- [Voiceover] The US has a lot to offer,
and is the leader in many things.
But there are some things that Germany just does better.
These are the ten things that Germany does better
than the US of A.
According to Bloomberg's Innovation Index,
Germany is the second most innovative country
in the world, just behind South Korea.
But the United States sits at number eight.
Germany has a long history of science and invention,
so it might not be too surprising.
Still, it's clear that the US could
take a few lessons from Germany,
at least in this department.
Germany has a long history of innovation and thought,
and its national average IQ reflects this.
The national German mean IQ sits at 102.
The US mean IQ sits at 98,
which only seems to be a little bit less,
but those few points can make
a huge difference in the competitive market.
Maybe it's the history.
Maybe it's the education.
But Germans are just smarter than Americans.
It might not be something to brag about,
but when it comes to red tape,
Germany has miles and miles of it.
But the US tends to take shortcuts
in matters of bureaucracy.
It's so bad that in light of the refugee crisis,
two Syrians actually came up with an app
to help navigate the maze of German bureaucracy.
After waiting weeks and weeks
to get basic things done,
like setting up a bank account.
In Germany, you're required
to carry an identification card,
have to apply for a license for everything,
and then you need to wait for half an eternity,
to actually receive the results
of your multitude of applications.
Some say it's the old Prussian culture
that Germans could never let go of.
But at the end of the day,
Germany is just better at bureaucracy,
because it keeps going, and going, and going, and going,
and going.
Crime is significantly lower in Germany
than it is in the United States.
Which means Germans are better
at keeping criminal elements in check.
The United States has over twice
as much general crime as Germany does,
with Germany ranked 77th in the world,
and the USA ranked 30th in crime.
In addition, Germany has lower rates
of crime in all relevant categories.
The USA has three times more drug use,
three times more violent crime,
and five times the murder rate.
Germany's just a safer place, hands down.
Germany is the number one hops producer in the world,
with the US following far behind it.
Hops is a flower that is essential
for the production of beer.
As for critical acclaim, German beer is widely regarded
as far better than anything offered in the United States.
That is because German beer is real beer,
and US beer is just piss water.
The USA is known as the gas guzzler nation,
and one that tends to overuse
electricity and power all the time.
But Germans are ahead of the game by way of comparison.
Germany has the largest installed
solar power capacity of any country,
and is leagues ahead of the United States.
Germany's active solar capacity sits at
9799 megawatts per hour,
which is better than anything the USA can muster.
Germany is far more generous with immigration
than the USA is.
The USA still has strict requirements
on people who wish to emigrate from their country
to live and work in the United States.
But the process can be unduly long, often taking years.
In Germany, the immigration process
is much more streamlined and humanitarian.
When Angela Merkel, in a historic and monumental moment,
announced that Germany's borders
would be open for all to come,
Germany set a new precedent for immigration.
These days, you can just walk over the border
and live in Germany with no paperwork required.
The United States lags behind Germany in this capacity,
but it might be just a matter of time until it catches up.
Compared to the United States, German education
isn't just cheap, it's practically free.
For about 250 euros a semester, you can study in Germany
and get as good as, if not better an education
than anything you might be able to get in the United States.
Compare this to the average private
American university, that can literally charge you
thousands and thousands of dollars a semester.
In fact, the most expensive private institution
in the United States is Columbia University,
which charges a whopping $55,056 per year
in tuition and fees.
Perhaps because the German word for debt,
Schuld, is the same word as guilt,
Germany is a land of misers
and fiscally conscious people.
Most German credit cards are actually debit cards,
directly tied to people's bank accounts.
German people generally don't try
to spend money they don't have,
and are cautious about taking on debt.
Compare that to the United States,
where students take on hundreds of thousands of dollars
of debt, overspend with multiple credit cards,
and buy everything they want on a whim.
There's a reason why Germany
is the EU's economic powerhouse,
and the US has a debt to GDP ratio of 104.5%.
Every one hears the nightmare stories
about the American healthcare system.
Stories of average people financially ruined
by medical bills they simply cannot pay.
Well, in Germany, that sort of thing just doesn't happen.
The healthcare system in Germany is what is called
universal multi payer, with two types.
Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung,
or Statutory Health Insurance,
and Krankenkasse, or sickness funds.
Germany ranks worldwide 25th in terms of healthcare,
but the US ranks 37th.
To add insult to injury,
the US even pays more for its inferior healthcare,
as the country has a higher per capita spending
per healthcare than Germany does.
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