Comments by "bighand69" (@bighands69) on "VisualPolitik EN" channel.

  1. Pure fantasy.
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  2. The probably have systems that work but not enough for full nuclear exchange. Nuclear weapons have been way overhyped.
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  3. Nationalism is not the problem in China. Being ruled by a murderous communist government is their biggest problem.
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  4. @Zgnid Olias China's national rhetoric is not their problem. They grew their market economy and now have decided they want to go back to communism. And then there is the problem that China has never answered for murdering over 100 milllion people like the Nazi's have.
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  5. Nuclear weapons are mechanical systems that require maintenance. And the skills required to achieve that cannot just be done at will. Such a culture of science and technology has to be developed over decades. And then there was always the question how well did they work in the first place. It is one thing to set off a nuclear reaction and another to have an operational warhead.
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  6. Again that is just nonsense and not the reason why the American market is bigger and better than any european country.
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  7. Australia is an island with everything that it needs to function on its own. It just needs to get its head out from underneath it self. What Australia needs to embrace a market economy approach. To copy what the US has done in its history. The biggest problem I see is that Australia has the labor party that is heavily integrated with the media and that will hold Australia back.
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  8. That is the thing about war it bring a nation together like nothing else.
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  9.  @overlord4404  They have risk exposure but not at the same level as other European countries. Any infrastructure in Europe can be hit and that includes Russian infrastructure.
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  10. America did not lose to the Vietcong. I think you are mistaken.
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  11. When you view things rationally yes that would be the conclusion but is there rational thinking behind any of this or is it about something else.
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  12. No the wealth is not based on house valuations it is based on median income levels. Everywhere is facing inflation because of the supply chain disruptions that occurred and the over reliance on Chinese manufacturing of junk. Australia has everything it needs from Coal, Iron ore, Copper, alumina and large vast landscape to develop its industrial base. With modern industrial systems Australia could be an industrial powerhouse on a par with the likes of Germany only it would have all its own raw ingredients to tap into.
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  13. China would have a big challenge in trying to carryout a naval invasion. Taiwan has a large defensive airforce and a large ground troop that would make invasion extremely difficult for China.
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  14.  @Suksass  The oil does when it is combined with Nuclear weapons. Without the oil their now why they would exist as a country.
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  15.  @UniverseExp91  The US military in equivalent dollars has spent about 20 trillion over the last 2 decades and without Afghanistan they would still have spent the 20 trillion. The 2.5 trillion figure you are talking about covers both Afghanistan and Iraq. Pulling out of a place 20 years after a minor US battle means nothing in terms of win or defeat. If the US went back tomorrow they would control Afghanistan in about 3 weeks and that would be fighting with the gloves on and one hand behind the back.
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  16.  @richardmakaya5261  For the US to wipe out the Taliban it would need to kill a lot of people and that would mean civilian lives. The US and its public are not willing to do that. Remember the US in all its wars since WW2 has been fighting with gloves on due to the fact it has been acting like world police force. If they take the gloves off it will be a different matter.
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  17. @Anton S The US has roughly about 50% of it cold war nuclear weapons active Russia has about 5% of its nuclear weapons active. China simply does not have enough nuclear weapons for full exchange with the US if it even tried to do it the world would have a very large supply of glass from China.
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  18. The US has always used trade to build their relationships with allies. It is the main reason why the US market is open to those allies. Hence why Kia and Hyundai are selling in the US as are Japanese cars.
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  19. Irish politicians are not pocketing the money. What is happening is that the Irish welfare state mentality has not allowed Ireland to live to its full potential.
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  20.  @MrHotass81  The welfare state is a mentality that has been ingrained in Irish people since the foundation of the Irish state. It is not new and predates the current politicians who are in power. The Irish people want that welfare state culture and there is no getting around that fact.
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  21. That would not stop China from trying though. The only thing about this is that it may not play out over the next 5 years but next 20 years but then again Xi is near to 70 years old and may out of some desperation try something.
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  22. Climate hysteria is creating a series of national and international policies that are not going to solve climate change. What they are going to do is use up existing capital for projects that do not work. The only solution to climate change is for a series of investments into new material science projects that can be applied to energy generation and energy storage. A well as recycling of materials such as plastics. The US for example recycles 95% of its steel and that needs to be the case for plastics. Ireland needs to develop a two market approach with it high tech value added export market that is cutting edge products such as pharma, medical devices, electronics and food production. Its internal market place is different and is more about supplying products for the internal markets and services. At present Ireland imports too much of its products and needs to reduce that figure about about 50%. More specialized products such as iphones do not need to be part of that internal production. Ireland needs to also form partnerships with British, French and german industries to help build its own internal market production. Deregulating the internal market is the only play that Ireland needs to make alongside tax cuts for income tax and small businesses taxes. Ireland is nowhere near its full potential when it comes to using its natural resources.
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  23.  @Морозов-ь7с  Launching for a video is not the same as deploying in a critical attack and doing it successfully. Sub launches are some of the most complex there are from a technical point of view.
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  24.  @dennisbrown5313  Taking all of that aside and just focusing on Russian engineering for a moment. I am saying that Russia simply would not have an easy time of just launching on their own never mind the capabilities of US defence systems. There is the factor that Russia warheads are based on mechanical systems that are 50 years old and it is unlikely based on the evidence of their performance in Ukraine that they would have an enough missiles for full nuclear exchange. There is a high probability that US sensor networks are capable of tracking the majority of Russian assets. I also suspect Russia knows all of this as well.
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  25.  @williamlloyd3769  I also think that Mexico will be more creative from a business point of view than China has been. I suspect you will start to see lots of Mexican branded products as well in the US. China is just an assembly manufacturing region. China cannot do any of the high tech production. People have been pointing out how China has made a big deal out of the fact that it just in the last decade figured out how to manufacture their own ball point pens.
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  26. Drones are useless in war. They cannot take out military armaments. Too many kids playing video games.
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  27. The has already shored more of its manufacturing in Mexico that that of China and that number is only going to keep growing. The main difference between the two places is that in Mexican culture the government does not see it self as the owner of production.
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  28.  @neohubris  Losing does not stop tyrants from trying.
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  29. Oil and gas are not going anywhere. Only Japan has the ability to achieve this and they have pressure because they do not have easy access to natural gas or oil. It is like Norway have lots of hydropower stations and claiming to be green and people calling to be more like Norway only to realize that Norway has lots of natural lakes at higher altitude that makes it easy to build those power stations. Not everybody can do as Japan are attempting.
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  30.  @dan7564  An Australian missile defence system with the abilities to identify targets through the use of Australia navy and airforce would be part of ensuring that no gap exists. That could counter any Chinese attempt to form a blockade patrol.
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  31.  @joshwright3683  Australia has massive coal reserves that could easily build a clean energy system that would be the backbone of its industrial base. Australia has everything it needs to build a modern wonder industrial economy. There might be a glut of German engineers over the next few years that could easily be enticed to moved to Australia.
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  32. US military keeps Europe alive so clearly Europe just sits back and lets the US defend it.
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  33. Unless it is a video that addresses the real history and covers how certain parts of the Arab world do not actually want Palestine to become a state but want to use it to bring down Israel.
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  34.  @Alex-Rainmaker  Biden and Trump are the presidents it is not them to decides if the US goes to war it is the Congress. The president can do limited things like send aid or direct the military for security reasons.
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  35. Older US weapons are still years ahead of Chinese weapons.
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  36.  @danielch6662  The US did not have a 1 child policy so it has a healthy demographic and has 100 million available men in military service age range for a large war. The reason why it appears like the US has a deficit is due to the fact the US correctly calculates its finances and does not hide its debt into its tax and welfare system like other countries do. The US has thousands of trillions of assets that it can develop and use at any time and a transport system that enables it to freely produce food. It is the reason why the US is agri independent and energy independent country.
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  37. China is a factory economy with little room for growth.
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  38. Median income in the US is $70000 per year and no European country can offer that. US has a 95% private healthcare coverage and in Europe poor workers would need permission from the government for healthcare. They all have to line up for permission.
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  39.  @_Kiren_  You are making up excuses as to why Europe is a failing market place.
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  40.  @adamseward4713  You knew one guy out of 20 million. My god your sample size is really representative of the country.
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  41. The backbone of Australian industrial energy should be coal. Modern coal processing for energy is much cleaner than the historical plants. Most of the by products like carbon in soot form and CO2 form can be used industrially. Sulphur and mercury also have industrial usage. Every waste material should be sucked up and used at an industrial level. There is no point Australia sending its raw materials abroad for value to be added elsewhere. Australian high quality steel and its products should be world famous and a mark of Australia instead Iron ore is sent to China to produce the worlds diresty industry and worst steel quality of the modern world. Australian agri should also be world famous.
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  42.  @billc6762  Right now there is a series of restrictions being placed on microchips going to China an that will probably end up doing that.
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  43. ASML is really based on US industry not Netherlands or European industry.
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  44. That is fantasy. The Cartel does not influence the industrial centers in Mexico. It has no control of places like Mexico CIty.
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  45. That is fantasy. Taiwan as a chip manufacturing centre only functions because it is based on US industry. All those chips are licensed by US industry. Even ASML which is a dutch company functions via US industry. The only way China sort this out is to go out of its way to repair its US relationship. Is China ready for that?
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  46. Several countries in Europe have gas fields that they could develop the problem is they are simply not interested. They would rather fly flags showing how virtuous they are.
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  47. Europe has no market for semiconductors hence why it does not have anything like AMD, Fairchild or Intel. .
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  48. US has a median income that is twice that of any European country. Europe has a quality of life myth that keeps getting repeated over and over while they all live in their small freezing apartments pretending that Russia does not exist and that the evil capitalists in America are to blame.
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  49.  @JamesKerLindsay  Tighten what screw on Taiwan. China does not have any tools.
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  50. China is still a rural country. The vast majority of the country live in rural settings earning less than $1000 per year.
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