I did find this interesting. In fact, I am a professor of International Business in the US, and I plan to share it with my class on Doing Business in the Low Countries. Well done.
People cannot be that ignorant to believe what they see in movies and television as a true reflection of what the U.S. is. Worldwide, everyone understands parody. The U.S. is just waking up to the fact that our foods for the most part, are banned in Europe and for good reason, there is nothing healthy in our foods. They are for the most part either full of carcinogens or are high carb. Since Europe has adopted our foods and pharmaceuticals, we Americans will now not be the only worldwide lab rats in obesity and long-term health issues. We are backing away from processed foods and drive-thru foods, while Europe is embracing it. Good luck. Why was Trump elected? We were tired of lifetime-politicians gaming the system. Our politicians are as corrupt as any third world nation. Our media is as corrupt as any third world nation. Europeans calling Americans lazy - that's rich, since we generally have a later retirement age, less maternity leave and on average we only have12 days of vacation - that includes sick days. 60% of Americans do not have passports, because we don't have the luxury of travel time and or money to make use of a passport and we can travel the length and breadth of Europe in our own country without a passport. Because of our corrupt politicians this country has stuck its nose where it shouldn't have, and we've helped rebuild and defend (asking nothing in return) Europeans that are so ungrateful to the point they hate Americans? As far as learning a new language, how many languages would you like us to learn? From the beginning of migration (we are a nation of migrants), on the concept "we should learn to speak the language", we would have learned Irish, German, French, Portuguese, Cantonese, Spanish, Arabic, Sudanese, you name it, we would need to learn it. Historically, all of our ancestors had to learn the national language. But I digress, that was when migrants came to a new nation and assimilated, grateful to have shelter from starvation and persecution, silly me!
I have a simple question: North Americans, Central Americans and South Americans are Americans?... Remenber "America" is not the only American country (go to google)
The Dutch have been slave traders since ***the 1500s***, and were SO atrocious that only 3 (MUCH larger) countries traded more human flesh of innocent men, women, and children than the tiny Netherlands. Not only were your sheer numbers horrendous - especially for your size - your treatment of slaves was considered particularly vicious, even by the British. They lost their entire country to the Nazis in only five days and then spent the rest of the war cowering and fornicating with Nazis. While AMERICA was BY FAR the largest and strongest force killing those same Nazis and running them out of Europe.
I'm an American 🇺🇸 and I loved this video! I agree with many if not all the things they have said about America and us Americans. We and I are loud, obese, and don't know too much of what goes on outside of the US. Looking at our news I see a lot about mass shootings, gun violence, and politics. But I do not own a gun, have never been arrested, and where I live it's relatively safe. I especially loved what they said about Trump, they just said his name as if to say that's a force within himself. Lol 😆 I feel as if America is more divided now more than ever thanks to Trump. And this whole Migrant crisis we have been having is making things worse imo. Again, I loved this video and appreciate their honesty. ❤
I was born in NL and have lived for 30 years in the USA. I have experienced regularly negative comments about Americans when I come back in NL. But in the USA I have only received positive feedback about the Netherlands. That tells me something about the respectfulness of Americans....
Dutch will called a spade a spade.The US is divided and dangerous for our planet.Creating war after war isn't the answer is it.Of course many Americans are good decent people it is the ruling class there who creates a mess for the masses.
Perhaps, quite a brunt assessment. Frankly, these people hit every deep negative stereotype which is a little shocking, but I question their perspective based on second-hand information on what they hear and conceptualize vs. actually traveling to America and formulating their own opinion. I took notice of the one guy who said he's been to America, so I respect that. It could also be counterbalanced with videos of Europeans who live three to six months or more and travel the entire US to gain more perspective. The same goes for Americans gaining perspective across all the countries of Europe and discovering and appreciating their intricacies. It seems those who take time to visit have a more positive outlook on America (and Europe) in general. As an American, I would feel bad for any tourist or visitor who makes a full assessment based on a short trip to a single area like NYC or LA, which really is in its own bubble. Each region and state is completely different, and yields different perspectives, cultures, accents and more. I hope more people soften up and gain more first-hand perspective on life and experience in other places, and yes, it goes both ways.
@@CultureCompassTV Should be titled, "The Dutch Naively Parrot Stereotypes and Clickbait News". Must be hard to think for themselves while climbing windmills in those wooden shoes...
@@greentea9335 Ironically you reply with a stereotype of your own. Also, here's an interview with a Dutch person living in the US, he mentions many of the same things but he still prefers living in the US: ruclips.net/video/nVjBNTRRedo/видео.html Just because you don't like hearing things doesn't mean it's based on stereotypes.
@@CultureCompassTV Are you *really* so thick that you failed to grasp that I had so obviously included "windmills" and "wooden shoes" to make the point that naively parroting stereotypes is wrong? W-o-w! Also, it is wrong regardless of *where* the person lives/wants to live. "Just because you don't like hearing things doesn't mean it's based on stereotypes." Guess you'll be making that "What do White people think of Black intelligence" video next... Expect me to disagree with you doing that one as well.
When I first met Dutch people through my job, I found their directness rude because I did not understand the culture! After I realized that the Dutch value being upfront, I realized they were not being rude but just following what their culture valued.
@@jmb1101I lived in Germany for 5 years and people say the exact same thing about the Germans. But it's not just that they value being upfront, they are genuinely impolite people with bad attitudes about everything.
The interviewer should ask what they think about the 8,000+ American soldiers buried on Dutch soil and the 1700+ American soldiers missing in action who died liberating the Netherlands. Or about the hundreds of US aircrews who risked their lives to drop food supplies to the starving Dutch citizens during the "Hongerwinter." It is ironic that those aspects of America are so easily forgotten by the Dutch and sadly only the negative aspects of America have left an impression. Its okay to put down America, we have many faults, but remember there is also good in America...there are 8000+ examples of that goodness lying in the ground at Margraten.
They also forget that the Netherlands did a lot of colonization throughout the Americas from New York City, Brooklyn (Breukelen), Trinidad and Tobago, and a lot more.
@@marknewton6984 US is largest contributor to NATO, other than the British most only make minimum payments. Don’t hold your breath waiting for European countries other than the British to protect you!
This is why the U.S. needs to pull out of the world and start taking care of the American people. We have plenty of our own problems. The entire world ridicules and hates us. Despite we have had to sacrifice our lives to keep Europe and Asia free. Not to mention give billions of dollars in aid. Most of us don't want to be in NATO or watch as our families leave home and are stationed far away.
We are very grateful for the sacrifices soldiers made for our liberation. It was mostly Canadians, but we have an American cemetary as well and we take very good care of those graves. Just because we criticize the US for certain things, doesn't mean we don't honor your sacrifice. And we criticize our own country too. Every country has good and bad things. Some things are in the forefront of our minds, because we worry for the Americans. Your country should take care of its people, you deserve that!
This is what pisses me off about Americans. Your country joined the wars late- BOTH of them- and only joined when AMERICA felt that there was a chance AMERICAN safety would be compromised. America didn't join the wars to fight for US Europeans. If they did, if America cared, they wouldn't have waited until millions of Europeans were slaughtered, our cities bombed, our governments economically draind and armies struggling before making the first move. Being out for your own is fine, just don't make it out that you were selfless liberators who did it solely for us because you didn't.
@@wondertyzipp8260 This doesn't change the fact that without America, the Netherlands would be speaking German or Russian. Stalin said himself that without American aid, Hitler would have won the war. And after World War II, the Soviets wanted every last piece of Europe, and they would've gotten it had the USA not stepped in. Because the Cold War was won decisively, Europeans forget how close it really was. There is only one country that could protect the world from Soviet influence (whether it did so for its own interest, or to help, or both), and because of the selfish Americans, the Netherlands did not end up like Poland, Hungary, Romania or the other countries that endured Soviet rule. Here's a simple question for you. If the US really carries NATO for its own self-interest, then why did Europeans start panicking when Trump threatened to leave? Why don't they leave, to escape the selfish US? Let's be real - you hate us, our society, and our culture. And many Americans, myself included, don't want to pay for the defense of people that hate us. And if NATO is just in our self interest - if we're doing it to save ourselves - then you should have no problem with us leaving, right?
@@chadwells7562 oh don't worry, the Asians and Africans think pretty much the same. As well as the Oceanians and South Americans. Nobody likes Americans... Except Americans, they love themselves
Saying America sucks is so broad… all the states are unique and very different. It would be like saying all Europeans are the same and live and think the same lol.
We do get called 'Europe' and 'Europeans' often, as if we are the united states of Europe or something. Yes US has different states, but you are 1 country. Europe has many countries.
@@MonsieurRakiyou see- you have different countries- the US is one country and also the states in most cases have separate laws and under self rule for most parts of the- also the US have different cultures from state to state different landscapes tropical, subtropical, desert 🌵.
Right on. They bring up Trump and politics like Haters but ignore our political generosity, commerce advantages and vast panoramic landscape so they can stick their heads in Dutch sand? I've always found Southern Europeans to be far more welcoming than Northern EU people. SMH
Triggered Americans in the comments: All Dutch people generalize! Seriously though, it's odd to think of a people as cultured or uncultured. Culture is inflicted upon people since birth, and Americans are just people living their life in theirs and being shaped by it. It is that way everywhere. I feel sorry for them because I think in many ways American macroculture is one of extremes of spectacle, greed and fear that we have the luxury of being too small and manageable for for it to reach such degrees. Any Dutch person raised in the US would be culturally American and vice versa. It's not something you partake in, it's something that happens to you. Americans don't exist outside the context of referring to someone born to the society called America. I mean, we have a colloquial meaning for cultured but how you apply that to people is also just a result of the culture you and they are brought up in. We shouldn't confuse things produced by such cultures for the passive objects of it. None of us are free and we all suffer under the greed and evil of others.
As an American who travels, it's funny when I return and see the size of people and portions of food. But not all of us are rude, fat, lazy, obnoxious, and stupid. Like saying the French are all rude, but I found them to be wonderful people.
Agreed, i remember walking everywhere in Amsterdam and when I got back into the states, you have to drive everywhere, unless if you live in NY or some major city that allows walking. The one thing that is killing America is the social media though, i noticed when i was in Amsterdam, people weren’t glued to their phones at the dinner table. Also want to add food takes a lot longer to serve in Europe compared to the US. America has a lot of good places too though and in a way is very different inside itself.
Kinda hard to notice the other half of the world when you live on the other half on the world with every biome in existence and a complex state network that acts like their own mini countries..not to mention being a capital of industry and exported culture.
On the flip side of the coin, I had a coworker (American) who lived in Holland for a few years due to a family work situation. She said it was OK, but couldn’t wait to get back to the USA.
@@peterdutchy At least you admit the military part, which Londoners on the street in RUclips are apparently clueless about saying they could beat America in a war. Let's consider a few ways the U.S. is superior. Per capita GDP, per capita charitable giving, museums, art galleries, freedom to create a business with minimal regulation, realistic opportunities to own a farm, cost of energy, cost of electricity, oh and how about this one...................almost all of the innovation and inventions of the past 125 years. You guys got the bicycles though!
@@ascendant95 Rubbish..fact checked the index of US versus Europe,Australia,NZ and Canada..keep dreaming..you are way behind Education,Health,Longevity,etc..you excell in incarcerations and gun crimes..great stats mate..4 weeks holidays,Maternaty leave..the list goes on..America is a first world country with a third world social system..no one outside of the US listens to your BS!
Well I would think Europeans are a bit bitter for no reason. No one in the USA has bad opinions of Europe and think of it as a nice tourist destination. But Europeans seem to be bit obsessed about the USA until they come here (a German friend of mine visited here and was amazed by the nature, amazing Universities and the ability to own big houses and the vastness of the suburbs) and like seeing what's possible. My uncle from London said the quality of life you get in the US for the price isn't possible anywhere else (like people own huge farmlands and every middle class person can own land if they wish to). The US has a lot of negatives but the positives seem to only be understood when experienced and lived.
Every (and I mean every) Dutch person I have encountered who comes the U.S. in my field (science) to work stays because the opportunities here. And although they pride themselves of living small, once they have the opportunity, they like big houses just like everyone else.
No one is bitter or obsessed about the US. This thinking is exactly the superiority people feel the US has. Of course there are many positives and negatives in any country. When people are asked this, they have to think quickly so the obvious comes to mind. Compared to the quality of life in Europe, US isn't as great as other countries. But people in the Netherlands are envious of owning more land. We are a tiny country with a lot of density, so land is expensive. I personally like American people in general, very warm people who care a lot about their communities. The civil society there is wonderful. And of course the creativity: music and film industry.
@@MonsieurRaki Far far far less than 1% of Americans would ever say a bad thing about you. 99% of you seem to hate us though. Media brainwashing, insecurity and envy produce this. You think as a European that you are "superior", but then you have to accept that the U.S. economy is bigger than all of Europe's combined and that all of the innovation and inventions from the last 125 years basically came from the U.S. When you have to accept the fact that you are not superior.................you lash out. I've been to 9 European countries. I do not plan on visiting yours on my next trip so don't worry!
I agree, let Poo-Tin have them. It's like being in a relationship with someone, you wouldn't like being taken for granted. How many Americans have died and tax payers money spent to protect these people? Being ex-military; these comments annoy me. Mocking our accent? WTH?
These comments unfortunately reinforce many of the stereotypes mentioned in the video. The fact you think a handful of (mostly old and very critic) people represent an entire country is hilarious. The average Dutch person I know thinks highly of the US and the only real critisicm they have is about the gun laws and the consequences of them, and as harsh as it might sound, they dont really care too much about them because they aren't in the US.
@@Spanky-ju6rcAs a Socialist American patriot, nah lmao. They're just doing Capitalism but even worse than Americans. I could see them becoming 'Socialist' like Lenin did. By doing everything Marx warned against doing.
I am an American that spent several years living in The Netherlands (Rotterdam) about 20 years ago. My impressions of the Dutch were that they are tall, handsome/pretty, and generally the friendliest people in Europe. I think it is unfortunate, but understandable that the impressions that so many Dutch have of the US and the people are formed by movies, TV shows and the news. There is a huge difference between the "coasts" (Northeast and West) which dominate the news and culture, and the rest of America.
we only got 1 exchange student from holland in all 4 yrs of high school-i was very dissappointed- and he was a complete ASS. made me never want to meet another dutch again. he had a friend out who was equally obnoxious. the whole time this dude stuck his nose up at EVERYTHING. and he was short and fat as hell, covered in acne, amd extremely rude. i tried asking him a million questions about holland, and he just looked at me in disgust and told me to figure it out for myself. after this clip, im not so sure he wasnt the norm:/ they like to bitch about things thatre their fault. i see how my family is obnoxious, and i know where they get it from after watching this. theyre so dutch. ew.😂 im an asshole too though. and i can spaghettify a penny.
Dutch people get all there ideas from shitty news outlets. They don’t bother to learn about American culture but just act like they know anything about it, and have a strong opinion while doing it. -from a Dutch guy
This video actually says more about Dutch people than Americans or America. @hunchbackaudio said it well. The Dutch are known for their lack of filter. Dutch people are brutally honest and straightforward, which is a euphemistic way of saying that they cab be very critical and negative. I have often been in situations, personally and professionally, where Dutch people laid out all the ways something is wrong or could go wrong. When I asked, "Okay, so can we figure out a way to [get it done]?", there would often be silence or "Het is niet mogelijk", which means "That is not possible". That response is the antithesis of the American way of thinking. Interesting fact, while it's true that many Americans are indeed obese, the U.S. isn't in the top 10 for BMI index. In fact, it's 20. That's still not good, but the stereotype is a bit more hyped up than is actually true. Thanks for the interviews!
I partly agree. The Dutch have a lack of filters but I think that has both benefits and drawbacks the former of which you don't mention - it does promote honesty. Most Dutch people are good people that have no bad intentions whatsoever. If you ask them something they will answer you exactly as they see it, which personally I appreciate. That said, I'm aware of the downside as well, some people can be overly crude and as a result come across or be disrespectful. This in my experience is a minority though. I do agree however that Americans overall have a more entrepreneurial spirit.
@@CultureCompassTV Yes, I forgot to mention the pros of being straightforward! Not beating around the bush can be helpful, too. I have heard some Dutch people use this as an “excuse” at times though and say something offensive or highly insensitive (I am talking about something that’s at the level of being racist or something to that degree) and then shrug their shoulders and say, “We are just honest”. Of course that’s the minority and my experiences with Dutch people were more positive than not. It’s quite interesting that the British, their neighbor just to the west, are quite the opposite. Watching them work together can be quite amusing at times. 😂
@@CultureCompassTV Historically and currently that has not necessarily been proven. That's the national myth everywhere where dirty work has been done in the name of the people virtually unopposed. In fact people have voted for the immoral and unethical for centuries, not only that, have pretended they've never done so.
@@CultureCompassTV They have.many filters when it comes to horrendous things their country has done or is doing though. Their filters are highly convenient -- just a bit different.
@@fatherson5907 Indeed. They are very insular and aren't aware that most of the world has an awful opinion of the Dutch due to the immorality of their historical and sometimes current character of their contacts all over the world. I also find a lot are not even aware how relatively tiny their country is or how poor it would have been without the exploitation of other people and their resources. Or either they pretend to be. I'm not sure which is worse. A lot of European countries are about to find that sad truth. The real regret should be thinking about what the positive possibilities would have been today if instead of abject exploitation they had developed territories with mutual respect and actually happily given them independence with a developing middle class and created a strong market and purveyor of resources with a dedicated feeling of loyalty and gratitude towards the Dutch. That was the missed opportunity of all European countries. They knew better, in terms of the basics tenants of ethics and past contact, than to trade in inferiority politics but they did it anyway.
I've always loved Holland, and have had great times there. People' perceptions of other people's cultures are just that....perceptions. They are all right about the crazy divide between democrats and republicans now - I'm 64 and I've never seen it this bad. But, God forbid if something goes wrong or a country needs help...they always look to the US for help and they always get it! I'm still proud to be an American!
The sad fact that most Europeans fail to realize is without America, most of these countries would be speaking German or Russian now and live a far different type of life. Americans are self-absorbed because our country always has to be the protector of the rest of the world, and given the sheer size of the US, it's vital to be self-absorbed...it's called self-preservation. And most European's views of the US come from TV shows and the news (which is always in a negative light).
How do you know we "fail" to realize that? You are sadly mistaken to think we aren't eternally grateful for our liberation. The Canadians actually liberated most of our country, not the Americans. And we treat the graves of fallen soldiers better than you do your veterans. And maybe you "fail" to realize that without Dutch funding the US would still be a colony of England... US isn't the protector of the world, they have economic interests in countries they invade. They just sell it to their people like that, so they keep thinking they are the greatest country in the world..
Wrong, we do know. Thats why we follow whatever happens in the USA. The USA is important but it is not the same country we looked up to and admired anymore. American politics is like a civil war these days. I find your excuse for being self absorbed lame. It is like wearing ignorance as a badge of honor.
That's funny I'm Aussie but most American I met were pretty good dudes I mean you get along with some types of people and others you don't I think that's the same every where. We get shit loads of European back packers in aus and I've found a lot of them are a bit two faced I think it's a European kind of superiority complex
I kind of get that vibe from Europeans as well. Maybe it is because their civilizations are older so they feel like they are more cultured than us colonials. They seem to like telling me how much better everything in Europe is. The U.S. has many problems and no one here thinks we are better.
@@Prairielander well I would think Europeans are a bit bitter for no reason. No one in the USA had bad opinions of Europe and think of it as a nice tourist destination. But Europeans seem to be obsessed about the USA until they come here (a German friend of mine visited here and was amazed by the nature, amazing Universities and the ability to own big houses and the vastness of the suburbs) and like seeing what's possible. The US has a lot of negatives but the positives seem to only be understood when experienced and lived.
Yes Europeans definitely do have a superiority complex. They think they are "superior" to the country that basically rules over them and owns them as vassal states. That takes a lot of chutzpah as the Jews say to think you are above your rulers lol.
How about opposite way around. All America think is spouted from its own Chanel’s and in Europe we have a diverse history of blowing it each other up over our horrendously different views on litterly everthing.
Yes 4 years of a President who talked to people and negotiated peace while carrying respect that prevented bad actors from starting wars was annoying. The record breaking best known economy was a drag as well. biden by contrast has tanked the economy, given us record breaking inflation, opened the southern border and created an unthinkable humanitarian crisis with human trafficking, terrorism and drugs. Oh and wars popping on the daily but, some pawn on news said Trump was bad and biden is good so...I'll just repeat that without reviewing the facts.
And now that Mr "Netherlands First" Geert Wilders won the last election the Dutch are getting defensive about having given the most votes to someone just like Trump. Welcome to the 21st century, when everyone must live through such a nightmare and remember the time they harshly judged others for having to live through a similar fate.
I'm not sure what kind of Chaos Trump caused? but we do have a lot of chaos under the Bidens, we are being invaded at the southern border and those illegal migrants are causing chaos in Chicago and NY...do you not see that though?
As an American this makes me so sad. We do have some incredibly bad problems in our country but there are beautiful little towns with delicious bakeries, farmers' markets with fresh foods and fantastic restaurants and bars. We are also overall very caring people. We like to talk to everyone and are interested in hearing about their lives. It is not just soul-less malls with parking lots. I think we are such a big country with over 230M people, so hard to understand exactly who we are, because we are incredibly diverse.
Sorry to inform you that I think the bakeries in the US are all very terrible, all too much artificial sweeteners and colors, awful colors--bright blue and orange and red colored cakes. Please try visit any European country and try their bakeries, if you want to know really delicious bakeries.
@@maxyma2889 There are many bakeries using organic flours with dairy products from small dairy farms. Unless you have been everywhere in the US, you don't know the delicious foods we can produce. I live in large metropolitan area and have literally hundreds of bakeries to choose from. I'm not saying bad bakeries don't exist here, they do but I don't go to them. I've been all over Europe in multiple countries - France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and others and the foods I choose to purchase here are on the same level of quality. You unfortunately have not had the opportunity to try the quality foods we do have.
I don't think it's only the Dutch who view the United States in this way. From various polls I've seen, it seems most Europeans (and Australians and New Zealanders and many others around the world) think the same about the US.
Interesting how they really do not know much about America. Culturally and politically these people are ignorant. America has led the world in helping and being involved with many countries.
Glad you appreciate the unfiltered part. I was a bit surprised by the mostly negative reactions. I feel it's mostly aimed towards the politics of America though and to a much lesser extent the people. I think generally the Dutch are quite open to receiving and mingling with American people and I don't think there's a big if any negative stigma towards American individuals, generally. That said, it seems there's more of that still then I initially thought.
dude the dutch are known for thinking they are better than every1 else. theyve gone deep with it by now. its like a country wide personality disorder. lots of europe is a bit bitter toward america. understandable. we are the descendents of their throwaways, and look at what we became. this is why we need to crush our involvement with globalism. its dragging us down. we need to leash the elite abusing our capitalism. if u want to travel to europe, germany is ok. europeans dont smile and wave. theyre cold and bitter. but theyll answer any questions or help u if in need. england, scottland, wales, ireland, will all be pretty friendly. france is rude. spain is ok sometimes. portugal rude. holland very rude. swiss depends. finland and sweden arent rude. italy used to be rude, probably depends where u go. and everywhere u go ull of course get exceptions. but dont count on too many in holland:) my family is obnoxious, even here in america. echos of being dutch i guess. but i love how its just cnn koolaid opinions. funny. i expected more. when we left, pride was in our quality of work and being good. thrifty. sensible. now, im not sure what theyre proud of. even though germany took advantage of it, holland is very free imo. dutch dont like being told what to do, nor do they need it. thats why they dont have big political systems. but they need to get rid of their outsiders trying to unravel their culture. perhaps thats the reason for the hostility
It's not like that, this is the just general idea that Europeans have of the U.S., matured over the most scandalous news that has reached their ears. Then you meet an American and you realize "ah but so they have normal people too" ... "Oh they are nice too" But honestly this could have happened also if they interviewed me, I would have said, "No, I don't like their ruling class, I don't like the all-hands-on-deck mentality, I don't like shootings, Christian fundamentalists, riots and karens." But the truth is that your country (which, by the way, I envy you because from the tundras to the deserts it is beautiful) you have a lot of exceptional people, but this unfortunately comes with lots of exceptionally bad people
It’s the media and social that makes the US look bad. The US has it’s issues but every country has their own issues. Everyone isn’t racist. People carry guns where I live including myself. I don’t live in fear. People are nice and respectful as well.
@noahrice6671, then perhaps we ought to think about what we export in terms of movies, music, t.v., and news? We aren't showing our best side, so it isn't a surprise that many people have a distorted view of the U.S.
@@thisorthat7626 yeah, cause when I think of a popular movie or tv show, a European one never comes to mind. Also, it’s actually very surprising that people criticize the U.S. when there’s plenty of European countries to criticize. Like Germany because of their stupid environmental decisions and the suppressing of the Low Saxon language. Or France for it’s rude people and it’s history of taking advantage of other countries (France still does take advantage of other countries). Literally any European country could be criticized. What about the fact that you Europeans straight up just say the n word?
The Dutch are interesting people but unfortunately very limited in seeing the world (America) only through politics...life here in the USA is so much more.
As an American I didn't feel upset about this because a lot of it was true and some of it was to cliche-ish . For example , yea, a lot of Americas are obese but theres also a huge health movent in the US . People are running , working out , watching what they eat now more then they ever have. They are right about how divided we are and it is scary.
Ach daarna gaat hij bier zuipen en bitterballen vreten en na afloop naar de FEBO. 's ochtends een boterham met hagelslag. Super gezond dat Nederlandse dieet!
The thing about America is that it’s so big, and people forget the vastness of the country. They’re not lying about what they’re seeing. But it’s very easy to find a place to your liking. There are small towns where you can go around on a bike. There are big cities too. There is every climate, from jungles to deserts. America is basically like 50 different countries. For all the obesity there is here, there’s a lot of fitness fanatics as I can see at my always full gyms. Sure, there is bigotry, but again, that is everywhere and at the same time, it depends on the communities you go to.
Europeans are blunt but not offensive or vicious. Americans on the other hand are opposite, they are not blunt but are offensive or vicious. Both their internal and external politics is good indication.
This is why I like visiting many of the east and southeast Asian countries more than the European countries. I've never had an east or southeast Asian insult me just because I'm an American. European culture is so snobby and self-righteous at times. In the Asian countries, I appreciated them and they appreciated me. I can't say the same when I visited a European country.
@@miguelchavez8347 Bro, you're wearing jeans and a t-shirt, listening to American music, maybe going to Starbucks or McDonald's later. American culture to Hispanics is like water to fish.
@@miguelchavez8347 not true. We have our own writers like Mark Twain and Harper Lee. Jazz music and bluegrass. Baseball. You may not like American culture. But it doesn't mean we don't have one. Besides, east and southeast Asian culture is superior to the snobby European culture anyway. But you do you.
US is the most divesre country in the world .. each state is unique in culture , accent and landscape .. they have all the major climate ecology there , Tropical , subtropical , desert , tundra , forests ..etc ... the beached there are suburbs ( so underrated and can be comparable to southern france and spain) , the National Parks can beat any european country in terms of nature , wilderness and landscape . the sheer size of the country and the richness of the activities keeps you buzzy and your schedule will be full. visited twice , hope I could visit soon , cheers from Saudi Arabia.
As a Dutch person, I felt a little embarrassed here. Something about glass houses. Though I think many complaints about the US are very valid, and americans will be helped by realizing how much influence they have been projecting across the world for good and bad.
There are 330 million Americans. Only about 200 of those people have anything to do with the Federal government on a major level. I'm blown away at the ignorance of most Europeans. We actually came from this stock? Embarrassing. You should feel embarrassed Duncan. You're almost as obnoxious as Canadians.
Isn't it little arrogant on your part that you think we should "be helped" to think like you. We don't want to agree with everybody all the time. We can get along in spite of our differences. If I go to the Netherlands, I expect the Dutch to be a little rude, a little serious, a little critical. I want to experience the Dutch as they are. It's part of your "charm."
@@daylightmoon7285 If you want to put the heavy criticisms in a more constructive/positive perspective, then you would be helped by knowing it's likely the result of decades of american exports and exposure. It's not that people outright dislike the US or Americans, it's the overexposure, especially the toxic way in which media companies operate, that eventually leads to these criticisms.
most of the people in this video have not been to the US so they are just going on what they see on tv or online. they are generalizations and it is never good to generalize an entire nation that is as large and diverse as the US. the great thing about being American is we don't care what other countries think about us. 😘😘
love the smoker talking about Americans being unhealthy and the overweight guy concerned about our obesity problem. some really good perspective although i don’t think we’re all loud 😂
Cliched as it may be, what I appreciate about Americans is their friendliness, directness which some dislike, their independent spirit, their can-do attitude despite risks of failures. Similar to certain other races or older civilisations with longer histories of culture, traditions and / or conflict, Europeans understand the necessity of public goods like healthcare, education, etc., and r more nuanced. However, whether good or bad, they r never really open to outsiders and perspectives outside their cultural norms.
Interesting . I'm an American living in Brazil for the last 11 years . Some of the comments ring true : living under a rock ( we generally know little about other cultures and countries ) and the rise of Trump , who is certainly not my cup of tea . But America is so large and diverse that it's hard to generalize much . New York is almost a different world than Arkansas , which is very different from New Hampshire . I think that Americans are generally friendly and open . Brazil is a wonderful country and Brazilians , for example , are extremely friendly and easy to approach , but of course there are certain problems here as well ( crime in urban areas , inequality ) . Thanks for the interviews .
Claro que eu sei - falei Americans porque geralmente as pessoas dos EUA são chamado Americans . Quantas vezes alguém chamou você de Americano ? @@Yaxlam
If it wasn't for America, Europe would've been done for! If it wasn't for America, the world would be screwed. America needs to focus on itself, and let Europeans fend for themselves!
Well I know where not to visit and spend my money thank you for the Travel assessment. Amazing I think they are reflecting their own personality’s because every foreigner I know loves Americans!
i agree. ill spend my money in deutschland and other interesting european places. if i wanted to go somewhere im hated all the time, id stay home and hangout with libtrds😂
The comment about racism in the US...the word "apartheid" is a Dutch word. The Dutch were big colonizers and colonialism requires racism as part of the subjugation of the indigenous peoples. And many Dutch are proud of their colonialism, and the wealth of the country was greatly enriched by it.
Here we go again with Whites of whatever nationalities tearing into each other about "racism" and "colonialism". Give it a rest already. The far left is using this crap to destroy the West. Brainwashed guilt is a powerful racist weapon against a people.
@@stefankapanski3210 Yeah but from Europe as a whole for sure! The average American can't even point out Holland on a map. It's a pathetic, irrelevant country held up by an American company.
@@tw4943 the U.S population has grown literally every single year it's existed. If so many people are leaving, that probably wouldn't be the case. Try again.
@@ahsokatano5798you all only wanted in on the oil in Iraq but you seem to forget WWI and WWII. guess its true you EU dont mind having Americans fighting and dying for them
First of all, I would not comment on a country I have never visited. And the two men calling Americans obese were rather heavy themselves!! I’ve been to Europe and I’m happy I live in the US.
Everyone *is* trying to get rich in America, but it's not because we're so consumed with greed for more money, it's so we can afford the things every other country already gets for free
@fatherson5907 I forget that people can't make comments on here without being personally attacked by someone with a 5th grade education. If you knew anything about collective bargaining or the administrative costs associated to keep huge insurance companies in business, instead of having a single payer system, you'd understand that it's not me who's robbing you. You're being bent over by your insurance company already, and I'm glad because you seem like you deserve it
@fatherson5907 I consider it a *personal attack* when someone says I'm trying to steal from other people, not when they try to make some half-baked point about something they know nothing about. Congratulations on your insurance premium, but overall, the U.S. paid about $4.5 trillion or $13,493 per person in 2022, whereas the U.K. averaged about 3,236 British pounds per person, or $4,417.47. So if you're paying $83 a month or $996 a year,, you're actually the one mooching off our broken system because you'd have to pay your fair share for healthcare in taxes somewhere else. That's about $5,331.03. Furthermore, when I say "free," it's more of a catchall term for a public program. Anyone with an ounce of wit would know people don't literally mean free. Insurance is just one service in this country that should be public. There are countless others
@fatherson5907 Please also know that I'm not wasting any more time on here explaining shit to you. So say whatever you want to say, but I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you
I am an American of Dutch descent among other things.Most Americans are not far leftists.We don’t want to be Holland or Sweden.So these Dutch people can ride their bikes and enjoy themselves!
Having lived in a mostly Dutch American city (Grand Rapids) area for many years, I would be hard pressed to stay within posting guidelines for a people group and give an opinion on Dutch Americans. Their lack of generosity to others who are not Dutch is legendary.
@@-_YouMayFind_-Which Americans? We don't have a population of 7 million like you and I guarantee most Europeans don't know sh,t outside their very small American protected world!
Spot on! As an American I appreciate their honesty. I agree with almost everything said. We Americans are too self-absorbed and fat. The comments on sports and the fans were great! Thanks for the great reporting! I will try to do better and promise to speak softer. 😜❤
"I will try to do better and promise to speak softer". You are pathetic. Listen to yourself. You should get married and share your wife with everyone who needs a release. That's what you're made of.
I don't think they realize that there's a huge group of african american people who fit into a perfect stereotype that makes a ton of people disrespect them. Basically being brash, poor, and sketchy. it's a horrible hole they fall into and it's very hard to get out of. I have to act happy despite the huge amount of people that would be afraid to even walk on the same side of the road as me just by my image being remembered for theivery/gang image, hood behavior, and just the general awkward standoffish feeling towards someone living a much harder life than you. Minorities like Indians and African groups of Britian have a completely different image over there. America, any black guy who has dread lochs, tattoos, darker skin, and isn't acting refined and happy is immediately associated with gas stations, 90s Los Angeles low rider culture, jail, guns, gangs, and the crime of having the image of the people who can't escape the torment caused by them existing. It's so sad, and is extremely different to people in Netherlands who if ever there are minorities, they are either racist, or extremely fine with them because it's basically themselves but with darker skin. Netherlands hasn't the faintest clue about American culture and what it means, what we went through to get to where we are, how there's so much more passed the fast food signs, huge miles and miles of neighborhoods, amusement lands like Disney or Universal. It's all charming to me...well not the fast food signs and whole highway off ramp food centers that have nothing else around but highway 50 and forests. But everything else, and how it changes with the different times. It's not just always a eerie dystopian 12:00 hot summer fast food chain. It could be raining at sunset when you go through a McDonald's drive through on the way to a concert, or Winter and snowing at a Wendys in Manhattan. It's just bad product LITERAL placement as in land placement. These companies marketing at extremely popular destinations for people on trips up north or downsouth. It's not that dystopian when 60% of society is a family of 5 who need a quick bite to eat. America has by far the most types of food to choose from out of any other place. Amplified with foreign groups starting family owned restaurants in shabby store lots off town main roads with like a Subway, asain take out place with two seats inside a quant room but has amazing food and so is extremely popular despite the condition that appears cheap and messy (A super american thing), then some Publix, Lions, or I don't know something else. Basically modern malls are these open facade restaurants and shops off the sides of a highway because the USA is 2.5 percent asphalt which is an insane number out of 100% when you think about it. So no they would never understand any background except a silly country with idiots and fat people, who live in dystopian food places everywhere.
Now go ask their grandparents how they feel about Americans, and you will get totally different answers. If it was not for the U.S. and British Soldiers, they would be part of Germany. As for discrimination, who were the people who went to South Africa and started Apartheid, or what about the Dutch Jewish population. So I belive there is a saying about glass houses. The Dutch don't have the greatest track record either so maybe stay in your lane and not judge others.
As an American I was in Rotterdam with another shipmate having a beer at a local pub. When the locals found out we were American they kept mentioning “America is like Jerry Springer show” and wouldn’t stop. I was pretty amused. Then they asked us to play a game where nails are pounded in a thick piece of wood. Everyone got one shot at a time with the hammer. Last nail that was driven in bought a round of beers. I kinda got the impression they were convinced the Americans would lose and be buying drinks. That wasn’t the case. To make matters worse apparently they were carpenters as I heard the boss of one guy say to another I thought you said you’ve hammered nails before? It was hilarious 😆
As an American, I’m quite surprised to find out that they know so much about our politics like the democrats and republicans… and meanwhile we know nothing about Europe or the rest of the world
@gytan2221, say what? That’s crazy talk. I’m 62 and have been to Europe a score of times (have literally lost count). The first trip was for three months. Several were for a month. In 2022 I spent five months. I’m not that unusual. I’m not ashamed not knowing names of NL parties given there are so many and they have proportional representation and the present coalition has so many parties it could take months to negotiate terms for governance. But most any American can tell you the two major parties in the UK because like here two have dominated the scene for so long - and plenty of us know that Scottish nationalism and Brexit right wing parties have complicated the picture. There are hundreds of US study abroad programs (thousands?) where American students spend months at a time studying the history and culture of their host country. It would be interesting to know if ANY European university that systematically encourages students to spend months studying in the US. Every US university requires in depth study of aspects of European culture to graduate with any of dozens of common majors. Neither is true of European education. In my experience, a very high proportion of Euro travel “abroad” is Germans going to beaches in Spain and Brits going to ski in the Alps in February. (And a huge proportion of Brits going g to sunny Commonwealth island resorts.) All very fine, but it scarcely demonstrates a determination to be students of Spanish history or Swiss politics.
They don’t complain about us providing defense to the whole continent. They don’t complain when they get to spend 1% of gdp on military and fund their social programs. They don’t complain when Americans burden the cost of drug discovery. It’s kinda ridiculous as an American that we spend more than the whole continent combined to help Ukraine when Russia poses no threat to us. Like a little damn appreciation would be nice.
You have to see the other side of the coin also. When looking at more recent history, from the POV of many Europeans, America is overly aggressive when it comes to starting wars. Invading Iraq for example under the guise of weapons of mass destruction which were never found. The Vietnam war is another example.
@@CultureCompassTV Ya, I think the criticism of interventionist foreign policy is fair and even here in the US there has been a isolationist push in wings of both parties. My point is that many Europeans are quick to have critique our military when it’s convenient, but when our interventionism has us setting up bases in European countries and essentially carrying the load for defending the the continent from Russian aggression there’s little acknowledgment. Also, this anti-American sentiment seems a lot more recent, within the last 20 years. If the issue was starting and funding wars, there would’ve been a greater anti-American sentiment in the mid to late 20th century. You mentioned Vietnam but you could add Korea, Central America, Afganistán in the 80s, and even the Gulf war. I appreciate your response, but it still seems kind of hypocritical from many Americans’ point of view.
Thomas russia poses a threat to the us! Russia and China can form a military coalition and China can help Russia take back Alaska as it says it wants to do! Any nation imposing war onto its neighbors to consolidate a past empire poses a threat to world peace!
Haha, no. Places in real danger from their enemies love the US. Almost like Western Europe has become ungrateful from being carried by the US for so long. Poland, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Kosovo, and Ukraine all love the US.
The dude is very right about the RUclips channel Not Just Bikes. I already knew about the lack of paid vacation, the terrible healthcare, the mad politics, crime and violence, easy access to drugs, school shootings etc. But once I watched Not Just Bikes, i realised that the country itself will never be child friendly nor simple living friendly. I knew then that it was never my kind nor will it ever be.
90% of the United States is covered in kind people who live simply and just want to raise their kids and live their lives. Don't let the image the media portrays trick you, their job seems to be to divide people and not just in a particular country but the whole world. Come visit sometime, I'll show you. :)
I would never recommend the US to a friend as it stands, or any of the west really. None of the West is child friendly which is why nowhere in any of the west are people having children.
I have been to the US some times and I found americans very nice and friendly people. They have their own culture and we have to respect their way of life, which is good and bad in different aspects, as any other culture. And we can not compare large countries as the US, Brazil, Russia, China, India, with imense territories and population, where all kinds of good and bad stuffs happens all the time in great speed, with small countries that few things happen. Big countries have no time to know about other countries because we are always dealing with own affairs, and they are much.
I have met many americans in Europe and when u speak to them face to face, they are very nice people. However, this can be said for 99 percent of all people of this planets. Its very hard to visit a country where normal people is not nice.
I have a Dutch pen pal. We've been writing for 40 years.! When I visited her, she once said that she thinks CEOs should be paid the same as the janitor. I did a spit take. I'm an entrepreneur and ran my own company for 30+ years. She said you'd work just as hard wouldn't you. What?! Hell no. I take all the risk, live, eat and breath my business and get paid the same as someone that didn't. I think that more collective viewpoint leads to less entrepreneurial natures. But, they do like IPhones. As a person that lives in the country I think it's very crowded there. When she visited me I said no problem to giving her a ride from S. IL to Ohio. Later she told me she couldn't believe how long a drive it was. I didn't think anything of it. LOL When I was a kid I thought it was so exotic when she vacationed all over Europe, but it wasn't any different than me going to Indiana. :) I'm grateful to have her as a friend.
@@imGeistevereint If you think the states have similar cultures you don't understand anything about the United States. The country is as big as the whole of Europe, with different cultures that have formed, from different types of immigrants. Northern states like Minnesota had immigrants from Scandinavia, while other parts were mostly made up of French, Dutch, Germany, English people. Then there are states that have been influenced by the Italians and Irish that came later. These places are very different. Hell, even the climate and terrain has an effect on the culture. If you think New York, Minnesota, Kentucky and Texas are similar in culture, you don't know what you're talking about. There are more differences in culture between these states than differences between the Netherlands and Germany. As a Dutch person, I always roll my eyes when I hear Dutch people talk about the USA. They don't have a clue what they're talking about.
@Kongeriget_Danmark Stalin said on numerous occasions that had the US not helped the USSR, Hitler's Germany would have won the war. Those countries all played a role, but they were secondary to the US. Anyone who has studied the conflict can see this.
@Kongeriget_Danmark Bullshit lmao. Stalin said himself that had the US not helped the USSR, Hitler's Germany would have won the war. Plain and simple, straight from the horses's mouth.
Very interesting video. I am an Italian, I was just curious to see what other Europeans think about the US, and I can confirm you that here it's almost the same. Many people at my age don't like the US at all, they are ashamed and some, like me, a bit scared. Guess I am really, really lucky to be born in the Old Continent. Much love, Dutches!
Your views of Americans have likely been fashioned by your exposure to vulgar social media, such as youtube, Hollywood and NYC based television production. What you likely do not know is that these sources are themselves elitist and anti-American. Only in America would nationally based media who are openly and seditiously contemptuous of the very people under whom they function, be allowed to function without widespread opposition.
Before you make any bookings please check any available videos on what the people of Portugal think of the US. You might be surprised to know they have a similar opinion of the Americans as the Dutch do. After all, Portugal is also part of the EU like the Netherlands, and people across the EU have exactly the same opinion of the Americans - as very close minded, self centered, loud, boastful people.
You have to wear wooden shoes hereand ride a bike that's even more reason's. And if you wanne know about the Netherlands don't go to theme Parc Amsterdam.
@@statesman01 That's what the media brainwashes them to think. I think Portugese are more intelligent and rational than Dutchies though. Less of a superiority complex too. When someone who perceives themself to be superior realizes that they are not, they lash out like this.
I’m not going to take offense to this but America is my country, I’m proud to be an American, and we are the ones that are nice compared to other people in other countries who take advantage of America and Americans.
They accurately identified a lot of problems here in the U.S. but had almost nothing favorable to say. That's like walking into the Cistine Chapel and saying well there's a garbage can over there in the corner, it stinks of rubbish, oh and on this wall over here i see a few paint chips and then there's a scuff mark over there on the floor and....
Our media projects the worst of us, world wide. The world mainly see us through the perspective of TV shows like Cops, Wive's of xxx, Politically leaning CNN or Fox or fake court shows. What are they supposed to think?
Welcome to europe (or at least germany)! It is quite normal here to point out the negatives first and maybe don't even mention the positives. The way I see it, our communication culture here is based on guilt and shame.
They in fact are entitled to paid time off and health care. They pay for it and voted for it. They call people lazy who don’t get shit done in the scheduled work hours. And what you call lazy they call work life balance.
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I did find this interesting. In fact, I am a professor of International Business in the US, and I plan to share it with my class on Doing Business in the Low Countries. Well done.
People cannot be that ignorant to believe what they see in movies and television as a true reflection of what the U.S. is. Worldwide, everyone understands parody. The U.S. is just waking up to the fact that our foods for the most part, are banned in Europe and for good reason, there is nothing healthy in our foods. They are for the most part either full of carcinogens or are high carb. Since Europe has adopted our foods and pharmaceuticals, we Americans will now not be the only worldwide lab rats in obesity and long-term health issues. We are backing away from processed foods and drive-thru foods, while Europe is embracing it. Good luck. Why was Trump elected? We were tired of lifetime-politicians gaming the system. Our politicians are as corrupt as any third world nation. Our media is as corrupt as any third world nation. Europeans calling Americans lazy - that's rich, since we generally have a later retirement age, less maternity leave and on average we only have12 days of vacation - that includes sick days. 60% of Americans do not have passports, because we don't have the luxury of travel time and or money to make use of a passport and we can travel the length and breadth of Europe in our own country without a passport. Because of our corrupt politicians this country has stuck its nose where it shouldn't have, and we've helped rebuild and defend (asking nothing in return) Europeans that are so ungrateful to the point they hate Americans? As far as learning a new language, how many languages would you like us to learn? From the beginning of migration (we are a nation of migrants), on the concept "we should learn to speak the language", we would have learned Irish, German, French, Portuguese, Cantonese, Spanish, Arabic, Sudanese, you name it, we would need to learn it. Historically, all of our ancestors had to learn the national language. But I digress, that was when migrants came to a new nation and assimilated, grateful to have shelter from starvation and persecution, silly me!
I have a simple question: North Americans, Central Americans and South Americans are Americans?...
Remenber "America" is not the only American country (go to google)
The Dutch have been slave traders since ***the 1500s***, and were SO atrocious that only 3 (MUCH larger) countries traded more human flesh of innocent men, women, and children than the tiny Netherlands. Not only were your sheer numbers horrendous - especially for your size - your treatment of slaves was considered particularly vicious, even by the British.
They lost their entire country to the Nazis in only five days and then spent the rest of the war cowering and fornicating with Nazis. While AMERICA was BY FAR the largest and strongest force killing those same Nazis and running them out of Europe.
I'm an American 🇺🇸 and I loved this video! I agree with many if not all the things they have said about America and us Americans. We and I are loud, obese, and don't know too much of what goes on outside of the US. Looking at our news I see a lot about mass shootings, gun violence, and politics. But I do not own a gun, have never been arrested, and where I live it's relatively safe. I especially loved what they said about Trump, they just said his name as if to say that's a force within himself. Lol 😆 I feel as if America is more divided now more than ever thanks to Trump. And this whole Migrant crisis we have been having is making things worse imo. Again, I loved this video and appreciate their honesty. ❤
I was born in NL and have lived for 30 years in the USA. I have experienced regularly negative comments about Americans when I come back in NL. But in the USA I have only received positive feedback about the Netherlands. That tells me something about the respectfulness of Americans....
Or about their level of politeness.
Or it tells you something about how the Dutch view Americans and vice versa..
Try to tell them you’re from other part of the world other than Europe 😆
Dutch will called a spade a spade.The US is divided and dangerous for our planet.Creating war after war isn't the answer is it.Of course many Americans are good decent people it is the ruling class there who creates a mess for the masses.
Its very fake...if you were middle eastern things would have been different
Americans shouldn’t take this too personally, if you ask the Dutch what’s wrong in the Netherlands you get an honest unfiltered reaction also.
Yes, here's the proof: ruclips.net/video/M7cHMTX2_Dc/видео.html
Perhaps, quite a brunt assessment.
Frankly, these people hit every deep negative stereotype which is a little shocking, but I question their perspective based on second-hand information on what they hear and conceptualize vs. actually traveling to America and formulating their own opinion. I took notice of the one guy who said he's been to America, so I respect that.
It could also be counterbalanced with videos of Europeans who live three to six months or more and travel the entire US to gain more perspective.
The same goes for Americans gaining perspective across all the countries of Europe and discovering and appreciating their intricacies.
It seems those who take time to visit have a more positive outlook on America (and Europe) in general. As an American, I would feel bad for any tourist or visitor who makes a full assessment based on a short trip to a single area like NYC or LA, which really is in its own bubble. Each region and state is completely different, and yields different perspectives, cultures, accents and more.
I hope more people soften up and gain more first-hand perspective on life and experience in other places, and yes, it goes both ways.
@@CultureCompassTV Should be titled, "The Dutch Naively Parrot Stereotypes and Clickbait News". Must be hard to think for themselves while climbing windmills in those wooden shoes...
@@greentea9335 Ironically you reply with a stereotype of your own. Also, here's an interview with a Dutch person living in the US, he mentions many of the same things but he still prefers living in the US: ruclips.net/video/nVjBNTRRedo/видео.html Just because you don't like hearing things doesn't mean it's based on stereotypes.
@@CultureCompassTV Are you *really* so thick that you failed to grasp that I had so obviously included "windmills" and "wooden shoes" to make the point that naively parroting stereotypes is wrong? W-o-w! Also, it is wrong regardless of *where* the person lives/wants to live. "Just because you don't like hearing things doesn't mean it's based on stereotypes." Guess you'll be making that "What do White people think of Black intelligence" video next... Expect me to disagree with you doing that one as well.
What do Americans think of the Dutch?
They don't.
When I first met Dutch people through my job, I found their directness rude because I did not understand the culture! After I realized that the Dutch value being upfront, I realized they were not being rude but just following what their culture valued.
Americans in the comments do.
They literally don’t 😂
They don’t know nothing about 😂
@@jmb1101I lived in Germany for 5 years and people say the exact same thing about the Germans. But it's not just that they value being upfront, they are genuinely impolite people with bad attitudes about everything.
The interviewer should ask what they think about the 8,000+ American soldiers buried on Dutch soil and the 1700+ American soldiers missing in action who died liberating the Netherlands. Or about the hundreds of US aircrews who risked their lives to drop food supplies to the starving Dutch citizens during the "Hongerwinter." It is ironic that those aspects of America are so easily forgotten by the Dutch and sadly only the negative aspects of America have left an impression.
Its okay to put down America, we have many faults, but remember there is also good in America...there are 8000+ examples of that goodness lying in the ground at Margraten.
They also forget that the Netherlands did a lot of colonization throughout the Americas from New York City, Brooklyn (Breukelen), Trinidad and Tobago, and a lot more.
Doesn’t negate how awful America has become. They can speak the truth , stop being a snowflake.
Yes. Thank you Canada. What about you Americans thank us dutch for creating your country. BTW RIP to a million dead Vietnamese people
Maybe the US should know how much money we spend on the US. In the civil war
We had the same English enemy.
Nothing to do with the subject.
While I agree with a lot of the viewpoints, I’d also like to point out the Netherlands isn’t exactly paradise either
That's quite an elaborate comment, isn't it?
@@thematriarchy2075no.
@@Toodyslexicforyou Exactly
@@thematriarchy2075 Europe number 1
@Kongeriget_Danmark how? the states don't overcriticize other countries for nothing, like the dutch, and it is way more developed anyway
Dutch sounds like they’re speaking in reverse
Meen je da nou? probeer maar tis makelijk
Literally the in-between language between German and English
And yet it still makes more sense then what most Americans say
@@Noahboy8 Cope
@@chadhansen5057 Try Finish
They mock us, but still want us to defend them!
I didn’t know you have internet in oven
@@reinercreekman cute, your IQ must be at least 20 to come up with that response!
NATO
@@marknewton6984 US is largest contributor to NATO, other than the British most only make minimum payments. Don’t hold your breath waiting for European countries other than the British to protect you!
Americans and British will protect!
This is why the U.S. needs to pull out of the world and start taking care of the American people. We have plenty of our own problems. The entire world ridicules and hates us. Despite we have had to sacrifice our lives to keep Europe and Asia free. Not to mention give billions of dollars in aid. Most of us don't want to be in NATO or watch as our families leave home and are stationed far away.
We are very grateful for the sacrifices soldiers made for our liberation. It was mostly Canadians, but we have an American cemetary as well and we take very good care of those graves. Just because we criticize the US for certain things, doesn't mean we don't honor your sacrifice. And we criticize our own country too. Every country has good and bad things. Some things are in the forefront of our minds, because we worry for the Americans. Your country should take care of its people, you deserve that!
Yeah...our mass media and democrats did the job of dividing Americans and portraying us in such light.
They get their info from cnn
Average american
This is what pisses me off about Americans. Your country joined the wars late- BOTH of them- and only joined when AMERICA felt that there was a chance AMERICAN safety would be compromised. America didn't join the wars to fight for US Europeans. If they did, if America cared, they wouldn't have waited until millions of Europeans were slaughtered, our cities bombed, our governments economically draind and armies struggling before making the first move. Being out for your own is fine, just don't make it out that you were selfless liberators who did it solely for us because you didn't.
@@wondertyzipp8260 This doesn't change the fact that without America, the Netherlands would be speaking German or Russian. Stalin said himself that without American aid, Hitler would have won the war. And after World War II, the Soviets wanted every last piece of Europe, and they would've gotten it had the USA not stepped in.
Because the Cold War was won decisively, Europeans forget how close it really was. There is only one country that could protect the world from Soviet influence (whether it did so for its own interest, or to help, or both), and because of the selfish Americans, the Netherlands did not end up like Poland, Hungary, Romania or the other countries that endured Soviet rule.
Here's a simple question for you. If the US really carries NATO for its own self-interest, then why did Europeans start panicking when Trump threatened to leave? Why don't they leave, to escape the selfish US?
Let's be real - you hate us, our society, and our culture. And many Americans, myself included, don't want to pay for the defense of people that hate us. And if NATO is just in our self interest - if we're doing it to save ourselves - then you should have no problem with us leaving, right?
As an American, I have a really hard time disagreeing with what was said about Americans.
It said that the only opinions these people seem to have are predicated on buzzwords and bumper sticker slogans but I guess that's by design..
No, it's just the news 🤷
@@demi3115You’re simple
No, they're just saying what all of Europe thinks about y'all
@@solus8685 That’d be terribly upsetting if anyone gave a crap what Euros think 🤣
@@chadwells7562 oh don't worry, the Asians and Africans think pretty much the same. As well as the Oceanians and South Americans. Nobody likes Americans... Except Americans, they love themselves
Saying America sucks is so broad… all the states are unique and very different. It would be like saying all Europeans are the same and live and think the same lol.
We do get called 'Europe' and 'Europeans' often, as if we are the united states of Europe or something. Yes US has different states, but you are 1 country. Europe has many countries.
@@MonsieurRakiyou see- you have different countries- the US is one country and also the states in most cases have separate laws and under self rule for most parts of the- also the US have different cultures from state to state different landscapes tropical, subtropical, desert 🌵.
@@MonsieurRakiThey did form the EU and use the same currency in most European nations.
Right on. They bring up Trump and politics like Haters but ignore our political generosity, commerce advantages and vast panoramic landscape so they can stick their heads in Dutch sand? I've always found Southern Europeans to be far more welcoming than Northern EU people. SMH
Dutch? Hahaha
Triggered Americans in the comments: All Dutch people generalize!
Seriously though, it's odd to think of a people as cultured or uncultured. Culture is inflicted upon people since birth, and Americans are just people living their life in theirs and being shaped by it. It is that way everywhere. I feel sorry for them because I think in many ways American macroculture is one of extremes of spectacle, greed and fear that we have the luxury of being too small and manageable for for it to reach such degrees. Any Dutch person raised in the US would be culturally American and vice versa. It's not something you partake in, it's something that happens to you. Americans don't exist outside the context of referring to someone born to the society called America. I mean, we have a colloquial meaning for cultured but how you apply that to people is also just a result of the culture you and they are brought up in.
We shouldn't confuse things produced by such cultures for the passive objects of it. None of us are free and we all suffer under the greed and evil of others.
As an American who travels, it's funny when I return and see the size of people and portions of food. But not all of us are rude, fat, lazy, obnoxious, and stupid. Like saying the French are all rude, but I found them to be wonderful people.
Agreed, i remember walking everywhere in Amsterdam and when I got back into the states, you have to drive everywhere, unless if you live in NY or some major city that allows walking. The one thing that is killing America is the social media though, i noticed when i was in Amsterdam, people weren’t glued to their phones at the dinner table. Also want to add food takes a lot longer to serve in Europe compared to the US. America has a lot of good places too though and in a way is very different inside itself.
@@seriessplayer62747 i agree! social media is the devil after 2 hours
You clearly have never met a real Frenchie
We love to eat 😊
@@iFryTube 🤣
Kinda hard to notice the other half of the world when you live on the other half on the world with every biome in existence and a complex state network that acts like their own mini countries..not to mention being a capital of industry and exported culture.
Eyo Einstein, you think you're the only country with biomes or diversity?
Wow.
New Roman Empire just as PROUD to be clueless about the rest of the world as the first Roman Empire was.
Americans don't think about the Dutch. Irrelevant small country.
On the flip side of the coin, I had a coworker (American) who lived in Holland for a few years due to a family work situation. She said it was OK, but couldn’t wait to get back to the USA.
That's how I would feel after one week.
That's how I would feel after one day!
Yo are kidding? Holland is superior in every sense ,bar military ...i would not live in the US if you paid me!
@@peterdutchy At least you admit the military part, which Londoners on the street in RUclips are apparently clueless about saying they could beat America in a war. Let's consider a few ways the U.S. is superior. Per capita GDP, per capita charitable giving, museums, art galleries, freedom to create a business with minimal regulation, realistic opportunities to own a farm, cost of energy, cost of electricity, oh and how about this one...................almost all of the innovation and inventions of the past 125 years. You guys got the bicycles though!
@@ascendant95 Rubbish..fact checked the index of US versus Europe,Australia,NZ and Canada..keep dreaming..you are way behind Education,Health,Longevity,etc..you excell in incarcerations and gun crimes..great stats mate..4 weeks holidays,Maternaty leave..the list goes on..America is a first world country with a third world social system..no one outside of the US listens to your BS!
Well I would think Europeans are a bit bitter for no reason. No one in the USA has bad opinions of Europe and think of it as a nice tourist destination. But Europeans seem to be bit obsessed about the USA until they come here (a German friend of mine visited here and was amazed by the nature, amazing Universities and the ability to own big houses and the vastness of the suburbs) and like seeing what's possible. My uncle from London said the quality of life you get in the US for the price isn't possible anywhere else (like people own huge farmlands and every middle class person can own land if they wish to). The US has a lot of negatives but the positives seem to only be understood when experienced and lived.
Every (and I mean every) Dutch person I have encountered who comes the U.S. in my field (science) to work stays because the opportunities here. And although they pride themselves of living small, once they have the opportunity, they like big houses just like everyone else.
No one is bitter or obsessed about the US. This thinking is exactly the superiority people feel the US has. Of course there are many positives and negatives in any country. When people are asked this, they have to think quickly so the obvious comes to mind. Compared to the quality of life in Europe, US isn't as great as other countries. But people in the Netherlands are envious of owning more land. We are a tiny country with a lot of density, so land is expensive. I personally like American people in general, very warm people who care a lot about their communities. The civil society there is wonderful. And of course the creativity: music and film industry.
Europe? No way! Haha
@@MonsieurRaki Far far far less than 1% of Americans would ever say a bad thing about you. 99% of you seem to hate us though. Media brainwashing, insecurity and envy produce this. You think as a European that you are "superior", but then you have to accept that the U.S. economy is bigger than all of Europe's combined and that all of the innovation and inventions from the last 125 years basically came from the U.S. When you have to accept the fact that you are not superior.................you lash out. I've been to 9 European countries. I do not plan on visiting yours on my next trip so don't worry!
@@MonsieurRaki You guys are weird though. You think about us constantly why? It’s a weird obsession
USA should cut diplomatic and military ties with the Netherlands. Its clear that the US is not wanted or respected there.
For a reason.
I agree, let Poo-Tin have them. It's like being in a relationship with someone, you wouldn't like being taken for granted. How many Americans have died and tax payers money spent to protect these people? Being ex-military; these comments annoy me. Mocking our accent? WTH?
These comments unfortunately reinforce many of the stereotypes mentioned in the video. The fact you think a handful of (mostly old and very critic) people represent an entire country is hilarious. The average Dutch person I know thinks highly of the US and the only real critisicm they have is about the gun laws and the consequences of them, and as harsh as it might sound, they dont really care too much about them because they aren't in the US.
No one cares about what Europeans think about our gun laws. They’re one step away from being Socialists themselves.
@@Spanky-ju6rcAs a Socialist American patriot, nah lmao. They're just doing Capitalism but even worse than Americans. I could see them becoming 'Socialist' like Lenin did. By doing everything Marx warned against doing.
I am an American that spent several years living in The Netherlands (Rotterdam) about 20 years ago. My impressions of the Dutch were that they are tall, handsome/pretty, and generally the friendliest people in Europe. I think it is unfortunate, but understandable that the impressions that so many Dutch have of the US and the people are formed by movies, TV shows and the news. There is a huge difference between the "coasts" (Northeast and West) which dominate the news and culture, and the rest of America.
Also North and South..
Cuck
we only got 1 exchange student from holland in all 4 yrs of high school-i was very dissappointed- and he was a complete ASS. made me never want to meet another dutch again. he had a friend out who was equally obnoxious. the whole time this dude stuck his nose up at EVERYTHING. and he was short and fat as hell, covered in acne, amd extremely rude. i tried asking him a million questions about holland, and he just looked at me in disgust and told me to figure it out for myself. after this clip, im not so sure he wasnt the norm:/ they like to bitch about things thatre their fault. i see how my family is obnoxious, and i know where they get it from after watching this. theyre so dutch. ew.😂 im an asshole too though. and i can spaghettify a penny.
They are our enemies 🇺🇸🦅
Dutch people get all there ideas from shitty news outlets. They don’t bother to learn about American culture but just act like they know anything about it, and have a strong opinion while doing it. -from a Dutch guy
Who is the guy at 2:03 pointing fingers at when he says "obese"???
That's Santa, my dude. He's supposed to be obese.
Why that's Santa Claus. He should know better and lay off the cookies.
This video actually says more about Dutch people than Americans or America. @hunchbackaudio said it well. The Dutch are known for their lack of filter. Dutch people are brutally honest and straightforward, which is a euphemistic way of saying that they cab be very critical and negative.
I have often been in situations, personally and professionally, where Dutch people laid out all the ways something is wrong or could go wrong. When I asked, "Okay, so can we figure out a way to [get it done]?", there would often be silence or "Het is niet mogelijk", which means "That is not possible". That response is the antithesis of the American way of thinking.
Interesting fact, while it's true that many Americans are indeed obese, the U.S. isn't in the top 10 for BMI index. In fact, it's 20. That's still not good, but the stereotype is a bit more hyped up than is actually true.
Thanks for the interviews!
I partly agree. The Dutch have a lack of filters but I think that has both benefits and drawbacks the former of which you don't mention - it does promote honesty. Most Dutch people are good people that have no bad intentions whatsoever. If you ask them something they will answer you exactly as they see it, which personally I appreciate. That said, I'm aware of the downside as well, some people can be overly crude and as a result come across or be disrespectful. This in my experience is a minority though. I do agree however that Americans overall have a more entrepreneurial spirit.
@@CultureCompassTV Yes, I forgot to mention the pros of being straightforward! Not beating around the bush can be helpful, too.
I have heard some Dutch people use this as an “excuse” at times though and say something offensive or highly insensitive (I am talking about something that’s at the level of being racist or something to that degree) and then shrug their shoulders and say, “We are just honest”. Of course that’s the minority and my experiences with Dutch people were more positive than not.
It’s quite interesting that the British, their neighbor just to the west, are quite the opposite. Watching them work together can be quite amusing at times. 😂
@@CultureCompassTV
Historically and currently that has not necessarily been proven. That's the national myth everywhere where dirty work has been done in the name of the people virtually unopposed. In fact people have voted for the immoral and unethical for centuries, not only that, have pretended they've never done so.
@@CultureCompassTV
They have.many filters when it comes to horrendous things their country has done or is doing though. Their filters are highly convenient -- just a bit different.
@@fatherson5907
Indeed. They are very insular and aren't aware that most of the world has an awful opinion of the Dutch due to the immorality of their historical and sometimes current character of their contacts all over the world.
I also find a lot are not even aware how relatively tiny their country is or how poor it would have been without the exploitation of other people and their resources. Or either they pretend to be. I'm not sure which is worse.
A lot of European countries are about to find that sad truth. The real regret should be thinking about what the positive possibilities would have been today if instead of abject exploitation they had developed territories with mutual respect and actually happily given them independence with a developing middle class and created a strong market and purveyor of resources with a dedicated feeling of loyalty and gratitude towards the Dutch.
That was the missed opportunity of all European countries. They knew better, in terms of the basics tenants of ethics and past contact, than to trade in inferiority politics but they did it anyway.
*Europe starts 2 world wars*
Europeans: “Americans are bad”
wel...at least Europeans learn their lessons if you look at wars, conflicts, and overthrow of governments in recent decades
USA after the 2 world wars: 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
Europeans eat human excrement for 1000 years then figures out public healthcare. Yet American still eating sh*t
@Kongeriget_Danmark Russia and Ukraine
@Kongeriget_Danmark even if the US did caused the fall of the USSR. Russians voted for Putin and he attacked Ukraine
I've always loved Holland, and have had great times there. People' perceptions of other people's cultures are just that....perceptions. They are all right about the crazy divide between democrats and republicans now - I'm 64 and I've never seen it this bad. But, God forbid if something goes wrong or a country needs help...they always look to the US for help and they always get it! I'm still proud to be an American!
I personally don't think about the Dutch in my daily routine.
And we don't think about the US in our daily routines. What's your point? Can't we all just respect the pros and cons of every country?
Snowflake offended Americans 😂😂😂😂 land of the ‘free’
@@poplix2704 We can, once you stop crying to us when Russia is at the door
@dfdf-rj8jr "us" like you, personally, do anything. I'd be surprised if you even had a job, kid.
@@sages101 Silence Eurotrash, know your place.
The sad fact that most Europeans fail to realize is without America, most of these countries would be speaking German or Russian now and live a far different type of life. Americans are self-absorbed because our country always has to be the protector of the rest of the world, and given the sheer size of the US, it's vital to be self-absorbed...it's called self-preservation. And most European's views of the US come from TV shows and the news (which is always in a negative light).
Thanks from protecting the rest of the world, that's so generous and noble of you. I bet Iraq is grateful for your protection.
@@alexverdigris9939 Fuck Iraq! They learned the hard way not to mess with the US. LOL
The british commonwealth and the russians would have liberated them.
How do you know we "fail" to realize that? You are sadly mistaken to think we aren't eternally grateful for our liberation. The Canadians actually liberated most of our country, not the Americans. And we treat the graves of fallen soldiers better than you do your veterans. And maybe you "fail" to realize that without Dutch funding the US would still be a colony of England... US isn't the protector of the world, they have economic interests in countries they invade. They just sell it to their people like that, so they keep thinking they are the greatest country in the world..
Wrong, we do know. Thats why we follow whatever happens in the USA. The USA is important but it is not the same country we looked up to and admired anymore. American politics is like a civil war these days. I find your excuse for being self absorbed lame. It is like wearing ignorance as a badge of honor.
That's funny I'm Aussie but most American I met were pretty good dudes I mean you get along with some types of people and others you don't I think that's the same every where. We get shit loads of European back packers in aus and I've found a lot of them are a bit two faced I think it's a European kind of superiority complex
I kind of get that vibe from Europeans as well. Maybe it is because their civilizations are older so they feel like they are more cultured than us colonials. They seem to like telling me how much better everything in Europe is. The U.S. has many problems and no one here thinks we are better.
Australians are just as low as Americans though.
@@Prairielander well I would think Europeans are a bit bitter for no reason. No one in the USA had bad opinions of Europe and think of it as a nice tourist destination. But Europeans seem to be obsessed about the USA until they come here (a German friend of mine visited here and was amazed by the nature, amazing Universities and the ability to own big houses and the vastness of the suburbs) and like seeing what's possible. The US has a lot of negatives but the positives seem to only be understood when experienced and lived.
Yes Europeans definitely do have a superiority complex. They think they are "superior" to the country that basically rules over them and owns them as vassal states. That takes a lot of chutzpah as the Jews say to think you are above your rulers lol.
This is almost a bad reflection on the Dutch.
I heard a LOT of Hate, xenophobia and Intolerance
They just repeat what they hear in their media.
Ding Ding Ding.
a dissappointing amount of thought behind their opinions:(
How about opposite way around. All America think is spouted from its own Chanel’s and in Europe we have a diverse history of blowing it each other up over our horrendously different views on litterly everthing.
Lol. The irony of an American saying that. Americans truly have no self-awareness. It's incredible.
Lmao! Like you do?
Trump, chaos - they're not wrong! But Dutch people talking about racism is truly a rich irony
I don't agree that Donald Trump was the sole purpose of our problems, but there was chaos when he and Biden were in office.
Yes 4 years of a President who talked to people and negotiated peace while carrying respect that prevented bad actors from starting wars was annoying. The record breaking best known economy was a drag as well. biden by contrast has tanked the economy, given us record breaking inflation, opened the southern border and created an unthinkable humanitarian crisis with human trafficking, terrorism and drugs. Oh and wars popping on the daily but, some pawn on news said Trump was bad and biden is good so...I'll just repeat that without reviewing the facts.
And now that Mr "Netherlands First" Geert Wilders won the last election the Dutch are getting defensive about having given the most votes to someone just like Trump. Welcome to the 21st century, when everyone must live through such a nightmare and remember the time they harshly judged others for having to live through a similar fate.
Have you slept through entire 2020-2021???
I'm not sure what kind of Chaos Trump caused? but we do have a lot of chaos under the Bidens, we are being invaded at the southern border and those illegal migrants are causing chaos in Chicago and NY...do you not see that though?
As an American this makes me so sad. We do have some incredibly bad problems in our country but there are beautiful little towns with delicious bakeries, farmers' markets with fresh foods and fantastic restaurants and bars. We are also overall very caring people. We like to talk to everyone and are interested in hearing about their lives. It is not just soul-less malls with parking lots. I think we are such a big country with over 230M people, so hard to understand exactly who we are, because we are incredibly diverse.
Sorry to inform you that I think the bakeries in the US are all very terrible, all too much artificial sweeteners and colors, awful colors--bright blue and orange and red colored cakes. Please try visit any European country and try their bakeries, if you want to know really delicious bakeries.
@@maxyma2889 There are many bakeries using organic flours with dairy products from small dairy farms. Unless you have been everywhere in the US, you don't know the delicious foods we can produce. I live in large metropolitan area and have literally hundreds of bakeries to choose from. I'm not saying bad bakeries don't exist here, they do but I don't go to them. I've been all over Europe in multiple countries - France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and others and the foods I choose to purchase here are on the same level of quality. You unfortunately have not had the opportunity to try the quality foods we do have.
You don't even know the population of your own country and as for your bakeries? Don't even get me started on what you call coffee over there.
@@joanneburford6364 Ha Ha! Yes, 320-350 Million! I reversed the numbers. Starbucks is not great, I agree! Italy has the best coffee!
This is very true. I cannot even buy good bread here unless I go to one specific store. @@maxyma2889
I don't think it's only the Dutch who view the United States in this way. From various polls I've seen, it seems most Europeans (and Australians and New Zealanders and many others around the world) think the same about the US.
Damn bruh that seems like a them problem 🥱
@@haminllano6547 Occam's Razor bruh Occam's Razor.
Most of the world see United States like this video depicts, the rest of "America" (the real America, Latin America) do think the same as the Dutchies
It’s ok, Americans feel the same way about them as well.
@@matiaslauriti”the real American”? Oh, child, your ignorance is simply astounding. 😂
Interesting how they really do not know much about America. Culturally and politically these people are ignorant. America has led the world in helping and being involved with many countries.
@@paulgoodner2687 Your comment is extremely ignorant. The USA is a cancer on the world
I love the Dutch! Always direct and honest.
Yes but they were only about 50% correct on their criticism
And they are upset when you tell direct and honest things about them. 😂
Sounds duplicitous, doesn't it?
They were right on all except that trump was bad president
Very interesting! Thanks for giving their unfiltered opinions.
Glad you appreciate the unfiltered part. I was a bit surprised by the mostly negative reactions. I feel it's mostly aimed towards the politics of America though and to a much lesser extent the people. I think generally the Dutch are quite open to receiving and mingling with American people and I don't think there's a big if any negative stigma towards American individuals, generally. That said, it seems there's more of that still then I initially thought.
We should have let the Nazis walk over them. We live under a rock. I like that.
They would not be alive today.
Who cares?
dutch with filters😂😂😂😂 funny
I'm glad I didn't have to go there to find out I am not welcome. Nice.
dude the dutch are known for thinking they are better than every1 else. theyve gone deep with it by now. its like a country wide personality disorder. lots of europe is a bit bitter toward america. understandable. we are the descendents of their throwaways, and look at what we became. this is why we need to crush our involvement with globalism. its dragging us down. we need to leash the elite abusing our capitalism. if u want to travel to europe, germany is ok. europeans dont smile and wave. theyre cold and bitter. but theyll answer any questions or help u if in need. england, scottland, wales, ireland, will all be pretty friendly. france is rude. spain is ok sometimes. portugal rude. holland very rude. swiss depends. finland and sweden arent rude. italy used to be rude, probably depends where u go. and everywhere u go ull of course get exceptions. but dont count on too many in holland:) my family is obnoxious, even here in america. echos of being dutch i guess. but i love how its just cnn koolaid opinions. funny. i expected more. when we left, pride was in our quality of work and being good. thrifty. sensible. now, im not sure what theyre proud of. even though germany took advantage of it, holland is very free imo. dutch dont like being told what to do, nor do they need it. thats why they dont have big political systems. but they need to get rid of their outsiders trying to unravel their culture. perhaps thats the reason for the hostility
You would probably be treated better in France, and that's saying something.
@@ascendant95 You seem like an uneducated fool.
It's not like that, this is the just general idea that Europeans have of the U.S., matured over the most scandalous news that has reached their ears. Then you meet an American and you realize "ah but so they have normal people too" ... "Oh they are nice too"
But honestly this could have happened also if they interviewed me, I would have said, "No, I don't like their ruling class, I don't like the all-hands-on-deck mentality, I don't like shootings, Christian fundamentalists, riots and karens."
But the truth is that your country (which, by the way, I envy you because from the tundras to the deserts it is beautiful) you have a lot of exceptional people, but this unfortunately comes with lots of exceptionally bad people
@@hyperpony4865 Well I am probably one of the "bad people" in your mind. I've noticed that Europeans don't like anyone that doesn't agree with them.
It’s the media and social that makes the US look bad. The US has it’s issues but every country has their own issues. Everyone isn’t racist. People carry guns where I live including myself. I don’t live in fear. People are nice and respectful as well.
If it were not for America these people would be goose stepping
I hate how foreigners hate us
Then they ask for our help.
@@kellyapp6544 and mooch off of us while they criticize us, i mean, if Europeans are to be criticized, it’s mooching off their ‘Allie’s’
@noahrice6671, then perhaps we ought to think about what we export in terms of movies, music, t.v., and news? We aren't showing our best side, so it isn't a surprise that many people have a distorted view of the U.S.
@@thisorthat7626 yeah, cause when I think of a popular movie or tv show, a European one never comes to mind. Also, it’s actually very surprising that people criticize the U.S. when there’s plenty of European countries to criticize. Like Germany because of their stupid environmental decisions and the suppressing of the Low Saxon language. Or France for it’s rude people and it’s history of taking advantage of other countries (France still does take advantage of other countries). Literally any European country could be criticized. What about the fact that you Europeans straight up just say the n word?
@@noahrice6671Who is suppressing the Low Saxon language? She is officially protected, as are 5 others.
The Dutch are interesting people but unfortunately very limited in seeing the world (America) only through politics...life here in the USA is so much more.
As an American I didn't feel upset about this because a lot of it was true and some of it was to cliche-ish . For example , yea, a lot of Americas are obese but theres also a huge health movent in the US . People are running , working out , watching what they eat now more then they ever have. They are right about how divided we are and it is scary.
Klagen over de levensstijl van Amerikanen als je met een peuk wegloopt is toch wel next level :)
Haha ja goed gespot 5:41
😂 true
Ach daarna gaat hij bier zuipen en bitterballen vreten en na afloop naar de FEBO. 's ochtends een boterham met hagelslag. Super gezond dat Nederlandse dieet!
The thing about America is that it’s so big, and people forget the vastness of the country. They’re not lying about what they’re seeing. But it’s very easy to find a place to your liking. There are small towns where you can go around on a bike. There are big cities too. There is every climate, from jungles to deserts. America is basically like 50 different countries. For all the obesity there is here, there’s a lot of fitness fanatics as I can see at my always full gyms. Sure, there is bigotry, but again, that is everywhere and at the same time, it depends on the communities you go to.
Yes be selective. You can find what you want in America.
This is why I say that we (USA) should leave NATO.
Yes they and all bases should evacuate. No more influence in Europe and the Middle East, which would also force Israel to make peace.
@@arnodobler1096That's fine by me.
@@ernst91 me too, and most European and ....
Maybe part of the reason they're criticizing you is because you throw a tantrum the minute someone criticizes you.
Europeans are blunt but not offensive or vicious. Americans on the other hand are opposite, they are not blunt but are offensive or vicious. Both their internal and external politics is good indication.
This is why I like visiting many of the east and southeast Asian countries more than the European countries. I've never had an east or southeast Asian insult me just because I'm an American. European culture is so snobby and self-righteous at times. In the Asian countries, I appreciated them and they appreciated me. I can't say the same when I visited a European country.
They're self righteous until Russia starts acting up. Then they're like children lmao
Most of them believe the US can be easily traversed in a short amount of time while vacationing 😂
Bro, I prefer european culture instead of american culture. And plus, america doesn't even have a culture.😂😂.
@@miguelchavez8347 Bro, you're wearing jeans and a t-shirt, listening to American music, maybe going to Starbucks or McDonald's later. American culture to Hispanics is like water to fish.
@@miguelchavez8347 not true. We have our own writers like Mark Twain and Harper Lee. Jazz music and bluegrass. Baseball. You may not like American culture. But it doesn't mean we don't have one. Besides, east and southeast Asian culture is superior to the snobby European culture anyway. But you do you.
US is the most divesre country in the world .. each state is unique in culture , accent and landscape .. they have all the major climate ecology there , Tropical , subtropical , desert , tundra , forests ..etc ... the beached there are suburbs ( so underrated and can be comparable to southern france and spain) , the National Parks can beat any european country in terms of nature , wilderness and landscape . the sheer size of the country and the richness of the activities keeps you buzzy and your schedule will be full. visited twice , hope I could visit soon , cheers from Saudi Arabia.
3:08 - 3:16
It takes us over three hours to drive a car through the middle of nowhere and we STILL aren’t in another STATE.
How tf are they talkin about trump? It’s been 3 years since he’s been in office. They act like Americans are the ignorant one
Knock current trump supporters still are ignorant!
MAGA!
Trump is still at it and could be in office again, so he's not a gone by thing of the past...
Yet, many of the population still want this retarded clown as President!!
How do you explain that ?
Americans still bring up WW2 when talking to Germans. And that was more than three years ago.
As a Dutch person, I felt a little embarrassed here. Something about glass houses.
Though I think many complaints about the US are very valid, and americans will be helped by realizing how much influence they have been projecting across the world for good and bad.
There are 330 million Americans. Only about 200 of those people have anything to do with the Federal government on a major level. I'm blown away at the ignorance of most Europeans. We actually came from this stock? Embarrassing. You should feel embarrassed Duncan. You're almost as obnoxious as Canadians.
Isn't it little arrogant on your part that you think we should "be helped" to think like you. We don't want to agree with everybody all the time. We can get along in spite of our differences. If I go to the Netherlands, I expect the Dutch to be a little rude, a little serious, a little critical. I want to experience the Dutch as they are. It's part of your "charm."
Some good points. Americans can't please everyone.
@@daylightmoon7285 If you want to put the heavy criticisms in a more constructive/positive perspective, then you would be helped by knowing it's likely the result of decades of american exports and exposure. It's not that people outright dislike the US or Americans, it's the overexposure, especially the toxic way in which media companies operate, that eventually leads to these criticisms.
What is so heavy about what I said? The heavy criticism was by the Dutch. Did you listen to the video? "I'm just being honest." @@duncandl910
What brutal honesty. Some of these are spot on.
As an American I have to say they are absolutely correct 😢
most of the people in this video have not been to the US so they are just going on what they see on tv or online. they are generalizations and it is never good to generalize an entire nation that is as large and diverse as the US. the great thing about being American is we don't care what other countries think about us. 😘😘
USA is the most diversed country on the planet earth and they(dutch) think we have trouble living together. Lol
we're pretty united under this illegal immigration!
love the smoker talking about Americans being unhealthy and the overweight guy concerned about our obesity problem. some really good perspective although i don’t think we’re all loud 😂
The irony of judging Americans based on popular television seems to be lost on these brilliant academics.
Cliched as it may be, what I appreciate about Americans is their friendliness, directness which some dislike, their independent spirit, their can-do attitude despite risks of failures.
Similar to certain other races or older civilisations with longer histories of culture, traditions and / or conflict, Europeans understand the necessity of public goods like healthcare, education, etc., and r more nuanced.
However, whether good or bad, they r never really open to outsiders and perspectives outside their cultural norms.
"i think they're self absorbed and feel superior'' im not american but that coming from germanic people thats like wooow ok
I like the fact that Dutch people are real, they would not lie. But they are also very respectful towards others. I have been there many years ago.
Interesting . I'm an American living in Brazil for the last 11 years . Some of the comments ring true : living under a rock ( we generally know little about other cultures and countries ) and the rise of Trump , who is certainly not my cup of tea . But America is so large and diverse that it's hard to generalize much . New York is almost a different world than Arkansas , which is very different from New Hampshire . I think that Americans are generally friendly and open . Brazil is a wonderful country and Brazilians , for example , are extremely friendly and easy to approach , but of course there are certain problems here as well ( crime in urban areas , inequality ) . Thanks for the interviews .
It was a general question about the first things that come to mind. Of course you will get generalized answers and the most ridiculous aspects.
Claro que eu sei - falei Americans porque geralmente as pessoas dos EUA são chamado Americans . Quantas vezes alguém chamou você de Americano ? @@Yaxlam
E por acaso , um dos entrevistados falando do Americanos fez referência ao Brasil ? @@Yaxlam
E , falei mal do Brasil ? @@Yaxlam
@@Yaxlam South-American, not American.
If it wasn't for America, Europe would've been done for! If it wasn't for America, the world would be screwed. America needs to focus on itself, and let Europeans fend for themselves!
Well I know where not to visit and spend my money thank you for the Travel assessment. Amazing I think they are reflecting their own personality’s because every foreigner I know loves Americans!
I would definitely still go because unlike these people, I have an open mind.
i agree. ill spend my money in deutschland and other interesting european places. if i wanted to go somewhere im hated all the time, id stay home and hangout with libtrds😂
The comment about racism in the US...the word "apartheid" is a Dutch word. The Dutch were big colonizers and colonialism requires racism as part of the subjugation of the indigenous peoples. And many Dutch are proud of their colonialism, and the wealth of the country was greatly enriched by it.
Right, but there are no reservations for Indians in the Netherlands
Here we go again with Whites of whatever nationalities tearing into each other about "racism" and "colonialism". Give it a rest already. The far left is using this crap to destroy the West. Brainwashed guilt is a powerful racist weapon against a people.
@@fdfmfdf6399Because they didn't invade Netherlands... Your point falls flat on its head. Did Dutch mistreated colonized territories or not?
"Apartheid" is not Dutch but Afrikaans.
@@PimpofChaos Yes, they did. But they did not set reservations for Indonesians in Indonesia
I don't know much about Holland, but I do know that thousands of people are constantly trying to sneak into the USA.
Not from Holland
@@stefankapanski3210 Yeah but from Europe as a whole for sure!
The average American can't even point out Holland on a map. It's a pathetic, irrelevant country held up by an American company.
“Bad lifestyle” as he smokes a cigarette.
"They have their own little world."
The little world population: 335,000,000 people
Regular world : 8 milliard people. Little world 0.35 milliard people. Makes sense?
With many leaving in droves or have already left that cesspool😂 try again😊
@@tw4943 the U.S population has grown literally every single year it's existed. If so many people are leaving, that probably wouldn't be the case. Try again.
I wasn't expecting that. 05:22, lol ! Thanks for the laugh! 🦉
Breaking: people talk shit about each other.
if thats the way you feel about us then go fight your next war you get in without our help
What war? Did you forget it was the Netherlands that helped the US fight in Iraq and Afghanistan?
@@ahsokatano5798you all only wanted in on the oil in Iraq but you seem to forget WWI and WWII. guess its true you EU dont mind having Americans fighting and dying for them
Says the one with European roots
@@BritishIsleBoy24i have native American roots also fool
@@BritishIsleBoy24 i have more Native American in me then European
It was funny when Santa said Americans are obese😂
Because 70-80% of the Americans are now morbidly obese.
First of all, I would not comment on a country I have never visited. And the two men calling Americans obese were rather heavy themselves!! I’ve been to Europe and I’m happy I live in the US.
Everyone *is* trying to get rich in America, but it's not because we're so consumed with greed for more money, it's so we can afford the things every other country already gets for free
@fatherson5907 I forget that people can't make comments on here without being personally attacked by someone with a 5th grade education. If you knew anything about collective bargaining or the administrative costs associated to keep huge insurance companies in business, instead of having a single payer system, you'd understand that it's not me who's robbing you. You're being bent over by your insurance company already, and I'm glad because you seem like you deserve it
@fatherson5907 I consider it a *personal attack* when someone says I'm trying to steal from other people, not when they try to make some half-baked point about something they know nothing about.
Congratulations on your insurance premium, but overall, the U.S. paid about $4.5 trillion or $13,493 per person in 2022, whereas the U.K. averaged about 3,236 British pounds per person, or $4,417.47. So if you're paying $83 a month or $996 a year,, you're actually the one mooching off our broken system because you'd have to pay your fair share for healthcare in taxes somewhere else. That's about $5,331.03. Furthermore, when I say "free," it's more of a catchall term for a public program. Anyone with an ounce of wit would know people don't literally mean free. Insurance is just one service in this country that should be public. There are countless others
@fatherson5907 Please also know that I'm not wasting any more time on here explaining shit to you. So say whatever you want to say, but I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you
I am an American of Dutch descent among other things.Most Americans are not far leftists.We don’t want to be Holland or Sweden.So these Dutch people can ride their bikes and enjoy themselves!
No comparison.
Having lived in a mostly Dutch American city (Grand Rapids) area for many years, I would be hard pressed to stay within posting guidelines for a people group and give an opinion on Dutch Americans. Their lack of generosity to others who are not Dutch is legendary.
Well we know more about the world then a lot of Americans actually
I live about 2 hours from Grand Rapids ..... I must say - I HATE that city.... snobby people - lousy Airport and Republican AF.
@@-_YouMayFind_-Which Americans? We don't have a population of 7 million like you and I guarantee most Europeans don't know sh,t outside their very small American protected world!
@@csnide6702Republicans are friendlier than democratic cities do some research
@@-_YouMayFind_- Than
Good let them fight the world. I'm sick of it.
Spot on! As an American I appreciate their honesty. I agree with almost everything said. We Americans are too self-absorbed and fat. The comments on sports and the fans were great! Thanks for the great reporting! I will try to do better and promise to speak softer. 😜❤
"I will try to do better and promise to speak softer". You are pathetic. Listen to yourself. You should get married and share your wife with everyone who needs a release. That's what you're made of.
Most of these comments are true but the lady saying we have such heavy racism is wrong.
I don't think they realize that there's a huge group of african american people who fit into a perfect stereotype that makes a ton of people disrespect them. Basically being brash, poor, and sketchy. it's a horrible hole they fall into and it's very hard to get out of. I have to act happy despite the huge amount of people that would be afraid to even walk on the same side of the road as me just by my image being remembered for theivery/gang image, hood behavior, and just the general awkward standoffish feeling towards someone living a much harder life than you. Minorities like Indians and African groups of Britian have a completely different image over there. America, any black guy who has dread lochs, tattoos, darker skin, and isn't acting refined and happy is immediately associated with gas stations, 90s Los Angeles low rider culture, jail, guns, gangs, and the crime of having the image of the people who can't escape the torment caused by them existing. It's so sad, and is extremely different to people in Netherlands who if ever there are minorities, they are either racist, or extremely fine with them because it's basically themselves but with darker skin.
Netherlands hasn't the faintest clue about American culture and what it means, what we went through to get to where we are, how there's so much more passed the fast food signs, huge miles and miles of neighborhoods, amusement lands like Disney or Universal. It's all charming to me...well not the fast food signs and whole highway off ramp food centers that have nothing else around but highway 50 and forests. But everything else, and how it changes with the different times. It's not just always a eerie dystopian 12:00 hot summer fast food chain. It could be raining at sunset when you go through a McDonald's drive through on the way to a concert, or Winter and snowing at a Wendys in Manhattan. It's just bad product LITERAL placement as in land placement. These companies marketing at extremely popular destinations for people on trips up north or downsouth. It's not that dystopian when 60% of society is a family of 5 who need a quick bite to eat. America has by far the most types of food to choose from out of any other place. Amplified with foreign groups starting family owned restaurants in shabby store lots off town main roads with like a Subway, asain take out place with two seats inside a quant room but has amazing food and so is extremely popular despite the condition that appears cheap and messy (A super american thing), then some Publix, Lions, or I don't know something else. Basically modern malls are these open facade restaurants and shops off the sides of a highway because the USA is 2.5 percent asphalt which is an insane number out of 100% when you think about it.
So no they would never understand any background except a silly country with idiots and fat people, who live in dystopian food places everywhere.
Let’s see how the Dutch feel about America when the Islamization of that doomed society is complete!
Now go ask their grandparents how they feel about Americans, and you will get totally different answers. If it was not for the U.S. and British Soldiers, they would be part of Germany. As for discrimination, who were the people who went to South Africa and started Apartheid, or what about the Dutch Jewish population. So I belive there is a saying about glass houses. The Dutch don't have the greatest track record either so maybe stay in your lane and not judge others.
Well....american media did their job very well....
As an American I was in Rotterdam with another shipmate having a beer at a local pub. When the locals found out we were American they kept mentioning “America is like Jerry Springer show” and wouldn’t stop. I was pretty amused. Then they asked us to play a game where nails are pounded in a thick piece of wood. Everyone got one shot at a time with the hammer. Last nail that was driven in bought a round of beers. I kinda got the impression they were convinced the Americans would lose and be buying drinks. That wasn’t the case. To make matters worse apparently they were carpenters as I heard the boss of one guy say to another I thought you said you’ve hammered nails before? It was hilarious 😆
As an American, I’m quite surprised to find out that they know so much about our politics like the democrats and republicans… and meanwhile we know nothing about Europe or the rest of the world
@gytan2221, say what? That’s crazy talk. I’m 62 and have been to Europe a score of times (have literally lost count). The first trip was for three months. Several were for a month. In 2022 I spent five months. I’m not that unusual. I’m not ashamed not knowing names of NL parties given there are so many and they have proportional representation and the present coalition has so many parties it could take months to negotiate terms for governance. But most any American can tell you the two major parties in the UK because like here two have dominated the scene for so long - and plenty of us know that Scottish nationalism and Brexit right wing parties have complicated the picture. There are hundreds of US study abroad programs (thousands?) where American students spend months at a time studying the history and culture of their host country. It would be interesting to know if ANY European university that systematically encourages students to spend months studying in the US. Every US university requires in depth study of aspects of European culture to graduate with any of dozens of common majors. Neither is true of European education. In my experience, a very high proportion of Euro travel “abroad” is Germans going to beaches in Spain and Brits going to ski in the Alps in February. (And a huge proportion of Brits going g to sunny Commonwealth island resorts.) All very fine, but it scarcely demonstrates a determination to be students of Spanish history or Swiss politics.
We know more than you think.
Lets face it for the most part they are inconsequential
Because you people are just dumb
They don’t complain about us providing defense to the whole continent. They don’t complain when they get to spend 1% of gdp on military and fund their social programs. They don’t complain when Americans burden the cost of drug discovery. It’s kinda ridiculous as an American that we spend more than the whole continent combined to help Ukraine when Russia poses no threat to us. Like a little damn appreciation would be nice.
You have to see the other side of the coin also. When looking at more recent history, from the POV of many Europeans, America is overly aggressive when it comes to starting wars. Invading Iraq for example under the guise of weapons of mass destruction which were never found. The Vietnam war is another example.
@@CultureCompassTV Ya, I think the criticism of interventionist foreign policy is fair and even here in the US there has been a isolationist push in wings of both parties. My point is that many Europeans are quick to have critique our military when it’s convenient, but when our interventionism has us setting up bases in European countries and essentially carrying the load for defending the the continent from Russian aggression there’s little acknowledgment. Also, this anti-American sentiment seems a lot more recent, within the last 20 years. If the issue was starting and funding wars, there would’ve been a greater anti-American sentiment in the mid to late 20th century. You mentioned Vietnam but you could add Korea, Central America, Afganistán in the 80s, and even the Gulf war. I appreciate your response, but it still seems kind of hypocritical from many Americans’ point of view.
Thomas russia poses a threat to the us! Russia and China can form a military coalition and China can help Russia take back Alaska as it says it wants to do! Any nation imposing war onto its neighbors to consolidate a past empire poses a threat to world peace!
70% BS sorry
@@fatherson5907 grow up boy
Racism is bad in the Netherlands as well, but they don't want to talk about it.
Of course we live in our own little world, we are miles away from yours
Their opinions are pretty much what the entire world thinks about United States americans
Haha, no. Places in real danger from their enemies love the US. Almost like Western Europe has become ungrateful from being carried by the US for so long. Poland, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Kosovo, and Ukraine all love the US.
The dude is very right about the RUclips channel Not Just Bikes. I already knew about the lack of paid vacation, the terrible healthcare, the mad politics, crime and violence, easy access to drugs, school shootings etc. But once I watched Not Just Bikes, i realised that the country itself will never be child friendly nor simple living friendly. I knew then that it was never my kind nor will it ever be.
90% of the United States is covered in kind people who live simply and just want to raise their kids and live their lives. Don't let the image the media portrays trick you, their job seems to be to divide people and not just in a particular country but the whole world. Come visit sometime, I'll show you. :)
Sm agree! I've disliked the American character since age 13 when I learned about Scandinavia! Now in old age I'm looking to leave America!
I would never recommend the US to a friend as it stands, or any of the west really. None of the West is child friendly which is why nowhere in any of the west are people having children.
@@oldfogey4679
Scandinavia is changing unfortunately. It's becoming a different place due to radical politics.
Not just bikes is a pessimisstic loser who self depricates for european validation
Have to admit the accents were pretty good
Europe deal with US in peae: i HaTe yOU
Europe deal with US in war: sir pls sell me some weapons for our soldiers pls
Not really the way it goes but funny still
@@Kaltar_ It's literally happening right now with Ukraine.
@@dfdf-rj8jr Pick up a history book, jethro. It's time you finally started to get an education.
@@sunkintree Lmao Eurotrash, got an actual counterargument?
I have been to the US some times and I found americans very nice and friendly people. They have their own culture and we have to respect their way of life, which is good and bad in different aspects, as any other culture. And we can not compare large countries as the US, Brazil, Russia, China, India, with imense territories and population, where all kinds of good and bad stuffs happens all the time in great speed, with small countries that few things happen. Big countries have no time to know about other countries because we are always dealing with own affairs, and they are much.
The last sentence is BS.
I have met many americans in Europe and when u speak to them face to face, they are very nice people. However, this can be said for 99 percent of all people of this planets. Its very hard to visit a country where normal people is not nice.
I have a Dutch pen pal. We've been writing for 40 years.!
When I visited her, she once said that she thinks CEOs should be paid the same as the janitor. I did a spit take. I'm an entrepreneur and ran my own company for 30+ years. She said you'd work just as hard wouldn't you. What?! Hell no. I take all the risk, live, eat and breath my business and get paid the same as someone that didn't. I think that more collective viewpoint leads to less entrepreneurial natures. But, they do like IPhones.
As a person that lives in the country I think it's very crowded there.
When she visited me I said no problem to giving her a ride from S. IL to Ohio. Later she told me she couldn't believe how long a drive it was. I didn't think anything of it. LOL When I was a kid I thought it was so exotic when she vacationed all over Europe, but it wasn't any different than me going to Indiana. :)
I'm grateful to have her as a friend.
It’s very much different traveling between states with similar culture and the same languages than traveling different countries wtf.
@@imGeistevereint If you think the states have similar cultures you don't understand anything about the United States. The country is as big as the whole of Europe, with different cultures that have formed, from different types of immigrants. Northern states like Minnesota had immigrants from Scandinavia, while other parts were mostly made up of French, Dutch, Germany, English people. Then there are states that have been influenced by the Italians and Irish that came later. These places are very different. Hell, even the climate and terrain has an effect on the culture. If you think New York, Minnesota, Kentucky and Texas are similar in culture, you don't know what you're talking about. There are more differences in culture between these states than differences between the Netherlands and Germany. As a Dutch person, I always roll my eyes when I hear Dutch people talk about the USA. They don't have a clue what they're talking about.
@@WhoopsieDayZ Ive been to the US on multiple occasions since I got family out there and it is not the same buddy.
I guess these people forgot who bailed them out of WW2.
Yep, the Canadians did, sorry m8
@@fredvrijhof3870 Search Up Pre World war 2 Plans. 😂
@@fredvrijhof3870 Canada has no military to speak of, because we pay for your defense.
@Kongeriget_Danmark Stalin said on numerous occasions that had the US not helped the USSR, Hitler's Germany would have won the war. Those countries all played a role, but they were secondary to the US. Anyone who has studied the conflict can see this.
@Kongeriget_Danmark Bullshit lmao. Stalin said himself that had the US not helped the USSR, Hitler's Germany would have won the war. Plain and simple, straight from the horses's mouth.
Very interesting video. I am an Italian, I was just curious to see what other Europeans think about the US, and I can confirm you that here it's almost the same. Many people at my age don't like the US at all, they are ashamed and some, like me, a bit scared. Guess I am really, really lucky to be born in the Old Continent. Much love, Dutches!
I am hoping there will be a day when Americans realize how hated they are by Europeans and respond by pivoting away from the continent entirely.
Your views of Americans have likely been fashioned by your exposure to vulgar social media, such as youtube, Hollywood and NYC based television production. What you likely do not know is that these sources are themselves elitist and anti-American. Only in America would nationally based media who are openly and seditiously contemptuous of the very people under whom they function, be allowed to function without widespread opposition.
Many people here your age don't like the US. Can we ship them to you?
@@stevendubberly8106 that just leaves you aging nationalists...in 50 years, Europe could colonize it again!
@@julianmarsh8384 Hi Julian....You are going to get your global utopia....for a while anyway. Enjoy while it lasts. :)
Cool. For my next vacation, I was deciding between Amsterdam and Portugal. Portugal it is!
Before you make any bookings please check any available videos on what the people of Portugal think of the US.
You might be surprised to know they have a similar opinion of the Americans as the Dutch do. After all, Portugal is also part of the EU like the Netherlands, and people across the EU have exactly the same opinion of the Americans - as very close minded, self centered, loud, boastful people.
You have to wear wooden shoes hereand ride a bike that's even more reason's.
And if you wanne know about the Netherlands don't go to theme Parc Amsterdam.
@@statesman01 That's what the media brainwashes them to think. I think Portugese are more intelligent and rational than Dutchies though. Less of a superiority complex too. When someone who perceives themself to be superior realizes that they are not, they lash out like this.
Your comment says it all. The Netherlands is NOT Amsterdam.
It had to be a Donna 🙄
Thing is we all have the same enemies. It's not the people it's the system.
I’m not going to take offense to this but America is my country, I’m proud to be an American, and we are the ones that are nice compared to other people in other countries who take advantage of America and Americans.
These people watch too much TV.
They accurately identified a lot of problems here in the U.S. but had almost nothing favorable to say. That's like walking into the Cistine Chapel and saying well there's a garbage can over there in the corner, it stinks of rubbish, oh and on this wall over here i see a few paint chips and then there's a scuff mark over there on the floor and....
Maybe comparing USA to the *Sistine Chapel isn't where you should be starting from?!
Our media projects the worst of us, world wide. The world mainly see us through the perspective of TV shows like Cops, Wive's of xxx, Politically leaning CNN or Fox or fake court shows. What are they supposed to think?
Welcome to europe (or at least germany)! It is quite normal here to point out the negatives first and maybe don't even mention the positives. The way I see it, our communication culture here is based on guilt and shame.
What positives? Most positives in the US derive from being lucky enough to live in one of the good states (like what, 5 out of 50?)
@@sunkintree All states are good states.
say the people whom just voted for "Donald" Wilders...................
They in fact are entitled to paid time off and health care. They pay for it and voted for it. They call people lazy who don’t get shit done in the scheduled work hours. And what you call lazy they call work life balance.