Comments by "Persona" (@ArawnOfAnnwn) on "Geopolitical analysis for 2019: Middle East" video.

@Stardust "The strong survive and the weak perish..." 'cept Qatar seems to be doing fine, while SA just continues to embarass itself with this and in Yemen. Neither side is gonna die here.
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@stonedsnakestudios Caspian Report also focuses on "unknown events and small countries", at least if we take what tends to dominate most nightly news as a basis. Meanwhile, ppl hate VP for a variety of reasons - rightwingers hate the channel cos they're pro-immigration and socially progressive (although they don't cover social topics much), left-wingers hate the channel cos they're transparently neoliberal or even libertarian (i.e pro low taxes, and they even defended tax havens), nationalists hate the channel cos they're all for free trade and most centrists (who tend to identify as more serious-minded and academic) hate the channel because its presentation prioritizes entertainment value and quippy commentary over neutral analysis. However, that last bit is also why the channel is popular as well, as most people aren't the types to seek to strongly research or nuance their positions and instead prefer simplified, relatable and preferably fun explainers, which VP provides. Most of those people would probably find CaspianReport's droning style sleep-inducing, and hence why VP has been so much more successful, despite it not being (imo) anywhere near as good.
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The latter will probably get its own video later, I suspect.
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He provides a lot of the additional stuff (including even longer written reports) only to his patrons, not regular viewers, unfortunately. I can understand why he does that - there's not much else he can offer them as rewards - but it does mean you're out of luck unless you pitch in.
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ScarletDespair 'Socialists' don't support low taxes, lower regulations or free trade. VP is quite transparently libertarian, who do support all of those things, as well as immigration.
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@jascrandom9855 Both Norway and Singapore were praised for their market economies, precisely to question popular narratives about regulation and state intervention. Singapore was praised for using a 'private' healthcare system (where they tried to sell the idea of a private healthcare system i.e. less state intervention in health), while Norway was praised for being 'responsible' with its finances (aka huge surpluses) by investing their oil money instead of redistributing it (probably due to how often the left likes to point to the 'Scandinavian model' as ideal - they mean the strong welfare state, while VP and others of its ilk stress the fiscal responsibility). Whether you agree with either recommendation, the point remains that it's well in keeping with their ideals. Singapore was a counterpoint to all those pointing to socialized healthcare in other European countries as an answer to America's woes (and they notably haven't covered the French healthcare system, or any other for that matter, despite that most public health experts rank it as the best, not Singapore). And Norway was a counterpoint to all those praising the Scandinavian economic model - they can't deny that Norway is a strong welfare state with relatively low inequality, but they can choose to focus on and stress other aspects of it that suit their narrative better.
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@jascrandom9855 Wut? Where have they ever done this? The only times I've ever seen the channel congratulate states for their regulatory policies is when said regulations were liberalized / reduced. I've literally never seen the channel praise an increase in regulations or state intervention.
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@rottingdog6798 So you're so dedicated to pissing off Indians that you just randomly post comments like this that're completely unrelated to the vid they're under? I kinda think that says more about you than anything else...
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The US hasn't followed an isolationist policy for most of its history, and I don't see that changing. They have claimed to at various times, but nevertheless continued to interfere aplenty (and especially in South and Central America). I'd rather they don't, simply because they won't anyway and so as long as they don't announce as much at least they won't get to pretend they're doing that. In that sense, Trump is nice - he openly blurts out all the interfering nonsense the US gets up to which more 'establishment' politicians carefully avoid mentioning (despite still doing it). https://bostonreview.net/politics/jeanne-morefield-trump%E2%80%99s-foreign-policy-isn%E2%80%99t-problem
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@jascrandom9855 I know, but it doesn't matter. I was referring to the channel. If it helps, I'll switch every "him" to "the channel" in my comment. Edit: Done.
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Pakistan wasn't even in this video, so err...why?
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@AlphaOmega461 Counterweight to Iran for what? Irans' ambitions are in the region. They constitute zero threat to America, which is thousands of miles away. Isreal is simply a "valuable ally" to America to...protect Israel. It has no real value beyond that. And it has already proven itself more than capable of defending itself.
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