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To me, looking at it from the UK, is that the US is not organised for the benefit of its citizens, but more for those making their money from those citizens.
Americans are actually Europeans, it's only the place where they live that is not European. However they clearly represent the best from our civilization, and we should stop having this silly attitude that we are better because we are supposedly more educated (while their university crush ours) and leftist. They are much better economically and more vital than our stagnant societies.
The people elect both the house and the senate. Before 1913 the senate was appointed by the state legislature and was beyond the influence of lobbyists. Maybe we should go back to that.
@@charlesspringer4709 Except that maybe the lobbyists in the state legislature can influence the legislators to select the senators the lobbyists want?
Spot on. USA is not a democracy anymore, it is a plutocracy. A lower form of civilization, I lived there for two years then ran back to Norway taking my american wife with me.
We have a mantra in the Netherlands about kids and their development. “The world doesn’t need 7 billion Einsteins, being a bus driver is also valuable for society.
I like this. Today's thinking is skewed in many areas, here in the UK included where the focus is to send everyone to University. The stress! Not every intelligent child is cut out for that; we need apprentices and those who know Business from the ground up, too.
As a Dutchman myself i strongly agree. Every parent these days seem to believe their kid will become the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs because they know how to press huge, colorful app buttons on a smartphone or tablet. Every Gen Z kid these days wants to work in IT, while they don't even know how to use actual tools and completely lack even the most basic work skills.
True, but the great Physicist IS more valuable to the species. It is simply denial to pretend it is not. The part that makes humanity progress is a tiny 0.5% and it important to open space for these people to do it. THere is no shame on being unable to do so, but it is very important to recognize that these tiny 0.5% are more important in the long run.
@@remc0s I have an 11 year old son who (as you would expect of his generation) says he would like to create RU-vid videos or be a video game streamer, which I smiled at and nodded (as you do as a parent), but then he followed that immediately with "but I know that's hard to get into so I also think I will have a sensible job whilst I am trying to do that, I am thinking a car mechanic or an engineer" and I was so proud of him in that moment for being an 11 year old and yet having (what seemed to me) enough common sense to be realistic about the world without giving up his dream entirely lol.
This video got me thinking about U.S. tipping culture. In Finland our VAT (Sales tax) for restaurant food is 14%. Our staff gets hourly wage, despite no one checks in. In U.S. if you are usually expected to tip at least 15%. That's already more than our taxes. On top of that you pay the actual sales tax, which could range from 0 up to 16%. So if you tip decent 20% and pay 16% sales tax, you end up paying 36% extra, while in "heavily taxed" Nordic country you only pay 14% in taxes. Feels like we're getting a better deal, as our staff is also treated better.
@@rydoggo I also live in a European country and if you exceed a certain amount of money every year you have to pay taxes on the money you are made after this amount. Our income tax is 19% for the exceeded amount.
@@murrrr8288 So if I understand correctly, in Finland you don't pay income until a certain amount of income, but do you pay "social contribution" on your income? In France everyone pays social contribution (it's automaticly taken from your income and the compagny pays it to the state) and you pay income tax depending on your income and family situation (little income no tax ; more children less/no tax).
@@petrymichelbrink288 Social Contribution is different though because that's still your money in respects to the fact that it gets paid back to you in your pension (If you live that long). IIRC France is currently having riots because the government just tried to raise the retirement age. As far as i'm concerned, more power to those protestors. I wish UK citizens had half the back bone the French did when it came to holding their government accountable.
9:15: Italy has a senate that is NOT honorific. It holds the exact same power of the Chamber of deputies and legislation has to pass while being exactly the same between the 2 to actually become Italian law. That was an outright lie
Same in Germany. Bundestag and Bundesrat, chancellor and president, as well as the separate federal states have their own govt. Judicative, legislative, executive. Bullshit through and through.
@@mariaschurink9810 the thing with NL is that technically the first chamber is only supposed to check if a law is allowed under the constitution. That’s why we don’t directly vote for the members of the first chamber, but they get chosen by the provincial states (and election colleges). And we elect the provincial states. The first chamber isn’t supposed to vote along party lines. But, for the past 40 years it has more and more become a copy of the second chamber. The first chamber was only set up because, after the kingdom was formed in 1815 just to appease the Belgians (because they wanted their nobility to have a voice in parlement). After Belgium left the kingdom, there no longer was an actual use for the first chamber. But attempts to disassemble the first chamber over the years have all failed. The first chamber no longer does what it is supposed to do. And hasn’t been doing that job for years now. It now practically does hold the same powers as the second chamber, although they can’t directly propose new law. They can indirectly, by having members of their party in the second chamber propose it for them.
Senate in france is not honorific either... so classic american knowledge ? Thinking they are unique when they really arent or are unique in a bad way ?
This is right because we in Denmark have free hospitals,free education from the bottom to the top . Social security the whole way ! There is always someone who catch when you gets sick,lose your job etc.Kindergarten are not free but you pay a part of it .Driving on roads you have to pay for. We pay 45% in taxes but you get really much for your money, The state takes care of all from birth to death !
Very true...., we have had Americans from the USA, not having a rich insurance police, who came to Spain to get hip surgery for example, for free, as we have UNIVERSAL health coverage, independently of where from you came. They had to simply declare they "suffered the accident (fall or whatever)" while staying here..., even on a holiday. It has changed lately because of non reciprocation from several countries. Its a pitty that so much money is spent on non essential things over there, and how little public money on helath, educations, public works, transport, etc. Attending a public university over here for example, is one tenth the cost over there....., and I am not talking about the five large and famous ones.
In the end you pay A LOT more than 45%, our 25% VAT is also a tax, taxes on buying a car, owning a car, property tax, all of it adds up, and you have more and more people paying in the higher tax brackets. And for that many we (you as I am living in Asia now) you have a mid-level school system quality wise, a lower end hospital system quality wise. The two latter is not the fault of the tax payers though, but rather a political/organisational shitty choices result.
Hum it’s pretty useless in france, for years people have wanted to dismantle it, because it costs a lot of money and usually slow down legislation… 😊 nobody talk about it 😅 we speak about decisions of “l’assemblée” but certainly not about the senate I think he’s right about france to say it in comparison to the US senate
yes, ignorant politician or just there to sow propaganda to make americans believe that the usa is and will always be better, so don't look away, useless ^^ the senate in france is not honorary, if the senate says no, then all is to be redone? no approval of parliament and senate (not forgetting after the constitutional chamber) no law
Neither is the UK House of Lords and they regularly destroy legislation from Parliament, usually for being too oppressive or heavy handed. Scalia is just saying what he's expected to say by the rich people who he actually works for
It's Scalia, guy has got a track record of takes on a scale from "merely wrong" to "batshit insane". The only reason he got any screen time at all because he was one of the GOPs pet judges in the SC, a guy like him talking about independence of the judiciary drips with lethal levels of irony.
I live in Copenhagen ,the biggest city in Denmark and my daughter goes alone to the school since she was 7 and it was around 1 km distance. She and all the kids. She goes by bicycle or scooter or walking. And i was never stress about it .A normal thing here.
Poland had a school reform in the late 90s that obliged parents to keep children under supervision up until they are 12yo. I am brought up the old way and my 7 years younger brother the new. It was a damaging reform. I remember that going to school by yourself at 7 was a right of passage. I had to pick up my brother from school... We are one of the safest countries in eu but we have almost us like laws.
@@von1glik I am german and I went to (primary) school in the mid eighties. My school was about 2km from my home. My parents walked my "schoolcommute" several times with me before I began school, to make sure I knew the way and where I had to pay extra attention. And yes it was a right of passage to walk to and from school on my own, together with my classmates from my neighbourhood. It somehow made clear "this is school-child not a kindergarten-child".
I think we had unofficial chaperones? There were like 175 kids aged 5 to 11 cycling to the same school independently, but I always remember at least one parent driving in/near the pack, pretending they had to cycle somewhere anyway so they might as well cycle with us on the road to school. Plus a lot of other people also going to work along that route meant there was a good number of eyes on the street. So yeah, it's been perfectly normal for me over in the Netherlands to walk/cycle to school from 5 or 6 years old, and with so many parents, my mom would 'just be going that direction anyway' once a year, and my dad too, and all other days, it were all the other parents pretending. Kind of smart imo. You have the safety while still letting them get used to independence.
I'm from Portugal and students always went to school alone, I was from since 3rd grade. Others from the little towns went to school on bus, but public transportation, not school bus like the US. I used to do the same when I stayed in my grandmother house and was the best time of my life. You would see a lot of kids walking around what today is a small city, we talking about lines of kids around the city going to the station, from 5th grade to 12th grade, many others would wait in the stops close of the school & high school. Is so nostalgic just talking about it or remembering it.
Europe is massive and consists of many countries all speaking different languages and with very varied cultures. We have both shared and separate histories. Tbh l think we like it like that.
Yeah I love my EU bros. I think overall it's nice to just be like "we are not alone in this" in whatever is happening on the continent. Plus it's better to be friendly with your neighbors if there is no reason not to be.
Yes indeed! Man, WW2 was a VERY bad moment in history, probably the worst moment in history ever and definetly in Europe, but it actually gave way to something quite beautiful. We got sick of war, and for the past 80 years, we have turned from competing and fighting each other to working and trading together as one, we mostly share our ambitions, objectives and values, and generally we couldn't be happier. Of course, it was a mistake thinking other authoritarian states like Russia would want the same, but still. Im a big supporter of the EU and federalization, alone we can't compete with other superpowers, but together we're powerful.
@@Daferpare "We got sick of war, and for the past 80 years, we have turned from competing and fighting each other to working and trading together as one, we" Uhhhhh no. The United States, spent decades 'fighting' a cold war against one of Europe's largest and most dangerous fascist regimes; The Soviet Union. The security and peace Europe has enjoyed, was provided by the blood, sweat and tears of Americans. And was secured by American invented Nuclear Weapons...
"European countries are many nations, not federations" Now, I think what he MEANT to say was "not *a* federation", because a decent number of European countries ARE federations :D Some even have it in their name: *Federal* Republic of Germany, for example.
@@lyc0h I am aware. Given that the video never seems to explicitly be about the EU and only compares _Europe_ to the USA, I'm not sure why that is relevant. The EU is not a federation, either. The section of the video in question talks about how difficult it would be to create a hypothetical European Federation, which is not the EU, meaning that the Swiss Confederation itself would presumably be part of this hypothetical European Federation.
@@LeyCarnifexYou're right. And even tho some countries are not from EU they have agreement's, like the Schengen Area like Switzerland. I can go to Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Norway or Iceland with just my ID, no need of Passport...
TIL America not only thinks we're communists, but that we also don't divide execution, legislatition and jurisdiction. And all these years nobody knew until an American Senator pointed it out. Truly, the pinnacle of wisdom and civilization.
We have to understaaaand. If we do something differently then them it mean we are doing it wrooong. If the system requires more than 3 moving parts it _can't_ work 😂
@@siph0r154 That's actually the funny part. Many of us do things exactly how they do it. In France, where he said that senators are only a honorific title, they actually do exactly what American senators do. But that was not the narrative that mister Scalia wanted to push.
@@johnkingsize and as mr Scalia would like you to not believe, the house of lords and house of commons actually DOES work a lot like the senate vs the house, "they can just make the commons pass the bill a 2nd time" the senate can do the exact same to the house and vice versa!
@@bandito6587 He is basically saying things that are either false and unknown to his audience or true but irrelevant using a tone of voice that makes it seem that it's bad and that his conclusion is correct.
@@bandito6587The House of Lords has no actual power though. It can send a bill back, but the government can force a bill through after 3 times of pushbacks. It really is an honorific house, but it does get some good amendments to bills put through sometimes.
I have to point out, in that Scalia clip, he was painting with really broad strokes, so broad that a lot of how European democracies actually work got lost. Separation of powers may be implemented differently in different countries, but it is just as hot a topic in Europe as it is in the US. So what he says should be taken with a massive grain of salt.
@@itsmederek1 That's just one sub type of "separation of powers". I can see the merits of having such an arrangement. Here is Britian, it seems like the Judiciary owns the state most of the time, and it's mental.
Can only speak for my country. There are no one single entity in power. Its an publically elected group of people from various parties of different ideas and beliefs. They have stick together and vote and run the country by finding a mutual path. The excecutive is basically just a figure head showing which party is in the majority. ITs by no mmeans perfect but it seems to be a much better system than the presidential model.
As an italian, that politician has no idea what he's talking about, Italy is a parlamentary republic with perfect bicameralism like USA and Switzerland for examples. He made only 2 examples and one of them is completely wrong 😂 He talks like europeans are stupid folks who don't know about politics bruh... Also if other Countries found a system that works for them who is he to say that their system is worse and the one used in Italy and USA is better than the others? All system has different pros and cons.
It's even more complicated here in Czechia, we have parliament, senate, president and constitution court and all of them can block laws, veto or order government to change some law or completely remove it when it is against constitution. Some people can say "but these rights are only on paper and it's meant for extreme cases" but nope, it happens in reality very often, all of these 4 main sources of power are using their rights in full scale they can, so, sometimes it looks like there is a war between them, for example government makes some law, senate says it's nonsense and order them to change it, so they change it, president veto that, so they have to change it again and at the end, the highest or constitution cour says "boys, relax, this is against constitution, so you have to change it again or completely remove that law." Sometimes when I watch what is happening in parliament or senate (they play it in TV at night), it feels like some American TV show. This is actually first time in our post1989 history when parliament, senate and president are on the same side, it never happened before, so I hope upcoming few years will be more peacefull than what we were used to in last 3-10 years. And this guy - some Scalia says that politics in europe is peaceful and there is no conflict. 🤣🤣 Just look at this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6wXcUbsExq4.html
Why is it that some people like yourself have to always do an insult? Why not just say they are different and both have good and bad points. If fewer people like you existed, the world would be a much better place.
Yeah. America falls short of my country on almost any measure of living standard. My base tax rate is 37% which I, and most others fundamentally pay gladly. I think you have to be rather financially immature to think you get more out of not paying taxes as standard earner. You’re not getting robbed you are robbing yourself by not pitching in.
@@whynottalklikeapirat Get more what from taxes? We weren't based on having a government control our everyday. the more tax you pay the larger the government gets, and its ignorant to think that any government is really for the people. But yeah throw money at them and cross your fingers your government wont try and control every aspect of your lives. The covid 19 response was a wake up call about how much power government has to control the masses when so many people are on the payroll. Power creates corruption thus corruption creates more power.
I am Portuguese, my country is not a rich one like America but... I spent 1 month interned in a Lisbon's hospital. D you know how much I paid? Z-e-r-o! Bed, medicine, a platoon of doctors 24 hours a day looking for me, food, bed sheets changed everyday, 5 meals/day and son on . For free, paid by the national taxes. We do not missiles. We do not have aircraft carriers, A-bombs, cruisers, thousands of tanks ou an ultra-huge budget for "defence". We do not attack others "just beacuse", but if I was American, I would die sick in the middle of the street. Yes, fortunately I am not American.
"We do not missiles. We do not have aircraft carriers, A-bombs, cruisers, thousands of tanks ou an ultra-huge budget for "defence"" This is because America does, and is there to protect you. You benefit from American taxpayers. " For free, paid by the national taxes. " It's not "for free" if it's paid for by money stolen from the productive is it?? Why are fucking lying to us???? Especially when it's so obvious and clear and easy to call out.
@@lordzombox The US has more college graduates in our country then any European countries have people except russia . we have the most RnD, medical, scientific and military.
Not in Germany, In Germany the judicial system is part of the ministry of the interior and Public prosecutor work for the ministry. It's a remain of the time when the allies were afraid that an independent judicial system could help Nazis to regain power. Interpol does not execute arrest warrant by Germany, because our judicial system is not fully independent. It's crazy, Our ruling party had a pedophile scandal in the state of Saxony, a few Judges had sex with minors and organized crime filmed them, but the secretary of the interior did not stop the ongoing child abuse because he was the guy that employed the judges. The secretary of the interior was charged with helping pedophiles, but no trial ever happened, and the state secretary was promoted to federal secretary of the interior by Angela Merkel. Thomas de Maizière was his name and the scandal was called "Sachsensumpf" "The swamp of saxony", and it's not a conspiracy theory, ARD our German BBC had a few reports about it.
One time, the secretary of the interior of Hessen had 3 tax inspectors sent to an insane asylum, for years, because they checked people that donated to the party. It was a huge scandal too.
well for a start , most countrles don't elect judges and prosecutors so we don't have the shitshow US have now where Soros-funded DA is persecuting the former president. its idiotic to have Democrat or Republican law officials controlling the courts. the law is supposed to be impartial and fair, how can it be if the ppl in it are creatures of political parties. ?
I live in an European country, but not part of EU. Few years back, i checked to live and work in the USA. I found a job in California, similar to what i had here. Luckily i checked properly. Income tax in that area of California was higher than the income tax i had here. tax on groceries was slightly less, but average costs of fresh produce was higher. (Junk food cheaper). Cost of rent was cheaper, but owning house with mortgage, way higher. Owning and using car, much cheaper. Insurance, way way higher. And that before starting with healthcare insurance. And then it be retirement issue. On top of that, i would have to pay a company to do my tax report. The actually job had just about the same hourly pay before tax. I found out, i sit left with alot more money to my self staying here. As bonus, i also have right to vacation...
yeah, California was a shit choice mate. it's democrat run, meaning it's garbage, and it's one of the most expensive states in the US. Comparison wise, it'd be like an American from an average state, going to the most expensive country in Europe then pointing out shit costs a lot.
Its a matter of ideology! And it’s a matter of trust ! I’m a Dane however, worked in the US for a year. Europe more want the social way over the “ everyone has to have there rights to what ever they want” ideology as what I saw in the US. If we want healthcare and education for all we have to go for a social society where we pay the tax needed to get equality. And I do believe in that
I love the laws about immigrants quotas in Denmarks cities. It is maximum of 20% in a district. Actually most immigrants from outside EU never have contact with Danes. They live in immigran ghettos, they commute in public transport where everybodyand the driver are immigrants and they work with other immigrants in factories. Also the benefits. Immigrant is being forced to learn Danish otherwise he is losing the money support. Never assimilate and never expected to assimilate by the Danes. If Poland (where I am from) produced such a law we would get called nazis and expelled from EU. But so called Core EU has double standards. Also the benefits. Immigrant is being forced to learn Danish otherwise he is losing the money support.
@@VoidCosmonaut You do realise that migrants everywhere are "forced" to learn the local language and every lower class minority is prone to gentrification if not enough precautions are taken by authorities? Chinatowns in 'murica or Gypsy blocks in hungary are good examples of this. Besides 20% migrant pop cap is quite large amount, not to mention that not only poor people ride busses or public transport, because living near a major mass transit hub makes public transit more viable than driving in a traffic jam. (I too am from Poland the major thing EU is not happy with us is politicisation of constitutional court judges)
I never realised it before but I very much like paying taxes to live in a country where I will be looked after if something awful happens. Some people are lucky and don't need much help, others need loads. We are all in this together.
@@VoidCosmonaut The problem with immigration is very similar here in Britain. Mass waves of immigrants who have little to no understanding, empathy or interest with the natives or their culture. The come here work hard, outcompeting the youth for "young people wages". But the secret is, they send a big chunk of the money home where it's worth significantly more there than it is here. I worked with a nice Romanian guy who showed my year on year the extensions he was making to his house back in Romania. He worked literally from 4.30am-11pm 6/7 days a week. For months on end.
I disagree with the statements of Justice Scalia.There is no single European form of government. Germany and Austria have a federal parliamentary republic with two legislative chambers. France, Portugal, Latvia and Romania are semi-presidential republics. Many European are parliamentary republics or constitional monarchies. So you can only compare with the specific countries. Consider Germany which has two legislative chambers, the bundestag on a federal level and the bundesrat with representatives from the local states (Länder). The Bundestag has elected our Government (as of April 2023 this is formed by a coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP). Currently, all but one of the 16 Länder are governed by coaltions and in 9 of these Länders parties that are ruling on the federal level coalize with parties that are in the opposition on the state level! So compromise is how we come up with new laws and these laws are not changed after each election.
Exactly, for example here in Czechia, we have 4 institutions which has some powers and they are in conflict with each other very often, these are - parliament, senate, president and constitution court and each of them can block laws, veto or order government to change or remove some law and it really happens, it's not only on paper, they really use their authority in full scale as they can. For example when president was very ill like 2 years ago and people around him didn't want to say what is with him and nobody knew who is actually doing president's work, senate wanted to remove rights of president's office for some time to prevent some people around president from ruling without mandate and they almost did it, european politics can be very complicated and messy and this guy was saying that it's simple here and nobody has conflict....what a nonsense, sometimes it looks like there will be a war between parliament and senate or senate and president or something. 🙂
He was also wrong about the House of Lords, to a point. They can decline a bill for up to 2 years and even then, it will have been amended before each new presentation, so they are not seeing exactly the same proposal each time.
@@Thurgosh_OG He's totally wrong by many things. Italy and France have Senates that aren't honorary at all. In Italy, specifically, there's perfect bicameralism, so the Senate does everything that the Deputies Chamber does and a law has to be voted twice as a security check.
@@antoniousai1989 Every European country has a parliament with two chambers. The senate (represents regions, municipalities, companies, unions, interest groups) or whatever its called in each country has the right to temporary block laws until they are amended.
The comments by judge Scalia about the ''only honorific role'' of the senates in european countries are deeply troubling. What did he really understood about European politic systems when he went there ? Seems to me he was just blinded by the certainty the american system was the best in the world, without any discussion, without ever questionning himself. I'm French, and I can guarantee the french Senate is not only a piece of decoration. Just take a look at the present dispute about the law changing the age of retirement, and look at what the senate did ! The rule is: 1/ the text of the law is discussed, possibly amended and voted in the Assemblée Nationale (corresponding to the House of Representants in U.S.), then goes 2/ to the Senat (the Senate, no real need of a translation, here), where it is also discussed, possibly amended and voted. If the two versions of the text of the law are not exactly the same, a word for a word, then 3/ a Commission Paritaire (bilateral comity) composed by same number of deputés (the representats, in U.S.) and senateurs (senators) start to discuss the text of the law to try finding a consensus and a common version. If this goal is reached, the new text determined by the Commission Paritaire goes back to the Assemblée Nationale and to the Sénat to be voted again. As this new version is the result of an agreement by members of the two assemblies, it is most of the time passed. But it can happen this is not the case. Then, the text gets a third vote in the Assemblée Nationale solely, and is passed. Or rejected... So, saying, as Judge Scalia, Senates in Europe are just ''honorific'' is a total misunderstanding of how it works. The députés (the U.S. representants) are elected directly for a five years term. The sénateurs are elected by all the elected persons of the constituency (maires, delegates of city councils, members of the district assembly, members of the Conseil Départemental - roughly the counties councils in U.S. - for a nine years term, a third of the Sénat being renewed each three years. And when Judge Scalia says there is no separation between executive power, electoral power and judiciary power, you can just wonder what kind of european country he is speaking about... Oh, well, yes, for sure, we have some disputes from time to time about what can be seen as a attempt by one of the other two branches to interfere, but, as far as I have head recently, U.S. has got the same problem. Just speaking of today news, it seems the executive power of the Trump administration, helped by the electoral power of the Republican majority, had a deep impact on the U.S. judiciary branch, from the local judges, the federal judges, up to the Supreme Court... A bit strange to see a former member of the Supreme Court having these sort of view... totally forgetting the american system is not a american originality : the Founders took their inspiration when writing the Constitution in texts, concepts, ideals, born... in Europe ! History had been strange enough that these were implemented in the young American Constitution before they could be in the old european countries. But, still, these are european concepts. Sometimes, today, put in question (Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Italy in some ways now), but these are still the very adament, undisputable, inconditional principles guiding the constitutions of the european countries, fixed once for all in the Charte de l'Union Européenne (European Union Chart). And when there is some excessive turn taken by one country of the Union, there are retaliations by the rest of the Union. Ask Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, who tried to take a step aside in some ways, if they appreciate being condemned in European Parliament to financial consequences and firmly admonished to rapidly correct their misteps... Yes, the strict separation of the three branches of power are just as solid here that they are in U.S.. And, yes, Senates here are not only for decoration... Sorry, Judge Scalia to make you take three turns over in your grave, but you were damned stupid sometimes, and deeply unable to understand what was going on...
That's what I said in my comment upper here, that guy knows nothing about europe, our parliaments, senates and presidents are in conflict very often, block laws from each other and very often senate is from different political side than parliament and president can be just some populist who says veto to everything which parliament or senate make. Our political systems are mess too, it's not only in US. Our senates are technicaly honorific, but in reality, senate has much more power than it looks like on first look, they can block laws from parliament, they can even overvote president's veto etc....
I have to totally agree with the senate one. E.g. the German Bundesrat is far from honorific. I understand the "mixture of the branches" argument, as in parliamentary systems (not applicable to the French system), there is a closer connection between the legislative and executive branches. Of course, it is not as he said they are one and the same. Though, this mixture is built in by design (especially in the German system) to keep the government out of a deadlock between the executive and legislative branches (it fucked over Germany at least once). Furthermore, the judicative is a lot more separated in most European countries than in the US. Simply by the fact that the judges are not chosen by the president nor elected. Anyway, it seems like that for each of his talking points he selects a country, which does it not "as in the books", then makes it ten times worse than the effect actually is, and then makes it look like each European country is the sum of all these bad aspects.
@@FactoryofRedstone As soon as it gets to who's paying Bundesrat is quiet happy to say no. And then, when Berlin agrees to pay a large amount of it, they have to find a way how to make it leagally possible to do so. Bureaucracy, best invention in history, but germans might improve it even more.
In Romania, our Parliament has 2 chambers as well: the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate (same as the french), however combined they are the legislative branch. However we elect both deputies and senators directly and with no difference in the process. Senators are not appointed or elected by representatives. The number of deputies and senators is determined by the number of adult citizens in each of our counties. There are more deputies than senators. Then our executive branch is called the Government which is appointed and the members of government are selected from the political party that has a clear majority in Parliament. if there is no clear majority, then a coalition government is formed or alliances between the parties. The Government is led by the Prime-minister and then we have the judicial branch which is separate from the 2 and our magistrates are not supposed to be politically appointed (although corruption exists). The President in our democracy is also separate from all but also has attributes from all 3 branches and should mediate between them. He approves the Prime-minister and the choices for ministers, he guarantees the constitution, he can replace the Prime-minister in matters of national interest usually on matters related to foreign affairs and defense, but not limited to these. Has veto on laws passed in Parliament (limited number of rejections), can dissolve Parliament (as it is a position elected directly by all citizens, not just one jurisdiction), is the leader of the army , grants pardons and has a lot of other responsibilities. It is truly shameful the a member of the supreme court in the US has such a limited understanding of how other democracies work and that there is indeed separation of powers and accountability. Again, i’m romanian and our institutions are riffled with corruption, but theoretically the function of each branch is clear. And we learn civics starting in elementary and middle school.
Putting "Europe" alltogether into one pot is stupid anyway. Europe consists of many countries, some are in the EU, some are not, and the differences overall are greater than the common grounds.
Agreed. The same is true of the individual states that make up the USA and even to areas inside each state. So an accurate comparison is comparing the EU / Europe to the USA and the States vs individual European countries.
@Maturekid13 you could say that about each country in Europe.Each country in Europe has different parts that has local government and the people see themselves as different. An example being the Basques and Catalans in Spain
@@Maturekid13 However, the EU, the European union of 28 member states has 24 official languages and then there are all the rest. Not having a common language makes a huge difference when talking about cultural differences between regions, be it states or countries.
It is not about spending more; it’s about spending differently. The US can afford social programs, but they spend it on military. Taking 2 or 3% from that could fund social programs. In Canada, Property taxes partly funds education, but it is redistributed on a per capita basis equally to school districts. This is supplemented by federal funding which comes from income tax and other revenues.
That's part of the problem but by far not the biggest one. The biggest problem is the huge low wages sector. People who barely survive or are even homeless despite having a job mean nothing else than that the money they create with their work end up in the pocket of some company. If all those people where paid properly, they would pay more taxes and didn't need to rely on social programs. Well, other than a proper healthcare system as well as an equal opportunity education system, but those two should be a given in a properly run state anyway. The problem is less how the money is spend, but how much money ends up in the pocket of a few rich people.
@@lukasgerasymenko7608 Ah yes. Because the department is war is clearly protecting the rest of the world. Oh wait, they aren't. They were called the department of war in the past for a reason. The only reason they aren't called that today is because the name got changed for pr reasons. The US doesn't end threats to the rest of the world. It creates them. And the US military of one of the most effective means of creating said threats. Not to mention that it's the primary way in which taxpayer funds are funnelled towards the pockets of billionaires. No reason to worry about failing to deliver on a contract after all when you're bribing the people who are supposed to hold you accountable. People who oh so conveniently own stock in your company.
No, in Italy the Senato is NOT honorific. It has the same duties of the Camera dei Deputati, it is a "perfect bi-cameralism". Perhaps not efficient, because every law has to be approved in the exactly same formulation by both the Parliament branches. And the Senato is elected with different rules from the Camera.
How do you wanna know for complete Europe? I only know Pepsi Zero Cherry and Zero Vanilla (Germany). Have never seen Coke zero cherry. But thats ok, as the Pepsi Zero version tastes better anyway. 😁m
You get what you pay for. I had thyroid cancer. A broken arm and a broken leg (not all at the ssme time)Treatment didn't cost me anything. You don't want a bill if you have a serious problem. It's not the paying taxes that bother me, it's how they are spent.
From what I see here on your channel I can say that as an American I would probably already be bankrupt or have massive debts but I'm European. I pay social security and quite high taxes every month but thanks to this I have no debts or liabilities. I started one university and dropped out because I didn't like it, I have the right to do so because not everything seems to be as it is at the beginning, I finished another one and paid a very low amount of about 100 dollars a month. I had two serious accidents, both of which resulted in a year off work, I had surgery and even a nurse, in total I did not work or two years and still received money from the government to support me during this time because I am socially insured. I only paid a very low amount for my medications, a couple of dollars, and a lot of medicines were delivered to my home because I could not walk. I have been to the emergency room many times due to extensive injuries and have never paid anything. This year I am going on a 2.5 month holiday to different places. Every two months I go on holiday. I am fully paid one month a year and the rest I am taking not paid holiday because I can. I like to travel and I want to because life is short. I have been to 21 countries, many of them several times, and I can't imagine having only two weeks off in year. When I go away, nobody writes to me or calls me. The free time is for me. In conclusion after what I see and how I learn about the USA I have to admit that Americans have a strange understanding of their freedom, because from what I have learned about the USA, you have more rules, regulations and see than other countries and much less time for yourself and time to actually live. BTW I like your reactions. I am learning a lot about USA 😉
Often Americans retire much earlier, which could 'make up for' the time they don't get on holiday. They also make a lot more money, and the economy is generally thriving, which isn't the case (in comparison) of the European economy. Personally I prefer more holidays and a nicer work environment, but each to their own. All nations, western or global, have their own positive and negative aspects, and I would be hard pressed to pick a 'best' country. There are too many aspects to consider, and it's far too complicated a comparison. Best to find out what place suits you, and leave the people in the other countries to either move somewhere else or change their country to better suit them. So long as it isn't killing people, that is.
In Europe we tax the rich but unfortunately the really rich live in Monaco and don't pay taxes and the really really rich are the people who receive those taxes. So yea no place is perfect.
That guy nailed my childhood. Building dodgy rafts and sailing them on local ponds (that seemed really big at the time). Building go-carts and racing them on the roads. It was an adventure. Happy days.
Ditto. Exploring bomb site was also part of mine, living in post WW2 England. Climbing trees, walking along high walls and generally seeking adventure around every corner.
I fell out of trees once a while after dozing off on ripened cherries and the sway of the tree. Never more than a bruise in my case. I learned well how to tumble and fall.
I once escaped from Kindergarden with my bff to go "fishing" aka hold a stick into the creek behind the kindergarden and wonder why I didn't catch anything. My parents just laughed when they heard it from the teacher, who had indeed been worried. They then taught me how to fish for real and just sent me off with my brother to the river nearby to fish, which I did until I actually caught something and then I cried bc I didn't wanna hurt the fish. Never built a raft though. Feel like I missed out...
High school sports is uniquely American - In Europe (to my knowledge), high school and university sports is not a thing - Cities have sports teams, nations have national teams. Europeans do exercise ofc, but it is rarely connected to school.
No, it isn't uniquely American. Australia has multiple sports we play in highschool, and university. More than Ametica does, really, because we play all your sports, and our own.
@Lorentari well there's still PE (less so at uni' level), so there's still "sports in high-school"... But as HelleKurstein said, what's missing is the *_competition_* between teams.
like we don't have school competitions and high school sports wtf. we have regionals and national competition in school, do you think we don't have electricity too?
@@JustSomeRando1331 Okay - By context you could probably tell that "Uniquely American" meant "Not in Europe" in a America vs Europe video... But sure there are countries outside the scope of the video that also have sports
@@night6724 I don't really now what you're trying to smartly insinuate about European republics, but the Italian parliament Is made up of two Chambers - the Chamber of deputies and the Senate - both with the same exact powers. If even just one Chamber revokes confidence to the government, the government falls.
my daughter of 16 went to our country capital with 2 of her friends for a day trip.... last week she went to Amsterdam for 1 week..... she like to drink a beer sometimes....she buys one a few times a month!
Germany has two parliaments. Bundestag (House of Representatives) and Bundesrat (Senate), But our Senate hasn't just two senators from each state, but a more proportional representation. Big states have 6 "Senators" and small states 3. Our Senate has 69 Senators from 16 states. Our senate has to ratify every law that influences the states.
It's similar in Switzerland. We have a three-tiered federal system where the cantons are similarly semi-autonomous as the US states. Our executive is appointed across party lines and cannot be recalled by parliament. We also have routinely many more votes than Americans would ever consider possible. I think the video overly simplifies and takes every non-American thing that can be found in one European country and makes it into general principle for all of Europe.
In the US, the Senate was first conceived of as a means of providing the States with representation, but the 1787 constitution was amended in 1912-13 in order to remove representation for the States from federal government, and transform the Senate into just another 'house of representatives', albeit without apportioned representation. The 1787 constitution is the result of a criminal conspiracy to remove the power of government from the citizens (replacing the 1781 constitution, that the revolutionary war was fought to install), and put it into the hands of a few people at the federal level .. the SAME people that created the new constitution, and suspended normal government operation until the people were obliged to sign it, or live in anarchy. Predictably, it has grown more and more tyrannical over time, and it is now clear that anarchy would be preferable.
Hello, I'm from Finland and I have watched the whole discussion with Scalia and his collegue from c-span and I found it fascinating. The whole construct of spreading political and legislative power by constitution to different branches has some point to it, but it has some unforeseen flaws in it - like the power of absolute wealth and two party system bickering in the judiciary.
Not to forget how politized American judiciary is with all the appointed judges and political prosecutors. Imagine if a Finnish prosecutor was officially Kookkomos or something.
@@maghambor Judges don’t have official parties in the US. however you can’t remove bias especially since much of our legal education believes in original ian or reinterpretation of the constitution.
The US govt structure is the only one of its kind. It sucks big time and did from day one. Start with the electoral college. And the fillibuster which isn't even in the Constitution. The country can't be run effectively because the minority Republicans control it and have for decades.
The differences left out really made me laugh :D yeah, don't ask a European "How are you" unless you are prepared to get an honest detailed answer :D But the differences between high school experiences are a long-term interest of mine. Is the typical US high school we know from movies and tv shows a stereotype or is that real? Because in Europe, there are no groups like "popular kids" or "jocks" or anything. You are in class with the same group of people and only get mixed for some subjects, in the beginning, it's rare, f.e. English, p.e. and later our groups got mixed a bit more, f.e. third language, then for science labs and other subject depending on how advanced you wanted to be. But you're still aware of what "your group" is and tend to stick together :D Sport in high school is also no big deal. I didn't know my high school had any teams until I was almost out :D And different "clubs" (I really don't want to call it clubs) were full of different people with different ideas and one person was usually in 2-3 of these "clubs" - my fav was American snacks, where we ate snacks with our English teacher from the US and trash talked school :D
It's not entirely true that no "popular kids" or "jocks exist at least here in Finland where i live, they do exist but probably not quite as much as in the us
@@oluoto Yes, right, sorry, I didn't mean to generalize and say that no "popular kids" are anywhere in Europe, I've just never seen a distinctly "popular kids" group during my school years (11 schools, thanks for moving almost every 6 months) or during my university or (still fairly short) teaching career
@@michaelap8563 At least based on my own experience, I can confirm that. There never were "popular kids" or "jocks" - just groups and sub-groups of people with shared interests. In my final few years at school, there were effectively three major groups in my grade. One was made up of all the people who liked to party and were really outgoing, the next was made up of the guys who didn't and the last of the girls who didn't. Each group also had it's own interest based sub-groups, e.g. gaming, but ultimately everyone knew everyone and no one was particularly idolized or ostracized.
A big thing that Americans who are not familiar with other countries' taxes don't consider is that a lot of other countries have what are known as 'Tax-Free Thresholds'. In Australia for example, our tax-free threshold is $18,200. This means that the first $18,200 that you earn is not taxed, at all. In America on the other hand, tax applies from the first $1 you earn. Someone earning $60k in Australia will be in the 32.5% tax bracket. However, their effective tax rate is only ~18.6% (including 2% medicare levy) because we have the Tax-Free Threshold of $18,200. So politicians who are against social benefits point to that scary 32.5% tax in places like Australia, but the actual % of our income that we actually pay is lower. This of course doesn't include any tax offsets. Then you have state income taxes in America vs none in Australia. We do have 10% Goods & Services Tax (GST) that is added to the cost of goods and services, but there are exceptions (such as fresh fruit and veg), and we do not have a tipping culture so that saves us another 15-20% on a lot of services/eating out. And this doesn't include all the Government benefits we get. For example, Medicare is for all Australian citizens and permanent residents, regardless of age or income levels. An Epipen (1 pack, 2 auto-injectors) costs $29 for all Australian citizens and permanent residents, and under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, pensioners/senior-health-care-card-holders/etc get theirs for $6.30 each. If we reach a yearly cap called the 'safety net' on spending on prescriptions, under Medicare, the cost goes down to $6.30 for those paying $29 normally, and down to $0 for those normally paying $6.30. And that's all in AUD, so the $ amount is even lower when converted to USD. On the other hand, a quick google search price comparison for American shops shows the lowest at US$108.56 at Walgreens (~$162.28 AUD), and the next lowest at US$154.58 at CVS. (~$231.08 AUD). Just something to keep in mind to add some extra perspective.
@khortgaming Unless there's another bracket with a different % below the 32.5 one, shouldn't the "net" effective tax be 22.6%? 🤔 (that's what 13.5 would be, per my rough calculations.)
The tax rate is 10% for the first $11,000 of income, but there are deductions that eliminate taxes owed. Half the people in America actually pay NO income tax. According to IRS figures, 97% of federal income taxes in 2018 were paid the half of the taxpayers with incomes of $44,000 and up.
Basically, America has plenty of money for 12 air craft carriers (England has 2) but it doesn't have enough money for a health service or a decent welfare system. And we've not even mentioned worker's rights.
We also have half a trillion to invest in the war in Ukraine (and I do with the best for Ukraine, but our government is all about the military industrial complex), but they only have enough to give me 40% of the Social Security that I had been told I would be getting one month before I retired. Plenty of money for corporations and the weapons industrial complex, but for the people and what they already invested in (as in my investments into Social Security)----forget it.
@@TCJones nobody is attacking the US. Europe, Russia and China solve things in a diplomatic way instead of threats 24/7, sanctioning innocent civilians, invading for petrol dollars with the 'freedom' excuses. Or defending yourself, against what?
@@CabinFever52 war is the US biggest cash cow, never noticed a little pattern in the US way? The money just isn't going to the US citizens who pay half their salary for wars.
2:25 billionares..well in sheer ammount USA 735, vs Europe 520+, broken down on Billionares per capita (per million of ppl) Sweden 2.987 Iceland 2.713 Norway 2.226 United States 1.853 Denmark 1.370 Finland 1.272 Source: Forbes Note: Sweden has considerbly higher taxes ...and a considerbly higher propotion of Billionares/Millionares
That might be citizenship, not tax residence. A person born and raised in Sweden who is a billionarie is probably tax resident somewhere else, possibly not even in the EU. Roughly speaking, living in a country for 6+ months per fiscal year makes tax resident there. Also, tax is based on income, not net worth. Elon Musk is the "richest man in the world" but that has nothing to do with income or corporate tax. He just owns companies which are worth a huge amount. Likewise, it might be the case that most of these Swedish "billionaries" are entrepreneurs or investors who own billions worth of assets, but only pay themselves a relatively small income per year (e.g. 300k), in which case the huge and attention-grabbing number of "X billions" associated with them has nothing to do with how much they pay in taxes. The point is, when discussing income tax, looking at people's net worth is nonsensical. The proportion of billionaires or millionaries (which are almost always defined in terms of net worth) is irrelevant. What is relevant is their taxable income.
To me as a Swedish man in his mid-50s, the US is ruled by fear. I remember someone made a video comparing US news to British when it came to Ebola, for example, and to Americans they made it sound like Ebola was waiting around the corner, waiting to jump you when you least expect it. Meanwhile, you allow your children to have active shooter training in schools and god knows what trauma that causes to kids. Your is a very strange country, looking from here.
In America anything is possible. You can find what you're looking for with relative ease, and yes that includes some that have fear. Ebola - I have no idea what happens in Sweden but when Ebola breaks out in the Congo one of the 1st things they do officially is to pack it all up and bring it here to the CDC's that are - guess what? - right around the corner. And being the responsible civic minded folks that CDC employs they make sure to order up thousands and thousands of body bags stacking them outside the facility in plain sight just in case it gets away from them. Try to imagine that you are here looking up at that place and you see Joe Blow, an employee there at the CDC on his way home from work. You are surprised that he was able to go to work today knowing that the night before he as on an alcoholic bender the likes of which...... Active shooter training - not only do we allow it we've fought like hell to get it implemented here. I'm not going to explain that one to you. I could but you would never understand. Let's just say that you and I are not alike. You are correct though that mine is a strange country not just from there but from pretty much everywhere including here. It is vast, diverse, strange and quite astonishing but I would not live anywhere else.
@@night6724 Congratulations, you're one of the few. From a Dutchman who lived in 'murica for 9 years. Are your grankids play outside and go to the park unsupervised from the age of 6? And why not? Because in small towns and cities you can't trust your neighborhood. Too many pervs around and people that don't care about anyone else except their own. You're clueless about the world ranking of your country when it comes to happiness. I'm sure you think you're well educated. But tell me why 'murica need to get the smartest people from other countries. Because your education system sucks big time and again you probably have no clue where your country stands in the education ranking worldwide. So, I'm happy for you, being your not afraid ever, because you're 'MURICAN!
It really is weird, because we are so often grouped together as "the western world", and although we have many things in common, the US is such a different animal than Europe in all regards! Love ya guys, and hope our co-operation will last, but we face very different roads in the next 50+ years :p And just because it cannot be said enough, the US is still a baby country :p Not in a bad way, but I currently live in a city in Norway, that has been here for 1000+. Our social programs, infrastructure, society and everything has been coming together over thousands of years, ofc the US with its 250+ years(being generous) will be different than this. I can only say that in the best of world, you guys will take whatever lessons you can from us, and incorporate it into the US mythology/culture and decide on your own what kind of nation you want to be. I wish you luck :p
This is because "the west" really means the English Speaking, Anglo-Sphere. Continental Europe is far too riddled with fascism to be considered "part of the club" so to speak. But sadly. European leftist fascism has finally begun to infect the Anglo-sphere. We're now beginning to suffer from the same woes as the continentals.
@@jamesespinosa690 That makes little sense, although I do agree that this has become the norm. As long as us Norse can be called Scandinavians or Nordics, you guys can have the "west" title :p Yeah, not a big fan of continental Europe neither, they seem hellbent on turning us up here into their piggybank, and forcing little by little us Norwegians to become part of the EU(even though populist votes are clearly against it). But I've got to honestly say that the leftist fascism really is a lot worse in the Anglsophere these days. Not sure if it is the Anglo politicians/activists, the lack of local examples of leftist historical horror or the culture that made it go into hyper form, but you guys really cranked it up to 11! Hopefully we can all rid ourselves of this pestilence sooner rather than later, and return to sanity. As we certainly like our neighbours to be sane and not be ideological fanatics(Sweden is thankfully finally starting to wake up) Lastly, out of curiosity, what would you call Central Europe if not part of "the west"? Cant really think of a fitting descriptor myself...
@@AreEia "But I've got to honestly say that the leftist fascism really is a lot worse in the Anglsophere these days" I'm not going to argue with that. I think apart from maybe Spain. I don't see anywhere near half the amount of overt leftism coming out of the continent. I also think it's interesting that the phrase "continentals" doesn't really include your northerns. Its kind of funny. Like you said, it doesn't make sense. I think we call you 'the Scandinavians' or the 'the place where the Vikings came from" if you're talking to children. x3 I'm an American who has mostly grown up in London, so I've had the privilige of seeing things from a wide range of different perspectives. How people label things has always been super interesting. Like I didn't realise the difference between being British and English for example. I could/kind of already am British. But I'm not English. Didn't learn the difference till my early 20's. And to answer your question, I would say it depends on who you ask really. American's would still just call it "Europe". Most Brits would call it Europe too... Some of the older ones/those with a patriotic bent might actually call it "the Continent" or refer to the peoples as "Continentals". But that's not common at all anymore. I guess "Central Europe" would be pretty common to be fair.
@@PeachDragon_ American culture is very different to European... I don't know what you're on about. Europe is waaaaay more diverse, both ethnically and culturally. If by Europe you mean Britain, then your comment makes sense. If you mean continental Europe, then you're mistaken.
Sometimes, The western world is considered countries where the majority of the population have an origin in Europe. Sometimes, the western world is considered the industrialised world, which also includes Japan and other countries that are not etnically european, but have gone through industrialism and have a large educated middle-class. In that sense, the western world is usually defined by well developed systems which provides services that gives the general population a high standard of living. In less developed countries, the lifestyle many westerners live might be reserved for the elites. I have seen both definitions being used.
I think you get to vote in four different elections in Finland. Parlamentary, Presidential, munincipal elections and European Parlament. One person each time.
Learned a lot about local taxes in the US 😮 how it affects so much neighbours, I understand more the sense of “community” we don’t have in Europe I was also surprised to learn that US children were over protected I’ve been walking to my school since I was 6 and taking the bus since 11 to go to the other city for school, and I think I’m representative of most of French children
I don't know if there were any changes, probably not, but students from grade 5 got a ticket that allowed them to ride busses and trains in a specific area of my state and this area is roughly 7300km³ with dozens of big cities to visit and we could buy a very cheap extra ticket to drive to the Netherlands as well. I regularly used it to drive around with my friends and explore cities on my own when I was still like 13-14. We also used this to get home from night clubs that allowed teenagers and drive home late at night. Was the best thing to have so much freedom ❤ When I heard that US parents get in trouble with CPS for letting their children play outside unattended when they were still in sight I was flabbergasted 😂
It’s free i lost my job 2 years ago and they still paid me I don’t paid any tax or income or bills because the paid I got is too low for it I bought my house 1€ (government give people without enough money houses that other people give up) and two days ago I went to my dentist empty hand I left empty hand nothing to paid
But that's mainly the smug and silly among us. For the rest, it's obvious that it's not the complete opposite at all no matter how you look at it, independently of whether the European system is better (as I believe it may very well be). It may also be the case that economic freedom is not a good idea, which is a very different thing from saying that America is the opposite of free. I am the first to criticize the American mindset and institutions when I think they should be criticized, but that kind of condescension is unproductive and, I believe, ignorant.
As a child, some 50 years ago, I looked up to that great, impressive land on the other side of that great water. Now I'm just glad me and my kids don't live there.
Isn't it strange you will radically alter society and limit child development on a statistically rare event, yet a far more common event like gun violence gets a pass...
I am so damn confused. America is a Country and Europe is a Continent. So the video is comparing a Country to a Continent for some damn reason. I feel like that needed to be said...lol
not that simple : - america is not just a "country" we are Talking of the USA, it's a Federal Union of 50 States, not a continent ( wich is north america with USA + Canada) - Europe (UE to be fair) is a semi-federal Union of 27 States. Plus some other states very close in lifestyles and political systems and values. it's not just a "continent" So it's totally legit to compare them. And the comparizon is not on the size or the quality of being continental or not, but between the "political management" of it.
It's different countries, but with things in common. That's why referring to it like a country is OK. America is also a continent, for case you don't realize. It's also just a short saying for "the united states of (inside) America".
@@philv3941 Given how inaccurate Justice Scalia was about the different political systems across Europe's nations, the 'political management' you are comparing is vastly different from country to country here in Europe, never mind the differences to the US system. He even got most of what he said about the House of Lords wrong and they speak the same language (sort of).
Highschool sports: In Europe only specialized schools are competitive Toilets: Your stalls have huge gaps, in most of Europe you can't see if it's occupied without the little colored wheel in the lock or trying the handle.
10:00 That guy is talking a lot of nonsense. All European countries separate the legislative and executive power. Plenty of countries also have two legislative houses just like the US. In fact, most of the world has a bicameral (i.e. two chambers) legislative system. It baffles me that a Supreme Court justice can be so ignorant on this. This separation of powers is known as the trias politica here; trias for three: judicial, legislative, and executive.
1. He isn’t ignorant you are 2. He just explained countries that have two branches the power is mainly in the lower houses Typically European thinking you’re big brain and smarter than everyone
@@night6724 That's not even what he's saying, but what he actually is saying is just not true. Sorry if that offends you or something, but I can't help that.
@@jbird4478 Sorry you are wrong. What Scalia said was for the most part, European countries do not have a separation of powers. This is mostly true In Germany for example, there is the nominal executive branch the presidency but for the most part the Chancellor is the executive. The executive is of course elected by the bunderstag so the executive is a creature of the legislative branch. The powers are not seperate. Like it is pretty rare for the US president and legislative branch to be from the same party but in Europe it is unheard of. Some countries do have an upper chamber like France and Italy but they don't have the same powers as the US senate like no filibuster. And likewise most presidents in Europe are ceremonial. But sorry you are offended
@@night6724 In Germany, just as where I live, a part of the legislative branch chooses the executive branch, but this does not mean there is no separation. That would mean that the US has no separation of powers either, because the supreme court is appointed by the president. Europe has a lot of different political systems, but they all have a separation between powers, organized in slightly different ways. The idea that we do not have that and that they'll just cast a vote of no confidence when they disagree is nonsense. That does not remotely resemble how it works. In all countries with two houses they both have the same amount of power because all laws need to pass both of them. A filibuster is a rather bizarre practice that few countries in the world have. And while Germany's president is ceremonial, the president of France for example is not. I do not know what you mean by the president and the legislative branch being of the same party, because most parliaments in Europe are made of many parties, and governments are usually formed from multiple parties as well. America is not Europe indeed.
@@jbird4478 The president doesn’t appoint a justice. The senate needs to approve them. This is something europeans (and tbf many americans) don’t get about the presidency but it is extremely limited and reliant on both branches to do most things. Take Britain for example. You think the House of Lords is equal to the commons? No they are not I know many european countries have coalitions but minority coalitions are extremely rare and often times banned. So the party with the plurality wins and their leader gets to become PM. BTW nobody actually voted for the PM they’re selected by the parliament. France is an exception because De Gaulle got tired of the parliament’s stalling and deadlocks while Algeria threatened war. Most of europe however has no separation of power. And btw, even if you have a senate (bundersrat) it’s still part of the legislative branch. So that isn’t a separation of power. Plus i’ve seen europeans brag about how their governments are more “efficient” and get more stuff done because they’re more centralized.
One of the largest differences is how tax is collected. In Europe, the majority of tax is income and sales taxes while in the US the majority of tax is from property taxes. In the US property owners have to pay a percentage of their property value every single year, it seems like a good idea as wealthy homeowners have to pay that tax but it also means that landlords also have to pay that tax which means that rents go up. If you can't pay your property tax the local government will sell it at auction, hundred thousand dollar homes get sold for a couple thousand usually to a family member or friend of the auctioneer. In the UK once you own a non-commercial property you own it for life and never have to pay tax on it again unless you sell it. Also, the US government actually spends more on healthcare than most other country that provides healthcare for free. The average health insurance in the US costs $14,000 per year, the average person pays $6,000 of that and the other $8,000 is paid by the government. The NHS in the UK is the best healthcare system in the world and it costs the UK $4,250 per citizen. The US really is a system designed to crush the poor.
As a Finnish citizen, I like the parliamentary model where the program for the executive branch is a compromise between three or more political parties. As for choice for the elections. I can choose from about 8 different parties which each do have seats in the parliament, and upto 37 individuals within that party. And in my region there are 37 seats and each party gets number of seats based on their relative share of votes and those goes to candidates in each party based on who gets most votes within the party. This way even party that has only 3% popularity could get a seat in my region. Then mudslinging the opponent isn't that beneficial if that makes your party look bad compared to competition. Oh, and if voter can choose between several left-wing or right-wing parties, your true competition isn't opposite to you in elections, its most ideologically similar parties. And after elections party with most seats will try find enough other parties that they can find a compromise with to create a government. So there's always checks and balances. For us the checks and balances is that not even two largest parties combined can pass anything into a law without help from other members of parliament.
We may pay higher taxes than in the USA - but we do not have other extra costs such as health / school and saving for retirement. We do this through the tax system in Europe. I live in Norway and here the average gets 84% of everything we have paid in taxes back throughout our lives. In the US you only get 19% back. We do not have a high income tax - about 25% on $50,000 - but you can deduct expenses for the work and all the interest on mortgages / car loans and credit loans before you are taxed. There is also an exemption amount of $10,000 at $50,000 and you are only taxed 10.5 months a year.
It seems to me that many American tv programmes shown around the world give a false impression of the real USA. Take the many medical dramas for example, the cost of the treatment is never mentioned, and what your options would be if it was unaffordable, let alone the cost of ongoing check ups, special medications that maybe needed ongoing for life, altering your house if you are left disabled etc, etc. In short you never see the credit card machine or cash register in the corner of the operating theatre or doctor's surgery. Also consider the great detective show Columbo. Did he ever investigate a murder when the main suspect wasn't rich, living in a big house and driving a fancy car? They are all film stars, singers, politicians, rich business people and the like. Never an ordinary Joe on minimum wage living in poor housing.
10:40. this guy needs to go back and look at how this actually works. The prime minister in most european country is (indirectly) chosen by the people. Most systems it automatically means the biggest political parties first chair is prime minister. In others he has to be voted for kinda like how america votes for president. Politicians can't just chuck someone on there xD
And there's usually plenty of conflict between the prime minister and parliament, as well. The PM is hardly just a mouthpiece who can be dumped and replaced at a whim.
As someone who actually live in Denmark, I'm not convinced the man asking Bernie Sanders a question is Danish-because he think there is 20% vat on everything-the vat is actually 25%
@@gerardflynn7382 nope, has been that since 1992. It hasn't been close to 20% since 1979. Scalia became a supreem court judge 1986, so "the dane" was wrong. Eddit: He is from Denmark, but are still so wrong.
You’re falsely representing it. It’s more correct to say that all the money you’ve paid in taxes each year is how much the knee cost you. You only think it didn’t cost you a penny because you weren’t presented with the bill afterwards. To put it another way, if you paid a 40% tax rate while making 100k a year and it’s been ten years. Then that knee actually cost you 400k, but since you weren’t presented with the bill you think that it was free.
@@paytonyoder1260 it's still nice that no one has to become homeless when some expensive disease happen. Some may get more for their tac money but I wouldn't call them lucky if it involve cancer or an infarctus.
Antony Scalia really had no idea about Europe it seems... Judiciary and excectutive are separate entities disagreeing wirth each other in many European countires. No idea how he got there.
he has never been to europe, politics and justice are well separated. Unlike the USA, you can't settle a case with dollars🤣🤣political parties cannot be financed by companies (conflict of interest). the usa is the only country that has no social protection, security... watch some videos on "social security in france" for example, americans living abroad and why they don't want to come back.. .
in USA they admit that the candidate with the most money usually wins. which is why Soros is paying for puppets like Da Alvin Bragg , as well as other Democrat Da's and AG.. its absurd law officials are elected. a judge or prosecutor with inbuilt political bias!! no wonder they have the shitshow now in NYC where Democrat DAs are letting thieves and thugs off - many aren't even being arrested because cops know the Da will drop all charges... Alvin Bragg did a deal with 2 murderers and they got off! but he charged a car park attendant who was doing his job when shot FOUR times by a thief, the attendant wrestled gun from him and ended up shooting the felon. cops arrived and took them both to hospital- the HERO attendant woke up in bed to find himself chained to it. charge with wounded the felon and illegal possession of a firearm ( the one used to shoot him! ). all of this is deliberate, anarcho-tyranny, to make ppl demoralised and compliant as Soros wants .. great job, USA
You mention that you were taught that the American system has a bicameral legislature and a separate executive by design and that's true, but that design is almost 250 years old and was in response to the problems of the day. Other countries have found other solutions since then and the question remains as to which of the various solutions works best.
One of the core problems of the American government is that it was designed from the ground up by intellectuals in the Age of Enlightenment who believed almost fanatically in the principles of that age. It was written as an experimental utopia, unlike anything that existed before. Like most utopias, it sounds good on paper but can only work as long as the people involved are ideal, intelligent, educated, and altruistic. Once you get just plain ordinary people involved, the structure gets shaky. Once you add deliberate bad actors, it collapses. The US Constitution is based on the assumption that all voters will be reasonable and all elected officials will be honourable, and it forgot to add any safeguards in case they're not.
@@robertadavies4236 "o believed almost fanatically in the principles of that age" Nope. They were rational skeptics, who understood the dangers of the state. They faced the exact same problems we and all of our descendants will face. Which is "how much power and control should we give the state". You ignorant and stupid for falling for the silly tv show lines you've tried to pass of as an original and intelligent thought. The US constitution is exactly the opposite of "Utopian" thinking.
In the UK we have the house of Lords and this originally was purposed to give the vested and landed interests of the country a say and veto om laws passed by elected representatives. It was a compromise in a time when we were forming democracy to balance the different forces. It no longer has its original powers to do that, it only provides an opportunity for better scrutiny. It will be scrapped eventually but because govt power is so centralized, it has potential to be rejuvenated by once again being reformed to give modern vested interests and landowners in the form of local authorities a say.
Now look at how the cities are build in Europe... In the Netherlands we have bikes. You can go *everywhere* in my city on your own, even *from an age of 12*!
Also good public transit, which is by itself already a practical way to go anywhere in the city on your own. From what i've heard a 6 year old Dutch kid going to school on their own is not a big deal, by bike or walking, whether in a large or small city. The bike path is separate from the car road, and all crossings along the way have pedestrian and cyclist traffic signals. Although i suppose that the routes are full of other kids going to the same school, so they aren't alone anyway, and older ones look after the younger ones.
I remember when at the age of 5 i would disappear from my house not to be seen for the entire day. Im still alive somehow and so are other 5-8 year olds at the time.
When I (German) heard that an American friend brought his son (8 or 9 at that time) to the schoolbus stop (which was a 5min walk away) every morning and picked him up in the afternoon again I started making fun of him and it took a while to understand that this is a regular thing in the US. I still think that's unbelieveable. This son is now 24 by the way and still lives with his parents after leaving college after just 2 months because of anxiety problems. I wonder if those two things are connected. It might at least have played a role - to be so protective of him surely did not help to make him feel self-confident and independent.
I know when I was at school my mother would kick me out of the car about a half hour walk to school, down a shadowy wooded trail. While she headed to work, my sister's school wasn't that close to my mother's route so she got a bus, alone. Never thought much about it. She'd happily dump me by a wood or river and leave me to amuse myself for hours. And my mother is an anxious paranoid sort, very smothering and protective. Not by US standards I suppose. I wish I'd had more independence than that
One of the weirdest things as a European looking at the us. is that the politicians pick supreme judges... that is soo strange, a judge shouldn't be inflicted by whoever is in power. only by what the law says.
@@night6724 Nope that is not correct. It's an independent judiciary council that appoint all judges. The minister of internal affairs only sign their contracts because his department is the one officially paying them. He has no say in who gets appointed.
@@kaspernielsen9149 and who appoints said council? The council itself? Also you’re just objectively wrong. The vast majority of european countries appoint judges based on the PM
@@america1832 And yet we are discussing unions of political bodies .. South and Central America are not a part of the conversation .. unless there have been some changes that the rest of the world does not know about yet ;) North America and South America are *two separate continents*, each with MANY political groups - and the group specifically referred to as 'America', the country, is the topic of conversation. So sorry that was confusing for you, I am just accustomed to people following along with the context of a conversation!
@@Green.Country.Agroforestry AMERICA is a CONTINENT made up of 35 countries and more than 1 billion inhabitants ALL of us born in AMERICA from Canada to Argentina are AMERICANS North America Central America Insular America (Caribbean Islands) and South America are GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS of CONTINENT AMERICA NORTH AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a GEOGRAPHICAL REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT that is located in the NORTH of the AMERICA CONTINENT and is made up of 3 countries, Canada, the USA, and Mexico, which is not in north Asia. CENTRAL AMERICA as its name indicates is a GEOGRAPHICAL REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT that is located in the CENTER of the AMERICA CONTINENT is not in the center of Africa INSULAR AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a GEOGRAPHICAL REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT ISLAND lands set of ISLANDS of the AMERICA CONTINENT (Caribbean Islands) SOUTH AMERICA as its name indicates is a GEOGRAPHICAL REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT that is located in the SOUTH of the AMERICA CONTINENT is not in the south of Europe LATIN AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT where languages derived from the European language, Latin, are spoken, as well as the European languages SPANISH and PORTUGUESE. HISPANIC AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT where the European language is spoken, SPANISH, the most widely spoken language in AMERICA and by AMERICANS of the 35 countries of AMERICA in 18, SPANISH is spoken with more than 500 million speakers. throughout AMERICA being by far SPANISH the most spoken language in AMERICA and by AMERICANS ANGLO-SAXON AMERICA, as its name indicates, is a REGION of the AMERICA CONTINENT where the European Anglo-Saxon language, ENGLISH, is spoken. Educate yourself and stop consuming counterfeit adulterated garbage made in the USA that DOES NOT EXIST
@@Green.Country.Agroforestry The name AMERICA was given to the CONTINENT discovered by the Spaniards in honor of the nationalized Italian navigator explorer AMERICO VESPUCIO because he was one of the first to realize that this was a new CONTINENT and not India as Christopher Columbus mistakenly believed, that is why he was called our CONTINENT AMERICA in his honor because our CONTINENT is called AMERICA and not for example Americo since the name was given in honor of AMERICO VESPUCIO because the other CONTINENTS had names in FEMALE EUROPE ASIA AFRICA that is why it was also decided to call our CONTINENT AMERICA in FEMALE and not for example Americo the name AMERICA was given to the CONTINENT discovered by the Spanish in honor of the Italian navigator explorer nationalized Spanish AMERICO VESPUCIO in the YEAR 1507 at that time there were only Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the CONTINENT the British arrived on the CONTINENT only in the YEAR 1607 100 YEARS after the CONTINENT was named The USA is a country that literally DOES NOT HAVE A NAME, therefore that does not allow them to have their own unique demonym that identifies them. Their "name" only indicates their GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION where they are located in a CONTINENT called AMERICA "united states OF america" that It would be the United States of the British colonies in AMERICA the 13 British colonies in AMERICA referring to the CONTINENT where they are located, called AMERICA, similar case the name of the country SOUTH AFRICA that its name only indicates its GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION where they are located SOUTH of a CONTINENT called AFRICA but as the shameless of the US are used to wanting to appropriate what does not belong to them and as their country literally HAS NO NAME, the very ignorant and shameless thieves scammers began to believe the only "americans" in the world and the most stupid and ridiculous of the case they began to consider only "america" to their country and thus they live in their unreal world fal sified and fancy poor ignorant stupid people pity
People often forget that health care and education costs are a bigger "tax" on the working class than practically anything else. If those were free, the gap would close significantly, even if you bumped the tax paid by those same working class people up by something ridiculous like 50%.
About voting, here in Lithuania, Europe, there is parlament every 4 years, mr president every 5 years (there usually are 2 or 3 chpices), and local city and city outskirts governments with like 8 parties and 20 (mayor) candidates and then there's second tour to choose one of 2 main candidates, if tho of them reach more than 40% (i think) votes in first tour. That's it, if i recall correctly
USA does not have democracy by any definition (except one taught in the schools there), e.g. the ability to "elect or be elected" is actually not present. Having a two-party-system is too close to having exactly one party, so citizens do not have a real choice to elect from. But the situation is much worse, when citizens would like to start their own new political party and that party having any prospect to get anywhere at all. And most tragically: even if a billionaire decides to do so, he still stands no chance.
France have a strong chief executive too (and same stronger than in USA). We could to say that in France the "National Assembly" is the creature of the President; specialy when his party win legislative elections, witch is happen almost everytime. France is most near of US system than of the rest of Europe on this point.
the president's party won almost everytime because french doesn't like uncertainty, or inaction which means you pay taxes and salaries for a gouvernement and a "assemblée" to do nothing except siting and yelling at each other which have always made sense to me. it's also explain why the executive has so much power
@@Iondaime100 Yes french people vote usually for the party of the president during legislativ elections because they do not want 'to block' the power and the political institutions. It is true. In that case, the President have much less power, and the Prime Minister (issu of the main party of opposition) have much more - same if PM and his governement can to be block himself by the president. But if the executive chief have a lot of power in Vth Republic, it is because of the Constitution which is think to have a strong executive power. It is the Constitution who give the choice beetween a blockade power and a strong presidential power. It is the constituton who regulate the balance of power and this balance is clearly in favor of the executive chief power. It is his objective and it was the objective of DeGaulle and Debré (creators of the Vth Republic's Constitution). I just explain the situation for people, but I have no particular problem with this constitution and this balance of power.
At our Dutch elections yesterday for the chamber of commons, there were over 200 people to vote for from 10+ different parties from neoliberals to democrats to social democrats etc. More than two parties is normal.
We got a senate and parliament in Belgium, but on our way to abolish the senate as it is useless. FYI : - There are actual Federal countries in Europe on a national level -> Belgium, Germany, Switzerland - European Union is a supra-national federation vs US is a national Federation, very different. 🤘❤️
I'm from Australia and not gonna lie, the US looks like a nightmare-ish dystopia. So many governmental flaws that are near impossible to fix. Scary to see as they're one of, if not the most powerful country in the world, but this power comes at the detriment of its own citizens.
And australia is hell to me given your lockdowns and authoritarianism. Americans have the best living standards. Basically you’re a shill to corrupt politicians
It’s almost like there are over 330 million people here and not a measly 28 million like in Australia🤯 Easy to organize and run a country seamlessly when you have less people than Texas or California lol you’re comparing Apples to oranges but I dare you google how many Australians move to the US vs Americans moving to Australia you might not like what you see
In Europe we have "Levels"...poor, middle class or rich, everyone pays...depending on the level where they are. The rich will pay a lot more than the others, which is normal. But in the end, they all have public education, public health, public aid, etc etc... Exemple, here in Portugal, if you get hurt and need to go to the hospital, they will treat you first and only then will they try to find out who pays, even if you are a turist. And in the end, it's often the state that pays, because sometimes the person doesnt have the money. Which means, all of us pays the bill. I prefer a system like this, social, of mutual help among all citizens. Btw, In the end, those who discount more will also receive a bigger pension. There are tiers for that too. Cheers.
Saying tax the billionaires for the sake of everyone, followed by ' but they might move' is a bad move. If EVERYONE taxes them, they can move however they please but everyone will still benefit from the taxes. That's the purpose of taxes, for infrastructure, healthcare, education, citizens safety net and so forth. We all contribute to taxes, why would anyone excuse the billionaires?
To get a better understanding of the system in nordic countries I would suggest Harald Eias ted talk on 'where is it easiest to get rich.' Turns out the tax system there produces more ultra-high-net-worth individuals per capita than the american system. And a more advanced society.
The bit about childhood freedom struck a chord with me. I had quite a lot of freedom as a youngster. I lived in a nice road which had a large park behind it and an impressive castle behind that on top of white cliffs and the sea. In front of my house was the town, a port. Everywhere was my playground. Because it was a port there was a lot of passing through traffic, at the time, through the town. We developed a healthy wariness of strangers, I was asked to show people the way to places by getting into their cars and of course I never ever did. I remember walking in the countryside with a friend and we hid in ditches every time a car went by. Nowadays people do not have this sense of caution and will have sex with strangers in one night stands. Madness in my eyes.
Travelin' Young, here on RU-vid, has made a video where they compare the US and Denmark on income, taxes and so on, they come to the conclusion that there is not much difference except that in Denmark we have free school, FPR money for higher education, free health care, 52 weeks paid maternity leave, 6 weeks paid vacation and much more
This is one of the reasons we build mixed neighbourhoods here. We have millionaire mansions and social housing all in the same hood. Ryan is trying to break free from american thinking but he still strongly holds on to the american system.
No, we don't need them, but we produce them by our own consumer behavior! Lazy (amazon), or status oriented (the richest man in the world, a French guy, only markets cosmetics, handbags, and other fashion items). We are crazy - they just take what they can get.
It seems the US used to have pretty smart people, who understood, that actually by design, nothing works or it is wery wery difficult to change any "common" practices. But I think there are even deeper reasons, why nothing is going to change or get better and I think that, the late (RIP) George Carlin figured it out long time ago and tried to tell/explain it simply for years and years. And the his "apprentice" Jon Stewart continued, but not as brutally as George. "Life is worth loosing", "dumb Americans" is one example by GC the GOAT! Great video, thank you!!! And thank you all for your support to Finland joining NATO!!
@@holger_p aka Americans aren’t serfs to the government
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When I was in secondary school (10-14 years old) I went to a private school with a children's home (can't find a better translation from German to English), that is, I went to school on Sundays. I lived there from Monday to Friday and I went back home on Friday afternoon. This tour lasted an average of 3 hours and I had to take the local train to the city (approx. half an hour) from the city I then took the bus to the next stop (approx. 2 hours) and here I had an average of 15-30 minutes waiting at the station for the train so i could reach the school (about 15 minutes by train) i did this every week for 4 years and learned how to navigate across the country. This was normal, I wasn't the only kid to have such a long journey, other kids had even traveled up to 4 hours to get home, now ask the same for a 10-14 year old American kid. Not one child growing up in America would make it home, and all because their parents couldn't manage to give their children an education that would enable them to get through the world independently.
In the UK we'd say you went to a 'Boarding School'. The 'Boarding' part is where you were fed your meals and had somewhere to sleep on or near the school buildings. A bit like Hogwarts in Harry Potter but you went home at weekends, Harry just went home between terms.
Scalia saying the judiciary is so independent in the US - when judges are just appointed by the president according to their party's agenda, is laughable. It's pretty blatantly treated as a way to establish dominance for one political opinion. In Germany, for example, the highest judges are appointed by a mixed panel of other judges and the justice ministers of the different states, pretty much guaranteeing there is a good mix of opinions and compromise involved in the process. And while judges may personally hold their own political opinions, the idea of a "red" or a "blue" judge (or equivalents) is completely unknown there. And as for "purely ceremonial" upper houses in Europe - that is simply untrue. MOST European countries with bicameral systems have them have the same legislative power as their corresponding lower chamber, only in a few they have somewhat restricted power (in Germany, they basically only vote on federal laws that affect the states themselves, not just the federation as a whole), and in very few they have not much more than a veto (UK) - I'm guessing Scalia did the usual American thing and took whatever the UK is doing as a stand-in for every European state.
It would be very interesting to do a comparison to Germany then bc we are a federal state and the Bundesrat is the representation of the states. Now we don't elect the chancenlos seperately and our president, while officially being the head of state, isn't really the leader of the governement. So there's still a difference. But still there are many similarities. Maybe some of the German models maybe a first step forward? Sure Germany is by no means no 1 in most catehories, but someimprovement is usually better than no improvement and we still usually outperform the US and do manage to reach consensus very often... like just now after difficult negotiations between all states and the federal government and including hundreds of regional transportation groups and railway companies they managed to implement a train ticket that will be valid nation wide for all public transport and regional trains for 49 euros/month. It wasn't easy and there was resistance and of course it had to be a compromise (especially the price and who would shoulder the financial burden was a point of dispute) but they managed it anyway. So perhaps something about this process could be useful for the US? It's hard to judge from the outside, when all we have is media images and internet clips to go on, but is just often seems that you're so divided that it makes live unnecessarily difficult for so many people. Maybe that doesn't have to be the case. And if Germany doesn't have solutions maybe other federal countries offer better ones? Canada, Australia or Switzerland are also federally organized (and many more but I'm excluding countries with unstable democracies for obvious reasons). Maybe react to comparisons to these countries systems if you can't find one for Germany?
First of all both Australia and Canada are shitholes when in comparison of usa. Canada especially is tyrannical towards anything even slightly conservative. Secondly of course your going to agree more, all of the German provinces are extremely small in comparison to the usa. Your smaller than the size of many usa states, it wouldn't be hard to see a Bavarian with a Prussian because the distance is tiny. You know the state of Texas? Its twice the size of Germany by itself. You will meet people from all over Germany daily if you want the same is not true of usa. As for Canada and Australia they only have a few major population centers, Canada especially as most of them live near usa border. So they don't even bother caring about anyone else outside of few areas. Usa has a few regions that have high population in comparison with the middle largely being ignored for having far fewer people. Making it mostly the northeast, south/southeast, and west coast divide on what to do and when you have a large distance between the regions they naturally won't think the same because they don't interact, where as at least the north and south have some overlap the west coast and south have 0 and therefore very different thoughts on how to run the nation.
One of the reasons for there not being a disagreements between the legislature and the cheif executive is that in a lot of countries, we don't elect the prime minister, we elect the legislature, and the legislature gets together and find what party (or coalition of parties) have the best chance of forming an effective administration. (i.e have enough seats to push their causes in the legislature). and the administration can be removed with a no confidence vote at any time, although it rarely happens due to the administration generally having the majority or close to it.
I would counter argue to this vid with one country in Europe: Switzerland. The swiss Government is very very similar to the USA in so many ways, but they adjusted it in minor, but crucial ways. And it works somehow very very well, even ranking higher in most statistics than it's european counterparts. So there is probably even more to that whole issue. Or it could just be a coincidence
also, we have direct democracy: if we don't like something that our governement is cooking up, we can vote to repeal or for an alternative. We also can propose something... The USA will never give the opportunity to the base voter to decide if thing like gun control or birth control are to be controlled one way or another, because surprise, it would go against the private (and economic) interest of many politicians...
@@irrelevant_noob well, you already have elections at least every 2 years, not that complicated to add a few federal referendum questions next time... (or wait for the presidential election year to insure you have the biggest participation possible) being federal, it's the federal body who set the question and provide the vote material, the States only being operators that transmit the material to their usual electors and then, count the votes at the same time they count for other elections... I have the impression that Usians hold their current constitution as too sacred to modify it according to the will of the people If I remember it right, it's something like "by the people, for the people", while in reallity, it's "by the powerful, for the powerful"
@@kolerick oh, that's a good strategy, to bunch them up with the regular elections. I only thought of the stereotype/meme of the Swiss getting ad-hoc referendums every other month, my bad. 😳 Also, fwiw... *they (i'm in Eastern Europe), *ensure. And the full form would be "Government of the People, by the People, for the People”.
Americans make way more money and pay way less taxes than Europeans, but if you only look at how much money you have at the beginning of the month, Europeans have way more money at the end of the month after you pay for the cost of living, child support, healthcare, food, and rent. That is why the Dutch are number one in the world with money in their savings accounts, and Americans are number one in credit card debt.
Overall we have a much lower cost of living in the UK vs America You also pay twice as much per person on health care each year vs the UK. We also when all added up pay less out of our wages via taxes etc. Look it up.
Americans think healthcare is some optional extra. until the day they arrive in hospital and the insurance agent tels them they aren't covered for the life saving treatment they need. too bad, oh well. the concept to many Americans of paying into a central fund for healthcare for ALL goes against their "individualism" , so they pay private companies, get ripped off and cheated.
Another difference between medical care, is that taxes here in the US , it not used to pay for anything medical, it is used to pay for road repairs and in States, where it snows it is used for plowing the highways etc…
