Comments by "Louis Giokas" (@louisgiokas2206) on "The Rise of the European Far-Right || Peter Zeihan" video.

  1. I prefer the American system. Before you react, I have also lived in Europe and had to deal with to political situation from a business point of view. So, I have lots of experience, but this is also just my opinion. I also have in-laws who were a part of the government in Germany, not the legislature, but the government. The family history is long and interesting. Of course, the system in Europe is also what gave us Mussolini and Hitler. What Peter neglects is his US history. In the US the two parties, prior to this century, each had their extreme left and/or right wings. The Democrats, had, until Regan came along, the Southerners. These people were on the right of the spectrum, and in many cases outright racist. This is why there were many successful US Presidents from the Republican Party who were legislatively successful with Democratic majorities in Congress and some Democrats who were not. The two best examples and Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy respectively. Another interesting example is in the Democratic Party and FDR. Look at his first Vice President, John Garner from Texas. He was about as far right as you can get. The parliamentary system was developed in an environment of hereditary leadership, in other words kings and aristocracy. It morphed over time to the proportional representation we see today. Interestingly, in the UK they still have first past the post. The US system was basically a clean sheet break with the past. The parliamentary system is also prone to instability, and it is not uncommon for it to take six months or more to "form a government". This has even happened in Germany.
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  2. Hey, who you calling crotchetily, young man? Not worried about Germany. In the 1930s they had lots of young people. You need that to have a war. History cannot repeat itself without the same conditions.
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