Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool 

same I think wee need some pride about our country lol

MAKE GERMANY GREAT AGAIN

@@lissandraotp7219 Again?😂

It’s time to like ourselves again.

😂

Wow that's cool. Never heard something like this happening here in Frankfurt. Maybe because the police has more to do here I don't know. Still nice story

That's the main difference between USA and Germany. Cops in the States want to be authoritarian and be treated respectfully in kind of “Yeah, I am the law“, most of german Cops just do their jobs und help other people and that doesn't mean they do not pay attention to potentially crimes. Therefore, it's sad to see, many US Cops are corrupt, as well as some parts of justice...such a shame.

@@destryo3287 Happens here in kiel too

yeah, the german police are real homies

@@jonas162 cant relate at all ^^

Only 8% of U.S. prisons are privately operated.

Oh it's worse then that even. My brother-in-law is a prison guard in California. His union lobbies for harsher penelties. I don't understand this system of legal bribery, excuse me lobbying😠

There are Federal prisons in the US. There are private prisons in the US and there are public prisons. Public prisons are owned and operated by a state or the federal government.

In American prisons and jails, the toughest prisoners or gangs run the prisons. The guards are there to contain the prisoners. Most rehabilitation is done by private individuals and nonprofit groups like Alternative to Violence Project of the Quakers.

Eigentlich ja auch eine coole aktion :)

@@Cedric2604 Ja, hat auch Spaß gemacht. Die Gefangenen waren sehr entspannt und freundlich (klar mussten sie auch), aber das ist auch ne riesen Chance für die mal 2 Stunden einfach nur abzuschalten und Sport zu machen mit völlig fremden. Ich fand das war ne klasse Aktion.

@@DirkVos1977 Ja genau, so ist es bei uns auch.

I read hamburg, I upvote

Wo wohnst du

Hero Jack true

Du hast ja Recht.....

Hero Jack true😂

Wieso sollte man sich krass fühlen? Sehe keinen Grund, Deutschland wird hier nur mit den USA verglichen. 🤔

@@matthiasdecleva564 Du meinst die Messlatte liegt nicht hoch? 😂

It is a relatively young country, however. Germany didn't exist as a country until the late 1800s and the current Germany is only about 70 years old. 70 years isn't that long of a track record. What first world country hasn't made it through their crises safely in the last 70 years?

@@davidroberson1962 Well, in the past there were principalities, counties, kingdoms under an emperor (very US-like, if I think about it). European at that time, see Italy. But one should not compare states, countries, peoples and nations today and then 1:1.

@@davidroberson1962 Germany is way older my friend. 70 years would be from 1953 to 2023. That means you started counting the years after the world war 2? The country or Germany itself is way older, at least 1200 or so years old while the USA is round about 240 years old and its starting point was at higher technological standpoint considering people came from all over the world to start a new life. I would even dare say that the USA is the youngest country in the world or at least i have not heard the founding of a new country. You have to google yourself if you want to know it exactly tho. The USA and Germany have the potential to be even better and hopefully will be. Cheers Mate, have a nice day.

@@flupser6691 Germany became a country in 1871. It was just a part of the Holy Roman Empire before that. "70 years or so". 1949 is when the government began and even then Germany was only half a country until the Berlin wall fell. It wasn't it's own country any more any conquered nation was. Germany, as you know it today, is only 33 years old. America is the oldest Democracy in the world at 240 years old. None of the major European powers have had a continuous existence. Note that you said America is only that old. Yet, the country was here and populated by the same people previous to that time. You can't go by how long the land has been there otherwise all lands are the same age more or less. Why not say America is 600, 1000, 50,000, or however many years old? America, as we know it, has been around since the 1780s more or less. The German empire ended in 1918. Germany became a different country and that in turn failed after it lost WW2 and the country was dissolved and split up. If you look at a map of 800, 1000, 1200, 1400, 1600, and 1800 AD then you will see Germany never existed until the last 1800s. Once again, not only is America not even remotely the newest country, it is one of the oldest continuous western ones.

@@davidroberson1962 The concept of nation in the Middle Ages is different from that of today. "It was just a part of the Holy Roman Empire" is not "true" and expresses a lot of "not-knowing". Your called "Holy Roman Empire" is correctly the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" (962-1806). In the Middle Ages, the concept of nation was defined by religion, at that time the Catholic and therefore the reference to Rome. A country is defined by language and culture. The founding of the Reich in 1871 was a "formal" fulfillment of the new concept of nation (, imitating the nonsense of all other nations.) Nota Bene: Incidentally, I also think it is too clumsy to see the USA as the oldest democracy.

What works for one country doesn't always work for another. Don't believe the hype Germany's crime rate has gone way up in the last 25yrs thanks to open borders

Not Germany. Germany doesn't get to smugly compare itself to anybody.

@@leojanuszewski1019 What‘s the problem with Germany?

These days we invade Commentary Sections!

Der totale Krieg ist noch nicht zu Ende!

packt mal englisch einer die deutsche Wurst raus

Stand you not so on. @pearls shell: Correct.

Lass uns einfach sagen: hippidie hoppidie this comment section is now our property!😅😂

@Google Inc. percentage

Oh really? Funny. Every major political party has "FIGHT THE RIGHT WINGERS!" on their official agenda. Who Are they fighting, if there's less neo Nazis?? I wonder...

@@koppsr They are fighting the right wingers as you said. Nothing to wonder about.

@@magoth23 plus if you hear the media here, neo Nazis are Everywhere, millions of euros get sunk into the fight against right, which as I said, is just another name for neo Nazis here.

@@koppsr When the old fucks die off there will hopefully be less. Gladly the right isnt really putting up much of a fight.

I am norwegian born in 1966, as far as the events before and under ww2 most people simplify the complex situation Europe had to deal with. It was Goering that when asked how the nazis got Germans to “obey orders” he answered it was simple, just put enough fear into people and the would do anything you ask. And the fear was from the east, the Soviet communists were planning to invade the rest of Europe spreading the communist ideology to the rest of the world starting with Poland/Germany and then just continue. Anyway it was the fear of communists that was the number one reason for so called right wing movements not only in Germany but the rest of European countries too, I feel that this angle to explain what happened for some reason was suppressed not only after the war but still is.

@@truxton1000 what i find strange is the similarity between the last 2 years and what happened then i noticed alot of people going along with the government and i thought to myself nothing has changed in all these years its part of human nature to fit in with whatever mass narrative is pushed

@@truxton1000 You are right with this, Mr.

@@hex374 Exactly this.

nice energy policy, Gerdes. Thanks for getting the world into the brink of yet another world war. Europe's arrogance and stupidity is just so frustrating for Americans who understand that national security is job 1

Wo gehst du auf die schule? Bildung ist ein Grundrecht und Schule umsonst

@@paulschminke5979 ich rede von universitäten und da gibts gebühren

@@karltherock8372 kk

thefire7 * 50.000

@@3x364 Dann gehst du wohl auf keine normale Uni^^

Wow! In most countries its more like "Human dignity?? What's that, anyway??"

In the United States, if you're a shitbag who violates someone else's human dignity, you go to prison. Don't be a shitbag, and you won't go to prison. It's not rocket science.

​@@jesmcalli AH yes the old, "if you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear" strawman, which history both modern and ancient show is utter rubbish but people keep on saying it and believing it. I was wondering how long I'd have to scroll before I saw someone parrot it.

@@capuchinseven Yeah no, that's not remotely the argument. Nice try though. Because a tiny minority of people may be innocent of the crime they're in prison for ( but, likely guilty of other crimes), everyone should be let off the hook? Please.

@@jesmcalli…… And if the biggest violators of human dignity has been the Government ???.….. You see those over simplistic explanations keep coming don't they?

@Juden Arier The question should always be: Why is acting someone like an animal, and how do we make him/her human again? And that is the huge difference between the US and here. Offenders are not treated like monsters when they get incarcerated or back out, to prevent them falling back into old schemata that got them into prison in the first place. That's why the US has a 50% higher relapse quotia then Germany. And boy, those 50% would mean you'd have only ~470/100.000 in prison and save 1/3 of the money you spend on that rotten draconian system.

"If you treat people like animal, they behave like animals" *Give a Leftist a bone and he will obey you for a lifetime.*

Yathii i hate that comparison.

@Juden Arier That's lame.

If you take their hope, they have nothing more left...

I find it hard to see what's offensive about this self reflection on the American system and policies. America need more people that is willing to be inspired by other places rather than the Fox news America is great feel good story.

Not from Germany sry, but lot's of positive (and some negative) stuff to learn from there.

Because you still don't allow europeans to live as they will. You want muslim "refugees"?---YOU keep 'em and STOP trying to force them on to other sovereign states who DON'T WANT THEM.

kirdiekirdie - True. And Americans today are not slaveholders.

However, in order to make your country a better place in the future, you have to deal with its past first.

So sorry for what you and your son are going through. Hope the system changes during his time and you can reunite

I´m so sorry. From Germany 🙋‍♂

German here, I am so sorry this is happening to you. Wishing you all the best

XD

Same

@Phelan Daher wäre ich auch für Sozialarbeitsstunden für Kaugummi spucken, Müll fallen lassen etc. statt Bußgeldern

@Phelan Natürlich sollte das selbstverständlich sein, allerdings ist die Frage ob eine solche Bestrafung nicht lehrreicher als eine einfache Geldstrafe ist?

@Phelan Eine gute Frage, es war erstmal ein Vorschlag, ich glaube bei denen die rehabilitiert werden können würde diese Form der Bestrafung wirken, auch verbunden mit Lob. Ich rede ja auch nicht von vielen Stunden, wenn man für eine solche Tat zwei Stunden Müll wegräumen ansetzt wäre vielen schon geholfen.

Then you haven't seen my room...

Kettenotter Hahahahahhaha

Never been to Berlin, have you?

Couple of years ago, when I was on a businesstravel to Austin, I was invited to one of your hosts families over thanksgiving. It was a lovely and wonderful experience and after we finished, I started to help collecting and washing the dishes and they were surprised and told me, that this is so German :D But that's how I learned it. No matter where you are, work together, support and help to finish things faster... so yeah, I clean up whereever I stay ;)

Oh Yeah yeah Nahui

Much love back to you from the Mountains of Berchtesgadener Land

Much love from Germany! ❤️

Thanks. British people are very chill and funny :) And I learned to ask the room if it is ok to open / close the window. Apparently we Germans just open / close it without asking : /

Sadly you left “us”... hope you stay safe during Corona!

FF , Always refreshing to hear this coming from a Brit. All too often Germans have to hear from fine folks like bulletsholes below. They manage to appear everywhere.

@bulletsholes Your type needs to get some new material - or is that too much for you to handle?

I'm British also, Germany is a good sensibly organised country.

perromanchado Schön, dass Du da bist.

R Nies Actually I have known several. Lovely, lovely people. 😊

@R Nies While I don't live there, I visited Britain several times and always found the people I met to be extremely nice. I can't make any general statement, but I'm very sure that you can live a great life as a native german in Britain.

@@prepperjonpnw6482 Its interesting that so many Americans think muslims are invading and destroying Europe just because they saw dubious news reports🤔

I am British but would respectfully NEVER go to Germany for one day let alone 23 years!

The difference between locking them away and rehabilitating them.

Americans don't wish to learn. And they simply cannot get their head around that some countries are doing better than they are.

Not to mention that the prison clothes on the escape.... Theft is. Oh yes we Germans are already a funny heap ^ ^

Germany is being destroyed and liberalism is doing a great job of it. Germany is NOT SAFER at all.

@@emsnewssupkis6453 AfD or USA?

Michael Utech Expecting an AfD supporter to speak and write proper english...

@@sugar5374 Sie sint alle verrüct.

The official translation by the government says 'shall be'. To quote "Article 1 [Human dignity] (1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority. (2) The German people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world. (3) The following basic rights shall bind the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary as directly applicable law."

@@anna-flora999 yes but thats a wrong translation. It says "is"

@johannes Schenker , you afe right about the official translation. It's more of a context translation error. First: The german text says "ist" wich translates into the english "is". Second: In germany it is NOT a princible, like you shall not kill. . or you shall honor mother and father. It is not understood a . princible. It is understood as a concept. Third: It is an unmovable concept,wich is an important tool for germans to come to terms with their past history. That is the reason why the only translation can be :"Human Dignity is iviolable". From the german point of view of course.

@@veranicus6696 als deutscher verstehe ich die deutsche Sichtweise durchaus.

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It seems to me like society in the US is drifting apart by the seams, but you can't just put the fault on one side. Political polarization is one example, of course, but you also can't expect people to respect police when some law enforcement officers abuse their authority to harass, injure or even kill citizens without good grounds, are then backed up by their "union" on principle and often let go Scot-free due to qualified immunity - a concept which also does not apply to police officers in Germany. The militarization and "warrior training" pitting "the force" against "civilians" (as if LEOs are soldiers?) surely also do not contribute to healthy interaction with communities. Add to that the increased stress for officers as a cause of working too many hours and having to navigate an environment where everyone can pull a gun on them at any moment, and you have a recipe for trauma and disaster. Departments will differ, obviously, but the bad apples that exist seem to get coddled too much and keep generating headlines that make people more and more distrustful of their own peace officers. Not to mention stuff like civil forfeiture or scandals like RAMPART. In the end, respect often has to be earned, it cannot simply be demanded.

A product of liberalism and corporatism. They have to finance some stuff individually other countries tax-fund but have to pay less taxes in return. The real problem is that student loans and financing student debt became a billion dollar business in the U.S.. Many companies are trying to make a buck with desperate students or graduates.

Da ist mir die Studiengebühr lieber ;)

$50,000 per year in the USA is only at Ivy league colleges like Harvard, Yale, and Stanford. At other Universities that are still very good, tuition can be as low as $3000 or $5000 per year. When you compare comparable Universities around the world, you find out that they cost more or less about the same. The difference is that in Europe, everyone pays for college via taxation for their entire lives even if they don't ever go. In the USA, you pay for the college you go to.

Karozans 3000 to 5000 still is way more than it is in Germany. Its around 600 per year hear

@@lm10n1 It is only 600 per year if you do not include the taxes that you pay from cradle to grave for education.

The problem in the states is the mindset. If you don't have/provide/give you shall not receive anything. So if you are not rich you won't get access to healthcare, etc. I hope at one point in the future the mindset of many americans will change

@@Tom-kh2vx Education is one of the most important things we have, so no-one should have to pay to be educated!

To claim that one person must serve another is the exact opposite of freedom. It's slavery. To claim that slavery is freedom, is ignorance so assounding that is takes on the form of a miracle.

@@geoden Education is free and it always has been. Schooling is not free and should not ever be provided to anyone at the expense of taxpayers.

@@karozans I won't argue with you, your mindset is just wrong. I am well UK schooled and it cost me nothing.

Don't mistake scared germans for good germans. There is a difference when a dictatorship hasn't been gone very long.

Do you have an example of this segment of people in America? I actually see this in a number of specific groups. But I’m interested to know where you see such leanings.

but he forget, that the US are the new na+zis... not the world police, they want to tell us... and he bought US cars, but the americans killed the natives, but that is no problem for him...

Yeah. I was wondering where he got the info from. Phones in cells? Haha.

I was looking for this comment. He said in the talk that Heidering is the newest prison. So I asked my self how it is in old prisons.

I can respect your statement. I work at a federal prison in Texas and we do have rehabilitation and programs to help inmates get back into society these days. We still need a lot of work but many people don't have a clue what they are saying. I will retire frim the federal prisons in less than a year. Thank you for your honesty and God Bless

I appreciate your integrity.

There are 2 reasons to put people in prison. 1. get the bad people away from the good people. 2 rehabilitate the bad people and eventually let them out. This option does not work for all prisoners. Some should never be out among good people again. That group cannot be rehabilitated. 3. There is a group that can be educated, rehabilitated and eventually go out to mix with others without problems but that is never everyone. We need to stop thinking that everyone can be saved.

Everybody should go to Germany instead of the USA. That will be great.

@@rherna2601 Or we as Americans could learn from the German examples and improve America. MAGA wasn't great for all Americans.

I absousutly witness your Statement.

Immer diese Idioten, die zum Spaß andere Leute grundlos beleidigen... Ich glaube Du hast nichts anderes als auf RU-vid Leute anzumucken. Immer mit der Ruhe bitte, Dir hat niemand was getan. Es ist keine Schande stolz auf sein Land zu sein. Du bist sicher auch stolz auf Deutschland, oder etwa nicht?

Es ist schön zu lesen, das ein angeblich intellektueller Mensch, solche Sätze schreibt. Vielleicht würd man Ihre Kommentare auch ernst nehmen, wenn Sie sich etwas intelligenter und mit beweisen ausdrücken würden. Ja ich bin Stolz, dass ich aus Deutschland zu kommen und bin Stolz hier geboren zu sein. Nur habe ich in Kanada gearbeitet und für die US-Streitkräfte. Von daher kommt meine Aussage nicht von irgendwo her. Im übrigen danke, dass Sie zeigen, das es in Deutschland auch weniger intellektuelle Menschen gibt.

Ich verstehe gerade nicht, um was es hier geht.

Und nein, ich bin nicht stolz auf Deutschland. Ich bin froh hier zu leben und mir gefällt Deutschland, die Offenheit der Mehrheit, geringe Kriminalität u.s.w. Aber stolz bin ich nur auf meine eigenen Leistungen.

so isses

Wir meckern nicht, wir bleiben nur selbstkritisch um uns ja nicht zufrieden zu geben und den Laden am laufen zu halten. :D

Heterogenität vs. Homogenität.

Jupp, frag ich mich auch immer wieder.

Demographie

Yeah, America, specifically, but humanity as a whole needs to come together and fix all of our problems without bias.

we try to improve ourselfs every day. thats what drives us here in germany.

It's the christian mindset, the feeling of guiltiness. Edit: Even if they consider themselves as christians or not, all native germans share the same christian values, and the feeling of guiltiness is an important characteristic of chistian people, as well as shame and honour is important for muslims. Maybe I'm not expressing well, English in not my native language.

@@rao803 i would decidedly oppose this assement. Germany is a secular country with a very ethnic and theologically diverse population.

@@dr.j.redacted3679 Ethnic diversity? All Germany is mainly christian. Even if you are atheist, your mindset is still christian-based.

@@rao803 that is a very difficult claim to make i hope you have evidence to support it.

Thank you.

No, it's still Germany so 1

Forgive but not forget Deutschland wird wieder mehr rechtsextremistisch, da die Zeitzeugen auch abdanken. Schau einfach mal an wie viele die afd wählen. Schande

@Ataakaari also in dem Deutschland, in dem ich wohne, sitzt die AfD als drittstärkste Kraft im Bundestag. Das schafft man nicht mit ein paar Ländern im Osten...

Ist aber nicht so als wären alle AfD Wähler Rechtsextremisten. Ich würde AfD Wähler in 4 Gruppen aufteilen: 1. Leute die extrem reich sind und vom Steuerprogramm der AfD sehr stark profitieren. (sind aber nicht viele) 2. Leute, die tatsächlich rechtsextrem eingestellt sind (auch nicht so viele) 3. Leute, die entweder auf die Propaganda der AfD reinfallen oder vom nahen Umfeld dazu beeinflusst wurden die AfD zu wählen, da sie nicht politisch engagiert genug oder intelligent genug sind, um deren Aussagen zu hinterfragen. (viele) 4. Protestwähler (auch relativ viele)

Wow that's so horrible

Yes please, I want a stronghold of rationally thinking people, even in North America.

Well, i'm from Germany and currently i'm in Quebec🤔😂

Nah lieber a German bier

Canada is very nice!

@@undeadcircustvkv give them a job

Sadly.

Yep, that's it. In the UK the prisons are also run by private companies. The UK have the highest rate by far of imprisoning people.

@chcpr1 Wrong. If the justice system wants criminals it will find criminals.

Chapter 27 code of federal regulations 72. 11 clearly states all kinds of commercial who's profiting War profiteering for the master race

@chcpr1 yeah just keep building prisons instead of educating your people and feeding your people I bet you're heavily invested into municipal bonds

It is anything but rational, it is run by bureaucrats.

Kathryn Drew im German and live in Germany it's really not it's run by bureaucrats and the way the guy in the video presented it made it look like a utopia but it's not

@@Bamster-ju1oe Thanks for replying-- but it still might be a lot better than here where more and more of our state and federal prisons are run by for proft corporations

@@Nightstalker314 Haha good answer. But German system still seems much better than our system

actually, I am a german law student involved in research regarding international comparison of legal systems (focused on criminal law). And oh god I swear I am so happy for living in this country. No offense.

crimes done by nazi germany are unforgivable. he did not say "i will not forgive a german person for what happened", he simply said "i will not forgive". i agree with that, and so do most germans, they will not forget nor forgive what happened, and thats very good. it makes you humble, and humbleness is the thing most people lack. they know what happened, and they dont try to hide what went wrong, it is the only way to improve and prevent this disgrace from happening once more. the appropriate statement isnt "i will not forgive you/the germans", it is "i will not forgive" like he said it. the appropriate answer wouldnt be "ich entschuldige mich" (i apologize). it would be "es tut mir leid" (i am sorry). you can feel sorry when someone is in pain, even when it wasnt you hurting him. its about sharing the pain (literally), the only way to reunite and reconcile. especially in these times, where people try to deny the holocaust, where the rightwing rises again in germany and the rest of europe, even in the US, its good to be reminded of what happened the last time.

Crimes done by Nazi Germany are unforgivable. On the other hand, crimes committed by every other country or nation apparently are. Why?

+Dimm Vargr Who said that? Many critize the USA for the two nukes on Japan. And they are right. Many critize the Britains for bombing the civil population of Dresden in WW2. And they are right. That are only 2 examples of inhuman action by the "heroes" of WW2. You cannot forget that past, but learn from it. That is what GB, Germany and even the USA did.

It is his right to forgive or not to forgive as he wants. Nobody can force anyone to forgive anything. Forgiveness comes to you - or not. He didn't let his pain get into the way of his judgement - and that is really all you can ask of anyone. There is no more powerful demonstration of what enlightenment can do!

I agree. People don't walk around and say. "I didn't come to Italy to forgive" referring to the horrible actions of the Roman Empire.

yes as we can see in wonderful cities who have not been putting people in prison. oh wait.

Nietzsche also follows a similar line to Dostoyevsky. He says the more uncomfortable and anxious a society is, the more it wants to torture criminals as a sort of emotional release. In the "Genealogy of Morals," he imagines a society so at ease with itself (so affluent and comfortable) that it hardly punishes criminals at all. Now it reads like a description of Norwegian prisons.

You canot make it an universal rule..you have to look at the soul of every criminal individually..some all ready feel remorse others will use every comfort and snear if not receiving a real punishment...all need care yes.. but I find the victims should have influence on the punishments and demand practical actions..

@@paulsevenitz616 That's an archaic approach you really shouldn't contemplate.

@@paulsevenitz616 "judge i pledge for death penalty, to conduct today! This man has knocked over my cup of beer."

@@tinamunich3107 this is unfair..you can maximally ask for destroy his beer... i mean when your son is murdered you should receive the chance to judge..to forgive and then let the justice decide or to seek revenge and push the justice in a certain direction.. f.e. ordering certain services money work ..a long stay in prison or in worst case death..however i am not a fan of this and i am against death Penalty in general..but the word of the victim should play a bigger role

Thats it!

Nope. That's parroting finger pointing. There are private prisons around the developed world, not just the US. Less than 10% of American prisoners are in private prisons, and almost none were 25 yrs ago when the US had its highest murder and violent crime rates in modern history. Private prisons should probably be done away with, but you're way overstating their impact. The low murder rate in Germany is cultural. There's no more than wishful thinking correlation that the lower murder rate is because of larger welfare programs. Though more guns in the US, including many illegally obtained guns do play a role. The recidivism rate in the US is also higher because our prisons are almost entirely focused on punishment. Rehabilitation is waaaay down on the list of priorities. Being the world's "melting pot" is a blessing and a curse for the US. Germany is rather homogenous in its population compared to the US, Mexico, or Brazil. It doesn't take a genius to see how that affects crime, but that's a long book unto itself.

"very stable social system" "the government takes care of you" are you completely blind/uneducated or is that just hear-say? we have the biggest low-income sector in europe and at the same time we are the most wealthy country here. how exactly does this display a "stable" social system? "the government takes care of you" are you joking? the salaries are at 1997 levels today, no increases worth mentioning in the last 20 years, REAL inflation of 80-100% since 2000, none of the big players in the industry pay real taxes, oh and our prison/law system isn't exactly worth showing off either because 1) it often takes years to convict someone for a crime, the law/education system in germany is plenty decades old 2) there are a lot better prison systems in the world f.e. in norway, it's like you're saying "my 1980 honda is a great and modern car" but that's only true if you compare it to a 1950 VW beetle, if you open your eyes for the real world then there's nothing great about any of our institutions. at least I can't think about a single government institution in our country which is modern and does a good job. you live in a society where the poor constantly finance the luxuries of the rich and go out and say we have a stable social system? which part of it is stable? the part where 6 million people who have jobs live in or next to poverty (and that's an official number, reality is always a lot worse than the numbers no matter if you're talking unemployment, inflation, etc.) or the part where 12,5 million people are already struck by poverty? you can close your eyes but in the UK elderly people are freezing to death because they can't afford to heat up their homes, and 12,5 million people are already close to facing the same problems aswell as another 6 million just one step away from the same poverty. the same thing is going to happen to us because people like you close their eyes while our money loses value each day and our salaries never increase. you think it's a sign of a "stable social system" that unemployed people get small little handouts? I'll tell you what it is, it is a sign that not everyone in our society is as blind as you. as long as there are enough awake and/or educated people amongst us the politicians will never be able to give people in one of the wealthiest countries in the world less than they need to afford a home and food, that's exactly why the system hasn't changed in a decade, because they can't take more from us and they have no intentions to give us more, so they entertain/distract us while opening doors for big time tax-evasion, military exports and the resulting refugees and thanks to inflation we still get ~4%+ less money every year while salaries (if at all) may only increase by max 2%.

EvilMonkey7818 I as a german. Can‘t agree totally. In Germany there are many different cultures ( big Turkish community, people from east Europe). And not to forget about the refugee currents of the last years with millions of Africans and arabics. Germany today is also multicultural with all it’s positive and negative sites.

@@herberthans7015 If you talk about official numbers, take all official numbers and not only the ones, you like. Inflation was between 0,3% and 2,1% per year since 2010 (compared to 5%+ in the 90s). The "Reallohn" (salary adjusted by inflation) raised always(!) in the last years (between 0,5% and 2,7% per 3 month). This are the official numbers. The problem with low-income and poverty is a mathematical: If the mean salary is high, the limit of "low-income" and "poverty" is also higher compared to a country with lower mean salary. Thats because it is a percentage limit! I dont say, everything is perfect and The Dudelino neither. Yes, there are companies, especially some US-Tech companies, which pay close to no taxes due to some flaws in EU law. That sould be changed. But overall we are on a very good level and, yes, have a stable system. Unemployed people actually get very much money - compared to other countries. And there is no time limit on it. It is enough to buy food. The home is paid completly. That should be enough. If you want more, you should do something for it. Nobody should expect, that the working people pay unemployed people for more then some basic stuff like food and home. Do something for it, education is free in germany (even university is free, thats not normal in other countries), so use it, there are enough open jobs. And no, education system is not as bad as PISA says, german education system aims at skills, which are actually needed in the companies (dual system - Ausbildungen/Berufsschule - as well as dual university and also in primary and secondary school), but this skills are not relevant in PISA. Improving everything even if its already on a high level is on the one side good for being an inovation leader and economically successful, but on the other side it leads to many complains about thing, which are actually quite good (but of course could be even better). Thats the pro and con of never being satisfied with the current situation - and thats a very german thing.

Yeah, there are a lot of better examples in Europe and around (Iceland, Sweden, Denmark) USA has a huge private prison lobby, who is working hard to keep the ban on weed up and to keep people in their prisons. It's a business model, that is abusing people. I Europe prisoners are seen as victims, just like your average bad guy in a Child story or animated movies, who actually just had a harsh youth, and was treated unfair, but if you give him a chance and a working environment, he will be a good guy, whereas America sees a prisoner as human scum, who is maybe genetically bad and can't ever be integrated into society again.

Pm Müller Yeah, but e.g. iceland has a far lower population making everything easier..

you are proven right by the chart at 5:25

Well he didn't claim that Germany had the best system in the world but rather that he visited Germany and saw that it is much better than the American system. That is like telling somebody that a Mercedes C-Class is better than an Hyundai i30 but there are still S-Classes, Ferraris, Porsches and so on. Of course there are even better options but that is the one he saw in person.

Yep I know. Just wanted to mention it because I always find it interesting to see what other countries do. And there are lots of other countries that you can check out, too. btw - what a name lol

Indeed, he has an interesting way of talking.

@@Skalli10 more like waffling about something that discipline camps wouldn't fix quick quick 😉

Omg I didn't even realize that this video was 25 minutes

Not sure that is to be boasted of...

Exactly. But to be honest, I was sorry it did not last longer, because it was really interesting.

Stadelheim is for terrorists. The counterpart of Guantanamo. Do you want to compare ?

the smartest organisations learn from the mistakes others make...

Thats what I wanted to say. Compared to other european countries germany has a lot to improve

@@britneysmith176 Tell me, what do you actualy know about Germany and other European countries? In what country do you live?

Sweden is a completely failed country. See where they are in 10 years.

@@dshom " a completely failed country " Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. But never mind. People who talk in such ridiculous absolutes and superlatives, loose their credibility.

Fluegelfreak Exactly!

I mean, your refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016 in Germany is great proof that your country is doing things very right, that it is "good and worth living" in Germany. People don't flee to a country by the millions if they don't think they will have a good life there. That's plenty of evidence from outsiders that should adjust your view of how well your country is run. Frankly, as an American living in NYC I have flirted with the idea of leaving the USA and living in Berlin...

Luboman411 Your will be welcome in germany ^_^

Luboman411 Go to south Germany near and in Stuttgart are many americans because of the many american military bases.

Absolutely right, I’m a german citizen too, many of us don’t don’t value the system we out here in Germany. I’m proud to be a german.

2. What is the percentage of kids graduating high school.

yes US has a lot more today

1. 2023 about 16% of germans under 18 live in single parent households 2. about 6 % of the students leave school without a degree 3. Subjects in school apart from the obvious are: PE, Economics, music, arts, geography, religion (most in classes called "ethics" what is generally about DIGNITY) 4. Most mothers (also fathers in some cases) stay at least at home for the first 3 years after birth. At the age of 3, kids can go to Kindergarten while mothers often starting at part time working again. Ofc it depends on the financial situation. My mother stayed at home until my brother and i were teenagers.

Ehre Alla

Ich bin dumm und habe keinen Plan, aber nice name you got there. I wonder what it means tho

Wer weint hat Recht? Den Bullhit goauben doch nur dumme Kindergärtnerinen.

@@Ratselmeister Kannst du nicht lesen?

Rip Xxxtenracion

but crime rates have been trending downward for years. Socio-economic factors and moral values influence incarceration rates and the facts paint a grim picture of the US as a punitive justice system. my question is what purpose does it serve ?

@@coreylougheed The purpose is to keep certain people in their place! Being poor in the US is a "crime"! Once you enter the Criminal Justice System, you are cut off of a lot of things in society (renting a place, getting a job, opening a bank account are harder). Obviously this affect minorities a lot more.

The problem is that USA has the highest incarceration in the whole world, I just checked so it is not only that. One of the major problems are bails. John Oliver has a piece about it. Check it out.

I lived and worked in America for ten years, basically, America cares about money, nothing else.

@@coreylougheed me as a German can tell you, that the safety net saves poor people, people with a bad school degree or disabled people who cant work anymore from beeing home less and the need to steal. If you dont have a job in germany, you can infact ask the governwmnt for life Support, which includes monthly Cash for food and stuff, while the governwmnt basically pays your flat, warm water and electricity. And with the social insurance System, theres care for your needs, for example u dont nee dto pay a Single dollar / Euro for your lifesaving Insulin or something like that

AJAX so uneducated its actually sad

AJAX i disagree

@AJAX There are actually worse crimes to humanity. Off the top of my head I would name the Japanese in China, the Sowjet Union and the early US with the Indians.

im just saying that the USA killed the most people in human history

about 40 million

da ist nix was wir von den yankees lernen könnten... alles was die wissen, haben sie von uns geklaut.

Germans, what do English people wish to learn from you that we do not already know from the history of the 20th century? Oh yes add Merkel and her single-handed destruction of European culture in century 21! Brexit NOW!

@@willswomble7274 How about doing politics in parliament without turning them into martial art contests?

@@MienemLeben Ost Deutschland ist selbst schuld an seiner jetzigen Situation! Nach der wiedervereinigung sich selbst direkt als Opfer darstellen & rumheulen das man ignoriert wird.. Anstatt nach der Wiedervereinigung für ein gemeinsames Deutschland aufzustehen, habt ihr euch erstmal in die Ecke gesetzt & geheult wie Jerry Smith! Genauso seit ihr selbst daran schuld das wir euch heutzutage nicht mehr haben wollen, ihr mit eurem "ich hab Angst vor anderen Menschen & ich bin ein kleines weinerliches Mädchen" scheiß! Werdet endlich erwachsen & hört auf in Selbstmitleid zu baden, ihr in der Vergangenheit hängengebliebenen Heulsusen.

Mr. Meeseeks Ich bin 2005 aus Deutschland gezogen. Allerdings lebt die Hälfte meiner Familie in der Nähe von Bavaria. Ich habe eine Tante, die als Krankenschwester in einem großen medizinischen Zentrum angestellt ist. Diese Migranten warfen Urin auf weibliche Ärzte und Krankenschwestern, die H.IV. positiv. Die andere Hälfte meiner Familie zog auf das Land im Mittleren Westen Amerikas, wo sich zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts vor allem Deutsche niederließen. Meine Familie tut alles, um sich gegen die Krise zu wehren, ohne inhaftiert zu sein.

... and the less space the inmates get, the more tensed up and aggressive they get, the more incidents you have, the more you can add to their sentences. Which doesn't make life any easier on the correctional officers. And that in turn should add to the tension ...

@Gerry C :I'd agree. Germany for example stopped punishing people for the the personal consumption of drugs - only if you sell them, it's a criminal offense.

{edit} And even in Germany we want to improve, we look up north at Denmark Norway and Sweden in a similar way as Americans look at Germany. As long as it is necessary to build a fence {prison fence} to protect humans from one and another you should seek for better ways to prevent and address crime. The perfect judicial system is the one that has nothing to do.

@Gerry C I don't think a prison fence is build so the prisoners tv doesn't get stolen, but so he won't go out to harm someone

@Gerry C I talked about German prisons still having to improve further, and they have fences.

well technically both are americans

@@Lichtschutzfaktor1 technically everyone who lives in the american continent is american

Canadian: I wish he´s wrong

'but nicer." quote quotes

Canadians are not like Americans . We don't lock up as many people as them . I am from Canada and don't know anyone who has ever been in jail at the moment except for a night in the drunk tank . I knew two people who spent three or four months in jail for breaking into a safe with a curling rock . We also have nationwide legal pot and free medical coverage , less covid and more taxes . So it all balances out and I prefer Canada because it leans more toward socialism and not communism.

Well, if they got managing a camp-site as an alternative punishment he probably did a very minor crime like vandalism, shoplifting or possession of drugs

@@TheTerrorHamster you dont get pirson for those crimes unless the possession of drugs is large enjough to be classified as intent to distribute

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@@th3th387 Schön, dass wir das jetzt alle wissen!

Lands ist nicht richtig,du meinst countrys, lands hat eine landschaftliche Bedeutung.

W K ja immer diese Idioten die die deutsche Demokratie infrage stellen, nur weil sie nicht jeden Scheiß hinterhertragen bekommen. Am besten einfach alle in Nordkorea aussetzen für eine kleine Lektion

@@angriffslusticherWildoger Nö, aber einfach mal in anderen Ländern hinter die Kulissen gucken und vergleichen. Und im Zweifelsfall auch die Eier haben auch mal ne Zeit lang oder für immer woanders zu leben.

Me too ;-)

If you are relying on Jeff Rosen to educate you, you would be better off remaining uneducated.

@@SusanBassi well, I kinda see your point (better no Information than from an unreliable source) but I disagree. Even a blind chicken finds a corn once in a while. While of course you shouldn't rely on one source, and always confirm your Information with at least a second source, one shouldn't need to discredit a less reliable news source.

Dito

Same;-;

you can make alot of money with wars dude

Strange, all those videos of people cheering in the background, giving up their personal resources to support the war efforts, etc. All of those people are dead, and that entire nationalist outlook is dead? That seems ... unlikely.

@@jeffreytackett3922 there may be new nationalists in every country, but they didn't do anything what was done in ww2.

@@jeffreytackett3922 no of course not everyone is dead. But most are.

This is not really about the war though it's about what happened in the shadow of the war. I would argue that war can be nessecery and perhaps Germany even had a just cause for war, but there was no just cause for the war as it happened, nor for the unimaginable things done in its shadow.

Tho, you can get punished for all damages to equipment or harm you do whilst breaking out. They also ask you to get back into prison, since the original sentence is probably not due :)

so is killing but its still illegal

@@endlesssuffering3415 you are right. Killing is illegal. And escaping from prison isn't

@@endlesssuffering3415 thats just the thing with "not interfering with other peoples rights" killing: violates the rights others have, escaping prison: doesn't

@Aldo Caprione How in the world does it interfere with someone the escapee has no connection to besides what happened in the past?

Damn, sign me up.

L grey They get far less than minimum wage, the good payed jobs are about 3-4€ (MW is about 9.5€). Still they get the chance to find work they might like and get a structured day.

@@eryo1965 my dad actually got around minimum wage when he was in prison

@@eryo1965 Better than America, where prisoners are hired as firefighters for some cents per hour.

Dignity and rehabilitation

Oh they sure do. Luckily, we dont have to pay a tuition to go to university in Germany, so we can afford a little bit better dorms.

Prisons cells and why should they be worse? I mean we need to built prison cells anyway is there any advantage to not building them as well as we can?

@@DaDunge i guess money plays a role in there

DoctorShroom: Shoot, at LSU my freshman year, 1980, students still lived in dorm rooms in the stadium with no air conditioning.

@@MaxMustermann-ze1iv Not really, college dorm rooms weren't built to be bad, they became bad because they're old.

SommerSonne Super geschrieben, grammatikalisch auf hohem Niveau! Und dann dieses eine "oder" dazwischen, da musste ich schon schmunzeln :D Danke jedenfalls für deinen Kommentar!

Ich danke euch für eure Hinweise ;) Über das alle und oder musste ich auch lachen :D

Otherwise you could say: I think your talk has been also very informative.

Tim Expect It *has :)

Tim Expect It Though that wouldn't make as much sense I think, because the first sentence didn't include another point other than the fact that the talk has been very informative... (Also wenn du den ersten Satz überhaupt meinst :D)

It's a new build prison. It represents what Germany thinks a prison should look like today. New build schools and universities also look different today.

So, if you don't do your homework, your stay in detention at your school is worse than if you had to serve it in that prison?

New built schools??? Where?

That is probably true. My post was actually more of a joke.

Mai Nem i was talking about the way they prison looks not how it is to actually be there

I mean not forgiving is just self torture, also there is noone to forgive, because the people responsible are already dead.

He is also consumed by hate. Understandable hate, i am sure his parents and grandparents told him a lot about what happened and had a lot of cruel details to share. He would do himself a favor to let it rest. he can't change the past, neither can germans who live nowadays and are in no way responsible for something that happened before they were even born.