Comments by "David Glickman" (@live_free_or_perish) on "Good Times Bad Times" channel.

  1. Even if the dollar becomes less dominant it will happen very slowly over a very long time. There is so much inertia behind the dollar that sudden changes are very unlikely.
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  2. Never understood why Canada seems unconcerned about conflict in the Arctic since they have so much territory in the area
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  3. Regardless of their problems, it's a real achievement that such different countries with different languages and cultures can unite as they have. You don't see that in Asia or anywhere else.
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  4. "American impotence" is an accurate description. Political deadlock is blocking everything.
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  5. I wonder if it's intentional 🤔 definitely appropriate 😏
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  6. Ukrainians are ingenious. They will figure out how to leverage the capabilities of F-16s to get the most out of them.
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  7. Russia is unlikely to attack NATO countries but I can see them going after Arctic regions with undefined ownership and other regions that aren't protected by the NATO alliance.
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  8. Sadly Americans have a short attention span. I'm worried about a long war. Doesn't look good.
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  9. Maybe so but I saw an old video of him predicting exactly what is happening now.
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  10. Just have to be patient. There is an enormous amount of weapons and a lot of Russian soldiers Ukraine has to destroy. Putin's army may be incompetent but it's huge. Eventually Ukraine will push them out, even if it costs them tragic loss of life and destruction of their towns and villages. I honor them for their sacrifice.
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  11. Great material! I agree with most of the assertions in this video. Thank you 😌
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  12. Well said 👏
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  13. I wonder if it might be more practical to reform the structure of NATO and the EU. Include a mechanism to exclude members that obstruct the purpose of the alliances and/or remove the requirement for complete consensus so that one member state can't prevent the others from acting.
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  14.  @vegardhartvigsen6445  have to throw out Erdogan too.
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  15. Well, that explains a lot. There is some historical basis for the new alliance between Russia and Iran.
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  16. Brave man to talk US politics, no matter what you say, half of your viewers are going to be annoyed. Here is a donation to the risk you took. Thanks!
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  17. I've been wondering when someone would present some informed speculation about this possibility. Good analysis, but too many unknowns at this time to draw many conclusions. I like your content, watch most of your videos. Very good 👍
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  18. Sounds about right
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  19. The "new world order" conspiracy warning is interesting. Looks like YT has a political agenda 🤔
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  20. Turkey needs to allow NATO ships into the Black Sea so they can escort ships with Ukrainian wheat out to the Mediterranean. I see no other practical economically viable solution.
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  21. Odd choice, but the analogy works.
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  22. Bad enough the EU has to put up with Hungary and Turkey. We don't need another ethnocentric autocratic country in the EU community.
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  23. The detail is great. The way you describe it - it's as close to being there as you can from the other side of the planet. Great work. Thank you.
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  24. Just have to keep up the resistance. The Hungarians freed themselves from the Soviets once before and they can do it again if they keep trying. Orban can be defeated. Wish you success in the future.
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  25. Excellent analysis 👏
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  26. I agree with everything you said. 💯
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  27. Such a huge mistake. We were so angry about 9/11 that we stopped thinking rationally. I hope we learned from this but I'm not so sure we will.
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  28. Agree 💯
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  29. Ukraine almost has the weapons it needs to win and if they can sustain their determination they will win. But it will come at a cost of enormous loss of life. Putin is evil.
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  30. Now Erdogan want to block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO. It's not clear why Turkey and Hungary are part of NATO if they are supporting Putin. Democracy and freedom are failing in both of those countries. It's not a coincidence.
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  31. Exactly. Now I don't have to post a comment. You nailed it 👏
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  32. Perun is the most accurate and comprehensive analyst on YT on this subject. But I still like to hear other perspectives.
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  33. Yeah, I wonder about that too 🤔
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  34. Easy solution: remove Erdogan from NATO. It's not a free and democratic nation anyway. He silences any opposition and is becoming an ally with Putin.
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  35. So true. I doubt this war would happen if Russia was a free and truly democratic nation.
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  36. Israel will have take temporary control of Gaza to rescue the hostages. Assuming Hamas doesn't murder them, in which case the response would be apocalyptic.
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  37. Just following the playbook of his buddy Putin.
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  38. This is one of your best. Excellent work 👏
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  39.  @zanaahmadi123  I doubt the US will ever put their military back to the Middle East again. It never turns out well and nothing worth fighting for.
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  40. Definitely. That's the most dangerous aspect of a collapse.
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  41. They would use tactical nukes if any region tried to secede. They know no one would try to stop them.
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  42. When the colonial powers defined middle eastern borders they failed to recognize the Kurds potential as a nation. The Kurdish population is split among several countries that will never give up an inch of territory. They don't stand a chance. The nations they live in will always see them as threat and try to kill them.
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  43. The only one that matters is China. All of the others are only loosely connected or insignificant bit players
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  44. Yep, that sums it up concisely.
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  45. Problem is that the Kremlin has FSB agents everywhere that would target the leadership of any group that wants to secede from the federation.
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  46. Unfortunately Putin has convinced the majority of people in Russia that they are being threatened. The indoctrination has been going on for years.
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  47. That's the big question. Everyone is trying to figure this out
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  48. Erdogan is a Putin ally with a failing democracy and erosion of freedom. He silences the opposition like Putin. I don't know why he is part of NATO in the first place.
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  49. Exactly 💯
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  50. Yeah, it doesn't look good.
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  51. So you believe that Hamas and Israel are morally equivalent? That neither one is responding appropriately?
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  52. @nitrofire429  why would they go after NATO countries when there are easier targets all over the world? China is doing the same thing.
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  53.  @williamdavis9562  a population explosion doesn't mean they are not targets. And btw I'm speaking for myself and who the f**k are you to ask me not to speak. Do you have special qualifications? Whondo you speak for?
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  54. I think they will be there until the hostages are released. If Hamas murders the hostages the response will be apocalyptic.
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  55.  @nycboogie  clever
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  56.  @memezmemez5176  how would you suggest nation states be determined? Can you agree that the Kurds have suffered as a minority in every nation they live in? Certainly one reason to aspire to nationhood is self protection.
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  57. Unfortunately Putin has enough hydrocarbons and conscripts to drag this war out indefinitely 😢
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  58. I watched him speak in videos before the war started. His predictions were unusually accurate
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  59. And he has complete control of the media.
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  60. One of your best 👏
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  61. Excellent analysis. Lot of insight I haven't seen elsewhere.
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  62.  @memezmemez5176  but Kurdistan can be defined: its where the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. Geographically, Kurdistan roughly encompasses the northwestern Zagros and the eastern Taurus mountain ranges. It is not the entire middle east.
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  63. ​@WingkKong thank you for the CCP narrative. How many social credits do you get every time you post for the CCP?
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  64. I have no doubt North Korea would attack if the US and China go to war. Otherwise, I dont see it happening.
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  65. It implies that the video supports a conspiracy theory, which it does not. Makes me wonder if someone wants to discredit videos that disparage the CCP in some way.
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  66. Sanctions won't work unless all gas and oil exports are stopped. No strategy that depends on a Russian uprising will work - the minority of Russians that oppose Putin have little will to resist and fear imprisonment. Only by providing the weapons Ukraine is asking for will the war be won.
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  67. So interesting. Learned a lot from this.
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  68.  @memezmemez5176  the Druze have managed to be a successful minority in the nations they live in. Why do you suppose it's different for the Kurds?
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  69. Thanks!
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  70. Interesting....
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  71. Thanks!
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