Americans React - "First Time You Realized America Really Messed You Up" Part 1 | Loners Podcast #22 

In Germany they stopped doing the morning salute in school in 1945.

There was a case here in the U.K. where someone took a paramedic to court because they broke their ribs when performing heart compressions. The judge threw them out of court saying: “if the paramedic hadn’t performed CPR, you wouldn’t even alive to bring this action.”

AMERICA.............. The country where Hope and Freedom goes to die. Ex-pat here, living a happy existence in Wales ( not being shot at and not going broke nor being racially abused and folks actually speaking to each other instead of shouting) and loving every second

About the CPR and the risk of being sued: in Germany the opposite is the case. You will get sued if you NOT do anything to save someone's life (if you learned how to do it. If you want a driving license in Germany then its mandatory to learn that). "Failure to give assistance" is a serious offense here in Germany.

We totally had a similar morning routine in germany, but for some reason people thought it was weird after 1945.

Many years ago i was at a trainstation and an elderly man collapsed next to me. As he stopped breathing a young man and myself started cpr until the ambulance arrived. By doing cpr one of his rips accidentally broke. After a few weeks i got a letter from the old man's son, saying that he wants to meet me. I was invited to dinner with the whole family, including the old man, who has recovered from a heartattack (and his broken rip). This day i was hugged so often, that i had to worry about my own rips 😅 Here in Austria yiu can get sued when you are NOT helping. You have to do everything you possibly can, if you witness some accident or something like this. Better break someone's rips, than watch him die.

I only know of one other country that makes it people do a pledge every morning as you where asking about and that is North Korea. Love and peace from Sweden

I have dual citizenship, have lived in both Netherlands and the US for multiple years at a time. I've studied and worked and played and grown up in both. And there were different rules for each country when it came to staying safe as a little girl and as a grown woman. In NL, I biked to school and home and work alone. I walked at night with headphones on and no friends or dog or weapons. In the US, in multiple states, even with a male partner, a dog, and/or a weapon, I was assaulted. In NL, the teachers took us outside to read in the local park on sunny days, we played games outside wile doing math so we could hop and skip while learning maths. Parents could visit during lunch and were offered free classes to become teachers assistants for their special needs kids etc. In the US, I was diagnosed with ptsd after enduring 2 school shootings in two different schools in two different states. We had cops stationed across the street to stop suspicious individuals and arrest drug dealers. 3 kids from my own highschool homeroom were killed by drugs and 2 killed by cops- all 5 happened on school grounds. In NL, as a grown autistic woman working as an artist, I can afford my own home, health insurance, home insurance, groceries, and vacation. In the US, I went to therapy once a month thru a charity, only ate once a day to afford paying over $80 every month for medication I *needed* to survive and my car insurance, I worked 2 jobs full time while studying, burned out, became suicidal, was forced to go to a psychiatric hospital "mandatory, for your own safety" for a month where they barely spoke to me and then gifted me a massive bill. Fuck the US, enough said.

I'm from Finland and the whole allegiance thing feels really weird. We may sing the national anthem in school maybe once a year if it's like an event or something. But even then our flag isn't necessarily in the room. What people do in America just sounds like a good way to make everyone from an early age to believe that America is the best place in the world...

Been in an ambulance multiple times, stayed in a hospital multiple times and paid nothing (apart from taxes). I love ❤️ the NHS and fully appreciate and support the work they do. I have nothing, NOTHING bad to say about the NHS and am grateful and proud to have the NHS.

When I was in elementary school and in middle school we had to sing the national anthem every morning. But then Romania was a Communist dictatorship so.... you get where I'm going with this. Generally speaking for us, Europeans hearing the usual American patriotic talk is EXTREMELY cringy, because we used to hear those slogans a lot from Communist dictators and nowadays from the worst, most extreme right wing fascist xenophobic politicians, those who are despised by everyone except their equally despicable followers. I swear even the wording is almost identical, and it's the same topics: flag, nation, a drooling adoration of the military, a mythical heroic great past and all that crap. We know that you say those slogans in a different context and with different intentions (mostly), but that doesn't change the fact that they are still just slogans. And if there's one thing that a person who lived in a dictatorship does not want to hear, it's slogans.

Omg! My husband had a serious accident in Spain last year (we’re from the Netherlands). When I arrived at the scene there were already a few people. My first response was: did anybody call an ambulance yet?? Luckily somebody did. My only focus was on his health, and not possible costs, as it should be. We have never seen a bill. Should this have happened to him in the US the reaction would’ve probably been: are you sure you can afford a ambulance?

My most American experience was in the outskirts of Houston, I was on a 2 week company training trip and stayed a a nearby hotel. Due to the lack of snacks at the hotel I went outside and looked around. About 200 yards away there was a gas station. And since the hotel and gas station was connected by a road next to the road that was located next to the Tomball Pkwy I walked in the direction of the gas station. Halfway flashing lights and a polite but stern man with his hand on his holster made me stop. I tried to argue that It would require more time and more walking to use the car from the hotel to the gas station. And since I wanted snacks and nothing else, walking over was the logical choice. I could almost see the "Does not compute" sign on his forehead. But after showing him my rental car, my passport, my company access badge, and verifying with the hotel that I actually stayed there. Hi finally let med go, shaking his head and muttering something about "crazy communists". And to this day I still are convinced that this is an experience as American as any foreigner can experience.

In Australia our pledge of allegiance consists of eating Vegemite while standing on the back deck and watching the morning sun push through the gum leaves and getting a whiff of eucalyptus and knowing there's no place you'd rather be. Our salute is swatting a flies.

When you add taxes and healthcare costs and everything taxes in European countries provide for, you actually pay less than in the US. That's what most people don't get when it comes to socialized healthcare. Greets from Germany

I lived in the US for ten years. I found it really strange when my son who was born in England was expected to pledge allegiance every day. Very odd country.

No the comment "Go to the doctor" is legit in most European Countries. If you are sick you are allowed to recuperate, and it is even frowned upon if you show up at work sick, because you could get everyone else sick as well.

As a Canadian, we see the US as a very litigious place. In fact, this week in our local news, my municipal county as well as a small group of community volunteers who work to upkeep the historic lighthouse in their community are getting sued by an American tourist. Apparently, she fell while climbing the stairs inside. My cousin has tourist cottages on the ocean here. An American told him he should remove his children's swing set on the property because he was risking getting sued. Thoughts of being sued just do not cross our minds here. Perhaps, in terms of welcoming American tourists, we should be mindful that lawsuits could ensue from their time spent with us. How sad.

Hey, from Latvia here, As a woman even when living in dorms from age of 16, while attending technical gymnasium and drinking and partying i have never felt unsafe as a teenager or a woman. Even in the middle of the night and drunk.it never even crossed our mind that we could get asulted. I almost practically lived in older years boys dorm room, as we were watching ice hockey and gaming together and it never felt unsafe. So it is quite scarry to hear how most American women have ptsd and trauma from feeling unsafe or being assaulted. and as we used to be occupied by USSR , pledge rituals feel so wrong. We could never. I'm pretty sure rest of the world finds it creepy and nationalistic to do it. And from histories stand point forced nationalism is what Hitler did, when they had to pledge their alliance to him. So yeah, I am pretty sure that's one thing everyone in free world finds bizarre about USA. Another topic of guns, in rest of the world, almost every country in Europe has laws that allow you to have a gun, but there are very strick rules and serious gun control. So it's if you meet all of very strick criteria, that includes mental check, you understanding how to use it, having proper storing and upkeep. It's very hard to acquire one but it is possible so your American "but we have rights to gun" is kind of stupid. It's sad, but most of Europe feels for American people, because you guys get raised in propaganda. You hear every day things that aren't real and most Americans get defensive when someone brings it up. I wish most Americans would understand that you can love your country and still be critical about it. It's like you love your sister, but if she keeps bringing home abusive boyfriends you will call her out on her shit.doesnt mean you don't love her.

I grew up in the Netherlands. I spent all my time playing outside unsupervised. And I lived in what was considered as "the poor neighborhood" . People did not have guns OR KNIVES or any other weapons. The biggest crime was shop lifting or being publically drunk. No killings , no kidnapping and drugs were only marijuana.

I was in Florida, and I met three people right off the bat who when they discovered I was Canadian were very arrogant. The first one said...oh Canada, you're just America's hat. The other asked how I enjoyed being a socialist, and the third said. Canada is just our 51st state. I have NEVER gone back to the USA.

I'm a Canadian and we do have private insurance. I pay an extra $80 a month for 80% coverage for dental, prescription and eyeglass. If something is medical it's just covered by government. I had to have a surgery and saw 6 specialists and was in hospital for 5 days, I had semi-annual testing and follow up for 5 years following the surgery. The only thing my insurance had to cover extra for private room and TV instead of sharing a room (of 4) and having to pay $25 a day for TV. All the Doctors, tests, surgery and hospital costs were covered. In Canada we pay a comparable tax as in the USA. Where we may pay a bit more it would not be equal to what an American pays in insurance. And then you have costs on top of what insurance covers so that's another factor. Also, our government regulates the cost or prescription medication i.e. average cost of insulin / year in USA $3500 - in Canada $725. (I would have to pay 20% of $725 as my private insurance covers 80%). Is that Socialism? If so (in this instance) I'm ok with it.

The ambulances in the UK are not only free but the paramedics who msn them are amazing, they are so kind, so caring and helpful it’s wonderful when you’re in need of help.

I'm from the U.K., my wife is a Ward Sister in the NHS, our oldest daughter is a Nurse in the Army and our oldest two granddaughters are currently training to be Nurses. However people are able to access private health care through paying for it themselves. On the gun issue, I was in the British Military for 38 years and because of the Unit I served in I automatically qualify to not only to have a hand gun, but to also carry one at all times. However I don't because our younger grandchildren are always with us, not only that we live in an area that is full of families, so why on earth would I want to have something that could change our community forever if it fell into the wrong hands. There are better and safer ways to deal with threats than using a gun. A simple example for of not having a gun around my families perspective is my wife and I adopted an Afghani daughter and her two babies in 2015 after she saved my life (the Taliban would have killed her). Our youngest son came running in screaming that a group of local thugs were hurling racial slurs at her. So I went out in my wheelchair and confronted them, deescalated the situation and brought our daughter home, all done without the need to have any kind of weapon on me. Since then our daughter is free to do what ever she wants when ever she wants, without fear of being accosted for being from Afghanistan. Racism does exist here sadly, but is always fuelled by ignorance. P.S. Lynda reminds us of our oldest daughter. 😃😃😃

It’s crazy listening to your comments. I’m Danish, and I have never thought that healthcare could be an issue! It’s a right provided be every healthy state,- or it should be.

Canadian here. I am in my sixties and I don't remember ever having to pay for something in hospital. I had 2 car accidents and some sports injuries. Providing they are not already covered by your employer, the only health insurance you will need are for dental, eye glasses and maybe to cover the cost of expensive medications and drugs like HIV treatments. I have an insurance package covering my appartment, my car and my health for less than $2000 CAD a year with a deductible like 200$ CAD from my pocket for certain events. You wil also substract your medication bills from your income before tax. Also, if you are unable to pay, the government will provide for you. You were also worry about people taking advantage of the health system because its free. If you fake a medical need just to see a doctor, I think your doctor will refer you to a mental health specialist that wil help you. It's also free.

The pledge of allegiance reminds me as a German of those bad years we had between 1933 and 1945. Health insurance is a thing in Germany. Everyone has to have health insurance. If you are employed its 15,5% of your income and you employer has to pay half of it. If you're unemployed the jobcenter pays your insurance. Family members (spouses and children) are insured by the family-insurance. The channel "The Black Forest Family" has two videos about the German universal healthcare.

You ever notice that no one ever says “oh those roads aren’t free, you pay taxes for them”. And nobody says “I’m not paying for everyone else’s roads!” Only for social services like healthcare.

Sweden here. Really enjoy your reaction videos. Answering the private insurance question. We have public health supported by taxes. Everyone is covered. However for non emergency procedures the wait time can be a bit long. So some people do pay private insurance and they get faster treatment from private healthcare. That's ok. The are not jumping the queue but get alternate sourced healthcare. But even if poor you are covered.

American here, nice to hear your honest thoughts and feelings on these everyday frustrations we share. These types of conversations are huge and the way you discuss them has a positive effect. Thank you

I'm in the UK. Absolutely no saluting or pledging to the country in school when I was there in the 80s and 90s. We used to watch American school kids recite the pledge of allegiance in movies and think it was hysterically funny.

Here in Germany you can be sued for „unterlassene Hilfeleistung“ (failure to render assistance in an emergency) but you cannot be sued for trying to help.

Concerning the point if Germany is family-friendly: There are so many videos on YT by families that moved to Germany and one of the first things they always praise is the mindset of raising independent children at a very young age. AS one of them put it in one of their last videos: "Germany likes to confront children with the reality, instead of shielding it from them". I think that pretty much sums it up!

I find it impressive how a society that thinks that having a gun is a right but having universal access to health treatments isn't has survived for so long.

No one here in Australia is going to sue you for saving their life. Have a good one mates and keep up the good work.

In Canada, we often stand and sing or listen to our national anthem in elementary schools in the mornings, either in English or French, or sometimes combined depending on the school. The last elementary school I taught in had our national anthem alternating with our local indigenous peoples' anthem called the Honour Song. The administration did this out of respect as we had a large indigenous population in your school. I appreciated the school doing this and recognizing our local First Nations children and their culture.

I'm an Australian living now in the US (California) and I was surprised when my mother-in-law told me about the pledge of allegiance done at schools here, hand over heart etc. She asked me if that was done in Australia and I said, "Never." It's still a weird concept to me all these years later. At first I thought it was something done in far, bygone days, but no. I can't even remember if the national anthem was ever played at school. If it was, it was a rare event. In regards to guns, it's so ridiculous to me that you can get them in places like Walmart and sports stores, and that assault rifles aren't banned, and don't get me started on open carry BS. When driving, I don't ever dare using the horn as I'm wary of the other driver's reaction, knowing so many carry firearms on them.

We also had a morning ritual at elementary school/Grundschule in the morning. We stood up, the teacher said "Good morning, children/class!" The class said:"Good morning, Mrs. Brock!"

I'm Venezuelan now living in Spain, and with family living in USA. In Venezuela every DAY before classes, all the school is gather in the patio/courtyard to sing the National anthem in front of the flag, and this was even before Chávez and their regime. I went to a private school, so this was mandatory by the government. Funny thing about Venezuela, even though we have an insane percentage of violence and criminal incidents, I never met anyone that owned a gun. You heard rumors about someone maybe having one, but it was kind of a secret, because it was consider some what despicable to own a gun, only "malandros" (criminals) would own a gun. Here in Spain health insurance it's cover by the state, but it's taken from your taxes. You can also have access to private insurance if you want other alternatives, that public sector may not cover, like dental, cosmetic, ophthalmology, and others, it's not necessarily higher tier or quality. Private insurance is more for your home, car, belongings, that kind of stuff. Still, is not as expensive as it is in the US, depending of what you hire... Maybe 800€ a year I think. I do agree with her about the guns, the main reason why there's a gun problem in the US it's because it's so easy to have access to guns, therefore you're conditioning the people to think - if they have a gun, they can hurt me, so I'm gonna get a gun too!. So it becomes this sick cicle of violence. Also, I do think that your work culture has a lot of influence in this subject. Hear me out... It's no secret that US citizens live for work, and what they call "benefits" the rest of the world calls them RIGHTS, like more paid days for vacations, paid parent leave (maternal and paternal), life/work balance, decent salary, protection against unfair dismiss, you know all the basic principles to have a better mental health and be in a better place mentally. If you have your people constantly worrying about how they're going to pay the bills, because every industry is set and founded for-profit, including health, education and penitentiary, of course everyone it's push almost to the breaking point! So the one thing they can control is to buy into the idea that by owning a gun, they are protecting themselves and their families, and that's what the American dream it's all about right? I don't know... That's only my opinion and I think I went on a tangent there at the end 😅 Anyway, really enjoyed your video guys, it felt like I was listening to friends talking, keep up the good work and I'm subscribing 😊 Cheers!

It’s nice to watch a couple have a respectful conversation, giving eachother space to talk both.. and really think. Nice channel🙏

The thought "I need a gun to protect myself" is a slippery slope. It only leads to escalating a problem. It's loads of guns in Europe, but it's mostly hunters and farmers, and regulations and laws are rigid.

UK Citizen living in CA for over a year now - Health care here is insane… Never going to complain about the NHS ever again, wait times are the same but you don’t get an expensive bill at the end. Even though my work covers my medical bills, my wife stepped on a rusty nail and needed to go to ER, I got asked if she needed an ambulance and my first thought was that will be $1000’s on top of an expensive trip for a tetanus jab! That’s shouldn’t be your first thought *and all my medical is covered* - I feel so bad for people that have bad health insurance.

I am Spanish. My dad and everyone were FORCED to do something like your pledge to the flag in a **dictatorship** A fascist one with Franco. Same with fascist Germany no truly Democratic state should force a pledged to a flag...

the whole pledge of allegiance thing always weirded me out but it might also just be bc i’m german and we really don’t do the whole patriotism thing here (for obvious reasons). the only time i see people get patriotic is during football/soccer season.

Simply put, we pay a bit more tax, but then we are given services such as Healthcare that is "free" at the point of service. The US Military Budget alone could be cut in half without causing any loss to effectiveness and the other half could easily offer Americans Healthcare; all without having to raise taxes, but then the middleman industries such as Insurance Companies would lobby against it. It's not that US Politicians can't do it, it's that their corporate masters don't want them to do it.

I’m from Europe. When I was in primary school there we too had a morning ritual. Every morning at the begging of the first period we’d do the Lord’s Prayer… I went to a catholic school and I’m glad I changed schools in grade 5. In hindsight, it was definitely indoctrination and I have since changed my beliefs.

Health insurance in Europe works differently in every individual country. There are similarities in many cases, but they're still different from one another. The UK does it through taxes and has one insurance provider (NHS), Germany does it through "membership" fees that you and your employer pay from your salary and has more than a hundered statutory and private insurance companies for example. They all provide universal healthcare for *all* of their citizens. That's the most important part of it. And yes, it also varies between countries, how they deal with international students, visitors on vacation or Visa owners.

In Austria we pay 7.3% of our income for health insurance. I'm now the third week off work because of a bike accident. X-Ray, Sonography, weekly control by a doctor. Costs "0". Welcome to Central Europe! 😉

The only country I know that does something like a pledge is North Korea. Yeh, it's kinda culty.....

Kids in my country are just everywhere. When my little brother was 5 years old he would sometimes go to school by himself. When he was slightly older he would go home to eat lunch by himself every day. You also see many young children go to their football training by themselves and kids at supermarkets buying candy or whatever. Kids have way more freedom here and thats why we're considered one of the best countries to raise a child and also the country with the happiest children according to a unicef .

England here: With regards to the guns on Police officers, the only police officers that are allowed to carry either a sidearm or a semi-automatic, are 'specially' trained (excluding the armed forces!!!) officers that patrol places like major train stations in the major cities, and also the main airports and sea ports, as well as certain government owned properties!!! The general police officer in the UK is only allowed to carry a telescopic baton, CS spray and a tazer!!!

my scottish cousin was made to say the pledge of allegiance every day he was at school in n.y state ,it's one of the reasons the family came back home after 2 years

The first time I visited the US (LA) a homeless guy tried to “help” my family load our bags. We told him to go away kindly and he started swearing at my mum etc, then police with big ass rifles came and told him to leave… Coming from New Zealand I felt so out of place lol 😂.

Brazilian here: We only have to like maybe sing the national anthem at official events or at the independence day once a year, maybe like twice a year. Or during the world cup. No one was indoctrinated to Love Brazil like we we signed up to a religion by just being born here.

I usually hate people talking excessively through reaction videos. But strangely i am enjoying the fact you both pause after every reaction to give an in depth analysis. I was going to make a sarcastic comment due to being British, but I will leave that till i feel you are both ready for it and casn take it for what it is. :p loving the UK content by the way :)

Thank you so much for your reactions. The first time I saw your channel, I immediately subscribed. I like the natural way you perform and react, and don't overload your videos with visuell distractions. Also your dialogues to every topic are so interesting. I really appreciaty your effort and it's so nice to see Americans who are interested in things, that happen outside of the U. S. I am so glad I found your channel, because it's so nice to see, how open minded Americans see the rest of the world. Please keep on making this good reactions i like every video from you 😊👍. Greetings from a fellow German guy 😀👍🙏😀

I had to have emergency surgery, I was in the ICU for a week, spent 5 weeks in the hospital, had casts, and MRI, physical therapy, and my meds the entire time.....I paid ZERO dollars.

I'm from New Zealand and we learned the words to our national anthem but hardly ever sang it. And we only play the national anthem at international sports fixtures , not at every game.

We don't do any salutes or pledges or any of that culty stuff here in Sweden. We do have a national anthem, but it's not like we sing it every day. We don't have anything we recite every morning. Isn't it Florida that the US view as the rest of the world view the US? It feels like some Americans are like "but it says so in our national anthem that this is the land of the free so then that must be the case". According to the "Freedom in the World" survey, there are _60 countries_ that is ranked as more free than the US. Top 10: Finland, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada, The Netherlands, Uruguay, Australia, Denmark, Ireland Yes, we do have pretty high taxes in Sweden. So health care is covered by taxes, or it's very heavily subsidized, like the girl in the video said, an appointment at a doctor is about 20 USD (or I think it's like 23 now), but a visit to the ER (including the ambulance ride there if you need it) is 40 USD. But there is a... what do you call it... a capped price?... so if you need more doctors appointments during a year you never pay more than 111 USD per year, when you reached that amount you don't pay anymore out of pocket. If you're under 18 or over 84 you don't pay.

you two are so wholesome together. humble and just warm. bravo. subbed

In Spain there’s universal health system. If you have the census you have primary assistance although you don’t have any “visa”. If you work here you have free health service. If you are a tourist but have an Emergency assistance this would be free. But for foreigners I think you would need an insurance.

Safety in Germany: When I was a student, no car and not much money. So when I missed the last train after drinking with buddies, I had to wait for the first train in the morning. Close to the train station with hordes of homeless people and drug dealers. No one even tried to talk to me, and at no point in time, I felt not safe.

Nope here in the UK, the only thing I remember is having to stand when a teacher came in. The only morning routine was the register(think you lot call it roll call?)

Morning routine in Swedish schools isn´t exactly the same everywhere, but something like this: Small children sing a song. My children did "Good Morning, I am so happy because we are all together. Anna is here, Sofia is here, it´s so nice that Otto is here ..." Bigger children just answer to their names when the teacher check the list. "Is Tom here? OK. Is Marta here? She is at the dentist? OK." After that the teacher talk about what day it is, what they are serving for lunch and if there is some information the children should know about. That´s that.

Our morning routine in school would be saying good morning in sync to the teacher when they came in. My personal morning routine would extend that to trying very hard not to fall asleep, which i failed pretty regularly. The most nationalistic thing you will find in Germany is people in a football (the one you play with your feet, hence the name) stadium singing the national anthem when the national team is playing. Its not even sung if one German club plays another German club, like you see in the States. International games only. I'll leave figuring out the reason for that hesitation to over-identify with our country to the readers of this comment.

I was on a road trip with my family from San Francisco through to Vegas, the Grand Canyon, a ranch and eventually, Phoenix. We were on a car park at Seligman, outside a Denny’s Diner, when a robber came flying out holding a paper bag full of money and a gun. In seconds two police cars arrived, and he threw everything down and was slammed against his car. There is a nil to less chance of me ever seeing something like that in my own country.

I think one of the most disgusting medical bills( although most are) was charging the mother to hold her baby after birth.

In Romania, we pay 45% tax (16% income tax, 10% health tax, social security 25%). The state then automatically enrolls us in the National Health Insurance House that acts as our public health insurance provider and covers interventions and procedures at any public hospital and all GPs that are associated with the program (which is almost all of them), test labs, etc. almost everything is free (bills could be incurred for upgrades to hospital rooms - rare as there are very few state hospitals that have fancy/private rooms). The best doctors all work at state hospitals. The National Health House settles the cost with the health provider - the bill that is presented to the patient is an FYI (look! Look at how much the state spent on you!) The same doctors in the public hospitals also have private practices as well where they work with private insurance companies, but some also have contracts with the National Health House. The private health insurance works just like in the states and is often provided as an extra benefit from good work places on top of the mandatory national coverage. The monthly premium is usually covered 80-90% by the employer and the rest by the employee (this is voluntary, but if offered, it’s good to have and the cost to the employee is really small). I remember I once had it and I paid like 19 lei ($4)/month. That was the price of a pack of cigarettes or 1 bottle of cheap wine. Private insurance is usually used for elective surgery, eye treatments + glasses, dental, various regular tests, OBGYN visits… A good thing to know is that private hospitals in Romania will transfer patients to state hospitals in case of emergencies in case they are not equipped to handle them - or ehmmm…. there’s complications and the private hospitals don’t want to deal with them. On the other hand, state hospitals are under funded and understaffed and there is still a lot of corruption with hospital managers being politically appointed and some doctors with an “old” communist mentality can still asks for bribes which is obviously illegal and should be reported to the hospital admin and/or police. Most younger doctors do not practice this however. I’ve never had to bribe anyone to get treatment, but I know of people that were specifically asked or felt compelled to give a bribe to be sure they received good care. There are wait times for specialists because there are not many in certain fields or there is not sufficient equipment serving a certain area (like and MRI machine which is rather expensive), it could be a few months, but never years. You can get a medical referral to literally any doctor in the country by your GP to see a specialist in another city or region. Drugs are only discounted with a prescription from a doctor. And it’s usually people that have acute or chronic conditions that access the discounted pills as there’s a budget each month and if it runs out some people might have to go out of pocket, so most people that have a cold or just want to buy ibuprofen or regular pills pay full price by choice since it’s really inexpensive even at full cost. I would never think of going to the GP for over the counter drugs just to get a discount at the pharmacy. I would feel like such an a-hole. Even blood tests and regular scans I take in private clinics to not take appointment times away from people that might not afford to go outside of the public system which is overcrowded. I barely needed to use the public healthcare when I was in Romania, but never felt bad about paying into the system even with all the corruption. I just thought at it like paying for my grandma to use it (she had a bunch of conditions associated with old age). Just grateful people who really need it had access to it, as defective as it is and that I barely ever had to use it. There’s good and bad everywhere.

Dutch person living in Ireland here. Most of the things coming up in this video are quite obvious reason why nobody with an IQ higher than their age would want to live in the US. But a few things I want to react to. 1. Standing up and pledging allegiance to the flag, outside the US, is something I can only imagine in fascist (which your home country may become after today's election (referring to the question what the nationality was at the end)) dictatorships, where children have to be brainwashed to belief that piece of cloth has any meaning other than being a symbol. 2. Basically all countries in the world allow people to have guns. But unlike in the US, most other countries do it according to what the 2nd amendment says "WELL REGULATED"!

Here in England the NHS has saved my life 3 times and it never cost me a penny. First time I had a stomach ulcer burst which led to sepsis. I had an emergency operation to fix it and was pumped full of anti biotics which barely saved my life. Second time i developed severe Iron deficiency anaemia which meant I was going to die in my sleep because my heart would fail. I had 4 blood transfusions and two Iron infusions. Third time I had a very severe onset of Major depression and I took enough codeine to kill 5 people. I spent 15 days in coma and when I came around I couldn't recognise my sister, brother or my mom and physical rehabilitation took ages. All together this was over 3 months hospitalisation. Imagine what this would of cost me in America. Probably $400,000 at least.

50:00 I'm Spanish. For people who work here and their family (only work, regardless if they are Spanish or they come from abroad) they are covered by social security regardless the cost of the treatment. It can be a simple flu or a heart transplant. Doesn't matter. You'll pay for the medicines but it will be just a really tiny fraction of the real price (medicines that should cost 100€ you won't pay more than 4-5€). For people that are "outside" social security system, like tourists, we still have universal health care so you'll be treated for whatever you need regardless the cost and after that the Spanish government will arrange with your original country's government how it will be paid. BUT if you are a foreign student when you pay that tax for the semester the tax also includes our social security. It means that from that moment you will be inside our social security system that you won't pay anything like any other people who live in Spain. There will be no extra charges in hospitals, no payment arranged with your country.

In Poland, when you are employed, the state automatically takes your health and social insurances off your monthly salary. They have to be partially paid by your employer as well. The social insurance goes to your future pension when you're retired. You don't have to pay for medical care, but there are too few doctors in Poland, so you have to wait for a long time for your appointment (it takes months to get to some specialists) or some procedures such as MRI or other scans. Blood work is not a problem, you go to the lab and you can get your results on the same day. You can also pay for your tests, scans and doctor visits if you want because most of the doctors also have private practice. Dentists are almost always private. I had 2 surgeries on my knee and I paid nothing (well, I did, in tax). I don't get why it's called socialism. As a person from a country that used to be ruled by communists and hates any form of terror, I think that medical care and social help should be accessible for EVERYONE for FREE. NOBODY should be afraid to call an ambulance or dare to get ill. It's devastating to me that people have to worry about losings everything because they got sick. Of course, there are some flaws in this system and there are still pages like gofundme where people collect money for physiotherapy, experimental treatment, SMA meds or other medication that our healthcare system doesn't cover (they cover cheaper and less effective medicines). But still, we don't have to be scared to call an ambulance. As for guns... Never in my life have I been afraid that someone would shoot me. We can have guns here in Poland but you have to go through evaluation, the police check you, you have some appointments with psychologists and so on.

I just wanna say that I am from Croatia small country in Europe and medical insurance is free except for small bills (10-20$) you get for checkups and prescribed medication, but you can get extra coverage that u pay 200$ a year and that makes all the small fees you would get otherwise go away 100%. Most ppl have it so they do not need to worry about paying ever when they are sick. P.S. dental and medical insurance is the same thing, USA separates that so they can charge you more.

In France we definitely didn't do it. The morning routine was more "Okay, who's there" then the list of names XD I was also able to go out of the house to play with friends when I was little. I don't remember exactly at what age though, but definitely before 12. We would go around the town and even in crop fields (the farmers hated that because we were making tunnels in corn crops XD Regarding private insurance, it exists here in France, we call them "mutuelles". Basically Social Security defines what the price of each medical intervention should be and refunds a certain percentage of that cost (for example 70%). Then your mutuelle takes care of the rest so that it ends up being essentially free for you. It becomes more complicated when some doctors do "dépassements d'honoraires" (they charge more than what social security has defined) so then social security still refunds 70% of the price it defined, and the mutuelle has to cover the rest. So it's not uncommon to see mutuelles saying they'll refund 200%. It's not 200% of the actual price, it's 200% of the social security price so that overcharging by some doctors is taken into account.

Regarding health insurance, in Sweden when I was a kid I had an insurance, I think all children have to have an insurance. But when I was 12 I had 12 stitches on my knee. The medical procedure only cost around a total of 50$ including medicine and stitch removal. The insurance how ever gave me 1800$. It was like for the scar I will have and for all the pain I had. That was what my insurance covered 😊

I am in Canada and we have what is called "Good Samaritan Laws" basically Canadian provinces and territories have enacted legislation that provides protection from liability for those who voluntarily come to the assistance of others in emergency situations.

It was only once I heard why they would want to ask in America to check before they give first aid that I finally understood. Interestingly it's due to the fact that healthcare costs are so expensive. So if you revive someone and they end up having to go to hospital that someone might sue them because they can't afford the medical expenses. In countries where health care is either free or is charged at a more reasonable price, few if any will sue someone for extending their life.

My morning ritual at school was find somebody whose homework I could copy. Thought that was universal.

Hello, I am from Bulgaria, a country in Eastern Europe. Here, any adult (over 18) can apply for a gun permit, but the process is different. You have to prove that you have no criminal record, then an examination by a psychiatrist who certifies that you are fit to own a gun. Then you take a course on safe handling of a weapon, if you pass it you go on to buy a safe that is fixed permanently - wall or floor. The neighborhood policeman comes to your home to check that it is properly secured. Then they issue you a purchase permit - you buy it and return to the police with the documents from the purchase. A cop fires a few shots, I guess to make sure it's working and there's no problem and to register it. And voila, for the next 5 years you have the right to own a gun. Every 5 years the permit expires and you have to go through a psychologist again, a course on safe handling of weapons, through the court for a document that you are not convicted or currently being investigated against you, and a technical examination of that weapon. For hunters and hunting weapons, I think there is a completely separate procedure. There are also state regulations on what weapons you can buy. I don't have a permit, in fact if I'm being honest I only know 4 people who own guns and all of them are hunters and have hunting permits for the rifles. My father had a gun as ex-military, but when he died we turned it over directly to the police. I had to decide whether to go through the whole process of getting a permit to keep the gun or to surrender the weapon voluntarily. I am almost sure that our procedure is one of the easy ones, I think there are countries in Europe that have much more serious requirements.

Wow. I've watched quite a few of reaction videos over the years, but you (no offense, mostly her ;)) is really, like reaaaally smart. Your comments were eye opening for me.

7:50 Stuff like that is not happening in Germany anymore. However - there has been a period in time when German kids in school did an everyday greeting to a flag and the picture of a man hanging on the wall...and I'm pretty sure no one wants those years back. You might have learned about that time period and man in school too in the USA and I'm pretty sure you share my opinion that this time should never repeat itself. 8:20 That's the case for a lot of countries...when US americans think about Germany most of them actually think about Bavaria, not Germany. 13:40 The USA are known worldwide for the insane amount of people getting sued so no, that's not common in other countries. 17:44 That's exactly the point and the big lie the NRA tells everyone in the USA: Guns don't provide any level of protection or security. In reality it is the exact opposite - the large amount of guns in the USA make everything so much more dangerous. That's also the reason why the USA have such sky high murder rates. One comparison: 19200 murders in the USA in 2021, 282 in Germany. Yes, the population of the USA is bigger than in Germany, but only 4 times as big which means if the murder rates per capita in the USA where like the ones in Germany there would have been 1128 murders in the USA, not almost 20,000. On top of these murders in the USA there where also 496 fatal gun accidents (compared to 0 fatal gun accidents in Germany) and 1055 people where killed by the US police (compared to 7 in Germany). And these are just the numbers for 2021. The main reason why the USA are such a dangerous country is the widespread gun ownership. 47:18 Yes it is. Many countries have health insurances. Here in Germany having health insurance is mandatory - everyone must have it. However - the big difference is that our public health insurances are non-profit. It is in fact forbidden for them to make profits. The percentage of your paycheck that goes to your health insurer is also regulated (7.5 % of your wage, with the employer paying another 7.5 %). There are of course more details, this very short explanation is of course incomplete. 49:40 That has nothing to do with being sweet actually. What US americans often fail to realize is that they spread infectious diseases when they try to pull through illnesses and don't go to the doctor and stay at home. They're endangering everyone else with that kind of behaviour.

I an a kiwi in the US and it's so impossible to summarize America in some throw away lines. The US is so complex - and a land of extremes. I love Maine, and such smart and clever folks who have traveled and know the world, etc.

You pay way more for your health insurance then we pay tax here in Sweden, going to the doctor cost 18 dollar and that's it, doesn't matter what you do or how long you stay, its 18 dollar. My father did a big heart surgery and was in the hospital for over 1 week, the cost was zero, and if you go to the doctor more then 6 times in on year it is free the rest of the same year. And we have free education, paid parental leave and when you are home and sick you also get paid, and there is no limit how many times your sick, and if your child is sick you can stay home and still get paid, the taxes we pay cover this so the only insurance I have is for my car and that's about 20 dollar per month.

In Portugal we used to have mandatory military service. It ended in the end of the 90's. You could skip it if you went to university which was my case in 1997. Still you had to register in the military. The time I registered is the only time I had to pledge to the portuguese flag. It was really wierd.

On gun, Hayley Alexis has a great video about this topic. I totally agree with her. She has a way to explain it very well. In the Netherlands we all have pay for our medical insurance, kids to the ages of 18 year are under the insurance of their parents. The cost are +- € 130.00 a month. That is for the basic insurance, it is possible to upgrade for some extra’s.

You'll never get rid of guns in the US but if you improve working conditions, public housing and healthcare maybe people wouldn't snap so often. Please watch Jim Jefferies gun control part 1 and 2 and also try his clip Freedumb

Pledge of allegiance? Absolutely! In NORTH KOREA!

You guys should do some “geographic Now” video’s, you can choose a country and everything about that country is being told in a nice video 👍🏻

We in the Netherlands our kids play outside with they're friends go to school together with they're friends go out together. Go on our bikes wherever i want where we want. Without being scared 😊

I'm from UK watch Jim Jeffries on gun control , he makes protection argument look pretty stupid. American lives are cheap, especially kids and guns are profitable. American psyche is so different and politics so bizarre with parties are so far apart even when it comes to kids lives. .except when it comes to unborn kids , then it gets even wierder.

I'm an old Dane I Brazil. When I grew up we never saluted our country Denmark) in any way in school. But Danes do love Denmark and use the flag a lot for celebrating special occasions.

In Luxembourg I paid 3% tax from my minimum wage job for healthcare. Minimum wage is about $15 per hour. 40 hours/week. 25 days paid holiday plus 11 public holidays paid. Unlimited paid sick days. Free public transport. Marijuana, prostitution, abortion are legal. My state pension is about $3000/month. Much less than friends, but that was my fault. I'm from the UK, came to Luxembourg for a weekend in 1988, still here!

Yeah in the UK we have defibrillators in public places so if anyone has a heart attack anyone can grab it and follow the instructions on the case.

When I first learned about the costs of healthcare in the US a few years ago I was horrified because it was completely shocking and alien to us here. I never dreamed that you had to pay for healthcare in other countries. I feel so thankful that we don’t have to pay each time we need to see a doctor or use the hospital, we only have to pay about $12 for prescriptions for ANY medication and some charges for dental or opticians but the fees are reasonable.

We do learn our national anthem in Britian as well as varients for countries (there is a British national anthem and then separate ones for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) but outside of music class or choir you never have to sing it in class. Football games that are international events and Scottish holiday's are the only times I've ever had to sing my national anthem. Imagine if as a kid you only had to sing the national anthem during the Olympics or on 4th of July that is the equivalent

In Germany we have public healthcare insurance and private insurance. For public healthcare insurance a percentage of a person's income (split between employer and employer) is directly payed to the insurance company the person (not the employee) is customer of. Above a certain threshold of income a person can buy private insurance or decide to stay in the public insurance. It is also possible to buy certain additions e.g. upgraded dental services via private insurance.

High, Michael from Poland here. Just want to let you know I found your channel really interesting, and you guys talk and exchange ideas in a very smart way ! I'll be following you! Good luck!

As Americans they do take taxes from your pay right?Well imagine that instead of that money only going to government funding & military budgets they were using some of to give you free healthcare.

I'm from Switzerland and to answer some of your questions: - No we don't have ANY salute or anything we did at school and neither were there any flags in our class rooms. - No no one here gets sued for doing cpr on a dying person. I don't really think suing someone is very common here in Switzerland cuz i don't know a single person in my circle who ever got sued fo something. - I Switzerland guns aren't illegal, however if you wanna have a gun, you have to undergo psychlogical evaluation and they do strict background checks as well. If you have a criminal record already, you can't purchase one. You aren't allowed to openly carry your weapon around, especially not if there's ammo in it and you have to regularly go to a shooting range to make sure you can actually handle the gun properly. See the thing is, people who have guns here, they don't get them as a means of protection or a sign or freedom. They get guns for sport-shooting or hunting, maybe sometimes collecting. We never had any school shootings. Cops only carry guns very rarely. - As for safety here i would say i feel pretty safe going home alone at night (I'm a 22 year old woman). Like i never really felt fear sitting in a tram or something alone at night or walking home but i am still cautious of my surroundings just because things still can happen but i wouldn't say i go into defense mode at every single man coming my direction.

Pledge of allegiance: USA, North Korea, former USSR ... and don't forget Nazi Germany 1933-1945 (in the Fuhrer we belief)