Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "" video.

  1. I'm not so sure about that, with Europe, Asia and the Middle East being connected by land, that gives them all a massive advantage when it comes to interconnect and trade, the US by comparison is a bit like Australia in the middle of nowhere and only really has Canada and Mexico as easy trading countries by land and when you throw in the population size of Europe and Asia, it's not hard to see how the balance of power will shift in those directions and historically and even today, most trade is done with nearby countries. Also, with so many developing countries in East Europe and in Asia, that's a lot of room to grow when it comes to trade and it's Europe and Asia that will benefit from that the most with other nearby countries in the Middle East and even Africa.
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  2. The problem with that thinking is that China has a far bigger population than the US and even if it does shrink, it's likely not going to change much, beside, China have had a hard line 1 child policy, something it can change at any time to slow and even reverse the population decline, basically, China went out of it's way to slow its population growth down, they very likely can reverse it.
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  3. Not quite, Russia even before invading Ukraine had a weak economy, its economy was about the size in-between Spain and Italy, whiles having to cater to a much bigger population. Russia have not been a power for decades and people viewed Russia of its legacy and past, not on the cold hard facts that it's economy and population doesn't measure up to be superpower, the only ones that can say that are the EU, US and China, which all have the economy and population. At the end of the day, there are two factors that really determine power and those are the economy and the population size, a bigger population can have a bigger economy and with the right kind of economy, it becomes a superpower. China has a major advantage over the US and EU with it's population size, but it has two major disadvantages, it's government is too centralized and it's public are not that free, which strangles the economy, but even with that, because of the size of the population, it's very likely going to be bigger economically than the US, as that happens, the EU and US will have to work much closer together to protect western values, political, economic and social values, because it's the one with the big stick that rights global rules and for now, that the EU and US.
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  4. When it comes to power in this world, it boils down to two factors, population size and the economy, just look at the US, they are nothing special but they had one thing that other modern countries didn't have and that's a big population, in the 80's, some in the US thought Japan would become bigger, but that was never going to last long term because they didn't have the economy, the advantage Japan had at the time is that it was obsessed with high-tech whereas the west was less so, that changed in the 90's, then we have the EU, if they got their act together and integrated more in key areas, that could be a bigger power and the EU has the advantage that it expands, something that might not have any limits, apart from the ones it puts on its self. China already has a massive economy and as we know, its population is bigger than the EU and US combined, twice over, but what China has against it is that it's not trusted around the world and its government is too controlling and too centralized, which will hold back the economy to what it could be, with that said, it would be difficult for China to not be bigger than the US because of its population size and as long as China doesn't go off the rails on the economy, it's only a matter of time that China will get bigger and widen the gap over the US. Because of the style of government China has, the EU and US really need to work a lot closer together with other like-minded nations to protect western values, democracy, free speech and so on, because like it or not, most rules, laws and regulations around the world are made by the EU and US and that's only because their economy is big and the standards are higher, that could be under threat long term as China continues to grow, but the EU and US have the advantage that they are a lot more trusted than China, if the two work together with other like-minded countries, I think it should be enough to contain China. The irony is, if China was a democracy, its economy would likely be a lot bigger already and the country would likely get a lot more investment, western countries are not so successful by chance, they are because the system allows creative freedoms for the people whiles allowing the people to keep the government in check so they can't go too far off the rails. At the end of the day, you only have to look at US reaction to China over the last decade and many of its policies, it's a clear indication of fear of the rise of China, no different from the fear the US had with China and to a less degree with the EU in the 90's, hence a lot of the trade wars, the question people should ask themselves, if China was no threat to the US, why is the US trying to put China down? you only have to look at recent history to know the answer to that one.
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  5. Never heard of India being a superpower lol, I mean, they could one day, they have the population to do it but religion is what will hold back India. As for China, it's economy is already massive and you only have to look at US actions on China over the last decade to see that the US really does see them as a threat, after all, if China wasn't a threat to the US, then why all the noise?, why is the US trying to put China down and isolate them? Clearly, the US sees China as a threat to it's power around the world, the irony is, the US tried to put Japan down in the 80's when they saw them as a threat, but clearly, Japan was never going to be a threat because it didn't have the population size to measure up and you need a big population to have a big economy.
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  6. Russia problem is that it still thinks it's a major power, truth is, they are no match for the likes of the EU, US and China and Russia are being squeezed out of game, now it's just a matter of when the penny drops for Russians on that reality, the irony being, that reality could allow the EU and Russia to have much closer relations and dare I say it, even EU membership long term, which would be strange as the EU would have a boarder with China then.
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  7.  @idleishde6124  Maybe so but they kept buying oil and gas from Russia, it's all well and good ringing the bell and blaming others for mistakes that were done, there are a lot of mistakes that were done on Russia and the clear warning signs were after Russia taking over Crimea and Russia meddling in other countries politics, yet the west did little to nothing, even the eastern European countries that are trying to blame Germany and France, kept buying from Russia, in other words, their part of the blame because their actions didn't follow through with what they kept saying but they want to shift blame onto others.
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