Really interesting to hear what other people think about America! As an American who has traveled across the country, and lived in a different state than I was born in, I think the best part of being in America is the fact that you can live an incredibly diverse and different way just by going to a different part of the country while still being a true American. I can't wait to experience Germany for myself. Love You Connor!!!!!
Excellent video, Connor. When I was a foreign exchange student in Goettingen (1975-76), there was no internet or WWW, of course. I did speak to many Germans as well as foreign exchange students from other countries. I had relatives in Austria. I enjoyed hearing their opinions and thoughts about the USA, but certainly had my eyes opened a number of times about what others think about the US. This gave me a much more complete picture of the place of the USA in the world. Gives one a whole new perspective on American "exceptionalism." I also did a clinical rotation in Koeln during medical school in 1982. It was fabulous to see how medical care could be approached differently in Germany, esp concerning the health insurance system. As you know, our health insurance system in the USA has so many flaws and so many people excluded from coverage for various reasons. This drove me crazy for the 32 years I practiced urology. BTW, even as a Nicht-Muttersprachler I can tell what a great command of German you have! All the best to you. :)
I personally like america. I like especially the people, when I was lost (here in Germany) I encountered a friendly american who helped me to find my way. He was not very formally but still very kind and helpful. He was a kinda easy going and relaxed person and very pleasant to talk with. I also love the music, especially Frank Sinatra. And the movies and TV Shows. The food is a little bit too fat and hearty to me, I prefer italian kitchen, however sometimes I like to eat some Burgers If my health allows it. But what I don't like is the fact many of them are racist. I mean sure, racism is a problem in every country but in the USA this seems to be much more "fundamental" (I find no other word for what I want to express I'm sorry) I think. Many seem think that germans are still Nazis and we Italians are Mafiosi, Pizza-Baker or plumber with mustaches *cough* Okay in my case the stereotype with the mustache is accurate 😬 Also their law system and the fact that it is based on revenge. A criminal is no human for them anymore. For them, from my impression, it is probably okay to torture them, to kill them or other things. Just look how the inmates are treated like animals. If you treat people like an animal they eventually turn into one. This is what I find hypocritical about them: On the other hand they like to preach the Bible but when it comes to these things they do the opposite of what the Bible says. Didn't Jesus teach to love and forgive, to fight evil not with evil? Also their education system is not really effective, alltough I have to admit that our german education system is also not very up to date. These are some thinks I really don't like about the USA. However I have to say many of those things are not really the fault of the regular american people, more like a problem of it's government or law. But I really hope that these things will change in a few decades. I think the Friendship between Europe and America is really important because we have to make sure there is safety, freedom and democracy in our world. Sorry for my bad english, I really liked this video. Thanks for your work 🙏
Liberalism and pacifism isn’t a Christian value. You like to use that to subvert scripture and try to spread agendas with it. With the crime issue, the U.S is way too soft on it. Look at San Francisco, it looks like a third world country and now shops are closing down out there. This sort of weak and passive mentality is how countries become destroyed. As for the race issue it’s pretty much common sense. The U.S. is extremely multicultural and diverse, so you have all of these different ethnic groups from around the world with different interests. Historically speaking, this leads to ethnic conflict and disaster (a perfect example being the Yugoslavia Wars). It’s easy for you to virtue signal about racism that you see on TV propaganda, while you live in the comfort of a mostly homogeneous 1st world country where there is common roots and ground.
I wouldn't take politics to build myself an opinion about a country. A country is mostly made by the people and there are a lot of countries with fucked up politics but great people. For example Russia or China, well both aren't democratic but also Poland is technically a democracy and I do like them even though their government only does shit. But I can agree with you that the US probably has a too big ego and too much patriotism (of course not everyone is like this)
Man merkt, dass man nah an der schweizer Grenze ist. Verglichen zur freien Schnauze in Berlin oder der Unbekümmertheit der Kölner fallen die Antworten im Schatten des Konzils und der Imperia doch sehr wage bis moderat aus. Oder liegt's vielleicht doch am Interviewer ? 😉
Sehr gut, junger Mann! Wie Du habe ich deutsche Vorfahren, und meine Familie stammt aus Hessen. Unsere Familienmitglieder haben ganz offen über positive und negative Aspekte der amerikanischen und deutschen Gesellschaft gesprochen, und ich habe viele Jahre lang mit vielen deutschen Einwanderern in den USA herumgelungert, als ich noch viel jünger war (die sind nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hierher eingewandert und waren etwas älter als ich). Ich bin in einem Viertel aufgewachsen, das im Wesentlichen von deutschen Einwanderern besiedelt war, die kurz vor dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg bis kurz vor Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs nach Amerika kamen. Viele der umliegenden Geschäfte trugen deutsche Familiennamen.
"Das Land ist für mich gigantisch" Can actually not only mean that the country is big. "Gigantisch" can also translate as great or superb or other synonyms so I think she probably wanted to say she really likes the US
Ich fand die Cops ziemlich autoritär in den USA. Ich glaube ein deutscher Polizist wuerde dich nie anschreien und sagen "Stelle dich nicht zu nah an meine Waffe" nur weil ich einen Teil des Einreisefragebogens nicht ausgefüllt habe. Aber generell verhalten Polizisten sich in Deutschland auch oft merkwürdig.
Sehr interessantes Video mit sehr unterschiedlichen Meinungen über die USA. Ich glaube, dass viele Klischees über die USA wahr sind, viele Klischees treffen ganz und gar nicht zu. Ich kenne nicht viele US-Bürger, aber die, die ich kenne sind super nett, nicht wahr, Connor? 😉 Am Besten hat mir dein perfektes "ch" bei Entchen gefallen!
:D Muggefug! Kenne ich als kaffeeähnliches Getränk/Kaffeersatz aus DDR-Zeiten. In der DDR war ja so ziemlich alles nachgemacht, Lebensmittel inklusive. Der Kaffe wurde aus gerösteten Getreidekörnern oder ähnlichem hergestellt, da war keine einzige Kaffeebohne drin. Daher ist der Begriff Muggefug "etwas" negativ behaftet. :D Marzipan hat man aus keine-Ahnung-was gemacht, aber ich hab mich als Kind total an den DDR-Geschmack gewöhnt und konnte später mit echtem Marzipan gar nichts anfangen. Kann ich immer noch nicht, haha.
I could tell the man with the glasses on his head was well traveled. I would say the same thing about America and I live here. Also, it is possible to love a place but not want to live there. There are many things that a person desires in life. Ive been to beautiful countries, but having a family, I want to be in boring ol Missouri.
Ich fand die Ansicht des Greencardbesitzers ganz interessant. Ich selbst habe auch kein klares Bild von den USA. Das Land ist sehr groß, die Natur bzw. Geographie spannend, die verschiedenen Menschen bzw. deren Kulturen auch interessant. Aber dann gibt es so Punkte, wie z. B. die Politik (im Grunde nur zwei Parteien und nicht zu vergessen das olle Trumpeltier), der extreme Konsum, die teils mangelnde Bildung (insbesondere was andere Länder angeht), die mangelnden Arbeitnehmerrechte bzw. Krankenversicherungen, die Waffengesetze etc. Ich will irgendwann mal in die USA reisen. New York interessiert mich, da mein Opa väterlichseits in den 20er Jahren dort für eine Weile gearbeitet hat, ehe er zurückkehrte und sich schuldenfrei einen Bauernhof aufbaute. Vermont im Herbst würde ich auch gerne sehen oder den State Washington oder Alaska. Aber dauerhaft dort leben? Nein, lieber nicht. Ich bin ganz zufrieden hier in Deutschland. Und unsere Entchen wissen genau, wann sie das Schwänzchen in die Höhe recken müssen! :D :D :D
You are not from the same breed as the Americans that helped end the world wars. The United States has become an incredibly degenerate place. Germany on the other hand, it remained pretty much the same. Degenerate elitists.
😂 So true! And, Germany has the worst history of any country in the world! They murdered millions of innocent people! I would be ashamed to be a German.
Spannend, meine Antworten wären ehrlich gesagt etwas schlechter ausgefallen 🙈 Connor, falls du immer noch unsicher wegen deines Deutsches bist: das ist wirklich extrem gut! Ich weiß nicht ob ich schonmal einen Nicht-Muttersprachler so authentisch hab sprechen hören.
I appreciate German candor and I consider sincerely constructive criticism. However I don't care for the way Germans can, for example, go to the Sistine Chapel and see only the garbage can in the corner. "Look how it's rusted. The smell is just awful. When is the last time they emptied it? It's such an eye sore and they failed to put it in an inconspicuous location." And they do this with everybody and everything everywhere, not just when expressing their opinions about some one country like America. It's mentally draining when they can't bring themselves to balance the bad with the good.
My dads side of the family has a lot of German. Also i think a lot of Americans like most people from around the world with maybe a small exception. The one thing Americans don't care for is when you move here and make no attempt at assimilating into our culture. I personally have met people from all over the world here in California and have never had issues. If a person isn't a good person its not their ethnicity, its the person. One not though, sorry my German friends but German is such an ugly sounding language lol
Ich finde die Idee Deines Videos an sich sehr gut.Was mich wirklich wuetend macht,ist,dass normale Leute auf der Strasse "Amerikaner*INNEN" sagen! Ist schlimm genug,dass man diesen feministischen Unfug lesen muss...,jetzt wird es auch noch ins Gesprochene integriert...,unglaublich!!
I’ve been to Germany twice, a village called Hilden near Düsseldorf to visit friends. The Germans are extremely nice people and are super interested in getting to know you as an American I had not a single bad interaction over there. Amazing people very friend and family oriented even people whom were friends of my friends still contact me to ask how I’m doing 🩵🤝🏻🇺🇸🇩🇪
It's kinda interesting how conservative and liberal are two different concepts between the US, and most other countries. Many European and Asian countries are much more culturally conservative, with traditions, societal rules, ect.. Where as here in the US, freedom rings true and people do what they want to do long as they aren't getting arrested or sued. Also while Americans are very social and open in public, people here are also a lot more likely to aggressively confront someone, stand your ground so to say. I guess here in America we're friendly thugs? We're socially open and chat with strangers a lot, but double cross us and we can be quite vindictive. It can also vary state by state, region by region. The US is a big place with many different sub-cultures and ways of life, and like in many places of the world. rural areas tend to be more hospitable, helpful, and friendly. Urban areas tend to be a bit more hostile, and indifferent. Politics here in the US are also quite different, much more black and white, or really red vs blue. Not all but quite a few treat politics almost like religion, me and my sister for example have been at each others throats a few times, all over differing views in politics. If your open about your opinions here, be prepared for love and hate. I've had friends and co-workers as well as some family cut ties, after I became outspoken about my political views, one reason I stopped using social media all together. (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, ect..) The US is a strange, wonderful, and unique place compared to most other nations. I've never been outside the US, but my ancestors are mostly from Germany, and the UK. (Just a dash of Cherokee too, my great great grandpa was a Cherokee) Interestingly enough I was born in Guam, because my mom was in the Air Force. Surprising how many people here in the US I've talked to don't even know where or what a Guam is lol. Considering the role it played in WW2..😅
@@killer_of_Poles You can have them, lol. We are all becoming passport bros over here and snatching up foreign women. They treat you better on average these days. Wie gehts! Btw my Great-great-great grandfather immigrated here from Frankfurt.
Wonderful video. As an American of Jewish, German decent I have only good memories of my trip to Germany and Europe when I was 13 as part of my BarMitzvah present. Funny story. My mother spoke German, my father French I spoke Spanish and all the Germans spoke English😂 You have a gorgeous country. Don’t let immigrants who refuse to assimilate ruin it.
