informed by our family doctor, that he was showing signs of stress, and prescribed a 6 week stay in a clinic to de-stress and to rest completely. his boss, told him, that he wasn't surprised and was a little upset that he hadn't been sent earlier, which is why he asked the HR to see what they could do about it.
I just want to mention, the insurance company, from beginning to end, was the same one. Now that I'm working, I am working, I am also insured, with the same company as my dad was.
I can't speak for others in Germany, only myself and my family. I can say that we have never had a single complaint about the care we received, nor about the way the insurance company has treated us. To this day, I get a reminder, every year, from them to go for a checkup with a cardiologist and to the dentist. The latter is mainly because of a change in the law a few years ago, that basically said that if you didn't go to the dentist at least once a year, then if you really needed work done, if the length of time between dental visits exceeded 5 years, then the insurance company didn't have to pay the whole bill, just the smallest amount that was legally allowed.
I know that our system isn't all that it could be, but these are some of my experiences, and I can't complain.
Wir haben ein Institut für Brot? Deutscher geht's kaum 😂
We even have a bread beeing the host of a TV show. It`s called Bernd.
@@Zerocorrupt-Sifu hahahah yes i lovd him a a child xd
Jedesmal nach dem kika abendprogramm aber es ist nicht alles so schön wie es geschildert wurde bspw afd, oder die bahnanbindung und internet
Regarding the benefits you were asking about:
I can only say without those "benefits" my life would have gone way different and I highly appreciate the German approach to the social system.
I fortunately didn't need much of health insurance till now. That might be also due to the fact that any time you consult a doctor the governmental insurance covers it and you rather go and see the doctor before shit hits the fan instead of when you have no choice anymore.
The tuition free University is in my opinion one of the best thing the German system has to offer. Additionally to almost no tuition fees a ticket for public transport is included in the fees and you can get an interest free student loan as a German citizen.
I am about to finish my Studies now and will gladly pay the high German taxes/health insurance when I start working because I know it will give a new generation access to quality education regardless of their parents income.
Grüße aus Deutschland,
Skål Broder
Completely agreed, even more because i used it since birth: 7 surgeries due to a birth illness (Double split upper jaw, fixed by an absolute expert to look quite normal.), and it all was affordable for a family with 8 Children (I am first born). On top, i now have a bachelor in natural science, completely funded by taxes, i didnt needed to work more than a little besides my bachelor, and only because i took longer. I have to pay back the tax money for my studies now since i am working, or at least a part of it, but thats ok, it doesnt get more if i pay less monthly or need a pay stop for a year.
Most tax money will be stolen by the corrupted gouverment.
@@robertbretschneider765 Servus, wollte fragen bei welchem Arzt Sie für die Kiefer-OP gewesen sind, da mittel bis langfristig bei mir auch anstehen wird, bzw. ich nicht drumherum kommen werde. Und es mich daher interessiert.
@@raychip9982 Prof. Dr. Alexander Hemprich, Uniklinik Leipzig, für den chirurgischen Teil... er lebt auf jeden Fall noch. Und später Prof. Dr. Dannhauer für die Kieferstellung, Spangen und Kieferorthopädie.
Sweden's public health system used to be really good, but the tax money are now used for other things, the salaries for nurses are really low, and almost every hospital is understaffed. This has resulted in long queues for health care to the point where people have lost their lives waiting for treatment, long wait times in the emergency room. Every time I've gone I've been there all night, and most of the time, there is one doctor present, and he or she looks like they haven't slept for days. One good thing though is that you don't have to pay more than about £20 - £40 depending on what your appointment is, and when you reach the yearly limit of somewhere around £100 - £150 (I don't remember), it's free for the rest of the year. Same goes for medicine.
Fun Fact about the Berlin Light bulps the east side has the Yellow ones because these dont attract as much insects due to an different sprectrum. Thats the main reason why they are there and still not changed - laps would have to gett cleaned too often or have to be replaced so you cant just screw in an other light bulp.
Concerning the dubbing in Germany, we are absolutely spoiled. The Quality of the dubs and the voice actors are insanely good. Vin Diesel's voice for example is just as deep and epic as his own. And the voice for Spongebob is the best and most fitting for the character of all the languages.
To state something about that "zoo" theme correctly, there are zoos which probably look the same as in US. Like "small" cages and/or aquariums. But some "zoos" are more like wildlife parks. Means, they don't have exotic animals like tigers and lions there but mostly common European and sometimes Eurasian species. Some zoos are just for birds only while others are petting zoos, where you can see and pet farm animals. I don't say this is a good thing but these are some types of zoos we have here in Germany.
Das ist der Unterschied zwischen Tierpark und Zoo. In einem Zoo gibt es die kleinen Käfige. In einen Tierpark haben die Tiere große Gehege.
This is the difference between an animal park and a zoo. In a zoo, there are the small cages. In an animal park the animals have large enclosures.
@@S1pike they're both called "zoos" tho
@@solus8685 Ehm nö, hier in Deutschland gibt es wirklich diesen Unterschied.
@@S1pike Ich meinte dass es im Englischen nicht unterschieden wird.
@@solus8685 Daher habe ich ja auch die Übersetzung mit geschickt 😉
Your German is very good !! Your pronunciation almost accent-free !!!
20,000 Castles ! 3000 kinds of bread! Hitler's book is not forbidden!
Dialects change, sometimes from village to village and city to city so much that the residents can hardly talk!
I am german and I have never met another german who had an indecipherable dialect. I don’t think dialects play as great a role as is attributed to them in foreign media
Well, owning his book from the time it was written or WW 2 is allowed and you are also allowed to buy a censored version. So I would still say its forbidden tbh...
@@mithrilheld653 no the uncesored commented version is availabe, the book explains what is wrong and what hitler means, but the text is the original one
@@mithrilheld653 Well, it's complicated. The German Federal republic owned the intellectual properties off the books, as Hilter had no descendants. Thus the government did only allow commented (not censored) versions of the book to be printed not as the "government" but as the owner of the intellectual property. This intellectual property did run out a few years ago, as 70 years after the death of an author, everything goes public domain in Germany. With that uncommented versions are legal to print, but not many corporations are keen on doing so as most non-nazi Germans have no interest in reading it. And if people are interested in it academically they will probably choose the commented versions anyway.
Also what I heard from my history teacher once, is that it is supposed to be quite boring and badly written.
@@janstoeb You dont travel much then, do you.
About the Weihenstephan brewery mentioned at 7:10, its still inside of the old monastery. The whole area is now a university campus. Like some buildings of the monastery are part of the university and you can study brewery there alongside landscspe architecture etc. Beautiful campus.
as for the "mein kampf" thing. the raw version is quite difficult to buy and you have to register when you buy it. there is an annotated version you can buy (don't know if registration is needed) and there is a cut version available in regular stores. While I was studing history in germany I wanted to loan one from the uni and had to jump through those hoops. I was writing a paper about the hypocritical views on human vs. animal rights in it. But for example it is legal to read in public which a satirist (serda sumonchu) used to great effect. basicly just a dramatic reading which pointed out how insane it really is XD
for having German in school for only 5 years, you speak really well. no dialect and such stuff, good job
I mean, I wouldn’t go as far as to say that he has no dialect/accent at all (I have NEVER heard an anglophone who could speak German flawlessly, closest would be the late Sir Christopher Lee), but he does speak it exceptionally well
central europe and scandinivia speak all germanic languages
ja das ist sehr erstaunlich
Naja.. :)
@@avinci3116 also wenn er mit mir reden würde, ich würd mir maybe denken, er käme aus Hessen/Thüringen. Aber nicht aus Schweden oder ähnliches
As a german ive never knew that we have any tornados. We sometimes have storms but when i hear tornado i think about the ones in america that destroy entire cities.
Yeah we have a few but they are really small and often don’t even touch the ground. :)
ja, sind eher windhosen die nur 2meter hoch sind oder eben nicht den Boden berühren
@@HardcorePyroHD der Name ist immernoch unpassend
Well we had a few but very few destroying atleast parts of cities
@@HardcorePyroHD Och ich habe schon welche erlebt die den Boden berühren. OK es könnten auch Staubteufel gewesen sein (Die Zwergenvariante macht einen riesen Spass)
healthcare, in general, is free there´s a tax for that but if you have private healthcare which as the name suggests you have to pay for yourself you will most likely get earlier doctor's appointments. German universities are not only tuition-free (the state universities) but instead you can also apply for "Bafök" which is basically pocket money from the government in order for the student to pay his/her rent and food so you can focus on your studies and don´t need to hustle on the side that much but it will most likely not cover all your expenses ao realistically it´s nice to have but you still need to work part-time
Geil gemacht!
Just came across your video. German living in Sweden. Since I have the direct comparison, I can honestly say that one of the few things that I really miss about Germany is the health care system. It was so much easier to get good health care in Germany and I had to pay way less extra. Of course, the premiums in Germany are higher but I would rather pay and have the security of good, affordable and easily accessible health care whenever I need it than having to calculate whether I can afford certain treatment just because Försäkringskassan doesn't cover it. Otherwise, Sweden is just as great a country to live in as Germany. :-) Love them both.
He forgot the friendship between japan and germany. i thought to believe were the only one with australia that can directly immigrate to japan withouth much bureaucracy as other countries.
No, he didn't forget the friendship but messed it up. He said that our friendship would be with South Korea and France is bonding with Japan but it is the other way around. At least as far I know.
@@jochendamm He mentioned in the Japan video that his grandmother is South Korean, so my guess is that this is just anecdotal knowledge.
I am German and tried to immigrate to Japan, didn't work even with a work contract there...
@@RisaWatanabe46 Das is tough, dacht das würd einfacher, aber gut.
@@RisaWatanabe46 Darf man fragen warum? Wäre mal interessant zu wissen ^^
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Hi Simple Viking (and Barby from Geography Now).
First of all: Awesome video, Barby - I'll share this with my students for sure (I'm teaching German to ex-pats)... They'll love it!
And now, trying to fill some info gaps:
• Autobahn & traffic: As far as I know, "only" around 30% of the Autobahn are unregulated (so you can go full speed); the rest has speed limits; you don't have to pay using the Autobahn (as a private person) - so there'S no Vignette or privately owned parts of the Autobahn (unlike many other European countries); the design of the traffic signs that are used basically all around the world was created by a German designer (as well as the famous sports icons)
• health care: It's 18,9% of your brutto income (before taxes), the amount is split between employer and employee (so 9,45% per employee + 1% additional fee (Zusatzbeitrag) paid just by the employee; free lancers pay the full percentage by themselves when they're not in the KSK - see below); the highest amount to pay is topped at around 780 Euro per month; it covers basically everything except that you have to pay extra for certain extra treatments (unfortunately that applies especially for dentistry, hearing-aids and glasses...); health insurance is also covered for the unemployed (by the state), students pay around 100 Euro per month (or maybe that has changed in the past years... haven't checked the actual numbers)
• schools: there's also a new system which combines the three "old schools" in one - teachers have to make sure that individual student's needs are met (in theory; and as far as I've heard, it works pretty well); each state has an own policy of how to run the school system
• artists & health insurance: there's a special health insurance (Krankenkasse) which is called "Künstler Sozialkasse" (KSK) - it's for people working in the creative fields, so artists, musicians, writers, art directors, copywriters, ... I think even influencers fall into that category. When you're in the KSK you pay a way reduced amount to the health insurance (and the other insurances you're obliged to have, like Renten- und Pflegeversicherung = retirement insurance and old people's care insurance).
• preserving culture: nope, there's no underlying reason to it - the arts are just beautiful and we still deem ourselves the "country of thinkers and poets" (das Land der Dichter und Denker)... Personally, I'd have more thoughts on that, but here's not the space.
• flags: Not entirely true; people sometimes do have flags in their garden, on their car, ... (football club, Bundesland, national flag), but it's not as common as it is in, let's say, Scandinavia where you see the national colors and flags basically everywhere.
• Mein Kampf: Jorlin Jollyfingers said it all - same situation for me, couldn't agree more... but I just came up to page 2 until I couldn't take it no more - so props to you, Jorlin!
• Wirtschaftswunder: it was the massive money coming from the US after the war (aka Marshallplan) which made this "wonder" happen... Some older Germans still claim that "they did it on their own" - well, they surely did a lot, but not really entirely "on their own"
• foreigners: In the 60s, Germany called out for Gastarbeiter (guest workers) that were needed to make the Wirtschaftswunder happen - we had money but no workers (many, many, many of the German men and young adults died, fled or were captured; the latest generation of Hitler's soldiers were kids, some just 14 years old...), so we "invited" people from other European countries to work in Germany; naturally, they didn't go back to their home countries after building their new life here (so much for the "guest" concept) and became Germans in the end. I'm really happy about this fact since it made Germany so divers and changed the general mindset tremendously
Well, that kind of escalated - but hopefully these notes and additions have been helpful and worth reading...
Cheers from Hamburg (Altona, which was Danish some time ago...)
German health benefits are pretty solid and include pretty much everything you need for maintaining quality of life when ill - including generous sick pay regulations.
Exceptions include some items of dental care and some vaccinations deemed non-essential
exceptions include anything eyesight related as well… frechheit
@@elmooore thats not true. you can partly let healthcare pay your bill at the optic at least if your eyes are worse than average
@@elmooore not true. I had eye surgeries and get free lenses. All for free. May be different in each Bundesland
@@avinci3116 And it depends on your insurance company. Which is one of the flaws in out system. There is no need for competition, if the fund is paid mandatory by every citizen. Some companies have weird cover plans or bad service by trying to avoid to pay unless you sue them.
@@djneverblock7300 not so much, its stupid. You cant drive without glasses yet they wont pay for it. I could not work even when I would walk to the company.
4:00 - in the first year, the east actually tried to cut off west-berlin completly (keywords for further info: "berliner Luftbrücke" "berlin airlift")
5:50 - tornados are a bit far fetched, but it sometimes gets rough enough to open up some old roofs (or a steel beam of the berlin cental station in 2007 :P)
7:20 - solar power were heavyly subsidised for rouhly the last 15 years. the investments regressed due to policies by CDU/SPD in the last 8 years (thx altmeier >_>). might get better again with our new goverment.
8:10 - nice tarantino reference ;)
9:10 - govermental health insurance is subsidised by your income. you pay ~8% of your income, execpt if you choose to sign up for a private health insurer (higher price, better service, YOU CANT LEAVE AND RETURN TO GOVERMENTAL HI AFTERWARDS)
9:26 - retriement is subsidised by ~9.5% of you income. also they raised the "renteneintrittsalter" (age for eligibility of retirement) to 67. will probably raise a few more times in the next decades. im pretty certain i'll get into retirement when im 80... (the main reason why most of us also save up addtionally aside the gov. retirement fund)
12:00 - having access to both the original and german dub of the american shows i liked, helped me better understand english. but things like jokes and slang just can't be translated verbatim, so in german dub they sometimes completly rewrite entire storyarcs. its sometimes funny to think about when stumblying across a difficult slang, how they'll try to come up with a translation
14:55 - its illegal to print and (re)sell, but not to own ("fun"fact: the printing rights for mein kampf are owned by the state of bavaria).
the satire artist Serdar Somuncu toured with public readings of mein kampf to demystify this actually incredibly stupid written book. he also offered to read and explain it at schools (for students age 16+).
Grüße aus Hessen
Ich habe mal nachgerechnet, und wir haben tatsächlich mehr Tornados pro /km² pro Jahr als selbst viele US-Bundesländer.
Nur die Staaten des "Tornado Alley" und Florida haben mehr Tornados als wir. Wir haben aber hauptsächlich F0-F1 und seltener F3 F4 F5 Monster. F5, die Kategorie Monster-Tornado, gab es bisher nur 2 bestätigte in der deutschen Wetter - Geschichte. F4 schon einige mehr, kann gut um die 30 sein. Und F3 alle paar Jahre. F3 kann schon betagte Häuser platt machen, vor 7 Jahren oder so hatten wir einen in Großenhain. Und dieses oder Ende letztes Jahr war einer in Tschechien, voll in ein Dorf rein. Natürlich gibt es viel mehr als die gemeldeten, so lange es niemanden trifft und niemand es sieht, z.B. nachts, im Wald, auf dem Meer oder auf Feldern kann auch mal ein F3-F4- kurzzeitig F5 unbemerkt bleiben.
Soweit ich weiß, ist das Urheberrecht von Mein Kampf aber mittlerweile ausgelaufen. Es gibt ja eine kommentierte Variante mittlerweile zu kaufen.
Yes, the solar power numbers are bullshit, or from before 2010. China now builds more new pv in a year than Germany did in the last 20.
@@Psi-Storm It has the ressources inside their country, nearly 20 times more people and no human rights, its a fc_kin dictatorship... so of course it builds more! It ruined germanys industry with its fc_kin dumping slave prices. Its just not fair. Every country thats pro human rights should import tax the hell out of chinese goods.
Nun. Durch meine Heimatstadt ist mal ein T3 Tornado durch gefegt. Mit deutlich sichtbarem Trichter.
... soviel dazu
You pay around 18% of your monthly paicheck for the "Sozialversicherungen" namely: Pension, Healthcare, Nursing (yes thats a separate insurance), Unemployment and Accident (which is only payed by your Employer).
When it comes to healtcare, the system is not perfect but no matter what you always get treatment and you never get a hospital bill for that. Beside some special medication, everything is normally covered 100%. But you have to pay extra if you want thibgs like single bedrooms etc. also Teeth are normally not covered beside basic treatments.
btw the "Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz" means "law on the transfer of tasks for the supervision of cattle identification and beef labeling".
1:45 "Lower Saxony" is geographically located north of "regular" Saxony because the name "lower" and "upper" don't have anything to do with the geographical north in germany.
It is an indicator of the elevation above sea level (some times) or their location to a specific landmark (often times rivers) in their respective areas. For example upper franconia and lower franconias name is a reference to their location on how the Main river flows through the territory. Upper and lower Bavaria are named on how the river Donau flows through the territory and sometimes on how Upper Bavaria is located closer to the Alps and therefore on a higher average elevation than lower Bavaria.
Fun side note two: "Regular" Saxony is not "regular", because the old Saxons lived in Lower Saxony or went to England (Anglo-Saxons). What we call Saxony today was the "Markgrafschaft Meißen". When the margrave of Meißen becomes also Elector of Saxony, he changed the name of Meißen to "Saxony". This is part of the complicated German history.
Actually, "regular" Saxony was in fact called Upper Saxony from the 14th to 19th century.
It's not illegal to own "Mein Kampf" in Germany and never was. Since the war the copyright was owned by the Bavarian state and they simply didn't allow anyone to print it. So selling a new printed version was a copyright violation and the Bavarian state didn't mess around to enforce it. It wasn't illegal to own, sell or buy a pre1945 version.
The copyright ended 75 years after the author death, so today it's completely legal to buy, sell and print it.
Banning the book might have been a necessary move right after the war but it also gave the book a kind of mystic aura that it doesn't deserve. It's crap. Not only in ideology but also every other aspect.
*70 years
My Dad bought a copy once in italy (where you have bottles of wine with Mussolini or Adolf...I mean...yeah...), he read it and ... it was just boring he said. Badly written, and didn't help it was in gothic-font, so hard to read even in THAT regard...they should really have everyone read it in school. Kids would start to hate Nazism just because they were forced to read such boring garbage in school...
You can even download it on the internet with ease but as you said it’s totally crap from the beginning to the end. I might have lost a lot of my brain cells while reading this sh‘t… So if you care about your mental health, stay away from it
Plus Hitler really wasn't an original person. He stole like 99% of his ideas. He just threw them together without context and used them for his own goals. As a German I can tell you that I have no desire at all to ever use my time to read Mein Kampf... It's horseshite.
Lower Saxony is called this way because it is mainly plains as opposed to hills/mountains ( which would be "upper").
We do have a lot of zoos but most of them are so compact they are like "small" parks or about the size of a huge mall. For example the one near my place Nurnberg is a bit bigger than the national museum in said Nurnberg.
As a Dutch born and grown up in Germany I can say, without the Healthcare system they have I would've probably rather shot myself if I were like in the U.S...👀 I needed to take so much advantage of it as a kid and Teenager (Mostly Sport and Growth problems) + 1 Major car incident where they picked me up with a Helicopter and had 3x ~6h surgerys. Cost you asking? 0,00€ extra becides what I was already paying.(Well Medicine sometimes has a small fee you have to carry tho,but its mostly just 5-10€)
There is always a "House Doctor" nearby if you have smaller symptoms or Hospitals max 20km away.
Dentist is also more or less included(check ups and fillings/reparations) Cleaning and special things like crowns cost extra. (But comparing it with the Dutch its still cheap)
So in the End,seeing quite some Country's, I always tell myself even tho I'm Dutch, If shit goes down in any way I want to be in Germany🤝
Greetings from the Münsterland dear neighbour.
As someone in a family with someone with metastasising cancer, I am thankful every single day that they can just concentrate on getting okay again instead of having to worry about all the debt they rake up for themselves and their family. I’m happy to pay for insurance and never seeing that money again, because I’m healthy, knowing that I could anytime come and take out of the system if need be.
I am German and I really like that culture in form of music and the arts gets preserved. In high school I chose history as a major and we read nationalist stuff - with a teacher to put the information in context and to make sure that no one takes it the wrong way. We also made trips to museums and did workshops with copies of original sources which were kept there and to also get information from historians and people who worked there.
I never use the term ' auf Wiedersehen" and most of the people don't. We rather say "tschüss" or good bye in a dialect.
Our Healthcare system is kind of split in two general levels with many inbetweens and sections
eg. you have got a main insurance that's either private and you pay a whole lot. but you kinda get all kinds of benefits for free, and even medication and some kinds of "improved treatments" are free of charge as well, while being insured with only the basic minimal, you get everything you need to live "healthy" (you could define it as "Able to work without inconveniences" ) for free, but for alternative medication, preffered handling and single bed rooms or special teeth treatments as well as special eye treatment for example you can either pay yourself or do a partial coverage insurance for a lower price than the private ones
(im not privately insured and am healthy and happy with it :D)
Also something to add that often gets my attention when learning about other countries is how easy and accepted it is to get paid leave when you're sick and you have no budget of sick days and are even backed up by your insurance financially and by the system legally when being long time sick
Might be a bit late but here are some things about the healtcare system.
I work as a paramedic, so this is kinda my side of the story.
You pay a certain amount (not exactly sure how much as it's been withdrawn before you get your "Netto" pay).
Doctors or hospitalvisits are being paid by the insurance. Calling an ambulance is also mostly free, the insurance might ask you for around 7-10€ for that, but pays the rest of the 700-1.150€ (depending on the region ems covers).
However, and that's what kinda bums me recently, bc it's pretty much free (which is absolutely amazing), people tend to call the ambulance or visit the hospitals for things that don't require either a hospitalvisit or having an ambulace there that could've been called to an actual emergency.
Some people call in the middle of the night and ask for painkillers because they have a headache, or have stomach cramps after eating too much..
So yeah, there are two sides of the story but some people still argue that we have a shitty healthcare system..
If I remeber correctly, monchs got into brewing beer, because of its high nutrition values. During Fastenzeit, people were not allowed to eat, only to drink. To this day, beer is also refered to as flüssiges Brot (liquid bread). Something like that ... Btw, i live in the Black Forrest, never seen an eagle (nor a bear). But there might have been, in the past. Surely.
Hi, Landesgenosse aus dem Rheinand. War vor ein paar Sommern bei euch, es gibt vereinzelt wieder Horste, die werden gut geschützt. Mehr findest du Richtung Rennsteig und Alpen, da gibt es mehr Adler.
I think that most Germans dont understand their privilege to live here. I love visiting other Countries but im so happy to be here :)
One picture of the half-timbered houses actually even is from Celle in the north of Germany. Houses like this can be found in cities all over Germany, so it's one of the few "universally German" stereotypes. But it's true that a good amount of stereotypes come from Bavaria or the south of Germany as this is also where most of the US Forces were located after WWII.
Also tge traditional dress isn't the same here everywhere. Mostly the checkered type of dirndl is called preußen dirndl. Also in the black forest it looks very different to the Bavarian one.
Fun fact:
Longest german isogramm (a word where each letter is just used 1 single time):
Heizölrückstoßabdämpfung wird 24 different letters. It's a non-existing product, but we got a word for that xD
I can easily amend this word with a couple others which would fit and still make sense, but I'll refrain, because it would just confuse the heck out of people :D
0:20 Funny thing to think about:
First thing that comes to mind about Germany is the war
But first thing that comes to mind about war is the US
I live in Ulm. With the highest church tower. And yes in the summer especially in that weird middle part of Germany and here in the south we get crazy thunder storms, sometimes tornados, floods etc. Oh and if you love beer. We got in Ulm 2 different breweries and a big pub call beer academy. Also we got a shop here that roast its coffee here.
Monks or monasterys in general got the best beers AND food they offer to "Pilgrims" who make a pilgrimage. You should try it if you got the chance to do that. You can just go there to eat soemthig instead of an restaurant too of course.
Hey Michael, thanks for this nice reaction!
- There are a number of typos in the slides but all words are recognisable.
- The presenter's pronunciation is pretty good indeed.
- The healthcare system is really good and accessible. People pay part of their wages to finance the public system, and everyone, including the unemployed, have full access. Doctor's visits, including specialists, and hospital treatments are basically free (except for 10 € per day of in-hospital stay). Co-pay for prescribed medication is capped at 10 € per drug and lots are cheaper or even free). The quality of medícal practice is also very high. - Now, a lot of my fellow Germans will contradict me and criticise parts of the system. It's not perfect, but pretty darn good nontheless. It's so good that lots of U.S. politicians call it "socialist" :).
- People in the Eastern part of Germany might still be using older light bulbs because they are still working and don't need changing yet :)
The socialist thing is absolutely hilarious, because the social system is meant to get people back to work as fast as possible to keep our economy working well. The whole reasoning behind it is highly capitalist.
@@theexchipmunk That is not capitalistic. In a real capitalistic world you wouldn't be forced to pay high amounts just to run the big bureaucracy of the insurances. Instead you could choose freely between insurances and they would be very cheap, because there would be no state/government to prescribe every little detail of their contract with the customers. This need of states to prescribe even the littlest detail of contracts is VERY socialistic.
@@nebucamv5524 First of all, what you describe would not be cheap, never be cheap, and is as utopia and fictitious as a communist society. A pretty unregulated medical system thats regulated by the market does one thing, profit optimization. And thats what you see in the US that has one of the most expensive systems in the world for one of the worst levels of care measured of on what you pay for it in the world.
You are also seemingly conjuring stuff thats simply not the case. Case in point Germany. You are saying that there is no choice in what insurance company I go to which is just plainly wrong. There are two tiers, the "Gesetzliche" and "Private" Krankenkassen (roughly translated "the one thats for everyone" and the private more "exclusive" ones)
And in each category there are multiple insurance companies. There is a fixed percentage of the income that has to be payed regarding the Gesetzliche, which prevents price gouging like in the US. They advertise themselves and try to win more customers fro. each other by added offers of more special treatments that are not covered by the portfolio that is set by the KV (which is not the state but a "council" of the insurance companies) that guarantees that the basic and important treatments are viable to everyone. The the Pirvate who are flexible in their prices and more expensive but cover more and often quiet specialized treatments. Those are the ones most people who have their own businesses and so on are in. the sate definitely regulates things, like that you have to be in an insurance, but thats again a capitalist mindset, as it has been proven that ensuring a good general medical care leads to a improved economy. There is nothing "socialist" about the whole system, coming to the point you made. While the system is only partially capitalist, the thought and mindset behind it is extremely. Namely, the whole mechanism is there to improve the bottom line of state and companies. Its not "for the people". Its there to keep up a strong and healthy workforce that can concentrate on working and generating profit without being distracted by the possibility of a destroyed existence if one dares to get sick. It also handily helps in keeping our homes and unemployment rates low, which leads to more workers, and lets people work into a higher age through the improved life expectancy coupled with being healthy for longer. Which again improved profit and lessens the amount of money that has to be spent to train new workers or replace sick ones. Its in the end all for the bottom line, and it works.
8:08 Fun fact about the fun fact: in the bar scene in Inglourious Basterds, the way Michael Fassbenders character orders three beers is what tips of the german officer 🙂
Do read a bit about East Frisian History, its a pretty good read!
Edit : Healthcare here in Germany in my Opinion is pretty good, had a birthmark that turned out to be a tumor right on my chin my whole life, went to a Doc, that Doc sent me to a Clinic with a Specialized Surgeon that does basically only this, and he absolutely smashed it over the course of 5 smaller surgeries, leaving me with barely a scar right in my face and a friendly and most importantly entirely free tumorless existence
Perfekt, 5:03 is actually an picture of an Autobahn in Austria
Mein Kampf is not, and never has been, illegal in Germany. Until 2016, however, Bavaria held the copyright to the book and used this to ban reprints. The copyright has expired since 2016 and new editions (mostly with historical commentaries) are now available for purchase in Germany.
Also swastikas are not generally illegal but can be shown in the context of science, education and art.
Also swastikas are not generally illegal but can be shown in the context of science, education and art. das wiederspricht sich
@@xXxEisernesKreuzxXx In what way?
Only the Hakenkreuz has restrictions, other Swastika (mirrored or other versions which don't look like the Hakenkreuz) may be used as far as I know.
While any showing was illegal until some years ago it's now legal (quote from Wiki) if it's shown to serve "civic education, defense against unconstitutional efforts, art or science, research or teaching, reporting on current events or history, or similar purposes." The same does apply to the sig rune, the Celtic cross (specifically the variation the Nazis did use), the wolfsangel, the odal rune and the Totenkopf skull (also the variation the Nazis did use).
The struck through Hakenkreuz in the No-Nazism symbol is now allowed, too - kind of interesting that it was forbidden before, because there was a Hakenkreuz in it.
@@Xithar_tri This is regulated by § 86 StGB. There is no specific sign mentioned at all, but the attributes that must be fulfilled to be prohibited. Thus, the Z symbol used by Russia, for example, probably also falls under this.
It is also not true that a few years ago every representation was forbidden. Where did you get that idea?
@@yasminesteinbauer8565both from § 86a and by reading in media about the court trials between 1990-2020. "Marks of unconstitutional and terrorist organizations" which is any which were used. "Use in public, meetings, content" as well as "produces, keeps in stock, imports or exports" is forbidden by it. (I removed the translated §, because the translation made it even worse readable)
The Tornado stuff is rare. Like so rare many germans don´t even know we have them. I just happen to know it because one blew my neighbours roof off when I was a child.
Das stimmt nicht ganz. Jährlich haben wir hier über 30-60 größere Tornados (Ich laß auch mal einige Hundert, diese wären dann wohl eher kleinere auf dem Land). Diese Zahlen sind vergleichsweise groß und ich habe auch selbst schon einige Tornados gesehen - selten aber das ist in anderen Teilen der Welt nicht wirklich viel anders.
This is not entirely true. Annually we have more than 30-60 bigger tornadoes (some time ive read a couple hundreds, those must be smaller ones located in the countryside). These numbers are comparably large and i myself have seen a couple of them - rarely but this isn't much different in other countries of the world.
In regard to the German healthcare system: There are two sections - public healthcare and private healthcare. Public healthcare is funded through taxes (about 1,3% of your gross income in 2022) and covers everything (for every citizen) you need, ranging from the average visit at the doctors and common medicine up to childbirth and lifesaving transplants - without having to pay anything more.
Private healtcare can be obtained by anyone through an additional insurance and is obligated to civil servants, self employed and people with an average income over 64.350€ (since 01.01.2022).
The benefits of private insurance are, for instance: special treatments and examinations for special conditions (especially pre natal), single bed rooms in hospitals and treatment by the chief physician. Often you find it is easier to get early appointments and priority treatment when you have a private insurance (speaking with experience in both systems). This circumstance is often ciritcized BUT, in comparison and generaly, you will receive the treatment you need and you will proceed with your life. And that is a basic right imo!
BTW: I just subscribed to your channel. You deserve it! Stay sympathetic😊
i dont know why this was recommended to me but i liked it. greetings from germany folks!
About german patriotism:
Thanks to Germanys let's say problematic history, showing flags or being patriotic is quite uncommon in Germany, except maybe by the far political right wing. Patriotism is seen as the uncritial support of a nation or state, which has led to Adolf Hitler and WW2, which is very present in german public memory. Thus, some people might even refer to patriots as patridiots (Patridioten), mixing patriot with idiot. Coming from this angle one might understand, why germans often shake their heads over american enthusiastic patriotism, especially since the believe of the USA being the best country in the world is still wide spread, even in the light of lots of contradicting evidence.
Which is kinda stupid when you think about it. Flags exist to show that you belong to something and not that you would do anything for it. Especially with flags that represent democracy, freedom and unity like the black, red and golden German flag. We shouldn’t let the Nazis and far right to use our symbol of democracy for them. So we should stop thinking about Hitler when people show their flags. But of course the context is important. Showing the Reichsflag or Naziflag is a no go.
@@fabiansaerve we show our flags when it's time for the ⚽️ WM. 😂
Every German, who doesn't show the flag with pride, has been brainwashed. Our history is a rich and beautiful one, darkened by many recent events...
America being the "best country in the world" was a widespread thought a decade ago, nowadays nearly no one thinks like that anymore
"Far right"🤦🏻♂️🖕🏼
Since you asked: you saying "in sweden it's pretty shit" is funny, because often times, scandinavic countries and especially sweden is a role model to a lot of people here! I think compared to some others our social systen is really good, but of course if you're used to it, you see the flaws. Most people here still complain about the things that don't work, which are quite a few. Shortly I'd say our healthcare is planned with good thoughts, but sometimes the way it works in reality is rough. For example you will get better care if you're in the still privatised part.
Lot's of great things up there. Is everything perfect? Obviously not. But neither is it in germany.
Weird fact i wanna add to 18:20... Bavarians and Austrians gettig along is quite a funny thing. So, i life just half an hour away from ausyria, my mother is even working -and kinda also living- over there. It might be due to if is really that little stereotypical village she is working in, but when you mention ypu are german some people might act TOTALLY different around you xD In big cities that is almost not the case though, so basically we are getting along great. But in little villages with a bunch of old farmers and a heavy dialect that is different
Nice to see that the picture from the old houses by the bavaria, is in north Germany 10:51 The City is call Celle by Hannover
09:50 German healthcare is pretty decent I think, but after the neoliberal "reforms" (= heavy cuts & change of rules) of the early 2000s, I'd say unemployment benefit is only so-so, depending on your status, and old age pension is pretty abysmal. Both were decent until then, but no more.
There is a legal version of "mein kampf" that you are allowed to own, it has lots of commantary and explanations in it. only time i have seen it though was when one german standup comedian used it for his shows and read parts out of it.
@Simple Viking regarding benefits: if youre in need healthwise, the treatment will be covered by insurance. As a small kid i had a hole in my heart that wouldnt close itself as i grew older. So i got a surgery to close it with a dissolving fabric, in which the surgeons covered the hole and my bodys tissue grew over it. The implanted fabric dissolved and my heart was sealed. It was completely covered by insurance. I dont know how this is handled in sweden, but in the US that kind of surgery most likely would have gotten the whole family in debt for decads or not been payable at all (which wouldve led to my death at around age 11-13). So im pretty grateful and happy with those benefit. Thats just the health side tho, the pension system is kinda crap. the payout is way too low to live off for a majority of old people.
Lower Saxony is merely above sea level, so it is lower than Saxony which is in the mountains. Interesting that people that are interested in geography associate north with up and down with south, although there is no up and down on a ball in space...
@Tim Willemsen “Nieder” can refer to both: “flat” and “of lower elevation”, see “Niederbayern” which has a lower average elevation than “Oberbayern” as well as simply encompassing a further downstream part of the Danube. In addition, flat landscapes predominantly occur in coastal areas (ie, most really flat areas are also of low elevation). Which meaning drove the naming of areas with the prefix “Nieder” can thus vary location to location.
The so called "soviet style" concrete housings were developed in Eastern Germany itself (although based on similar models from other Eastern block countries). In many cities they are still existent (sometimes even in their original shape) but not always a spot for poorer people and they also exist in other western european cities. They are easily renewed and very attractive for all people.
Schnitzel and Roulade are mostly based on cattle, yet from pork and sometimes poultry common as well.
All formal symbols and quotes of the Third Reich era - Hakenkreuze incl all flags, the SS runes are officially forbidden. Only if they serve educational purposes or for arts (also movies) it is allowed. You can buy Mein Kampf like any other book (perhaps only controlled if bought in larger quantities).
We should not forget that western Germany has a lot of ugly buildings, too. "Kölnberg" for Example or the University of Bochum. ;)
probaly best to tear them down
You can't just reprint and sell Mein Kampf without a historical commentation. You can buy originals but not original reprints.
Well, our Health Care Programm definately covers everything to keep you from dying, but that's about it. Other than that there were many little fees and taxes introduced over the past couple of years so in fact you have to pay a (relatively small) portion to nut just be 'healthy' but also 'well'. Especially psychology-wise our system doesn't really care (pun intended).
Oh, and about the tornados: I'm sure you've heard of it, we just recently had three of those about three weeks ago, all in towns neighbouring my own. And proper ones as they not only uncovered many roofs but also hit at least one building hard enough to make it uninhabitable which is most concerning since our buildings for the most part consist of stone or concrete.
In Germany there is recently a version of mein kampf that you can own. This is with comments and explanations to the text. However, I don't know if the book is also available in languages other than german
Your pronounciation is very good.
I'm happy with our healthcare system.
Mein Kampf is the most boring read, don't even mention the bad and stupid ideas in it. (Yes, I read it)
As somebody named Sven, greetings to Sverige.
The book is horribly written. I tried reading it and stopped at some point as well.
One thing: Beethoven was actually born in Germany in Bonn. This is the neighbour of Cologne, and yes Beethoven is there a pretty big thing here. The orchestra hall of Bonn is named after him. And the birthhouse of him was turned into a museum about him.
in german healthcare you have the "kassenpatient" which is the folks using subsidized healthcare, depending on the subsidizer you only pay between 20 to 40% yourself, but it is one of those things that disappear from your income before you get it. private insurance has a few benefits, particularly in the waiting room at the doctor's office, but obviously you end up paying extra, likely still not the full amount, but you put more into the collective pot as it were.
there are obviously cases where you pay for the whole thing or work out a payment plan yourself, but generally the rule is "if it's needed we make it cheap, if it improves your quality of life we make it payable, if it's a tattoo removal that isn't needed, we can work something out."
the biggest problem with the german health system is to get a specialist appointment. unfortunately it is very difficult to open a specialist practice in germany. the medical association limits how many there can be, which means it is not enough that you have finished your studies, you have to get one of these limited places (mostly by taking over someone else's practice). the whole thing is extreme if you are looking for a place with a therapist. here you can wait for months, if you are not rejected immediately, with the reason that there are no more free places available.
of course, this only applies to the statutory health insurance. if you have a private health insurance, the situation is completely different and you usually get an appointment immediately, often even in the same week. (i have had both statutory and private health insurance).
"Mein Kampf" is not really illegal to own.
It is however difficult to legally print. Until 2016 the copyright was held by the bavarian state government which generally refused to license any more printings.
Selling and buying an original is legal, however simply re-printing the original might get you into hot water. It also depends a little on the context in which you are printing it, however.
The best shot at legally printing it is in the form of a commented edition for educational purposes.
I've got a copy of "Mein Kampf" (every couple got one for free on marriage, so i inherited it) and tried to read it. Besides it was printed in fracture typeset (which i can read) i couldn't make it past page twenty. I really tried because i expected answers to so many questions i had about this time in history. It's just boring and plain insane how this was even printed.
About the Tornado thing, there not like 'Tornado' tornados. There often quite small and not very destructive. They are most defnitly not what you think of whn you hear the word Tornado
For your question: In germany you pay some money into a inurance (the ammount is calculated from the ammount of taxes u have to pay). For that you dont have to pay for "most" medical related costs. Example: You break your leg and the hospital stay including a cast (and other stuff you might need) and checkups (mre or radiology) by doctors are paid for.
- saxony: its about elevation. saxony has mountains and is higher above sealevel than lower saxony which is more or less at sealevel
- Speed limit: theres a minimum speed you need to be able to drive too, if your vehicle cant drive more than 60 km/h you are not allowed on the Autobahn. And pay attention cause there is speed limits its just some parts of the autobahn that has none.
- Tornados....yes kinda but they are small and not too destructive. may flip a car or deroof a house but they are nowhere near the scale the US has them.
- bread theres over 3000 sorts not 300
- Reinheitsgebot is a semi myth. In medieval times some cities did enact that to make sure the beer doesnt make people sick and isnt filled with crap. However there was never one universal one. Some breweries have their own versions, but the only legally binding one is the german consumer protection that deals with foods in general, nothing special for beer. Obviously we have beer mix drinks which would violate any Reinheitsgebot if there were any binding ones.
- bears...well yes and no. We dont really have bears, wolves we have though. There were like 5 bears in germany over the last decade that migrated here from poland and other east bordering nations but they didnt really settle here.
We used to have bears but we kinda drove em off. Same for wolves but we already have populations resettling
- Benefits: Healthcare here is kinda free. You do pay your insurance or the state does it if you cant, and if you need anything its covered fully if its life threatening, and mostly if its other stuff. As example i got a big ammunt of dental work done after an accident, the insurance paid 5000 euros, i had to pay 200 out of my own pocket. 3 day stay in hospital for "checking" - had to pay 10 euros myself. When it comes to social benefits they are...ok. You get your rent covered and enough to have a computer, internet, tv, heating and ofc food but its too little to do all the things the government claims you should be able to afford like visiting zoos, cinemas, join a sportclub etc. Austria and the scandinavian countries do better but germanies social system is...well it works. paperwork is a nightmare but it could be much worse.
- language: german dialects are sometimes really tough to understand for others. Bavarian and plattdeutsch are about the worst offenders, but swiss german takes the cake. Some dialects like berlinese, saxon or "pfälzisch" do have very distinct sounds but
are so close to high german that there is no issue with understanding each other. Its a bit like american and london english compared to scottish and australian
- dubbing. Its quite often an improvement over the original. If you are a voice actor you can focus on line delivery you dont need to have the rest of the acting in mind which often leads to improved line delivery. However there is a few exceptions where i prefer the english original voices. That said, fun fact, whenever a person in an english movie speaks german...in german thats dubbed so the person speaks dutch instead
- The book i can not name for the algorythm was never illegal to own. it was illegal to print because of copyright, that ended in 2016 though and since then you can legally print the book and throw it around the street if you like too, theres even a german comedian that publicly reads the book making fun of it. It is actually quite hilarious as the H guy was a creationist and got so much science so horribly wrong its hilarious. Its a boring read though cause the writing is horrendous, like he spent 2 pages just listing animal names.
Its also not illegal to like the guy and join "his" party - it is illegal to promote violence of any kind though. Legal to say foreigners must leave the country, illegal to suggest removing them by force
- Finally a not mentioned thing for a viking ;) - the germanic tribes and thus the germanic / norse pantheon was in germany before it was in scandinavia and the revial of Asatru started in 1899 in Austria and had its revival in germany in 1905 - about 50 years before the old faith resurfaced in the USA and Asatru only reached scandinavian countries in the 90s - the first being norway, then sweden denmark and finally iceland.
the things about the Reinheitsgebot and the beer mix drink is that because of the Reinheitsgebot you can only call these type of drinks "Beermixgetränk" you are forbidden to advertise them as "beer" because they do not follow the Reinheitsgebot
@@acliptika that got nothing to do with any reinheitsgebot though thats normal german food labeling we have the same thing with say cheese and meat, plant based cheeses cant be called cheese, and a chicken breast can oly be called that if its 90% actual chicken breast and so on and so forth
@@OrkarIsberEstar huh, interesting, always thought it had to do with the Reinheitsgebot
probably a mix of the two
@@acliptika well you could say the reinheitsgebot that some cities enacted back in the medieval era was the origin of modern food restrictions and laws for food items. However the original reinheitsgebot was never one unified law for germany and usually only applied to one city and the ones breweries make are totally arbitrary with no legal binding.
However german, modern food laws are quite strict with labeling and what you can put into food, but its not called reinheitsgebot its basicly the german version of FDA - Konsumenten und Verbraucherschutz
To expand a little on that, we have "seals" or more like tiny labels you can slap on products if thy fullfill certain requirements, however the system is quite bad.
As example, the "Bio" label only means you cant use pesticides or other poisons to kill insects and vermin, and are not allowed to use certain fertilisers or growth enhancers in the product.
As result most farms that produce "bio" products are right next to highways / the autobahn where there is so much poison in the air from the cars, that you dont need any peticides to begin with, and hilariously enough, consumers think "bio" products are more healthy and nutritious when actually, the exact opposite is true.
As a German I can say we have a solid „for everyone“ healthcare. There are some problems here and there but on the medicinal aspects it’s very good. You get all your vaccinations, check ups, Medicine and operations (if needed) for free and all this in a good quality.
Thank you for your take on it Swedish brother
About the "cool benefits" I can tell you, for example the health insurance is indeed amazing in comparison to the most countries in the world, and it's about 15 percent of your monthly pre-tax salary. So for example you earn a pre-tax salary of about 2000 euro then you pay 160 euro tax for your health insurance and your boss the rest that means also 160 euros per month, for that your cost when you have to see a doctor are zero except form a small tax for the recipe of mostly 5 euros. Hopefully that'll explain a bit of the German system
A small info about why mostly monks invented beer. Monks often had fasting periods where they were not allowed to eat. So they thought about how they can satisfy their hunger without breaking the laws of god.
They eventually came up with a beverage that contained most of the ingredients that normal bread got and which should provide them with the calories they needed - Beer was born.
When it comes to see the benefits of Germany or e.g. Sweden just watch the videos of the people who move here and are stunned because of the high levels of benefits compared to their home countries. These reactions pretty much say it all. Only we who have grown up here and are used to it complain all the time.
wenn du mit nem tumor im kopf mehrere monate warten musst dann kannst du dich beschweren
@@xXxEisernesKreuzxXx na klar! Oder du überlegst,was dich das in anderen Ländern kosten würde bzw. wie lange du evtl. dort warten müsstest.
Damit will ich's nicht schönreden. Jedoch macht die Perspektive einiges aus. Ich komme allerdings aus der Mecker-Nummer von uns Deutschen auch nur schwer raus.🤷🏼♂️
Nice Vid, and btw the book "Mein Kampf" is allowed and is still being published in small numbers by one publisher. You must although be 18 or even 21 years (I am not sure). The fact with the tornados was actually new to me 😅 even as a German, maybe television does not talk that much about it, because I mean Germans know how to build houses.
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These houses are literally from my hometown in lower saxony hahaha
If you love history, listen to Ramstein - Deutschland and see how many historian events you can identify.
Rammstein is shit coming from a german
Germany and Sweden are always very close!
Similiar language, both EU countries and cultural exchange.
The Northern German Regions still have a great Swedish Influence and number of words, Sweden has a lot of cultural Assets from Prussia back then.
Greetings from Duisburg
i was talking with a swede some time ago, he was very supised that german stores have to close every sunday. he said in sweden everything is open at sundays. i was very suprised...
Mein Kampf was on the index (A list of books that are prohibited from being published) until some years ago. It was recently published again as a scientific edition with very extensive commentary.
About the the heath system; i broke my anckle joint multiple time a few years ago and was unenployed a this time. So all it toke was 3 operations and 1 and a half years to recover and all i paid was about 150€. But it comes at a cost: people in the heathcare system get underpaid, work to much and they get way to less employeres. This was an issue befor corona. This Video , which is a few years old, glorirfy it, because gouverment allways try to favor industry over people, like the vw diesel scandal and there are many more examples.
14:36 In Germany you are allowed to own "Mein Kampf" if it is the comented version (thats what they told us in school).
As an German i can say or healthcare system is pretty good
Der Pflegenotstand wird seit Jahren immer schlimmer. Die Rentner stehen mit dem Rolator morgens um 5 Uhr an der Bushaltestelle zum Pfand sammeln. Wer schnell genug ist bekommt eine warme Mahlzeit zusammen gesamelt.
Nicht so viel Lügen TV betreutes Denken konsumieren.
@@maxmuster7003 Dann schau doch mal, wie es in >90% der anderen Länder auf der Welt aussieht, kleines Wutbürgerlein.
Niemand sagt, dass es hier keine dringenden Probleme gibt. Aber im weltweiten Vergleich stehen wir immer noch verdammt gut da. Klar, besser geht immer. Aber die Deutschen haben halt einen Hang zum Jammern und Meckern.
@@thuering6229 Du bist wohl einer diese vollständig indoktrinierten Verschwörungsleugner deren Psyche bereits in seine Bestandteile zerlegt wurde und gezeigt hat wie naiv und weltfemd diese Leute denken. Höchste Abgabenlast, teuerste Internet, Energiewende zurück ins Mittelalter, Korruption und eine immer weiter ausufernde Regierungskriminalität (Wortwahl vom Richterbund), Weltmeister bei der Internet-Zensur und immer noch Justizstrukturen wie bei Adolf Hitler im besten Deutschland aller Zeiten.
@@thuering6229 Du hast wohl eher ein Hang zum Herumblödeln als typisch deutsches Schlafschaf.
Was in Sweden and in Finland (therefor it was was an student exchange) a longer time... The swedish and the finish health care systems are even better than ours. Sure, im not able to get the full spectrum of services and things included in both systems, but the basics are differing slightly. Or: Input is quite equal, but the outcome is better in Sweden.
Btw, the "Eszett"/ß (my family name contains one) is more like a slow sharp "s", so the opposite of an "double s", but its often gets replaced by two "s" (alot of IT-system still are not aware of the ß), but with the wrong impression in pronounciation.
healthcare is pretty dope compared to other countries but i think there is stil plenty of room to evolve. for example get rid of the division between gkv and pkv
I was in the US Air Force in the 70s, stationed in western Germany. A friend and I went to stay for a few days in 'Berlin. We rode a train, and we were required to keep the curtains pulled closed through the border until we got to West Berlin. Because the city was still under four nations control, we were allowed to visit East Berlin, though we had to wear our uniforms. While we were there, we watched some East German TV. It was an English lesson, with a story about how the workers could get things over on the employers.
I was stationed in Germany for 3 1/2 years
I live near Ramstein/Rhineland-Pfalz. Now that I've read that, I remember you. One day you flew so low over our house with your F4F Phantom that my budgie Hans-Günther was so frightened that he fell off the perch in his cage. After that he had to go to a madhouse for several months and was never the same again.
US roughnecks ! ! ! 🦜😉
@@gitterich :D
Well, Germany hasn't been invented only recently. Like most modern European states it started as a feudal kingdom in the high middle ages. But unlike other countries that managed to centralize from there, the German kingdom/HRE got more and more decentralized and eventually abandoned.
So, modern Germany is new creation, sure. But it did arose out of a tradition of earlier statehood.
The old Roman Empire of German Nation was anything but a nation. It was rather a loose ally of various feudal states, which weren't always at good terms with each other. That is why it was so easy for Napoleon to steamroll over central Europe. Only after the efforts of Bismarck to create a unified nation (not always by means that you would call legitimate) and a standardisation of a lot of measures, laws, railway spans, time zones, and whatnot, it turned into a proper country.
@@gabbyn978 It was a feudal monarchy from the start. That's all I'm saying.
Calling it a loose alliance fundamentally misunderstands how the empire functioned.
@@Siegbert85 thats a really nice topic, i would say it isnt. To quote the german philosoph samuel pufendorf "the hre is an irregular and monster-like body". It cant be classified in the regular forms of government monarchy or aristocracy, its something between. The emperor was ruler of all, but with restrictions he got during the election. For example the people who live in the territories didnt were his direct subjects of the emperor, they were the subjects of the magistrat, count or duke who rules the territory. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why they never grow together. He also never had the governence alone, he had some, the local rulers had some and the reichstag had some. The smaller states were quasi independent, but not sovereign, so i wouldnt say it was a real monarchy, he was more a defender for the outside and an arbitrator for the inside. The hre wasnt a loose alliance, but also not a real empire.
@@soewenue Well, Pufendorf lived in the 17th century. He was writing about the state of the post 30 years war empire which, granted, was a shell of its former self.
We need to look back into the high medieval period to understand how it worked properly and at that point of time it was a feudal monarchy and functioned as one.
"For example the people who live in the territories didnt were his direct subjects of the emperor, they were the subjects of the magistrat"
That's not at all uncommon for medieval kingdoms. That's how the feudal hierarchy was set up. The common man was subject of his local lord who swore fielty to a baron above him, who in turn was a direct vassal of a duke who in turn was a vassal of the crown.
The king/emperor however did have a number of rights (called "regalia") throughout all of the empire that would overrule that of any territorial lord, for instance he was the supreme judge.
"Perhaps this was one of the reasons why they never grow together."
Again, this was a result of a number of internal conflicts that left the imperial power weakened. You can make the case that 10th/11th century HRE was more of a centralized state than France at the same time.
The royal position also wasn't always elective... From the early 10th to mid 12th century the kingship was usually hereditary with the acknowledgment of the princes. It was only when a king/emperor died without a viable heir that they had to choose someone. The same thing happened in 10th century France as well, after the Carolingians died out.
The Capetians were just more successful in producing viable heirs.
What do you mean by asking „if our benefits are good“?
We have a healthcare system where you pay a certain percentage of your income per month but then mostly pay nothing when you need healthcare. Like for example if you go to the doctor, need an operation, have a child…. you pay nothing. Only certain things have to be paid privately, like some dentist things for example. Children never pay anything. Children are always included in the insurance of one of their parents. Spouses can be insured with their wifes/ husbsnds too if they don‘t work themselves. All this without extra cost.
Other benefits regulated by law: at least 24 payed vacation days per year, basically unlimited „sick leave“, maternity/ paternity leave for up to 3 years, maternity protection where a soon to be Mom shall not work for 6 weeks before gibing birth and 8 weeks after giving birth, „child money“ for every child you have until it turns 18 or finishes school - whichever happens last….
I have actually two pretty good anecdotes in regard to Healthcare. I once needed knee surgery because my right inner Meniscus hast split in two. Furthermore, I had basic statutory health insurance, and it paid everything. My knee has been fine ever since. I also once needed emergency surgery to remove the liquid that was once my appendix. The result of a long New Year's Eve piss up. And it, too, went down well full recovery, zero cost to me. German healthcare was there when I needed it, and it passed with flying colors.
Plattdeutsch is actually kinda similar to english. My uncle was driving trucks in canada and the people there said they can't really hear that hes german because of the platt(short for plattdeutsch)
As far as I understand it, 'Plattdeutsch' is simply a mix of English, Swedish, German and Flemish, mainly spoken by sailors who got a 'Heuer' (employment) everywhere because of this language.
I learned Münsterländer Plattdeutsch (from my grandmother) and have no problems in the Netherlands, Belgium and can even read Swedish newspapers (50%).
@@waltervonoer9190im german from east frisia(Ostfriesland).
i don't really know the linguistic origins of platt, but i could very easily learn english have no problem talking with the dutch and generally have good language skills.
That thing with the 'heuer' sounds accurate.
I can understand platt mostly because many people in my family speak it, i can speak a few bits.