How Britain is Contagiously Miserable
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- Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024
- The UK was voted the 2nd most miserable country in the world. Here's why..
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Timestamps:
1:38 - 5:28 Weather isn't the biggest problem
5:29 - 8:20 Cultural Apathy
8:21 - 10:53 Leaving Britain is Eye Opening
10:54 - 11:35 The Facade of "Great" Britain
11:36 - end Real Patriotism
The reason the country is miserable is because it's been badly governed for decades.
really ? the British economy is doing better than most EU countries. Labour have brainwashed the country that "the country and economy is broken", they believe it and now tell everyone things are going to get worse. There are problems, but the UK is still an innovation superpower and the 5th biggest economy in the world.
@@edwardvickers5506 As I said above ....
watch europa the last battle
@@larsbjrnson3101 And i bet Wagon makers and Mead suppliers have dropped off a lot too lol
Same exact thing in America!
I am french. We are the most depressive people on earth. How dare do you compete with us on being miserable?!
You get the situation you deserve
No you're not. The Germans beat you long time ago on the miserability scale. And for good reasons.
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But you guys actually express your emotions
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The UK isn't a country rather it's a business. Majority of it's inhabitants are essentially employees. The owners, ie. big landowners and their agents (bankers, politicians) are far from miserable.
Your analysis is spot on,it's the middle ages over again and the average British is a peasant, the feudal masters now do their corporate crusades in more than Jerusalem, and their knights the bankers and city establishment use the peasants for taxes and infantry. Instead of the king residing in Britain his family live in America, incidentally the family secretly got taken over by the money lenders that funded the wars of expansion. The current global events are a sign of the great battle to reform this inequity, rather like the time of Martin Luther, another fun fact the printing of the Bible giving the common man access to knowledge, without the clergy,an arm of the ruling classes, is similar to the Internet history keeps repeating itself.
@@selassietetevie4966I think you’re right in that Anglicanism clearly changed Britain radically and its slightly uneasy combo of #Lutheranism with #Catholicism made Britain unique in Europe. But now more and more Brits avoid church altogether & Ollie is right in saying it has led to toxic pessimism. We can be easily cynical about America but #evangelicals have #hope in God.
@@aclark903 it's not just about faith, but rather a way of life. When people lose their way of life, chaos ensues. Culture and tradition is social glue
@@freemanol Yes, but our way of life inevitably changes with technological advances. I didn’t touch the internet until 1999 in #Birmingham library, but now I’m online for hours every day. That is a huge change that happened everywhere, more or less, not just the UK.
You just describes the USA
It's always been a shithole, it's just that when we were young we didn't really give a shit because life was more simple, footy, drinking, girls, clubbing and having a laugh. It's not until you have to actually grow up that you begin to realise what a shithole it is and why your parents were generally miserable. It's tradition and we look back at the 70s, 80s, 90s with rose tinted specs since that was our carefree days. But it was shit then too, Thatcher, privatisation, selling off the council properties, closing the mines, de-industrialisation, strikes every other day, rising costs, high unemployment. Same shit, different decade.
I grew up in the 196o’s and there was a lot of exuberance about but yeah the older people were mostly miserable.
Ah, the cluelessness. BritLand is a shithole due to long standing lefty policies. Stupid decisions have consequences.
It hasn't been good since Imperial days basically.
But hey at least music was good and British cities didn't look like Bombay or Karachi
I certainly hope you are not going to ESCAPE 😺😹😸 to the tRumpSA!
I’m an Australian who lived in the UK for a year and couldn’t wait to move back to Australia. It’s not just economics. Australia is a much more trusting and caring society. We do work hard - but we are more laid back and happier. The UK is more of a dog eat dog society. It’s about what you can get for yourself. No concern for anyone else.
You're Australian but where did you originally come from? Are you ethnically British? Australia famously has the "tall poppy syndrome" -- where people hold people back who are doing well or are considered "too successful".
Are you Australia? Have you ever been to Aus? Your comment is ridiculous! Tall Poppy Syndrome! lol … that just means “Pull your head in , your no better than anyone else” If your going to big note yourself… You will be humbled. To answer your question I am a decedent of first fleet convicts. So so glad they came here. I often say to my British friends…I’m sure my decedents pretended to steel a spoon, just to get the hell out of Britain!!
@@mjg239 Everything he said is spot on and accurate.
@@mjg239There’s also the concept that everyone deserves a ‘fair go’ or a ‘fair chance’ which I did not find in the UK. Australia wouldn’t let there be the same regional inequality that exists in the UK. It’s more about equality. I think the tall poppy syndrome does exist - but it has been lessened these days - as we look to be inspired more by the economic success of the USA. London is also a tough place. It’s the capital of Europe - full of crime, crowds and illegal immigrants. Melbourne Australia is more like a (big) village so people act more trusting. It’s pretty hard - or impossible - to come all the way out here illegally ….
These countries haven't had the Tories for the last 15 years.
Cost of life is going up but not the quality of it. Housing is a problem because not ONE house in England is worth the price you pay for it.
@@chrisa5631 well you cant buy a house for half price…so build one yourself then sell it for what you paid for it …if everybody did that we could all afford a house..buying from people like you..
@@griswald7156 what do you think you build the house on? LAND!
Land is also a rip off and with an increasing population is just getting worse!
@@griswald7156 It's the land that costs money. The value of the structure of the house is just a fraction of the total value.
@@RW-nr6bh the land should be free if you were born here…otherwise put a charge on the air you breathe..
Where I’m at, 260k for a shitty terraced house in some ghetto, defo worth my money.
it's the apathy and denial of the general population that is so bothersome to me
Addicted to mobile phones and social media. If they can live in delusion why woud they care?
Stockholme syndrome.
I despair of them quite frankly
Same. It's definitely a level of Stockholm Syndrome.
Only about 50% of adults bothered to vote in the election we've just had. I know the official turnout was 60% but a lot of people aren't even on the voting register.
I am from Brazil and I lived in the UK for 15 years, 10 just in London. As much as I am grateful for all the things the country gave to me I will be honest. I felt depressed, lonely, many times worried about money, had to share houses because I couldn’t afford to live by myself and when I could it was a tiny studio with one tiny window that made me question if my future getting older would look like that and what I wanted, plus of course the dull days, the feeling when people asked me how I was 11:46 they didn’t actually wanted to know how I really felt so I said: not too bad 🙄
I moved out the country has been about 2 years and I do miss lots of things about UK but I wouldn’t move back. There are many places in the world with more quality of life, where you can say i am having a bad day without being rude, no needs to say sorry all the time, better weather, cheaper and the list goes on.
I left a big part of my heart there but my soul is free and it feels great. Much love to all there and for the ones finding a way out ❤
May I ask where you moved? I am from Lebanon and struggling in the UK
The house-sharing part is really a problem here. They don't want to build buildings with studios
@@danielleardance5605 Have you thought about moving to Ghana or Nigeria?
Desculpa mais em 5 anos de UK eu cresci e estou sendo feliz mais que 20 anos do resto da minha, se vc viviu tudo isso de ruim aki eh por que vc eh uma perdedora e nao o pais, aki quem batalha usando a cabeca voa longe e tem uma vida otima e equilibrada. desculpa mais seu comentario nao representa a realidade da maioria dos vencedores aki .
@@Nazarene_Judaismor Rwanda??
Thank you for this video. I’m an American living in the UK for 7 years. Thanks for confirming I’m not crazy. I’m from a very friendly open place in America (the Midwest) so the negativity here is shocking to me lol. After 7 years I’m leaving because this place has drained my spirit. The misery is overwhelming and astonishing. I don’t know how people live this way! I’ve even had brits get upset with me for being too positive 😂 thanks for this video
Is this negativity everywhere?
What about Scotland and Ireland?
@@BigBirdy100 can’t say as I’ve never been but ppl usually tell me Scotland and Ireland are better
I went full circle on this as a fellow Midwesterner. At first I was shocked. Then I told myself that the Brits (and northern Europeans in general) were just more "real". People pointed out how I thought every day weather wise was a perfect day for something (perfect day for reading a book, perfect day for a run, etc.) and how "American" that was. And being friendly and open were considered fake. So I adopted the notion that being reserved, pessimistic, closed = real = better. But then I've learned that they are two sides of the same coin and either way it's just a learned cultural thing (open/closed, friendly/reserved, pessimistic/optimistic) and neither is more real or more fake. I've found that acting like a Midwesterner might take a little more energy up front, but when everyone acts like it then it just is more fulfilling. The cold, reservedness might take less energy up front, but is a slow drain on the "batteries" when everyone acts like that.
@@BigBirdy100 Ireland is not in the UK. Northern Ireland is. You should know that, and why.
Interesting comment. Most of my American friends ask me “ Why did u move to the States? “ I find most Americans have this Romantic view of the UK.They don’t know how good we have it here. Endless opportunities & great prospect for upward mobility. Btw! Scotland is definitely different. Nicer People,
As a French person living in the UK for the past 30 years I can tell you it hasn't been the same. In the mid 90s to early 2000s there was a real sense of optimism. The UK was the place to be culturally, economically and entrepreneurship was actually encouraged.
Yep, I'm English, but I have the same opinion. There used to be much more of an idea of a social contract, and expectation for a reasonable life. I don't think that it's about the people who want to strive and be an entrepreneur or whatever, it's about the average people.
Twenty years ago if you worked hard in an average job, you could expect to have a house, stable employment, not an extravagent life but a content one, and the state provided basic community services and would look after you if you had problems.
Now if you work hard, you can have the privilege to pay your landlord's unearned income, never expect to have a house, and all the libraries and community centres are shut and leisure facilities are all privately owned so you can't even have simple enjoyments.
There's a big generational divide.
I am quite worried what will happen if the new Labour government don't try to rebuild the social contract and reduce inequality. We're not France, so I don't expect immediate riots or anything, but if people lose faith I think it will be dangerous in the medium term.
Tony Blair started the rot.
Things have got worse since we became tolerant and apathetic of crime.
I lived up and down the UK and worked abroad.
Glasgow was about the most enjoyable place I worked coming from Leeds.
Why I ever returned from Paris I’ll never know 😂😂😂😂😂
@@majordelays4909thank you! Allowing the Kosovans shelter and giving them free reign over education,social housing etc
@@majordelays4909 And Tony Blair was whose protégé, or did you vote for her?
Same here Im french and been in London since 1994😢. I left the country in 2021 for most of the same reasons, true that the best year was under Tony Blairs leadership, not that Im a fan, after that and after 2004 when UK opened the borders, the country s started gradually to go down the drain..
I’m French and it’s the same in France. There are no more countries, only wealthy people wanting to do business.
The West is collapsing…
I can assure you sir… socialism is not the answer. Misery x2
I am French too. The difference in France is you can live in the countryside in a decent nice town and beautiful environment, and be happy with simple life. In England the simple towns are industrial crapholes full of Pakistani and African immigrants which look at you like they hate you.
*world is collapsing
Rich Cunts Ruining The World.
karma
"From an empire where the Sun never sets, to a small little grumpy island where it never rises”, Britain has come a long way!!
The Sun never sets over the Empire because God doesn’t trust an Englishman in the dark.😁
Yeah, and not taking the exit ramp gifted for 3 days at dunkirk, and not accepting a armistice ( of which many were proposed) was the beginning of uks downfall.
Uk bankrupted itself and lost the empire, bankrolling and fighting for europes " freedom"
" never a good deed goes unpunished..."
I live in a country which is considered much poorer than Britain, but in fact it is much richer. The people have not forgotten the joy of life.
spot on, I just visited hungary, low wages, no mass immigration, stunning villages and towns, hardly any crime, very patriotic people. im considering moving. britain has lost its way and the reason! most people are not british
Homogenous societies are always happier countries than diverse ones, just as Britain used to be, we were poor but happy, when we were an homogenous country.
@@careytitan9097 this is absolutely true. So-called 'multiculturalism' is the death of society.
Thailand?
@@clivebaxter6354 me? Philippines
We have a work, drink culture. Go to work, come home, drink and watch TV. Designed that way by corporate types who think they know better. Completely soulless.
Britain needs to step away from drinking if it is to have a bright future. The damage it does is unrepairable and destroys lives.
Small minded culture (especially in the small towns) revolves around drinking, football, ego-driven cringey packs of men.
Best thing to start is to turn off your television and help your local community by any means necessary.
A very well reasonable comment!!!
brits are just toxic period! You only subscribe to that activity if its suits your energy
Right. Try making people who had nothing to look forward to all week other than some creamy pints at the end of it, go sober. See how miserable they are then.
@@stiofain88 Their religion, their purpose - whether devout or distant - was stript away from them. The situation that we are in is truly dire. However, we can stand up, build ourselves - even slightly - so that our kin have something to grab onto on the long climb up. We are down but not out. Let our kin see that although spiritually we were stricken, we could grab onto to last remnants and pass on something.
@@thehighestofclouds9890 I'd happily argue religion stripped away the majority of our culture. And from what I've seen of the sand people it's done the same to them.
there is something off about this country, and it is refelcted in the fact we have always had the nastiest tabloid papers, the uk relishes shame
The country is too occupied blaming others instead of taking ownership of its own issues.
I agree about the low-quality media. It thrives off of fearmongering and making people unhappy. What makes it tolerable is the fact that I pay more attention to my personal experiences than accepting what the media tells me I should believe. And I've had many great personal experiences in the UK, this is my home.
It is similar here in the Balkans, everything is tabloid, even politics. Interesting thing I heard about the news is why they have to be bad, so that the advertisers can sell the good. Marshal McLuhan is the guy I heard it from, he coined the term "global village", wise fellow, was monitored by the FBI as a college profesor
It never used to be that way but something changed in the mid-late 80's. The tabloid trash really went overboard. There is this weird "Keeping up with the Jones'" mentality in the UK. Twitching curtains and fear of disapproval. Even though you had stuff like the punk scene and everyones dad had a Sex Pistols record.
@@821Drifter128 The UK is too "occupied" I agree with that.
Londoner here. Served in the army, then in the corporate world. Emigrated in 2015 to central Europe. Not going back.
If you are young (
If old?
Where in Central Europe, if you don't mind me asking, please?
Do You live in Poland,if You don't mind me asking?😊
Important to note that this guy is selling a course on 'how to escape the UK'
That course is probably a grift, but he’s right about the problem even if the solution he offers is bunk.
Is that a crime?
You sum up exactly what he is talking about! Bringing others down with your snide comment and negativity!
Course or not, he's right
aha now the truth comes out. These grifters would throw their own country under the bus, very sad.
They pay 20k a year for a skilled job in the UK. Could be making 150k per year in the US for the same job.
Exactly 25 yr old wage. Every bit of nightlife for ordinary people was shut down by Kh**... and unaffordable. You are put away if you say anything...
sure, except the hiring process is ai driven and getting your foot in the door is almost impossible.
@@carolanndenton5933 I moved to the US about 15 years ago, and I love it here.
There wasn't much of a culture shock really. It's a bit different, but it's not like you have to learn another language or anything.
We all grew up watching American TV and movies, so the culture feels familiar.
I do that in 4 months after tax,monday to friday,I live here for about 22 years now and everything going down the drain....roads,cities the society in general
Example please?
We were told in school that we're better off than 99% of people on Earth Teachers kept repeating that. People in developing countries envy our gray streets and cracked pavement and empty meaningless lives.
Yeah our lives are so great most people I speak to dream of living in a shed in a field.
Maybe u feel.like that. I feel great and make a hell lot of money than ma friends in Canada and USA. I really enjoy the UK. I was in Canada recently and I couldn't wait to come to the UK.
Chinese are happier and doing better on the cheap.
@@LauKillamunII Funny you say that because I actually moved to China 10 years ago
That was attitide came accross watching some bbc ( british bs corporation) on indian sub continent. Home is so much better than this hell hole. You just cant miss the propaganda, it was on the face.
This is a really nuanced, rounded, comprehensive analysis. Agree with so much of this. Thank you for sharing.
I think housing is the main one, the state of it is an absolute disgrace.
Most voters are homeowners, politicians are afraid of building housing in case they get voted out.
I saw a video of a brand new 6 bed house, carpeted, cooker, dishwasher, en-suites etc being given to an African family of 8!
We all know who is bottom of the list!
Suitable and available housing, cost of living crisis, brexit, 'forced' austerity, and basically s**t weather have all conspired to create a perfect storm. Add a stagnating economy into the mix, and it's little surprise that Brits are tetchy, irritable, and gloomy about the future.
@@robtyman4281 Believe what you have been brainwashed to believe!
Britain was already in decline while we were members of the Eu we lost everything we ever had, including our sovereignty, and we never even left in the smoke and mirrors deal, we are still under their jurisdiction, laws, courts, freedom of movement and we are still paying them!
You are still asleep!
@@careytitan9097 Rubbish!
5 years at uni to become health professional, got my first job at NHS just to get a salary of 6k more than people on minimum wage. That's the problem
@@El_Nombre-e3x it wasn't my first job, I was 34 when I graduated, but thank you for your thorough analysis 👌
@@bartj7066 NHS are staff are lazy they stand around in groups doing nothing just yapping they are overpaid.
NHS pay shit and are a captured organisation with woke policies.
6k in a month or annually?
6k more annually.
I feel so stuck in the UK. I feel I worked hard, have a phd in stem, but my quality of life is going down. I was laid off 4 months ago and can’t even find another job. The main issue is that all the jobs leads I get are in London but I can’t afford to move to London!!! It’s ridiculous that I’m reluctant to follow opportunities because of the cost of living difference. Something needs to change. It’s become a country where unless you are already secure you are mostly shut out from the chance of having it yourself.
You should seriously consider getting out. It's not getting better any time soon. The longer you try to tough it out, the more you'll grow accustomed to the shit state of affairs. You have skills that other countries will pay well for. Perhaps the US. Do it while you're young & before life traps you here. You can always come back if things don't work out. Better to regret something you tried than something you didn't do.
@@Rooster---ooovery wise!
@@Rooster---ooo I am considering moving to Barcelona. They have tech jobs and the cost of living is more inline with what I'm used to. However, it is still going to be a massive effort to up-sticks. One step at a time and hopefully i'll get there by 44 and start a new life! Oh, and I am forgetting about having kids, things are just too precarious as it is.
@@alexpavlides2047 Spain seems like a great choice. Of course, moving abroad is no easy feat but you're young and now is the time of your life where you can take some risks and still bounce back if things don't work out. Once you have kids, a mortgage, family commitments etc... it gets increasingly hard. I left the dead-end town I grew up in and moved to Cardiff back in 1999 and it totally transformed my life. Perhaps not as radical as moving to Barcelona but I have never regretted my decision to up sticks.
I wouldn't be too quick to rule out a family. The world has always been perilous, yet our ancestors made it. When you meet a beautiful senorita & fall in love, |I'm sure you will see things differently ;)
Best of luck to you. Be bold and make things happen. As I said, it's better to regret something you did than something you didn't do.
If you are interested in it, with your PHD I think you can apply for a US green card through self certification, its EB2 visa I think could be mistake but its one of them.. For People of extrordinary ability in something. A PHD by definition means that you fulfil that criteria by my understanding of their criteria, It can be extremely narrow field of expertise and they will accept it.
The face of their women and the taste of their food makes the British man the best sailor in the world.
Ah yes the world famous gorgeous British men who fill up the cat walks in Milan. ...... lol
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ahhahaha bravo
Now they ain't sailing anymore. They are flying to Ibiza with Ryanair with their chavy stereotypes.
@@aegeanone01 Lmao this is so true 😭
No wonder the Empire was so massive, even hundreds of years ago every fucker wanted to leave, some things never change.
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Lol
This isn’t mentioned enough… the collective European elite has ALWAYS been shit at keeping their people content
Very well put - none of the things mentioned in this video is anything new. It was the same in the 1980s when I grew up in there. I left Britain and now regret it; it’s not that bad really if only we could stop moaning. Why do you think so many people still want to come; can’t be that awful and most other places are much worse.
That’s wrong plus the elite are Jewish
"it rains 3 days out of 2" lmao. british humor doesn't disappoint
Lol
Hypothetically, "it would probably rain on the third day."
That's a lot of rain 😆
You can't drink sunshine.
He was quoting the Dutch/belgians, so their humour… not British
3 worst things about the UK:
1. Pervasive class structure (it has not faded, it's strong as ever!)
2. Aggressive culture (verbally aggressive and passive aggressive also!)
3. Public services of unreliable and low quality! (From public buses to the health service and all things in between!)
Stop making those stupid excuses
1. Diversity
That's it. Without that amazing thing Britain would've still been top 1 migration route for all white Europe and an economic powerhouse because of that, while still being super safe and homogeneous society.
You destroyed your own country.
Cheers from Eastern Europe.
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@@OliverTwist-vv4xh This is a racist comment. Muslims are only 6% of our population, a minority with on average less input and influence in our society, so how can they be to blame for the state of our country? Look no further than far right oligarchs and the media and government that they own with bribery and corruption. And people like you.
Add to that the crap weather.
Police state and over regulations
Class structure was less pervasive in 90's & 00's, it has made a rapid comeback since covid hit, too many people made small fortunes out of that while others got a lit poorer.
Dude, i love this! I couldn’t have said it better. I left Exeter for Vancouver 5 years ago, and the quality of life difference is wild. The everyday attitude of people and culture is worlds apart.
One thing I really think makes a huge difference is that in England there is just so little to do outside of work hours. Unless you wanna watch football and drink, you have to make such a high amount of effort to do anything that doesn’t revolve around a high street. There’s so few opportunities to do quality of life hobbies etc.
I will always love Devon. But it’s a black hole, along with rest of UK for sure.
What you mentioned about drip feeding bad news through TV struck me too. Because one big UK thing is that everybody finishes work, sits down in front of a TV and soaks up the crap on the 4 big channels. Here in Canada, TV or tv culture is minimal. Everybody seems to be off doing different things, and their news / tv just doesn’t play a big part on their lives.
"At Sydney airport, how do you know the plane that just arrived is from London? The engines stop, but the whining continues."
Same joke I heard when I went to New Zealand 20 years ago. I guess nothings changed then.
Sat next to a kiwi on a flight from melbourne to london, he asked, whats the difference between australians and yoghurt??.......if you leave them both long enough, eventually a culture will develop in the yoghurt
Bruhh
😂😂😂
Sydney is a dump
The happiest people in any country are the ones focused on the wellbeing of others. Miserable people are miserable because they’re obsessed with their own situation.
@illinoisan Profound, true, ...that's why community is stronger in poorer countries. Or it used to be, as unfortunately ppls want the western lifestyle now. Poor communities were stronger as ppl looked out for one another. Not just their own families. That's what the problem is
there is a truth to this
Haven't thought about it that way, but now that you said it... nail on the head.
The worst complainers indeed always talk about themselves and their pityful lives, even though their miserableness is often self invoked by their own life's choices.
I dunno, I focused on the well-being of others in a town with barely any ethics and all they did was take my kindness as weakness
Oh, you mean the more "socialist" are happier?
Completely agree! I've been feeling like this for the longest time. Every time I leave the UK, even briefly, I'm astonished by how kind and respectful people are abroad. Customer service is a million times better too. There's honestly such a huge energy shift, and it's really depressing when you have to take that flight back home where the life gets suck out of you again.
Time seems to pass extra quickly as well here. It’s already nearly effing Christmas again seems like yesterday it was last Christmas !!
What country ar u talking about maybe i can go too
Interesting, I feel the same when I'm coming back to the UK from Hungary. That people are more respectful and kind and public services and infrastructure is way better than in Hungary.
I feel like Brits are such energy drainers. They're humorous but they are aggressive.
As an American who lived in the UK, it felt like I had to excise my soul/optimism/extroversion in order to fit in. I came back home deeply depressed 😛 And that was even before Brexit!
According to the Trumpster your country is a crime ridden dystopian nightmare. Did he live in Scunthorpe for a while?
Really? I’m planning to go to UK for a master’s degree for a year.
I met english guys in Amsterdam and they were very friendly and open with me, so this is new to me
@@misstruly5482 I often say in the future, The US would be like Blade Runner and the UK would be 1984
@@superjoceBrits are very friendly and have a great sense of humour.
Sometimes they moan a lot.
Frankly speaking it’s the same in Australia. Western Society generally speaking have no soul anymore. It’s just a zone for economics.
Yes but he was right in suggesting at least you have a higher standard of living
Speak for yourself. Plenty of Western nations are still happy. I am Dutch and wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
The consequences of neoliberal economics. The complete atomization and comodification of society and everything in it. We don't live in nations anymore - we live in businesses owned by consortiums of international imlnvestors.
Except in pure Nature. When you are in a natural environment- your soul connects with its Creator. Magic
@@LalaDepala_00 Anglo-Saxon countries aren't, so get a clue.
The one thing that is really affecting my quality of life in the UK is the ever increasing cost of rent.
I'd love to have a place of my own, but my budget is forcing me to live in a shared house with 5 other people, it really sucks
if it makes you feel any better ive been renting since I was 18 and still doing it now at 33. Its taken me that long to save up for a deposit haha
It’s very regional and we’re still class based.
The poor, neglected areas have a lot of miserable people. The affluent areas that get the funding, have a lot of content people.
If you have money and can go abroad often, you’re probably not that miserable. If you can only go to Benidorm once a year on a crappy all inclusive holiday, you’ll be miserable.
A lot of people here, feel there’s no way to move up the ladder. That’s the fundamental issue.
They think it's someone else's fault they can't move up the ladder or they can't be happy with what they have IMO. The perfect combination of being miserable indefinitely and taking no responsibility for it.
The class caste system must be dismantled, starting with the monarchy. It's outlived its mandate and is no longer fit for purpose.
It sets expectations that some people are "naturally superior" to others through no effort of their own other than whose womb they dropped from.
@@dan44zzt231I half agree with you here, for some people their circumstances make things difficult, ill health etc especially if it came out of the blue can massively affect a person's mental wellbeing and perspective.
However yes I also know many like this, people who think that people who have made progress have done so because 'they've had it easy' or whatever.
@@dan44zzt231 Blaming the poor for their poverty while immensely rich people - whose unearned wealth is from the labour of the working class - get ever richer... Time you looked at reality.
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx Yeah just get rich dummy.
From $7K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
Wow that's awesome
But I still love my mentor Sophia
I'm 60 and my wife 53 we are both retired with over $1 million in net worth and no debt currently living smart and frugal with our money. Saving and investing lifestyle in the church stock market made it possible for us this early even still now we still earning weekly
Sophia my life savior
Wow. I'm a bit perplexed seeing her been mentioned here also Didn't know she has been good to so many people too this is wonderful, I'm in my fifth trade with her and it has been
Sad thing is now, I’m actually seeing more benefits in being isolated and lonely. The negativity is contagious
In my experience two main factors: lack of sunlight and miserable weather, and a culture of living to work rather than working to live. And overpopulation which fosters a feeling of distrust and competitiveness
Multicultural enrichment has destroyed the U.K. 😢😢😢
Summed it up
That's four, but all seem plausible. But I think if you want to get to the heart of it, it is a spiritual deficit. A deep skeptism, and cynacism. A collective loss of innocence. A moral vacuum. This is where optimism dies.
The living to work part is very true. It’s all what people now seem to do these days and never have a life
And being flooded with people from countries that do not assimilate and have very different cultures to say the least
High taxes, bad infrastructure, poor leadership, high illegal immigration, shit weather, shit food, native population oppressed, two-tier policing, limited economic opportunities, high inflation, low growth….need I go on?
Spain is the same. Yes, he have good weather, good food, and good infraestructures, but life level is even lower than in UK, feminism is far more agresive (other woke polices maybe not) and most of young couples cannot afford a mortgage.
Problem is Brexit. It hugely increased legal immigration - we now have careworkers from Kenya who beat their own children. Brexit also fucked our economy as a lot of the skilled workers came from the EU.
Karma you wanka...
@@elhombreylahistoria7bro a llorar a tu casa. Yo diría que la calidad de vida es mejor en España para la clase baja pero aún así hay más oportunidades aquí si tienes educación universitaria. Pero si no la tienes mala vida te espera aquí. Probablemente parecido a España pero al menos hay buen tiempo y la comida es barata, y también la renta. Te lo dice alguien que vive aquí desde hace 10 años.
Hahahahaha. Right wing nonsense.
Rich people in the UK and those who fly in for the time allowed to avoid tax (Arabs, Russians, and Chinese) are loving the UK.
Im Polish,ve been living in UK for last 20 years .I've tried other country's as well Norway, Germany and you right last 20 years it's only decline here...but that what they want and programming young men from early years to be weak , confused , without ambition s because weak men don't protest against government etc..but it's not only UK it's all western Europe...I hope within next 2 years I will be back in Poland good luck to you young man
Poland is going down that road too, just you wait.
stupid poland accepted a million ukranian refugees disregarding the fact ethnic tensions always exist even amongst europeans, the ethnic conflict in eastern ukraine will happen in Poland in the future
@@thadtuiol1717
maybe although you've got to consider that freedom is a comparatively a new thing in Poland (compared to the UK) and therefore there are still a great many people around who lived though and are familiar with Tyranny in all its forms
@@stephenchappell7512 Anyone who well remembers life in Poland behind the Iron Curtain is already 50+ years old. Once they corrupt the young women of Poland, as they have corrupted the young women of Western Europe and America, it's game over. Clown World wins.
Mental Conditioning. The government and politicians treat us like we are stupid. 22 billion black hole. Then promise 600 million to war ffs. They weaponise words to keep us from questioning anything and everything. They have a fantastic fantastic life down to us. I love my country but I can't stomach my government.
One thing I've observed about night life is it feels like in the UK we drink to forget our issues. Drinking and pub culture is cathartic culture - plus the amount of Meth & Crack in pubs now is insane. In the EU it seems people go out to have fun and enjoy themselves.
Yup we drink too escape from reality
I have literally never seen or heard of either of those two in a British pub; what city is that??
I agree, Brits can’t go out and have a nice drink and a laugh….no we drink to the extremes, have a fight, take some coke, pass out, need ambulance and police as we wake up fighting and cost the tax payer a fortune…just so we can neck 10 pints in 2 hours. Our behaviour is rotten, no country wants British tourists. Our actions makes everyone’s life a misery, and I use the royal we, I am a first responder and people really need to check themselves these days, personally I’d love to record their behaviour then play it back to there family, friends and employers.
African Nations are arranging a Benefit Concert in an effort to cheer up Britain. Televised worldwide, and featuring many famous pop performers, it will be called Cheer Up Britain!
😂😂
London is unlivable at the moment. People can't afford to pay the rent, the accommodation is squalid, people don't have money to eat, people can't afford to take a bus any longer, people can't afford to go to the put, people can't afford to invite friends to their houses and pay for the food. I could go on, but maybe it is enough for people to get the gist!
You can still get buses!!! Fucking hell. Jealous.
But there are people who can 'professionals' 'entrepreneurs' etc. They can move there and pay for it, so who cares about everyone else. And then those people say 'why should we care about people who want free handouts, they should work harder. I'm not a charity'
Thank mass third world immigration
@@Cyber_Crows Only when it rains a lot!
@@marcelusdarcy Not anyone is happy in London, including the types that you mention that are struggling too. Remember what they are called? JAMS.
Everyone is leaving the city in droves.
The only people who are populating the city are illegal immigrants and Muslims.
Oh! Wait! We can't say that, right?
We get called "far right", racists, islamophobics, and get arrested by the Met.
The Met, who knows very well what is happening in London!
Wait! Why is London now called "Londonistan"?
Why is Sadiq Khan the most hatted Mayor of London ever by absolutely everyone?
Why are people protesting on the streets by the thousands against our dictatorial communist government and the lack of security and problems in London in the very recent years?
And why, but oh why do we have the sign in Whitechapel Tube station in Bengali? Is Bengali an official language of the UK?
The people who are getting free handouts are supported by the government and the local authorities in a total corrupt state of affairs and the tax payers know little about it and have no say in the matter.
They people that you mention "are not charity" would be better off if they were.
Nailed it! I love my country. We have massive talent, inventiveness and ideas. We are the birthplace of the industrial revolution. Our heritage of writers, scientists and artists is second to none. We are one of the most tolerant nations in the world. But our leaders have betrayed, manipulated us and they actually hate their own people. Left permanently at age 67. Now it has become an Orwellian nightmare.
Sssshhh, you've been in decline since 1914 and now you're a cringeworthy joke of a country. Barking little pipsqueaks hiding behind America.
An overcrowded Orwellian nightmare
Correct!
Politicians are a reflection of the society that voted them.
Our leaders are only there because the people voted for them. So the voters are to blame for that.
Maybe that's why the British went to sea and covered the world.
To get the hell out.
Britain did a service to the world by modernising it, with our wonderous inventions and don't forget it!
The Victorian period was a GOLDEN period of British history when its people were prouder of its accomplishments than any other.
Oh yes why hasnt the average joe recieved any benefits then. The place is shit @careytitan9097
Oh yes what benefit as the average joe got out of it the place as become a shit hole @@careytitan9097
@@101brydon Benefits were for the British people after we fought in war, not for the rest of the world!
It is not free, it is a Ponzi scheme!
As an Aussie, I'm jealous of you Brits because you can have a trip to Europe over a weekend. But we have to save up for two years and travel for 25 hours to get to Europe.
we've been beaten down so much that most of us have given up.
beaten down by whom?
@@MariaM-kn7ij our governments who seem to hate us.
@@MariaM-kn7ij Working for 50+ hours per week (sometimes a lot more) and not making enough money to pay our bills. Housing is no longer affordable and it makes one question what the point of working at all is.
@@adamrubinson6875 And they don't allow you to be proud of anything British related, can't be proud of your "heritage" because its offensive, history because its "offensive" to people, culture because its "offensive" and no people because they are all being replaced and dare fly your own countries flag and your seen as a far right winger.
I came back from living in SE Asia for 3 months and had a culture shock coming back to the UK. Many weird things, negative like you said. One symptom is the number of drivers who aggressively tailgate, even when the flow of traffic is going at a normal speed. People need to relax and drop the attitude here.
True bullying driving culture
Complaining about the standard of driving in the UK of all things after living in SEA is hilarious. A lot of people in this comment section are not in the real world.
@@TitB1199Have you considered that maybe a British person with British money can afford a way better lifestyle in SE Asia than at their home, or than a native? Of course they like it there better.
English up tight mentality is a scourge on humanity
@@TitB1199including and starting with the british 😂 how the heal are you big brother. Yet everyone is ignorant when it comes to your transgressions and life in england? 😂 how convenient. Its time to talk about England
Left the uk 15 years ago. Very sad to watch whats happening. It's completely broken.
It is completely broken. Since 2010
@@diopfifi4937 bollocks
I left in 1971. Worked in a couple of other countries for decades. Visited around 25 other countries in my working life. Retired to an EU country. I did visit the UK from time to time, but haven't lived there for 53 years! It's physically a beautiful country, but the politics and social security aspects are soul-destroying.
It's culture, weather, & 30 years of under-investment in every public service. We could take a lesson from the French, & hold our governments accountable. Good video, man 👏🏼
To be fair it's been rubbish and miserable in Britain for a very long time. I left almost 25 years ago and never looked back..
So you wouldnt know what it’s like here….if you haven’t lived here for a quarter of a century..just saying..
@@griswald7156 well I've visited a fair few times have friends and family there and watch GB News, 😂 haha
@@mattabouttrails right so you dont know what its like to live and work here…because you haven’t done it for 25 years…
@@griswald7156 correct, don't know what its like day to day, but it appears from my point of view to be worse than it was in 90's.
@@mattabouttrails if you be a successful person in the UK….i can assure you its lovely….maybe you’ve found somewhere to live with less effort..and improved your lot…you enjoy visiting here…if it was miserable here you would just forget the place..so if it improved economically i take it youll be back ? You’re an economic migrant with no interest in improving the Uk..yourself but you’re quite happy for us citizens build it up for you…then youll be a British citizen again..will you be claiming a uk pension when the time comes ? If you become ill will you come back for hospital treatment ?
I encountered so much misery and negativity just for the simple act of picking black berries. I'm out in a field enjoying myself at one with nature., getting healthy free, fruit. Every single person that ever walked past me while I picked black berries for the last 10 years, had something negative to say. Oh you have left it too late. Oh they are so small this year. Oh they are not ready. Oh the weather is so bad, there are too many spoiled ones. Oh there are hardly any. Oh they used to be much better. Oh they are not like they used to be. And the worst comment yesterday a woman walked with her friend and said to him loudly 'I hate black berries'. Now I just don't acknowledge people when they speak.
I picked some a few days ago and they're the best I can remember in years!
@@PeacockRhino I know right! And I have a whole load up where I am that will be coming for at least the next 3 weeks....
Yeah this is it exactly. Try doing something different and people don’t like it. Bit of a strange example as this used to be a commonplace activity but I can imagine less so these days.
Miserable people!
I was out cycling the other week. I noticed a large bramble bush and an old lady picking blackberries. I stopped and had a chat with her, as well as had a few berries for myself. I learnt from her that 'the berries were ready early this year' and that she was gonna 'go home and make an apple & blackberry pie'. It was a nice moment.
I'm a New Zealander and we have quite a few people from the UK here. So many of them are absolutely miserable and difficult to deal with. It genuinely seems like not much makes them happy.
They've made a mistake and they know it
Bingo! Something wrong with their psyche. Just negative set of people
@kamikazezebra. It’s because our Politicians treat us like shit here in the U.K.
And the U.K. Public can treat each other like shit as well.
But if those people that are from the U.K. that are in New Zealand, they shouldn’t be so miserable.
I'm from NZ as well and was going to comment exactly the same thing. They bring their sullen, unspoken frustrations with them. I think a lot of them were sold some CHCH wet dream of a Pākehā 1950's paradise...they cannot adjust to our rather loose way of things...
@@El_Nombre-e3x made a mistake by living in NZ over UK?!?! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👍👍😂🤣😭
The major problem in the UK are the low wages for the vast majority of the population.
And unaffordable housing
I’m Aussie, I’ve visited Britain a few times, love it over there , great pubs, music and culture, history and heaps to see and do but there isn’t a day I don’t thank my great great great grandfather for being transported to Australia as a convict in the 1820’s.
A lot gangs yeah
What do u reckon he did ?
@@hisham-ju2wtprobably stole some sheep
Australia will be the same way in 20 od years- a dead giveaway is looking at demographics of new housing estates/ "growth areas". Pay attention to the schools.
So, crime does pay.
Even though the British don't like to admit it, to varying degrees, the class system still exists there. The class culture contributes to a sense of being stuck in "ones place" socially & economically. And of course this causes pessimism all around (especially for middle/lower-middle/and working "class" people, AKA most of the population). Other parts of the world don't have such rigid (and seemingly limiting/stifling) "class" cultures. I'm half English (and a UK citizen through my mother), but I grew up in the US, and this has struck me every time I go back to the UK for a visit - many people there deny that "class" is still an issue, but it's very apparent to many of us outsiders that it really is. And this is the layer on top of all of the other issues the UK is currently dealing with (economy, housing, migration, etc.).
Do you really believe other countries don't have social strata. You are judged by your wealth in many other places.
All of the problems the UK has, the US has even worse:
For class system, google: "Global Social Mobility Index"
For economy: "List of countries by wealth per adult"
For housing: "House-price-to-income ratio in selected countries worldwide"
Migration is debateable, but 23% of US immigrants are undocumented, the UK figure is thought to be around half of that.
And the American WASPS are often just like those snobbish, arrogant Brits. Some of the meanest, coldest, most vicious people you will ever meet. There are, however, a few exceptions here and there...
@SamUrtonDesign Agree. The British class system is alive and well and can be stultifying.
This is absolutely fascinating. Here is philosophy, history, psychology, sociology, economics and politics rolled into one video. When I went to England as a naïve tourist I found the most remarkable friendly people who had a beautiful sense of humor. As a tourist, I did not see how hard it is to live there but I pretty much enjoyed every Brit I met. The whole time I was there there, you were the light of my life. ❤ My heart goes out to you Brits. Thanks for the enlightening talk. Subscribed. 🌹
what a fucking cringe comment
I'm Dutch national just moved back to Holland after living 10 years in London. Holland is a stable, economically strong country. People have good income, good healthcare, good gov. etc. People are more content and happy because of it. UK is more survival, London is overcrowded, dirty, gov. dont care about the people.
Actually, Northern Europe has always been particularly miserable. Its in the psyche. There's a fantastic documentary by Jonathan Meades called Magnetic North, which explores this. I myself love the misery, because i dont like anyone. Good day, young man.
Yes.
Dedicated holiday resorts are a no no for me, there's a big emphasis on having fun. This is best avoided.
Thanks, gonna look at that, cheers
The idea of looking forward to going to Butlins and sitting watching the laid-on entertainment ......destroys my soul@youngian
It's a different kind of misery. UK, or rather Anglophone misery is a recent development caused by politics.
In the Nordics it has also a lot to do with the weather and the sheer awesomeness of nature that makes anyone's life seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
It is an ancient feeling and it lives through their folklore and legends.
Yep. I’ve advised all my kids to leave as soon as they’re able. We will no longer pay for criminally incompetent fiscal policies of this and previous governments.
Mee too, I'm 50 now and my kids are still growing up. I keep telling them they should consider going to live abroad. shot to pieces here, the weather is just the icing on the shit cake!
You are doing exactly the right thing. I think that kids need to acquire the skills to leave as soon as they are choosing their subjects for GCSE.
UK's climate is whats bad about this place and everyone being so moody and lack of community.
They're not incompetent. They're intentionally destroying the country.
I said the exact same thing. U K is no longer a liveable place for our kids, society and public services has collapsed.
I was 23 in 1990. I'd left school with only two O levels. I hated school and didn't want to go to 6th Form college. Instead I went on the YOPS scheme, the forerunner of the YTS. This scheme was much maligned by the Labour Party but I learned a hell of a lot and ultimately got a full time job 8 weeks before my 17th birthday. I saved enough from my YOPS money to buy a car and the boss gave me regular driving jobs in a transit box van, then a 7 and a half tonner at 18. My wages had been climbing regularly, I'd now bought my 3rd car, a newer version of Gene Hunt's Cortina. I was driving all over the country and got the chance at 21 to go for Class One HGV training which I passed first time.
At 23 I bought my first house (the average age of the first time buyer back then) after relocating to North Nottinghamshire for my new position. I bought a three-bed semi with a garage and gas central heating for 38 grand. I was on the UK average wage at this point having started on £25 a week on the YOPS scheme,then £50 after I got taken on.
I didn't worry about utility bills or the mortgage. I worked hard and partied hard as the local town was always buzzing on a weekend, and bus trips to the lights of Sheffield city centre on a Friday night to go clubbing were ludicrously cheap.
Life was fantastic for me! I bought a brand new Ford Sierra GT in March of 1992, I'd had three weeks holiday in the US the previous autumn. I was still saving each month,had no debt on my credit cards, still didn't worry about my bills,and this went on for the rest of the decade.
Opportunity was there for me if I took the chances before me.
Today I wouldn't be allowed to leave school at 16. I could never afford to buy a car and afford the insurance at 17. You now need an expensive HGV licence to drive a 7.5 ton truck, and two expensive tests to obtain a Class One licence.
Can a 23-year-old lad with no Uni degree on the average UK wage buy or rent a three-bed semi today??
Opportunity. That's a ladder that's been pulled up for too many young people now. The ability to be an independent and confident adult has been erased faster than a comment on RUclips.
I thank my lucky stars I was born in 1966 and got to build and enjoy a life to the max.
Where's all the money gone since 2000?? The economy has allegedly grown in leaps and bounds but the evidence of the reality on the ground, in towns and cities up and down the country tells a different, bleaker story.
The town I moved to, Worksop, is a ghost town now. The rot set in when the local colliery closed in 1992. The best pub in town where I met my beautiful future wife is now a Vietnamese restaurant. More than half of the other pubs have gone. The High Street is full of boarded-up shops. Now all that remains are charity shops ( who are struggling thanks to online sites) bookies, mobile phone repair shops, pawn shops and the now ubiquitous Turkish barber shops.
Where's the opportunity today??
Prat about for a useless wage on a pushbike delivering crap food to lazy slobs every day?
The country I knew and loved has gone for good. What remains in its place is frankly horrifying,and I'm glad to have escaped from it a long time ago.
I'd be miserable as sin if I was 23 today, probably a drug addict, alcoholic manic depressive. If not, I might be wailing about gender politics, concerned about pronouns and prancing around at Pride rallies before going back to my childhood bedroom , relying upon the largesse of my parents instead of demanding a fair chance at having the same chances my parents and grandparents had.
The silence from young people about this joke of an economy and authoritarian government is deafening. They're more frightened of climate change than the very real danger of nuclear war with Russia.
Still, as we used to say,when we were allowed to have a sense of humour: mustn't grumble 😂
I'm now living in Bulgaria with my second wife. We've been effectively retired since our late forties and have been having the time of our lives!
Move back to the UK? I would rather volunteer for Man's first landing on the Sun. 😂 😂
Yes what jumps out at me there is the young people are set up to stay in "education" as long as possible. While they are there in that world of state education (2nd and 3rd level) their brains are bombarded with lgbtq stuff and green guff. The young adults are bamboozled. No peace of mind. Your life sounds lovely in Bulgaria, and you're living a full life👍☘️
I could not put it better my self. I was born in 1962. and my first wage was £30 per week bought my first motor bike when I was 17 and my first house at 22. on the small wage that I had I lived a good life back then traveling the country on my bike or out in the night clubs of Manchester. right now at 61 I don't no what to do with the prises of things and the high taxes are strangling all of us and with inept governments that don't care about the country or the people in it, I can only see disaster ahead. your right the youth of this country don't stand a chance and I wouldn't blame them for leaving a country that quite frankly has let them down. From the ordinary people to the government we have allowed the destruction of are communities and the the country as a hole, we should all be ashamed of are cowardly selves for sitting back and doing nothing.
@@anthonywoolley7389 This place is magnificent for riding a motorbike, plus petrol is a quid a gallon cheaper and the insurance tons less.
Britain is too far gone, too damaged, beyond salvation and repair because of the mendacity of this government and most of its predecessors since 1975
@@finolaomurchu8217 I see my reply to you has been erased. I’m just surprised my OP was allowed to remain untouched.
The indoctrination is too deep to ever correct, sadly.
Exactly this. But young people today accept it because they didn't know of a time before their current circumstances. I am not as old as you, and JUST missed out on the scenarios you mentioned so was never able to get a foot on the housing ladder. I have nothing and know I never will, but knew a time when it was better for my parents and grandparents, which means I have the worst of both worlds. sad.
What an awesome video. You hit every nail on the head a 100 times over. I escaped Misery Island 10 years ago and live in S.E Asia, I visit the UK now and then. I immediately sense the change in vibe. Everyone seems on edge and permanently angry. Specially on the road. If you are 1 second too slow when the light turns green you get honked. This happened to me - this dude behind me was with his family in a Range Rover giving me the 2 finger salute and flashing his lights because I was literally a second too slow when it went green (was shifting the auto transmission from Park to Drive). His bald head was literally red with rage like a angry tomato. A buddy of mine honked at a car that cut him off and at the next red light the guy ran over to my friends car and banged on the door asking for a fight. WTH is wrong with people? I dont even honk at cars now, too scared. Unless I absolutely have to. I notice this kind of pent up aggression all over the place. Then theres the crime. Gangs of goons in hoodies and bikes all over the place. I saw two of them nicking an eBike outside a grocery store in broad daylight using big bolt cutters. People just walking past. Why should anyone intervene? Who knows what they are capable of. The security guard said they laugh at the police. No one cares. No one talks. I feel stupid just saying "Hello!" to a neighbour because they just give a sullen look and keep walking. Its true what they say about Britain. You can go a lifetime without ever knowing the name of the person next door. Always happy to get on that Singapore Airlines jet at Heathrow and get the hell out of there! Its become a dumpster fire and as they said on Dragons Den - I'M OUT!
Its funny because here in the US we seem to have the opposite problem. There's a culture of almost manic positivity that keeps us voting for clownish politicians that dont change anything because it is almost forbidden to complain. There are a few minor issues that are loudly quibbled about, and many people ask why especially my generation is so depressed, but almost no one is willing to ostracize themselves by pointing out just how much the country has crumbled. Everything here is falling to pieces, the food is getting worse and more expensive, all new development is bland and cheap, our entertainment culture, once the envy of the world, is completely stale, but Americans just put on a wide fake smile and pretend nothing's changed. Sometimes I envy the British straightforwardness. It might be a downer but at least youre not in denial of the state of your country.
Agree…and MSM GASLIGHTING is off the charts
I'm American and totally agree. The empire is in decline and maybe on its last gasp.
Babylon will fall...
Well said. I wiuld rather speak the truth than be a clown every day.
Our foreign interference and lack of government care for citizens will be the death of us.
ngl going to japan really woke me up to what else was out there culture wise and it was probably the happiest i'd been in a long time. Coming home was pure depression as i'd gone from nice warm weather, amazing scenery, polite people and things to explore to overcast rainy weather, shit roads, dull people and a crap government.
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It is called homogeny, like Britain used to be just 50 years ago and that is why Britain is depressed!
@@careytitan9097absolutely, we are being re-placed and demoralised as a thanks for being the so called good guys in the two world wars
A phoenix from the ashes awakening in the real British people is needed
Japan has not permitted mass immigration !!! They have retained their sense of National Identity ......unlike Britain.!
Bruh, in 2019, according to Wikipedia, Japan's suicide rate per 100k population is 12.2, for the UK, it is 6.9. In terms of ranking, Japan is 49, UK is 117. The table has 183 entries. And you are telling me Japan is a better place, and "coming home was pure depression". Mate, going to Japan is purely suicidal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
I escaped from prison island a few years back for the Baltics and have never been happier, seeing what UK has turned into confirms it was the correct move.
Which one of the Baltics may I ask?
@@rokasdobrovolskis I met a Lithuanian lady in Hastings UK
Same, but I met a Japanese girl in London and went back to Japan with her.
@@thadtuiol1717 👍
Prison Island..lmfao
You hit the nail on the head, just done 2wks on a cruise over Spain etc, noticed just how depressed everyone in the UK when I got back.
I travelled the world. My daughter is travelling the world.
I have to say when I travelled. I realised how we pay through the nose for everything. Our government tax the arse out of us.
Our state pension age is the highest in Europe too. only gotta slave till i'm 68 then I can get my pittence of the gov. great.
If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet.
I live in Japan and love it. I still long for the UK, but as it was in the 90s. It was culturally vibrant, cohesive, confident, ambitious, exciting, much safer than now and seemingly had a bright future ahead of it. What changed in that period that led to this decline? I guess Blair in 97 had a lot to do with it. Britain never recovered from that and can you blame Brits for being pessimistic and atomised for the past 20+ years when the society and culture is being radically transformed and has already been. I am not sure how this video could be put out there without mentioning mass immigration from the third world as a key contributing factor. Is this still the elephant in the room? I had thought the Overton Window had shifted now given the extent of the problem. I remember before mass immigration, life in the UK in the 90s was not dull or miserable at all. It was a wonderful period. If you think Brits are just genetically or culturally predisposed to negativity, then you are part of the problem. This outlook you’ve experienced for the last few decades is a direct result of the political decisions which have served to shatter the fabric of British society.
We are called whinging poms for good reason.
probably scared of being called waysist. like most of thee cowards who jump ship.
Mass immigration started in 1948. Tony Blair opened the floodgates in the 90s.
globalization and debt. Money printing. Thats it. Theres your problem from 97.
@@TheFragilityOfIdeas too right. It was great back then and it was fairly safe.
Escaped 20 years ago, no regrets leaving. We're not taught financial skills at school, they want a bunch of miserable tax paying drones who remain at their station in life. It's generational. You don't get something for nothing, never rely on the government where possible.
Like that in most counties tbf
So true. My father said the same things 50 years ago.
That is why there is a segregation of the private and state schools. Private schools are teaching all the things for kids to know how to keep being ritch. UK is still wealth class society no matter what they say on TV.
When I was at a kid at school. Someone literally came from the bank to get kids to sign up for a kids debit card. I was never once taught about how money works. Had lots of lessons on feminism and the african slave trade though.
@@SvetlanaVOLODKOGATTSo which countries don't have some sort of class system and a rich elite? A lot of people whining here haven't travelled. I have lived in countries where the poor are in slums in horrible conditions, but the rucb elite are about the same as in the UK
This is happening everywhere in the world , I am Moroccan and I feel the same about my country !! I think that’s just the new world order .
It’s full of bureaucrats, depressing and inconsistent weather, unequal, culturally dull/rigged all in combination.
Good, stay away. All the more scones for me. :)
The only culture left in England is Pakistani
As someone with autism, I literally thought I was always the problem. I go in any other country, even Ireland, and I felt supported and lifted.
People are so miserable then you try to help or start a business or event; they're such a let-down.
They dont want to change.
i thought it was my autism too
Nobody can be happy when eye contact is forbidden and lying is expected.
Thank you. Neighbours act like they have phobia of people
@@diopfifi4937 right 😂
The elephants in the room are the inexplicable austerity measures implemented post GFC in Britain and then the sledgehammer- Brexit. Btw I lived in Germany and UK in 2000s. Really enjoyed it. But now back home to Australia since 2017. Loads of young educated UK people working in Sydney, Melbourne etc I've noticed recently... great stuff. Please send more!!
A wise man once said “The UK is a third world country attached to London” 😂
ironic considering thats the reason it became third world to begin with...
Here's a fun fact: Take away London from the UK and the GDP of the UK is on par with Missisipi😂
You guys don;t have a clue about third world countries, apparently.
@@ricardocima third world countries don’t exist. That is a term created by mainly the countries that exploited the very countries they label “Third World”
he obviously didnt understand the meaning of "third world", like nearly everybody else
The irony of a British guy complaining about Brits complaining about the country. And then complaining about the country too.😂🏴you do have a point though.
Revoe? Are you from Blackpool by any chance? 😄
These kids dont know they are born, our forefathers toiled and fought and this lot winge and cry and say 'im leaving'... where to??? If they havnt got the guts to stand tall on their own land they will like lambs to the slaughter in another country, the whole world is in chaos so i say trott along, see how far you get wimp lol
You can't win here. You either settle for how shit it is and be a boring person, or you aspire for more and complain all the time.
We can't be that bad if people are willing to risk their lives getting here from France!
@@ajs41those people get free money that's why they are doing it!! Difference is alot of us that work will not get any help.
the digital transformation is worrying. the glorification and reliance on digital technology in every aspect of life. I often feel like I want to go back in time
You just wait when A.I. takes the economy over. The next 30 to 40 yrs will see significant changes that will push unemployment to the limit worldwide. The over reliance on robotics and androids in the workplace and at home. Societal changes will be huge. It's already happening where I work. It's the slow death of work.
@@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984 It's already happening at a record pace. The company I work for is opening a new warehouse near me. I asked if I could transfer. It's pretty much all automated😐They barely need any staff. a few years ago a depot as big as that would need around 1000 staff. I bet its less than 100 now.
@@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984 Electronics are very easy to destroy. Always remember that. :)
@JohnL-ml7iv You can destroy it, but the more advanced it becomes, the greater control those that whield this technology have to domesticate us. Smart phones are already playing a significant part in our lives.
@@dr.impossibleofcounterpunc1984 You don't really understand what you're talking about. AI gives us to become more efficient with resources, not less.
Come to America! 🇺🇸
We love your British cousins!!
I used to think Britain was like a fairy tale but now I’m realizing it’s got a tragic story line.
I visited last year & London broke my heart.
Empty stores & homeless people. 💔
At least they speak the King's English. The states aren't that much better, but they'd be more welcome than the migrant gangs taking over Denver, CO.
As soon as you get rid of "The Donald". Must be great living under the threat of a civil war. You only lost 750,000 in the last one.
I think the apathy element is a result of he fact that for centuries we have lived in relative peace compared to our neighbours, who have experienced invasions, bloody revolutions and dictatorial ideologies. The people in those countries naturally became more prone to standing up for themselves and having to rally together. We've been protected by a river and have lived in a bubble for a long time.
WW1 and WW2 ?
@@deathvalleybro9320I think he was supposed to say decades. The UK had the 60's to the turn of the 20th century where things were very rosey overall.
I left in my early 40s in 2002. Sold my house, packed my job in, gave all my material shit away and moved to Portugal. It's got far, far worse since then. Privatisation, Brexit, Covid and 14 years of Tory austerity have bled the country dry. Its just got steadily far, far worse. I've lived here since then and every day I've felt blessed to be here. Not been back since a short visit in 2018. I decided then I'd never set foot in Britain again.
Can’t I ask how you managed to find a job out there?
@@jimmyjt16it's really difficult actually impossible for locals to find work let alone foreigners in my experience, unless you're willing to do absolutely any job for under €1000 a month without no contract/temp contracts unless you move to Germany, Denmark, NL or Finland. The brits i've met in Southern Europe have generally been living off assets in the UK (rental, pension, investments, RUclips, digital business or are engineers with an intra company transfer to an Italian/Spanish office, some remote job with a snazzy startup..or work in TEFL.
There are the tradesmen/barmen/odd bar business who have flourished in doing that too, welders, bricklayers, even hairdressers also have some degree of luck, I guess depending on clientele.
Portugal is not spared either. In fact, the whole of Europe is falling.
I've been in Portugal 4 years and it's a horrible place. There's a constant underlying melancholy and unless you're rich and only have ex-pat friends it's miserable. Can't wait to leave.
What are you on about? I live in pt for a year now, it's way better here than there and I'm a Muslim with no friends here but still happier here, I'm an introvert so it's OK with me. But there is still life here, I go out and see people living! Shopping mall still exists! Yes the housing prices has gone up but thata fairly standard for lisboa
I think the song "Viva La Vida" perfectly encapsulates Britain's plight...
"I used to rule the world, seas would rise when I gave the word. Now in the morning I sleep alone, sweep the streets I used to own..."
True white people sweeping the streets that are thrashed by Indian, black, Muslim....people.
But the British people suffered during the Empire, especially the English. Similarly thinks were very bad between WW1 and the 1980s. 1980-2010 was the good times.
If anything the UK today is becoming more reminiscent of life in Victorian Britain. Drudgery, HMO houses being crammed full of tenants, greedy landlords, politicians filling their own pockets more than ever.
@@400VAL-p3v60s and early 70s was their golden years afaik
@@YBM2007Same as the US.
The Dutch enjoy the gloom. They light a tiny candle and make tea and actively enjoy the gloom. They think it’s super gezellig to schemer in the murk. It’s annoying but also admirable.
Gotta say I really like the Dutch.
Visited my online Dutch friend of 14 years for the first time last month, ended up re scheduling my return to stay a week longer, unimaginably hospitable and calm lovely people, was there two weeks never heard a single raised voice. Went bouldering to the gym, done some truffles, just an all round good time, we shot the shit about differences between our countries and man quality of life out there is wonderful. They are doing something right.
Our houses are small, cramped, old, not modern, stuffy, outdated etc… We don’t have nice houses unless you’ve got money from inheritance and have a good job and can afford a £500,000 house (and that’s in my area, mansfield - a run down, deprived, post-industrial town).
Our infrastructure is the same - old, outdated, crumbling etc… Our services - especially public services, are lacking. There’s little social mobility and the class system hasn’t disappeared, it’s just adapted and evolved instead. There’s no second chances and you don’t get chances and opportunities to uplift yourself and move up the ladder. Our quality of life is lower than it should be and is increasingly declining. I just need to emphasise just how LOW our quality of life is. Our wages are lower, and LOW altogether - especially compared to what they should be for BRITAIN of all countries. Americans earn double as us. Even Poland has caught up to us. Opportunities are limited. The cost of living is high. We are the sixth largest economy in the world - but it doesn’t feel like it - it’s very bizzare. We don’t have great leaders and statesmen like the days past - our leaders have no long term plan and strategy; we are bereft of the grand strategies and great statesmen like Salisbury of the past. Our communities and neighbourhoods are becoming alien, foreign and unrecognisable due to immigration.
People inherently know this and have given up and checked out.
The Dutch have just elected a far-right government.
👏🏻👏🏻
Summed it up perfectly. And then there's the waiting times to see a GP...
It s the lack of an even av wage thats made people lose hope ordinary people have lost out to poverty and for a while now however you excel at your job redundancy has been rife ruining many lives as not just automatic you ld get another job...hence debts start and you know the rest.
Sorry to tell you but they indeed do have a grand plan. The great reset. agenda 21, 30, 50. the 4th industrial revolution. remember 2020.......rockerfellers lockstep. This is how the elite want it.
You're talking about a country that had the mightiest empire the world has ever seen just 100 years ago. To go from being the workshop of the world to an economic basket-case has obviously had a catastrophic effect.
Joining the EU was our downfall, they have managed our decline and now EU countries own nearly everything we ever owned! We have been stripped bare from the inside out, from our coal, mining, steel, manufacturing, car industries, potteries, airports, sea ports, fishing, railways, water, electricity, gas, post office, potteries, British brands, famous shops and labels, you name it!
@@OCCUPIEDNATION I have worked in industry all my life, now everything has been out sourced abroad.Foreign investors buy up everything in the UK.Wages are low now in industry, it's small now with no future, glad I am retiring soon!UK is in the toilet!
@@GiovanniMazzeo-r1n Not sure its safe to retire in the UK though is it? Civil unrest is brewing and the finances are likely to collapse as taxation can't keep going up and with it our pensions.
Bankers did this to you.
Not the mightiest empire. That would probably be the USA (which is also coming to an end). The largest in geographical extents -- but large chunks of it were useless and just a burden.. By the late 19th century decline was clear -- Britain was losing to Germany and the USA. And then later, two years into WW2, the exchequer was bankrupt -- the gold reserves had all been sold and the country ended the war in hock to the USA. And then after WW2, recall that food rationing continued until 1954. It's a miracle that the country has survived so long even as conditions have grown steadily worse. Today it's just a minor appendage of the declining US empire.
As someone who was born and raised in England (Kent) I must say the worst thing about it is that you are conditioned/brainwashed into thinking that you have no right to improve yourself, to aspire to better things, to enjoy higher cultural activities. You are virtually told you are a peasant, not PLU (people like us). You are not one of the privately educated, well connected, wealthy elite, not one of the ‘club’.
Left in 1976, disgusted with the snobbery, dreadful housing, heavy drinking culture, awful roads. It seems as though the powers that be delight in making life as difficult as possible for everyone. MY ADVICE; LEAVE AS SOON AS YOU CAN, YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT !
I think it’s bad you leave you should stay and make it a better country for when I visit after leaving 30
Years ago
Yes anybody with any sense should leave before the iron curtain closes and the jack boots rain down.
Where too?
It's a caste system know your place peasants
The queen did king does call you his subjects
Don't worry about the elites. Worry about having salvation. "In the King James Version of the Bible, Matthew 19:23 states, "Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. " Jesus also says, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God".
I live in Romania and people here are really happy. Like the British, we love to complain but we always turn everything into a reason to party. In the last 10-15 years, this country has literally skyrocketed in terms of quality of life. Big cities like Bucharest and Cluj are extremely well-off. Better than western capitals I'd say.
I went to non-EU Albania and couldn't believe how happy and relaxed people were... strong communities
wait 10-15 years when you real income of labour class will reach EU average and the same syndrome will appear over there as well. Dont forget you are planned country, 20 years ago you had dirty roads with gypsie horses riding local highways, it is not offence it is description of reality. Current boom will stop as soon as your Romanian/American military interest will not be essential. Your progress is temporary and preplanned.
Of course. They don't have a looming threat of minority status in their only homeland.
You guys still have tsigani they tend to bring a bad name to Romania!
I'm Polish and we've seen the same thing happen. A lot of Poles are returning from the UK to Poland or at least moving to continental Europe. Myself included.
On my last day in London there was a Romanian guy that came to the flat I was emptying to renovate it for the landlord. He asked how much I paid for it and we agreed it wasn't worth 1/3 of that price. Afterwards he said he's done with England himself and he's taking all his money back to Romania in a few months time.
That was in 2019, things have only gotten worse since.
So sad to hear this about my home country...
The widening of wealth inequality is the main cause of all problems in this country. Rich is getting richer at an exponential rate while the normal working class has been slipping down the poverty
It is what people voted for, consistently for the last decades, so it must be what they want? Their homes (for those who own) are worth more and it seems that's all that ever mattered to them.
The UK has changed in the last 30 years and its not for the better. I have seen a lot of changes in life which is designed to destroy morale and make us miserable. I am happy within myself and as much as I used to love the UK. It rips my heart out to see it come to this. I have detracted myself and I am going to find a new country to call home that aligns with my energies better.
Problem is people voted for it. They kept voting for Tony Blair in 1997, 2001 and 2005, who everyone knew was in favour of high levels of migration.
@@ajs41 To be honest with you mate. That's just one of the problems. The UK used to be self sufficient and we used to make our own stuff before 96% of it got outsourced to overseas like China and other countries. It breaks my heart to see the UK die. The modern UK people are not responsible for what our ancestors did in history as they were not even born. As far Blair, there is a place in hell for that traitor.
I live almost 50% of the time in France and realise that although many French are pessimistic, they know how to enjoy life even in the north....in the UK people are just miserable and/or crazy
Stupid comment
I travel through France often when i visit Italy,i find the French in general polite and i see that they enjoy life very similar in attitude to the Italians.I live in Italy 50% each year.
@@GiovanniMazzeo-r1n Italians and French have decent food cultures of their own (not imported from Asia), families and beautiful architecture. Britons have none of that.
@@thadtuiol1717 I agree 💯👍
Im in france and couldn't disagree more😂 us british people know how to make a laugh out of even the most horrific situation
Same here in America. Ready to leave…
The UK has been miserable for centuries. The emigration out of the UK has been going on during that time. Very few return permanently. Its not a new phenomena.
Great replacement
Harry wants to return.
Yeah true but lots of people immigrated to the uk and made great lives in recent decades. My dad's family moved from Ireland and built a large business in the 60s and 70s and they thought England was a great country. Lots of professionals from Australia, Canada etc have moved to the uk and love it especially if they're Europhiles. The grim lifebif terraced house living and the old smog from coal fires was a big push factor for people to leave before and after the war.
@@glennoc8585 In the 60s and 70s we are talking about 2024.
@KingKhan20000 Yes but even so many people still want to move to the UK even in 2024.
As A British lad, i want to move out of the uk so bad.
you think its shit until you go to other places and it finally dawns on you that they are even more shit ;) I came back! I got taxed into oblivion in the USA and had an experience of being hospitalized there, those were two of many things that made me glad to be back. Definitely go adventure - but remember that visiting a place and being a resident there are two completely different things, learn the full ins and outs of the tax, judicial, healthcare systems of a place before moving there
Your saying exactly what I have observed mate. I've just watched the first minute of your video and it exactly matches my experience
Yes because HE is that perfect example of a pessimist and the exact person he’s complaining about
The social contract between government and population lays in tatters. Good vid
Weird, I was looking for good umbrellas and this video was there. I have to agree. I'm 54 and I'm bailing next year. Moving to Montana thanks to the US company I work for and I don't plan on coming back. I'm simply done with this country and the British, I'm at the point where I detest them. I realised a few years ago that they had dragged me down with them.
The last straw was Labour being voted in. You'll always hear the British say they want change, we're sick of this and that. So what did they do? Put the other party back in power for more of the same. May they live in interesting times because I'm off.
Bye. 😂
See ya. The people you surround yourself are obviously bad people. Where I live and go I love the people and surroundings.
Ha! I realized that back in 97 and left. So many better countries/people out there. British people and culture sucks, so boring, obsessed with house prices and football.
Jin-Ro Personally I don't think there's much of a difference between Labour and the Conservatives, just the same crew dressed in different suits.
What do you need to move to the USA?
The frustration, desperation and feeling of hopelessness to live here now completely overwhelms just about everyone 🤨
2:19 I thought you were going to say drugs 😂
House prices, taxes and feeling like a foreigner in my own country…
Look, found the xenophobe!
More bloody foreigners every day!
@@cocorita
Look, found the clown! 🫵
I'm assuming you're not a foreigner in your own country so, if you feel like that, it's on you
Governed by the same people that gave the British the empire so don't complain and lap it up. The days of rap-ing the world are over.