Comments by "Sebastian Rubio" (@sebastianrubio928) on "" video.

  1. I understand how you feel, how I react to it myself is different, but feelings are somewhat similar. I do look at it from a very different perspective. I was born in an actual dictatorship (Chile), me, my parents know all the signs of a dictatorship. When we see a fascist law being passed we don't just accept it, we call it for what it is. The gender stuff doesn't reach most of Europe BTW, sure some Euro countries are very tolerant of LGTB+ but the language blocks many aspects like the pronouns. How do you translate made up nouns in 20+ languages ?You can't :). Most people here don't understand the concept anyways and it's mostly a thing in English speaking countries. The language barrier is real and it makes a huge difference. I'll give you an anekdotal example: I was working in Holland for a week, I speak Dutch fluently, all my other collegues didn't, they only spoke English. There supervisor spoke both, as most dutch do. Now my own interaction was awesome with thre guy, the dude was really nice and he was joking 24/24, I had a blast with him. My other collegues started talking about him during dinner in French, their own native language (I speak 6 languages, I live in Belgium btw). Basically they told me, they thought this guy was a total asshole, he was very strict and overall he was very unpleasant. I found that really weird how differently they percieved him, but then on the next day, I did start to notice the difference in his attitude when he was speaking dutch to me, compared to how he was in English vs non native speakers. 1 thing that is worth to mention is how fluent you are in a language, I know it seems trivial, but it does make a big difference. Certain people don't open up to you in the same way. I mean, just take france, if you only speak English you'll only be able to speak with very few people, most French don't speak any English due to their lacking educational system. Me on the other side can speak with them, not just that, I know their culture and I adapt my french to their (Belgian and French French have some different dialects, etc... I do the same in Spanish speakers from other countries). When you speak like a native, you get access to them in a different way than you would if you speak in a foreign language. It some times takes trust for them to open up, speaking their language like them is a shortcut. Some of my belgian friends who also learned Spanish have told me I am a different person when I speak in my native Spanish, in part that is due to me feeling more confortable in a weird way and also my Chilean roots are are completely different culture. Being familiar with the culture makes a big difference, if you ignore the culture behind a language, you will sound awkward to native speakers, add a thick accent to it and it's even more unconfortable. BTW there's studies on this, about language influencing how a person behaves, you have a different personality when you switch to another language. As for Politics, they're a shitshow no matter what country you are in, it's just a different shitshow. I look at the USA and honestly, it's almost like a different country. I get a similar vibe from a country like Japan, you can almost think they're alien planets, the cultures are just so different. I look at the USA and I see every fucking thing is politisized, every fucking thing. In this country and in most of Europe, you don't do that; climate change isn't debated whether it's true, politicians only argue about how much to spend on it, both sides accept it it, it's not a an arguement. In part it's also politics & culture that block off some of the crazy English Speaking ideas. I do see a parrallel between all the English speaking countries as they often seem to adopt the same stupid ideas. This same principle does not go smoothly when you got completely different countries. In these covid times we're seeing some crazy laws being passed, but all depends on the culture, because that affects how the leaders react to such a crisis. Just take Holland, Belgium & France. All these 3 countries reacted very differently to the pandemic and they had different reactions to it. You take the covid pass, some Euro countries accept it, some don't. I went on vacation to France a week ago, it was nice, but the attitude towards covid was still different there. They had the stupid covid pass everywhere, even in places where it made 0 sense. It was weird and it was annoying, but it was not a deal breaker. In the Long run I much prefer Belgium who didn't want the Covid pass, because it considered it to be discrimnation amongst citizens. I also see a difference in attitude, here honestly in theory, you gota wear the mask to go buy something, but in practise, I'm noticing some shops don't give a fuck anymore, besides in this small town I live in, 90+% are vaccinated and there's few to no deaths from covid, basically the mask is not needed and most of us know it. You did not see the same in France and they're way less vaccinated folk and overally I'd say people are more "scared" of each other. As for Holland, I have to visited it recently, I do have friends there and do know people there. Basically many citizens there are just left in the dust. Somebody I know got covid, she got 0 support from anyone, she didn't it too badly, but it still affected her and she wanted some help. Even the basic testing wasn't there. Countries are just run differently. Though France and Holland and even my homecountry are different, I still accept them. The USA however, I look at what's going on and think: W T F is going on here, these people are nuts, are they even "human"? I do have American friends who are normal, but still, when I check US news, I often just get angry, frustrated & disappointed.
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