The USA doesn't try to be part of the world - you try to rule the world. That's a difference.

Freedom means also not to have a fear for criminality, medical costs, being homeless, Work/life balance, affordable food, discrimination, losing your job and many others things Europeans not have to fear and Americans do.

Ryan, take a breath - watch the video instead of keep pausing it to defend yourself, it’s not a personal attack 😅

"No one is more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Having worked in customer support jobs for international companies, Americans are *definitely* way more demanding and "entitled" than others. I can safely say that "I want to speak to a manager" is something that is almost exclusively used by Americans, even for the smallest things. The "customer is always right" mentality is awful.

Many many US Americans do indeed live in a bubble as can clearly be seen in every American reaction channel including this one.

Don't you think that not going bankrup from a medical bill is freedom, sending your kids to school and see them alive (not worriying about it) at the end of the day is freedom, going out without fearing of getting shot by a mass murderer is fredom... i can't go on and on... the list is long!

I am Dutch and I would feel unfree in the USA because of a different cultural background. In some states, you need to hire guards if you have a party of more than 20 people. What? Free? Plus you feel unsafe all the time. Too many guns and too much poverty around. So, you buy a house in a gated community and leave it only by car gun in your pocket and the doors locked. Free? And oh, in many communities you will get a notice from the local government if you have a garden that is too chaotic, or your lawn is neglected according to some civil servant or even your neighbours. Free? And at work you obey your boss even if you disagree. Free? And you are expected to work overtime. Free? And you are expected to NOT use your few vacation days. Free? And if you are seriously ill, you lose your job and nobody will defend you. Free? And indeed you are free to buy food that is cheap but very unhealthy. Nobody protects you from that shit. Free? And if you finally have a heart attack from that food, you are broke. Free? You are also broke if you give birth and want that child to have any type of decent education. Free? And you are almost forced to buy on credit to enhance your credit score, so you pay double for many things. Free? No, that is in my book unfree and sometimes even oppression.

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." ― George Orwell

Stopping the vid every 5 seconds gets really old quickly.

Americans aren't taught what freedom is, only that as Americans they have it. So they have no realistic way of comparing themselves to other countries unless they actually do try to be introspective

'Personal responsibility' has different meanings in, say, America and Europe. Americans/Republicans mean taking care of yourself as an absolute priority, Europeans would I think tend to mean conducting yourself in a way that was not damaging to society.

That behaviour is creeping in here in The Netherlands as well. So some shops have a sign outside that says: Coffee! : $25 Can I have a coffee please? $2.50

I am a French guy living in Finland. I don't know anyone, Americans included, who don't consider Americans as arrogant, demanding and too loud / too much at all. The image of the USA is absolutely terrible. We probably don't get to see the brightest ones, but every American tourist is just makes you wish there would be less tourism. I wish many would open their eyes and realise that, in many parts of the world, people associate the Americanisation of society with decline.

33 years ago I met a Swedish woman and left the US to live in Sweden. I’ve never looked back. I was fortunate to be able to get out when I did. Fast forward…. semi retired, part time freelancing in Stockholm and living in Sicily. No complaints. 😂

Let him finish a sentence,please.

Relax, Ryan! Unfortunately it is true that Americans in general are more demanding, and some are so entitled that 'please' and 'thank you' are foreign to them. I had an experience in a bakery with an American lady who ordered without saying please. I was behind her and mumbled 'please' on her behalf. She turned on me and said the server was paid to be there, paid to serve her, and she didn't need to beg for anything. I just said 'Wow." She told me to go **** myself. Nice lady!

The sad thing is that "freedom" has become kind of a marketing term in the US. It has been marketed for so long that almost everyone seems to have forgotten what it even means.

Always interesting how upset USAmericans get when someone is saying something critical about their country. Identification must be very big. Ryan can't stop interrupting.

PLEASE Ryan, let us hear what the man is saying before we hear your opinion. I love your channel but this is so irritating.

I am Austrian and i think many Americans believe their freedom is almost limitless. I know some saying about this: "Freedom ends there where another mans's freedom begins". I think in America this border is reached by harming people but in Europe it is reached much early and it is much better determined by law.

Americans seem to me to be told that they are free and they believe it and don't question it. A weird concept to me, thought provoking.

the American constituion a sample for the rest of teh world?'' Come on Ryan. The text of the American constituion is based on Dutch constitution from the `16th century and today. USA have made a mockery of that

My daughter works behind the bar in a very touristy destination. If anyone says 'I need a pint' to her, she just replies 'so do I' and waits until they ask more politely!

Well, that guy has a point. Americans can never understand the freedom etc in Finland. In Finland we are not afraid of losing a job, bc we have so good safety network by coverment. We are free to educate ourselves as far as one can/want. We have a right to walk in nature, even someone owns it, we are not afraid of being shot at. We are not afraid of getting 9929393 yrs conviction in prison. There are numerous things that are making our life way more free than in USA.

Stop interrupting every 5 seconds !

Please Don't skip parts in a video you will miss a lot getting to the point! Also let people explain first before you stop the video for any comments. Also you are clearly interested in Europe but I think you should consider coming to Europe some time if you can. You will get the feeling and the different vibe we have here in Europe. I think you will be amazed !!!

I am Portuguese, but I live in Switzerland , and I work with tourists, unfortunately the most part of Americans don’t say good morning, something is minimum of been polite 😊

The US is place 45 of 180 on the freedom of press index of the the non-profit and non-governmental organisation Reporters Without Borders.A well-known and prominent international organisation that advocates for freedom of the press and freedom of information. Most places in Europe are higher ranked with Norway on place 1.

I literally spent last night arguing with an American woman over her disrespect for another country. We're both fans of a Kazakh artist and yet she was criticizing his country and stating that America was better because of a number of completely wrong assumptions she'd made, when I contradicted her with the truth she promptly accused me of bullying her and trying to shut her down. I was neither bullying or abusing her, I was asking her to do her own research via the internet which she had available at her fingertips, not just to hear that it's a predominantly Muslim country and to assume that all countries are the same based on religion.

About America being more part of the world. It would be nice if US would participate more in agreements like regarding environment and climate change. My country Finland uses so much money to reduce CO2 emissions and really being a teacher's pet regarding all climate change aspects. It just feel useless for our small country to do so much when big countries like US don't care about these regulations at all and are the biggest polluters on world scale.

In the USA, you're not even free to cross the road.

Ryan, Americans who lived for a while in Europe don't sound American anymore because of all the changes they went through I have seen Americans who became totally different people in their way of thinking They realize that everything they ever learned about Europe is not true for the most part. They also learn that compared to Europe the US is not a democracy. That in the US their is less freedom. That the US is not the best country on earth and for sure not paradise. That countries in Europe take much better care of their population, infrastructure etc. That there is far less poverty. That companies take much better care of their employees and that the employees have a voice and rights and are protected. Americans speak a lot of times in a way we consider rude. Even yesterday I talked to a friend in the US. Instead of asking me he demanded to do something for him. I told him I'm that I'm not his dog and that he could friendly ask me. He is from Ohio Even in Louisiana they tell me how friendly and polite I always behave.

My first contact with Americans was when I was assigned as a German Air Force Officer to a NATO installation for four years some 40 years ago. At this outfit approx a third of the 2,000+ personnel were US-American, another third was German, and the rest came from more than a dozen other NATO countries. The people most disliked by this international community were the Americans, mostly because of their arrogance, their stance of superiority above everyone else, and their loud and obnoxious behavior without any respect for the personal space and rights of others. Interestingly the most liked were their northern NATO-member, the Canadians.

Who conned Americans into believing that liberal was the opposite of conservative ?

The guy is expanding his argument, not randomly rambling

Ryan please stop interrupting he says 3 words then you talk for10 minutes jeez man let's hear some of it before you react. thanku.

I think the fact that America must always be the one to intervene actually shows that it not really sees itself as a part of the world but rather thinks it stands above it. It‘s so weird to me that many Americans really think (and say!) their country is "the best". People in other countries don’t say something like this. They know that there is no such thing as "the best country". One country does this better, an other country does that better, but no country does everything best. In the rest of the world, we know that. To me, being part of the world starts with stopping to think you are on top of it. Way too many Americans don‘t know anything about the rest of the world, but at the same time they state that their country is the best. How do they even know? To be part of the world also means to be interested in the world. To be open. Many Americans seem to be so full of pride for their own country that there is no space left for learning from other countries. To them it probably seems that everything another country does well diminishes the value of their own country. Therefore, they feel attacked by it instead of learning from it. To be a part of it means to learn from each other. I'm not saying most Americans are like that. On the contrary, I think most Americans are not like that. But there are still too many Americans who are like that, and unfortunately they seem to be the loudest. They're the ones I notice most everywhere on the internet. This (besides Trump… and Guns) probably contributes a lot to the new bad image that many Europeans have of the USA.

I'm British and used to go to Mexico every year and Americans are rude and demanding and never say "Thank you or Please". I witnessed this a lot. My daughter went to New York and she said the same. This is not a replublican or a democratic thing. London

The way he described the Americans on the flight is excactly how we view them. Loud, obnoxious and ignorant. Obviously not everyone, I have good friends there that are well educated and interested in looking beyond the US borders. But gosh there is many of those he described. The US went from a country I really wanted to live in for a while as a teen to a place I'm not sure I feel safe taking my kids to on a holiday and that is sad, because it is a beautiful country. But I wouldn't consider it free or safe anymore. When some countries have travel warnings for the US that says a lot. Our travel warnings say don't go to crowded places, terror attacks, shootings and political violence more likely, they warn LGBTQ people from going certain places etc. It's sad really.

Can you let him say more than two words before you pause!!!

Oh, no. This one is just TOO interrupty - I'm done. (Jay is from the USA - a California based menswear designer. I've seen a few of his videos - he's usually spot-on, but he doesn't sugar coat the medicine!)

I’m a British expat living in Wisconsin, l have to accept that the way people talk here which sounds rude to me is perfectly normal for Wisconsinites, so inevitably when l say “please may l have” comes over to them it sounds extremely polite🙂

Calm down Ryan and listen to what he has to say

A swedish minister of finance once said: "You're not free if you have debts" (Gunnar Sträng). In many european countries you don't have to be scared of getting bankrupt if sick, or getting killed if out late, It's like freedom from worries and I wished he had emphazised that more. Freedom is of course the possibillity to do things, but its also the abillity to not have to worry. I spent a month many years ago driving around in the state of Washington for a whole month and I was scared in the back of my mind of being shot by someone I unintentionally provoked, i.e. while driving and I wasn't used to that.

Had to go watch the original, as this reaction was impossible with all of the pausing every half sentence.

That's true, when i worked on the cruise ships.. Americans used to say a lot "I want" instead of "Can I please have" or "I would like a"

Dude, interrupting every 4 seconds is soooo annoying.

This has to be your record of most pauses in one video. lol

About gun law, if you have a gun you will be tempted to use it. Such a simple truth.

Here we have an example of why Americans are seen as they are abroad. Jay gets it you don't. You got so offended you weren't listening to him and kept stopping the video. You have proved his point. He's actually right. You should listen to his video again not interrupt and research his points. Boasting and defensiveness about anything is a sign of insecurity.

Ryan, there are always two sides on a medallion. And to understand what freedom is, versus what and I quote Jay here "a subset of Americans" think it is are two completely different things. Also compare what this group of people seem to think of freedom and the US, versus what freedom we do not have according to this specific group of people, over here in Europe. Because I have not yet found out any sort of freedom I do not have over here. Also, the point you make about "freedom in the US", is something I do not see. You can not change it, only money talks, politics are bought, speech is censored etc etc etc. If you think that is beauty, than I can only remark that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

On his assessment of Americans being "demanding", I (as a Brit) have taken both my wife and step-daughter (both Canadians) to task on something similar: When I offer them a cup of tea, their usual response is "sure". To a Brit, that sounds almost rude, perhaps condescending. It indicates to me that they don't really want a cup of tea, but if I want to make them one they'll let me. I've tried to explain that to them, and to encourage them both to respond instead with "yes please", and maybe even "thank you" as well. But neither of them see why it grates with me. I find it funny how different societies develop different ways of speaking, and don't - or can't - understand why other people find what they're saying to be harsh or rude. So I think Americans who are seen as demanding by others don't think of themselves in the same way, and probably feel they are being perfectly normal and proper. It's an example of how offence can be taken even if it is not intended.

Of course such things are always subjective, and one has to take into account that however you grew up, that's just what's going to feel most 'normal' to you. However, after having spent a decent amount of time in the US, it's one of the very last places I would choose to live. And that is not to say, that the US doesn't have its positives, don't get me wrong. There are a lot of things I greatly admire about both the country and its people, like its beautiful various landscapes, its openness toward new business ideas and risk-taking, towards trying something new, and I really enjoy people's tendency of seeing something positive in someone attempting something new. Where I come from a drastic change in career often is met with a lot of nay-saying and apprehensiveness, meanwhile in the US people are more like 'Wow, sounds great. All the best!' and so on. Still, even after living on 4 different continents, unless job or such forces me to move to the US, I would rather not. I personally all over feel less free in the US, less safe, more anxious. These are freedoms I always miss while in the US as compared to my home country (in the EU) or in many cases even as compared to the country of my current residence (in South Asia): - I hate having to depend on cars. I am 40 and do not have a driver's license. I just never needed one. So whenever I'm in the US I'm reduced to the mobility of a young teen. - Living in fear of that one big health issue that might just financially ruin you... or kill you if you can't afford it. - Having to wonder if every other person might be carrying a lethal weapon. - Not being able to knock at a random door for help if I need it for above reason. - Not being able to get unprocessed non-GMO foods easily and cheaply. - Being made to feel that I live to work and don't work to live. - As a woman in specific getting access to women-specific medical care without some lawmakers of the dominant religion moralizing certain treatments and deciding about my access to it from their own religious point of view. - every encounter with police being potentially life-threatening - race being a primary factor to define a person - higher education being a question of financial funds - people in general tend to be a lot more entitled, standoffish and up for random needless fights, which to me always is baffling, again thinking that every other person you meet might be carrying. Almost each of those things is already a deal breaker for me in picking a place to live, but in combination, they are the reason why the US is the place I felt the most unfree of all the places I ever lived.

They say travel broadens the mind, but it sounds like the Americans that Jay encountered during his travels were still pig ignorant and rude. How can any adult not know what Indian food is?

Ryan, you might want to do some research. For instance, The warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment is not absolute. There are a whole lot of situations that cops can search your vehicle, your person even your home without any warrant what so ever. And let's not forget that the NSA can and does listening in to conversions of whomever they want without any warrant. And seeing that they can do this automatically by having AI monitoring for certain key words or phrases... they do this to not just a select few but whole swats of the USA population.

- first i think there's an additional layer to the "rudeness" of those airplane americans, as a european the way i see their behavior is kind of a psychological conditioning of the average american client feeling he deserves to be treated as someone special and does not believe that the person serving him is worthy of respect. I'm not saying that every american is like that, certainly not, but there's a really a trend going that way, where an american becomes a client and has paid for something that enables him to become a "client is king" kind of jerk. - Then i won't go into the "american freedom" narrative, it's really americans talking to americans at that point, but the lack of knowledge, miss information, or desire to avoid being informed while enjoying the comfort of living in a protective bubble, is quite an interesting topic. - Ryan, the USA became a neo imperialist super power after ww2, was already right on the way to it before the war but has taken the opportunity to really make sure all of its geopolitical interests abroad were protected and associated resources available to its domestic market. It's really nothing new, the main difference being that colonization was not done by gun powder but by cultural and political influence, and some gun powder when need be. It is still very much that way, the "decline" mentioned in the video is really more of a ideological point of view than anything else.

Yes, when someone holds a mirror in front of your face, you suddenly see things that are not as beautiful as they first seemed. This is the first video that really touched you! I've known this channel for a while. If I remember correctly, Jay was born in India - I think his parents went to the UK and from there to the USA - but I could be wrong. Ryan, you forgot to subscribe to the channel - Jay still has a *good* amount of videos!

I took a short flight (in Europe) earlier this year, and it turned out I was basically on one leg of a journey for the other passengers for whom it was a connecting flight. Based on the passports people were holding, the accents etc, seemed that the other passenger were all USAmericans. I have to say they were - collectively and often individually - were the loudest, rowdiest and entitled seeming group I have encountered. As mentioned in the video, nobody else said "please may I have" etc, when they staff came down the aisle with the refreshments, they all said instead "give me ____" or "Get me a _____"

I recently watched a video in which an American chap got into an altercation with two police officers, insisting he knew his rights and that they could not detain or question him, got into sovereign citizen territory. This was in London but he didn't seem able to understand that he was subject to British law while he was there.

You do have a funny sence of freedom, seeing as you cant just cross the road where ever you want. 😅😂

Mr Ryan stops the video too often and talks too much. The answers are there, you just have to listen. Annoying Yank 😮

I think the person meant "accountability" rather than "responsibility". You have to be accountable for your behaviour to have freedom.

maybe the woman on the plane thought the Indian food came of the reservation cooked by the native chefs employed by the Airline, most Americans we see online have very little knowledge of societies outside of their borders amongst other worldly matters

The reason the US is always funding wars is because it makes them a lot of money. The US has always funded wars, sometimes both sides. It's what makes the politicians and the corporations richer. It's always the money Lebowski

You talk to much Why dont you listen first and then comment. I think you dont like ppl talking bad about US

6:50 Yes actually... Not all Americans, but you can usually tell because of this. I have a small story about this too. I am from The Netherlands, and I was in Prague during my summer holiday this year. When I walked past a local restaurant, I heard someone ranting stuff about "lousy service". Simply because that person was so loud and demanding, I immediately knew that they were American...

Please don't take this personally Ryan. It is a can of worms you opened, lol! I think it comes from years of singing hand on heart to a flag every morning, brainwashing kids to think they are a superior nation of people living in a reality with blinkers... We all have been brainwashed in different ways, but the superior attitude of a lot of travellers/tourists just doesn't wash and yes, you are right: to be ignorant and arrogant is the worst kind. They too are only a product of their upbringing. Somewhere along the line, manners took a back seat in important behaviour (globally), which didn't help. PS, I love the way you say "hello" ❤❤😊 Makes me happy.

I went to an owl sanctuary in Aberdeenshire Scotland where I have lived for the past 20 years after moving up from England. An American bald eagle was brought out for the vistors to see and this American woman put her hand on her heart and began singing the US national anthem. My son, myself and the rest of the group all gave her the side eye and moved slowly away - mostly in second-hand embarrassment. Seriously, America, you have some nice people but honestly the rest of the world sometimes thinks you're a bit bonkers.

I will say without going about in any deep, that USA for me isn't free at all. Freedom of movement is severely restricted in USA, indirectly and directly. Directly If you go hiking, cycling... , you have to be ultra careful because of trespassing any propierties (if you can even go around and it isn't all owned), you don't have any laws that protect freedom to roam. I will say too that freedom to roam isn't only for recreational purposes. Indirectly, If you are poor without a car or gas you can't even move without problems, and even if you have a car, that's restricting too because you are forcing me to use a car to move in the roads for cars, you have even more restrictions but let's stop here. Freedom of movement is only an example, but for me it is really basic, if you can't even move around, you can't call yourself free at all.

Im from the U.K. And have visited over 20 countries. I’m not overly patriotic but I am a royalist, and I hadn’t realised just how few countries are as polite as the UK and because of that I am very proud. I hate bad manners and I don’t care if I’m told ‘it’s a different culture’ I don’t care, manners cost nothing. Are kids not taught manners as a child from different cultures?

I onced spent 6 hours pressure washing a driveway in Manchester UK, dozens and dozens of people walked past during the day and i couldn't hear any of their voices over the sound of rhe machine..... except one group. The americans 😂 not only could i hear them, i could hear what they were saying, or should i say shouting. 😂 Just sayin.

"Southern Hospitality" never judge a person by how they treat their equals, rather look how they treat people 'other' than their peer group.

Bloody pausing all the time 😅

Come on man I know you have a reaction channel but stopping every two or there words asking questions that if you let him finish a sentence would be answered is really annoying

Ryan, please stop talking so much !

America has no more freedom than most other countries. In fact having lived in the UK. I’m sure.

I'm white and British and I feel threatened by American white supremacy - and I've never been there

If when asking me for something a person doesn't say please, I loudly say please for them. I am sure it hits a nerve and makes them think.

I love the videos from JayStefan. You should watch more of them. He always goes deep into the theme.

My observations of a subset of American tourists visiting Ireland is not that they are loud and obnoxious but rather that they are loud and act like they've been beamed down to another planet...they are adorably bemused, awestruck and disorientated by the everything that's not like what they are used to. Whereas european tourists who barely speak any English manage quite calmly and easily to navigate themselves around a foreign country without any fuss.

There is a lot of freedom in the US, but close to no sense of responsibility

My freedom ends where the freedom of others begins and vice versa.

The Swedish way of telling people that they are rude can be examplified with buying groceries. If the person in front of you says "I want this", you say, "please maam, could I have a couple of those, thank you very much, that's very kind of you, have a nice day, oh by the way I really like your hairstyle", quite passive agressive I guess.

Well ryan, he and his partner have spent 6 months a year for the last 15 years, so that makes something like 7.5 years in Germany. So pretty sure a good understanding of the differences Germany and the US, being from California would be no less valid than oh I don't know Indiana.

The 70% of Americans who have never travelled outside the US will, I’m sure, “know” that America is the greatest country in the world and the land of the free. The reality is that is ingrained into all from a very young age by pledging allegiance to the flag in a cult-like manner. This closed view and propaganda resembles another country which they were fighting against during the Cold War. Those with a less insular view see that actually the US has many more restrictions or fewer freedoms than many other countries.

I really like Jay 😄 he has zero chill. I am the same with rudeness. It pisses me off so much! However he mustn't forget that in certain regions of Germany it's common to say "ich krieg ein Sandwich" (I'm getting a sandwich) when ordering at a food counter, which to my Swiss ass sounds rude AF as well.

Maybe you could open your ears and shut your mouth or not drink a tone of coffee before you react, it would help.

Your reaction kind of shows what he says. Why is it hard for you to hear criticism about your country?!

thats a true amricane not knowing when to not speak

Freedom to work with almost no time off, freedom to choose who you pay a fortune to for health insurance or healthcare, freedom to pledge allegiance to your flag at school, freedom to be shot at school or college, freedom to eat food full of chemicals and chlorine bleach. Freedom to go to church to be told you’re doing everything for god so you don’t question your allegiance to your country. Freedom to watch tv that is so full of commercial breaks you can’t concentrate. Sure, America is the land of the free.

I fully agree with the comment, in France, we learn at school that anyone's freedom STOPS where the freedom of others begin, so you can be free, as long as you don't prevent others from exercising their freedom, which then in turns makes the concept of freedom a responsibility to understand when and how it can be exercised for the good of the community. Also freedom came with a lot of fights to establish democracies and rights, it is everyone's responsibility to ensure to vote and understand the impacts of our votes to make sure those freedoms continue to persist in the future for the betterment of the whole society. Being in a democracy is not just about the rights you get, but also it is about the duties that come with those rights, the duty to make a conscious and rational decision when exercising your right to vote, but also the duty to vote (although voting is usually not mandatory)

This is your history, and I Think many from outside the US know so much about you because once appon a time, we looket up to you. Today we see film where the US is the only ones who Can save the world. We know better 😉 Today we see clearly, that many of you don’t understand freedom. You Think some kind of anarki is freedom. There is so much more to it 🙏 It’s a feeling not a right ❤️

- Why are you always so polite? - For the same reason you are not, I was brought up that way. - from "12 angry men"

My theory is that as the USA is the worlds police they need to be fed mega propaganda and national pride so that their youth join the military.

Indefinite detention? Guantanamo Bay.

That ”rude” and ”demanding” way of speaking is very normal here in Finland. But there’s huge cultural difference between Finland and Germany in the way of speaking.

Ryan I enjoy your videos on the UK and Europe it's good to get a US perspective on different issues but I think it would help if you did not keep interrupting the video. Let it run for awhile and then make a comment.

I guess you're the ultimate reactor, since whatever it is you're watching and experiencing always seems to be erased from your mind afterwards and every new video you seem to approach with a blank slate. I've watched you react to countless people expressing their thoughts about similar issues (and quite a few that went a lot deeper into the issue than Jay) and yet you seem to come out of it without truly learning anything from them. It really would do you some good to actually spend some time in Europe, to live and experience life in all its everyday aspects - maybe then some of the things you've listened to might actually sink in.

I always find it weird that you think you are free in a country where "jaywqlking" isn't allowed. Your government literally will not let you cross the road unsupervised. It's also hard to see anyone as free in a place where cops csn kill you.