Comments by "PoodleScone" (@poodlescone9700) on "VisualPolitik EN" channel.

  1. Peter Zeihan summed it up best: When we were living on the farms, children were free labor. In an urban environment, children are an expensive hobby.
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  2. I think Ukraine has shown every country worth their salt that they need to be able to develop their own arms industry. No matter how small, it has become a national security issue to have your own supply of arms production in the case of invasion. Drones have changed the equation of modern warfare.
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  3. This problem of caste discrimination extends into foreign countries like the US. We had cases filed in the US for discrimination between Indians of different castes in the workplace.
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  4. SK diversifying their production outside the country means any strike by NK does not cripple the SK arms supply. They can simply import the same arms from partner countries.
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  5. In some ways, Singapore is superior to HK and Switzerland. Singapore is independent and has water access. This is important because Singapore can diversify its economy while keeping its finance system.
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  6. And the US who is always itching to get into wars immediately NOPES out of this one.
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  7. Considering that Armenia got screwed when they requested aid from Russia when Azerbaijan attacked them and Russia refused, I can not see how Belarus thinks being aligned to Russia is beneficial. It is no different than remaining neutral.
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  8. If Japan was serious about reform, do the following: Resolve its border dispute with South Korea. Start drilling for more oil in its economic zone. Have its oil companies explore for oil in Africa. Build more nuclear power plants and geothermal plants. Provide tax breaks for companies to invest in facilities in the rural areas of Japan where land is cheap. Incentivize workers to move to these lower cost areas with their jobs. This would boost the real income of the people.
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  9. Sri Lanka's woes are not all China's fault. Yes, they accepted loans to build ports with overly optimistic projections. But they also went woke with unrealistic climate change policies like mass organic farming and 100% renewable energy goals. Their own government undermined their own food and energy supplies.
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  10. The Russians were geared towards defensive war. Their supply lines were designed for this with their dependence on rail. The Russians can take over Ukraine, but it will be logistically inefficient.
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  11. Ukraine should have never given up its nukes.
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  12. I increased my purchases from Japan. It was glorious with such a favorable usd to yen rate.
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  13. My money is on Vietnam considering the Vietnamese beat China once before.
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  14. North Korea, Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo has entered the chat.
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  15. Austin Powers is now running to be in charge of Argentina.
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  16. People especially in CA have no will nor courage to make the necessary decisions to solve our water problems. They refuse to build more reservoirs and use more reclaimed water.
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  17. Who in Russia thought having its nukes on the Kola Peninsula was a good idea?
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  18. Exactly. The ATF needs to stop supplying the cartels with surplus law enforcement weapons.
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  19. It does not help the Democrats when states like CA and NJ call Florida as bigots for their law and then get caught for violating their own laws for introducing inappropriate materials of a sexual nature in K-6.
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  20. How do you get firearm deaths when you have the strictest gun controls? We were told time and time again that banning guns reduces gun deaths. Do you mean to tell me criminals ignore the law while leaving law abiding citizens defenseless!?
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  21. France can make whatever decisions it wants. Do not cry for help when shit goes sideways. France should know this very well.
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  22. Being helium cooled is a huge problem considering the world is going to have a helium shortage.
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  23. I hope SK makes better military gear than washing machines and phones.
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  24. Guam should also consider becoming a state.
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  25. To be fair, the Russians were their own worst enemy. Their incompetence gave the biggest advantage to Ukraine.
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  26. Russia should have invaded Afghanistan with the goal of taking over Pakistan to give it a warm water port in the Indian Ocean.
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  27. It does not help the US is burning cash dealing with their Southern Border.
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  28. The Soviets freaked out the West with its Foxbat fighter. You could say Reagan learned the trick from the Soviets.
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  29. The moment the NK people see SK and what they were missing for decades, the Kim family and their associates would be hung in the city square.
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  30. It is about time! Nuclear is not what it used to be in the 70's. Current reactor designs are very safe. Nuclear providing a stable base load means other renewables can succeed.
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  31. I give China 5 years before they Nope out of Afghanistan.
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  32. Even if Russia keeps what it took which is the land bridge to Crimea and Crimea itself, it paid a heavy price that will cause the country's slow descent to dissolution. They are still sanctioned and even if they are lifted, it will take a decades to recover. The Russian population will continue to decline and now at an accelerated rate with the deaths of all those men. It is the WW2 drop all over again.
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  33. It is not homeless. It is drug addicts.
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  34. What happened in the beginning of June in the US? Oh right, tens of thousands of people protesting, rioting, and looting while city leaders did nothing.
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  35. Germany destroyed its nuclear power plants, became dependent on Russian gas and now they are burning coal while they have unreliable solar. All the while, they criticize other countries of not doing enough to reduce carbon emissions. Ridiculous.
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  36. So the issue is the voters. They do not want pension reforms.
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  37. When your flag has an AK-47 on it, buyer beware.
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  38. Has anyone considered Haiti as a country should just cease to exist and merge with its neighbor, the Dominican Republic?
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  39. Russia had to buy ammo from North Korea. Let that sink in on how ridiculous that concept is.
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  40. Thank goodness! A non Russian or Ukraine video!
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  41. The Soviets tried. The US tried. Let the Chinese try. Let them find out why Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires.
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  42. 60% failure rate still means 40% worked. You just need enough arms to compensate.
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  43. I do not see a problem with strict vetting or even shutting borders to illegals. Just look at the US southern border. The second largest nationality group is CHINESE. There are Indian, Nigerian and Haitians, too. Let that sink in. These are not asylum seekers. These are economic migrants.
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  44. This is not surprising. Does anyone think gold miners see any profits from the IPhones sold with their materials used to manufacture them?
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  45. As an American, please stop equating police presence with discrimination. That is a blatant lie. Cops go where the crime is. Do you know what happens when you tell cops not to go where the criminals are? You end up with the situations like East Oakland, Los Angeles, and San Francisco's Tenderloin.
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  46. Efforts to retake Crimea by the Ukranians will be a bloodbath. It has always been one historically. Nobody will give it up and neither side will waver. Crimea will be the quagmires of quagmires. The Japanese have a better chance of getting back their Kuril Islands than Ukraine getting back Crimea.
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  47. The analysis is garbage. How do you have a problem with race when the police responds to calls made by the public? The only way that happens is if they screen for black offender which never happens. The looting and rioting are opportunists using the protests as cover to commit crimes. This is nothing new.
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  48. Time to hand out rifles, ammo, Stinger missiles and launchers to every Ukranian citizen.
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  49. The greens wanted this because they were fearmongering on nuclear.
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  50. The one good service the Wagner groups is doing is clearing out Russian prison overpopulation and eliminating recidivism. Silver linings.
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  51. India probably got a great deal for their oil. China most certainly did. But I would not expect India to buy more Russian military gear. Russia screwed India with their converted aircraft carrier.
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  52. Go south. Places like Singapore will welcome talent.
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  53. Remove the GE requirement and college will be 2 years and half the price. The GE courses are nothing more than high school coursework anyways.
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  54. The current damage with China was self inflicted. Pursuing a zero covid policy was the straw that broke the camel's back. Taiwan needs to follow Ukraine's example and start passing out guns like tic tacs. Every able body adult needs to have a rifle in their closet. Make China pay very dearly if they invade.
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  55. Contrary to the lies by the media, DeSantis did shut down Florida for covid. Remember when he told Spring Break vacationers to stay away from Florida and shut down the beaches? Remember when schools were shut down? The only difference is he reopened schools in Aug 2020 for the 2020-2021 school year and gave up his emergency powers similar to Gov Abbott in Texas. Gov Newsom in CA kept the state shut down for 2 years and only gave up his emergency powers in Feb 2023! The per capita death rate for Florida and California were nearly the same. This is why DeSantis's popularity surged. He did not kill his own state. Add to that Florida dodged a huge bullet by not electing Andrew Gillum, a drug addicted promsicuous gay man that was arrested months ago.
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  56. Saudi Arabia wanted to tow icebergs from Antarctica for fresh water.
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  57. Russia: I need artillery and munitions from North Korea. Ignore they only work 60% of the time. Also Russia: I will send North Korea high end munitions if South Korea send arms to Ukraine! Challenge accepted!
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  58. China already hoisted themselves by the own petard. Their one child policy and rapid urbanization gutted their future workforce and tax base. They are dependent on energy and food imports even more so than the US. Any funny business from the Chinese and their trade routes will get blocked and the financial capital stops flowing. They can not fight a war of attrition. The solution may be to wait out the CCP to collapse and let Taiwan reassume control of China.
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  59. There are already reports of friendly fire by Russian troops on the NK troops.
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  60. Right now, Poland is a suspect for the Nordstream pipeline sabotage along with Russia, Ukraine and the US. I do not trust them to police squat that could initiate a world war.
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  61. The Ukraine invasion has shown Russian and Chinese military goods are toxic. Watch every country stock up on EU and American weapon systems.
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  62. This will really be the last war that Russia can fight. There will be no next generation to defend Russia.
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  63. Russia never had the Baltic Sea. They were playing navy in a proverbial bathtub. The only difference was the Russians did not have close scrutiny of their subs. Now NATO does.
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  64. Too late. The Yemen Houthis just declared war on Israel. Shit just got real. These are the same guys the Saudis were bombing with US hardware.
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  65. The Supreme Leader is a God! A God can not die, you capitalist dogs! /s
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  66. I want Simon back.
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  67. Send the Hollywood elites to Haiti to fix it. They were so eager to come to Haiti's defense when Trump called it a shithole. Now they can do what they say. The realistic solution is for the Dominican Republic take over Haiti and have their police and military enforce law and order with UN support.
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  68. If Russia wants to cut off the Suvali gap, then special ops will be wrecking Russian rail infrastructure. Good luck trying to stop all of it before they succeed. Also China just might try to reclaim Manchuria with an outbreak of war and Siberia is itching to secede because the people do not want to be cannon fodder.
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  69. Defending against deporting thieves, rapists and pedos is not a good look for the hosts of this channel.
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  70. We have to give the Supreme Leader credit. He was the first person to cure covid. It involved a lead treatment administered with a gun. 100% effective rate and no reinfections.
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  71. France wants war with Russia now because the Wagner group is winning in the former French African colonies that were part of the CFA. This puts their nuclear fuel, manufacturing raw materials and other resources vital to French national security at risk.
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  72. Pensions were always a bad idea. People lived longer. Pensions were meant for the few lucky few who survived long enough to collect. Otherwise, pensions were meant to collect from as many people as possible and pay out as the exception.
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  73. Taiwan should have every person from 16 and up have an NLAW or Javelin and an AR-15 rifle in their closet. That will discourage China.
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  74. Kewl! Can we hold NBA games there?
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  75. Invest in companies that sell body bags. This is going to get very bloody for the Russians.
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  76. Russia tried. The United States put a stop to it.
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  77. Give Ukraine back their nukes. Hand them some medium range missiles.
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  78. The North Koreans need experience and Russia is giving them the opportunity.
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  79. If I were Russia, I would sell as much crude oil as possible and hope global warming is as disasterous as the doomsday predictions make it out to be. A year round ice free Arctic would be the lifeline Russia needs as they can shift all military ports there and have access to the open ocean and eliminate its Four Seas problem.
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  80. Exactly. I still remember Trump warning the Germans that they are funding the Russian war machine with their dependence on Russian natural gas and the diplomats laughed at him at the UN. That video did not age well for the Germans.
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  81. You left out a huge fact: there are only 12 beaches suitable for an amphibious landing in Taiwan. ALL OF THEM are rigged with oil pumps that will set them all on fire in the event of an invasion. There is also the contingency plan to destroy the TSMC fab plants in the event of an invasion.
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  82. Those illegals entered Canada from Canadian airports. Pretty sure that is a 100% Canadian problem.
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  83. If Venezuela invades Guyana, it will REDUCE global oil supplies. Venezuela screwed up their own oil industry. What makes them think they can manage a second one?
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  84. If the Ukranians can keep their forces in Russia sparse, this can deter Russia from using nukes on their home soil.
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  85. This is exactly what California needs and will never achieve.
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