Rich and poor - the inequality gap (2/3) | DW Documentary
Christoph Gröner is one of the richest people in Germany. The son of two teachers, he has worked his way to the top. He believes that many children in Germany grow up without a fair chance and wants to step in. But can this really ease inequality?
Christoph Gröner does everything he can to drum up donations and convince the wealthy auction guests to raise their bids. The more the luxury watch for sale fetches, the more money there will be to pay for a new football field, or some extra tutoring, at a children's home. Christoph Gröner is one of the richest people in Germany - his company is now worth one billion euros, he tells us. For seven months, he let our cameras follow him - into board meetings, onto construction sites, through his daily life, and in his charity work. He knows that someone like him is an absolute exception in Germany. His parents were both teachers, and he still worked his way to the top. He believes that many children in Germany grow up without a fair chance. "What we see here is total failure across the board,” he says. "It starts with parents who just don’t get it and can’t do anything right. And then there’s an education policy that has opened the gates wide to the chaos we are experiencing today." Chistoph Gröner wants to step in where state institutions have failed. But can that really ease inequality?
In Germany, getting ahead depends more on where you come from than in most other industrialized countries, and social mobility is normally quite restricted. Those on top stay on top. The same goes for those at the bottom. A new study shows that Germany’s rich and poor both increasingly stay amongst themselves, without ever intermingling with other social strata. Even the middle class is buckling under the mounting pressure of an unsecure future. "Land of Inequality" searches for answers as to why. We talk to families, an underpaid nurse, as well as leading researchers and analysts such as economic Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz, sociologist Jutta Allmendinger or the economist Raj Chetty, who conducted a Stanford investigation into how the middle class is now arming itself to improve their children’s outlooks.
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@edmund6392
3 жыл бұрын
Also a doc addict...what other great documentary channels do you recommend?
@jessicadesmond-robitaille5972
3 жыл бұрын
@@edmund6392 to be honest I think Netflix has some of the best docuseries but in regards to KZread I highly recommend “The Guardian”
@edmund6392
3 жыл бұрын
@@jessicadesmond-robitaille5972 thanks! Will check it out. I also love Frontline
@ParcelOfRogue
3 жыл бұрын
@@edmund6392 A Different Bias
@andrer1664
3 жыл бұрын
Same here Jessica. Just a reminder to always be critical on the information you are listening. I recommended you these because I really like DW but I watched their documentary on “Tesla on Elon Musk” and I felt they were biased or following an agenda (as any media).
The dude is an engineer at Siemens and he can’t afford a home. That’s sad!
@costnukhta
3 жыл бұрын
only beacause a lot of appartments get refugees... That pays taxpayers,,, in this film showed a getto where live refuges, which doesent work at all . they cant pay for local shcool books.
@coopsnz1
3 жыл бұрын
Tax to much there your answer
@KatariaGujjar
3 жыл бұрын
@@costnukhta Refugees don't live in E450,000 apartments. Refugees don't inflate real estate prices.
@costnukhta
3 жыл бұрын
Really ? Did you see this neiborhood and people that live theree before ? This was just families that worked on simple job... and how 1 million refugees that germany takes only for 2015 ? how 1 million people that went only at 2015 can change real estate market?
@KatariaGujjar
3 жыл бұрын
@@costnukhta Show me how a non working refugee came to own a E450,000 apartment.
This is pure gold. Such detailed study and its presentation should be an example for all the people who claim to be media.
@Nimbereth
5 жыл бұрын
The best channel on youtube.
@Wamsuo58u
5 жыл бұрын
Why do they ignore the inherent issue with Fiat currency
@AmberU
4 жыл бұрын
I agree I am in the US and this was very informative from the perspective of what is going on locally, nationally and internationally and I will be making personal changes and financial ones to look out for myself and choose not to turn a blind eye to what it takes to eek out a living and going on.
@InfinityStone-fj2mr
4 жыл бұрын
Tanay Singh yet they don't address u have to research for yourself, journalism is mostly dead.
@henrykay5750
4 жыл бұрын
I dont understand this attack and overall distrust on general media Most of the media and news I consider worthy enough to consume is well done. Even stories coming out of perveyors of filth (ie RT, fox news, sky) help the general public gain understanding of what slant the ultra conservative class wish to push. News stories and almost no story is going to be 100% across the board..it's up to the consumer to extract usefulness out of any one item...or simply disregard it. We should support all media...especially if they make a good faith effort to uncover truth.
In boarding school, "all the children are treated the same". But of course, at 3,000 Euros a month, all the children are treated like rich kids.
@sarojakrieg4780
4 жыл бұрын
Max Troy most of this children are miserable in school .Theu don't get love at all.
@zBMatt
3 жыл бұрын
Saroja Krieg that’s not actually t true. They grow up independently and get family time on weekends, which makes family time more special and meaningful (they don’t take it for granted). It’s literally like going to college. When / if you went to college do you think your parents stopped showing you love? They didn’t call / text you? Lol
@TheLily97232
3 жыл бұрын
exactly. it just shields them from the overall reality... but as a mom I understand what she means. However I have been to a richer kid private schools they were the bully, not the other way around so...
@2012withShantelleS
3 жыл бұрын
@@zBMatt except we dont send 10 year olds to college.
@zBMatt
3 жыл бұрын
@@2012withShantelleS boarding school is literally college with younger students.
The end is the important note. Even Groner is a player in an even larger game. Honestly, he wields little power, it's his investors and people who "manage" multiple Groners who wield the power. I don't think we've recognized the multilevel marketing scheme that is our economy yet.
@p.b4287
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, we could see that clearly. The way Gröner behaved in front of investors showed more than can be said in words. Excellent work of the DW
@kevinnev
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely.
@LadyCoyKoi
3 жыл бұрын
We are all agents and victims of this system.
@Speedster189
3 жыл бұрын
I would argue that a mayor probably holds as much power as Groner, legally. Financially groner weilds a different power. There’s a lot of different kinds of power in This world. Why would a billionaire person ever want to be President where they no longer are free to do what they want? See Trump. He wanted a different power
@prodigalson2670
3 жыл бұрын
yeah, everything you do is slavery with extra steps. He still has to go to work and handle stress and can bankrupt. Having a company is just a different form of slavery than being an employee.
The "the poor girls organized a dance performance to say thank you to the older millionaire" part made me uncomfortable.
@ginadean5696
3 жыл бұрын
Especially the part where he talked through their performance and didn’t show them enough respect for the work they put into learning their performance to watch.
@vladimirbatroni8499
3 жыл бұрын
@@ginadean5696 He is full of himself.
@user-cg7uv3mh9f
3 жыл бұрын
@George-and-Gracie The bitter irony of it all !
@Sailor.Catracha
2 жыл бұрын
Same! But looks like he wasn't paying attention to the dance so that's something I guess
@tn7403
2 жыл бұрын
Oof
The mentality of a property millionaire... Buy a piece of property for as cheap as possible, make any repairs if needed as cheap as possible, charge 3 times what the actual payment for the loan payment is, put as little as possible into the maintaining of the property, hopefully sell the property later for 5 times what was invested but will settle for 3 times as much. Buy a piece of property for as cheap as possible, tear down all structures if any, rebuild with a "better" structure, charge each renter 3 times the rate for a smaller space, do as little as possible to maintain the property, earn 20 times the loan payment amount, hopefully sell the property for 10 times the investment but will settle for 5 times the amount invested. Then people wonder why fewer and fewer people and businesses are able to grow and thrive financially.
@coolbreeze9713
2 жыл бұрын
It happens a lot in Ireland where the American vulture funds buy up every house and apartment all newly built you can think of. And then rent them out charging humongous rents which only a person earning at least 5000 Euro can live in without sharing. Thus pushing out many people including the natives out of housing ownership. It affects the immigrants as well who go there to study and start employment.
@rispatha
2 жыл бұрын
@@coolbreeze9713 ... It is sad that these greedy venture capitalists get away with doing what they do. Rents being paid are higher than what mortgage payments would be yet the renters rarely if ever qualify for a loan to purchase the home they are living in..
@coolbreeze9713
2 жыл бұрын
@@rispatha yes correct. Many people here have said that even though their mortgage repayments would be lower than the full rent they pay for a house or an apartment, their mortgage applications are rejected. The same people who have very good jobs as engineers, accountants, marketing, medical industry. The only option seems here is to buy a cheaper house in smaller towns away from cities, buy a good car and commute everyday. I know a doctor in the Netherlands who lives like this. But the downside is for some people they'd be missing out on the vibrant and fast city life.
Please do similar videos in the future. Thanks
@DWDocumentary
5 жыл бұрын
Hi tim blu, thanks for your proposal, we are working on it! Stay tuned!
@Pfirtzer
4 жыл бұрын
@@DWDocumentary Is there any posibility to do a documentary where children in Eastern Europe and poor countries. Children are taken from there parents put in fostercare by the government under pretext that parents are not fit to take care of their children. Children are even sold to Western rich people for adoption.Parents fight in vain to get their children back, they can't afford legal support. This is happening in p.e Serbia but kept hush hush by the government.Also Happend in Armenia.
So they basically said they send their kids to boarding school so they don't have to be parents through the week.
@honestly1970
5 жыл бұрын
no no no - to shield them from their wealth. that statement was borderline delusional.
@chownful
5 жыл бұрын
the wealthiest are so self absorbed that they almost never raise their kids...they are so spiritually and morally bankrupt that they think that somehow benefits their children
@KK-pm7ud
5 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Like the kids would be spoiled watching their parents go to parties all the time. Lol.
@Wanderer25
4 жыл бұрын
You can tell they are not happy. While the middle class family struggling financially have a great family bond. The irony of it all.
@o0GrayMatters0o
4 жыл бұрын
when narcissistic psychopaths win the breeding rights of the most attractive females what you have is a generation/breed of youth that is inherently detached and self-serving. in the past the youth was able to dream and aspire to respectable and honorable careers and accomplishments, but since now they can be/have anything they want depending on the level of patronage their most-inner circle has gained, most only aspire to becoming rich, and such will be progress in a materialistic world where there's still acreage left. humans are chattle, living on profit farms, on rungs of varying heights. climb.
I worked as an interior designer for a woman who was given hundreds of thousands of “play money”, by her lumber baron husband, to dabble in her hobby (business) of home decor. Thus, kept her quietly busy / entertained, while he screwed around behind her back. Such equality. Such wonderful ethics and high moral ground.
@anovino1992
2 жыл бұрын
@ Design, I was wondering the same thing 🤔 His assistant seems to be very close to him. Why would you have kids, and send them away to be raised by someone else. While all the While pretending to care about the least fortunate. The end of the documtarty says it all. Tax deductible, it's really sad. I lived in Germany and never saw all those dilapidated buildings. Well that was before all the migration flows.
@davisholman8149
2 жыл бұрын
@@anovino1992 The migration debacle has ruined European countries. They need to stop it before they lose their culture. So sad what I have seen & the entitlement mentality by these people - I have witnessed it here in the USA also.
@anovino1992
2 жыл бұрын
@@davisholman8149 Because the progressive, have wanted to deconstruct the constitution since Woodrow Wilson So that gives them the right to make this country into a socialist, communist country. By eradicating the middle class, I lived in Europe for over 10 years. We were consider rich compared to the local national. I never knew it was that 👎 bad.
@lo2740
Жыл бұрын
@@anovino1992 yes, and it also says a lot on a cerrtain german mentality
@ultraali453
Жыл бұрын
Keeping up appearances for the family I suppose. Their private life is their own problem. If they are creating a net-benefit for society, then its a good thing.
It’s very interesting to see Groner and the old money. The old money had much more time to relax and enjoy themselves. Their money bought them time for their family and future generations. On the other hand, Groner seems to be working himself to death to make money for said old money that invest in his company. It’s interesting to see that even for the wealthy there is a difference in class. With Groner being lower class while the old money family being upper class/ ultra rich. Great documentary
@lo2740
Жыл бұрын
yes, he is the "lidl manager" of "old money".
@vihmaussivenitaja
Жыл бұрын
Well, him working like this is just a choice, it is something he sees as necessary to serve his self-perception, to serve an image of what kind of person he sees himself as. If he distanced himself from the everyday management of his business, literally NOTHING would happen. He could live in Bahamas with his family and play with his kids all day long. It is larping as working class to feel good about himself.
@alfredhitchcock45
Жыл бұрын
Well he doesn’t want to slack off that’s not his genes
'They have the power' smiles mischievously.
Gröner: "...because id like to live here myself..." Lol 😂😂😂 as if
"Can I get everyone's attention" .... a summary of this man lol
Never fail to open my mind more and more after watching DW Documentary. Feels like taking lecture in Europe tough the body stay in Asia. Thank You 🙏
These documentary are so valuable and educational. Hope that DW will have more documentary like these. Thank you, DW.
@utubecomment21
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, yes, yet another News Corporation exploiting the poor for their (news corp) own financial gain ... what a noble documentary this is - facepalm!
@stein6707
2 жыл бұрын
@@utubecomment21 what are you even talking about?
I just love how straight honest in his words he is and most Germans, they don't sweet things as most Americans do, they just speak reality and only truth even its annoying to hear, not going around in a circle to avoid hurting your feelings, more of this, please.
@simonstones1918
4 жыл бұрын
Mohamed Hajr couldn’t agree more with you fella. More straight talking!
@ncryptsolutions
4 жыл бұрын
...and Germany is not as wealthy as America too...so mow you know why.
@mounbakko5871
4 жыл бұрын
@@ncryptsolutions , political correctness will get you for straight talk.
@sophiaatn5339
4 жыл бұрын
@@ncryptsolutions because Germany didn't have slaves?
@STICKITINYOUREAR
3 жыл бұрын
Mohamed Hajr- Wow, you BS detector must be turned off !
Great series DW Documentary. This is such a great analysis and exploration. Just found part 3, about to jump right in.
This is very good. Hats off to the DW team for all the hard work they have placed in making this film.
"Old poor people, you've already lived most of your life in suffering, what's the point of helping you now?"
Thanks Dw for always delivering quality and very unique information in these documentaries we can't easily get anywhere else
At least he was willing to be interviewed!
So he gives his attention to his assistant every day.
@TheyRiseBand
5 жыл бұрын
I bet he does... Giggity...
@FiveMCity
5 жыл бұрын
@@TheyRiseBand I was thinking the same XD
@GetsmartR2D2
5 жыл бұрын
😂
@p.b4287
4 жыл бұрын
He feeds his ego and tries to clean his conscious.
@armanx2
4 жыл бұрын
No wonder she is good looking one ;)
Woah, Germany's problem schools look like really expensive international school's in my country, Sri Lanka. Really shows the inequality between countries I guess. Being on welfare in Germany is probably better than being middle class in Sri Lanka.
@SH0907
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, here in Germany the welfare guarantees a very high living standard. It's so high that some lazy people decide not to work and instead live only off of welfare. That is very unfair to the working populace.
@PazLeBon
3 жыл бұрын
@@SH0907 why? they should do shit jobs? v tory of you
@PazLeBon
3 жыл бұрын
@TimTimKitty00 fascism alive and well I see
@PazLeBon
3 жыл бұрын
@@Platypus882 ok, sounds more Hitler than fascist
@sashaspano588
3 жыл бұрын
@@Platypus882 "desire to protect high living standards." what you are really saying is "desire to keep germany as white and european as possible." racist prick. western countries are partly to blame for the refugee crisis in the middle east. germany will and has already benefitted from the young refugee families who have emigrated there.
I love too much the documentaries of DW are engaging, interesting, unique and open mind.
"It doesn't matter if we give kids good schools because their parents don't care about them." (10 minutes earlier) "I told my kids look, I won't be here for you so you should just go to boarding school."
@ecclairmayo4153
4 жыл бұрын
Children need time and resources. Well, I guess for him one out of two and bad...
@Sailor.Catracha
2 жыл бұрын
This guy gives me narcissist vibes.
@k3kboi665
2 жыл бұрын
@@stevearcher6100 hanging out whit the rich makes you richer and hanging out whit the poor makes you poorer. The poor cant offer you opportunities as they dont have any even for them selfs.
Another high quality documentary, about topics that matter! Thanks DW, yet again!
Great admiration to those teachers who are helping those kids. Listening to the dreams of those kids are inspiring. Hope they all achieved what they want to become someday🙏❤️
If I was this guys wife I would be concerned about him having such a cute assistant...
@aw-g
2 жыл бұрын
With That amount of money and wealth I think she doesn't give a f If I were a woman I wouldn't too
Great series of documentaries. I wish we had this level of transparency and professionalism of journalism in my country.
@mavenexinc.9201
10 ай бұрын
I can tell you come from USA
Most eye opening and professional channel I ever saw. I salute
Why have children if they are just going to be living at a boarding school. This is just like the kids being foster kids.
Also consider the fact that income doesn't directly translate into social status. Personalities usually come into play whereby I might be a high income earner but not so smart when it comes to money management
@dopemusic6414
5 жыл бұрын
If scraper don't scraper than arber can't scraper.
This series made me subscribe to this channel. Amazing work!!!!
The best documentary media with no bias just documentary this is what we need No bias no politics in media Thank you very much DW keep doing what you doing salute you DW documentary media 🖐
Real reporting is so refreshing. The same issue from so many angles without agenda
Very interesting! Thank You for this series
This documentary is brilliant. Well detailed both sides - average & educated/skilled people as well as rich ones. Part of Siemens engineer who can't afford to buy home for family (despite years of savings) is sad and makes me think whether this system is efficient.
@ 16:20 it shows how the girls doing a dance routine for them and he didn't even give them his undivided attention until after the music stopped and everyone started clapping. Then he turns around his face lights up with a smile and starts clapping..... For someone who cares that notion was a big deal. He's a very interesting person who comes off cool, but I know there's an absolute ruthless side to him too.
@the.communist
5 жыл бұрын
He wouldnt be in the position he is if he didnt have that side
@ecclairmayo4153
4 жыл бұрын
He looks bad in this documentary, not cool at all
@teza5876
3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was rude
@blyat7276
3 жыл бұрын
@@the.communist exactly, you don't build a billion dollar/hundred million dollar empire buy being the nicest guy on the street.
This documentary is admirably impartial
doing a thank you dance and getting totally ignored. Almost as good as the wife thinking her interior decorating business supported by her husbands business, means she's making it happen all on her own.
@hayaglamazonluxe
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think she said that nor did she imply she's doing it on her own. Her approach was her interior design business means she is contributing at least something and she's not totally living off him (nothing wrong with being a housewife either).
@a-dalematthews4364
2 жыл бұрын
That rubbed me the wrong way. Like wow at least pay attention.
I am always impressed by the quality of DW's documentaries. Gröner may regret one day that he and his wife sent their kids to boarding school. He freely admits that he does not have the time for them during the week. Schade! He may live to regret that choice one day. A driven man intoxicated with his success but he finds time to support 'worthy' causes. Good for him. A very revealing window into his philosophy of life. The Siemens engineer's story highlights how 'market forces' have no regard for the commitment to quality that has been the hallmark of German industry and take no account of the bond that builds up on the factory floor, which is discarded without a thought for the welfare of those who have loyally put in so much, another Germanic trait, which is the envy of the world.
@joncarthy2370
4 жыл бұрын
Well said. The top down pursuit of money/cost cutting slashes skilled workforce, i.e. more expensive, without any concern for the after effects. It happens in all fields. When I worked in mental health they cut the number of psychiatric nurses dealing with severely mentally ill people in favour of unskilled, cheaper, support staff. What's destructive is the lack of awareness of the negative ripple effects for such economic decisions, but I guess the point is to shore up your own wealth and let everything else be an after-thought.
@PazLeBon
3 жыл бұрын
envy of the world? thats a joke right?
@nanamuco7460
Жыл бұрын
his aim is to get into politics that's why his doing all those charity works it's all calculated
Great documentary series thank you DW!
4 hr sleep and no time for the family and he calls it great - no thank you!
@ecclairmayo4153
4 жыл бұрын
Not for me either, he can have it!
@Securiteruadmin
4 жыл бұрын
Yet you still want his money, his "privilege" but none of the sacrifices.
@ladispute8810
4 жыл бұрын
@@Securiteruadmin No not everyone wants that. You don't need a few hundred million euros. I would be satisfied with 1 million euros lol. Still a few sacrifices there but not like this man.
@sauddy
4 жыл бұрын
He just likes his work. I'd bet he can hire or delegate a lot of his work off to free up time.
@ladispute8810
4 жыл бұрын
@@sauddy That's fine but then you shouldn't have three children. ^^'
"Earth:Planet Of Inequality" Should be a great series :D:D:D
@kimthor3903
4 жыл бұрын
Make the doc your self don't wait for people it is a good idea might jack your idea for myself 😉
@LadyCoyKoi
3 жыл бұрын
Have David Attenborough narrate it too.Sir David: "Humans are the strangest creatures Earth has ever produced by far. They obsess over the most trivial of things that have no purpose for absolute survival of the species. They also have the strictest code of hierarchy which no other species on Earth truly follows, except for Naked Mole Rats, bees and ants. And is the only species on Earth where males dominate over every aspect of the female of the species." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
More documentaries like this please.
many many thanks DW Documentary team for creating this video love it
Great documentary DW👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
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@DWDocumentary
2 жыл бұрын
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Great series. Fantastic work. Will we be seeing part 3 soon?
@DWDocumentary
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ethan. Part 3 is already up: kzread.info?o=U&video_id=wEufTD39xrw Cheers!
I like it's presentation and worthwhile watching.☺
So in Germany even poor children can learn in such a well builded school that is not crowded? Shit inequality isn't just inside a country. Sending a child to a school like that may cost the whole income of a normal working class in my country.
@MnMEminem
2 жыл бұрын
This documentary is still a bit biased... most people I know in Germany and are on welfare just don't wanna work and are straight up lazy! Most people that are on welfare are not those victimised poor strugling people, they are awful human beings that abuse the social system and spend a lot of the money they get on alcohol and other substances!
@stein6707
2 жыл бұрын
@@MnMEminem shut up with your anecdotals and look at the figures again
Your documentaries are eye opening. You've done a brilliant job 💯
How ironic..This German business man talk about parents who don’t seem to care about their children but he workers hours upon hours, neglect his children and feel it was best to send his off to boarding school and do charity work to help the less fortunate so as to ease his conscience.
@ecclairmayo4153
4 жыл бұрын
Ha! He even said children need time and resources. I guess one out of two ain't bad
@MechanicalMentor
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. He's a fool.
@raresabraleaks8216
2 жыл бұрын
He’s not neglecting them, he simply manages his relationships mechanically, like a business. He’s still providing and overseeing their future, i think it’s a viable parenting style.
YAY I am so glad for this next series!
Pure educational!. DW is always best for documentaries.
@DWDocumentary
3 жыл бұрын
Hi @Akonaay Emanuel, Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts. We appreciate the positive feedback. :-) Be sure to check out our channel for our latest uploads. Best, The DW Documentary Team
Both parts are good DW is always making it good.
Thanks to DW for such informative videos & documentaries! Support from Remote village of India.
Having nothing to lose is also power. Have a nice day.
@farmoboy83
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly, I believe that today and in a very near future that will be true power. If they can't frighten you layoffs or can't buy your loyalty with money, they have no power over you and you are really free.
So who would rather spend time with the Siemens engineer? or with the delightful Mr Money?
His personal assistant is getting the best education of her life on the job
@Adrian-lc6jq
3 жыл бұрын
She's his assistant not his lawyer, accountant etc. assistant if a broad job. She job can include taking his clothes to the laundry, picking his kids up from school etc. She isn't in the inner circle of closing business deals.
@mbarnes9872
3 жыл бұрын
I bet she is...bruhahaha
Groner is too busy " working for his children," than to be with his children !
Really enjoyed this. Thank you so much.
thanks dw for part 2.
These documentaries must be done constantly and in mass.
@hman8100
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah for different countries
If the Germans are struggling, then I don't know which nation isn't. Germany is still better situated to come up with a new economic model for the future before this one collapses on everyone.
@the.communist
5 жыл бұрын
All nations are, with maybe the exception of very few ones, swissertland, luxemburg, iceland, finland, etc.
@paulgoogol2652
5 жыл бұрын
bbbbbut capitalism has given us the best lifes people ever had Kappa
@coopsnz1
3 жыл бұрын
Middle class shrinking in most European countries
@loiba
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know why people believe Germany is that well suited-their pyramid of age structure is collapsing, they need immigration but most of the immigration is not compatible with the country's values..it's headed to a major crisis.
@coopsnz1
3 жыл бұрын
@@loiba it like this dumb idiot in Australia blaming Capitalsm for why farmers struggle, the problem is Big government social democracy is why farmers struggle. Watch libertarian view scotty on KZread why socialism sucks for middle class and upper class
Very nice and detailed documentary. Thanks to all who have managed to get it realized
beautiful, insightful and very detailed , thank you .
That entrepreneur definitely evades tax, I can just smell it🤔
@abdallahalahed2385
2 жыл бұрын
why?
@jerryware1970
2 жыл бұрын
The more complicated the tax code, the more corrupt the society. Simply the tax tax code, flat tax.
Top Five Regrets of the Dying: 1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2. I wish I hadn't worked so much. 3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings. 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my *family & friends* 5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
@teza5876
3 жыл бұрын
I wish i tried harder i tried to make more of my life and experience more.
@nickharley2344
3 жыл бұрын
I wish I would have learned to move on sooner.
@NorroTaku
3 жыл бұрын
6. I wish I was born into a rich family
@annawongsmile
3 жыл бұрын
@@NorroTaku i wish I was married rich lols
@ramrajdahayat7763
3 жыл бұрын
If your happiness depends upon other people then the moment they left you will again be sad , so what's the point in relationships, anyone except parents and 1-2 friends of yours are there with you just because they're getting something from you & the moment you spend providing that thing , they're done with you .
A lot of food for thought... Thank you for this series.
@DWDocumentary
4 жыл бұрын
Dear Fred, thank you for your feedback! Stay tuned for more :-)
@frederikheymans
4 жыл бұрын
@@DWDocumentary You bet!
More of this please - take a look at London and the UK where I live perhaps. The divide is so wide, many people do not realise how far away they really are from having the opportunities that the wealthy have. For example: If you send your child to private school/nursery - thats not enough - the wealthy are having their children privately tutored from age 3 in all areas and subjects. I know this because my partner and I were asked to do this work post - university by an agency we both signed up to for some short term work. Truly Insane.
@joncarthy2370
4 жыл бұрын
Hothousing the young to give them an added edge, to produce another generation of security. The reality is safe-guarding your clan's future to the best of your abilities and hang everything else. Why else would someone as wealthy and successful as Felicity Huffman, say, seek to buy entry for her children by forging admittance documents to prestigious universities? Scratch the surface of wealth and success and recoil at the bodies half buried.
@nothinglastsforever0000
3 жыл бұрын
That’s very common in South Korea. The level of competition in this country is something outta this world
@Speedster189
3 жыл бұрын
Are you fucking really trying to compare private school to super rich multi millionaires ability to pay for private tutoring ? That’s just silly
@JohnMoseley
3 жыл бұрын
I live in London too. One could do a fantastic documentary about all this here. Gentrification has happened with dizzying speed and reach, absorbing and rendering very expensive numerous areas previously seen as not just undesirable but dangerous. Of particular interest in the property market is the practice of extending houses not just upwards, but downwards into often lavish basements and sub-basements dug out from the foundations. In a number of instances, this has resulted in damage not just to the property under renovation, but to their neighbours too, since so many London houses are attached to one another as part of terraces.
That school for the underprivileged would be called an elite school in my country India and may be most of the other countries.
@okk2776
3 жыл бұрын
I'd say it's a decent and very normal school to be honest, nothing bad about it
@MJ-uk6lu
3 жыл бұрын
@@okk2776 You show a clear lack of understanding of how other countries work. That school is definitely wealthy by international standards.
@MJ-uk6lu
3 жыл бұрын
@@jaigracejjoy No, not really. That's just a normal reaction from a person who doesn't have much experience.
@aw-g
2 жыл бұрын
German living standards are very high
Ego is a hell of a drug
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@DWDocumentary
3 жыл бұрын
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Damn I really hate people like Groner, he's so far from reality. He thinks he's helping by building 450 000EUR apartments, but all he's helping is rich landlords and investors get richer, the middle class gets squeezed out of money for rent and being unable to save up for their own place! Just because they build more apartment buildings, doesn't mean more MIddle class will be able to afford one.
I also appreciate the fact that this millionaire guy is atleast doing something with some measurable good impact in society. Here in Africa, the richer they become, the more detached from society they become and the less they contribute
@paullamola2317
6 ай бұрын
So True
This is a cool documentary, thanks so much to all who are making tremendous difference and impact in our society and in this world, may God bless and reward them all. Thanks for sharing such cool documentary.
Thanks for this presentation.
I live in the USA. Thank you for providing this documentary and letting me know the people's life in another country.
There is an issue here with 'Education' being the issue. Schools do not teach kids skills that will help them get ahead more just a tick box assesment center.. They need to know how to manage finances, understand investing/savings/pensions, paying bills. Then be allowed to explore skills that interest them to master and create a career from rather than be forced to study history etc
@M_O_P.Limited
29 күн бұрын
Well said, you are right.
im so glad other people are so peeved about the bording school thing. like ya those schools def turn out well rounded humble kids lmaooo
Finally am watching part 2
@chome4
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't even know there was going to be a part 2!!!!
@Thequeenoflosthearts
5 жыл бұрын
And what about part 3?????
@fahmed7999
4 жыл бұрын
@@Thequeenoflosthearts Where is PART 3 i've been looking for 3 months
Another excellent video.
I love when this millionaire complains he doesn't have time to spend with his family. There's plenty of people working two or three jobs that have that problem and barely make enough to pay rent.
@jvnd2785
4 жыл бұрын
I "love" when folks with 2-3 jobs and no stability in life have the audacity to reproduce. People should have enough common/economic sense to see having kids as a huge drain on finances and time. If you cannot afford a Lamborghini then don't have kids! Simples!
@awoowoofwoof6809
4 жыл бұрын
@@jvnd2785 I applaud how out of touch with reality you are. We could make a replacement to steel with how dense you are.
@Massimo-sn7xd
4 жыл бұрын
True, but still, this is a perfect display of how economic inequality and/or capitalist socio-economic system harms *everyone,* in one way or another.
@sauddy
4 жыл бұрын
Psh. He just likes working. He could easily delegate and/or hire people to take some of his responsibilities. Shoot, he could just retire now and live the rest of his days still much better than most of us could dream of.
@ScarletEdge
4 жыл бұрын
IMHO it's his moral bargaining, he don't parent his kids now but later in the future his kids will inherit a fortune and that will make everything right, right? XD
"We've got parents who fail, who don't get their act together." This from the man who only sees his school age children once/wk. The rich always hold poor people to standards that they themselves can never maintain
@OhMunroe
Жыл бұрын
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@babylebron6119
Жыл бұрын
His Children are in good schoolss, with good teachers, they are not alone and they will be very well educated. And who says that u have to see ur kids everyday? He can spend good times wiht them at the weekend after all the works is done
@terrorbilly1
Жыл бұрын
In Capitalism where everything revolves around profit (and nothing else), he surely has got his act together. His family comes second... or maybe even third 🤷🏻♂️
Great documentary
this stuff is amazing....great work....
You have to be either a producer (= own factories to produce tangible goods) or become involved in finances
I'm pretty sure he's SMASHING his assistant.
@aw-g
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed its pretty typical in movies and TV shows.. must be real in real life too
Best doc's as always 👍✌✋ everything in it it's SO TRUE AND REAL SADLY 😢
Ooooo! The assistant makes an appearance in part 2.
@nstl440
5 жыл бұрын
She probably thinks he's an idiot but she needs the money.
hi from Mexico. This series is excellent. It is reminiscent of situations worldwide, as inquality exists everywhere and this is a global issue.
Quality content!
Good knowledge and outstanding video.
What a informative documentary heads off
abusing ppl by making them rent is just evil, especially when the rent is more than 50% of what you earn
DW is so great. I loved every bit of this. Detailed and instructive.
@DWDocumentary
4 жыл бұрын
Aw thanks :)
The whole documentary is so detailed and it really shows all what is wrong with the world today…
@globalismoblackman
Жыл бұрын
Correct very greedy money driven society all about money and elitism Smdh 😅
@Roccofan
Жыл бұрын
@@globalismoblackman If we both work as sales people and you come in an hour earlier than me and leave and hour after me and you make the company more money, who should be paid more? If you get paid more because you sacrifice more time away from your family and you want to move your family to a better part of town, who are you hurting? If by your demonstrated willingness to work more, your children get to go to a “better” school and your wife is able to cut back her schedule and help the kids with their homework, how are you harming me? Since your wife was willing to sacrifice her income to help your children become better readers and get better grades, your kids are now getting better grades and a higher chance at a scholarship, who did you cheat out of that? Are you now the greedy money driven person in society? This is what happens most of the time. Most millionaires got to that level of wealth by paying off their homes and saving money. They have character traits and work ethics that lend themselves to increased income and wealth accumulation. They didn’t cheat or harm anyone to get there. They simply…..wait for it….played by the rules.
@kararinjuguna2189
9 ай бұрын
@@Roccofan Well said!!! Sadly very few people have this kind of mindset & mentality. As Christoph Gröner said in part 1 of the documentary, scarcity mindset is the prevalent thinking pattern in society.
When part 3 will be post?