Comments by "Trevor Crook" (@user-ft2bt9kw7x) on "Econ Lessons" channel.

  1.  @stephenthomas3085  Yes I wish you luck in your recovery
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  2. America is no friend of Ukraine . Do you think prolonging the war helps Ukraine ?
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  3. Except it won’t be happening. Russian media while a lot better than western media is still tabloid to a degree
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  4. All agreements with Russia from 1994were deemed null and void once nato entered Ukraine and Ukraine lost its Military neutrality . That includes the Budapest memorandum
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  5. The tariffs will backfire . Will just increase inflation and cost jobs . EU gas crisis looms was well 🤭🤭
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  6. The Ruble is going nowhere . Even now it’s getting stronger and will strengthen further after Xmas when imports drop Gazprom gets around being taken off Swift and the Trump effect wears off I would be more a worried about the dollar . Countries are dropping it for trade and using their own currencies . And there’s not a thing Trump can do about it
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  7. @ You are smelling it strongly on your side . Reality will be your teacher. The Ruble strengthened a little more today 104 . In 2022 it was 133 and still no collapse. The Ruble still has economic infrastructure . Whoops
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  8. @ Russia has more economic infrastructure now . Whoops Since Russias hypersonic missile strike several weeks ago there hasn’t been one storm shadow ATACMs attack into Russian territory. I wonder why ? Whoops
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  9. Ukraine is not independent if it depends on the west . There would be no war in Ukraine if not for western meddling
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  10. @ . Not enough to supply the entire EU and way more expensive than getting it from Russia . In fact the EU is still getting oil and gas from Russia . That is why the storage tanks are full
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  11.  @verttikoo2052  Most of it did not come from those countries
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  12. More false hope . BRICS is Russians counter measure . No country is in more trouble than America . Massive debt , real inflation over 20% social unrest
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  13.  @blazej799  The war has been going for nearly three years . What does a year ago mean ?
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  14. @ Russia doesn’t need help . I am against the pushers of false hope who keep the war going . Every day Is more lives lost Anyone with any military understanding knows that there is no way Ukraine can win . Russia too big too powerful with an endless supply of weapons , ammunition , troops and if need be nukes It’s all based on an irrational hatred of Russia . Anything with an irrational base is doomed to fail
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  15.  @alexb7529  Russia spending only 35% of its military budget on the war . Very sustainable
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  16.  @tomhopwood8896 no mention of it even in the western media because it is a non event
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  17. The Ruble is doing just fine. Comparison to the dollar is meaningless as Russia doesn’t operate in the dollar system anymore
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  18. America collects 2.4 trillion in tax every year . One trillion to service their immense debt . One trillion to fund the military Leaves 400 billion for everything else . What happens when it costs 1.4 Trillion to service the debt ? No money left for anything BRICS countries will take Russian Ruble You are projecting . America is the one in trouble and you project it onto Russia Russia has predicted growth of 4% for the next year . And has been promoted to fourth biggest economy in the world by the IMF and the world bank I have never heard such gibberish in my life coming out of an economists mouth . You should be ashamed of yourself
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  19. Why do you hate the Russians so much ? You forget that nato expansion has caused the conflict and the coup in 2014 And there is no way for ukraine to win. Russia too big too powerful.
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  20. Name any war America won after WW2 even against weak enemies . Got their butts handed to them in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Drew in Korea . Couldn’t control Iraq . Their proxies in Georgia , Syria lost Your predictions are laughable. The Ukraine war will be over by Xmas . Your nonsense about 2025 or 2026 are fantasy
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  21. Except what he says is inaccurate. He never mentions BRICS . The existence of BRICS makes his predictions irrelevant Cheering on a Russian collapse which would also collapse the global economy is the epitome of stupidity
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  22. What happened in America during the recent hurricanes . Complete disaster with hundreds dead . And the bridge collapsing a year ago still not cleared up and will be years before it is replaced
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  23.  @AndrewFischer-sz5cb  Russia is the biggest energy exporter in the world. I don’t think they have an energy shortage in Russia . In Ukraine? Oh yes
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  24. @ the opposite actually . For informing
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  25. @ Russia is a commodities super power . They have stuff the world needs and wants . That gives it the whip hand Without russian oil , gas , etc the global economy collapses It is America and the west That’s in trouble . No natural resources , no manufacturing and massive debt . That trifecta usually ends empires
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  26.  @ronaldaustin9138  China is the biggest economy by far . And the American economy is fresh air . It is based on consumerism not production Not upset even when dealing with the misinformed .
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  27.  @shaystern2453  Russian supermarkets are full . No need for eating pets
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  28.  @runrau9275  Nato has to get the hell out of Ukraine . They started the war to try and destabilise Russia and overthrow the government They really want Russias natural resources
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  29.  @Osss-u2g  you are forgetting that Russia is part of BRICS and BRICS has its own banks . Th drop of oil will mean bigger sales for Russia You are basing your predictions on conspiracy theories . You were predicting that Russia Ruble and economy would collapse two years ago Didn’t happen . Russia is a commodities super power . Always have something to sell and that everyone wants Your western services economies are doomed because they produce nothing to sell .
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  30.  @Osss-u2g  Ukraine will not exist as a country after the war . The west will leave it out to dry once there is no Money in it . If Trump gets in the money train will stop in a few months time
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  31.  @ENGRAINING  Russia has a fleet of nuclear ice breakers that no other countries have . If they can drill for oil in Siberia they can drill for oil anywhere .
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  32.  @Osss-u2g  The Ruble is doing just fine in Russia
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  33. @ They just had the BRICS summit in Russia . 30 world leaders attended from the biggest economies eg India , China , Brazil to name a few. Isolated ? I think not Bragging is for the Americans to do I’m not taking their word for it. I’m taking the word of the IMF and world bank who calculate such things as economic growth etc
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  34.  @mrq6270  China pays Russia in yuan then Russia converts that into Rubles . A brilliant solution that defeated sanctions . Every country that trades with Russia does the same with their currencies. . And Russia rakes in the roubles Russia pays China in Rubles then China coverts it to yuan That’s how it works . Also means less use of the dollar Another backfire for western sanctions
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  35.  @jonnyhammerwielder3951  The BRICS summit just concluded actually . Are you saying it didn’t happen ? 30 world leaders attended . Are you saying they didn’t ? Did you vote for Harris ? You are having a bad night 🤣🤣
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  36. The Ruble in 94 today . Where is the Collapse you promised ? 😄
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  37. The Ruble did not collapse Mark . Neither did the Russian economy . The war was forced on Russia now they set the conditions for peace . I think that’s fair
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  38. @ ? The clown army has made a clown out of nato
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  39. @ but it is a very important 1000 square kms in Ukraine strategically and economically. And what troops Russia has lost Ukraine has lost far more
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  40. @ How did you guess I am Indian that is amazing ? . You are true racist oracle
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  41.  @Ma-official_  just a slight alteration Russian deaths 72,000. Confirmed by mediazona and the BBC Nato deaths 0 ? Comedy gold
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  42.  @Ma-official_  about 150,000 casualties is the truth
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  43. @ Well Mediazona and the BBC calculated Russian deaths by going on death notices throughout Russia . What methods do you use ? Obviously if there were massive Russian deaths it would be impossible to cover up that many funerals . It would be all over social media and it isn’t North Korea asked to be part of the war to give their troops battle experience. 10,000 Korean troops would make no difference. Russia has hundreds of thousands of reserves why would they need North Koreans? Just being logical
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  44.  @Ma-official_  where is your evidence for your claims ? The American institute of war is a neoconservative group and biased . What methodology do they use to calculate their numbers . ? What numbers do Orynx give for Ukraine losses ? And what is their methodology ?
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  45.  @Ma-official_  The American institute of war is a neoconservative group and not especially objective ? What was their methodology for reaching their conclusions If Russian losses were that hight they would have to mobilise again and they haven’t What does oryx say Ukraine losses are Mediazona whose numbers are also confirmed by the Pentagon papers calculate numbers based on funeral notices across Russia . Obviously in the day of social media and phone cameras it would be impossible to cover up mass funerals .
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  46.  @Ma-official_  when America invaded Iraq they did so with 39 other countries . North Korea is a Russian ally . Their presence doesn’t mean anything
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  47.  @Ma-official_  estimates based on what ? And what are their estimates for Ukraine losses ? The pentagon papers put Ukraine casualties at seven times higher than Russian
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  48.  @Ma-official_  I asked what methodology they use for calculating casualties ? Pretty simple question
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  49.  @Ma-official_  I got the name wrong but my description of who they are is correct . Who funds them ? I can tell you I just want to know if you know
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  50.  @Ma-official_  open source is not a totally reliable source . And what are their calculations for Ukraine losses using the same methods Or don’t they mention Ukraine losses . ? Logic would say that Russia would have had to fully mobilise if those losses were true . And they haven’t . Mediazona uses death notices across Russia to calculate losses . And also the Russians have the same access to the methods used by your sources as well, including satellite and drone footage
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