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Today, it's my turn. Can I roast America? Just like Evan roasted Sweden a couple of weeks ago.
Are you excited? Nervous?
I'm excited. You're about to get your revenge.
You're about to seek revenge for all the Swedes out there who I offended even though it was a joke, but.
Should we just go right into it?
So this is six reasons why Sweden is better than America.
You're gonna read them to me and I have no idea what-
-you're about to say. It's gonna come as a complete surprise to me.
So number one why Sweden is better than America is because we don't have as much guns as in the U.S.
In America, in a lot of states you're allowed to have guns and for me that's insane.
Why are you supposed to have guns if you're not the police or are in the military?
In America it's treated like it's their human right to own a gun to protect yourself.
There's been so many things, kids take their dad's guns and accidentally shoot themselves. School shootings-
-I just don't think that normal people are allowed to have guns.
I agree with that. I mean the gun culture in America is absolutely insane.
I don't see any reason why someone would need an automatic rifle, semi-automatic rifle.
But the real killer in the U.S. are the handguns.
Tons of shootings all over, of course we have school shootings and mass shootings.
It's really sad and it's hard to change their mind though. These people just believe in guns. Like I don't know-
-I really, I agree on that one.
I really don't like the gun culture in America.
Number two. People will probably get offended by this.
I feel that in stores and in restaurants, people are so nice and friendly. Almost a bit too much.
I feel like it's really fake.
You're saying that one reason that Sweden is better than America is because the people in America are too nice.
Is that what I'm understanding?
I feel like they're just faking it and I feel like in Sweden they're not faking it.
No, what I'm saying is that when you go into like Forever 21 in the US or something the person that's standing-
-by the doors, jumps on you and says: "Hello welcome to Forever 21!
You like, Wow Hi Hello to you too, it's like you're being jumped on almost.
I just didn't think that hospitality and kindness was something to be...
I think it's nice, but I just think it's a little bit too much.
I mean, they're saying that to everyone and it's like the same...
I mean to get any help in at a store in Sweden you have to wave down the person.
They really don't want to help you.
Every time I'm at a store like Willys or Coop, and I need to find something, a person working there-
-they always kind of like don't make eye contact.
They don't want you to ask them a question of where to find the food.
In America we're more than glad to help so that I think that's a reason why America is better than Sweden.
There should be an inbetween.
Okay, I guess that's your opinion.
Yeah, that's my opinion.
The third reason why Sweden is better than America is:
We don't have as much tipping here as they do in America. In general people here make more money.
Especially if you are a waiter or waitress.
We don't have to give them as much tip and I think tip is pretty stupid to be honest.
I mean, you're making minimum wage.
But that's why the service is so bad in Europe in general compared to service in an American restaurant.
I don't think it's as good in America either...
Because there's no motivation for the server to perform their job well. They're already guaranteed to make a-
-certain amount of money because they know there's no tips coming so they have no motivation to work harder.
The bartender, the server, the restaurant waiter.
They're all there to serve you and they want to do their best job because they know there's a financial reward.
That's not true because a lot of the times when you go to a restaurant in the U.S they are not that nice.
Then you Americans are so like in you head, we need to tip, we need to tip.
Even though the waiter is kind of bitchy to you or you don't get the service that you want.
You still give them 20% tip.
Why are you giving them tip?
Tip is for them to make a better job if they're not making a good job, then why are you tipping them?
It's customary to leave a tip, but that being said you should leave a minimum of 10% and if they really go out-
of their way to do a great job...
I'm not gonna give my money that I work hard for to someone who doesn't give me good service.
And also...
But...
Listen!
If you just think about it this way, why would I give my money to someone that I don't know?
I don't even know the name of the person. I would rather give that money to-
-an organization that helps poor kids or something.
Then giving this to a person that I don't know about-
Why would I give my money?
You're actually paying more in Sweden even though you don't leave a tip because the tip or the-
-higher wage is incorporated into the final bill.
So it's cheaper to go out in America and get food because if you don't like the service you don't have to tip-
-but in Sweden the tip is built in.
I don't think it's cheaper to go out in L.A to eat.
We can agree to disagree on this one.
The fourth reason why I think Sweden is better than America is because we're so ahead with technology-
-in ways that America isn't.
For example, in America when you pay your bills you pay with a check. In Sweden you pay with bank ID.
We're so ahead of everything. It feels like it's so much easier rather than in America.
I mean paying with checks? No one uses checks anymore.
Sometimes you can even send money in an envelope to like a company if you're paying something.
Yeah, it's cash. It's legal tender.
People have to accept it is...
I think it's gonna be weird when Sweden has no money and then suddenly Russian hackers or Chinese cyber-
-attackers take down the banking system and then everyone's really gonna have a hell of a time trying to-
-their money back. That's gonna be interesting.
I don't think that's going to happen.
No one thought...
I just feel Sweden is way ahead of those type of technologies.
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The fifth reason why I think Sweden is better than America is:
Our customer service is way better, when you call into a company.
Disagree.
In America, you have to wait in line for hours sometimes to get a hold of someone.
Once you get a hold of someone they say:
"Hello, welcome to T-mobile. Please hold."
Yeah, agreed.
Then you have to wait for another 10 minutes and they're like "Sorry, sir".
Welcome to T-mobile. How may I assist you this wonderful day?
Okay, I agree with you.
Then you like "okay I have this problem"
"Okay, let me transfer you to our blah blah blah office-
-and you're like:
But I've been on the phone for 30 minutes already and I haven't spoken to anyone who can help me.
"But sir, this is not my area of expertise"
"I will transfer you to someone else"
But when you call Nordea here, it still takes like two hours?
No.
Okay, I agree with you on this one.
Nordea is open 24/7
The customer service on some of these large companies in the U.S is absolutely terrible.
You're on hold for literally hours.
I mean I've been on hold for over an hour and a half.
Almost two hours just to get you to talk to someone.
And then they can't even help you.
Right.
You just get transferred back and forth.
The sixth and final reason why I think America is better than Sweden:
America is better than Sweden? You said America is better than Sweden.
I think America is better than Sweden.
So you subconsciously think it.
Oops.
So the sixth and final thing why I think Sweden is better than America:
This might offend some people, but-
-if something bad happens to you in America there's no social net for you. Can you say social net?
Yes.
I feel like in Sweden it's, obviously you want to work hard and you want to become better.
In case if something happens then I feel like at least I'm gonna be OK, because you have the good social-
-welfare system that provides help for you if you end up in any sort of problem and that for me kind of-
-helps me sleep better at night, you know.
But doesn't that kind of make people lazy? Because they know that "I don't really have to work that hard."
There's a social net, there's a social welfare net that will catch me if I fall.
For example if you get a decease and you can't work that has nothing to do with you being lazy or working hard.
That's true. I think in America it's kind of just an open Wild Wild West and those who really are determined-
-and work hard can become billionaires.
There's no right or wrong answer.
I mean, if you have really high ambitions, I think that's why people will end up in the United States because-
-there's not really a ceiling on how high you can go.
But there's also not a floor and how low you can go.
You do see a really big wealth gap in the United States.
Even in L.A you have homeless people and driving on the street next to them-
-you have Lamborghinis and Ferraris. So there is a very big wealth gap. I think the mentality in the U.S is-
-every man for himself sort of thing.
On the other hand if you come from a family that has less money, your parents can't get you to college.
What's gonna happen with you?
Yeah, that's true.
It's not your fault that your parents don't have enough money.
You still have high ambitions and want to do well in life.
But if you can't go to college then it's hard for you to even get a job in the U.S.
That's true.
That poor family is just gonna continue to be poor.
Until the next family and the next family...
It's not an even playing field that's for sure.
People start it off in different brackets .
Unfortunately, there's a big wealth gap in the U.S.
There's two ways to look at it, it's just two different mindsets.
I would say that the social nets here in Sweden are good.
That was what I had for now.
It was such a long time ago since I lived in the U.S.
So it's kind of hard to remember sometimes what you're frustrated about.
There were plenty of people leaving comments about why they hated the U.S in our original Sweden video.
So if you have a comment about the U.S vs Sweden-
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Yep.
Okay, that was six reasons why I think Sweden is better than America.
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