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If you live in any of these countries, and by these countries I really mean this country,

it may come as a shock to you that Cuba is not a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by a single person.

In fact, Cuba has a very interesting system of participatory democracy that I'm going

to explain to you in this video.

Thank you to the Swedish-Cuban Organisation in Gothenburg for helping me with this video.

It's been very helpful to be able to talk to Cubans actually born and raised in Cuba.

Alright, let's start off with the Cuban Constitution.

The Cuban Constitution was a result of thousands of broad discussions in advisory meetings,

involving more than 6 million citizens, which was practically the entire adult population

of Cuba at the time.

The draft for this Constitution was to be either rejected or accepted via a popular referendum.

The referendum had turnout of 98%, and out of those 98%, 97,7% voted to accept the

new constitution.

This almost unanimous agreement was a result of the previous broad discussions, which resulted

in 16,000 amendment suggestions.

Cuba has 169 municipal assemblies, and each one has an election every two and a half years.

Every fifth year, three months after the municipal elections, there is an election to the Cuban

parliament - the National Assembly of People's Power - as well as to the 14 province assemblies.

All Cuban elections have had turnouts of over 95% ever since 1976.

It is not a requirement for you to be a member of the Communist party of Cuba to vote or

to be elected to any position, and the Communist Party does not propose, support nor elect

any candidates.

In fact, the Party doesn't participate in the elections at all.

"No one here has gone to an election and been presented a ballot paper and told, these

are the Party members for whom you have to vote, nor is anyone nominated for being a

Party member, this element can perhaps be invoked as a reflection of leadership, fitting

conduct, good performance, or a vocation for public service, but not because the condition

of Party member is established as a requirement to enter public office in our laws," says

Dr. José Luis Toledo Santander.

Anyone over the age of 16 can vote and can be nominated to be a candidate for election

in one of the 169 Municipal Assemblies or one of the 14 Provincial Assemblies, however

you must be at least 18 years old to become a candidate for a seat in the National Assembly.

Neither money nor political parties have a place in the nomination process.

Instead, individuals directly nominate those who they think should be candidates.

As a result, the Cuban Parliament has representatives from across society, including an exceptionally

high proportion of women.

48.9%, to be exact.

In comparison, the percentage of women in the United States House of Representatives

is 19.4%.

Among all countries, the US is ranked 101st.

Out of 196 countries in total.

Cuba is number 3, behind only Rwanda and Bolivia.

Fun fact: Saudi Arabia has a higher percentage of women in its legislative assembly than

the United States does.

Furthermore, 88% of Cubans participate in what is basically a system of direct democracy.

The Committees for the Defence of the Revolution (CDRs) allow anyone over the age of 14 to

join, and they meet a minimum of once every three months to plan the running of the community;

including the organisation of public health campaigns to promote good health and prevent

disease; the upkeep of the area in terms of waste and recycling; the running of voluntary

work brigades, and providing the adequate support to members of the community who are

in need of help (for example in the case of domestic disputes).

The CDRs also discuss nationwide issues and legislation and feed back their proposals to the

National Assembly and other organs of popular democracy.

But at the heart of the Cuban democratic system is the locally elected delegate.

Prior to the municipal elections, residents of all the neighbourhoods of that municipality

gather to a meeting in order to nominate candidates.

If you're nominated, you're free to either accept or decline the nomination.

If several people are nominated, a meeting appoints a person whom the neighbourhood trust

as their candidate via discussion and show of hands.

Up to 8 adjacent neighbourhoods make up a constituency.

Each candidate is presented with a short biography and photo on an A4 sheet of paper.

Election promises or electoral pledges are forbidden.

On election day the elections are conducted via secret ballot

like in most democratic countries.

Then a minimum of two and a maximum of eight candidates from a single constituency are

to be elected to the municipal assembly.

The polls are guarded by school children and everyone has the right to monitor the votes

being counted.

The whole school children thing might seem a bit weird at first, but yes,

The ballot boxes are guarded by elementary school children, called pioneers.

Elections are very calm and take place on Sundays so that people can go to vote,

and so that pioneers aren't in school when the voting is happening.

The idea behind this is that when a son, daughter, nephew, niece, granddaughter, or grandson

is taking care of the box, the family spends the day checking on them to see that they're

behaving well and so on.

So the polling station is taken care of by everyone.

The counting of the votes is public and any citizens who wants can be present.

The ballot box is opened, all the ballot papers are laid out, they are counted and the result

is given immediately.

So there cannot be any greater transparency.

And if that were not enough, the national electoral commission, once the electoral processes

have concluded, conducts random audits of polling stations.

So let's say you won your local municipal election

Congratulations!

You now get to join the Municipal Assembly, which will choose from among its members a

president, a vice president, and appoint a secretary.

As an elected representative, you don't receive a special wage, but you also don't

have to pay for related expenses out of your own pocket.

You remain at your normal job, carrying out the civic duties in own time.

The duties of a delegate are many and varied and the role is demanding, requiring an understanding

of public policy and finance, business and administration, and the ability to negotiate,

explain, motivate and lead.

And because you're known to almost every one of your electors, and you live among them,

people will call on you at all hours of the day and night with all manner of problems,

ranging from broken water pipes to broken hearts.

Delegates carry out the inspection and monitoring of services provided by the Municipal administration,

and of the factories, shops and businesses in their area.

The National Assembly is practically the parliament of Cuba.

Out of the Assembly's 612 seats, exactly 50% consists of nominated delegates from mass

organisations (namely the CDRs, the Women's Federation, the trade unions,

the Students' Association, and the Association of Small Farmers) and 50% Municipal delegates.

The elections to the National Assembly take place every five years at the same time as

the Provincial Assembly elections.

Deputies in the National Assembly are from all walks of life and like municipal deputies

they do not receive a special wage for being deputies.

The National Assembly is responsible for electing the 31-body Council of State, which is the

governing body of Cuba, like a Prime Minister's Cabinet.

It contains one President of the Council of State, whom you can think of as the prime

minister of Cuba, as well as 6 vice presidents, a secretary, and 23 additional members.

Can everyone vote?

Yes, if you were born in Cuba you are automatically registered to vote.

There is no need for you or your parents to do any paperwork or pay any tax.

You can vote in all elections when you turn 16 and you can also participate in local elections.

Once you turn 18 you can also run for a seat in the National Assembly.

Will everyone know who I voted for?

Will the secret police come get me if I vote for someone the government doesn't like?

No, voting is done via secret ballot, so no one knows who you voted for except you.

Do I have to vote?

If you don't want to, then no you don't have to.

Voting is completely voluntary.

If I'm super rich, can I spend all my millions promoting candidates that I like?

No, it is illegal to spend money promoting candidates.

Candidates' biographies and their reasons for standing are simply displayed on local

notice boards so that every candidate receives the same exposure.

Political parties are permitted in Cuba, however they are not allowed to nominate or campaign

for candidates.

This includes the Cuban Communist Party which is forbidden by law from interfering in the

electoral process.

Wait hang on, if the Communist Party can't nominate candidates to the elections, what

the heck is the point of it?

The Cuban Communist Party is really a product of Cuban history.

The Cuban Communist Party traces its ideological roots to the Cuban Revolutionary Party founded

by Cuba's national hero, José Martí, in exile in New York in 1882.

Its purpose was to free Cuba from Spanish rule by uniting into a single party all those

who wanted Cuban self-determination.

Following the 1959 Revolution which swept out the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista,

Cuba's progressive forces began a process of uniting into a single party, which finally

came to fruition six years later when the PCC was formed in 1965.

Today one in six of Cuba's eleven million people are Party members.

To become a member of Cuba's Communist Party, a person must be first nominated by fellow

workers or neighbours and then voted in by their local branch.

A year has to be served as a 'candidate member' before becoming a full member as

this brings with it responsibilities and duties, especially within the local community.

To be a member of the PCC is seen as an honour in Cuba, and members are generally respected

as honest and committed revolutionaries.

So it's like a club?

Yeah it's kinda like a club where you help out your community.

Can I win even if I only get 46.1% of the vote?

That's an oddly specific percentage but no, to be elected, you must receive at least

50% plus 1 of the votes cast.

If this doesn't happen, run-off elections are held.

Once I'm elected, can I become an evil supervillain and take over the world without anyone to

stop me?

No.

Delegates are required to meet with their electors at least once every six months for

'accountability sessions' where they must take up issues and problems raised by their

constituents and seek solutions.

They can be recalled at any time if their constituents feel that they are failing to

perform their role adequately.

So if the people who elected you think you're doing a bad job, you're out.

So…

Why don't Cubans get to elect their own President?

Well, they do.

Just indirectly.

Same as the prime minister in the UK or Sweden or lots of other countries, the leader of

the leader of the country is elected by the legislative assembly.

This is because Cuba does not have a presidential system, merely a semi-parliamentary one.

The President of Cuba doesn't have the power to make decisions alone, he doesn't appoint

or dismiss ministers, he doesn't grant honorific positions or appoint ambassadors.

That is to say, all the major decisions are concentrated in the hands of a large number

of elected representatives, not in a single person.

The President of Cuba is a figurehead more than anything.

That said, it is possible for the President of Cuba to also be the President of the Council

of State, meaning one person can be both Head of State and Head of Government.

This makes them less like the figurehead President of Ireland, and more like the President of

the United States, which is also a combination of Head of State and Head of Government.

However, if you wish to become both President of Cuba and President of the Council of State,

you have to be elected to both positions at two separate occasions.

If you're really interested in how to become President of Cuba, then here is a 5 step guide:

Be nominated and approved in a plenary vote by a social or mass organization;

2. be approved in a municipal assembly vote 3. be elected via direct and secret vote by

voters from your electoral district, if you are not elected at this point you can't

be a deputy; 4. have your nomination be be approved by

the National Assembly 5. be elected by deputies via direct and secret vote.

Profit

Thank you for watching this video, I hope you enjoyed it.

If you have more questions about how the Cuban democratic system works,

then I have my sources listed in the description down below.

If you would also like to give me a small donation as thanks for making this video,

since it will most likely be demonetised, as all my videos are demonetised,

there is a link to my PayPal.me account in the description as well.

You don't have to, obviously, but it would be greatly appreciated.

See you next time.

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Demystifying American Taxes - Duration: 15:32.

It's tax season here in America, which means it's time for everyone to procrastinate

and complain about how complicated they are.

They're really not that complicated.

But there are people out there with a vested interest in making you think they are.

Whether it's a politician who wants to use simplifying the tax code as a campaign slogan

or a company who wants you to sell you their services in doing them for you.

If you have a basic understanding of high school algebra, you already know more than

you need in order to understand taxes.

We do make them needlessly complicated here in America – so for any of you international

viewers, feel free to compare your system to ours – but still, they're not that

complicated.

Let's start with your paycheck.

Feel free to tell me how much you make down below and we can get started….

Okay since you're apparently not going to participate we're going to have to make

up an example.

Let's start with this guy.

Raynor here.

He's single and makes $30,000 a year.

That's about twice minimum wage.

Okay so I rounded down to make the numbers easier to work with, sue me.

Please don't sue me.

Anyway it's pretty close to the average individual income here in America.

He gets paid twice a month, which comes out to $1250.

Right on.

But as you probably all know, that's not what he ends up with.

In Australia, when you get hired and they tell you "you make 30,000 a year," that's

how much you make, that's your take-home pay, they figure in how much taxes get taken

out and don't even tell you about it.

How awesome would that be instead of it being a mystery up until your first paycheck?!

Anyway, let's break down what happens to that paycheck.

First, 6.2% comes out for Social Security.

For those of you not in the United States, this is the mandatory socialized retirement

program that everyone pays into and you only reap the full benefit of when you turn 67.

That comes out to $77.50.

Next, 1.45% gets taken out for Medicare.

For those of you not in the United States, this is the mandatory socialized healthcare

program that everyone pays into and you only reap the full benefit of when you turn 65.

Apparently, only old people get socialism here in America…

That comes out to be $18.13.

These two together are called FICA – and the government just takes it and you never

see it again.

Well unless you become old enough, I guess.

The next bit to come out of your paycheck is income tax, the part that most people do

incorrectly.

We're going to ignore state income tax and just focus on federal, because…

I don't want to make 43 different versions of this video.

The part of your paycheck that goes towards federal income tax is called the federal income

tax withholding.

You pay a small portion of each paycheck is withheld, and at the end of the year when

you "do your taxes" you figure out whether you owe more or more commonly get a refund.

So how are people messing this up?

Because how much goes towards your withholding is based on your income, your filing status,

and how many allowances you claim.

This is called a W-4, you filled it out when you started your job.

Most people don't even read it and just put 0 – and this is the worst possible answer.

This form is asking how many people this income is meant to support - putting zero means nobody.

So the government will take the maximum possible amount.

People like to claim zero because it gives them a bigger refund.

You're not getting a refund because of a defective product or shoddy service, it's

because you overpaid.

But we'll get to that in a moment.

This guy claims zero, so combining that with his income and crippling loneliness, the government

takes 12.5%, which comes out to be $153.70.

That number is figured out by your employer using a really complicated set of tables that

takes all three of those identifiers into account.

I wish I could tell you some sort of concrete number, but it changes for literally everyone.

So let's look at someone who works at the exact same job, for the exact same pay, but

actually read his W-4.

Ad victoriam Enter 1 for yourself if no one else can claim

you as a dependent.

Enter 1 if you're single and only have one job.

Or if you're married or have a second job, okay that doesn't apply.

Spouse, nope, dependents, nope, head of, child… blah blah blah, whatever.

He claims two.

So he gets the same $1250 paycheck, $77.50 out for Social Security, $18.13 out for Medicare,

but his withholding is different, $103.08, only 10.6%.

That's a difference of $50.62 per paycheck.

The key here is that since they both make the same amount and they both have the same

depressing life circumstances, they both owe the same amount at the end of the year.

But, we'll get to how we figure that out in a moment.

For now, just take my word for it that this guy gets a $1215.05 refund at the end of the

year, and this guy gets a $0.17 refund- though since we round to the nearest dollar, no refund.

This is usually the point where the guy who claimed zero celebrates his gift from the

government and laughs at the guy who claimed two for doing his taxes wrong.

But did he?

He already has all of that money in the bank, so it actually evens out.

That guy just has a more accurate withholding which lets him keep more of his own money

each paycheck.

So, read your W-4, don't just write zero.

If you already work somewhere, ask for a new W-4.

Say this was a cell phone bill and you owed $60 a month, but you decide to play it safe

and pay $70 a month, so you get a $120 refund at the end of the year.

You would seriously reconsider how much you're paying every month… at least I hope you

would.

Your refund is not a gift from the government, you're not sticking it to anyone by getting

a refund, you're getting it because you're overpaying.

No, you can't tell your employer to take out nothing for income tax, despite what any

Sovereign Citizen might tell you.

The government totally has the power to tax personal income.

There's also a number of youtube videos that tell you how to get out of paying taxes

by claiming 9 or 10.

Unless you're John and Kate plus Eight, don't do that.

You can actually claim more than nine or ten but at that point you're just being a pain

to your employer, not the government.

It's a logarithmic function, you'll get it infinitely close to zero, but you'll

never actually get to zero.

If you don't pay your income taxes, they will eventually send someone with a gun to

your house.

And most likely, you're going to get everything you paid in taxes back anyway, so it's just

not worth it – pay your taxes.

Let's figure out how much this guy owes.

Anyway, here is where we're going to dispel a few more myths.

We use a progressive tax system here in America, which means the more money you make the more

that money is taxed.

Actually, most countries use this system.

It's a common misconception that if you make this much money, you're taxed at this

rate, but if you make just one dollar more, all of your money is taxed at a higher rate.

Which just isn't true, so let's look at how it works.

We're going to be working with the 2017 brackets since that's what you'll be filing

your taxes under this year, near the end I'll talk about the 2018 changes.

Like the other guy, he's single and makes $30,000 a year.

The first $9325 is taxed at 10% - so of that, he owes $932.50.

The remaining $20,675 is taxed at 15%, coming out to $3101.25.

So, in total he owes $4033.75.

Well that wasn't a very good example, it only crosses two brackets.

Alright, let's look at his boss.

One Enclave, One America.

Who is also single but makes $100,000 a year.

Again, the first $9325 is taxed at 10%.

The 15% bracket goes up to $37,950, which means only $28625 of his income is taxed at

that rate.

The next bracket goes up to $91,900 and is taxed at 25%.

And his final $8100 is taxed at 28%.

His final tax bill is $20,981.75, so even though his income falls into the 28% bracket,

not all of his income is taxed at that rate.

28% is what is called his top marginal tax rate, while his effective tax rate is only

20.98% There are other proposed tax systems, like

the regressive system, which means the more money you make the less that money is taxed.

Which obviously disproportionately benefits the rich, which is why no country on earth

uses it.

And then there is the flat tax, which means all income is taxed at the same rate, which

sounds fair… which is why every few years someone tries to push for it.

But let's look at it in practice.

In order for a flat tax to work, it would have to be high enough that the government

doesn't lose any revenue.

In order to keep that same level of revenue, it would have to be something like 36%, which

is insane.

So let's use a number that has been proposed before – 18%.

This guy would see his taxes go up and this guy would see his taxes go down.

Just like the regressive system, it disproportionately helps the wealthy.

Imagine if he was making millions or even billions of dollars.

In 2012, a presidential candidate suggested a 9-9-9 plan, which included a 9% flat income

tax, which is excessively low, but introduced a new 9% national sales tax to make up the

difference.

So effectively, your federal taxes would be 18% total.

In the US, sales tax is a local and state consumption tax on only certain goods.

Essential items like food are not taxed.

But for frivolous items like cars, tvs, and tampons, it gets a little messy… gross.

Tampons should not be taxed.

Since it's state and local, it changes city to city, but on average it's 7%.

Adding a national 9% sales tax would suddenly mean everything costs 16% more than what it

says on the price tag.

In Ireland it's called the Value Added Tax, or VAT, and it's 23% nationwide But you

wouldn't know it, because that price is figured into the price tag – it's not

a surprise when you get to the register.

Why do we have to go and make things so complicated?

Speaking of complicated, while I figured out the tax brackets, I'm sure some of you were

furiously writing out comments about how I forgot about deductions, exemptions, and credits.

I didn't forget, it said that in the bottom cor- let's explain those now.

Let's just focus in on this guy, but since he's single, he doesn't really qualify

for any of the fun stuff.

So let's complicate things by giving him custody of one child.

Ad victoriam.

Let's not make him married though, life's hard enough as it is.

But since he now has a dependent, he gets to file as head of household, so the brackets

get all messed up.

Leave it to a kid to make a mess of things.

The first $13350 is taxed at 10% and the remaining $16650 is taxed at 15%.

The first deduction he is going to take is the Standard Deduction, which for head of

household, is $9350.

He could itemize, which means individually deducting state income tax, social security

and medicare, donations to charity, and even things like sales tax, but – For most people,

almost always, the Standard Deduction is higher.

Unless you have some incredibly complicated tax situation or make enormous amounts of

money, which most of you don't, just take the Standard Deduction.

Then he is going to claim two Personal Exemptions, one for him, one for his child, totaling $8100.

These two numbers, the Standard Deduction and Personal Exemptions, are subtracted from

his overall income of $30,000, meaning he is only taxed on $12550.

It would be nice if we lived in a country where they just said your first however many

dollars weren't taxed, that system would make so much more sense.

But as far as I know, no such country exists, so we're left with having to do math.

So that's it, his income only falls into the 10% bracket, so he owes $1255.

But that's not the entire story, because while deductions reduce the amount of income

you are taxed on, credits reduce the amount of taxes you owe.

There are all sorts of credits, like if you bought an electric car or installed solar

panels on your house, but we're just going to focus on the most popular two.

The Child Tax Credit is just $1000 per child, nice and easy.

Now he only owes $255.

Then there is the Earned Income Credit, which is complicated because it scales depending

on income.

It's not a case of, if you make below this amount you get it, if you make above it you

don't.

So if you've ever thought to yourself "if I made just a hundred dollars less, I would

have gotten that credit."

If you're that close to the line, the credit is worth single digits.

But for this guy, it's $1536.

Which means on top of getting back all of his federal income tax withholding from his

paychecks throughout the year, the government owes him an additional $1281.

This is why an estimated 45% of Americans pay no federal income tax, because of the

deductions and credits from having kids and stuff.

But since we're still dealing with 2017, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the

opposite of credits – penalties.

If you didn't have health insurance in 2017, you owe the government at least $695 per person.

Either you owe in in addition to your taxes or it gets taken out of your refund.

But that penalty is going away in 2018 thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

I promised I would talk about the 2018 changes, so here we go.

Let's start with this guy, single making $30,000 a year.

He got a $6350 Standard Deduction and $4050 Personal Exemption and no credits, so he owes

$2473.75, an effective tax rate of 8.25%.

The brackets shift a little bit and his top bracket is now only 12%, but the biggest change

is the near-doubling of the Standard Deduction to $12,000.

However, this is offset by the fact that the new plan completely eliminates Personal Exemptions.

So in the end, he now owes $1969.50, a savings of $504.25.

Now for the rich guy.

In 2017, he owed $18,138.50.

Again, his Standard Deduction and Personal Exemption are rolled into one Standard Deduction,

totaling $12,000, and the brackets shift a bit again.

His top bracket is now only 24% and his tax burden falls to $15409.50, a reduction of

$2729.

And lastly, the complicated guy, earning $30,000 with one child as head of household.

In 2017, he got a Standard Deduction and 2 Personal Exemptions, totaling $17,450.

Those have been bundled together for a Standard Deduction of $18,000.

The Child Tax Credit doubles to $2000, and the Earned Income Credit creeps up slightly

to $1662.

So he will now get a refund of $2462, almost double what he got for 2017.

The 2018 plan helps almost everyone – it helps some people a lot more than others,

but still, it helps most everyone.

At times it seems like our system is incredibly confusing when compared to others, and sometimes

it seems like it's that way on purpose.

But it isn't that confusing – I explained it to you in only 15 minutes or so.

Odds are that most of you are completely capable of doing your own taxes, you don't need

to pay someone else.

You can either do them with paper and pencil or using something like TurboTax, either way

– you can still do it yourself.

And before you feel compelled to ask me a question down below about your specific tax

situation – I'm playing with funkopops and monopoly money, don't ask me!

You really should know better… hey!

So what are you going to do with your refund?

Did you know I have a patreon?

Because I have a patreon… if you'd like to see more videos like this, consider donating

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Veganismetal - How did I end up in Germany and became vegan - Duration: 10:58.

Hey everyone! Everything OK?

My name is Fabiano Eccel

and today I am going to tell you how I ended up in Germany

And why I decided to become vegan

So, enjoy the video and don't forget to subscribe to my channel, activating the notification bell down here

because this way you will always get to know when I posted a new video

Every Monday

I will post a new video for you

Alright?!

So, everyone. Today I will talk a bit about me

I am born in South of Brazil, in Joinville, State of Santa Catarina

And I have lived outside Brazil for more than once

and in 2014, my wife and I started to research a bit about...

a country that we could move...

and live

and since I work in the IT area

I am a IT Systems Administrator

I could easily I would find a job here in Europe or Canada...

and we wanted to go out of Brazil once again...

to travel more, get to know and learn many new things...

as we always do when living abroad

And living here in Berlin

I thought that I was always going to be eating a lot of meat...

from pork and to many sausages

and it's true, there is a lot of that here

But I had a bit of health issues from consuming animal products ...

and I ended up at the Doctor...

and the doctor said: "Look, you have to stop eating this kind of animal product

She didn't say anything at that point about eggs actually

she told me to stop eating dairy and meat

because, many of the health issues that I have at the time are due to my diet

so if I would cut these kind of food, you will probably get well

without the need for any kind of chemical medicine

So, I decided to follow the Doctor's advice

she prescribed me a diet and I started to cut a lot of kinds of food from my daily diet.

I followed this for around 3 months

But it was a diet!

and everyone knows that diet is something that stays in your head and it is a bit annoying

So, after 3 or 4 months I gave up

and I went back on eating meat and cheese

up to this point, it was a matter of health

not a matter of conscience

so later I went to another Doctor

that told me the same things:

"You have to cut out the meat and milk, and dairy in general!

So once again, I thought: "Yeap, I have to follow this advice!"

and I ended up not following. I was still eating meat and dairy...

But I started to get surrounded by vegetarians, 2 vegans...

and gradually with my work colleagues I was going for lunch in vegetarian restaurants

and I started to try a lot of very tasty food

and my boss, who is a vegetarian for more than 30 years

showed me a Indian Vegetarian restaurant, with excellent food

The Indian food spices are delicious

and at the end I was enjoying this kind of food a lot

and slowly we were going to the burger places that we used to frequent...

and there is always an vegetarian option or vegan many times...

and I was trying food to see if I could get used to it

and I realized that there is a lot of food that, when done nicely and with good seasonings...

you can make it very tasty and without the need for meat or any other animal product

but still I was only under the influence

but I still hasn't totally decided

and then in the end of the year, I was sitting alone and thinking

on Saturday morning, I sometimes stay at home in the couch with my dogs...

playing with them and thinking, and...

I started to think about what I was doing...

if it is right for me to love my 2 dogs so much...

and to keep eating other kind of animals

It wasn't a very hard decision to me...

It was easy for me to think: "I can do it!" I noticed...

the food is tasty, so I put in my head: "I will become Vegan!"

I then talked to my wife and I told her:

"Look. At the beginning of the year now in 2018...

I will stop eating meat and I will no longer consume animal products"

At that point it was only about food that I have thought about.

Than she said: "OK, no problem" So I told her:

"If you want to continue, please do, but I will no longer be a part of that"

And then with my attitude, she got excited. She like it...

she once wanted to become vegetarian in the past, but at that time, me with my culture here in my head...

that I was used to eat meat and that I wouldn't be able to change... I ended up ignoring what she said...

but I now think that culture cannot dictate morality.

It's not moral to eat and kill an animal because my culture dictates.

culturally, it was normal in the past, for example, slavery

It is known that this is immoral

Slowly things are changing...

our values are changing

I think my values has changed a lot, and so did a lot of thing in these 2 years since I moved to Germany...

and I thing that it will change even more

so my wife got excited with my ideas

So she decided to watch a video. It was "Cowspiracy" from Netflix

I got home and she had just watched this video and she got a bit chocked and touched by this video"...

than she came to me and said: "Look, I will also stop!

and we continued to read and study about it and saw that, it does not make sense...

not to kill other animals, but still kill fish...

it does not make sense to stop eating meat but still drink milk...

I will still be giving my money to this kind of business

So we studied more and read more...

I am saying all this, but all of this happened in about 2 months that I became vegan and I am studying

but this time it is something that came from my conscience

It was a big burden in my conscience

after opening my eyes this way and...

not in a way of "it's only about health" which is also a fact!

I can't deny that eating animal product is bad for you!

but it was a matter of conscience, so this time I decided, I don't want it anymore

I put that in my head and started to check out about other products with animal origin

for house cleaning, shampoos, products for hygiene in general

Almost everything is tested on animals!

So we decided also now to look for products for home...

and not to use anything else that has involved animal suffering...

without reason!

I did not watch any of these vegan videos before I became vegan

Not one single video about veganism I had watched...

After I became vegan I started to watch more and read

and I ended up in some channels here in YouTube...

and I opened my eyes even more and saw that we have to do something!

There are too many animals suffering...

If you have a dog at home, if you have a cat at home or other pet that you love and protect...

it makes no sense for you to harm another animal

slowly as I learn I will continue to share these stuff in this channel with you.

Here in Berlin is a paradise to be vegan

There are some markets here that are totally vegan...

There is VeganZ, that I visited a few days ago...

and I will post a video here for you in the future about VeganZ

This is a market that all the products are vegan

In some of the "normal" markets here in Berlin...

You sometimes can find a shelf, full of vegan products

It means that this is growing and that people and becoming aware

People are opening their minds

I hope that in a few years we can leave only with plants...

and that we won't need to unnecessarily harm any animal

It is very interesting that on Star Trek...

The Next Generation

They were already predicting that in the future, human kind wouldn't consume any other kind of animal product...

They wouldn't enslave animals for their existence.

So I think that in the future this prediction might be right!

Lieutenant Yar was confused

We no longer enslave animals for food purposes.

But we have seen humans eat meat

You've seen something as fresh and tasty as meat but...

inorganically materialized...

out of pasterns used by our transporter

urgh... sick!

Barbaric!

The number of vegans in the world is growing a lot!

Here in Germany this number grows wildly

In Brazil it is growing also a lot!

So I believe that if we share and help to make people aware...

Not in an annoying way...

We don't want to be annoying.

But, your choice is welcome, you can do whatever you want...

but bare in mind that your choice has a victim

I decided to become Vegan, it was my choice, but my choice has no victim!

I am not making any animal die or suffer for my choice!

If you keep on eating meat and keep on buying animal products...

You are making victims!

So think about it a bit

What differentiates your cute dog, your pet from home from a little pig, or a cow, or a sheep?

Think about it! Reflect on it!

This is what I want to do, as many people on YouTube are also trying to do!

So this was it...

I will keep on share with you, one video per week

Every Monday there will be a new video

This week I won't be doing any recipe for you, but...

next week I will share a Shitake Spread that I learned...

to eat with bread on breakfast which is really good!

If you liked my video, don't forget to click on "Like" down here...

and don't forget to subscribe to my channel...

it's very important that you do to give me incentive and keep making videos for you!

Alright? See you!!!

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