What Germans Think About the Current Situation in the US (Feli from Germany)

[Oopsie Daisy]

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:49 Media Coverage
10:34 Surveys
13:27 My personal experience
14:03 Quotes from my German viewers
15:10 Quotes: Decline of democracy
17:41 Quotes: Parallels to Nazi Germany?
21:45 Quotes: Economy & International Relations
22:36 Quotes: Travel to the US
25:37 Quotes: Media landscape, autism, resistance, & other topics
30:40 Recommendations

[Escurumbele]

1. Its long, but well worth it. Many things people who answered to her say is exactly what too many people in the USA

don't seem to grasp.

It CAN Happen Here!

[Oopsie Daisy]

2. I thought it was interesting, too!

Most of her videos are fun and light-hearted... this was something different for her. But well-timed and well worth it.

[Timeflyer]

3. Fascinating & alarming--Germans can clearly see parallels to Hitler's Nazi tactics happening here. now.

[wiggs]

4. THIS IS TREMENDOUS! kick n r. Good analysis and methods that seem to escape our own outlets. TSF

disfavor globally and domestically is hidden for us, IMHO. I hope this video gets wide distribution on the internets and socials.

We were in Berlin a couple of months ago, and I'll say that awareness and actions around injustices appear to be much more on the surface there...part of everyday discussions, experience, art exhibits, etc. MUCH more than in the US. Knowledge of domestic and global issues appears to be high. Gaza, Ukraine, RW german parties, US RW lurch, etc..

Being there added a whole layer of chilling worry about the direction we are headed in, because of Berlin's history and ongoing responses to it. Public art, museum and gallery exhibits, grafitti, articles....offer deep and honest looks at German history, echoes of authoritarianism elsewhere, and are warnings that a large portion of the US is unaware of.

Berlin: wonderful, astonishing, different, young, intriguing, vibrant city...took awhile to wrap our heads around it

[Oopsie Daisy]

6. As tourists, we loved Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart.

What a thrill it would be to live there long enough to master the language for everyday conversation. (I topped out at being able to ask for directions, ordering food, and buying train tickets.)

[wiggs]

5. Again...can't recommend this enough, especially the German media takes and the quotes. Send this around! nt