Reaction To German Satire DESTROYS USA Government (Hagen Rather) 

He doesn't hold the mirror in front of your face, he hits the mirror right in your eyes. Great guy

Note that this clip is 10 years old. Aged scary well. I once saw him live. He is one of the darkest cabaret artists I know.

He is still active today. When you go to his show, expect a 3 hours program.

as a foreigner that lives in Germany, this video helps way more than any lesson to understand the German psyche/humour. Especially as the language itself is very challenging and nuanced. Well played!

I'm a Brit and I don't understand why more people often don't want to be reminded of the truth. I'm not saying that Russia and China and Saudi Arabia are run by nice people who do nice things, because they're not. They're run by bad people who do bad things - BUT, just because they are bad guys doesn't mean that we're automatically the good guys, because very often, we're not the good guys either. We (by this I mean western europeans) have done some horrible shit to a lot of people for a long time. You only have to look at how every European country colonised 'their own' parts of Africa, murdered the people who opposed us as we pillaged the cultural treasures and national resources. For years. Years and years and years. We're a violent, selfish greedy, tribal species that kills the people who are different from our particular specific group(s) to eliminate potential future threats and competition for resources and we've done it for hundreds of years. I used to say: Yes, there are monsters and it's ok to be afraid of them. But it's not ok to let them win and it's not ok to be one. I don't say that often anymore.

8:00 that is exactly what in Germany happened. He basically says: It is everywhere the same, just different marketing.

We deserve these criticisms since they’re absolutely true.The blame can be placed upon other countries but as an American it’s been going on for too long.The saying goes “you reap what you sow.”The man on stage kind of reminded me of British comedian Rowan Atkinson.Satire and comedy can often be the best strategy for getting the truth across.

The German default Mode. We explain how the world works with satire so people think we make jokes when in fact we educate people without them realizing it.

After a live performance of any other German political cabaretist, I hate politicians, corporations, capitalism and intolerant assholes . After Hagen Rether, I hate myself.

Hagen Rather is so underrated...

I think it was not mentioned, that he referred to the NSU scandal in germany, when he talked about neonazis murdering people in Russia for years and shredding the evidence documents.

Hagen is a national treasure but he is more an underdog. small tours, more little theaters. He´s a little hard to get.

Your Accent is fantastic, I really love it... my little son allways tries to speak like this. I know Hagen Rether for a very long time. thy for this.

The country of the free and home of the brave has more people injailt (per capita) than in North Korea, and 7 times as much as in Europe!

thanks for pointing Hagen Rether out! I'm always on the lookout for intelligent satire beside "The Anstalt" and of course Volker Pispers.

I‘ve just watched him live in The St. Pauli Theater in Hamburg a few days ago. In my opinion he‘s the best of the best.

Hagen Rether is still performing, I saw him once life back in 2010, it was awesome and really moved me. By the way, this time the english subtitles were quite good.

For those who didbt get it: The part about Russia having problems with antisemitism is in fact also about germany (or at least both), refering the murderers of the NSU and the scandal about how the law inforcement were more likely to protect those people (destroy files etc.) than to punish them.

Hagen always hits hard.

This is from 2014. I’m courious what he would add today.

Hagen Rether, Volker Pispers and Georg Schramm are really the ones, who are able to make a sense of it all and for me are close to my absolute favourite artist of them all, Georg Kreisler, who with many of his songs, that are so sensitive and beautiful, despite beeing so very dark and sarcastic, so anti-bourgois is able to make a sense of the horryfing reality, like no other and as Rethers programs, aged so very well because they sadly are timeless masterpieces. I even would bet, that Pispers, Rether and Schramm were also fans of Kreisler.

Hagen is a class act. Another German satirist to check out is Christoph Siebert, he's brutal.

I’m soooo happy that you react to Hagen Rether🙏. Finally! Think you!

7:40 and the following seconds, where he talks about putin and russia, it is like in the beginning - with north korea and us, but this time this happened in germany...but he dont have to say....all know, that these were problems in germany the last years

Its great to know you love Hagen as well even in Scotland😂

His sarcasm is even deeper with the correct translation. he said, "those dirty North Koreans" and not damned North Koreans. So much harder. Also the part where he says in Russia there had been neo-nazis shooting people over years and when it came out the files where destroyed... That happened here in Germany. They called themselves Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund and alot of people who actually were on their murder cases looked away or investigated turkish communities and families. YOU JUST HAVE TO READ ABOUT THAT. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Underground_murders

Hagen Rather, one of the best we have🙏 plus Dieter Hallervorden and Kaja Yanar🤗 Greetings from German Artist Overground 🕊🍀🌹

What might not be entirely clear to foreigners is that Hagen's statement about Nazis in Russia murdering foreigners for decades was also sarcastic. Because that also happened in Germany (in 2008). This refers to the so-called "NSU scandal." In this case, a small right-wing extremist terrorist group (the NSU (National Socialist Underground)) committed 10 murders, 43 attempted murders, three bomb attacks, and 15 robberies against people with a migration background over a period of 7 years. When the matter was uncovered, the "Verfassungsschutz" (our domestic intelligence service responsible for protecting our constitution) was accused of failing. In fact, they were directly involved in the matter and had financed the operation through so-called informants. To cover up their guilt, the intelligence service then shredded all the files associated with the case. This issue reverberated through Germany like an earthquake and still has significant repercussions today.

Hagen Rether's more classic style is satire accompanied by the piano. He plays a sort of laid back jazz whilst taking potshots at polititians.

Great guy. One of the best shows I ever saw.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 thanks for that. Good to see how others see our sense of humor

Satire ist perfekt um die Wahrheit zu verteilen. Und das klingt dann besser.

8:24 he called out the war on Ukraine WAY before it happened!! 😮😮

Yes, it's really sad. We are the bad ones.

Hagen is one of the best. I've never seen him not make perfect sense, he cuts right through the bs and lies. People tend to agree with me until I tell them about one (uncharacteristically strong) call to action of his: in one bit, he quite explicitly calls on his audience to go vegan. Maybe something else to react to or at least watch. (/watch?v=iiDCNdsU4vI)

Hagen Rether ist einer der besten Comedians, die ich kenne, genau mein Humor :)

This man is excellent! He reminds me of George Carlin.

I saw him live many times for maybe 15 years. . Last at november 2023. He`s just brilliant !!!

To be Precise it is Overstated Half Truths. It contains alot of Truth and then its turned up to Eleven and Ridiculed.

love this guy. he actually studied pedagogy and his takes on parenting are so hilarious

Did you notice? Basically he predicted the war.

Hagen Rether is still on tour in Germany. Thanx for this exellent video!

I told ya.. He is a genius.. Watch "Liebe" (engl. Love)!

I'll visit his show in november... 😊

Old but Gold..😆👍

His program is called love over years and he Simply changes it to recent events and political developments. He always has a piano on stage but he rarely uses it. I saw him a couple of times and one time he polished the piano throughout the evening. Haven't seen him since the Ukrainian war. Maybe I should go in Fall. Minimum performance is 3 hours. Not so easyJet to remember all the important thoughts of this great guy.

Mert, I love your reactions, your attitude and your accent 😘

I think thats the reason why E.T. doesnt contact us. We needed some 1000 Years more, to establish social abilities. We left the trees to soon...🙄

Hagen Rether is still on tour and sells out the theatres. He is always on point, also about our German problems.

pretty accurate about Ukraine

I really enjoyed your analysis and your accent is outstanding, sometimes a bit difficult for me to understand but I really like it. 😊 Do you also analyse British/Scottish political satire or even make a direct comparison of British and German for instance? I love Black Adder, not exactly the same genre but also pretty dark (partially political) humour.

Hagen is maybe the best one around in germany right now!

You became an expert regarding German cabaret. But I remember watching english language equivalents. One of my old favorites being Dave Allen. That was not quite as focussed on politics but always had that as an element. Is there no longer something like English/Irish/Scottish political commedy? Would that be different categories?

Interesting! Also, what does your shirt say?

8:31 That aged like milk... Maybe not Kyiv directly but Mariupol can tell quite some tales.

Hagen Rether is my best satiric caracter in germany. Born in Romania .I saw him live but know him much years.

Hagen is the dark GOAT 🖤👌🏼cuts you of with the truth and without compromise or save space...

Hi is by far the best one. If you visit his show It is much more content than on RU-vid. And it is not just about politics but about our way of Life also Volker Pispers will Not making any Public "Shows" anymore.

His name is misspelled: Hagen Rether

Hagen Rether is the comedy pitt bull.

Jeff Goldbloom mixed with Steven Seagal but with George Carlin mind

hagen is the absoulte truth, we lost something when he stopped doing his stage and cabarett work in germany

Well-made satire shakes the brain.Good example.❤(Real Name: Hagen Rether)

Yes, Hagen Rether is still on tour.

German cabaret is very political and brilliant .I live in Berlin and we have several good theatres .Leipzig and Dresden also ..They never swear but have clever sarcasm .

8:30 Well well well, here we are now and the Ukraine *DOES* look like Baghdad. Hagen Rether predicted it over a decade ago....

I stumbled across you by chance and as a German I find it really interesting to see how German comedy is viewed “from the outside”. I like your content 💫

His name is Rether :)

8:03 today its even more explosive ! Just google in germany defense of Constitution (Verfassungsschutz) - NSU .

To answer your Question at the End: YES, Rether is still alive. Still doing shows. He´s doing a tour Germany-wide with a programm called LIEBE (love) at the moment.

His name is Hagen Rethers😉 unfortunately no new program for some yrs now

My father always meant the same about the USA.

As a German, that exactly how we see the world - yes we aint unguilty - our gonverment has blood on his hands - not as much as the one from the States, or the Russia. But in fact, it also tells uns how good we livin here in Europe. Cheers!

If crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?

5:15 This is just a random info but where the translation (that is certainly accurate in spirit, don't get me wrong) says "can't defend themselves" he used the German idiom "who aren't in the trees at [the count of] 3". I just think that's a great figure of speech/expression. You can use it in all kinds of contexts (and we do). And it's mildly funny. Edit: he didn't perfectly quote the idiom verbatim but I just mention that bc I am too honest not to, being German and all that. It's still about the same sentence.

Hagen Rather is one of the best, Andreas Rebers as well

I guess - or let's say imagine - he is in prison now... 😝

You can google the reduction of the native population in the US, google says the Indians were reduced from 5 - 7 million around the year 1500 to 227 00 in 1900. One of the most successful genocides in history, less than 10% survived.

Yes you understand german Comedy says the truth in a ironic way.

You do not have the superperforator song from der schuh des manitu

This is more cabaret than satire. But you got the point. These guys telling the truth. In reality, there is nothing to laugh in this video. Like Volker Pispers, i love him. But i cannot laugh about what he is saying. Thanks for sharing, maybe some folks wake up now.

I recommend watching something by Florian Schroeder. One of the best satirists in Germany...

Where is the original video?

attending bis shows live is like, you start with laughing, but the longer it lasts you stop it as you realize its ni fake and actually not funny until you re kind of depressed how we are faked... But in the end he will get you another laugh....

if you like Hagen Rether, try “die kühlkette darf nicht unterbrochen werden” - it's my favourite clip, even it's only a short one.

His humor suggests we should approach other with a bit of humility. In short supply in the West today

Maybe hypocrazy is the greatest threat to democracy. Then self-critical humor is the best defense.

Watching political cabaret as a non-german makes me proud, at least a little. "Satire" has a long-lasting tradition and startedoff with the satirical magazin Simplicissimus from 1896 in Munich. Also the "Vorstadthochzeit" in Munich at the same time pointed humourousely at politics and industrial bourgeoisie. Satirical movement traditionally has been backed by the social democratic movement in Germany, which fought for more laborer'rights, schooling and healthcare. After WWI satire radicalized towards anti-german and predominantly communist ideas. Motivated either by relativistic defetism or by assigning the blame on the german empire, satire went through a toxic phase, flaming up the hatred between the radicals of the Weimarer Republic. What happened in WWII is well known. As for now, there is an interesting twist in the reception of satire. After two decades of unpolitical rehabilitation in the society, the 60 ies brought up revolutionary ideas that were primarilly backed by students. In its beginnings justified, the 68ers ideology mutated to an anarchic leftist movement and had been financed ond co-organised by KGB and Hauptverwaltung A. During this peroid satire in Germany had been influenced strongly by Dieter Hildbrandt. Hildebrandt wlaked the thin line between leftist polemism and conformist humour. The ghosts that the 68ers ideology let off the bottle are a major contribution to social erosion and decohesion we face today in germany, branding germany as Europes sick man. Anti-nationalism, anti-faschism, overdone emancipitation and feminisation, etc. During the 80ies, being a pupil in the west, we never have read Goethe, but vast amounts of Mann, Büchner, Böll, etc "Germany is the master of death" had been the parole of our teachers, every year we had to visit the KZ Dachau in recalling our debt and guilt of being a german citizen. Of course, our teachers were 68ers. The irony of that story is, that the overexaggerated political correction of the 60ies led to a self-aggressive mainstream philosophy, that got pounded into german heads for decades. And facing the downfall,of public organozation and increasing radicalization in germany, I can only state that the original contributing self-reflection of satire developed into moralising lessons of self-declared good-men. Facit: when watching german satire now, you always have to keep alert about what kind of manipulation and alternative facts or new narratives you impose your mind at. Keep alert, german satire has lost its innocence. And thre are only very few, Pispers, Mannsheimer, Schramm to name a few who can walk the line of moral self-observation without self-destruction or dumb abiding of presumably political correct paroles in mind.

We love Hagen

German here, never heard of him...😅

01:12 - That translation is a bit lax. He says GER: "Das ist ein Pack." Which basically means 1:1 (ENG) a pack (of dogs, for example). We say "Pack" as an insult when we mean another group consists only of bad people, is rotten to the core or something similar. Translating "Das ist ein Pack." to "How dare they?" doesn´t carry the say weight his words actually have in GER. - Just fyi.

the think is, that it has nothing real with satire to do. Most people dont even understand what he is talking about, normal people have zero intrest in thinks that are not happening right in front of there home. So people who are read some other stuff from other contries know all this facts, the problem is the normal media dont provide you with that. And the worst its nearly in all country world wide like that.

Cool video! Keep it up!

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Kiev will look like bagdad he said in 2014... 10 years later we're not too far away from that zenario

Hagen Rether (not Rather ) is an Heavyweight . His sharpness is legend . Tip: Check out Rainald Grebe ;).

I love it when Europeans critique other Europeans bashing America. If it hadn’t been for America they would both be speaking German and political satire would be verboten…

German humour is no laughing matter.

"Hagen Rether" btw :P

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