Europe is Pretty Great
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2024
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Happy Europe Day everyone!
HAPPY EUROPE DAY 🇪🇺🇪🇺
Same!
Your channel is great, keep telling the truth, it's the best you can do!
Happy European Day from someone living in the USA but I greatly Europe and the European people.
I think, i don't know a better EU/Europe critic on youtube. Well made, fitting video.
Happy Europe Day.
FYI!!
You don't understand how great Europe is until you decide to travel outside Europe.
Facts
Very very true
usa better than europe
@@pejuangyutub6703 That's your opinion. Either you are a European or just an American which waving is that ugly flag in our face again, it's subjective. That is why Europe is so great, we tolerate these kinds of opinions.
China's infrastructure, especially tier-1 cities, is better than Europe. And the city is safer.
If this channel hated or didn’t care for Europe, it wouldn’t exist. Bringing Europe’s problems to light in an unbiased levelheaded way is the only way to deal with them.
Happy Europe Day from America. 🇺🇸
I couldn't agree more. You don't improve condition of any society by ignoring its issues and talking about how awesome everything is.
here here
And the same goes for our own republic. We need more levelheaded public discussions to deal with all we face - both on and between continents.
Happy Europe Day from across the pond. 🇺🇸
Proud to be a European and Italian and thankful to life for giving me this privilege.
Eu is the greatest place on earth. Its hard to see Gold if you are sitting on it.
tra una trentina d'anni non ci saranno più europei, fai te
It's great to see black people integrating in european societies
@@Leprofdesinnoh Thanks for sharing the story from your family! Maybe one day your IQ will rise from 45 points and you'll make a comment that makes any sense. Distinti saluti da Genova ;)
@@vincenzoc.1781 Are you implying that black people have lower than average IQs? This display of racism is truly shocking on a public platform, you should be ashamed of yourself.
I’m from Canada. I received Italian citizenship via family descent in 2018, and in 2021, I moved to Italy. Coming from North America, and now living in Europe for nearly 3 full years, I can emphatically say that I love Europe, and I am proud to be a European citizen.
… and we are proud to have you here. Happy 🇪🇺 day from 🇩🇪
Glad you like Europe 🇵🇹
@@hape3862 thank you!
@@santostv. indeed!
Having commuted between the US and Europe for decades... I love the US, but Europe is much better, safer, less poverty, less homeless, more tolerant (usually), higher standard of education (pre-university), higher standard of living for more people, less crime, way better employment laws, etc. Europe rocks!
i was born in france and grew up in germany, while my parents are iranian and came here as students. i've always felt german/french and european. some people don't accept that and i'm sometimes struggling to come to terms with this feeling of being different, but it doesn't change my identity. im am european and im committed to it. i don't know anything else
For the first time in all of history, the European nations are united in peace, and that is just a few decades after being the theater of the bloodiest war in human history. It's easy to take things for granted but we should remind ourselves of how we live in prosperous times.
there is a literal, conventional war in ukraine rn
@@pewienczlowiekag3111people have really short memories now
the whole thing's disappeared from the media, avg person isn't interested in this stuff, so they don't care
@@pewienczlowiekag3111 He's talking about the EU
@@meneither3834 he says since war. Eu didn't exist before the war.
What? A war you say? In Ukraine?
I thought people wouldn't have any trouble understanding that it meant that *most* of Europe is at peace, but it seems I was mistaken.
I travelled extensively through Americas (north and south), various Asian countries and a bit in Africa. My conclusion is simple; Europe is by far the best continent to live in. Sure there are areas for improvement and not all European countries are as well organised but overall no other country comes even close.
To me making this argument is comparable to going to one guy who lives sustainably and see they can't afford much and go to another house who has a completely unsustainable lifestyle and then conclude the second guy is the one to be like. If it's not sustainable then its not worth advocating for, and a system where the population can only maintain their standard of living by relying on people who are generally homophobic, antisemitic and just generally sexist seems to me to be a tad ridiculous. No one I've talked to really disagrees with that description of what's going on besides saying its a bit "unfair" without actually making a specific criticism, but most go out of their way to ignore what the outcome of this will be over a long enough timeline which to me seems obvious.
Average European can’t afford such a travel
Take a look at salaries in Italy or Germany or French
Would take years of saving
@@abdiganiaden Nonsense. Germans are travel world champions.
@@Carthodon "No one I've talked to really disagrees with that description …" - Has it ever occurred to you that they have already realized that you are mentally disturbed and that any answer other than "a bit unfair" would be pointless?
@@hape3862 Then you should have an obvious argument against one of the following:
1. Birth rate among native born citizens will continue to be below replacement in every country.
2. Immigration will continue to be primarily from the nearest countries with a growing population which in Europe's case are going to be the Middle East and North Africa.
3. You still need a minimum ratio of workers to retired to make these policies work.
4. Immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa are going to continue to be illiberal due to Islam.
That's all you really need to believe that what's going on in Europe is inevitable and the degree to which you people are unable to handle such a simple and straightforward conclusion from a small number of points that are very unlikely to change. I don't think you do actually have anything and are just hoping I'm deranged because you don't like the conclusion.
As someone that grew up in the USA, I'm incredibly grateful that Europe exists, and is open to skilled workers/students like me. It's everything I've ever wanted that the US could never provide in terms of city design, public transit, policy etc. I look forward to growing old here, while contributing to the economy and trying to integrate as much as possible.
As an American also in Europe, I agree I’m happy to contribute my part and live here :)
Welcome!
Proud to be European.❤
Same here. It's been a while since I've heard something good about Europe ou home❤
Europe Day should be a government holiday and all european elections should be held on it.
Those who are content will never change the world. It is those who criticize a thing who are invested enough in wanting to improve it!
The difference between constructive criticism and negative criticism must be emphasized. But let us hope that we all strive for a better tomorrow constructively.
He isn’t giving constructive criticism but a doomer with USA mentality.
You can say the same about any other wealthy country in the world every wealthy nations are facing the same problems
@@santostv.
Japan isn't facing the problem of becoming a third world $hithole...
@@shantyclips6358 they are just dying in a couple generations and sk is even worse, is that you want for the eu.
We need controlled immigration but we still need them.
@@shantyclips6358 they are just dying in a couple generations and sk is even worse, is that you want for the eu.
We need controlled immigration but we still need them.
As someone who hasn’t been in Europe since I moved out 4 years ago, I really miss it
The thing I found is that when most of a country's citizens **criticize** their country, then the country is doing well.
As an American that is about to move to Europe, I love this channel! I think your content is excellent and informative. Keep up the good work!! 🇪🇺
Finally something good about Europe. I have been seeing so much negativity recently. We aren't doomed as people think.
long term we are screwed, tho
low birth rates,
mass immigration (ethnic and religious conflicts),
reliance on globalisation,
no full self-sufficiency, everything's all over the place, bureaucracy,
terrible education system,
popular unrest (incl farmers),
rise of nationalism and division,
economic mess (inflation, cost of living),
threat of war,
lack of religion,
nihilist, antisocial youth,
ideological divide between males and females,
late marriage,
falling IQ levels,
terrible and declining mental health,
I'm sure I forgot some.
Also, indecisive and irrational leadership. Endless political competition leading our region towards a downward spiral.
Edit: Also the Greenland problem
@@MrGnorts "I'm sure I forgot some"
Yep-Ignorant comments is a big omission.
@@MrGnortsname me a single developed country where those _aren’t_ a problem.
Regarding immigration, y’all need to start looking at how America dealt with its immigrant waves (Irish, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, etc.). Every story you tell about Turks or Syrians, we told 150 years ago about Irish and Chinese. The fact is, your experience isn’t new. It’s just new for _you._
@@davidblair9877 We dont want advice from a Americans you arent an ideal nation your nation is now a failure.
@@davidblair9877the USA is a melting pot, migrants don’t threaten Americans culture because migrants ARE American culture. Since the USA is a melting pot, it’s easy for migrants to just bring their home to the USA and add it to the already existing American culture.
A perfect example I love to use is American Chinatowns which can be found in every major city across the USA, basically like a small little Asia (China, Japan, Korea) inside of the USA. And Chinatowns are apart of American culture, you will not find an American city without a Chinatown. San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Houston, LA, Seattle , Boston, Jersey City etc all have their own Chinatown.
I love Europe 🇪🇺 I wish blessings and prosperity on Europe from the USA 🇺🇸 as an American born in Germany to a Polish diaspora family I think you guys are wonderful people with many great characteristics.
Yes Europe is great 🥰🥰🥰🥰. I love living in the EU.
Lived in europe for 14 months. Everything is picturesque and accountability is more visible. Where I come from people just turn a blind eye at blatant corruption... would even vote for children of dictators and treats politicians like movie stars. Europe is so great most especially if you've experienced living outside of it
i've always said that, Europe is the TOP of HUMAN DEVELOPMENT❤️🇪🇺🇮🇹
East Asia has more innovation patents than Europe and the US has more Nobel Prizes than Europe.
Nop, the White Ethnic EUROPEAN is!!! Europe is just apeace of land! Europeans made every place they occupie great(US, AU, EU)! Only the pure blooded European matters!!!
400 000 migrantie Meloni 😂a like insemination arabic ,Africa
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We must not take valid criticism as an insult, we should see it as an opportunity to improve our continent even more.
Slava Europei, maretei noastrei uniuni!
Expat?
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As Europeans I think we forget the luck we have to be part of this amazing union. We always find the issues with it as that is what we should aspire to do. However, we definitely should recognize the EU is our biggest blessing. Happy 74th EU
Europe may not be no 1 from an economic perspective, but it will always be no 1 in quality of life.
It's easy to forget your blessings when you've grown accustomed to them. Nearly every country in the EU is a much nicer place to live than most of the world.
Yes Europe is one of the greatest and most exciting political projects in history dear friend! That’s why we enjoy your videos so much 😊 Keep up the good work! 💪🏻🇪🇺👍🏻
Thank you Nicolas, and for your support! :)
As a person with a Chinese lineage living in Japan, learning about Europe and how its countries and regions have overcome various barriers/borders to form a unified yet highly diverse identity has planted an idea of a single East Asian identity deep inside me.
I can talk about how envious I am of Europeans for hours. In Asia (and I'm sure also pretty much all of the world except for Europe and its colony nations such as the US), ever since we came under the pressure to modernize at around 19-20th century, when we studied foreign books or ideas, that "foreign" only meant European. Despite the heavy geographical and historical connections between different East Asian countries, I feel like we've become so fixated on this idea of catching up the West that we've forgotten to properly look at each other, and now the biggest thing characterizing East Asian international sentiment is mutual hate.
It's not all bad though, if it was I wouldn't be able to hold this identity for too long. Past several decades of successive economic miracles and liberalizations, first in South Korea (1980s), then in Taiwan (1990s), and finally in China (2000s), have completely transformed economic and cultural dynamics of this region. Where it used to be only Japan and HongKong that had any international significance here until 1980s, now we have KPOP, Korean and Taiwanese electronics, and a Chinese economic domination in every sector. I vividly dream of a day when the remnants of Japanese colonialism, communist illiberal political systems, isolated bilateral dependence on the US can all be put in our museums and replaced by post-colonial, liberal democratic, multilateral alliances, and we can finally appreciate how similar yet wonderfully different we are.
I'm sure we'll get there some day. Happy Europe Day from East Asia!
But if we mix how we could remain diverse? It is only going to homogenize any difference that existed
China-much like Japan-depends on the US trade as well. And unlike Chinese, Japan has a favorable view of Americans. Unlike the raw hatred the Chinese have for us. Quit being anti American on an American made platform pls
Thanks!
@@Astronalta-ot6hoSoutheast asian culture is the oldest in the world. It's not not going to disappear just because people can move/communicate more freely.
@@Gewehr_3 I was referring to Europe. I don't care what the Asians do
Happy Europe Day! 🇵🇭❤️🇪🇺
I am sad that I didn't know this was a holiday. Thank you for pointing out these positive aspects, sometimes we dont appreciate what we have. I know the impact of negative comments, trust me. I am glad your content exists, keep going!
I don't live in Europe, but I certainly do love the continent, its many cultures, the sites I've seen, the ones I'm still aching to see, the marvels of what the European Union has accomplished, and so many other things about Europe… and I thoroughly enjoy your channel and your content, how you approach and bring such complex topics to the forefront, shining various shades of light where they need to be shone, because there's valid criticism to be made, however great Europe may be, if we want it to continue improving, so I really can't fathom why you'd be labeled as any of those hateful things! Man, we really need to grow thicker skin as a society, and learn how to have real, thought-inducing debate without shying away from complex realities and running to the false safety of derogatory label hurling, which solves nothing. Happy Europe Day!
¡Viva Europa 🇪🇺🇪🇸!
i am proud to be European !
🇪🇺Europe❤️
Europe IS great. Trying to make it better is a good thing.
As the youtuber, Dr Ludwig once said: every man has 3 cultural identities: regional, national and civilizational.
I am by region, Moldavian, by nation Romanian and by civilization, European. And im proud of all three identities equally.
And i hope yall are too. There is nothing wrong with being proud of your culture just as long as you let others be who they want to be and respect their decisions and merits (and criticise their fllaws).
🇪🇺Happy Europe day. 🇪🇺
Well said
Thank you for this video. It's high time we focused on the positives and what we can accomplish together in Europe.
Interesting how Europe magically ends on the Memel river, only to magically reappear down south. The Maritsa is also a rather interesting choice of frontier. Not to mention the weird bulge the Ukraine forms. Never knew Belarus was an “Asian” country… I was always taught Europe ends in the Urals, the more you know, this channel is amazing!
I was definitely thinking of commenting the other day that I didnt really like how negative your channel often is.
Europeans love complaining about Europe because they wish it was even better, and Americans love shitting on Europe because they’re afraid that it might actually be a better place to live.
So while it’s good to talk about the negatives, I also think it’s important to be careful about not contributing too much to some sort of anti-europe negativity bias that’s so common on the internet these days.
Europe is to enjoy life, the US is for highly ambitious people.
We don't actually shit on Europe that much. We have an entire political party who's position is basically to be like Europe. In contrast, all major political parties treat the word "american" as pejorative in describing a policy in Europe. The resentment from Europeans is pretty one directional and pervasive, showing up in the most random places like in board games referring to a genre as Ameritrash. Why this hatred is so consistent is something you should think about.
@@Carthodon
Most Americans and Europeans either don't care about each others or fantasize about each others.
The minority that actually hate each others, are just stupid losers needing attention. There is literally no reasons to hate each others.
Americans like it that way so let them but most don’t understand that the eu is a economic bloc a lot of them think the eu rules everything and that isn’t correct, there’s also some Europeans that give the usa sht on stupid stuff.
We can compete with the USA but eu nations would need to give up some sovereignty and that will never happen especially with Russia infiltrated promoting anti eu sentiment.
Tldr:USA mentality is different from eu mentality.
@@santostv. So I remember when I was in England in 2016 right after they voted to leave, and was surprised when the students I talked to said the UK wasn't a nation (or maybe a country? don't quite remember) but instead 4 nations which shared one government.
Now I recognize that there is a definition of nation being used here, but for most people it absolutely does not matter. If the EU becomes like the UK then it also would not matter to anyone outside of the EU, what would ultimately matter is who do you contact if you are a foreign government trying to engage in foreign policy, who holds the reigns of power?
It's absolutely true that currently that power is with the heads of state of the various countries. But what is weird to me is that it is incredibly obvious that the people running the EU want to make it one country, that they have been since the 90s, and that anyone outside the EU was both aware of this and completely unsurprised the direction it has gone than people who live within it.
Why does the thumbnail show Russia and Belarus as not part of Europe?
Europe is awsome because we have hundrets of diffrent cultures. EU is great, for allmost a hundred years and no wars between european countrys
The book he's referring to at the end is "The Strange Death of Europe" by Douglas Murray. It's a must read for all social-minded Europeans.
Europe has a lot on its plate. I think there are good times ahead for Europe, but competing with the USA and China will be very hard without reform and optimizing what the Union should be, whatever this may be.
The EU is an insanely cool project. Thank you for highlighting it. Europe has historically been such a war torn region so the fact that all the people here could come together to work for the common good while maintaining their sovereignty gives me hope for a future where all of the world can follow Europe's example. The fact that people in countries outside the EU speak about wanting to join the EU is also pretty cool when you think about it. Russia and China need to mobilise their militaries to force people to join them yet Europe is so attractive that people voluntarily want to join us.
Happy Europe Dayyy
If you study centrally and decentralized countries, you will understand why the EU has and will always have some challenges that cannot be solved optimally. In addition, it does not help that the EU's foundation is based on extensive rules and bureaucracy. Critical analysis is fine, but also positive. It is healthy for the dialogue you have. Just one thing, please remember that nothing is free. It is an illusion that health care is free.
As a fellow European who doesn't consider one particular nation his home but the whole union thank you for your videos!
Most of your videos cover all the trade-offs made to have progressive social democracies. We have a more aggressive green policy, causing farmer strikes. We are less business-friendly because of worker protections. Our taxes are higher because we provide more social services. Most are because we put people and equity before growth, slowing us down.
Still, you're looking at aggressive green policies, worker protections and more social services than most countries in the world.
I don't mind slipping into third place economically because Twitter cant lay off the 1000+ entire Dublin office on Elons whim, or now in Ireland we can't destroy our boglands to burn one of the most harmful fuels, turf, which I actually really miss but it is for the greater good.
Whenever I am down on stuff I see happening in Europe(EU more specifically), I always remind myself - it is by bar the best place to live in the world, really. Some other places are better in specific areas than EU, but on a whole - taking into consideration life of a median (not average) person - there is no place better than EU.
Europe is a good place to retire or live a peaceful life. The USA 🇺🇸 is the place to go to start a career. Which is why the USA is only 55% white, compared to the western world average of being 75%-80% white.
After all the USA is known as the nation of immigrants and melting pots for a reason.
I try to visit a new part of Europe whenever possible and everytime I return home I do think Europe is indeed, awesome.
Perhaps as a collective now, with the competitive and sometimes adversarial history between European countries, the existential question is how to work together and compete collectively, instead of against each other.
Happy Europe Day. :)
Dude, Belarus & Russia are Europe too. And Europe is great!
Well, they would be if they ever became functional democracies and decided to stop waging war on the rest of the continent. Until then, I’m happy to leave them in the over-there box.
@@davidblair9877 You should learn history. I will never see Russians as not Europeans because they played a very significant role in the history of Europe. Much of the Balkans is now independent because of the 12 wars that Russia had against the Ottomans.
Russia wasn't backwards. All changed because of the Bolshevik revolution. And for that, I blame Germany and the USA.
@@dsodragus4616 even if all of that was true-highly debatable-it’s irrelevant. Czar Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has decided that Russia is Not Western [European], is in fact actively hostile to The West [Europe], and as far as I can tell, the majority of Russians are, at the very least, willing to play along. That’s not a European state. It’s an explicitly anti-European state. That’s reason enough to leave them off the maps. As for Belarus, Lukashenko has been Putin’s lapdog since the ‘00s. He belongs in the same Not-Europe basket Putin does.
Could these things change? Of course they could. There’s no _a priori_ reason that Russia couldn’t adopt the values that define modern European states. At present, though, it has actively rejected those values, and therefore are not European.
Euro dance makes europe cool !
Being comfortable and great are not the same thing.
Criticism is good but it needs to be balanced with positive messages too because there are nearly always negative videos about EU. Hope to see more positive videos on this channel.
Each of you make Europe awesome! Happy Europe Day everybody! ❤😄🎉🇪🇺
It is very funny to me that the pro Euope video is only a few minutes short :)
While the problem videos are much longer 😂
As a Belarusian, appreciate your explorational curiosity towards Central-East and North-East Europe countries problems with all your expeditions👍 Living in Poland is great except Russia
It's only when you leave Europe you realise how great it is
Hoera Europa! 🥳
I love Europe
That is why I criticise it, so we can make it better
Very good video!! I am proud to be an European.
Lovely greatings from Austria!
I can only agree.
Happy Europe day by the way.
Imma just say ... the thumbnail map is dumb for excluding Belarus and Russia and Turkey considering THEY ARE (at least partially) in Europe
and paly a big part in european history and culture
Our issues are mainly with fertility rate.
We need to boost it.
It's not going to happen because people believe the point of their lives is their own happiness, and things like responsibility for another human life kind of get in the way of that.
@@CarthodonIDK mate, I feel like being unable to afford a house until you’re in your forties might have something to do with it.
@@davidblair9877 Idk mate, I think if poor people are exploding in population and the rich/educated everywhere around their world is shrinking, its probably not about a lack of possessions. It's actually hard to imagine a reality is more different than what would be the case if you were right.
This explanation is however one that allows people to feel better about themselves. Maybe that's the reason why it's so hard to break?
@@davidblair9877 It has nothing to do with affordability poor people have more kids. The main reason is cultural
I think it's good that you made this video to make your position on the topic more clear, especially for people who only look at your titles or thumbnails. It is important that we do not gloss over problems in Europe so that we can actually address and find solutions for them.
Happy Europe day!
Why you pull out Belarus, Russia and turkey in Europe map ?
Why Belarus is not blue-shaded in the video banner image? They are Europe just like any other country.
They are not blue shaded for the same reason Russia is (Belarus is Russia's puppet, and Putin wants to distance Russia from Europe as much as possible
No, Belarus is not Europe, it is a brutal dictatorship.
Europe is the greatest continent by ALL metrics. We need to protect it at all costs.
The US is high risk and high return, while Europe is low risk low return. If you have high ambition then go to the US, but if you fail you will die starving.
Explains lack of tech industry there
This comes from someone now knowing where to look...obviously...but sure... i agree on the fact Europe has too many regulations and that cutting a lot of them would bring us higher but also not all of them are bad...
US wouldn't be considered high risk. I have multiple friends and family that have failed multiple times starting a business and then try again and succeed. The US is a very entrepreneur friendly country, especially compared to Europe, but almost any country. If you want to talk about social programs, then Europe is far safer.
US- Make more money, but work more, more conservative.
Europe- Make less money, but work less, more progressive, a lot of social programs
You won't die starving in the United States from economic failure, the US's rate of malnutrition related deaths is less than 1/100,000 per year, this includes any and all circumstances, including criminal neglect of children or isolation in some rural Alaskan shack due to blizzards. It might shock you to learn that you are about 3x more likely to die of malnutrition in France than in America.
America isn't some barbaric dog-eat-dog society. It is actually pretty morally upstanding and functional compared to most of the world. This only beings to break down in certain West-coast cities.
Europe low risk? Buddy there is a literal war in Europe
'Flip back the switch.' Brb I am going to do so in my bathroom, hope it restarts Europe.
In al seriousness, if the major challenges facing Europe will be solved in our lifetime, I do hope the Union can take its mainstay on the world stage and be a positive force for all and be a better force for Europeans themselves.
Happy Europe Day everybody. The night is dark, but we can make it through if we stick together💪🇪🇺
Long live the EU - may it become better each day.
There are 1001 challenges ahead - at least. But as Europeans, as brothers and sisters that share the same base values, we will prevail. We will argue, struggle, err, make mistakes as we stumble along this path - but in the end the world will be a better place ... worst case just for us ^^
Edit: For Truth, Honor and freedom - the corner stones of our culture. The truth we seek, the honor to for fill our responsibilities and the freedom to chose.
Es lebe Europa 🇪🇺❤️🇩🇪
Europe is Europe. It is truely beautiful in its rich history and the ways its trying to improve each and everyday! Europe is like many other continents and countries, with its trials and tribulations, mistakes and greviences. Their mistakes are no different. However, I personally have never seen a continent ravenged by war and fueds to a now a a big economic power house rivaling (or trying to) with the US, Russia, and / or China. Likewise, I have never seen a continent that was plagued by war for years to a now improving Union of many countries. A true beauty of political greatness, world wonders, landscapes, diverse peoples, and its bountiful history since the Roman Emire and the greek city states.
you also forgot to add that it is american colony
I, as a Spaniard, have always felt very European, however, there was one thing that made me change my opinion about the EU. When the politicians who carried out a coup in Catalonia fled the country, they were able to seek refuge in other countries and received protection from the EU. I believe this should not happen, as with standardized legislation among countries, judges from different countries should not be questioned between them
As a Belgian, where the Catalonian separatist Piegdemont was given legal protection: I understand that a majority of Spaniards don't want to their country to split up, but jailing politicians for their believes is not the solution. Otherwise your country isn't much better than a (Franco-) dictatorship. And extraditing Piegdemont to Spain, would have gone against our own constitution, as he is a political refugee. We have some separatist factions here in Belgium, and that's why there is sympathy for other separatist movements like in Catalonia, Scotland... (Although I'm personally not in favor of splitting up European countries).
Why is Russia and Belarus excluded from the map?
Ask Putin! He is the one who is orienting Russia (and Belarus) away from Europe towards Asia. Good luck with that.
@@hape3862 right. but that doesn't answer my question.
@@user-xp8nq5mf9y I didn't make the video or the thumbnail. But I'm fine with them being excluded.
@@hape3862 We are Europeans though
@@hape3862and UK is moving towards US.
So Britain isn't Europe?
I'm currently reading "De hominis dignitate" by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and it's brilliant not only for its content but also for the accessible and even modern style of writing Mirandola has in 1486! Every European should have read this - btw it's not at all lengthy, even though it's a monument to European humanism.
Ye the living in Europe is wonderfull, but we need to focus at our economy because it is the money and richness that brought this continent so high level of living.
Thanks for this video, Europe is great.
Unfortunately not all of Europe is as free. I know, probably you're using "Europe" as shorthand for the EU, but that's imprecise. There are Europeans that get imprisoned or worse for voicing their opinions.
Imo europe is truly inspiring with how many things humans can avhieve by cooperating. France, Germany or Italy couldnt stand alone to giants like the US or China, and countries like Malta or Estonia woldnt even be mentionable if you look at a normal political map. However, the EU is such an economic and political power because small and medium countries were willing to put asside their differences and disagreements to work together for something greater.
There is something I noticed on this channel, maybe it's my bias, but sill. I noticed that the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and later are rarely noticed in the videos and it seems to be closely related to how the western European countries view them as well. Maybe this is something to look into? Cheers, keep up the good work.
I love europe, don’t want to live anywhere else
Third largest population, second largest economy.
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Greatest cultural heritage on Earth ❤
It is hard to see the good times when you are in it ❤ There is always room for improvement but for now…Happy Europe day everyone 🎉
The saddest part about seeing our continent decline is that most people areound us seem completely oblivious to what is happening. Just right now, the EU pushed their decision on EV import duties from China behind the date for the European election. But, while Germany's most important industry is about to be completely smashed by technologically superior Chinese competition, this hardly registers in the media or the consciousness of our German politicians. I sometimes feel that 90% of this country consists of small town boomers who have not yet realised how far europe has fallen behind the rest of the world and what that means for us. Maybe it us because the boomers always grew up in safety and comfort, unlike the Chinese, so they don't know what is done to those nations that fall behind in the race for technology and geopolitical power. Standing at the top of the global hierarchy for 400 years has made us inward looking, backwards, and complacent. We do not notice how the world is changing, and that we are about to be swept away by vigorous, young, and ambitious powers, like China was in the 19th century. Well, we will learn what this world does to the weak soon enough, and that would propably count as an instance of cosmic justice in the grand scheme of things, when going by the things we have done while still in power 😂
Europe is great for Romania to finally get a say in geopolitical matters, even its own. Moldavia and Wallachia weren't even legally allowed to unite because of the Great Powers, so they elected the same person to skirt this international law and they only had to hope they wouldn't get sanctioned, luckily France viewed the national prospect of Romania favourably as a country in Russia's way of reaching the Balkans, Constantinople and restoring Byzantium with Catherine the Great's Greek Plan and also against the Habsburg Empire.
Outside of the EU we'd be the same, but instead of wishing France to view us favourable it would be the US, but they've not even given us visas yet, but we accepted American Black Sites in our capital and had to pay ECHR because of the Americans torturing people in there.
Whether you agree or disagree with this guy's takes, he is doing some very good work on this channel. Goed gedaan, man!
I've said it before, I appreciate your videos and learn a lot from them. This is not such common knowledge and informing people will allow to develop a more realistic view of Europe. Ignorance creates tyrants.
Europe is always criticised for lack of innovative tech but it has a thriving games development industry. Franchises like GTA, The Witcher, Fable, etc, etc were born in Europe. More recently some amazing productions came out of European studios with games like Sifu, Baldur's Gate 3, Plague Tale, and many, many more. Now sure Europe is old and complex, and legacy and complexity are never easy to overcome, but you can choose to look at the bad stuff or you can choose to look at the good stuff
a patriot isn't someone constantly regurgitating how great their home is. that's a nationalist.
a patriot is someone critically analysing and criticizing his home, so it can be the best it could be.
Only through criticism, you can improve a system. That's why dictatorships like Russia or China are not the future. Europe is.
Buddy, you live in the most developed and humanitarian place in the world. Take it easy, Western Europe is better than everywhere else.
But it could be better, and as a German I do feel that our society is being threatened by constant neoliberal policies
0:49 Free healthcare is a myth: *no service is free.* The service is *public.* It's *public national healthcare.*
*It doesn't mean that nobody pays it!* It means that there is organized, legal, national *solidarity* in how to finance it.
Everyone knows that!
The USA spend the same in healthcare as us but isn’t available for free/cheap to every citizen.
What can we do to increase positive sentiment about Europe? Happy Europe day Hugo! I am going to watch the Eurovision 2nd semi-final 🎉
Actually fix our continent
@@pretty7995 In what concrete ways can we do that is what I mean.
@@MonsieurChapeauwell firstly, the average GDP in the EU is about 40,000 US dollars per year, the USA GDP is about 71,000 US dollars per year. Meaning in the USA you can work as a Night Shift retailer for 60,000 dollars a year, and that same job in Europe would be about 30,000 dollars per year, so maybe raise your wages a bit.
Secondly, Europe is gonna have to increase their birth rates if they want any hope at competing with the USA, China, India and countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, Mexico, Brazil and Nigeria in the future.
And lastly if Europe can’t compete with the USA and China in the tech sector then y’all screwed.
If we want to keep our earth. Maybe not increase our birthrate too much 😅
@@beasley1232China has horrible birth rates though, and the ones of the US fell drastically last year, still above Europe, but still a lot. China on the other hand has one well under the European niveau
It's important to highlight what's good and what works in Europe, and that's a lot more than the "freedom to be critical". There are so many things here that really are great and which should be savored. I definitely think that when you're being very critical (like you are) it's important to balance that out with more positive stuff. It's too easy to draw the wrong overall conclusion if you only look at the negatives
Even this video title "pretty great" is an understatement. Tell me, where is it better? If you can't, then you could also call it "the best" instead of "pretty great".
I like your channel, but I do hope you will present a more balanced view in the future.
What are some books about European history or just Europe as a whole that you recommend?
I would recommend Postwar from Tony Judt. It's ( surprise) about the postwar era and shows how the European project develops out of a time of despair. He does a pretty good job in my opinion.
Theres no book out there that summarises all the key parts of european history
Europe and the West invented the modern world and remains the best place on earth to live.
Not anymore...
@@Astronalta-ot6ho um yes, still now. By a long shot.
Besides china and a few exceptions no one is on our level, USA,eu,sk,japan
@@santostv. Have you not understood that without Europeans in Europe and America, that these places no longer have any certain hope. They will be the same as Africa and Brazil.
@@santostv. China is not even close to our level, they have a lot of poor sheep that work in factories and make appear rich, that is all.
It is a good continent for long term colonization. It has built cities, roads, and energy sector. Since the occupants are aging and will be gone soon it’s a good land for colonization. If the Dar Al Islam is kept out then this continent that has so much potential can finally be of some use.