1:12 the usa is an oligarchy/ corporatocracy, not a democracy, just like most countries these days. rich families and global corporations are the ones with the power, not the politicians. every now and then you could vote for a new train driver, but global companies have set the route the train has to travel.
Many english-speaking CZcamsrs are reacting to Volker Pispers these days. All in all, not the worst thing to react to, but I have to say it clearly, with my deepest respect. You are one, if not the only one, who completely understands what he is trying to say, even without knowing all the german names and insider stuff. Sarcasm, Irony and Satire is very hard to understand in another language and you nailed it nearly all the time. I love to listen to your reaction about what he is saying. Very Good Job James. 💪 👍
In the US, the understanding of democracy, also inside the USA, is a bit strange, otherwise it would not be possible for the person who gets fewer votes to become president. In addition, only those who are super rich and have super rich supporters and financiers have a chance to win. By the way, the oldest democracy in the world was in Greece and not in the USA! Everything that Volker Pispers says has been well researched and is true!
@@hoodyniszwangsjacke3190 I dont think we can View 16 century Britain as Democracy tbh. Besides that I would argue it wasnt a real Democracy before 1832.
The term "Democracy" describes only a small aspect of a form of government. In a democracy, the people are allowed to participate. But that does not guarantee a satisfying outcome. Elections are held, but often you have no choice between any candidates you agree with completely. The difference between several of the parties with any chance to pass the 5% threshold is negligible, and the other parties are so extreme that they are no wholehearted option. And the party you would prefer will not have a chance to enter the parliament due to the 5% threshold. Or with the words of Volker Pispers from an earlier smaller sketch: "Wir haben zwar immer mal Wahlen, aber nicht immer eine Wahl." (Sometimes we have elections, but not always a choice.)
1) America pushes capitalism, not democracy. 2) The ancient greeks pushed democracy on to the world. 3) True democracy doesn't exist anywhere in the world nowadays. It's always a second or third hand democracy. (True democracy would be asking the people on every single issue and doing what the majority votes for. Instead, we select people to do the vote on behalf of us, which is more often than not abused)
About 1) You are right. 2) The greece democraty is about 2000 years old but it seems noone remembers it. By the way the greek ?drachmen? was the oldest currancy continuosly used till it was changed to the Euro. I dont know if that was a clever decisson? 3) As mentioned by me in an other comment: Wenn Wahlen was ändern würden, dann würden sie abgeschafft
@@bracinggreen3785 In the greece democracy only "valuable members" of the population were eligible to vote. The simple man from the street had no say.
In medieval times, if one land owner wanted his neighbour's land, they went to the cleric and accused them of witchcraft. Today they call them a terrorist, but the principle is the same.
Na Not really. I dont say That this did Not happend. But the Highday of Witchhunts was after the Middle Ages. And there were easier ways to get That Land. Marriage, Feud, Fake Documents, Support subjects of your Enemy with a Rebellion to Name Just a few.
13:40 If you follow news articles, an american drone pilot went to the media: the analyst guy who decided the person on drone footage can be terminated, but afterwards realised was just a kid at the door entrance of his home who got killed, took on the report they eliminated a dog. So even when they would leak documents, nobody would accuse him on his decision making. The drone pilot got yelled at, that he should just shut up, and do his fing job. Surely the drone pilot didn't feel happy about that, so he left the army and went to the media. So you can assume from that, nowadays drone killings won't be documented authentically.
Look at Switzerland. Direct democracy. 1 voice, 1 vote. No representatives. The problem here is to stay updated in all the details and get all the angles on a matter, and then the voter base... who gets to vote?
Sadly Volker retired some years ago. At the moment, you have to watch out for Lisa Eckhart, she is realy controvertial. Some say, she is right Wing, but that is not true, she fights the lies of the Power, regardless of theire Polical party. But she is dark as f* and you can listen to some actuel themes, from the sight of a real modern queen of German Kabarett. (OK, she is from Austria, but she lives in Germany)
The U.S. "pushed democracy to the world"??? 🤣🤣🤣 Oh my Lord, this is BY FAR the most hilarious thing I've ever heard in my 37 years old life, not exaggerating!
Yeah, Volker Pispers is one of our greatest! But if you really want a smack of truth in your face and a aching belly caused by laughter, check out Georg Schramm! Don't hesitate; just do it! Greetings from Germany! :)
In germany prisoners also don't loose their voting rights, cause they're voting rights and not voting privileges. Never understood why the us can take that right away from their citisens...
Oh, my sweet summer child! You really never read Machiavelli, did you? Your innocence when talking about politics is actually rather cute, but you should definitely continue to watch Pispers. He's smart and he knows his history.
A mature democracy can be recognized by its electoral laws. In Germany, EVERY citizen is automatically entitled to vote, unlike in the USA, where you have to register first. Anyone who is sentenced to at least one year in prison for a criminal offense in Germany loses the right to vote (to stand as a candidate) for a period of five years, but not the (active) right to vote.
Only Men have to do that. That same registration forces you to be draft able to the army and the firefighters if they are in need of either. Plus without registration you don't get student loans for studying. Women don't have to do any of that an can just vote when they are 18 as well as get student loans, no strings attached.
While true, also kind of false. Since we got a Meldepflicht (US has nothing like that), which arguably could be seen as registration... and is kind of controversial from a freedom standpoint in itself. IMHO a better argument would be convicts not having a vote.
@@Kelsar1981 Voting is a human right, in Germany at least, and can't be withdrawn, just like your citizenship. For prisoners: Their human right of freedom is limited for a certain amount of time, but nothing else.
@@hape3862 technical right, but that was about registration, but did you ever tried to vote, if not registered in any city? If you are not registered, you need to register for the vote in Germany too. For the same reason you need to register in the USA too, to prevent voter fraud. Convicts and other people not having the right to vote is a shame, but a whole another issue.
I dont think USA is a democracy! Let me explain. If u look at the characteristics of a democracy, u will at least find 2 really important points the USA does not have. 1. Pluralism: It basically means a variety of parties, that represent a great variety of political opinions. And two parties are not a pluralism. Now u could argue, that the US has more than two parties, but since a lot of people just vote for what their parents have been voting their entire lives and not even think, if that is actually a party representing their opinion (which is mostly the demorcrats or the conservatives) the people take away their own pluralism and therefor their democracy. Tbh that isn‘t exactly a problem of the system but it connects to my second point. 2: every vote counts: one of the most important characteristics in a democracy is that every vote counts. The system of the delegates simply makes your vote pointless, if u dont like the two big parties or unless u live in a swing state. Since so many stupid people vote for the conservatives or democrats with closed eyes any different vote is just worthless. I think u could find more arguments, but for now… The problem is, that when the US became the most powerful country after WW1 they were at the top and they knew it. And why would u go further if u are the best. Ever since the US just stopped evolving, resulting in an old, broken political system. for example in the past the idea with the delegates was useful, because it was impossible to have a direct election, because of slow communication and travel possibilities at the time this system got introduced. And now the US is a world power with an obsolete political system and for some reason, the people there dont realise what is wrong but instead start chanting USA USA in a country, where so many people get killed every day due to their outdated gunlaws etc. Just wanted to say, there are so many positive things about the US, but those problems are just bigger and more affecting the rest of the world, considering i feared for my live when i heard, that the brainless animal Trump became president and was able to press the button just for fun. Thx for reading. Write ur answer, i can take criticism :)
What the CDU is in 15 States, the CSU is in Bavaria. We talk about CDU/CSU here in Germany. The CSU is a Party which stands alone but is in a fixed coalition with the CDU as bigger part of both.
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Some one said "if officials wouldnt get bribed the whole society would collapse" i believe that corrpution has exsisted since the dawn of time so to speak. im sure in the stone age a guy gave some very nice berries to the guard of the chieftain to have a talk with the "head honcho" ;)
@james regarding democracy it all comes down to a problem that is easy to declare but currently near to impossible to solve and that is: Democracy is by no means a good form of government, but it is the best of all forms known to man currently. At least for the most of a population normally it is much better than most other forms.
oh to usa and statistics in war. Here is how you do it: Send in some of your troops in save areas. hire mercenaries to do the heavy combat action -> dead mercenaries dont show up in your statistics. if 10 actual soldiers and 100 mercenaries fighting for you died, you just report the 10 dead soldiers. and for the public you say it was 5
When it comes to pushing Democracy, you have to remember Iran and Mohammad Mosaddegh. He was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953. You may remember how the Allied Forces after WW2 promised that they would give back their colonies and Mosaddegh took them by their word and wanted to give the Iranian people the oil fields back that the Brits had taken. After Mosaddegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to shut out foreign control, the US, specifically the CIA, staged a coup against the Iranian government - paid off criminal cartels and the like to create uprisings - and then installed a dictator - Reza Pahlavi - as the leader of Iran. It was called Operation Ajax. And to be clear, Mosaddegh was very popular with the Iranian people, just not with the US. Reza Pahlavi, on the other hand, had very good relationships with the US, just not with the Iranian people. In good dictatorial fashion, hesuppressed the Iranian people so much that they finally revolted and he himself was peacefully overthrown in 1979 which resulted in the current theocratic government. Volker Pispers also has a bit on that and points out how desperate the Iranian people must have been to get rid of Pahlavi that they supported a religious leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, instead. The German satire show "Die Anstalt" summarized the US-involvement in the Middle East quite nicely here: czcams.com/video/URzJSiSGLy8/video.html
Right, first free election in Gaza strip 2006, but the people voted for hamas so the west immediately sanctioned them, because of course the Palestinians have to elect those people that the west wants to be elected
We don't have one party governments, like you do in the USA. Because a party needs an absolute majority for that ad that doesn't happen in a multi party system. Except for bavaria (and Konrad Ardenauer once and the SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate right now). The first government, that ruled bavaria after ww2 was actually a coalition of various socialist parties though. The weimar state of bavaria was formed by a socialist revolution too. But since that first post ww2 government, it has only been the CSU
When you only have 2 parties to choose from, then democracy is already very limited. Then we have the 2 major problems democracies suffer from all over the world: first, there should be a field in the voting ballot that allows voter to say "non of the f*ck*rs" and it should be counted. If there ar enough voices voting this way, the candidates should be scrapped and new ones proposed. And second: we should change our view of the government being like the nobles/kings before: the top power that can do what it wants. In a proper democracy, they are the servants of the country, ie. the people. So they owe a justification for every decision and spending. There should be a public accounting every year for what taxes are used for, and a listing of decisions taken and their justification. And if politicians commit mistakes, they should be held accountable for them. Them getting a high pension for a few years work should also be scrapped.
ok so 1) America is not actually a democracy its a democratic republic. Small but very impactfull difference. Basicly instead of voting on laws directly or electing people who make them you vote on people who then put people in charge who make the rules. And in the electorate you actually vote for people who then vote for the person who puts people in charge of actully doing things 2) representative democracy doesnt mean the people get to actually demand or change law you just elect your dictator who then makes the rules for you and chooses the people he works with. Main difference to actual dicatorship is that the term is limited by time. 3) the issue with democracy is that a) most people are too uneducated or idiotic to vote for policy rather than personality corrupting the system from start b) the burocratic state makes sure that no one can actually change things easily which makes 4 year terms very ineffective c) the politicians get votes by emotionally manipulating voters, not actually having good ideas d) actual democracy woudlnt work either cause most people vote selfishly and society wouldnt work if say eveyone votes to not pay taxes. e) most people vote against their own interests because they trust some guy who just wants their vote and not actually whats best for them
Democracy is for people who think they really have a choice. If this is promised before the election and the opposite is done after the election, by no matter which party, then it doesn't matter what shit I take.
interesting fact, ever since the arab spring happened, in most of these countries the amount of people who consider themselves religious has decreased, especially among young people. apparently that is because religious fundamentalists have gained power since then and, naturally, the more open-minded people are appalled by their dogmatic views and morals. i just thought that's important to consider - it's not like all people there want a deeply religious society.
If you want to see a REAL democracy at work, you have to look at Switzerland. To me (yes, I'm swiss) it's the one form I really can call democracy. We not only vote for politicians, but also (even more) on politics itself. And we don't have to get registered every time like in the US, we get our ballots sent home automatically. And if we like to change something, we can do so by an initiative or a referendum (kinda legally binding form of petition), that forces our politicians to put it on vote.
Yours is the first reaction to Volker Pispers, that called him a cabaret artist, that's what he is. He is not a comedian and he's not making fun about serious themes. He tries to clarify connections of world events and where many people assume "pure coincidences", there is often more script and intention behind it, which is often not apparent to an average citizen due to the complexity.
Hi James, Demokratie ist die beste Form der Politik. Aber was ist, wenn eine Demokratie die eine Diktatur ist einen Staat der demokratisch ist als Diktatur bezeichnet? Siehe USA und Cuba!
James don't tell such rubbish, America didn't bring democracy into the world! Democracy means: The form of government in which an elected representative body exercises political power, the principle of allowing decisions to be made by the majority! Ancient Greek, δημοκρατία dēmokratía 'popular rule! And for your information: In North America, the Native Americans were the first to have a democracy and then the Vikings arrived in North America, who in turn came from Europe. James, do you see something there? Something in your information is probably wrong!
I know this video is almost two months old, however one thing. As far as I have seen it in the last 80 years America didn't push democracy, but capitalism, now whether you like capitalism or not is not the issue here. The problem is that for american foreign policy it seems like it doesn't matter whether the regime created is democratic or not only that it works on capitalist principles, so that america can easily trade with them. Look for instance at what happened with russia after the fall of the soviet union, the goal was not to create a democracy cause none of the presidents there were ever democratic, the goal was simply creating a capitalist system to trade with in the future, which didn't really work out, but shock therapy is a thing and it is often the main thing that american foreign policy does to "liberated" countries.
I wonder, if you even would be able to understand the legendary "Grabrede for FDP" of Max Uthoff, which tell the story of that party in form of a real mean funeral speach. (It was even one year before there was a bundestag without them, and later, they sadly came back...) If interested, it is v=x0qcytXTHbU
Eh, America didn't invent democracy, ever heard of Switzerland? They had democracy in the year 1300 AD, that's 200+ years before the first Englishman stept onto the continent🙄
Volker Pispers did a great job - telling true historical facts combined with different points view in a really funny way. Even today up2date.. I think George Carlin invented this kind of political satire long time before VP and VP was smart enough to transform(not copying) it for/to the German audience. I like them both, but some parts are hard to understand in a foreign language and probably some missing background information.
>upps stop the video> had to stop just to tell (a hopefull) funny story ... or better: revelation I find it amusing that the acronym for the bavarian political party and the american meaning of CSU are soooo different ... ... yet so fitting Christian Socialist Union (germany) ... CSU ... Crime Scene Unit (US) or ist it JUST me who's laughing 🤔🤨😁😆🤣 >OK - back to video
The only Issue i gave with this set if Pispers is his mentioning of the annexiation of Krimea. Because they couldn't vote to stay with Ukraine. They had zo choose between join Russia or be by themselves.
The Krim tried to seperate from the Ukraine first in 1994 long before anyone heard anything from Putin. The Krim was the poorhouse form the poorhouse Ukraine.
Wait you are chasing 500.000 subs? Im terrified and in awe at the same time! PS: Lets be real, voting dosent really matter anymore. Either cause no party would ACT in the voters interest or cause they really cant (there are a lot of agreements we dont know about and that cant be broken, without causing massive international upheavel). Makes my kinda sad, but democracy died here some time ago!
3:37 The arab spring started in Tunisia, and the CIA was not involved. Tunisian people did something that made the Agency panicked ; before talking about something check what you think you know
Democracy isnt good, Democracy leads to chaos because the mob decide laws and give special rights to minorites and all kind of groups. Republic is good, in a Republic everyone has to follow the constitution, no special rights for small/"special" groups. Democracy is also just one step away from dictatorship and civil war. Plato talked about a cycle that a state is going through, it starts always in a ... Republic (laws govern) Democracy (mob rule and change laws they dont like) Oligarchy (rich rules and the rest has nothing) Tyranny (dictator takes over) Civil war (starting again in a Republic) You see this cycle over and over, he wrote a book about it "Platos State (thats the German title but I dont know how its called in English, I think it has a different name)".
Wasn't it the same with us? "So. Kaiser Wilhelm is gone. Have fun with democracy!" "Huh?" "Who should we vote?" "Them?" "No, them?" "How about the failed art student from Austria?" "OK." And everything got worse than before.
@@arnolsi Reichstagswahl vom 6. November 1932 NSDAP 33,1% Party Of Other Right Wing Idiots 8,3% ~ 41,4% No governing majority Reichstagswahl am 5. März 1933 NSDAP 43,9% Party Of Other Right Wing Idiots 8,0% ~ 51,9% Welcome asshole government.
CSU (christian social union) and CDU (christian democratic union) are basicly the same. I dont understand that either, cause we in Bavaria are definitly not social😂😂😂
Ich liebe es diesen Content mit dir anzusehen und kenne Volker Pispers schon seit mehr als 10 Jahren! Tipp: schau dir Vera F. Birkenbihl an (Wissenschaft) und zum reagieren Jan Böhmerman vom ZDF Neo Magazin. Peace and out 🤘
I don´t know if it gets better when it changes, but i know that is has to change to get better. Democracy/Capitalism is not perfect but we haven´t tryied a different social construct yet that is possibly better.
To Push something onto someone is never good, it is stupid and wicked. If you claim to be a democrat, then let all humans have their freedom, as you take yours. You must never go to someone and tell your opinion without him asking first
Some people is the east say democracy doesn't work because in the current economical model, the profit is always short term dominant. When you choose a goverment who will be in power 4 or 8 years, many of their decisions is short term and may hurt the people of the country in the long term, but they doesn't really care. That's why some people value more long term planned decision in some eastern countries. And btw in todays world democracy doesn't exist, yes you can vote to "say" who will be in the government, but who really "vote" is the big capital with their finantial decisions in form of inversions. So in reality not every "vote" count the same. And with the resources of the world expiring (you can investigate about oil for example), the manufactured goods and raw materials will be more important than the services, or atleast same importance, so the world will change a lot in the next 30 years I think.
tbh? I can't remember any instant in which the US spread democracy to another country. You could maybe argue west germany but thats about it. There are however many dictatorships that were caused directly by the US. Look at chile, the entire middle east and multiple african countries. If there are any countries that the US actually spread democracy to and i may have forgotten about (which might have happened), i'd be glad to hear them.
I'm not sure you fully understand his humor. Nothing he says is "foul". It's sarcastic satire. He's one of the good guys. He's a lot like George Carlin in fact.
1:30 common James, you really forgot about the 5 parts pisper talked about USA and terrorism? that in iraq wasn't about democracy, i mean yeah bush said so, but it was about the oil and only about the oil. other than that, great video again :)
3:40 from a european perspective, the US seems not that different to be honest. While we also have parties that align with christian values (german CDU/CSU for example), watching US politics being discussed as who's more christian and the right kind of christian aswell, on top of swearing an oath on the bible (although you can choose other books afaik) seems just as out of touch to many of us
Ich wundere mich immer wieder darüber, dass das alles neue Informationen für manche Menschen sind, obwohl es Jahre zurück liegt.
"USA pushs democracy" - Augusto Pinochet is laughing in hell.
I once read a wise person in a CZcams comment section say: "Remember kids: It's not a war crime if it is committed by the USA"
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I love people who are capable of selfirony 😂❤
1:12 the usa is an oligarchy/ corporatocracy, not a democracy, just like most countries these days.
rich families and global corporations are the ones with the power, not the politicians.
every now and then you could vote for a new train driver, but global companies have set the route the train has to travel.
Many english-speaking CZcamsrs are reacting to Volker Pispers these days. All in all, not the worst thing to react to, but I have to say it clearly, with my deepest respect. You are one, if not the only one, who completely understands what he is trying to say, even without knowing all the german names and insider stuff. Sarcasm, Irony and Satire is very hard to understand in another language and you nailed it nearly all the time. I love to listen to your reaction about what he is saying. Very Good Job James. 💪 👍
Volker just telling facts.. sadly
^this
scottish Mert guy reacted better
@@yeetyeet7070 1 year later uff
the name of the man is Julian Assange and right now, everyone is fighting for him not being deported to the US
Love to see the Volker Pispers reaction train is still rolling.
In the US, the understanding of democracy, also inside the USA, is a bit strange, otherwise it would not be possible for the person who gets fewer votes to become president. In addition, only those who are super rich and have super rich supporters and financiers have a chance to win. By the way, the oldest democracy in the world was in Greece and not in the USA!
Everything that Volker Pispers says has been well researched and is true!
well, in Ancient Greece though, democracy was only for property owning males. And their whole economy was based on slavery.
@@silkwesir1444 That's true, but it was still the first democracy!
@@kaess307 Self-contradictory? Why the 1st when Ka Ess clearely stated Greeks invented it? I am confused.
And in modern history the first democracy was in Britain. Founding of the parliament in the 16th century.
@@hoodyniszwangsjacke3190 I dont think we can View 16 century Britain as Democracy tbh. Besides that I would argue it wasnt a real Democracy before 1832.
Long time fan of Pispers, glad he glad he gets some international attention now. Keep up the good work!
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The term "Democracy" describes only a small aspect of a form of government. In a democracy, the people are allowed to participate. But that does not guarantee a satisfying outcome. Elections are held, but often you have no choice between any candidates you agree with completely. The difference between several of the parties with any chance to pass the 5% threshold is negligible, and the other parties are so extreme that they are no wholehearted option. And the party you would prefer will not have a chance to enter the parliament due to the 5% threshold.
Or with the words of Volker Pispers from an earlier smaller sketch: "Wir haben zwar immer mal Wahlen, aber nicht immer eine Wahl." (Sometimes we have elections, but not always a choice.)
1) America pushes capitalism, not democracy.
2) The ancient greeks pushed democracy on to the world.
3) True democracy doesn't exist anywhere in the world nowadays. It's always a second or third hand democracy. (True democracy would be asking the people on every single issue and doing what the majority votes for. Instead, we select people to do the vote on behalf of us, which is more often than not abused)
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1) You are right.
2) The greece democraty is about 2000 years old but it seems noone remembers it. By the way the greek ?drachmen? was the oldest currancy continuosly used till it was changed to the Euro. I dont know if that was a clever decisson?
3) As mentioned by me in an other comment: Wenn Wahlen was ändern würden, dann würden sie abgeschafft
@@bracinggreen3785 In the greece democracy only "valuable members" of the population were eligible to vote. The simple man from the street had no say.
@@peter_meyer Sounds like the US of A today.
In medieval times, if one land owner wanted his neighbour's land, they went to the cleric and accused them of witchcraft. Today they call them a terrorist, but the principle is the same.
Na Not really. I dont say That this did Not happend. But the Highday of Witchhunts was after the Middle Ages. And there were easier ways to get That Land. Marriage, Feud, Fake Documents, Support subjects of your Enemy with a Rebellion to Name Just a few.
Well they are getting also burned, just like in the good ol' days.
Nope, this isn't a medieval practise at all.
Can you name one such case in the Middle Ages? Just one will do.
@Janey Egerton I guess you didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition to be established in 1478. That’s well into the Renaissance, hardly the middle ages 😉
13:40 If you follow news articles, an american drone pilot went to the media: the analyst guy who decided the person on drone footage can be terminated, but afterwards realised was just a kid at the door entrance of his home who got killed, took on the report they eliminated a dog. So even when they would leak documents, nobody would accuse him on his decision making. The drone pilot got yelled at, that he should just shut up, and do his fing job. Surely the drone pilot didn't feel happy about that, so he left the army and went to the media. So you can assume from that, nowadays drone killings won't be documented authentically.
"Democracy is the worst form of goverment, but we haven't found anything better yet." - someone with a clever moment.
Winston Churchill? Who was this: Wenn Wahlen was ändern würden, dann würden sie abgeschafft.
Winston Churchill
@@wandelndeslexikon1614 I thought so but I wasnt shure.
@@wandelndeslexikon1614 Nope
“I don’t want to get into politics” he said, actively getting political
“But it’s not political tho” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Look at Switzerland. Direct democracy. 1 voice, 1 vote. No representatives. The problem here is to stay updated in all the details and get all the angles on a matter, and then the voter base... who gets to vote?
Sadly Volker retired some years ago.
At the moment, you have to watch out for Lisa Eckhart, she is realy controvertial.
Some say, she is right Wing, but that is not true, she fights the lies of the Power, regardless of theire Polical party.
But she is dark as f* and you can listen to some actuel themes, from the sight of a real modern queen of German Kabarett.
(OK, she is from Austria, but she lives in Germany)
The U.S. "pushed democracy to the world"??? 🤣🤣🤣 Oh my Lord, this is BY FAR the most hilarious thing I've ever heard in my 37 years old life, not exaggerating!
Yeah, Volker Pispers is one of our greatest! But if you really want a smack of truth in your face and a aching belly caused by laughter, check out Georg Schramm!
Don't hesitate; just do it! Greetings from Germany! :)
Was just about to write the same ^^
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner."
~B. Franklin
In germany prisoners also don't loose their voting rights, cause they're voting rights and not voting privileges. Never understood why the us can take that right away from their citisens...
Oh, my sweet summer child! You really never read Machiavelli, did you?
Your innocence when talking about politics is actually rather cute, but you should definitely continue to watch Pispers. He's smart and he knows his history.
A mature democracy can be recognized by its electoral laws. In Germany, EVERY citizen is automatically entitled to vote, unlike in the USA, where you have to register first. Anyone who is sentenced to at least one year in prison for a criminal offense in Germany loses the right to vote (to stand as a candidate) for a period of five years, but not the (active) right to vote.
Only Men have to do that.
That same registration forces you to be draft able to the army and the firefighters if they are in need of either.
Plus without registration you don't get student loans for studying.
Women don't have to do any of that an can just vote when they are 18 as well as get student loans, no strings attached.
While true, also kind of false. Since we got a Meldepflicht (US has nothing like that), which arguably could be seen as registration... and is kind of controversial from a freedom standpoint in itself. IMHO a better argument would be convicts not having a vote.
@@Kelsar1981 Voting is a human right, in Germany at least, and can't be withdrawn, just like your citizenship. For prisoners: Their human right of freedom is limited for a certain amount of time, but nothing else.
@@hape3862 technical right, but that was about registration, but did you ever tried to vote, if not registered in any city? If you are not registered, you need to register for the vote in Germany too. For the same reason you need to register in the USA too, to prevent voter fraud. Convicts and other people not having the right to vote is a shame, but a whole another issue.
V. Pispers uses hard words but he is right.
I dont think USA is a democracy!
Let me explain. If u look at the characteristics of a democracy, u will at least find 2 really important points the USA does not have.
1. Pluralism: It basically means a variety of parties, that represent a great variety of political opinions. And two parties are not a pluralism. Now u could argue, that the US has more than two parties, but since a lot of people just vote for what their parents have been voting their entire lives and not even think, if that is actually a party representing their opinion (which is mostly the demorcrats or the conservatives) the people take away their own pluralism and therefor their democracy. Tbh that isn‘t exactly a problem of the system but it connects to my second point.
2: every vote counts: one of the most important characteristics in a democracy is that every vote counts. The system of the delegates simply makes your vote pointless, if u dont like the two big parties or unless u live in a swing state. Since so many stupid people vote for the conservatives or democrats with closed eyes any different vote is just worthless.
I think u could find more arguments, but for now…
The problem is, that when the US became the most powerful country after WW1 they were at the top and they knew it. And why would u go further if u are the best. Ever since the US just stopped evolving, resulting in an old, broken political system. for example in the past the idea with the delegates was useful, because it was impossible to have a direct election, because of slow communication and travel possibilities at the time this system got introduced. And now the US is a world power with an obsolete political system and for some reason, the people there dont realise what is wrong but instead start chanting USA USA in a country, where so many people get killed every day due to their outdated gunlaws etc.
Just wanted to say, there are so many positive things about the US, but those problems are just bigger and more affecting the rest of the world, considering i feared for my live when i heard, that the brainless animal Trump became president and was able to press the button just for fun.
Thx for reading. Write ur answer, i can take criticism :)
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You got the same thoughts just like me. I couldn't said it better! Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪!
What the CDU is in 15 States, the CSU is in Bavaria. We talk about CDU/CSU here in Germany. The CSU is a Party which stands alone but is in a fixed coalition with the CDU as bigger part of both.
13:07 The don't get clapped. Nononono, they get neutralized. Major difference 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Terrorium, Terrirorium, Torrerium...isch gann das nüd läisen.
Dude, you just became "Nadine, the brain"
Search for this on here, but you won't like to whom I compared you to. ^^
Has the US turned more countries Fascist or Democratic? That's a tally we should count up.
Hey, my english is not so well, so.....now in germen: Ich finde das echt toooootal GENIAL was du hier machst und kann nur eines dazu sagen...AUF JEDEN FALL WEITERMACHEN!
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PS:this channel is soooo fuc....ing awesome, thanks for this......
You have to learn that Volker Pispers uses sarcasm all the time.
I'm sad that Pispers retired some years ago.
You are right about democracy…the problem in the US is, if you look closer to the system, there is no democracy at all - just a empty word
How many Jews were killed in that city back in 1944???
YES 👏 new Volker Pispers Reaction... definitely one of my favourite... 🙏
Some one said "if officials wouldnt get bribed the whole society would collapse" i believe that corrpution has exsisted since the dawn of time so to speak. im sure in the stone age a guy gave some very nice berries to the guard of the chieftain to have a talk with the "head honcho" ;)
To me *"clapped"* is a very confusing term for killing people... 🤷♂
Well, they "brushed" the start of Artemis today.
Funny guys, these americans - sometimes.
@james regarding democracy it all comes down to a problem that is easy to declare but currently near to impossible to solve and that is:
Democracy is by no means a good form of government, but it is the best of all forms known to man currently. At least for the most of a population normally it is much better than most other forms.
Bro, the joke is: USA has the worst democracy ever!😂
I just wish that Pispers would have continued after his break. He retired in 2016
Volker Pispers= Deutsches Kulturgut 😊
be honest do you wear pants when you streaming/recording? and when you do what do you wear?
oh to usa and statistics in war. Here is how you do it:
Send in some of your troops in save areas.
hire mercenaries to do the heavy combat action
-> dead mercenaries dont show up in your statistics. if 10 actual soldiers and 100 mercenaries fighting for you died, you just report the 10 dead soldiers. and for the public you say it was 5
When it comes to pushing Democracy, you have to remember Iran and Mohammad Mosaddegh. He was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953. You may remember how the Allied Forces after WW2 promised that they would give back their colonies and Mosaddegh took them by their word and wanted to give the Iranian people the oil fields back that the Brits had taken. After Mosaddegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to shut out foreign control, the US, specifically the CIA, staged a coup against the Iranian government - paid off criminal cartels and the like to create uprisings - and then installed a dictator - Reza Pahlavi - as the leader of Iran. It was called Operation Ajax. And to be clear, Mosaddegh was very popular with the Iranian people, just not with the US. Reza Pahlavi, on the other hand, had very good relationships with the US, just not with the Iranian people. In good dictatorial fashion, hesuppressed the Iranian people so much that they finally revolted and he himself was peacefully overthrown in 1979 which resulted in the current theocratic government. Volker Pispers also has a bit on that and points out how desperate the Iranian people must have been to get rid of Pahlavi that they supported a religious leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, instead.
The German satire show "Die Anstalt" summarized the US-involvement in the Middle East quite nicely here: czcams.com/video/URzJSiSGLy8/video.html
Right, first free election in Gaza strip 2006, but the people voted for hamas so the west immediately sanctioned them, because of course the Palestinians have to elect those people that the west wants to be elected
We don't have one party governments, like you do in the USA. Because a party needs an absolute majority for that ad that doesn't happen in a multi party system. Except for bavaria (and Konrad Ardenauer once and the SPD in Rhineland-Palatinate right now). The first government, that ruled bavaria after ww2 was actually a coalition of various socialist parties though. The weimar state of bavaria was formed by a socialist revolution too. But since that first post ww2 government, it has only been the CSU
The Sith Lords of dark german satire: Master Georg Schramm and his padawan Volker Pispers :D
Bavaria is like Texas. Solid South for conservative politics and all around a little weird to the rest of the country...
I noticed that the Videos you are watching are often a bit quiet compared to your voice. Would be cool if you could fix this in future uploads.
Could you please react someday to Max Uthoff? I especially like his bit about "toxische Männlichkeit"
He is my favorite satirist.
When you only have 2 parties to choose from, then democracy is already very limited. Then we have the 2 major problems democracies suffer from all over the world: first, there should be a field in the voting ballot that allows voter to say "non of the f*ck*rs" and it should be counted. If there ar enough voices voting this way, the candidates should be scrapped and new ones proposed. And second: we should change our view of the government being like the nobles/kings before: the top power that can do what it wants. In a proper democracy, they are the servants of the country, ie. the people. So they owe a justification for every decision and spending. There should be a public accounting every year for what taxes are used for, and a listing of decisions taken and their justification. And if politicians commit mistakes, they should be held accountable for them. Them getting a high pension for a few years work should also be scrapped.
ok so
1) America is not actually a democracy its a democratic republic. Small but very impactfull difference.
Basicly instead of voting on laws directly or electing people who make them you vote on people who then put people in charge who make the rules. And in the electorate you actually vote for people who then vote for the person who puts people in charge of actully doing things
2) representative democracy doesnt mean the people get to actually demand or change law you just elect your dictator who then makes the rules for you and chooses the people he works with. Main difference to actual dicatorship is that the term is limited by time.
3) the issue with democracy is that
a) most people are too uneducated or idiotic to vote for policy rather than personality corrupting the system from start
b) the burocratic state makes sure that no one can actually change things easily which makes 4 year terms very ineffective
c) the politicians get votes by emotionally manipulating voters, not actually having good ideas
d) actual democracy woudlnt work either cause most people vote selfishly and society wouldnt work if say eveyone votes to not pay taxes.
e) most people vote against their own interests because they trust some guy who just wants their vote and not actually whats best for them
Democracy is for people who think they really have a choice. If this is promised before the election and the opposite is done after the election, by no matter which party, then it doesn't matter what shit I take.
4:11 He means the CSU (bavarian version of the CDU)
Willkommen in der Demokratie 🤣
And in America you need to have a dog to even consider becoming president, so what? 😜
You could combine german controversy with music review by reacting to Killez More - Leben und Tod im Imperialismus (if it is with subtitles somewhere)
interesting fact, ever since the arab spring happened, in most of these countries the amount of people who consider themselves religious has decreased, especially among young people. apparently that is because religious fundamentalists have gained power since then and, naturally, the more open-minded people are appalled by their dogmatic views and morals. i just thought that's important to consider - it's not like all people there want a deeply religious society.
If you want to see a REAL democracy at work, you have to look at Switzerland. To me (yes, I'm swiss) it's the one form I really can call democracy. We not only vote for politicians, but also (even more) on politics itself. And we don't have to get registered every time like in the US, we get our ballots sent home automatically. And if we like to change something, we can do so by an initiative or a referendum (kinda legally binding form of petition), that forces our politicians to put it on vote.
Yours is the first reaction to Volker Pispers, that called him a cabaret artist, that's what he is. He is not a comedian and he's not making fun about serious themes.
He tries to clarify connections of world events and where many people assume "pure coincidences", there is often more script and intention behind it, which is often not apparent to an average citizen due to the complexity.
Swissiefiggiland ist ein Rechtsstaat....
Hi James, Demokratie ist die beste Form der Politik. Aber was ist, wenn eine Demokratie die eine Diktatur ist einen Staat der demokratisch ist als Diktatur bezeichnet? Siehe USA und Cuba!
I Got a joke for you.. what do you call a US citicents outside the US?
DRAFTED.
danke, korrekt, dass du das guckst, starker Inhalt
u gotta react to the legendary 35min spongebozz vs gio battle (there is a version with english subtitles)
U once said ur in the military. What rank do you have?
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James don't tell such rubbish, America didn't bring democracy into the world! Democracy means: The form of government in which an elected representative body exercises political power, the principle of allowing decisions to be made by the majority! Ancient Greek, δημοκρατία dēmokratía 'popular rule! And for your information: In North America, the Native Americans were the first to have a democracy and then the Vikings arrived in North America, who in turn came from Europe. James, do you see something there? Something in your information is probably wrong!
Sorry James, but you might not be right. Mitch McConnell has said that the USA is NOT a democracy but a republic.
Find the difference.
Greetings from Germany ;) Gutes Video :)
1.you´re off the point. 2. don´t lecture. 3. let Pispers talk
I know this video is almost two months old, however one thing. As far as I have seen it in the last 80 years America didn't push democracy, but capitalism, now whether you like capitalism or not is not the issue here. The problem is that for american foreign policy it seems like it doesn't matter whether the regime created is democratic or not only that it works on capitalist principles, so that america can easily trade with them. Look for instance at what happened with russia after the fall of the soviet union, the goal was not to create a democracy cause none of the presidents there were ever democratic, the goal was simply creating a capitalist system to trade with in the future, which didn't really work out, but shock therapy is a thing and it is often the main thing that american foreign policy does to "liberated" countries.
I wonder, if you even would be able to understand the legendary "Grabrede for FDP" of Max Uthoff, which tell the story of that party in form of a real mean funeral speach. (It was even one year before there was a bundestag without them, and later, they sadly came back...) If interested, it is v=x0qcytXTHbU
Eh, America didn't invent democracy, ever heard of Switzerland? They had democracy in the year 1300 AD, that's 200+ years before the first Englishman stept onto the continent🙄
Volker Pispers did a great job - telling true historical facts combined with different points view in a really funny way. Even today up2date.. I think George Carlin invented this kind of political satire long time before VP and VP was smart enough to transform(not copying) it for/to the German audience. I like them both, but some parts are hard to understand in a foreign language and probably some missing background information.
Well,Pispers was a long time around. What you find on YT is pretty much his latest shows.
>upps stop the video>
had to stop just to tell (a hopefull) funny story ... or better: revelation
I find it amusing that the acronym for the bavarian political party and the american meaning of CSU are soooo different ...
... yet so fitting
Christian Socialist Union (germany) ... CSU ... Crime Scene Unit (US)
or ist it JUST me who's laughing 🤔🤨😁😆🤣
>OK - back to video
The only Issue i gave with this set if Pispers is his mentioning of the annexiation of Krimea. Because they couldn't vote to stay with Ukraine. They had zo choose between join Russia or be by themselves.
The Krim tried to seperate from the Ukraine first in 1994 long before anyone heard anything from Putin. The Krim was the poorhouse form the poorhouse Ukraine.
Um, democracy is the best form of all bad government.
democratie and usa ; that must be a joke
You think US is pushing democracy? Think again ...
James, USA pushed the democracy to the world? You can do better. Democracy came from Europe. Look for Greece.
Wait you are chasing 500.000 subs?
Im terrified and in awe at the same time!
PS: Lets be real, voting dosent really matter anymore. Either cause no party would ACT in the voters interest or cause they really cant (there are a lot of agreements we dont know about and that cant be broken, without causing massive international upheavel). Makes my kinda sad, but democracy died here some time ago!
Wow, you really missed every single subtility there was in the first part :-D
I know 🤣🤣🤣 I’m pretty oblivious 🤣
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3:37 The arab spring started in Tunisia, and the CIA was not involved.
Tunisian people did something that made the Agency panicked ; before talking about something check what you think you know
Democracy isnt good, Democracy leads to chaos because the mob decide laws and give special rights to minorites and all kind of groups. Republic is good, in a Republic everyone has to follow the constitution, no special rights for small/"special" groups.
Democracy is also just one step away from dictatorship and civil war. Plato talked about a cycle that a state is going through, it starts always in a ...
Republic (laws govern)
Democracy (mob rule and change laws they dont like)
Oligarchy (rich rules and the rest has nothing)
Tyranny (dictator takes over)
Civil war (starting again in a Republic)
You see this cycle over and over, he wrote a book about it "Platos State (thats the German title but I dont know how its called in English, I think it has a different name)".
CSU is a Bavarian party only, sister party of the cdu. C standa for Christian, which is pretty strong in Bavaria.
Wasn't it the same with us?
"So. Kaiser Wilhelm is gone. Have fun with democracy!"
"Huh?"
"Who should we vote?"
"Them?"
"No, them?"
"How about the failed art student from Austria?"
"OK."
And everything got worse than before.
The NSDAP only had 33.1 % but then they and the concervative parties remitted the Ermächtigungsgesetz
@@arnolsi
Reichstagswahl vom 6. November 1932
NSDAP 33,1%
Party Of Other Right Wing Idiots 8,3%
~ 41,4% No governing majority
Reichstagswahl am 5. März 1933
NSDAP 43,9%
Party Of Other Right Wing Idiots 8,0%
~ 51,9% Welcome asshole government.
have you seen Tom McDonald "the system" ??? i'd like a reaction to that song, i really like that song and there is a lot of true stuff in there
CSU (christian social union) and CDU (christian democratic union) are basicly the same. I dont understand that either, cause we in Bavaria are definitly not social😂😂😂
and the new saddam is ....................selensky !! ;)
Ich liebe es diesen Content mit dir anzusehen und kenne Volker Pispers schon seit mehr als 10 Jahren!
Tipp: schau dir Vera F. Birkenbihl an (Wissenschaft) und zum reagieren Jan Böhmerman vom ZDF Neo Magazin.
Peace and out 🤘
5:10 like america were the current goverment draws the distrikts wich vpte togehter and they arrange it so that there party is the one in favor?
I don´t know if it gets better when it changes, but i know that is has to change to get better. Democracy/Capitalism is not perfect but we haven´t tryied a different social construct yet that is possibly better.
To Push something onto someone is never good, it is stupid and wicked.
If you claim to be a democrat, then let all humans have their freedom, as you take yours.
You must never go to someone and tell your opinion without him asking first
Some people is the east say democracy doesn't work because in the current economical model, the profit is always short term dominant. When you choose a goverment who will be in power 4 or 8 years, many of their decisions is short term and may hurt the people of the country in the long term, but they doesn't really care. That's why some people value more long term planned decision in some eastern countries.
And btw in todays world democracy doesn't exist, yes you can vote to "say" who will be in the government, but who really "vote" is the big capital with their finantial decisions in form of inversions. So in reality not every "vote" count the same. And with the resources of the world expiring (you can investigate about oil for example), the manufactured goods and raw materials will be more important than the services, or atleast same importance, so the world will change a lot in the next 30 years I think.
tbh? I can't remember any instant in which the US spread democracy to another country. You could maybe argue west germany but thats about it. There are however many dictatorships that were caused directly by the US. Look at chile, the entire middle east and multiple african countries. If there are any countries that the US actually spread democracy to and i may have forgotten about (which might have happened), i'd be glad to hear them.
I'm not sure you fully understand his humor. Nothing he says is "foul". It's sarcastic satire. He's one of the good guys. He's a lot like George Carlin in fact.
Why this James guy talking so much but be knowing so little?
1:30 common James, you really forgot about the 5 parts pisper talked about USA and terrorism? that in iraq wasn't about democracy, i mean yeah bush said so, but it was about the oil and only about the oil.
other than that, great video again :)
I have never been this early:)
Ok
3:40 from a european perspective, the US seems not that different to be honest. While we also have parties that align with christian values (german CDU/CSU for example), watching US politics being discussed as who's more christian and the right kind of christian aswell, on top of swearing an oath on the bible (although you can choose other books afaik) seems just as out of touch to many of us
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