Youtube hearted comments of William Davis (@williamdavis9562).

  1. What a well thought out and detailed video explaining the situation. Super impressive.
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  2. @James Ker-Lindsay, I've been binge watching your videos and I have to say you really have a knack for falling into the really controversial topics. Most things like the Armenian Genocide or anything related to the Balkans such as your video on Kosovo or Bosnia falling apart are extremely difficult videos to do considering how emotionally charged they are. Most people avoid making these videos like the bubonic plague and for good reason. You sir took on the challenge and dove in head first. Perhaps a video on the little known ethnic cleansing campaigns by Russia in the North Caucasus would be a nice topic for you to tackle next.
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  3. To understand France's role in Africa we also need to take into account the economic exploitation of these nations by France. France has been a force for destabilization in every African nation in which it wields influence. Anytime it's economic order is threatened France causes instability, civil strife and in many cases coups to safeguard their interests. This is a terrible situation especially for a region trying to climb out of instability and poverty. This is literally one of my favorite youtube channels and I watch it religiously. But once in a while it really misses the mark like in this video and the Armenia/Azerbaijan conflict. I don't think he does it on purposes as he mainly uses sources and propaganda talking points from the occupying side.
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  4. This is a very interesting topic. While leaders of nations like this live in the real world and make pragmatic decisions which are beneficial to their base. European leaders have gone down the road of living in a world of narratives, almost hostage to them. Living in a world of narratives (facts be damned) also filters down to the mainstream. Take this video for example, using terms like authoritarian strongman are quite childish and a consequence of living in that narrative fantasy world cage. Then in the beginning of the video talking about how the EU stalled Turkey because of democracy, or this or that or Cyprus is again living in a fantasy world of false narratives. No one wants to talk about the extremely obviously and 800lbs elephant in the room. Turkey is a huge nation with an extremely large and growing population not to mention has a bit of a chip on their shoulder when it comes to the Europeans. Everyone knows Europe isn't run via the consensus of it's members but more so is dominated by larger powers like France and Germany. They essentially set policy and bully everyone else into it. They protect their clout and influence within the organization by almost any means necessary. So ask yourself a simple question, why would these two nations allow an extremely large and influential nation into the block that they can't control? All this would do is dilute the power of France and Germany within the block. Due to it's sheer size in the next few decades Turkey will have over 100 million people. Think about how much voting power that gives Turkey within EU decision making mechanisms, not to mention both Paris and Berlin know they won't be able to influence the voting of that country as much as they'd like. Not to mention with their voting power they'd ensure a large chunk of EU funds will flow directly into their country. So no, Turkey wasn't blocked from the EU because of their economy, their democracy or the Cyprus problem. They were blocked because there is no way on god's green earth that Germany and France would willingly enter a situation where their power and influence would be challenged, diminished and diluted. No nation can admit this, so obviously they have to come up with every other excuse under the sun which doesn't sound as Machiavellian as this. I've been saying this for 20 years, the idea of Turkey entering the EU is nothing short of a pipedream. It really isn't in the cards nor will it ever be. The real politik foundations of this happening simply aren't there. We can sit here and nibble around the edges at a million other secondary reasons why Turkey should or shouldn't be in the EU but again all of it is completely irrelevant.
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  5.  @nomadcapitalist  Fantastic comment 😂😂😂😂😂
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  6. People are starting to realize Ben's feelings don't care about facts.
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  7.  @JamesKerLindsay  Hey man you're doing your best and I'm sure you're getting a lot of shit for it. That's to be expected when dealing with topics like war. My critique was more so constructive than complaining in nature. As I said earlier I commend you for the work you did and the content you gave us in this video. I was basically just saying that if you're going to talk about what led to this crisis talking about the 800lbs elephant in the room might have been a better way to go. I do appreciate that you took the time to respond to my post and I hope you keep this channel going, I'm a fan.
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  8.  @JamesKerLindsay  Dude I get it, I saw a lot of the abuse you got while reading through the comments section. Just keep doing what you're doing, putting out excellent content and god willing your channel will blow up and be more than just a bit of ad revenue for it. The quality of your content deserves it.
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  9. Another fantastic video. Don't be shocked if a year from now we see this channel with 1 million subscribers.
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  10. Another fantastic video. I am a simple man. James puts out a video, I click on said video.
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