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  • čas přidán 15. 07. 2023
  • Brussels is a city of contrasts: Poverty-stricken areas are struggling right next to the affluent EU governmental district. But this is meant to change.
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Komentáře • 162

  • @emotivelyy_
    @emotivelyy_ Před 7 měsíci +24

    I was in Brussels today and the area I was at today was fine... I suppose with only a few small papers and cigarettes on the ground everywhere... But as I went to a neighbourhood that had steep roads... I was absolutely mind-boggled. There were rubbish bag piles almost everywhere on the ground you could land your eyes on, hundreds of cigarettes scattered everywhere on the ground, there was graffiti all over the walls of the buildings and the poles and the shops were in very poor condition.

    • @stefanhaeussler821
      @stefanhaeussler821 Před 6 měsíci +3

      I think you got there in a trash collection day or afternoon, however you can ser the difference between neighborhoods very clearly

  • @dirmanbw336
    @dirmanbw336 Před 10 měsíci +124

    Molenbeek is NOT multicultural. It's mostly north African

    • @petepotr4078
      @petepotr4078 Před 10 měsíci +13

      Some do not want to learn to be European…are we seeing the best students or the lazy ones… the ones that did not put effort during elementary and high school?

    • @St-lan
      @St-lan Před 10 měsíci +1

      Bull.

    • @phillustrator
      @phillustrator Před 10 měsíci +10

      ​@petepotr4078
      It's nice to see the Belgian racism on display. Much easier to point out when it's in the open like this

    • @osis3694
      @osis3694 Před 10 měsíci

      It's european problem because they voted liberal politicians in

    • @ammkr2757
      @ammkr2757 Před 10 měsíci +4

      What exactly do you think multiculturalism means?

  • @AL-grhvc
    @AL-grhvc Před 10 měsíci +31

    4:00 go and do that in your own country, north african arabia needs it more.

    • @metodiusm428
      @metodiusm428 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@humnnn Seems bs. China is very poor in comparison to Belgium.

    • @metodiusm428
      @metodiusm428 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@humnnn Like said before, seems bs.

    • @geoffoakland
      @geoffoakland Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@@metodiusm428it's possible. Per capita income is much higher in Belgium, but in China there are 100 times more millionaires and billionaires

    • @mingkobe1149
      @mingkobe1149 Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@metodiusm428hahaha,keep dreaming

    • @metodiusm428
      @metodiusm428 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@mingkobe1149 Dreaming about what? China is poor in comparison to literally all EU countries. 1.3 billion people and the Chinese economy is barely bigger than the EU

  • @CuracaoRevisited
    @CuracaoRevisited Před 10 měsíci +43

    speaking only French and having no interest in either Dutch or English does not help either (unemployment in Flanders is on a record low)

    • @timchromecast
      @timchromecast Před 7 měsíci +2

      Indeed, there's tons of job opportunities in Flanders for those people (no higher education needed) but they refuse to work. Companies need to hire people from North of France and eastern Europe, while there are so many unemployed in Brussels, Charleroi & Liège!

    • @slipknotboys3
      @slipknotboys3 Před 3 měsíci +2

      For that we need to have a better system for teaching us dutch, i remember my teacher in school for dutch was not good, we just received a list of word, the only instruction was read and remember but how do we say these word ? the teacher pick up the old radio from the 70's/80's with a speaker broken and play a old tape try to learn something with that all i know in dutch is from the primary school where i had a great teacher after that it was awful.
      So is not that we are not motivated to learn it, is that we don't received the correct tools for learning it .

    • @onikamaraj1239
      @onikamaraj1239 Před měsícem +1

      @@timchromecastNo that’s not true, it’s simple because if you don’t speak Dutch you don’t get the job so stop lying

    • @timchromecast
      @timchromecast Před měsícem

      @@onikamaraj1239 for many jobs you don't have to be fluent in dutch, just some basic knowledge of the language.

  • @1112viggo
    @1112viggo Před 10 měsíci +135

    Every time media talk of "multiculturalism" and "diversity" you see those pictures that looks like they could have been from Baghdad or central Africa. No Asians, no South Americans, no Latino, no western Europeans or even native Belgians in sight. It seems to me like a single culture is still dominating the others in our little diverse utopia, its just no longer the native peoples culture.

    • @622PSS
      @622PSS Před 10 měsíci +3

      Standard genre of western MSMs.

    • @acans7958
      @acans7958 Před 10 měsíci +11

      Price of colonialism.

    • @1112viggo
      @1112viggo Před 10 měsíci +20

      @@acans7958 How so? We did not see a street full of angry Congolese people demanding reoperations from king Leopold´s descendants. We saw middle eastern people milling about what looked like a bazar. I fail to see the connection.

    • @acans7958
      @acans7958 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@1112viggo Who have mentioned people from central Africa (Baghdad too) in the first place? Me or you?

    • @1112viggo
      @1112viggo Před 10 měsíci +6

      @@acans7958 Sure i mentioned those are the people you generally see in "multicultural" societies, but i still don´t understand what that have to do with paying the price of Colonialism? Most European countries never even had a colony in Africa or anywhere else for that matter.

  • @mariamelnitskaya4493
    @mariamelnitskaya4493 Před 10 měsíci +46

    Underfunded schools is a shame for such a developed nation as Belgium. A that there’s a chance for an adult not to receive a school diploma…. just terrible. We’ll never solve poverty without a good school system

    • @civilization57
      @civilization57 Před 10 měsíci +6

      Here in the USA, we spend more per capita on education and rank #39 worldwide. Vietnam has now surpassed us.
      Education is far more about student character than student funding.

    • @MrWhitmen1981
      @MrWhitmen1981 Před 10 měsíci

      Not underfunded more like over crowded with mass migration.

    • @jorik41
      @jorik41 Před 10 měsíci +4

      My sister works in a school that is Flemish on the edge of Brussel 90% of the students are from Brussels, Because the quality of the school are just better in flanders. The problem is that having the ability to move your child every day out and into the city for education requires more flexible hours and typically a car. So this is mostly done by the more wealthy families. The problem is not Belgium the problem is Brussels things like education and welfare programs are run by the region and
      Brussels is its own region separated from Flanders and Wallonië.

    • @Broodplank86
      @Broodplank86 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@civilization57 I think taking the US education system as an example and blaming bad results on mentality of the students is extremely short sighted. The issues of the US system are notorious, where examples such as decreased access to good public education on basis of geography, overall decreased effectiveness of the public system due to underpaid teachers and understaffed schools, poor metrics to measure success of students with linked unmatched prescribed federal curriculum, and overall a 'pay-to-win' mentality seeping through it all having obviously much higher consequences than 'student mentality'.
      Just have a few looks at countries that can get proper results (sometimes even with less costs), and you'll see that it is a structural and not a mentality problem.

    • @civilization57
      @civilization57 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@Broodplank86 How many years have you taught in public schools? I'd guess zero. 12 for me. Taxpayers spend a fortune on schools, more now than ever, and yet learning has collapsed. Here in Oregon, only 25% of our students can pass a math test and only 35% can pass a science test. Yes, the teachers union is a HUGE reason for this but mainly it is a collapse of the American family and, thus, student character.

  • @mike.B.1
    @mike.B.1 Před 10 měsíci +18

    This huge gap between rich and poor is everywhere in Europe. Both in West and East. Wild capitalism with no regard for merits. Just urge for money

    • @dibble2005
      @dibble2005 Před 10 měsíci +7

      Agreed . Its called aggressive neoliberalism.

  • @noelmaher4633
    @noelmaher4633 Před 10 měsíci +13

    Molenbeek, famous for its lively multiculturalism, and other famous actions...

  • @duncansmith7562
    @duncansmith7562 Před 10 měsíci +60

    The Mollenbeek crowd just need to observe how Asian immigrants do it, with their work ethic and stable family backgrounds and dedication to learning,

    • @joejohnson6327
      @joejohnson6327 Před 10 měsíci +25

      Why would they do that when they can drop out of high school & live on welfare?

    • @nvmtt1403
      @nvmtt1403 Před 10 měsíci +3

      to be fair, very few europeans are willing to put in as much effort as an indian or chinese. They want the results but not willing to accept the culture and mentality that comes with it. Despite seeing the results, the first thing they do when it comes to geopolitics is try to conform these nations to their model.

    • @apoplast3885
      @apoplast3885 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Duncansmith = Russian Bot - 1k + comments in a year lol. Mostly on the ukraine war...

    • @duncansmith7562
      @duncansmith7562 Před 9 měsíci

      @@apoplast3885 you wouldn't be able to spot a "russian bot" if a russian bot came sprinting up to you, slapped you in the face and shrieked "i'm a russian bot",
      BTW, were the emergency services ever able to extract your member from so deep inside the rectum of Denis Nikitin?

    • @Julle399
      @Julle399 Před 27 dny

      IQ is heritable

  • @SeeLasSee
    @SeeLasSee Před 10 měsíci +3

    DW titled this video Poorly.

  • @Hoppenoffer
    @Hoppenoffer Před 10 měsíci +5

    These news articles about poverty are missing the commentary of the rich who are causing the poverty.

  • @barriewatson
    @barriewatson Před 8 měsíci +1

    You probably mean between the Belgians and the others , Belgium is a reason not to embrace multiculturalism and Britain is going down the same road.

  • @taq85
    @taq85 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Molenbeek is so lively and multicultural that's it's a real EXPLOSION.

  • @mgithaiga1
    @mgithaiga1 Před 10 měsíci

    My sister has been to Belgium

  • @TheHandThatBites
    @TheHandThatBites Před 9 měsíci

    The way the world is going. The haves and have nots.

  • @vishalgupta7522
    @vishalgupta7522 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I visited brussels recently i could find 90 Percent foreigner mostly arabs and then native population they may be also mixed sad state of Belgium who was once a very good country when i visited several years before with my faimily

  • @NataliaBazj
    @NataliaBazj Před 10 měsíci +3

    Emigrate from Brussels to New York!

  • @drakenkraken8455
    @drakenkraken8455 Před 10 měsíci +43

    Two Belgiums - one is European, one belongs in African Union.

    • @BLACKSTA361
      @BLACKSTA361 Před 10 měsíci +7

      Morocco and Congo will take over Belgium and Bruxelles. Keep crying 😂😂

    • @Puddingtops
      @Puddingtops Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@Lorenzo-wh4wcIt’s true so what’s racist about that you 🤡

    • @sidious36
      @sidious36 Před 10 měsíci +6

      @@BLACKSTA361 not where it matters 😂😂😂

    • @JelloShots-wg6tz
      @JelloShots-wg6tz Před 10 měsíci +1

      All of Europe has been reverse colonized. Sounds like justice.

    • @xxvxxv5588
      @xxvxxv5588 Před 10 měsíci +10

      ​@@chishiochishio8031
      They may be born in the EU but their hearts and souls are more connected to other lands and countries.

  • @merlinjoy1776
    @merlinjoy1776 Před 10 měsíci +12

    I am a Student. Through this Video I can learn English

  • @harrycallahan6623
    @harrycallahan6623 Před 10 měsíci +8

    Same as Johannesburg. The ANC guys live in homes with corrugated iron roofs. A City in a Failed State with massive crime and corruption.

  • @windsong3wong828
    @windsong3wong828 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Give it time……….it will erupt like Paris. 🔥

  • @davidjackson4181
    @davidjackson4181 Před 10 měsíci +13

    A wonderful programme - wishing Hinder and Hyat every success 👏

  • @duncan.o-vic
    @duncan.o-vic Před 10 měsíci +5

    again blaming the poor for being poor

    • @hst2476
      @hst2476 Před 2 měsíci +1

      No,blaming the rich for overestimating their integration capabilities. Look at the Asian communities here in California, educated and clean.

    • @duncan.o-vic
      @duncan.o-vic Před 2 měsíci

      @@hst2476 what are you even talking about?

    • @Julle399
      @Julle399 Před 27 dny +1

      Poor for a reason.

    • @duncan.o-vic
      @duncan.o-vic Před 27 dny

      @@Julle399 and the reason is so that the rich can get richer.

    • @personalemail9329
      @personalemail9329 Před 10 dny

      ​@@duncan.o-vic plenty of opportunities out there for jobs, you online keyboard warriors maybe should for once stop crying and go outside and stop deluding yourself that you can live on government handouts.

  • @schlammkanister2654
    @schlammkanister2654 Před 10 měsíci +4

    If only there would be a way to focus on education and search for jobs outside the 100m radius of your home base...

  • @mohitsuniara
    @mohitsuniara Před 10 měsíci

    I dont know, all of this sounds questionable, with too many potential pitfalls. I believe there are more reliable options out there. I recently found a company called Cannafarm Ltd, and Ive been consistently earning with them. I think its better to foc

  • @Metonymy1979
    @Metonymy1979 Před 10 měsíci +11

    Most people just need the opportunity and will succeed.

    • @duncansmith7562
      @duncansmith7562 Před 10 měsíci +12

      nonsense. the same opportunities are present to Asian immigrants and to North African immigrants that come to Europe. One of those groups seizes the opportunities Europe offers with open arms and dedication to succeed. The other doesn't and moans endlessly about racism, poverty and being disadvantaged.

    • @stijndelie1458
      @stijndelie1458 Před 8 měsíci +1

      ​@@chishiochishio8031"science and data". Appealing to authoritative disciplines and buzzwords does little to make your case. The fact is that Asian and Indian immigrants in west Europe, Oceania and north America Ara all more successful by all metrics than the majority of their native populations. Africans and parts of the middle east can be there for generations and still be hopeless.

    • @stijndelie1458
      @stijndelie1458 Před 8 měsíci

      @@chishiochishio8031 I think a lot of what you say has merit. I agree mostly. I was just stating this thinking that in context of the video you meant that it's a racial thing. But yeah you're right that there is still a significant class rift which pushes a lot of people to the point of desperation.

  • @maxs5685
    @maxs5685 Před 10 měsíci +4

    What do you expect? In order to score good job you need education and the only fault for that is the person who does not want to graduate.

  • @GHTZ41
    @GHTZ41 Před 10 měsíci

    Simple
    Simple
    Simple

  • @edwinhuang803
    @edwinhuang803 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Why the families didn't let their children finish high school? DW News should ask questions about the girl's mom why did that happen to her daugher and what does she view parents' responsibilities.

    • @CoffeenSpice
      @CoffeenSpice Před 10 měsíci

      Exactly! How is it that some children are "forced" to be the best version of themselves while others are "let" to do whatever they want without consequences.

  • @anmnou
    @anmnou Před 9 měsíci +5

    Multi-culturalism, lol!!! Mono-culture, that is...look at all the covered women.

  • @xy_reels3979
    @xy_reels3979 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This certainly sounds good too, but I think its still worth considering more reliable options like traditional businesses such as cannafarm ltd, for example.

  • @user-vm5ps6be9x
    @user-vm5ps6be9x Před 9 měsíci

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  • @dibble2005
    @dibble2005 Před 10 měsíci +13

    Its not the individual. Its the system that creates these conditions. Its structural injustice not the individual. We have these abusive employment programs in Ireland too and all they do is exploit people and leave as they found them.

  • @nathancortes3722
    @nathancortes3722 Před 10 měsíci +13

    The problem is the beer. Belgians will never beat the Bavarian breweries.

    • @Synathidy
      @Synathidy Před 10 měsíci +11

      Monks brew tons of beer in Belgium. And you can't stop monks. Who can tell a monk to stop brewing beer in their monasteries? No one. No one would even want to. And that's why they've been able to keep brewing Belgian beer for centuries.

    • @severusrogue259
      @severusrogue259 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Agree to disagree haha. Belgian beers rocks 🇧🇪❤️

    • @nathancortes3722
      @nathancortes3722 Před 8 měsíci

      @@severusrogue259 I can respect that, and agreed

  • @Roksan4
    @Roksan4 Před měsícem

  • @themanwnoname3454
    @themanwnoname3454 Před 9 měsíci +8

    Education has a vital roll to play. I wouldn’t teach in the USA for all the money in the world. I’d teach in Europe for free 🥂♥️

  • @northindian344
    @northindian344 Před 9 měsíci

    The next burning paris 😊🥸

  • @nannoddd3943
    @nannoddd3943 Před 10 měsíci

    I dont know, dudes. I think crypto and all these ICOs are just a bubble. Well, crypto is good for transfers and so on, but I dont engage in trading and staking either. Its too risky. My friend recently lost $5000 there. I invest crypto in real business

  • @Traveljetsetter954
    @Traveljetsetter954 Před 9 měsíci

    Same as in united states but worse

  • @firmanprawirawardhanafirma5644

    same indonesia rich and poor like that. go see there soon.

    • @dirmanbw336
      @dirmanbw336 Před 10 měsíci

      Maksud mu apa? Di Indonesia ga ada imigran timur tengah

  • @Alex-pr6zv
    @Alex-pr6zv Před 10 měsíci +1

    Success is borne out of wherewithawal and desire. You have create your own opportunities. The rest is just bs and excuses.

  • @CoffeenSpice
    @CoffeenSpice Před 10 měsíci +4

    Hinder wants to "make it big"? But wants to be a social worker? Darling you need to choose one 😂

    • @Cocoisagordonsetter
      @Cocoisagordonsetter Před 10 měsíci +1

      Getting skills is a good place to start. I think she's amazing and a lot of people will bring her down in her environment. I've lived in Brussels.

    • @CoffeenSpice
      @CoffeenSpice Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@Cocoisagordonsetter I understand I just wanted to say that social workers don't make that much money so she would need to choose which one she wanted more...

    • @Cocoisagordonsetter
      @Cocoisagordonsetter Před 9 měsíci

      @@CoffeenSpice My high school bff is a social worker and has gone up the ranks to be a successful woman. If she is good with her money, which most people aren't, then she's doing very WELL now. I don't know if you're European or not, but USA has lots of social mobility for smart people willing to sacrifice. The governor of my state was a social worker by trade. We aren't limited by things we did as kids in USA. (our choice of studies)

    • @Driziationz1
      @Driziationz1 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Well "make it big" can mean a lot of things for each people. One small step at a time, and you'll realize that you've been walking for so far.

  • @cloud_gaming9115
    @cloud_gaming9115 Před 10 měsíci +2

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    @dedyzee Před 10 měsíci

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  • @manatee2500
    @manatee2500 Před 10 měsíci +3

    They could learn Dutch instead of only speaking French.

  • @Filmiandianboy
    @Filmiandianboy Před 10 měsíci

    Cryptocurrency is volatile. Diversifying your portfolio is a sensible strategy. For example, I have deposits on Binance where I engage in trading, also staking on Kraken, investing in companies like Cannafarm Ltd, and I also participate in liquidity pools

  • @prajwalkannadiga8737
    @prajwalkannadiga8737 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Europestan

  • @civilization57
    @civilization57 Před 10 měsíci

    Easy. Get a skilled job. Get a husband. Combine your incomes, live with thrift, and buy a house!

  • @gigachadsitler
    @gigachadsitler Před 10 měsíci +6

    As a man from Europe, we Europeans support Ukraine more than our own life. Slava Ukraine.

  • @gigachadsitler
    @gigachadsitler Před 10 měsíci +2

    My profile pic gives me protection from Russia.
    Slava europe .

  • @gigachadsitler
    @gigachadsitler Před 10 měsíci +2

    As a man from Europe, due to fear 😨 of Russia I can't sleep 😴.😢😢😢

  • @willberry6434
    @willberry6434 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Way too many immigrants

  • @ARYAN-jn4dk
    @ARYAN-jn4dk Před 10 měsíci +1

    Why germans not giving them jobs

    • @zbynekII
      @zbynekII Před 10 měsíci +3

      They don't want jobs, working is bellow them, yet they want money.

    • @filippo.diberardino2863
      @filippo.diberardino2863 Před 9 měsíci

      @@zbynekII is welfare very strong in Belgium? that's why taxes are very high right?

    • @Skankhunt668
      @Skankhunt668 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@filippo.diberardino2863it is

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