What Germans Think About Elon Musk | Easy German 431

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English video description
Learn German with our street interviews: In this episode we find out what people in Berlin think about Elon Musk. Musk has just been named "person of the year" by Time Magazine and is known as an entrepreneur and visionary but also for causing controversies. On the outskirts of Berlin, he is currently building the European headquarters of his car brand Tesla - a good moment for us to find out what Germans think about Elon Musk. Our friend Emanuel from yourdailygerman is with us on the streets today to ask the people! What is your opinion on Elon Musk? Let us know in the comments! 😊

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Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced in local languages and contain subtitles in both the original language as well as in English.
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Hosts of this episode: Emanuel Schuchart & Carina Schmid
Camera: Lorenz Backmann, Carina Schmid
Edit: Rawad Sabbagh
Translation: Ben Eve

[andreteixeira]

I love how Easy German isn't afraid to ask less obvious questions and deal with more complex topics.

[mrwifi]

At 10:01 I love seeing Janusz chatting away to someone in the background Haha

[luernios]

I enjoy these videos and find them really useful, however I sometimes wish the subs would stay on a little longer. Especially with the longer sentences. I always use the pause button to stop and read, so being able to see the full sentence and its translation in the same frame would make it more convenient, at least for me.

[gera]

Before talking about electric cars being the future, I think you should investigate a little bit more about how and where Tesla obtains the raw materials for their "environmental friendly" batteries.
Elon Musk is just a businessman who understood that Umweltschutz is a good selling point. He sells what people want. And people want to believe that they are protecting the environment by driving a noiseless car.
Capitalism takes something beautiful like the desire to protect our planet and transform it into a business.

[MuTaClub]

Ich mag diesen Kanal sehr :) Das Problem ist Berlin hat halt wenig mit Deutschland zu tun🤣🤣

[CGM_]

It’s strange that he named his son X Æ A-Xii (pronounced X-Ash-A-Twelve) He announced it like it was some kind of joke. How unfair for the child. Whatever people think of his business, the man is unfit to be a Dad.

[morqesahar]

Vielen dank für das Video. Ich bin positiv überrascht, dass die meisten Leuten waren skeptisch auf seine Versprechen. Meine Meinung ist dass er ist nur ein Marketingtyp und nicht ein Genie, dass die Umwelt retten kann mit Elektrische Autos.
Seine positive Impact kann sein, dass manche Leute die für sie die Umwelt egal ist, jetzt kümmern ein bischen mehr weil die Autos richtig cool sind.

[RamiroR]

I think he is definitely bright, but he is not the savior his cult followers make him out to be. Nor is he completely benevolent and he is very hypocritical.

[suginami]

I don’t know how much in taxes he’s going to pay in Germany, but in the U.S., Elon Muskwill pay a total of $12 billion in taxes for 2021, which is the largest in history.

[darynapikulska]

Emanuel ist cool. Können Sie bitte mehr Videos mit ihm machen? :)

[dariashevchenko]

Besten Dank! Mehr Videos mit Emanuel bitte!! Er ist lustig, total positiv und angenehm...👍👌👏💖

[MrNice-cngj]

Der Typ mit Brille und Glatze 😊 Mega. Teile zu 100 seine Meinung.

[georgalem]

Diese Meinungen waren total lächerlich und oberflächlich aber nicht überraschend.

[joaquinfedericotuponedenal]

Unabhängig von den Antworten fällt mir vor allem das sehr hohe Niveau der Debatte in der deutschen Gesellschaft auf.

[Mytake]

The bureaucracy in Germany is too much😂

[onkelkeule]

Elom Musk ist schlicht und ergreifend jemand, der Marketing beherrscht und dies in gute Geschäfte umsetzen kann. Mich hat im Übrigen noch niemand überzeugen können, dass seine Geschäfte den Resourcenverbrauch auf unserem Planeten verringert haben. Es wird ein riesen Hype darum gemacht, der Nutzen für uns alle ist für mich bisher nicht erkennbar. Was soll gut daran sein, dass ein technisches System mit einem Gewicht von 2 Tonnen im Schnitt nur 1, 4 Personen transportiert? Übrigens steht die neue Fabrik in Grünheide zu Teilen in einem ausgewisenen Trinkwasserschutzgebiet. Kritiker befürchten nicht umsonst, dass es diesbezüglich Probleme geben wird, auch dass durch den anvisierten hohen Wasserverbrauch der Fabrik der Region das Wasser abgegraben wird, einschließlich Berlin. Letztlich muss ich sagen, dass unser Wirtschaftssystem einen hohen Resourcenverbrauch befördert. Dass Elon Musk unser Wirtschaftssystem für seine Zwecke nutzt ist ja dann nur die logische Konsequenz.

[sandravt]

Interessant, das man das Adjektiv 'okay' auch deklinieren kann. Wieder was gelernt, vielen Dank!

[mranonymous]

"We should start here on earth before starting any things up there." - We would have computers from the 80s or 90s today if they would have thought like that in the 50s and 60s.

[DonovanDaniels]

Everyone seems so anti capitalist and overall negative toward elon musk. Was really sad and disappointed to see that

[Sunshine-zmfx]

Tesla has done no building without appropriate permits. Because they have not gotten approval for the entire build, they've been getting temporary building permits for every step that they build. Tesla is not breaking any rules, and Tesla isn't asking for any special treatment. Tesla has never done any unpermitted building in Germany. They simply started building with the permits they were able to get, while waiting for the other permits to become available.