Comments by "HomerOJSimpson" (@Homer-OJ-Simpson) on "CaspianReport" channel.

  1. This video is a bit problematic IMO. First, the US isn’t the only supplier of weapons and aid to Ukraine. Europe has provided just as much as the US yet no mention of European aid. Second, for months already Ukraine has been shooting down drones with the German-made Gepard system, a vehicle that can send dual streams of 35mm rounds ripping into the sky to hit the drones. They are not using $100,000 missiles. Third, the video doesn’t seem to describe the consequences of all the actions mentioned that Russia is undertaking. The video suggest that Russia could put up with even 10:1 (10 Russian losses to 1 Ukrainian loss) ratio of losses for a long time. Each round of mobilization will make the war less popular In Russia. You cannot use WW2 as an example of how much Russia is willing to lose in terms of people’s lives because WW2 they were fighting to preserve the existence of the country – so Ukraine today would be a better comparison to Russia in WW2. In addition, the video mentions that mobilization of the poor, minorities, and disenfranchised communities wouldn’t pose big problems for the Kremlin. But it will, certainly for the minority regions where approval for Moscow is lower than the rest of the country. This could lead to potential revolts.
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  2. Seems to me that the two biggest factors in Argentinas slide since early 20th century are not fully taking part in the Industrial Revolution (sticking to agriculture and mining etc) and later terrible populist economic policies (give the people whatever they want rather than making sound economic policies) only to have to undo populist Policies before returning to those populist policies.
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  3. His "France still has colonies in Africa" was just as bad. Some of his recent videos are too alarmist or exaggerated. I've noticed the same with RealLifeLore going more alarmist and exaggerating events or possible events.
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  4. But money isn’t the reason US doesn’t have universal healthcare— after all, US spends the most on healthcare per capita.
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  5. There were attempts but it all stopped when Russia brutally attacked Chechnya. The brutality shown there made it obvious Russia didn’t change and would likely destroy nato or EU from within
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  6. “Check” and not “checkmate” would have been the perfect word
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  7. This channel makes way too many excuses for russia. It almost never mentions the underlying problem - russia itself a a very aggressive country that all its neighbors fear. Instead, this channel tries to portray Russia a victim as much as possible. He’s from Azerbaijan which is friendly with Russia so maybe that’s where his bias comes from.
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  8.  @henryeghaghara9385  ​ another reason now that today is a better time than 20 years ago. 20 years ago there was hope China (and Russia) would became respectable players in the global politics. The belief was capitalism would lead to these conuntries to make the same changes japan Taiwan and southeast Korea did. It has mostly worked for Eastern Europe. It seems now such thinking doesn’t apply to energy rich countries or countries so large that they can make the trade mostly under their terms thus no reason from them to take on any western value.
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  9.  @facundomouly9446  US has little to do with argentinas problems. You sound like a typical tankie Argentine nationalist that I see often — blame everyone when the biggest blame should be on Argentina
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  10. Great analysis. I wished you took it a bit further to discuss Russia doing the same in caucus region with Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan as well as Central Asia with Kazakhstan and the other Stan countries. If this war doesn’t weaken Putin, those two regions are also a target.
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  11.  @RM-el3gw  you are right that Japan has been mostly stagnant since the 90’s. Japan didn’t grow because their working age population began to shrink in the 90’s. The reason their economy doesn’t shrink is because to offset a shrinking working age population, more women have entered the job market. And you’re seeing more elderly people working as well. Ultimately they need immigrants but that just doesn’t fly in Japan.
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  12. For sure. This video is a bit problematic. First, the US isn’t the only supplier of weapons and aid to Ukraine. Europe has provided just as much as the US yet no mention of European aid. Second, for months already Ukraine has been shooting down drones with the German-made Gepard system, a vehicle that can send dual streams of 35mm rounds ripping into the sky to hit the drones. They are not using $100,000 missiles. Third, the video doesn’t seem to describe the consequences of all the actions mentioned that Russia is undertaking. The video suggest that Russia could put up with even 10:1 (10 Russian losses to 1 Ukrainian loss) ratio of losses for a long time. Each round of mobilization will make the war less popular In Russia. You cannot use WW2 as an example of how much Russia is willing to lose in terms of people’s lives because WW2 they were fighting to preserve the existence of the country – so Ukraine today would be a better comparison to Russia in WW2. In addition, the video mentions that mobilization of the poor, minorities, and disenfranchised communities wouldn’t pose big problems for the Kremlin. But it will, certainly for the minority regions where approval for Moscow is lower than the rest of the country. This could lead to potential revolts.
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  13.  @azahel542  real life lore did the same with North Korea video suggesting it’s all about North Korea defending itself. These YouTubers are becoming more alarmist while also seeming defending possible actions of bad actors. Yet, on France & Africa video a few days ago, it was a complete hit piece on France by leaving out a few countries voluntarily entered the African-French currency (franc) and that some have left with some even returning. All it did was portray it as negative without talking about the positives. I’m seeing this pattern a lot. Completely criticize the west and or excuse bad actors by suggesting they are just worried about their national security.
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  14. The ousted president said his family had 500 years in the same village so yeah, Afghanistan is very much about their village / tribe.
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  15.  @alainarchambault2331  Argentina protected agricultural at the expense of industry a century ago and since then it’s enacted terrible business policies for the purpose of meeting populist sentiment.
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  16. This channel makes way too many excuses for russia. It almost never mentions the underlying problem - russia itself a a very aggressive country that all its neighbors fear. Instead, this channel tries to portray Russia a victim as much as possible. He’s from Azerbaijan which is friendly with Russia so maybe that’s where his bias comes from.
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  17.  @looseygoosey1349  I said the same thing an im not French. Let me guess, you’re extremely anti west? Because the video on France - Africa ignored that a few left the currency and some even returned back. In addition, some joined who were not even originally part of it! So, how anti west are you?
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  18. This isn’t accurate. Taliban has less than 50% approval. Afghanistan is full of tribal allegiance.
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  19.  @henryeghaghara9385  the china debt to other nations cannot be understated. China has loaned out a lot of money and the pandemic has lead economic crisis in many countries China loaned to. Many are having trouble paying back China which means China will not be able to provide as many loans going forward
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  20.  @victormacdougall6395  80% of men and 0% of women make for less than 50% of the population supporting the Taliban. Also, for less than 80% of men support the Taliban since tribal allegiance is more important.
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  21.  @ArawnOfAnnwn  “they didn’t develop backwards but failed to develop forward” is a good representation of Argentinas problem. It was a high income country in an era where agricultural sectors can compete with industry but as the 20th century continued to industrialized, Argentina was left behind. It didn’t create a business environment that encouraged industry.
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  22. 13:00 I wish the video did a better job here of explaining how removing tariffs and privatization and debt increase lead to deindustrialization and mass unemployment when those same tactics lead to great industrialization in Asia among China and before them South Korea and Taiwan and Hong Kong. I think it missed some policy changes in this part of the video.
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  23. This channel makes way too many excuses for russia. It almost never mentions the underlying problem - russia itself a a very aggressive country that all its neighbors fear. Instead, this channel tries to portray Russia a victim as much as possible. He’s from Azerbaijan which is friendly with Russia so maybe that’s where his bias comes from. It’s clear he has an anti west bias for sure
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  24.  @Pedro-zu3uq  the video literally pointed out populism followed by corrections, followed by more populism, followed by corrections. At times the video did a terrible job of explaining how certain corrections lead to hurting industry. For example, it mentions that in the 1970s, they got rid of export tariffs, and privatized, which supposedly led to industry being hurt. This is the exact opposite of what Asia saw with similar privatization and opening up for trade. He clearly left off some policies in that discussion that led to industry being hurt. to this day Argentina still has care of some experts. How can you defend that?
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  25.  @ofbelair67  you working for .50 RMB or rubles?
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  26. But I assume you are a f8sc1st supporter of Ruzzia / Putin and don’t see the problem with such a government being part of EU/NATO
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  27.  @islandwills2778  *it seems to me that not all of russias neighbors fear them", yeah, only 90% of them. But we like to ignore those simple yet uncomfortable facts don't we, Ivan of Russia.
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  28.  @bagaktv8984  what the taliban say they represent doesn’t make it true nor does it mean that’s what others believe. So if the Taliban say they represent Islam, it doesn’t mean the majority of the people believe it. Afghanistan is highly tribal and religious so that’s why Afghanistan hasn’t been truly unified. Taliban will be seeing lots of rebellions. National Uprising Movement in Ghazni Province are already rebelling.
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  29.  @mitonaarea5856  nah, edo period did little industrialization. It was the Meiji period that transformed Japan.
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  30.  @ArawnOfAnnwn  IMF loans were bailout loans. Do not conflate them with Chinese loans that are for Chinese construction projects. China doesn’t offer much if any bailout loans. Those bailout loans were becuse those governments had major structural issues leading to economic issues and borrowing problems. They came to IMF aa last resort and no one will give another party a bailout loan of that party doesn’t make any reforms in return. It would Just be throwing money away
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  31.  @sleeplessdev7204  Depends on you measure aid, most of the sources show the US has provided less aid than Europe.
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  32.  @islandwills2778  your logic you have used in this thread could justify even Adolph. . Russia is aggressive (but completely downplayed in the video) and bullies it's neighbors and former puppet states. Those states are worried and join alliances for protection. Russia then sees those alliances as threats and thus has 'valid concerns' which they then use to follow through on the aggressiveness they have displayed
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  33.  @matheuroux5134  Japan has grown since 1989 but very little. Stagnated would be a better description
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  34.  @cseijifja  Argentina tried industrializing but with terrible policies. A lot of countries have success but with less than Argentina.
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  35. Highly bias or click bait like video. These nations DECIDED to be part of this monetary system and even a couple left only to come back! A few others joined later. Some of them have been helped out by this system which is why a couple came back into the system.
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  36.  CinemaVenatorITA ”geographical conformation”. He comes up with excuses after excuses for Russia.
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  37. @Andrew Foster, Are people not smart enough to understand it's a typo? The pie literally has India much smaller than China. A quick google search shows India's budget on defense for 2023 is USD $72 billion not $276b as mentioned in the graph. In addition, seconds after that graph he mentions that China's $230b don't include paramilitary forces, coast guard, R&D, space program and many other military activities. Even mentions that in 2017, all those cost and adjusted for purchasing power & exchange rate it was equal to 87% of the US spending in 2017. In 2023, he states China's % of US spending is likely higher.
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  38.  @felipea1399  I’m pointing out that the US is but a tiny little part of the issues of Argentina ove the Past 130 years. But leftist like to exaggerate that and downplay Argentinas own mistakes. The US was part of Condor but the main players were the several South American countries involved with US only providing assistance.
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  39.  @TheLabecki  How did Russia want it and what did they do to show they wanted that? Russia was bullying it's neighbors, it was HIGHLY corrupt (thus a no for EU), and it showed extreme brutality in how it handed Chechnya war.
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  40.  @ilFrancotti  It's not the best video because it suggest there is no democracy solution to their problems. There is one indeed. But it requires a lot of work and it requires the powers in the west of Russia to give up some of their powers and wealth and have some of that political power and wealth spread to the east.
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  41.  @algot34  Sure, but I'm talking bout minorities. Did you miss that part? I specifically highlighted minorities and disenfranchised communities. I know that among rural ethnic Russians, support for Moscow is highest. But the minorities do not have that same level of support.
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  42.  @victormacdougall6395  my point is you are ignorantly wrong that most Afghans support the Taliban.
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  43.  @victormacdougall6395  not a thing changed in Afghanistan because the country is extremely tribal. Each region is and has always been highly disconnected from the others. This is why you are WRONG that Taliban has majority support. What the Taliban has is enough men with the will to fight and the will to slaughter massive numbers of innocent people to get their opponents to surrender.
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  44.  @RM-el3gw  the economist who said what is in the OP died in 1985 so it’s a statement of how surprising it was for Japan to get so rich and Argentina not to get rich. The difference in economic policies. Argentina was given great resources to start while Japan has little resources.
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  45. 100% agree as American. A stronger europe means the US not only has stronger partners but partners more capable of checking the US if it strays too far in one direction. But europe just doesn’t want to pay to become stronger but many of them complain about it nonetheless.
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  46.  @CJ-nv6yw  This channel makes way too many excuses for russia. It almost never mentions the underlying problem - russia itself a a very aggressive country that all its neighbors fear. Instead, this channel tries to portray Russia a victim as much as possible. He’s from Azerbaijan which is friendly with Russia so maybe that’s where his bias comes from. I think I’m done with Channel.
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  47.  @jannecoolen2816  " But around 2009 the Russian sentiment had shifted: " Well before 2009 there was no interest in either side to have Russia as NATO. The 2008 invasion of Georgia basically caused a massive rift but Russia was already heading in that direction before and mid 2000's Putin was making anti EU anti NATO comments. The war on terrorism did creat cooperation but I think with rising oil & gas prices in mid 2000's, Russia felt they could be more aggressive and wouldn't need NATO. Regarding EU, I 100% agree. OP wasn't asking in good faith (pro Putin/Ruzzia) but the requirements for EU are tough and Russia along with several others interested just have too much corruption and or not enough democracy. Given how Hungary and to a less extent Poland has acted in the EU, it will likely be even tougher to join the EU today and in the future.
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  48. Great video. At the start I thought you were going to argue they can't be a democracy because of the possible invasion from Europe which I thought is a BS opinion. But then you pivoted to the east and many regions that are vastly different in culture. I think they can maintain all of that with a strong democracy but that would mean the powers in the west of Russia would need to give up some power. It would require eastern parts of Russia to have more influence in the government. This would be very difficult.
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  49.  @ernestolago  correct, one can be rich by having as a major industry exporting of commodities or agricultural goods. Australia and New Zealand are examples. Australia and New Zealand on agricultural produce higher value goods, moved up the chain on ag goods as well, and have strong domestic functioning domestic markets.
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  50.  @dianapennepacker6854  "Once the market and politics start to play a role then we will mine our own but right now it doesn't make sense. " Only if the US/west can get Lithium and other rare metals from another country that isn't China.
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  51. Yeah, Russia is poor because of everything you detailed and Canada is rich for not spending massively on all that.
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  52.  @MB2.0  and democracy of the west would never reach 90% because there are multiple parties. When it’s it’s just one party and the party controls your information and news, of course approval will be exceptionally high. Just like in North Korea and Russia. Such high approval ratings are usually a bad thing but keep preaching l!
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  53.  @thomasfsan  "There’s nothing rational about what Putin is doing, if he wanted to improve Russia’s standing." Correct. It's purely about Putin and leaving a legacy. Nothing he did regarding Ukraine is beneficial to Russia.
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  54. ​ @kevinw2592  yes, you point to many of the issues with the logic of this video and many other videos from Caspian Report. It's increasingly trying to defend aggressive states either on purpose or their attempt to find an exact middle ground. This is the logic from the video. Russia is aggressive (but completely downplayed in the video) and bullies it's neighbors and former puppet states. Those states are worried and join alliances for protection. Russia then sees those alliances as threats and thus has 'valid concerns' which they then use to follow through on the aggressiveness they have displayed.
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  55. Everything I've heard about what the people of Belarus think, what you said lines up well. But these geopolitical channels are increasingly trying to make everything look like worst case scenario.
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  56.  @miliba  his name is Robert Paulson.
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  57.  @miliba  lol. That ones better
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  58.  @alukuhito  w8ma0, you guys are copy and pasting the same thing everywhere
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  59. Also no Osama and Al Qaeda no longer a threat to the US.
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  60.  @islandwills2778  "you need to google "extending russia" a think tank paper written by the USA " There is no 'by the USA". it's by one person who works for a think tank. You likely come from an oppressive authoritarian state where everything is controlled by the state so I get your confusion.
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  61.  @JG-xm8jy how is Moscow today? Anyways, you don’t think Ukraine would want to joint nato after Russia attacked them and killed tens of thousands of people and costa that will be over $100 billion?
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  62.  @JG-xm8jy  U support ruzzian fscm. definition: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (1) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and (2) that stands for a centralized autocratic government (3) headed by a dictatorial leader, (4) severe economic and social regimentation, and (5) forcible suppression of opposition 1. Exalts the Russian nation above all else 2. Russia is highly centralized with Putin as the autocratic leader 3. Putin is has essentially made himself dictator by rigging the system and by use of number 5 4. Putin eliminates opposition with poison, prison, or pushed out of windows. He arrests protesters in mass numbers
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  63.  @Nik-jq4tx  the conversations on EU/NATO stalled by late 90's to mid 00's before LGBTQ rights were a big thing.
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  64.  @thepunisher2988  so by your logic, Australian and China are close Allies because the huge trade? And Europe and Russia are close Allies because of the huge trade? By the way, national interests include shared values.
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  65.  @moonasha  Lukashenko is surrouned by countries that left Russias sphere so he had a chance. But for decades all he wanted was power and so he played both sides rather than do what's best like his neighbors did.
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  66.  @LeOssiTrollterrible  Are people not smart enough to understand it's a typo? The pie literally has India much smaller than China. A quick google search shows India's budget on defense for 2023 is USD $72 billion not $276b as mentioned in the graph. In addition, seconds after that graph he mentions that China's $230b don't include paramilitary forces, coast guard, R&D, space program and many other military activities. Even mentions that in 2017, all those cost and adjusted for purchasing power & exchange rate it was equal to 87% of the US spending in 2017. In 2023, he states China's % of US spending is likely higher.
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  67.  @TeoBlu  Nothing wrong with Scottish Royal Titles Sales. I am now a Lord thanks to Established Titles! I even had a chance to meet with the royal family. Note: This post was sponsored by Established Titles. See Terms and Conditions for details.
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  68.  @widodoakrom3938  they won’t choose China, that’s for sure. Most are neutral but several are indeed working with the US and are afraid of china taking control of those waters. But they also don’t want to anger China so they try to stay neutral where possible. Vietnam has actually done some drills with the US
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  69.  @widodoakrom3938  Says who? Says literally Vietnam by running drills with the US. Vietnam has one of the most to loose with China's aggressive expansion. Vietnam isn't a tight close ally of the US but their interest are aligned with the US. Are you even aware that Vietnam last year began also building artificial islands near China in order to counter their moves? Did you know that Japan is the biggest investor in Vietnam and US is the biggest export market for Vietnam? Just because they might not fight directly doesn't mean they won't provide some support stop China if China starts some fighting in the South China Sea.
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  70.  @文雯-o6o  The Yasukuni Shrine has millions of names of people who died in war. Yes, some are war criminals but it's just not a shrine for war criminals, just a shrine with 2.5 million names and a few are war criminals. China literally has a shrine of just Mao in Beijing -- a man that was responsible for the deaths of 50 million people! So, wouldn't you say that's even worse? A direct shrine and people openly worship someone that is responsible for 50 million deaths?
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  71.  @victormacdougall6395  “if people are oppressed they will eventually fight back and revolt”. Lol. Sometimes that takes a lifetime. North Koreans can’t fight back as the military and Kim have too much power over them. All you are doing is showing you support the Taliban
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  72.  @Pedro-zu3uq  Argentina is too small of a market to have such heavy tariffs. Only works with large domestic market, such as the United States and China, and a couple of others that have enough local buyers that you could theoretically have tariffs and improve industries for the most part. most countries that succeed in building industry will have low or no tariffs though may protect an industry or two in which the country will focus on developing.
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  73.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  gdp per capita adjusts for population. Only a fool uses gdp rather than gdp per capita…and I do see some using that. One flaw in the gdp but that only affects a small % is that if you paid $100billion to dig a hole and then just put all the dirt back, that’s $100b increase in gdp. That’s not a realistic example but demonstrates that bad spending can increase gdp. In the end, if every country measured it well, median income would be the best single metric. For some reason most countries don’t properly measure it.
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  74.  @baraodascolinas979  the Afghanistan war was a contributing factor in the economic problems of USSR. The failed reforms you mention were a result of economic problems that had been going on 20 years by mid 80’s. Afghanistan didn’t destroy USSR but It was a contributing factor.
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  75.  @mickydrippin3105  $1 trillion doesn’t translate to anything until they have a stable government, low violence, infrastructure to move the resource, infrastructure to store the resource, proper market to sell the resource, etc. It’s a long ways away for that. That’s why you have some resource rich countries in Africa that are very poor.
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  76. All you anti west leftist just need to ask if India is happy they broke away from their oppressive non democratic rulers (British) despite millions dying in the aftermath. In case you don’t know know the answer, Indians are happy for that just like Libyans will be in the future that they got rid of Gaddafi.
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  77.  @ethanswartz5161  A lot of his most recent videos seem to be defending the antagonist like Russia, China, etc. It's becoming more click bait and or alarmist. Same with real life lore.
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  78.  @focast1825  the saying is just pointing out you can win all the battles but you might lose interest
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  79.  @faiq026  it’s right win ideology that the government stay out of healthcare. It’s sad.
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  80.  @MB2.0 Xi Jingping does not have 90% approval rating but you just outed yourself as a Beijing worker. You are probably referring research that polled Chinese about their opinion of the party over a long period of time but mostly 2000-2010 when the country was growing 10-15% annual in gdp. It’s 2022 and China is growing under 4% probably under 3% for the year. The polling has zero to do with approval of Xi in 2022z How is Beijing?
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  81.  @BasicLib  MB 2.0 is a Beijing worker for sure. Or Russia. Either way, all his comments are defending the worst regimes from China to Russia to Syria.
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  82. 0:18 40,000 casualties (killed, captured, injured, missing) in one month is insane and obviously not sustainable. Makes sense why Russia is pulling back and looking to concentrate on eastern front. Imagine 40k for month would be 200k in 5 months, the whole force in Ukraine.
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  83. Putin lost the war. If he was honest that the invasion of Ukraine was mostly due to fear of NATO expansion, Well NATO just got a huge border with Russia and and add in Sweden as well. Plus NATO just unified and stronger than ever. If Putin wasn’t actually considering NATO when invading, then he has proven he lied about justification for the invasion.
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  84.  @Viperzka  Honestly, I think only a pro Putin would think it's a fair treatment of the situation. You point out when a nuclear armed nation was invaded? Why doesn't the video mention that? You also realize that historically it was Russia invading it's neighbors FAR more than it's neighbors invading Russia yet this video leads viewers to believe Russia was invaded more often or equally often. The fact is there is zero 'understanding why Russia is afraid" UNLESS it's goals are to have puppet states and bully it's neighbors but fears those nations retaliating. Literally every problem that is Russia related in that region is because Russia is a aggressive and wants to dominate it's former puppet states.
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  85.  @shmeckle666  Russia was good? They invaded peaceful Ukraine. They invaded Georgia in order annex. They are. Threatening to invade peaceful countries. Working hard for rubles.
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  86.  @jesusaguilar4585  “legitimacy given by its people”. But I’m Belarus that’s not happening
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  87. 9:15 lose a lot of credibility when you suggest that the US was behind bombing of nord stream pipeline. That would be the the worst thing for the US to do because if evidence was found, it would cause irreparable and major damage in the relationship. So why give that suggestion?? The video also lots of conspiracy like arguments. One the worst I’ve seen of this channel.
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  88.  @ritemolawbks8012  exactly. The video seems to suggest that the US is similar to Russia. Such an action is not only a sign of a lawless country but would be a terrible decision because the benefit is small but the potential consequences would be unimaginable.
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  89.  @alukuhito  stolen lands like Tibet and Xinjiang? Here is your .50 yuan
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  90.  @alcubz2622  good Point. The export of labor is indeed an indication of failed policies at home. IIRC, the Philippines economy is one of the most dependent on exported labor and just like the oil curse, this too can be a curse. Proper policies at home aren’t implemented because there is enough money coming from exported labor With many Filipinos speaking English, with the right policies, Philippines should be able to make much better economic progress like how India has been doing the past decade.
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  91. Slava Ukraini!
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  92.  @muhammadadeel8639  SOME Opposition being armed by the west doesn't mean that you can make up whatever excuse for why they were armed. Do your bosses allow you to have good faith arguments?
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  93.  @linkme2dnet  " Plus the seaborne cargo shipment is significantly cheaper due to greater capacity to move more volume." you seriously didn't make this comment in regards to a small distance needed to travel 'seaborne'? It's easier if they just load it on a train from origin and stay on the train until the end than it is to have to unload the goods, load on a ship, travel a small distance, then unload the goods, then load the goods on a new train that will finish the rest.
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  94. The world is transitioning to alliances based on shared values and less based on economics. That’s why Chinas closest Allies (not actually close since China doesn’t have true close ally) are mostly authoritarian governments that do lots of business with China. Australias allies are mostly democratic governments most of which they do little business.
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  95.  @dana8503  yes, for all the crap the US gets (much of it deserved), they have the waters mostly free for all and protecting global trade.
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  96.  @djcoopes7569  how did NZ distance itself from the US?
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  97.  @djcoopes7569  I found nothing to support your claim about New Zealand. NX is a major non-nato ally.
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  98. Lithium is so expensive to mine that it won't be HUGE impact on economy....though it will be an impact on national security.
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  99.  @J_X999  "Look at China, 40 years of impressive growth, and now an unsustainable model coming apart at the seams." & " Unlike China's government, it's extremely clear that India's growth has been hampered by short term thinking to win the next election. Democracy has many great advantages, " Autocratic states can get the ball rolling faster....but autocratic states also make it hard to get the ball to stop or change direction if something is wrong. China saw big growth in some part because their ability to just force people to support what they are doing and suffer if they are left out or benefit if they are in the in-group. But They are now seeing major problems because they didn't change course because autocrats have trouble with that. They took far too long to get rid of the one child policy, far too long to stop zero covid, far too long to address the pyramid scheme housing market, etc.
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  100.  @MB2.0  yeah, those with close relationship with the US like Taiwan south Korea and Japan have turned out to be such poor countries, right comrade? /s
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  101. Interesting but India is even more diverse but they don’t need such centralized non democracy like China. I think your explanation makes sense for a historical reason it wanted to a single centralized state as far west as Tibet and Xinjiang but as a nuclear power, defense isn’t a reason it needs it anymore.
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  102. So many issues with this video. First, the US isn’t the only supplier of weapons and aid to Ukraine. Europe has provided just as much as the US yet no mention of European aid. Second, for months already Ukraine has been shooting down drones with the German-made Gepard system, a vehicle that can send dual streams of 35mm rounds ripping into the sky to hit the drones. They are not using $100,000 missiles. Third, the video doesn’t seem to describe the consequences of all the actions mentioned that Russia is undertaking. The video suggest that Russia could put up with even 10:1 (10 Russian losses to 1 Ukrainian loss) ratio of losses for a long time. Each round of mobilization will make the war less popular In Russia. You cannot use WW2 as an example of how much Russia is willing to lose in terms of people’s lives because WW2 they were fighting to preserve the existence of the country – so Ukraine today would be a better comparison to Russia in WW2. In addition, the video mentions that mobilization of the poor, minorities, and disenfranchised communities wouldn’t pose big problems for the Kremlin. But it will, certainly for the minority regions where approval for Moscow is lower than the rest of the country. This could lead to potential revolts.
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  103. This channel makes way too many excuses for russia. It almost never mentions the underlying problem - russia itself a a very aggressive country that all its neighbors fear. Instead, this channel tries to portray Russia a victim as much as possible. He’s from Azerbaijan which is friendly with Russia so maybe that’s where his bias comes from.
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  104. I don't believe the video was saying it would happen this year because it most certainly won't. What it laid out would take a while - maybe 2 years at a min. But what you describe with such a besiege of the peninsula is more likely and would also not happen in 2023.
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  105. How does if resonate in rich nations today? You’re just another wumao — even blaming Ukraine for Russia invading them in other comments
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  106.  @zeninsight5606  the Arab spring was a result of authoritarian non democracy control. China or any country could avoid it with democracy.
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  107.  @dfhwze  Seems like the US was right to not have NS2 as it would give RUS to much power. But RU did not have 'good relations with EU', RU just did business regarding gas with a few countries. There was certainly zero interest in RU being part of the EU as RU was and is too corrupt. Perhaps interest in the 90's and early 00's when the west believed RU might change but certainly not by late 00's.
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  108. Exactly. It's not the best video because it suggest there is no democracy solution to their problems. There is one indeed. But it requires a lot of work and it requires the powers in the west of Russia to give up some of their powers and wealth and have some of that political power and wealth spread to the east.
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  109.  @arrow1414  that didn’t actually answer the question. Do you see Vichy France as allied to Germany? Simple question — no trick question. Maybe Norway during that period should have a label like Vichy France that is more accurate?
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  110.  @untitled6391  vpn is legit though
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  111.  @rosswasonabreak7002  so many Indian nationalist online since Russia invaded Ukraine. Even saying that India is partially supporting Russia leads to Indian nationalist saying either 1. No, India isn’t doing that. India just does what’s best for India. Or 2. Yes, because the west the bad. Indian nationalist can’t take any critic just like trump supporters and CCP supporters
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  112.  @elephantman2112  ​ so many Indian nationalist online since Russia invaded Ukraine. Even saying that India is partially supporting Russia leads to Indian nationalist saying either 1. No, India isn’t doing that. India just does what’s best for India. Or 2. Yes, because the west the bad. Indian nationalist can’t take any critic just like trump supporters and CCP supporters
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  113.  @jonson856  Also, European nationalist are very different than Russia, China, India, etc. They tend to be more focused just on keeping immigrants out. You don't see the same strength of nationalism when it comes to foreign policy unlike these other countries. I think you make a great point on why its like that. All those wars lead it to value peace and cooperation. The US (I'm from the US) is kind of in between. Not being so close to all those destructive wars of Europe, the US doesn't have that strong push that Europe got to value peace & cooperation as much as Europe. But being in the same western sphere, a big share of Americans do value that. On the right wing where the US nationalist are found, they are split between more libertarian views and nationalist opinions on foreign affairs. I'll be checking out those videos you mentioned.
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  114.  @文雯-o6o  are you from China? Sounds like a Beijing reply. “Unify Taiwan”, so you mean five China back the government of Taiwan? The government that actually fought the Japanese in ww2?
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  115.  @文雯-o6o  also, Japan has apologized for ww2. Even a Wikipedia page of the many times it’s been done. The page is titled “List of war apology statements issued by Japan”
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  116.  @文雯-o6o  In regards to Taiwan, so you agree the ROC did the vast majority of the fighting? I also know that people of China are (or were) taught that it was mostly the Chinese themselves with USSR 2nd in stopping Japan. When in reality over 2/3 of Japanese deaths were from the US. Not sure if that's what still is taught in schools. but 30+ year old people I know said that.
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  117.  @widodoakrom3938  Why is a st-p1d decision? You mean it's better they hold on to the past so they can oppress it's people and threaten it's neighbors? How does that make them better?
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  118.  @文雯-o6o  my ex is from China. About 4 years ago we were watching a world war 2 documentary on Netflix (8-10 episodes). About 3 or the episodes are on the pacific fighting and she was surprised how little she knew that the US was the main reason for defeat. She told me she had thought it was china first, Russia 2nd, and US was the 3rd best factor in japans defeat. She said they mostly focused on Russias very late entrance when the foreign country support came up and the atomic bomb at the end by the US. She didn’t realize how many American lives were lost and how most of japans losses were to the US.
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  119.  @文雯-o6o  It wasn't just her but many other Chinese who told me somewhat similar stories. They all basically reduce the US importance to the two atomic bombs while they were much more aware of the USSR coming over in 1946 to fight Japan for a few weeks. Again, I'm talking about people who are in their 30's, mostly mid to late 30's. It's possible that they don't teach the same in more recent years.
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  120. And Johnny Harris. 3 videos on China in less than 5 days.
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  121.  @Sayfullah570  what a lïë. First NATO had nothing to do with invasion of Iraq - later some members did go but not as NATO. Second, Libya was UN sanctioned. It was a few members NATO, not actual NATO as a whole. UN doesn’t have any military.
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  122.  @thelikesofus324  y u people lïé so much? Afghanistan was a US invasion, not NATO. They did get some NATO support later because 9/11 was considered an attack on a NATO member so there goes your argument
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  123.  @thelikesofus324  Libya was UN sanctioned operation and only some members of NATO were involved. It was not a NATO invasion. Get your facts straight comrade
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  124.  @victormacdougall6395  you have the most ignorance I’ve seen on the topic. The fighters don’t agree with the Taliban just because they didn’t fight. You even said the country is mostly tribal. Since it’s mostly tribal, the government fighters don’t have much allegiance to the federal government thus weren’t willing to die for the government.
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  125.  @victormacdougall6395  saying that the Taliban Believe in The Quran and others believe in the Quran so therefore Taliban has the support of most afghans is the dumbest thing I’ve read. You already agreed in your other comment that most of Afghanistan is tribal. Most of the country doesn’t want to be ruled by other tribes and the Taliban tribes are a minority of the people. Hey, let me guess…you’re ignorant to believe that most Indians supported the British empire since British empire controls India?!?
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  126.  @victormacdougall6395  You: “sometimes that takes a lifetime. Sometimes it takes 6-7 lifetimes. What is your point?” You’re arguing that those who rule have majority approval which is pure ignorance and your way of defending the Taliban. You’re saying people will rise up against the Taliban if Taliban doesn’t have majority support. By your dumb logic, the British were extremely popular in Indian 19th century because British ruled and did so for 200 years. You clearly make these lies to suggest Taliban has majority support since you support them.
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  127.  @nikomann88  I do not agree with your statement that the wealthy and well connected will invest in the agricultural or financial sectors, but never in the more complex industrial sector. in fact, agricultural sectors are probably not a sector that the wealthy usually want to invest in. In Argentina, they probably avoid the industrial sector because they don’t have trust in the government And the economic policies. Argentina is remote, but so is Australia, and they are very rich and chile is right next to Argentina, and had very strong success in the last 30 years. Deregulation is how Asia has gotten rich and yet you think it’s bad for Argentina? It seems to be that there is a lot more going on. I do agree that Argentina’s demand first world worker rise and salaries, but had to compete with for example, Brazilian society, and other such countries . This is what I mean that Argentina’s economic issues are related to populism where the government gives everything that the people demand which then turns into issues, which they try to correct only to return back to populism. Rinse and repeat.
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  128.  @cseijifja  Argentina is too small of a market to have such heavy tariffs. Only works with large domestic market, such as the United States and China, and a couple of others that have enough local buyers that you could theoretically have tariffs and improve industries for the most part. most countries that succeed in building industry will have low or no tariffs though may protect an industry or two in which the country will focus on developing.
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  129.  @Emmett-Shearer9886  Simon Kusnetz made that statement decades ago and it was true. It’s still true today if you Change the wording — “Japan is a surprise it has grown so much and Argentina is a surprise it hasn’t grown much”.
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  130.  @Emmett-Shearer9886  I think you misunderstood the comment from the economist several decades ago. It was using a little hyper bole to make a point that Japan does not have the conditions to have grown so much while Argentina has the perfect conditions to grow tremendously. Of course he is an economist and would know that economic policies were the difference.
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  131.  @KaiserFranzJosefI  you know there is a huge difference between you saying “single largest factor” vs him saying “there were lots of factors, this was the nail in the coffin”
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  132. You are right, should have mentioned nukes as defense but…This channel makes way too many excuses for russia. It almost never mentions the underlying problem - russia itself a a very aggressive country that all its neighbors fear. Instead, this channel tries to portray Russia a victim as much as possible. He’s from Azerbaijan which is friendly with Russia so maybe that’s where his bias comes from.
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  133.  @MB2.0  you have no source that Jeannie Añez arbitrarily executed large number of indigenous Bolivians. And to call it a coup after proceeding with elections and then losing just destroys any credibility you Beijing worker had.
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  134. Ships will still have a role but yes, their impact will be reduced by 2050 when China has built up its navy
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  135. @Goluboi, yeah it’s actually good for someone that clearly doesn’t speak fluent Spanish.
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  136.  @orclover2353  It's not 2x the support. It really matters what you are measuring. For example, you were misleading by using " EU institutions ". A lot of the aid from Europe came outside the EU. Also, Just weapons? Total amount that includes financial support? Weapons plus physical goods such as medicine, generators, etc? And it matters if you are comparing what has already been given or are you measuring given + pledged? In terms of total aid, US has about 2x that of the "EU intuitions". But UK has given about 20% of what EU institutions has givens. Germany has given 15%+ of what EU has given. Poland has also contributed heavily. So lots of countries have given aid in addition to the EU aid.
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  137.  @TheAkkerman228  Your whole post makes no sense. Ukraine does not have over 1 million soliders. they have 500k total military personal and only some fraction of that are soldiers. And many of those soliders aren't in the frontline -- they are defending other areas. But Russia did send 500k just to the frontline! And there is literally videos of Russia just sending unprepared troops to fight just so they can gather info on Ukrainian positions. One video even shows over 100 dead Russians in field.
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  138.  @Bayard1503  China is in a better position to go green since they are growing economically and needing more and more energy. North America and Europe already built up their power plants and infrastructure so going green often means having to ditch some infrastructure already built or it's only going to go green on some of the more limited new power that is needed.
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  139. Why do you need to wonder? It wasn’t just the French in Europe that took issues.
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  140.  @thewolfofswingthat2035  you lot don’t understand. they don’t have to support the US in any aggression or perceived aggression. France wants individual power. It’s that simple that. It’s funny you complain about the US aggression against a Muslim country (how many years has it been since the US invaded iraq?) while France is basically providing some level of support for Russia after they committed perhaps the worst war violation we have seen in a long time — invaded a sovereign country that wasn’t making any threats to it nor threats to anyone else in an attempt for a land grab and committing SEVERE war crimes in the process. Edit: I see in another comment your defending China and saying the US is planning to invade China. So you don’t care about France, you are just anti American.
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  141.  @tim3440  Except it's something that gets repeated A LOT and thus I don't think it's a joke that most people know is inaccurate. People get it's a joke, they just think it's a "it's funny because it's true" joke.
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  142.  @tim3440  A lot of jokes aren't true. And a lot of jokes are based on truth. And I know many people think that joke is based on truth so I was just providing some facts and context for those that think it's based on truth. It's just facts I'm providing. Dont take it too serious mate.
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  143.  @lookingforsomething  Exactly. It is extremely inaccurate -- the opposite is actually true. Americans pay about twice that of Europe for healthcare so money isn't the issue. It's ideology of the right wing in the US that is holding it back.
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  144. Lithium is so expensive to mine that it's not a jackpot per se but it does offer some security.
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  145.  @sailormatlac9114  Canada on a per capita basis is top 10 not including small populated countries. And Mexico is also in that Region but very poor. Portugal and Spain are much poorer than Canada despite their proximity to Europe.
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  146.  @bignuts4943  you make no sense comrade Ivan.
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  147.  @bignuts4943  “obvious decline of the US vs China”. China has 1/4 the gdp per capita the US does and this will be the 2nd year in 3 years where China has under 4% gdp growth. China is in decline and barely reaching middle income status. Also, gdp nominal vs ppp isn’t just relevant to China and Russia and whoever you said. That’s why I called you comrade Ivan (or should it be comrade Zhou?) because the same argument can be said of any other country such as Mexico, India, etc. But you wanted to defend your precious Russia and China. Slava Ukraini! Free Tibet! Free Xinjiang! Free Hong Kong! Free West Taiwan!
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  148.  @bignuts4943  “obvious decline of the US vs China”. China has 1/4 the gdp per capita the US does and this will be the 2nd year in 3 years where China has under 4% gdp growth. China is in decline and barely reaching middle income status. Also, gdp nominal vs ppp isn’t just relevant to China and Russia and whoever you said. That’s why I called you comrade Ivan (or should it be comrade Zhou?) because the same argument can be said of any other country such as Mexico, India, etc. But you wanted to defend your precious Russia and China. Slava Ukraini! Free Tibet! Free Xinjiang! Free Hong Kong! Free West Taiwan!
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  149.  @bignuts4943  gdp does only measure relative wealthy of countries in the US sheer of influence. Comrade Zhou, you make no sense. Free Xinjiang! Free Tibet! Free Hong Kong! Free West Taiwan!
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  150.  @MB2.0  what law states that Taiwan is territory of the PRC? Not having a seat in UN isn’t evidence that Taiwan belongs to PRC. And we all know why Taiwan doesn’t have a seat…your precisos oppressive China would start a war if that happened. So just because big baby PRC needs to be appeased to save lives doesn’t mean all the countries believe Taiwan belongs to the PRC
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  151. I mostly agree with this assessment but it seems to suggest that China isn’t being a bad guy. All these concerns stem from two major issues: 1. China wants to Invade Taiwan and 2. China wants to steal the South China Sea (and parts of East Sea). If China didn’t do those things, there would be little friction.
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  152.  @Vuckooftw  they are true numbers.
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  153.  @kresnik_ss  it’s not overblown. It’s literally the by Russia has pulled back and are trying to reduce the battle front only to the east. lol, you Russian trolls are funnyZ
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  154. 9:15 lose a lot of credibility when you suggest that the US was behind bombing of nord stream pipeline. That would be the the worst thing for the US to do because if evidence was found, it would cause irreparable and major damage in the relationship. So why give that suggestion?? The video also lots of conspiracy like arguments. One the worst I’ve seen of this channel.
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  155.  @ArawnOfAnnwn  one of the reasons China wins many of these projects besides having many construction companies is that the west often put to many restrictions on their loans — they require some min wage for workers, environmental protections, workers safety rights, etc. China doesn’t care about any of that so they are able to offer rock bottom prices. In addition, it’s very likely China has a massive international bribing operation as well. Their operation was caught in Guayana by Vice News.
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  156.  @letsgoooooo6628  ​​⁠so natos original purpose was to contain the authoritarian aggressive Russia that took almost all of Easter Europe and forced it under its authoritarian control…then those Eastern European countries get independence in 90’s and fear Russia. Russia invaded its former puppet states and bullies others. Yet somehow it’s not Russia fault that most of Eastern Europe wanted to join nato to protect themselves against the authoritarian aggressive Russia?!
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  157. This video is a bit problematic IMO. First, the US isn’t the only supplier of weapons and aid to Ukraine. Europe has provided just as much as the US yet no mention of European aid. Second, for months already Ukraine has been shooting down drones with the German-made Gepard system, a vehicle that can send dual streams of 35mm rounds ripping into the sky to hit the drones. They are not using $100,000 missiles. Third, the video doesn’t seem to describe the consequences of all the actions mentioned that Russia is undertaking. The video suggest that Russia could put up with even 10:1 (10 Russian losses to 1 Ukrainian loss) ratio of losses for a long time. Each round of mobilization will make the war less popular In Russia. You cannot use WW2 as an example of how much Russia is willing to lose in terms of people’s lives because WW2 they were fighting to preserve the existence of the country – so Ukraine today would be a better comparison to Russia in WW2. In addition, the video mentions that mobilization of the poor, minorities, and disenfranchised communities wouldn’t pose big problems for the Kremlin. But it will, certainly for the minority regions where approval for Moscow is lower than the rest of the country. This could lead to potential revolts.
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  158.  @muhammadadeel8639  What news do you watch that you think Libya and a new currency has anything to do with this? Seriously, what news do you watch or read? The former leader was taken down because he started killing protesters which lead to backlash which lead to a civil war which lead UN enacting a no fly zone...etc.
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  159.  @muhammadadeel8639  You do realize that many middle eastern / arab countries had supported the UN and west get involved in Libya, right?
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  160.  @muhammadadeel8639  Libya out of competition? They still produce oil!! So just keep making thing up, right? And making up human rights? So Libyas dictator wasn’t oppressive and didn’t kill protesters?
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  161.  @bnfcj8987  Huh, I didn't know that China actually had a law in regards to using force on Taiwan. Now I know what to bring up when all those ccp workers comment online "so then why doesn't Taiwan just declare indepdence if it didn't want to stick to their constitution saying they are part of China?".
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  162.  @redthrow9827  Yes, unfortunately it's a trend that keeps getting worse. This channel was not that bad 2 years ago but now it presents everything in much more alarmist way. Same with Real Life Lore but RLL is much worse. They were probably at the same level of alarmist 2 years ago that Caspian Report is today but RLL has gone in over drive. I've recently been following Prof James Ker-Lindsay on Youtube. He "takes an informed look at international relations, conflict, security, and statehood." He also is " a research associate at the London School of Economics and visiting professor at the University of Kent. He holds a PhD in International Conflict Analysis and has published over a dozen books on ethnic conflicts and territorial disputes." So because he's an expert on this and a professor, his videos are done with far less alarmist tone or rhetoric. He usually starts by giving a quick history related to the parties involved, then discusses the history of the current issue by presenting all sides and what we should worry about and not worry about. He only provides his opinion at the very end so it's fairly low on bias until his opinion. He also engages with people in the comment section all the time, usually over a dozen comments. I feel there needs to be more of these type of programs like the Prof.
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  163.  @spark5558  He's an alarmist and increasingly making content like that. Just like Real Life Lore. Who do you think his propagnda is in support of?
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  164.  @letsgoooooo6628 so natos original purpose was to contain the authoritarian aggressive Russia that took almost all of Easter Europe and forced it under its authoritarian control…then those Eastern European countries get independence in 90’s and fear Russia. Russia invaded its former puppet states and bullies others. Yet somehow it’s not Russia fault that most of Eastern Europe wanted to join nato to protect themselves against the authoritarian aggressive Russia?!
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  165. This channel is always giving too much excuse for Russia
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  166.  @letsgoooooo6628  And internal conflict dealt with such brutality wouldn't or shouldn't worry NATO/EU? Ireland....when since NATO was formed did UK bomb and 'eliminated from life' thousands of citizens?
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  167.  @letsgoooooo6628  U r just a f8sc1st supporter of Putin
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  168. Ukraine couldn’t afford to hold the nukes and we’re not able even use them since the missile technology was held by Russia. https://youtu.be/mJzvI2YarJM
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  169.  @MrJanes-cl5sj  " I am shocked to hear you refer to that science project as a spy balloon you need to know better.". Oh, you mean the balloon with spying tech on it? And similar to others spotted elsewhere? How is Beijing today?
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  170.  @MrJanes-cl5sj  The same balloon that China said nothing about until the US came out publicy and blamed China? China didn't even acknowledge it when it was in the news that a balloon was spotted -- it was only after the US govt publicly stated it was Chinese that China came forward. It had collection pod equipment, including high-tech equipment that could collect communications signals and other sensitive information, and solar panels located on the metal truss suspended below the balloon. It had equipment that was "clearly for intelligence surveillance," including "multiple antennas" that were "likely capable of collecting and geo-locating communications,"
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  171.  @MrJanes-cl5sj  Also, it was able to be maneuvered. Video of the balloon showed small motors and multiple propellers that allowed China to actively maneuver the balloon over specific locations. The balloons are part of what the official called a fleet of balloons developed to conduct surveillance, and flights are often undertaken at the direction of the Chinese military.
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  172.  @MrJanes-cl5sj  How are things going in Beijing today?
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  173.  AileDiablo  "So then China can just siege and blockade Taiwan." How will they accomplish this? They will need to build up a military and be ready to do that -- after Russia put 200k troops around Ukraine and governments thought they wouldn't, China doing something that large would already send everyone into defense position. So before China can siege & blockade Taiwan, the US & Japan and other allies will move navy ships in/near Taiwan. Will China attack the US and Japan first? Will they go to all out war? And while China is mobilizing those troops, sanctions and other penalties will be undertaken as well as defense preparation. Plus, what you described would make them such an international pariah that they would be considered worse than Russia.
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  174.  AileDiablo  Taiwan is indeed an island which makes it much harder to invade than Ukraine which shares a large land border Russia. England being on an island is why it was nearly impossible to invade. The weapons & tactics you are describing are so horrific that China would be much worse than Putin's Russia. You are describing nuclear war.
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  175.  @MrJanes-cl5sj  We have satellite today? It's almost as if satellites are farther up above and moving around at huge speeds so not able to stay in one region to collect certain kind of information. You a w8ma0? Seems like Beijing pays you so yo u say "none of those facts are true". And your news sources? Wow.
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  176.  @shipecleora7682  I looked up Yaya Panda and all the sources are Chinese state media. Don't trust anything their media says.
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  177.  @daggerin4life726  you’re argument suggest that you support US fighting China but without Taiwan? Is that really a position you want to take?
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  178.  @thepunisher2988  50 cents, here is more info: The reprisal came just one week later, when the Chinese ambassador to Australia, Chen Jingye, threatened consumer boycotts of several products in response to Australia’s call for the investigation. Then, in May 2020, China applied massive anti-dumping duties on Australian barley, pricing a $1 billion industry out of its principal export market overnight
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  179.  @thepunisher2988  more info: With the barley ban failing to produce the desired response, China doubled and tripled down. Beef was next, with several Australian producers losing their export licenses. More tariffs were applied to wine, while customs bans were slapped on wheat, wool, lobsters, sugar, copper, timber, and table grapes. Chinese importers were instructed to stop purchasing Australian coal and cotton, and electric utilities were encouraged not to buy liquefied natural gas on the spot market.
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  180.  @thepunisher2988  why do you support evil?
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  181.  @robman2095  "US nuclear powered and possibly nuclear armed warships are still banned from NZ ports and this is no secret" No, it applies to every country. In 1984, Prime Minister David Lange banned nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from using New Zealand ports or entering New Zealand waters. Under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987, territorial sea, land and airspace of New Zealand became nuclear-free zones. So NZ is distancing itself from the US based on some act from nearly 40 years ago that applies to all countries?
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  182.  @robman2095  So if it applies to everyone, then it means NZ isn't distancing themselves from the US. Especially when it's from 40 years ago. The whole argument makes no sense -- it's reach for whatever slanted position you want to take.
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  183. I’m noticing so terrible and anti west and pro authoritarian on this channel. 10:15 calling it a “pretext” of some wrongdoing that lead to presidents removal? The vote against her was 61-20 and her party had 10 seats all voting for her. Among the numerous other parties, the vote was 51-10!
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  184. That is a great example with ww2. If you don’t share the the values and goals, the alliance will be very brittle
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  185.  @fraskf6765  There is no credible polling. Given Lukashenko had to cheat in 2020 election and the large protest that followed, it's very likely it's well below 50% approval. Some estimates I've seen are 30-35% with majority of 50+yrs old in support and overwhelming dissatisfaction those under 40.
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  186.  @indeterminate4794  no, CCP heartland is in the coast and south today. Historically it was in the north plains. CCP today has its most prosperous area near Hong Kong in the pearl river delta.
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  187. 10:00 yo, why you spreading fake info? You should be better than this. Protest aren’t the reason they held fresh election, it was held because Bolivia is a democracy. Military did ask/force Morales to step down but the interim government made it clear from the start that new elections would be had. The protest the following year was because Covid caused some delays. It’s Arguable if it should have been delayed but your video makes it sound like the ínterin government never planner on elections. It also makes it sound like the military was in charge after the coup which they weren’t. So many flaws in this episode. And 4:13 isnt Bolivia or chile
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  188. Eh, you could have done better with some key points. On the Solomon Islands, should have mentioned the Increasing authoritarianism of the leader which is why there massive protests about Chinas involvement in the island. On Australia China trade, you mention Australia mostly sells China natural resources but didn’t mention why Australia doesn’t fear china boycott or sanction of Australian natural resources. China already sanctioned Australian coal and other natural resources but considering they are just global commodities, Australia just found other buyers.
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  189. This video is a bit problematic IMO. First, the US isn’t the only supplier of weapons and aid to Ukraine. Europe has provided just as much as the US yet no mention of European aid. Second, for months already Ukraine has been shooting down drones with the German-made Gepard system, a vehicle that can send dual streams of 35mm rounds ripping into the sky to hit the drones. They are not using $100,000 missiles. Third, the video doesn’t seem to describe the consequences of all the actions mentioned that Russia is undertaking. The video suggest that Russia could put up with even 10:1 (10 Russian losses to 1 Ukrainian loss) ratio of losses for a long time. Each round of mobilization will make the war less popular In Russia. You cannot use WW2 as an example of how much Russia is willing to lose in terms of people’s lives because WW2 they were fighting to preserve the existence of the country – so Ukraine today would be a better comparison to Russia in WW2. In addition, the video mentions that mobilization of the poor, minorities, and disenfranchised communities wouldn’t pose big problems for the Kremlin. But it will, certainly for the minority regions where approval for Moscow is lower than the rest of the country. This could lead to potential revolts.
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  190.  @pradyumna3107  You are correct, India saw no real growth until reforms in the 90's but didn't see it actually taking shape until early 2000's. That's why India is roughly 20 years behind China who made first reforms in late 70's and started seeing major progress in the 80's.
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  191.  @recoil53  I agree with your statement on autocratic states. Autocratic states can get action started quicker but often not the best action. And once they go down a certain path, they are less likely to change paths because there isn't as much pressure on them to change as in a democracy and because the interest of autocratic leaders are mostly about keeping their autocratic power and not what the people think.
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  192.  @donderstorm1845  "i don't think this is the case for China at all. they care about what the public thinks." Which is why Xi made himself an autorcratic leader, censors so much, and they don't allow true choice (democracy). "they care about what the public thinks. public opinion surveys are massive in China." Only enough for them to know how to c0n/tr0l the people with the information they allow and info they spread.
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  193.  @letsgoooooo6628  ​​⁠so natos original purpose was to contain the authoritarian aggressive Russia that took almost all of Easter Europe and forced it under its authoritarian control…then those Eastern European countries get independence in 90’s and fear Russia. Russia invaded its former puppet states and bullies others. Yet somehow it’s not Russia fault that most of Eastern Europe wanted to join nato to protect themselves against the authoritarian aggressive Russia?!
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  194.  @ramonandrajo6348  You're a leftist populist, right? They are a problem in Latin America.
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  195.  @ramonandrajo6348  In Argentina, right wing populist and left wing populist are the same. Literally why Argentina continues to struggle -- populist politicians, left or right. And they both blame OTHERS for Argentina doing terrible.
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  196.  @ramonandrajo6348  In Argentina, right wing populist and left wing populist are the same. Literally why Argentina continues to struggle -- populist politicians, left or right. And they both blame OTHERS for Argentina doing terrible.
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  197.  @chuapg1518  nato/EU won’t likely run out of good will or cash. They will likely continue to increase the power of weapons given to Ukraine. This is probably the most important thing for EU/West and a chance to neuter Russia for decades. If Russia is allowed to keep so much Ukrainian land, it will set precedent for future Russian attacks on other countries.
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  198.  @chuapg1518  Ukraine has been given massive loans that aren't expected to be paid back. What are you talking about? " How many hundred of billions could IMF afford to lend to Ukraine" IMF doens't give out that much in loans. ukraine doesn't even need t hat much. What are you talking about? You're post can't be serious. Just another Beijing or Moscow account.
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  199.  @chuapg1518  No expert has said that it's expected that Ukrain will be able to pay it back with interest. Much of it is grants that aren't required to be paid back. " I questioned IMF "tolerance" in giving out loans to Ukraine' They don't give out hundreds of billions to one country. Can you not read what I wrote? "then you should have known that war burns tons of cash fast" Russia has no support. Who's going to help them pay? Their economy will shrink for at least 2 years and they spending $100B a year. That's 25% of their budget.
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  200.  @chuapg1518  CHUA, you're not american. You are with Beijing. "As for IMF loans, obviously you didn't re-read my first reply to you " The part where you said " How many hundred of billions could IMF afford to lend to Ukraine"? haha
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  201.  @ЕленаБем-ц1й  U support fscm. definition: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (1) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and (2) that stands for a centralized autocratic government (3) headed by a dictatorial leader, (4) severe economic and social regimentation, and (5) forcible suppression of opposition 1. Exalts the Russian nation above all else 2. Russia is highly centralized with Putin as the autocratic leader 3. Putin is has essentially made himself dictator by rigging the system and by use of number 5 4. Putin eliminates opposition with poison, prison, or pushed out of windows. He arrests protesters in mass numbers
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  202.  @evilleader1991 oh look, Ruzzian that supports fscsm
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  203.  @Boban-cf3jr when did a nuclear armed country ever get invaded? Never. Who invaded who in the current war? Ruzzia invade Ukraine. Why did Russia help Assad of Syria who was dropping chemical weapons on many civilians?
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  204. ​ @willemjanvierbergen  " I think the Caspian report tries to find a place in the middle between Russia and the west but this really does not work out if one of the parties is an aggressor state." This is my biggest problem. Neutral or 'nonbiased' does not mean taking the exact middle ground but that's what Caspian Report does which that ends up defending any terrible actors, in this case Russia. I turned notifications from this channel now and may do a full unsubscribe. The way info is presented in this channel has increasingly become more alarmist (fear mongering) and too often defending bad actors.
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  205.  @willemjanvierbergen  And yes, " Being a citizen of Azerbaijan does not mean that you're a Russia-supporter" but compared to most other parts of the world, there is certainly more supporters of Russia there. Azerbaijan was 'absent' in all voting in UN regarding the condemnation of Russia.
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  206.  @Boban-cf3jr  "simultaneously causing civil war ". What civil war? You mean Wagner? And a 'civil war' started by Russia itself invading a country that made no threats to Russia? Wagner (now deceased) chief even said Ukraine posed no threat to Russia before Russia invaded in 2022. How is this 99.9% NATO plan when all of this is purely from Russia itself being an aggressive state? You logic can be used to defend even Adolph. . Russia is aggressive (but completely downplayed in the video) and bullies it's neighbors and former puppet states. Those states are worried and join alliances for protection. Russia then sees those alliances as threats and thus has 'valid concerns' which they then use to follow through on the aggressiveness they have displayed.
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  207.  @islandwills2778  That the Yugoslavia that was committing g8no0cide? yes it is. The one sanctioned by the UN? and there were no requirements from NATO, they just decided to use NATO military which for optics reasons, was a mistake.
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  208.  MeChupaUnHuevon  Facundo Mouly is typical leftist Argentinian nationalist blaming everyone but Argentina. It was obvious when he brought up the US which has had little to do with Argentinas economic history.
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  209.  @facundomouly9446  oh look, you sub to the leftist / communist / socialist Jorge Altimara. I called it, I knew you were repeating leftist Argentinian nationalist talking points
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  210.  @felipea1399  so the US had some involvement in 1970’s and that excuses a century of bad policies in Argentina before that? And condor wasn’t even a US led operation— it only received support from the CIA. So I guess all the countries and leaders involved aren’t guilty but the US for sure is!
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  211.  @felipea1399  it’s hilarious of you to blame the coup in the 70’s on the US when Argentina has numerous coups up to that point with zero U.S. influence. But hey, leftist want to forget all the other coups
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  212.  @kucingcat8687  Argentinian leftist keep voting for corrupt leftist with bad policies.
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  213.  @andresrojas3064  What NATO aggression against Russia? We 100% have seen Russian aggression to many of it's neighbors and towards it owns people (Chechnya, reduction in rights to average Russian, etc). Russia invaded Georgia and took a big chunk via it's proxy govt there. Then did the same in Ukraine in 2014...and in 2022. All while threatening to use a nuclear weapon many times which is a sign of a government that cannot be trusted and has aggression in their goals. What even is your justification for Russia rather than admitting they are the main problem?
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  214. Is it me or this channel becoming increasingly alarmist and videos seem increasingly anti-west? There's a lot of information that is left off and it seems the info left off would would defended some of the US or west actions
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  215. 538 and NYT polling experts have reviewed the polling and found it decently legit number. Pre invasion, it was 71% and 538 polling experts said it was a good poll. Let’s stop pretending that most Russians don’t support Putin — Putin controls the media for a reason.
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  216.  @PANDA-vm3tt  that’s not how this works. Then video detailed how it would be a slow revolution— basically a degrade of the central government. If something were to happen, I believe it wold happen as mentioned per this video.
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  217.  @arrow1414  I guess it whether one thinks Vichy France was allied to Germany or not. Same with Norway. Puppet governments.
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  218.  @arrow1414  might be able to tell your answer but I dislike it when people don’t actually answer the question and make long post rather than directly dealing with the question at hand
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  219. I'm not finding anything of substance on lawsuits against Masterworks. It seems like any such discussion is vague which leads me to believe masterworks is not in huge legal trouble. It's an investment like many others so I don't see it as a scam unlike the Established Titles which leads you to believe you will indeed become a 'lord'.
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  220. This was a a pro China video describing Australia very bad and China relatively decent. Even suggested that the dislike in Australia for China doesn’t really exist and it’s all just US corporate influence
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  221.  @donovanchau3483  Taiwan learns to live with the fear
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  222.  @thomaszhang3101  so 50 cents, you agree that China shouldn’t interfere with Taiwan?
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  223.  @thomaszhang3101  UN doesn’t recognize Taiwan as a nation because China has threaten to start a war if that happens. Why do defend China?
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  224. Putin lost the war. If he was honest that the invasion of Ukraine was mostly due to fear of NATO expansion, Well NATO just got a huge border with Russia and and add in Sweden as well. Plus NATO just unified and stronger than ever. If Putin wasn’t actually considering NATO when invading, then he has proven he lied about justification for the invasion.
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  225. “ the current trade order is designed to benefit the colonial powers only”. And yet China went from poorest in the world to a strong middle income economy with the current trade order which gives developing nations some favorable trade conditions through WTO. But how is China not benefiting from it and why should Argentina not open to trade?
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  226.  @MrDakadaka  ​ so many Indian nationalist online since Russia invaded Ukraine. Even saying that India is partially supporting Russia leads to Indian nationalist saying either 1. No, India isn’t doing that. India just does what’s best for India. Or 2. Yes, because the west the bad. Indian nationalist can’t take any critic just like trump supporters and CCP supporters
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  227.  @Chinzahau  Yes, many Indians support Russia, especially the nationalist. It's almost because of past historical ties but like you guys said in these comments, India does what is best for India and siding with Russia in any amount is bad for India. Your 'loyal friend' is closer friends to the enemy Ch1na. India also has FAR more trade with the US than Russia and add in all the western allied countries, trade with Russia is just a fraction of all that western trade. India is also working with the US and other western countries in combating China's influence and potential military expansion. I get to some point the reason behind support for Russia. But it's wrong to argue they are best for India. And does a country really want to keep a friendship with the d8vil that is a international pariah and which offers little benefit (relative to the west) and that is in decline? I have to say that I generally liked your response to me because you acknowledge it has to do with loyalty from past actions so we don't need to disagree on that important element. Many other responses I've seen just outright defend what Russia is doing.
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  228.  @jonson856  Yes, there is a big movement by nationalist in those countries and nationalist make up a huge % of those countries. Sure, you'll also see some from the west but it's a very small% relative to China, Russia and India.
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  229.  @rosswasonabreak7002  siding with Russia isn’t best for India economically nor for its national defense concerns. India does most export trade with US and half of its export trade with the west. Russia is closely allied with China and India is working with the west to defend against China in the Asia pacific region. So how is it better for India to stay close Allies of Russia?
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  230.  @rosswasonabreak7002  and you made my point how nationalist lie. You are blaming Zelensky and Biden rather than admit it’s all Russias fault.
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  231.  @channel89134  India is an ally of Russia. Many other Indians have literally admitted it. India hasn't condemned the invasion of Ukraine nor the war crimes from Russia. They have bought the majority of their weapons from Russia. They increased their purchase of Russian goods in 2022. They are against sanctions on Russia. They work with Russia in BRIC. They work with Russia on literally the project of this video. The people of India have positive opinion of Russia. So how is that not an ally? Can you even acknowledge the invasion of Ukraine was wrong and the fault of Russia/Putin without trying to put blame on the west?
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  232.  @evilleader1991  how does history disagree with OP? Russia has historically been the one invading others and since Ruzzia got nukes, no one has invaded them. U r a f8sc1st
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  233.  @widodoakrom3938  Yes, unlike the Chinese who don't forget something that happened 150 years ago and use that to oppress people and threaten others.
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  234. ​ @文雯-o6o  I also googled how it's taught in China and I see two answers from Chinese. It's pretty much the same -- mostly reduce the US impact to the two atomic bombs and lots of emphasis on USSR. First response: - When I was in high school, the history books wrote about world war 2 like following. - Mainly divided into 2 parts, Anti-Japanese War, WW2. - For the war of resistance against Japan, it mainly describes the important points , including the 1931 incident, and then the KMT still engaged in civil war. After the events of 1937, the war stared totally. After the Nanjing Massacre, the Kuomintang organized a battle in Shanghai. Then the strategic retreat, the Pingxingguan battle, the battle of Taierzhuang, the Hundred-Regiment Campaign. After the atomic bomb was dropped, the Soviet Union invaded the northeast to repel the Japanese. The second was: - Since I spent my junior high and part of high school education in China, I think I have some first hand experience on this topic. - Chinese education divided history into 2 sections: Chinese history and World History. WW2 was mentioned in both sections. - Here is 7th grade world history section WW2 pacific theater. - The text book is public data and can be found at: - The simple translation is “In Pan-Asian theater, the people of Asia fought against Japanese aggressors who refused to surrender. US Forces fought against Japanese Empire at the sea then dropped two atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Meanwhile Soviet Union declared war to Japanese empire and advanced to Northeastern China and Korean peninsula. Aug. 15th, Japanese Empire had no choice but declared surrender.” - I don’t think any other way can be more neutral and objective. - If, people in Pan Asian gave up and providing natural resources and manpower to Japanese forces, - If, Soviet Union had not advanced to Northeastern China and destroyed Japanese Northeastern China Army group, which contains 993,000 soldiers, 5,360 artillery, 1,155 tanks and about 1,800 aircraft. (USSR had to sent 1.7 million soldiers in this fight, also the last major operation in WW2, which rarely be mentioned in history book.) , - If, the US hadn’t drop two atomic bombs to Japan, the war would surely last longer and many people would die Both the above mostly reduce the US impact to just the 2 atomic bombs and no mention that 2/3 of Japanese losses were from the US in just a 3 year period. And a 3rd reply: - Here are some pictures from the history textbooks Chinese History (the old ones and the new one): - So it says it’s China and the world that defeated Japan. About world history, though I haven’t a picture, as I remembered, it’s the world that defeated the fascist too. And the overwhelming force is not the US, it’s Soviet. The US doesn’t appear much in a Chinese history textbook. - update: Just got some captures from the World History, old vision and new. To my suprise, the US appears a lot. And still, soviet appears more. So this 3rd response from a Chinese even mentions that in the older Chinese history textbook, the US doesn't appear much. So even if they said the US was the biggest factor besides China, it will get lost if they spent much more time talking about Soviets defeating Japan than US defeating Japan.
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  235. ​ @文雯-o6o  On a more academic level and a longer history of how WW2 (or the whole China-Japan war that actually started earlier than WW2), this book review on "China Good War" from 2020 by historian Rana Mitter: - At issue is the traumatic period from 1931 to 1949...The Chinese have a very different picture of these events, one that has changed over time. For the first three decades of the People’s Republic, the War of Resistance against Japan (as it is called in China) was downplayed except to laud the contributions of Communist units while suppressing the major role of the national army. On at least two occasions, Mao expressed gratitude for the Japanese invasion, asserting—I think correctly—that it had made his victory over Chiang Kai-shek possible. But in the 1980s academic historians began to accord the War greater attention and respect. Officials cautiously allowed their work to seep into the wider culture. Though it took several decades more, the sacrifices and achievements of the Nationalist troops came to be more fully acknowledged. - But with this new attention came a remarkable interpretation, in which resistance to the Japanese invasion was framed as a principal—as well as the first, and the longest—part of the worldwide war against fascism. In this view, it was not the naval and amphibious conflict in the Pacific but rather the land battles in China that constituted the most important theater and were essential to the eventual triumph over Japan. The important part is that it seems that in the 1980s, China slowly began to teach the Japan/WW2 history with more acknowledgement of the actual events. My ex and the people I mentioned were in grade school in the 80’s or early 90’s. What they learned may have been very different than what a child learned in the 2000’s or what they learn today in 2023.
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  236. There is zero trust with any alliance or relationship between China and any other government. Same with Russia and Iran.
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  237. Normally good videos from this channel but this seemed a little too soft on the Taliban. First, at 5:17, it’s well established that Taliban was complicit in Al Qaeda. How do you not know that? Second, the money was put in those reserves by the former government and do not belong to the Taliban. If you’re claiming that it belongs to the Taliban because they are now in charge of the country, then you were wrong to say it belongs to the people who were friendly with the former government. In addition, if the money belongs to the Taliban government simply for being in charge of the country, then the blame for 9/11 must also belong to the Taliban. You seem very often to twist everything to soften the fault of the Taliban in either 9/11 the economic collapse or the reserves in the US.
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  238.  @heretic-668  I don't know what went through him when he did this video. Is he pro-Taliban? US literally just found the leader of AQ again in Taliban controlled Afghanistan and this time in the capital!
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  239. His "France still has colonies in Africa" was just as bad. Some of his recent videos are too alarmist or exaggerated. I've noticed the same with RealLifeLore going more alarmist and exaggerating events or possible events.
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  240. U support ruzzian fscm. definition: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (1) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and (2) that stands for a centralized autocratic government (3) headed by a dictatorial leader, (4) severe economic and social regimentation, and (5) forcible suppression of opposition 1. Exalts the Russian nation above all else 2. Russia is highly centralized with Putin as the autocratic leader 3. Putin is has essentially made himself dictator by rigging the system and by use of number 5 4. Putin eliminates opposition with poison, prison, or pushed out of windows. He arrests protesters in mass numbers
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  241. Just admit you like Evil
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  242.  @muhammadadeel8639  you’re going to blame China invading Taiwan on the US and not China? So, you never make good faith arguments? You defend the worse government and people — Muammar Gaddafi, Xi Jinping, and Putin? Wow.
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  243.  @skynat247  Chinas government is bad though. They are indeed preparing for invasion of peaceful Taiwan and the only thing holding them back is the resistance created by the US and Taiwans Allies such as much of nato, japan, Australia, etc. we didn’t think Putin would be bad enough to invade Ukraine and yet he did. China (or Xi) might do the same if he believes he can win quickly. The fact that Xi has made himself dictator much like Putin should worry everyone. However, I don’t think China is anywhere near the point of being able to pull out invasion. And russia in Ukraine has shown how the west unified and acted against Russia in response so the price to invade Taiwan will be more expensive. Most importantly, the fact russia mobilized 200,000 troops around Ukraine and the west didn’t think Putin would do but Putin proceed to invade means that any mobilization by China will already have everyone prepared as if an invasion is going to happen. That would mean the west will supply Taiwan with far more weapons. It means the west likely will send in navy ships in or near Taiwan forcing China to attack to other countries if it want to attack Taiwan. It means that Taiwan will be prepared to shoot any and all military ships or equipment or sites it can hit once the war starts.
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  244.  @skynat247  blaming this channel for being anti China? Why do you support China invading Taiwan? Or why do you support Russian invading Ukraine — China has allied with Russia and been as supportive as possible without outright admitting they are supporting the invasion. why do you support conc camps of large number of Muslims (mostly Uyghurs)? I’m trying to understand why someone wouldn’t be anti CCP or anti Putin in 2023? What good are they that you think people should not be anti Xi and anti Putin?
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  245.  @muhammadadeel8639  "All govts are evil". And you don't think 1930's and 1940's Germany & Japan were more evil than others? Wow, simply amazing what stuff you have to say or suggest in order to defend the evil you support. " All i want is the world to be multipolar where countrues can be independent not under a unipolar empire like US " And how is the world a better place with the terrirble governments that are Russia and China? How does that improve the world? Again, that's saying that Germany & Japan in 1930's and 40's made the world a better place. ". But taiwan is legally a part of china" Legally, by who? So whatever China wants, it means its' right? This also means you support South Korea invading North Korea. It also means you support India invading China to take the lands it 'legally' owns on the border. It also means you support Japan invading Russia to take back the Kruil Islands.
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  246.  @muhammadadeel8639  US is bigger evil than Russia or China? The same China that had 50 million people killed because of Mao? Or Russia that had 20million killed, many in gulags? Or do you wan to talk about 2023 and the future, which is all that is important to this discussion? "Once the world is free of US Hegemony." Then you should support a stronger Europe so they have more say than the US. Instead, you are supporting a stronger Russia and China. But you failed to say how a a stronger Russia and China influence would actually improve this world. Is the world better off now that Russia invaded Ukraine? Is it better off if China invades Taiwan? For someone that pretends to care for Muslims, why are you supporting China that has conc camps of Muslims and Russia that brutally destroyed Chechnya twice in the 90's and 00's.
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  247.  @muhammadadeel8639  ​ @Muhammad Adeel The Great Famine was caused in large part because Mao shipped out food to USSR so he can have more money. He was also responsible for the Cultural Revolution which killed 1 million to up to 20 million, though most estimates have it around 3-6 million. Stalin killed millions directly. Gulags, famines that could have been prevented, famines that were in part on purpose or where help was not provided as a punishment (Ukraine Holodomor). Let's not forget the mass evictions of Jews from Russia. And for every US intervention, the USSR or Russia was on the other side. But why do you keep ignoring the question... how is the world a better place with the terrirble governments that are Russia and China? How does that improve the world? Again, that's saying that Germany & Japan in 1930's and 40's made the world a better place because UK was bad.
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  248.  @muhammadadeel8639  Saw your 2nd post. So Europe is a vassal to the American Empire, how? The US has asked them to take a bigger role in world politics. Why not support Europe becoming stronger? Literally the whole point I made before -- why aren't you supporting a stronger Europe to offset the US rather than support evil like Russia and China? "Ukraine invasion as with taiwan invasion is directly engineered by US. Russia was promised that nato would not expand let alone come to its border with nukes." And there we have it. A Russian and Chinese apologist. I now understand why you like evil. So, you're saying that Russia was right to invade? Or partially right to invade? I'll ask you a couple questions that prove that Russia didn't invade for any legit defense concerns: 1. What nuclear armed state has been invaded? 2. Did Russia sign an agreement with Ukraine that they would not invade Ukraine and will respect their sovernty if Ukraine gives up the nuclear arms? 3. Do you actually believe nuclear weaons from Finland or submarines or anywhere in NATO cannot reach Russia? 4. Why is that Putin spent the majority of his pre-invasion speech talking about how Ukraine belongs to Russia and talking about the Russian Empire as he wants to rebuild it? 5. Did Ukraine make any threats to attack Russia? 6. Do believe Russia is right to keep all the those countries around it as puppet states? A history of attempting to assassinate Ukraine leaders or bribing them to keep them as puppets. "But as a muslim, the greatest threat is the Western imposed zionist Israel that has ravaged the middle east" On China: China has 12 million people in Xinjiang living MUCH worse than Palestine that has a population of only 5 million. So Conc camps of millions of Muslims and the rest of the 12 million threatened with conc camps is somehow worse than 5 million Palestine living behind a wall? And how did US engineer China to invade Taiwan? So US is at fault for an invasion of peaceful Taiwan by China??? "Iraq, syria were were destablized as per Israel wishes" Russia literally bombed tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Muslim Syrian civilians on purpose to help Assad who dropped chemical weapons on Muslim Syrian civilians. Wow, you think Israel is the bad guy in that situation? Wow.
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  249. Turkey is making a mess though. It wants to be part of EU and stay part of NATO but yet can’t be trusted. It’s becoming increasingly authoritarian and I would not be surprised if Erdogan rigs the election with voter fraud or arresting the key opposition. If he loses the election and there is a peaceful transfer of power, I will have more faith in Turkey.
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  250.  @rebellefleur2993  Syria, Georgia and Armenia are the only places that border Anatolia. Turkey isn't neutral with Syria or Armenia so your argument doesn't hold. It does what it does because it's leadership have certain certain values that don't align with Europe such as democracy and human rights. Estonia & Latvia border Russia and yet aligned with Europe.
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  251.  @JN-wr9he  Europe has among the best human rights. You think Turkey has better human right? Or Russia? Or China? Who are you defending? You won't answer because you know I'm right.
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  252.  @JN-wr9he  "A matter of perspective" is exactly what someone who defends h0rrible regimes like Russia and China would say.
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  253. Good plan but ultimately it’s all about executions. Hope to see it work out
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  254. 538 and NYT polling experts have reviewed the polling and found it decently legit number. Pre invasion, it was 71% and 538 polling experts said it was a good poll. Let’s stop pretending that most Russians don’t support Putin — Putin controls the media for a reason.
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  255. And how do they measure this? Easy, take one group and split them into two. Group 1 you ask “how many of the following 3 things do you support”. For other group, add one additional question yo the original 3 so ask “how many of the following 4 do you support”. That 4th question is is asking if they supper Putin. The difference between the two groups tells you how many people support Putin. So if In the control group they answers on average 2.2 out of 3 and in thr other group they averaged 3.0 out of 4.0, it means Putin has the support of 80% (.8 out 1.0 from asking if they support Putin).
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  256.  @victormacdougall6395  You: “If you’re looking for a Taliban supporter look at Ronald Reagan” More ignorance from you. We are literally in a thread of a video that described how the Taliban formed in Pakistan with Saudi money and Pakistan support them who went into Afghanistan to defeat the mujahideen who where the group givin funding by Reagan. Why do you lie so much? Oh, to defend your Taliban.
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  257.  @aj2228  What a great joke!! It's so....so much a signal of your Russian support.
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  258.  @aj2228  Afghanistan attacked the US. Libya operation was a UN approved mission and the operation was lead by Europe. But hey, Russia defended Assad in Syria as as Assad was dropping chemical weapons on civilians and Russia was purposely targeting civilians and hospitals.
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  259.  @aj2228  There is complexity in my thought. Defending Russia's invasion or refusing to admit t was wrong is 'pro Russia'. And I understand to some degree why many Indian nationalist support Russia -- it's a history of ties going back at least 50 years. But that doesn't mean these nationalist aren't making up things, aren't defending Russia, aren't constantly attacking anyone that criticizes India's government or policies.
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  260.  @aj2228  You offered nothing of substance. You just make comments but don't support your argument. That's probably why you are complaining about me actually giving details to support my argument.
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  261.  @aj2228  That's the response I expected of someone who don't support their arguments because they can't.
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  262. In a world where communism is dead, China can't rally support around their 'communist' beliefs. So they have will need to be friendly with nations -- but almost no country trusts China. Thus China will have a hard time making strong alliances just like Russia. Russia has only a handful of close friends but even most of those would drop Russia if the situation changes.
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  263.  @nikomann88  the protectionisms and tariffs, especially export tariffs in the long run, prevent industry from growing. it just maintains a status quo. The export tariffs are 100% a bad idea as they kill exports, which means local industries will not be able to grow. Import tariffs are mostly a bad idea, because industry requires the import of many goods To produce something. Import terriffs are also responded to in other countries by tariffs from on that country. I just don’t understand why people stick to failing policies when they can just look at what many countries in Asia have done over the last 50 years to have much better success. one can also just look at Chile in the past 30 to 40 years or Panama and the Dominican republic in the past 30 years..
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  264. At 14:00 and after you criticize the US not only for inaction but that they would threaten the region. At the same time you praise China as if the are a good actor. You ignored to mention the numerous bribing scandals China is involved in with many countries. Vice News actually caught one such bribing operation on film as their reporter went undercover. It was with Brazil's neighbor, Guyana. It was a pretty deep operation so to believe there isn't one such operation in the rest of latin america would be foolish. I do agree the US needs to fix what Donald T messed up in the region.
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  265.  @ccdsds3221  "They are literrally together in BRICKS... you are clueless on the issue" BRICS is not a military alliance. And India is also in QUAD so your point is moot. You are clueless on the issue ". India is not really a rival to china... it is if you read western media tho. Divide and conquer." Really? Because India banned lots of Chinese stuff and there was border clash and China ranks high in polling of countries Indians hate the most. Go back to ur see-see-pee
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  266. US doesn’t have a true universal healthcare but it’s not because of money — the US spends more on healthcare as percent of gdp than every country In Europe
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  267.  @thewolfofswingthat2035  this explains anything. I don’t think you care for France. You just are some anti American person possibly in favor of China or Russia. The US is not nor ever going to invade China. If they wanted to invade they would have done so before China built up its army in the past 5 years. And no country has ever invaded a nuclear armed nation. Nothing you say makes sense so it’s obvious you will make up whatever anti American statements you want.
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  268.  @thewolfofswingthat2035  So you're defending China, again? It's China that's trying to steal the South China Sea, right? So you have problems with the US keeping the freedom of navigation going? It's China that is threating to invade the peaceful country of Taiwan, right? So you have a problem with the US trying to help Taiwan?
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  269.  @thewolfofswingthat2035  So land can be stolen but water cannot? explain yourself? Are you saying that if japan began drilling for oil 100ft from China, Japan isn't stealing anything from China? " The problem with you is you believe everything the politicians/media tells you " So you're saying the videos and pictures of of China building artificial islands with military on it in the South China Sea are fake? Then what's your source about the US blockade on China? Are you also saying that China isn't threatening to attack the peaceful country of Taiwan even when they say force is on the table and even after they shot missiles over and around the island?
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  270.  @thewolfofswingthat2035  if there is a misunderstanding, you can clear this up by saying "Yes, China is theatening force on Taiwan and yes, I support the US helping Taiwan" and you can say "Yes, China is currently attempting to illegal take the South China sea by claiming parts of the sea that don't belong to it and creating artificial islands in the sea with military bases on it and Yes, I support the US enforcing the freedom of navigation by sending ships through that region". It's that simple. You can clear this up if you think I misunderstood you.
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  271.  @thewolfofswingthat2035  I googled it. I found a picture of you. You had a chance to clarify but you won't because I am right --you are defending China's actions in the South China Sea and threats on the peaceful country of taiwan. Otherwise you would say China is way in the wrong on both.
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  272.  @thewolfofswingthat2035  Seems I got you. You can't clarify anything because I was right.
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  273.  @VersusARCH  Japan is a U.S. tributary state? Wow, it’s been great for them! Maybe more should follow Japan!
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  274.  @mitonaarea5856  you’re given credit to edo for the policies of the Meiji. That I can’t agree with. There is little to no connection — the Meiji reforms basically undid 200 years of Edo style policies
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  275.  @mitonaarea5856  during Edo period, the only trade allowed was one city / port in the very south. There is no credit to give EDO, Japan was among the poorest in 1860 when the Meiji restoration began
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  276.  @ramonandrajo6348  spoken, like a typical leftist that subscribes to other leftist. Argentina spends like crazy, which is why they keep having in inflation. They also have very protectionist policies that don’t encourage business development.
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  277.  @mitonaarea5856  you’re sort of agreeing that Japan was among the worst in trade under Edo and then under Meiji became actual traders.
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  278.  @baronvonlimbourgh1716  I agree new metrics need to be used. Gdp per capita is the best SINGLE piece of data that is EASILY collected. Where available, median incomes are the best single data points.ultimately it’s a collection of data points that help but GDP is the only one that seems available for all countries.
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  279.  @LaowaiDaveJCP  being an enemy of the US is better than being a friend of the US? Yet japan South Korea and Taiwan became rich as friends of the US?
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  280.  @alexlazar4738  really? Because Chile grew. So did Panama and Colombia the last 20 years. And so did Dominican Republic in the past 20 years. They all embraced more free market principles and allied with the US. Funny, huh?
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  281.  @alexlazar4738  " if left to its own devices without the US interference Entire generations and hundreds of millions of people had been kept in poverty and suffering by the US Empire." But the countries that have done the best in the past 20-30 years have been those aligned with the US and who have embraced more free market principles so you're argument makes no sense. Add in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan all who were very tied to the US and have excelled. How is that?
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  282.  @alexlazar4738  That was my long way of saying that ur post was trash and u r a troll
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  283.  @alexlazar4738  Yes, Japan did stagnate for last 30 years as their working age population declined. But they reached great heights as did South Korea. Meanwhile, Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, etc. All those you defend are stuck in poverty. Why do you like people in poverty?
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  284.  @JonasPrudas  Argentina failed because of their own terrible policies they continue today. Where do you get your news? Chile went from among the poorest in Latin America to among the richest over the past 40 years and they aren’t near Russia.
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  285.  @ramonandrajo6348  You're a leftist populist, right? They are a problem in Latin America
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  286.  @ramonandrajo6348  You're a leftist populist, right? They are a problem in Latin America
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  287.  @ramonandrajo6348  In Argentina, right wing populist and left wing populist are the same. Literally why Argentina continues to struggle -- populist politicians, left or right. And they both blame OTHERS for Argentina doing terrible.
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  288.  @Seeker7172  because 538 and NYT have reviewed the polling and found it decently legit number. Pre invasion, it was 71% and 538 polling experts said it was a good poll. Let’s stop pretending that most Russians don’t support Putin — Putin controls the media for a reason.
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  289. 538 and NYT polling experts have reviewed the polling and found it decently legit number. Pre invasion, it was 71% and 538 polling experts said it was a good poll. Let’s stop pretending that most Russians don’t support Putin — Putin controls the media for a reason.
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  290.  @ferdinanddaratenas3447  levada isn’t Russian state. It’s a private firm that is considered trustworthy by 538. Russian state once called Levada an enemy of the state
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  291. Export tariffs are one of the worst mistakes of Argentina that it continues today. Baffling. This is why populism can be dangerous.
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  292.  Serbon Resurrected  he said USSRA collapse was in part due to Afghanistan. That is true. The underlying cause for the collapse is communism doesn’t work which lead to economic problems and then with the Afghanistan war financial cost and reputation costs, it lead to the fall. Add in Chernobyl as well.
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  293.  @KaiserFranzJosefI  no economist or historian says Afghanistan was a contributing factor to the fall of the USSR? Wikipedia says your wrong and has sources to back it up. From Wikipedia: - The war caused grave destruction in Afghanistan, and it has also been cited by scholars as a contributing factor to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
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  294.  @KaiserFranzJosefI  OP never said “(Afghanistan) was the single largest factor in the collapse of th le Soviet Union” so why make it up? They just said “ The difference is the USSR fall apart after the defeat of Afghanista”. That’s all they said. They would expand on that in the next comment saying there are multiple factors. Never did they say it was the only factor. But you did say no historian agrees with OP who said Afghanistan was a contributing factor.
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  295.  @KaiserFranzJosefI  he never said “Afghanistan was the single largest factor”. You made it up. And if you edit your comments after this, your comment will have an edit that everyone can see. You can’t even be honest.
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  296.  @mrbonanza2606  zyp repeated the same talkings points in other videos about China. I Believe I saw him in Johnny Harris recent vide. zyp always brings up Peter Zeihan (new CCP talking point) so no surprise he responds to someone who mentioned Zeihan and Zyp will not be able to say one bad thing about China. Will even defend what’s happening to Uyghurs.
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  297. Caspian Report videos are increasingly defending bad actors by ignoring lots of relevant information while seeming to try to blame the west as much as possible. No mention of the corruption and bad decisions by Pakistan that lead to the sitution? He didn't even mention China until the final couple minutes despite China being the biggest single owner of Pakistan debt. And the IMF gave a $6 billion bailout in 2019 wit half already paid but Pakistan didn't meet any of the changes it promised so it's understandable that they put a hold on the rest of the bailout.
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