Comments by "Ivancho" (@ivancho5854) on "Zeihan on Geopolitics" channel.

  1. Correct.
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  2. ​ @gezalesko3813 Are you Chinese by any chance? 🤔
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  3. The UK?
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  4. ​ @Withnail1969 I don't think that the US will have a problem defending what is theirs or what they need though, either that or the US government will make it clear to the refiners that they have to alter their processes to use US crude (which is muuuuch cheaper than policing the oceans!).
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  5. ​ @sillybirdy1994 Western society was created by Christians! Go to the Islamic Republic of Iran and see what a paradise they have created.
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  6.  @Newbmann  You may be correct, but look at Europe which has far higher percentages and a slightly different picture is painted.
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  7.  @shelleyscloud3651  Great points. 👍
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  8.  @DAndyLord  What percentage of the population are they now though?
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  9.  @yoananda9  Unfortunately it is the fault of France for taking too many of the wrong type of people. I feel sorry for you, but you're just a few steps ahead of most of Western Europe. 😢
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  10.  @ruralhobo  Same for the UK. You just have to be born here, your parents don't have to be citizens, they could even just be visiting!
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  11.  @DDtx18  Japan and South Korea, but to be fair we had to nuke Japan and South Korea would be rubble without US might.
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  12.  @trizzybones  The US has a tiny percentage of Muslims, hence no problems. Historically almost all of the immigrants have been Christian.
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  13.  @MJMilano7  If you let in a huge group of Muslims so that they account for a large percentage of the population of the America I absolutely guarantee that even the great melting pot called the USA will experience huge problems. I hope that you don't.
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  14. Don't trust any statistics coming out of China, they are both incredibly corrupt and pathological liars.
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  15. No, that was kind of hexagonal and more vibrant with quite a '70s look.
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  16. Won't happen. The Greenies who are convinced that the world is going to end because of climate change are the same people that are scared of nuclear power. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever until you realise that they don't actually want ANY solutions. Solutions would make them irrelevant, but immobilising fear gets them more votes. Politics. 🤦 Now go check out what Dr William Happer thinks about rising CO2 levels. You may sleep easier at night. All the best.
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  17. Could Taiwan be exporting more fresh eggs to regions affected by bird flu, or exporting dried egg or products which contain eggs (eg cakes)? There are a lot of variables. All the best Taiwan. 🇹🇼 Slava Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
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  18. It's a dock. Ships unload onto trucks.
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  19.  @ReflectionTool637  Ah, I stand corrected. Although a floating dock could also be attached to the shore. All the best.
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  20. Or the support of the West.
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  21. I would get my Prime Minister Kier Starmer aka Two-Tier-Kier a subscription as he could really do with help about how the world works, but I'm certain that he wouldn't understand much - he's not the brightest closet Communist in the box. 😑❤️🇬🇧 See how I managed to get "closet" in there. 🤣
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  23. Bad. Really, really bad. 👇
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  24. Nah. Isolationism is an American dream that they wheel out every so often for the voters, but no one with any sense in power believes it could ever work, with the possible exception of Trump maybe. It's a pipe dream. The second China does something it will get dropped like a hot potato... yet again. 😂 Don't worry about it, instead vote wisely. All the best.
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  25. Just imagine that you're as rich and powerful as Trump and who do you decide to have an affair with... a porn star. 🤮 The guy is certainly not a class act. Now wash your hands. 👐
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  26. Canada will soon suffer a depression and totally reverse it's immigration policies IMHO.
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  27. Another comment deleted. Civil, but truthful. 😑
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  28.  @matthewmcclary7855  My pleasure. He's very good. All the best.
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  29. Same. The pendulum will swing back to warlords. Interesting times as the Chinese like to smugly say. 😐
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  30. Aren't the "excess deaths" explained easily by the boomers dying off? Kinda basic.
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  31. Next: WHY HYBRID VEHICLES NEVER MAKE ANY SENSE. Hint: The complexity of two drivetrains. More complicated hence inherently less reliable than a ICE or an EV. More expensive than an ICE. Faster depreciation than a simpler vehicle. Maintenance higher due to complexity, more expensive components and mechanics needing more training to work on high voltage systems. Heavier than an ICE. 💚 But they're Green! 💚 NOT. 🤢 GREEN = LIES. 🤮
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  32. And possibly Ireland and Australia too. Could it be that he has received criticism from these countries? They speak English and his audience is the US, so it's entirely possible.
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  33. This was a very dramatic and rather choreographed speech. Why? He's really dragging this out too. Since he has increased monetisation on this channel I have reduced trust in him. What are/were his other sources of income and have they dried up? Are we witnessing a decline in his business model? He's now considering conspiracy theories. Is that because they could prove more lucrative going forward? Just a thought.
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  34. @tanyaroberson9629  Yup, he may be correct.
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  35.  @tanyaroberson9629  I commented on reply something like - yes, you are correct... And it was deleted! WTF? Broken. Completely broken.
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  36. I can't reply.
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  37. Not going to happen. NATO isn't going to get directly involved. This is a proxy war because that's the safest way to fight a nuclear power. If the price for avoiding a nuclear war between NATO and Russia is that millions of people in parts of the world that are very vocal about how much they hate the West and wish to bring it down, then so be it. We can perhaps help one or two friendly nations, but over half of the world has not voted in the UN to condemn the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. They need to hurry up and pick the right side in this Cold War 2, or maybe dictators around the world like Russia because they can buy their weapons. Their choice, but my money is on them picking the wrong side. They're not in the habit of making good decisions, which is why they do badly. Slava Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
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  38. Only if you don't have to pay for it.
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  39. Do you really think that the tank farms in Sebastopol will ever be repaired by Russia? No way.
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  40.  @theimproooooooover  As far as that region is concerned Russia controls the northern mountain range (see the terrain map which Zeihan showed), so Russia has time on their side and can return any time they want. IE when they're not tied up with the war in Ukraine.
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  41. Stopping Russian oil exports is definitely not going to happen before the US election. After that both Biden and Trump would be on their final presidency, so they could upset the applecart as often happens when not seeking re-election. The following four years will be interesting. IMHO the way to reduce Russian oil revenue is to firstly destroy all refining capacity inside Russia. Russia could then export crude but would have to pay for the import of more expensive refined products. Russian capacity to export crude oil will naturally atrify with time due to lack of Western engineering. If the reduction of Russian supply is slow enough then price will not be too rapid and this will stimulate production around the world to compensate. As an aside, all gas exports to the West and all LNG exports need to be completely and rapidly halted. A bonus consequence of this would be better Western relations with Hungary with any luck as Hungary would be beholden to its EU neighbours for gas. All the best.
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  42. It would likely be great for everyone except Russia.
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  43. ​ @patrickweaver1105  Let me get this right, so Americans vote for whomever they fear the most? I didn't know that. 😐
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  44. Yes, but it's more about the cost of the debt than the quantity of debt. Inflation is guaranteed, which will reduce the debt, but I suspect that will happen after a short sharp deflationary event probably sometime this year (IMHO)
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  45.  @jeanlamb5026  You're not wrong.
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  46. Respectfully, I completely disagree. Russia is not a short term threat which will become peaceful with regime change or defeat in Ukraine. They are a constant long term threat and have been for over a century and I expect them to continue this way long after you and I are pushing up daisies. Their oil and gas infrastructure needs to be slowly be taken offline completely to impoverish them and hobble their capacity to wage war against the West. On the topic of the electric grid, there may be better targets (oil and gas) which will accomplish more. I personally have never quite understood why the Ukraine shouldn't harm the supporting civilian population when Russia does this to them almost daily. Yes and I do understand about war crimes. Realistically the Russian population should flee as refugees if they don't want to become targets in a war, just like throughout all history. Truthfully the West has become very soft and almost incapable of waging war. When the USA suffers an unambiguous and serious attack, from say China, I suspect that the rule book will get thrown out. Time will tell. All the best. Slava Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇬🇧
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  47. ​@@NotEnoughLions...weed. 🤣
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  48.  @ChucksSEADnDEAD  Yes. I see the US buying them. They will be the highest bidder. 💲💲
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  49.  @thilomanten8701  Nixon played the situation very well. Ambiguity about the status of Taiwan and if the US would assist was also to the West's advantage. That has now changed. China is reverting to fundamental communism. It used to be that we knew communism was evil. Some are remembering. Either way most people around the world know that China must be stopped from what it wants to do to the world. Soon. And with force. War is coming.
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  50. IMHO Pakistan is likely heading for very hard times because it can't feed itself.
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