Comments by "Fumble_ Brewski" (@fumble_brewski5410) on "Zeihan on Geopolitics" channel.

  1. "...and until somebody finds a way to convince 20% of the population to stop snorting and smoking that sh!t, order is the best we can hope for." - Josh Brolin (Matt Graver), "Sicario", 2015
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  2. “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ― Abraham Lincoln
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  3. “Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they took our power. By doing nothing, we gave it away. We've seen where their way leads, through camps and wars, towards the slaughterhouse.” - Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
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  4. Ross Perot, though he often had some rather odd ideas, was 100% spot on when he predicted the transfer of American jobs to third world countries, and the hollowing out of domestic manufacturing.
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  5. Regardless of whether Lincoln was a "saint" or a "sinner" (or both), he was absolutely correct in his analysis of America's future.
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  6. The automotive manufacturers have brought this upon themselves. Wages in this sector have been stagnant for years. According to the 2007 GM Annual Report, typical autoworkers earned a base wage of approximately $28 per hour. Following the 2007 National Agreement, the base starting wage was lowered to about $15 per hour. A second-tier wage of $14.50 an hour, which applies only to newly hired workers, is lower than the average wage in non-union auto companies in the Deep South. And yet bonuses and perks for CEO's are sky-high. The Big Three CEOs saw their pay increase by 40% over the last four years, while average worker pay only went up by 6%. By contrast, Japanese CEO's are still compensated significantly less than their counterparts in the U.S. and Europe. Maybe that's why Toyota and Honda have come to dominate the U.S. market.
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  7. Always whenever conservatives that love their country are doing well, it is inevitable that the media (including this dude) characterize their politics as "far-right." But let the internationalist/socialist forces have success, they are NEVER called "far-left" by the media, but merely "progressive," or some other meaningless appellation. Hypocrisy?
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  8.  @erikcastillo2454  With plenty of collaboration from the Mexican government as well. Don't overlook the corruption that exists in your own country. Buena suerte, amigo.
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  9. "...Yet the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics forced us to rethink our policy there. If there would be some rethinking of policy before our men die, we would be a lot better off. If that policy had changed towards more of a neutral position and neutrality, those 241 marines would be alive today." (Pres. Ronald Reagan, 1983) We still haven't learned anything after forty years.
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  10. Now if someone could just figure out how to harness all of the "wind" coming out of Washington, DC, we could have an endless supply of energy. 🌬
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  11. The top 10 countries with the most Orthodox Christians are, by number: Russia, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Romania, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Belarus, Egypt and Georgia. Of these, only two have a fertility rate above 2.1 children per couple--Ethiopia (4.05) and Egypt (3.24). The rest fail to meet the 2.1 children per couple necessary to provide a young enough demographic to ensure population replacement. Bulgaria's fertility rate is only 1.56, although it has improved slightly over the past 20 years, up from 1.2 in the year 2000. Guess you need to import some Christians from Africa. Cheers.
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  12. “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting” —Charles Bukowski
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  13. "The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish." --Otto von Bismarck, former German Chancellor
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  14. Rampant violent crime...major cities overrun by the homeless...human excrement and drug paraphernalia in public places...crime tolerated and unpunished...highest personal and corporate taxes in the nation, yet crumbling infrastructure...pushing EV's, yet the power grid is already overloaded/failing. Yup, I'd say that CA's luck has run out. So glad I left when I had the chance years ago. California, 🪦.
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  15. Two words: BRITS OUT!
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  16. And your solution would be…?
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  17. Why are we NOT hearing all of this valuable information from the Government? Wait...let me guess.
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  18. Regardless of your opinion of Alan Moore (he was an anarchist), he was absolutely correct in his analysis of government and tyranny (is there a difference?)
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  19. "We’re Doomed! – DOOMED, I Tell You!"
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  20. Hah! Mexico IS America!
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  21. Clean up on aisle Biden...:face-fuchsia-poop-shape:😆
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  22.  @DoodleNugget9  To borrow a line from Metallica, "Sad, but true."
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  23. "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin
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  24.  @marksizer3486  It has to do with fairness, not proportionality. Does anyone really need/deserve $100M per year, while their hourly employees barely get by on subsistence level wages? Average wages have basically flatlined since 1973. Adjusted for inflation using the CPI for urban wage earners and clerical workers, the average wage in Feb. 1973 was $23.24/hr, exactly the same as it was in March 2019. IOW, workers really haven’t had an actual raise in nearly 50 years throughout both Democratic and Republican administrations. Let them eat cake, right?
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  25. People that became prominent/successful late in life: --Colonel Harlan Sanders built a fried chicken empire at age 62. --Grandma Moses became a world famous painter at age 78, and was still active well into her 90's. --Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first novel at age 65. --Nelson Mandela became South Africa's president at age 75. --Yuichiro Miura reached the summit of Mt. Everest at age 80 (having previously done it at age 70). --Moses (of the Bible), after tending goats and sheep on the backside of the desert for 40 years, became the leader of the Israelites at age 80. Moral of the story? Don't underestimate Trump's vigor and determination.
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  26. AI = Absolute Insanity.
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  27. Hey, Petey boy, have you been grocery shopping lately? Not much "deflation" in our local supermarkets, I'm afraid.
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  28.  @coreydailey4939  “We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?” --Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (aka, Josef Stalin)
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  29. "And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the Light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed." (John 3:19-20) "...I (Jesus) am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life.” (John 8:12)
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  30. "I've developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time!" - Charlie Brown
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  31. Sorry, Peter, but I must take issue with your methodology. Denver, CO averages 245 sunny days per year, while El Paso, TX averages 297 sunny days per year. Yes, I realize that Denver has the "advantage" when it comes to elevation (5279 vs. 3717), but El Paso also has a dry climate with good air quality. For that matter, Albuquerque, NM also has Denver beat when it comes to average sunny days (280) per year, as well as having a high elevation (4954) and dry climate. Cheers.
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  32. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-b**ch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - Gen. George S. Patton (8 Aug 1945)
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  33. If…if…if.. Sounds like a pretty “iffy” proposition to me. 🤔
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  34. 🦼+ 🩹+ 🏊
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  35. This is the most biased, ill-conceived video on the Ukraine situation I’ve heard recently. The NATO/USA warhawks under the Clinton, GWB, Obama and Biden administrations have been baiting the Russians for over a quarter of a century, even while Yeltsin was President (remember Bosnia/Serbia/Kosovo?) In fact, former Secretary of State James Baker had given assurances to the Soviets (during talks for German reunification) that NATO would not be expanded eastward. The record, from 1991, quotes a German official as telling British and American policymakers, "We had made it clear during the 2+4 negotiations that we would not extend NATO beyond the Elbe (a river in Germany). We could not therefore offer membership of NATO to Poland and the others." But Poland joined NATO in 1999, and eleven other countries were eventually added, bring the current total to 26.  The 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit was a significant turning point for European security. There, it was formally announced that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually become members of the alliance. Then, while in Europe during October 2021, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reaffirmed that Ukraine and Georgia may still join NATO. The Russians made it clear that either country's entry into the alliance would cross a red line and Russia would be prepared to use all facets of power, including military intervention, to enforce that red line. So who really is to blame for the current situation in Ukraine? I’m no admirer of either Russia or Vladimir Putin, but it’s clear that NATO’s continued expansion and provocative policies resulted in this catastrophe we now see. The tragedy is that it all could have been avoided, along with the needless loss of hundreds of thousands of lives.
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  36. Imagine...getting upstaged by a goat! Pretty baaaaad!
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  37. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-b**ch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - Gen. George S. Patton (8 Aug 1945) Doubtless, the Russkies had an equally unflattering opinion of Gen. Patton.
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  38.  @Gillemear  I should have been more precise in my comment. I meant that the Brits should leave the six counties of Northern Ireland, and allow the Irish people (Catholic, Protestant, or whatever) to chart their own course as a unified, free nation. Nothing wrong if British people want to live peacefully in the Irish Republic. Cheers.
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  39.  @Gillemear  And I thought that U.S. politics were complicated! Wish you well, mate, in your quest for Irish unification. It's at least a century overdue. Cheers.
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  40.  @Gillemear  Easily 5 centuries, from what I've been able to research. English rule in Ireland built upon the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland on behalf of the English king and eventually spanned several centuries that involved British control of parts, or the entirety, of the island of Ireland. So, if you count back that far, we're talking about 800 years or so. Understandable that the Irish would have "deeply held grudges."
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  41. November 5, 2024: last “election” the U.S. will ever have.
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  42. "I find your lack of faith disturbing..." 👽🛸
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  43. "The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European, but an Asiatic, and therefore thinks deviously....In addition to his other Asiatic characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son-of-a-b**ch, barbarian, and chronic drunk." - George S. Patton I'd venture to guess that the Russkies held a similarly negative view of General Patton. 🤨
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  44. "People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election." - Otto von Bismarck
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  45. If the saying is true (and I think it is) that people get the leaders they deserve, then it might explain why, even to this very day, dictator Josef Stalin is more popular than ever in Russia. A remarkable 70% of Russian respondents say the late dictator of the former Soviet Union played a “positive role” for Russia. A further 51% of respondents said they viewed Stalin as a person in a “favourable light.” Is it any wonder why Putin is so popular today?
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  46. To listen to California Gov. Gavin (The Nuisance) Newsom, we all need to stop using electricity, but buy EV's (?!) and just sit in the dark munching on celery and hummus. Sounds like a wonderful future, eh? But, of course, he and his crony elitists all enjoy their palatial estates on the Central Coast (of California) where you really don't need to use much A/C to stay comfortable. Rules for thee, but not for me. 🤔
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  47. Only about 30 years too late. U.S. industries have already been gutted thanks to the greed of corporate bigwigs and the collusion of U.S. politicians. Yes, Slick Willie and GWB, we're calling you out. Traitors!
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  48. "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." - Mark Twain
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  49. About as likely as a sow's ear replacing a diamond ring.
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  50. It has to do with fairness, not proportionality. Does anyone really need/deserve $100M per year, while their hourly employees barely get by on subsistence level wages? Average wages have basically flatlined since 1973. Adjusted for inflation using the CPI for urban wage earners and clerical workers, the average wage in Feb. 1973 was $23.24/hr, exactly the same as it was in March 2019. IOW, workers really haven’t had an actual raise in a half century, throughout both Democratic and Republican administrations (during Nixon’s 2nd term, actually). Let them eat cake, right?
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