Comments by "kokofan50" (@kokofan50) on "Wendover Productions" channel.

  1.  @silverhost9782  they’re not Germanic or East Asian, which have cultures of personal responsibility and merit.
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  2. Someone has to keep all the idiots in line. Who better than the country that has no enemies on our borders and by far the largest economy on the planet?
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  3. European countries, Britain in particular, spent a lot of money building things like railroads in Africa, much of which has fallen apart since they left.
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  4. Europa Man, Guam is US territory with US citizens; it doesn’t have to do shit.
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  5. First, Americans hate being kicked out of our own territory. Second, the Philippines was strategic against Japan, not the Pacific as a whole.
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  6.  @Djungelurban  When was Zimbabwe was Rhodesia.
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  7. Don’t forget mountains.
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  8.  @Djungelurban  Zimbabwe crashed hard and has stayed there
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  9. People have been talking about how country x is going to over take the US for decades if not more than century. We’re still waiting.
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  10. Keeping everyone else in line.
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  11. And China would have invaded nearly the instant that happened.
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  12. Ambition, relentless energy, and dumb luck.
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  13.  @myboysd5772  Tesla’s UI is easily the best of any car company. Their FSD Beta is easily the most advanced autonomous driving software. I’ve even heard the GM are completely abandoning autonomous driving. I think it was Car and Driver mentioned in the video, is funded by Ford with several Ford executives on its company bored, so calling it the most objective opinion is just not true. Tesla have had some problems with fit and finish, but every company has lemons. Moreover, a week ago Ford had to stop building building F-150 Lightings because of battery problems. Then there’s the problem of things completely left out. BMW takes 30 hours to build a car. Tesla takes 10 hours. Tesla’s margins are 30%, 3x higher then anyone else in the industry. As soon as Tesla demand drops, they can drop the prices and all the other companies screwed.
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  14. A great video on why solar and wind suck.
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  15.  @CrucialArmitage  Tesla is the only one in a century
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  16. There’s also the option of using nuclear at full all the time and when demand is low putting the energy into desalinating water or the like.
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  17. Their geography sucks.
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  18. The British, and that lasted up until WW2.
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  19. Eric Augusto, they always say this time will be different. You need something better than special pleading. China had deep flaws in their economy. All th building they’re doing may look like strength, hut a closer look shows it’s just being used to coverup an overly large construction sector that’s being used to manipulate numbers. Also, the trade barriers being in place are just a small retaliation against China’s unfair trade practices.
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  20. The biggest difference is size, but the US also has some larger systems, like aircraft carriers, that Canada just doesn’t need or want.
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  21. Technology. The most advanced civilizations were still in the stone age when the Spanish met them.
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  22. No, in English America is the truncation of the United States of America and refers to only one country, and when referring to both North and South America, we say the Americas or more plainly North and South America.
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  23. How very unCanadian of you.
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  24. I love Elon Musk for his bold visions, but the hyperloop is not going to happen.
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  25. Texas and the west coast have enough density for light rail systems.
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  26. Most people's car's don't get 50 mph. Most get between 10 and 30 depending on type of vehicle. Also, you not factoring the premium service of factors like less travel time and not having to drive.
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  27. They speak the same dialect of English
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  28. The Olympics.
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  29. Hong Kong is an autonomous region within the PRC.
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  30. By population.
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  31. You’re really not helping to dissuade people of the stereotype of Chinese people being liars. Here’s a free tip, don’t tell people what they think.
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  32. You're an idiot. Look up he Pax Americana.
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  33.  @personzorz  they have.
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  34. Building cars of any kind faster.
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  35. It’s kept up for hundreds of years so far.
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  36. Guam is part of the US, not ruled over, and the people born there are full citizens.
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  37. No one is going to deny Guam and other territories were annexed for strategic reasons. However, saying their political circumstances are deliberate shows you don’t understand how the US incorporates new territory.
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  38. All the countries you mentioned are islands, so they aren’t under threat of invasion. Two of them only really got rich after the US secured the oceans for trade, and the third was the global hegemon before the US.
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  39.  @anonygent  I’ve read, well watched, more than my fair share of history, and one thing that is sure is when you have an army invading, you don’t have the luxury of developing and deploying a sound economic philosophy. It also doesn’t hurt being able to get whatever resources you need from all over the world without worrying about how you’re going to defend your ships.
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  40. There’s a difference between wanting someone new im charge and betraying your country.
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  41. The US population is about 1/2 the size of Europe.
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  42. Because we’re rich. As a percentage of GDP, the US spends a pretty average amount on our military.
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  43. The planet that will crush, incinerate, and dissolve anything that lands on the surface is better?
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  44. It’s almost like English/Dutch culture builds non-corrupt institutions, while Bantu cultures build very corrupt ones
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  45.  @myboysd5772  literally everything in the video.
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  46. Creativity means nothing if you don’t have a secure heartland with the resources to build factories and farms to feed workers. The Mississippi basin, the American heartland, is protected from all sides. Even if all our navy fleets and armies were obliterated instantly, we we would be safe to examine what happened then build new fleets and raise new armies. It’s kind of what happened at Pearl Harbor.
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  47. The US should revoke the citizenship of tens of thousands who are happy to be citizens and many of whom have served with honor in our military? That’s not going happen.
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  48. No, just if the nationalists had won the civil war.
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  49. No, that many people can’t solve every problem. It can’t change geography. Has zero effect on the corruption of the CCP. Can’t make an aging population younger.
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  50. American Patriot, stop being a dumbass. Everyone agrees China is a big player, but you’re pretending it’s position doesn’t have large and obvious problems.
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