Can the French Lead the EU into the Future? || Peter Zeihan

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@simonlawrencesings 3 ай бұрын

Peter Zeihan walking down stairs: "As we go further down, these stairs will simply disappear. There isn't the stone in this region to complete them, and even if there was the decline in working age people is so catastrophic that they don't have the workers to maintain them. Within the next 50 years these stairs won't even exist in any meaningful way. Anyhoo..."

@saucywench9122 3 ай бұрын

Lol

@davidc1878 3 ай бұрын

ohh, snail!

@lilwater7358 3 ай бұрын

"oop, snail"

@Reel___ 3 ай бұрын

Lol he's gotten worse at his over-explaining geopolitics.

@chrisg8995 3 ай бұрын

Well done sir

@thedownwardmachine 3 ай бұрын

They are rich, so I believe the correct term is “Luxembourgeois”

@darkmater4tm 3 ай бұрын

That was the correct asnwer when they were poor too

@janentomenkafka 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, you made my day 😁

@AllahinKulu-p2g 3 ай бұрын

They are filthy rich.. 😉

@yellow01umrella 3 ай бұрын

True successor to the Holy Roman Empire

@salutic.7544 2 ай бұрын

My thought exactly when I heard that

@imtheonewhoknocks4230 3 ай бұрын

As someone living in France for the past 9 years, "I need a clear answer from the French" is by far the most terrifying thing of this video

@cristianhugomunozcampos3450 2 ай бұрын

Fully agree. It´s terrifying.

@TomMonteath 2 ай бұрын

As a Brit living in France.... i dont think they've realised they are going to be the new Germany. It's surprisingly insular here. Basically Paris=the entire world and nothing exists outside it. Also good luck trying to get a quick decision from l'administration française 😂

@j72ashley 3 ай бұрын

How do you keep your sense of humor through all this stuff? That is a part of your appeal. Feels like I'm chatting with a friend as opposed to just being fed info

@Reel___ 3 ай бұрын

This was a really sweet comment, I agree. 👍🏾

@khatack 3 ай бұрын

How do you think someone can keep themselves interested in doing something like this? Sense of humor is paramount.

@sigis72 3 ай бұрын

Peter is high enough up the food chain to not have to personally suffer from any of his predictions

@msergio0293 3 ай бұрын

The government agencies have really good propaganda

@Erwin93200 3 ай бұрын

he is british

@oleksiypolishchuk5256 3 ай бұрын

“The EU was built for another age, just like these darn stairs” 😂😂

@gregoire59 3 ай бұрын

The EU wasn't built... it is being build and shaped for the future.

@ARGONUAT Ай бұрын

Heroically timed and delivered!!!

@alann2282 3 ай бұрын

Peter is in a Star Trek holodeck. He NEVER passes another person out walking.

@Dave_9547 3 ай бұрын

Sorry, I saw one, a dude wearing all black near the start of the video. Clearly, the stairs are not very popular.

@jonlittle5032 3 ай бұрын

You don't watch him often. He tends to edit those out.

@luminyam6145 3 ай бұрын

Omg you're right!!

@David-dl3vj 3 ай бұрын

No other person has the inclination. You did see how much he was struggling going DOWN the bloody things. Your on a fricking HOLIDAY, WHY would you try walking UP the fricking things?????????

@TW0man4RMY 3 ай бұрын

That's dumb but I believe it.

@nrm224 3 ай бұрын

Apparently, it’s possible in France to walk uphill both ways to school.

@iainthomson8327 3 ай бұрын

“A piece of infrastructure that was built for another age, like these god damn stairs!!” 😂😂😂😂 Are you sure you don’t have a British bloodline Peter? Very witty humour 👍🏼

@Glue_Stick98 3 ай бұрын

11:00

@jackiepie7423 3 ай бұрын

what's amazing is most of his videos involve him climbing a mountain

@littlehandsgivescovfefe4837 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, he have a ‘Jerry’ surname but maybe grandfather or some other ancestor brought it back with him as a European G.I when they came back to Iowa.

@jackiepie7423 Ай бұрын

@Russo2024Zir why should publicly traded companies be exporting executive management over seas when their are ^plenty^ of true red blooded Americans perfectly capable of driving the company into the ground like ^me^, I will do it for dimes on the dollar too.

@ARGONUAT Ай бұрын

Absolutely heroic comment!

@georgiewalker5826 3 ай бұрын

I love a longer video like this

@VanIife 3 ай бұрын

He needs to talk about how he was wrong about Biden winning

@VanIife 3 ай бұрын

He needs to talk about how he was wrong about Biden winning

@didboy74 3 ай бұрын

@@VanIifeelection isn't over yet. Democrats still have a couple of weeks to change their mind....😅😅😅😅😅

@FormerPessitheRobberfan 3 ай бұрын

His prediction was based on the information he had at the time. As someone who tentatively supports Trump, holding him to the fire over that prediction is pretty unfair. He has justifiable reasons behind his prediction @@VanIife

@janitorizamped 3 ай бұрын

@@VanIifeLol wut

@hughanquetil2567 3 ай бұрын

Now you understand why obesity is less of a problem in France.

@martian9999 3 ай бұрын

I for one will never get how for some folks, simply doing what for hundreds of thousands of years has been the most normal thing for Homo Sapiens to do for hours and hours every day -- namely, walking -- is somehow considered to be unusually "French", or "European".

@tsequeira2912 3 ай бұрын

That. And eating real food

@janentomenkafka 3 ай бұрын

@@martian9999 Peter being the only person on the stairs doesn't mean this town is deserted. It probably means the locals are driving their cars on a road hidden by the houses ;-)

@fredalwatkins4506 3 ай бұрын

P@@martian9999

@kifi672 3 ай бұрын

@@martian9999 because people walk in these countries, while in the US, everybody takes their car for a 100m

@stopdropnroll 3 ай бұрын

"like these god damn stairs" 🤣🤣 that was perfectly timed. There was feeling in that 😂

@nicojames813 3 ай бұрын

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@mloutherback 3 ай бұрын

I blew coffee out my nose on that one!😂

@crosslink1493 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, that really caught my attention, too: "a piece of infrastructure built for another age, like these god-damn stairs!".

@Dreadamere1 3 ай бұрын

Perfect delivery! Lmao

@TheSepharious 3 ай бұрын

Those moments with Peter are why we all keep coming back. 😅

@808bAler 3 ай бұрын

This may have been the most treacherous hike I've seen Peter travel on. Good on the French maintaining that perpetual staircase to help keep the locals fit as a fiddle.

@johnpombrio 3 ай бұрын

And such large crowds using them...

@MrErendira69 3 ай бұрын

Hi Zeihan. Most interesting, but I jumped out of my chair when you mentioned that France could "become a contributer to Europe"...France is a net contributor to the European budget since the very beginning of Eu, witch means that they always paid more than they received, just like Germany.

@irena61 3 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@gyozop 3 ай бұрын

Plot twist. The founding countries did not build the EU to lose money on new members, but make them pay to join. Doing it in a way that is mostly mutually beneficial, but more to the old members and when push comes to shove they get all the benefits but still keeping appearances with the EU funds.

@yellow01umrella 3 ай бұрын

Lmao France didn't sacrifice their national currency just to pay more than they receive

@tomskondratovics760 3 ай бұрын

@@gyozop mutual is the right word, i would say! I am from Latvia, we joined in 2004 (if i am not mistaken, and joined monetary union in 2014), and although, fundwise, we have received more than we payed, we had to close a lot of our factories that represented huge chunk in our industrial sector (sugar, steel plants). However, i am not complaining, if we didn't join EU and NATO the story could have been a lot different. Every country should look at the current priorities - in our case it was the right decision (in my opinion). in short - only cheese is for free in mouse trap is for free! Everything is balanced and whining from either side is pathetic

@gyozop 3 ай бұрын

@@tomskondratovics760 I am from Hungary and I agree with everything you wrote. The same applies to us. But the game is not over, the rules and consequences change a little bit all the time. The trajectory is not good at the moment.

@campfireeverything 3 ай бұрын

This is one of my favourite videos on this channel. I’ve been in Europe for 5 years and this is as an astute forecast as anyone else here can conjure. Also, love the longer format.

@Violett6969 3 ай бұрын

"like these goddamn stairs!" 🤣

@michaelanderson7735 Ай бұрын

I have to say that this video about the past, present and future of the EU might be Peter's most informative and most entertaining. He made me laugh out loud more than once as he commented on the eternal stairway he chose to take as he recorded this video. So, we know some people can walk and chew gum at the same time. Now we know Peter can maneuver down an ancient winding stairway for 13 minutes while giving a geopolitical lesson and also while recording that lesson on phone video - without many stops, if any. I think you will enjoy this one. I learned a lot about EU history and it's upcoming challenges. But I always learn plenty from Peter's videos. Bravo. Bravo. Give us more!

@VinyZikss 3 ай бұрын

were you in Mount Olympus? 12 straight minutes of walking downstairs 😂

@gregparrott 3 ай бұрын

I think it was Mt. Blanc.

@osmanerdogdu7868 3 ай бұрын

The real question is "Can Frecnh lead France into the Future?".

@JornMolt-mf6qo 3 ай бұрын

The answer is no.

@jetjaguar5198 3 ай бұрын

How about can americans led merica into the future?🤔🤦‍♀️🤣

@FRMaverick6 3 ай бұрын

Frecnh won't lead France, that's for sure

@chrisa5631 3 ай бұрын

@@FRMaverick6the EU has neutered individual nations being a nation of self reliance. Everything is done in Brussels….. What works in France may not work in Sweden.

@estebanmunoz7486 3 ай бұрын

No… France is its way to go full Caliphate…

@SGBassplayer 3 ай бұрын

Being able to bloviate at that rate while working those stairs is damn near a superpower as far as I’m concerned. Dude’s cardio health is beyond solid.

@bluesteel8376 3 ай бұрын

He was walking down the stairs, not up. Nothing challenging about that.

@DieFlabbergast 2 ай бұрын

Of course. There is nowhere on Earth where the Zeihan has not set foot.

@ulfdanielsen6009 3 ай бұрын

As a Scandinavian to all of this two things: 1. While not neccessarily being in opposition to a French dominance among the big players of the European future I still foresee a living hell,- mainly because the rest of Europe never will agree with France on litterally anything,- mainly because it´s the French which means they´d want any and everything done the French way,- which is always in stark dimensional opposition to what the rest of Europe wants and how it would do it,- it´s the French after all and they always want things done differently,- ie. the French way. 2. This goes out to all Europeans: Alors, les gars,- time to start learning French again,- for the French will shure as shite never start actually learning anything but French so it will be needed. Quel dommage!

@TomTomicMic 3 ай бұрын

Mainland Europe will never agree with France, unless they adopt the Euro Franc and speak French and they will charge each country a commission for joining their gang, like their failed African adventure. The future of all Europe relies on a trade only deal and NATO alignment, political union is dead, ask Victor the current EU Council "President" or is it for Russia and China's dictators!?!

@MrOvipare 3 ай бұрын

As a bilingual Québecois working on his spanish, what should I learn next? Is there a scandinavian language that lets you somewhat understand the others or they are just way different?

@ulfdanielsen6009 3 ай бұрын

@@MrOvipare All three Scandinavian languages are very similar,- some differences in syntax, grammar and pronunciation but it is basically the same language in three different variations. All three originate from the Germanic Old Norse spoken from the time of the big migration period into the Vikingr period and on to the high Middle Ages where they separated into the beginnings of the modern day three languages of Danish, Swedish and Norwegian. They are all on a dialect continuum. Icelandic and Faroese are the ones that have stayed the most true to the original pronunciation but syntax and grammar have changed during the last millennium. Sweden is the country with the largest population, so it would make sense to start here,- though,- as a Dane,- stating this is almost sacrilege. Look to the YT channels of Jackson Crawford on all things Old Norse ( an actual linguist US university professor specialized in Old Norse) and Langfocus on speaking different languages. He has several videos on all three Scandinavian languages. Use these as a starting point and choose the one language whose sound appeals the most to you. Both of these gentlemen are actual competent educators. Enjoy,- and good luck.

@hgh425 3 ай бұрын

@@MrOvipareNorwegian might be the one. But as an outsider to gain the knowledge and differences to understand all tree.. probably not happening

@ulfdanielsen6009 3 ай бұрын

One more thing: I f you´d want to learn about the origins of your own latin family language of French look to the YT channel of PolyMATHY teaching everything there is to know about Roman Latin and it´s influence also on modern day latin languages of French, Spanish and Italian,- and yet again Langfocus. PolyMATHY have had cooperation with Dr. Jackson Crawford on the differences/ similarities between Latin and Old Norse,- might be worth checking out.

@Blaque_Frost 3 ай бұрын

As a tall man myself, those types of stairs are annoying. Hard to get a good stride going on them.

@jeffbrinkerhoff5121 Ай бұрын

Much enjoyed the Euro perspective. Best to All

@alantrott6581 3 ай бұрын

Your walk is a metaphor to your topic

@HappyGuy-cn9po 3 ай бұрын

Down, down, down?

@SenpaiinJapan 3 ай бұрын

11:06 Peter vs. French Stairs: 0:1 😂

@ruralhobo 3 ай бұрын

Good video and I agree France seems back in the center of things. I would add also because of its agricultural strength. But, living there, I don't see people around me conscious of it. That may be a good thing if it prevents overreach.

@Shilo-fc3xm 2 ай бұрын

Loved this. One of my favourites, Peter.

@mntlblok 3 ай бұрын

Misspoke at the 9:14 point saying Russians when he meant Germans, I believe.

@brandonhallam51 3 ай бұрын

The Biden is seeping in

@FraterMikhail 3 ай бұрын

he did

@alenmichelaguilo9602 3 ай бұрын

Oh, he shouldn't run for president now 😂

@sascharouvensimon4670 3 ай бұрын

A Freudian slip He hates Germany. But even most people who dislike Germany still accept Germany as important player of the EU. The far bigger economy, and far interconnected which the rest of Europe. 5:56

@yellow01umrella 3 ай бұрын

Russia living rent free in his head.

@ShivamGupta-sr9zf 3 ай бұрын

Wow, A 13 minute episode from Peter. Nice!

@ferdinangenius 3 ай бұрын

I wonder why Peter believes there is more fun listening him as he walks and breathes...

@timlambert5165 Ай бұрын

Just is❤

@andrewjames1366 3 ай бұрын

Cue two songs that epitomized the optimism of the early 1990s: “Right here, right now” by Jesus Jones (1990) “Wind of Change” by the Scorpions (1991) For a brief moment (9 November 1989 to 11 September 2001), we truly believed that the world was going to be different.

@charleshill7184 3 ай бұрын

Peter's going farther back to Stairway to Heaven (1971).

@al28854 3 ай бұрын

so we can expect 'Grunge' to make a comeback?

@davidbarcelona5083 3 ай бұрын

It WAS different

@yellow01umrella 3 ай бұрын

What was different exactly? US illegally bombed Yugoslavia

@alexwttc 3 ай бұрын

hiking 30km of mountain in Colorado NO problem few stairs in France GOOD DAMM BRO!!!

@chrislisenby2681 3 ай бұрын

More like trying to navigate downward mediveal slanted stairs while maintaining adequate eye contact with the camera.

@TomTomicMic 3 ай бұрын

@@chrislisenby2681 Colorado trails were shaped by nature and infrequent use only, French stairs are by some designer or other even in medieval times and he was going downwards!?!

@IvorMektin1701 3 ай бұрын

I have to ice my knees after this video

@ross-smithfamily6317 2 ай бұрын

😂 Me, too! And take my anti-inflammatory supplements.

@williamreymond2669 3 ай бұрын

4:20] That is a trail marker, a 'bouey,' just over Peter's left shoulder, question is which of the 'Sentiers de grandé randonnée' runs through Roquebrune-Cap-Martin? I can't find anything on my maps. Looks like a really lovely walk, I'm going to have to try that some year.

@gregparrott 3 ай бұрын

Based on the elevation change, look for a path transiting between Mt. Blanc and the shores of the Mediterranean

@williamreymond2669 3 ай бұрын

@@gregparrott Thanks for the reply. I geolocated the video to Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, but I can't figure out which of the 'sentiers de grande randonnée' runs through there even the the white-over-red trail marker clearly indicates that it is a GR.

@omarios1212 3 ай бұрын

Can the French Lead the EU into the Future? As someone living in France, short answer is : No

@johndoe-cd9vt 3 ай бұрын

As someone who is born in Paris, France, the short answer is: YES

3 ай бұрын

05:00 - Peter struggling with medieval architecture : "low ceilings, the French aren't very tall" ... Yeah, that must be the reason

@bobkoure 3 ай бұрын

And he managed to NOT side-track into how Napoleon got all the tall Frenchmen killed (which indeed seems to be why the French of today aren't particularly tall).

@BKYoutube-zq3yv 3 ай бұрын

It was pretty funny. I think plenty of Europeans could take those stairs and keep eye contact with the camera a lot more. I'm Dutch and many expats are mortified of just walking some of our stairs, meanwhile we walk up/down them handsfree and even carry stuff like washing machines and couches up/down lol.

@pyrioncelendil 3 ай бұрын

To be fair, Peter's like 6'5".

@PolarExpress_11-10 3 ай бұрын

The French people in Canada are tall, and they live in the same house style everyone there lives in.

@LANeverSleeps 3 ай бұрын

@@BKKZbin-zq3yv Dutch stairs in particular are pretty unsettling to the average American lol.

@klhilde 3 ай бұрын

Peter, I sometimes take issue with your content, sometimes to an extreme ... but this video makes up for it. Thanks for this.

@michaelgardner5832 3 ай бұрын

The challenges of the future are not the challenges of the past...so true!

@TomTomicMic 3 ай бұрын

......but they are, it's soviets dressed as Russians!?!

@David-dl3vj 3 ай бұрын

I'm not sure we as a race are going to be in a place that this conversation is even relevant. in 50 years.

@crose7412 3 ай бұрын

@@David-dl3vj Hippie!

@yellow01umrella 3 ай бұрын

Sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't.

@MDowdney3176 3 ай бұрын

My eyes are up here Peter!

@alincorha1274 3 ай бұрын

Europeans will adapts to the 'damned stairs' as they always did. Hard times shape strong people.

@infidelheretic923 3 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if they can adapt to times as hard as they're about to have. How can they face global warming, Russian aggression, swarms of Muslim migrants, all with a bunch of ailing pensioners?

@andreirazvan6051 3 ай бұрын

you are 100% right, europeans will adapt and survive, but they will never grow and prosper. I am an european and i have been hearing this quote coming from the politicians since the financial crise in 2008. "Europe will resist as always", the problem is that other countries/alliances resist too and not only that...but they grow economically, while europeans resists and stagnates or even experience degrowth.

@IloveDoubleD 3 ай бұрын

All Empires end. Sometimes hard times hasten to destroy Empires. The EU was never going to survive. It was based off of purely Socialist ideals. Socialism is expensive. Humans are tribal and asking or forcing Europeans to accept less advanced people or civilizations only forces them down to the lowest common denominator. They thought they could bring in millions of people from other cultures without assimilation. Europe as a union will collapse, just a matter of when.

@michaeldowson6988 3 ай бұрын

Zeihan has spent enough time mountain climbing to know that stairs are a reality of living on steep ground. We have them in my part of N. America.

@avitalsheva 3 ай бұрын

They will not. US want war in EU and especially between EU and Russia as it is US main interest to put down competitors. And youtube is removing all such opinios one after another... As Amrerican company

@1972jjb 3 ай бұрын

You took us through a lot of steps there Peter.

@TJ-dx1ws 3 ай бұрын

The German Euro was great for Germany for many years. Not so much for the south (eg Italy went from having an economy growing faster than Germany's in the 90's with the Lira to no net growth in 2+ decades of the Euro). It's not clear who (if anyone) is benefiting now.

@Megalomaniakaal 2 ай бұрын

True, however this all coincided with opening up and rapid industrialization of China, so no guarantee that Italy would have continued to see the same progress had it stuck with the Lira.

@TJ-dx1ws 2 ай бұрын

@@Megalomaniakaal Mexico, however, has done quite well in the same period

@mje173 2 ай бұрын

Germans, French and the Dutch, basically. Everyone else’s private sector is screwed.

@BramptonAnglican 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for keeping us updated

@edwardhirsch8845 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@charleyrenfro5766 3 ай бұрын

Peter, I always enjoy and appreciate what you have to say on a wide array of relevant topics. But just wondering…did you ever consider sitting down during your conversations?

@johnl.7754 3 ай бұрын

Wonder if walking down the old steps in France symbolizes something 🤔

@russellharrell2747 3 ай бұрын

Symbolism in a YT video? Surely not.

@Josephus_vanDenElzen 3 ай бұрын

Like Voltaire description about the waxing and waning of Civilization: wooden shoes going up, silk slippers going down

@Neotenyx 3 ай бұрын

You can symbolize anything, for example: He goes down the old steps as he explains history as old as these steps

@alberthartl8885 3 ай бұрын

You always make me think 🤔. I think Poland 🇵🇱 is moving towards a real leadership position in the EU.

@murphy7801 3 ай бұрын

😂 not really, Poland population and GDP is quite small.

@avb4805 3 ай бұрын

No... 😂😂😂

@renaudfilippi2599 3 ай бұрын

With the gdp of Bordeaux or Munich ?

@RickBeall 3 ай бұрын

Wow! That was very eye opening for me! I thought the France had just turned into a museum of culture celebrating the power they had in the past. I was wrong! I love having my eyes opened!

@theforsakeen177 3 ай бұрын

his bit about france being a taker nation is wrong tho, they are the second biggest contributor of the EU.

@dmitriitodorov968 3 ай бұрын

@@theforsakeen177 but they also borrow a lot from ECB

@chrisa5631 3 ай бұрын

France is becoming more Islamic and African as the days go by. Low birth rate, still the French wants to retire early. The EU needs to go back to how way it was in the 90s

@papershark 3 ай бұрын

@@theforsakeen177 same logic as 'i saved money because it was on sale'. The EU was always a project for France to gouge Germany.

@theforsakeen177 3 ай бұрын

@@papershark how? france is a net contributor to the EU and also when i was there i recall at the time the FN was particularly popular since they were so anti EU since due to the EU common market french industries couldn't quiet compete with germany.

@Estenberg 3 ай бұрын

Compelling video. I happen to like old fashioned style flat-can sardines. I remember opening them with the attached "Church-Key" (that little key-like device Soldered to the small flat oval can with a dollop of lead. Then you fit the malleable flap of metal on the can's lid into the slat on the key and rolled it up, tearing open the can lid in a curly-cue of bendable metal. This was the the cutting edge of food-can technology during the Napoleonic and American Civil Wars. Think of it: 'Fresh' feted & aged sardines in a can. The epitome of controlled rot. What an invention. And NOW THIS. Bar Harbor canned sardines. Yum. I usually just buy Filipino Sardines because they're cheap, or Portuguese Sardines because they're expensive. These look GOOD.

@seelypratt 3 ай бұрын

The stairs are like an Escher drawing

@jasonsmith530 3 ай бұрын

Informative as always

@edwardneilsen2139 3 ай бұрын

Lake of the Ozarks is beautiful. I love that area. I have to say, France has always had something of a chaotic political life. They will muddle through this all right.

@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek 3 ай бұрын

Excellent and Outstanding Analysis!!

@brazelabs8451 3 ай бұрын

“Like these goddamn stairs”…😂😂

@BriBO104 29 күн бұрын

Two things spring to mind following this video: France seems decidedly unpopulated and I wouldn't want to be PZ having to climb all the way back UP those steps.

@quietus13 3 ай бұрын

France is a fine country with a very interesting history and culture. A wonderful place to visit with friendly people (usually, at least outside Paris). But if I had to hang my hat on France saving my continent, I would not feel very good about that. They certainly have some dynamic and ambitious people but broadly as a culture they just like to sleep in, take naps, work 35 hours a week and enjoy the finer things. Nothing wrong with that, but not exactly the fabric of an industrial, financial, and martial powerhouse.

@theforsakeen177 3 ай бұрын

you only say that because you don't know them that well, ask asians and africans about them you'll get a different take.

@johnpombrio 3 ай бұрын

After my wife and I bicycled through the bocage country in Northern France, I beg to differ on friendly native French.

@quietus13 3 ай бұрын

@@johnpombrio yes I've heard anecdotes like this, I suppose my "usually friendly" remark was a little charitable. My experience in the South of France and working with French forces in Africa and Central Asia have been pretty positive in terms of congeniality.

@WhatsUpLand 3 ай бұрын

@@theforsakeen177yeah, ask someone who's even lazier

@theforsakeen177 3 ай бұрын

@@WhatsUpLand i meant it primarily in the martial context, when it comes to hard work i would recommend you to read up on the working conditions in asia and africa, maybe on the mines in the congo? the stuff that allow you to waste bandwidth here?

@microvuette 3 ай бұрын

The comment on the stairs had me cracking up 😂

@timobrien6780 3 ай бұрын

I could listen to the quote "Peter Zeihan here...." all day.

@db1982Cro 3 ай бұрын

The number of times Europe was "doomed" is beyond counting now. The modern world started in Europe. Europe is too diverse and too dynamic to go under. Turbulent, bloody and confusing, yes. But there so much about it that can adjust.

@boblately5402 3 ай бұрын

Lmao acting as if the current demographic situation is normal and not terminal where every major European country is slated to be no longer European in the coming years is hilarious.

@ectur8 3 ай бұрын

True but eventually the modern world becomes the ancient world and nations and empires go “under.” This is like speaking to an Egyptian five thousand years ago. Or a Greek or a hun….or on and on and on.

@db1982Cro 3 ай бұрын

@@ectur8 none of these things happened in a decade mind you. And youre talking about individual nations, not a continent. When Greek states lost power did Europe crumble?

@ectur8 3 ай бұрын

@@db1982Cro fair enough…..but it does happen. After the fall of the Roman Empire the Mediterranean was a wasteland and it crumbled and it was rebuilt and the cycle went on. I think you’re focusing on the word crumble (lol which you introduced) and doing so conveniently. Europe may not crumble in the literal sense but it will by all intents and purposes. As far as the time it takes for it to happen, no you won’t blink and see it in ruins. It’s gradual but things move faster in the modern world. Perhaps it will take a century or two for Europe to “crumble” but in a civilizational time scale that’s well…. A blink of an eye.

@blablup1214 3 ай бұрын

@@ectur8 If you think about it. Our biggest problem in Europe is the mountain of old people we need to support. But in contrast to other things this is a self solving problem. In at most 50 years, all those old people will be gone. And if the burden decreases and at the same time housing gets much more affordable ( as so much houses will be empty ) people will start having more children again.

@courtneyricks500 3 ай бұрын

Thank you....I was totally wondering when the stairs end. 😂

@thoselog 3 ай бұрын

"like these god damn stairs!" LOL

@spunkychops7484 3 ай бұрын

Good information 👍

@georgiewalker5826 3 ай бұрын

One thing you can tell with Peters videos is that you can tell how he feels about these issues by the tone of his voice. I get the feeling he is very pro-France and very impressed by their strength and independence. Whereas I can sense maybe a little bit of contempt for Germany, for being putting economic interests over all over other interests, and maybe some contempt for the British due to their perceived bootlicking of the US. I could be wrong.

@Zarrov 3 ай бұрын

he seems to like competence and responding to reality. Germans are delusional, Brits are in denial. No one respects that. French since many years are going trough disilusionment and reality check. Italians already passed that process and are in recovery mode. Thats my take on his reactions and reasons behind it.

@guywalsh3283 3 ай бұрын

I do enjoy Peter’s videos but he is wildly overconfident and somewhat smug. He did a video about the U.K. elections that recently happened and left out so much context about Farage/Reform peeling off all the Red Wall Conservative voters. Peter seems to be completely focused on economics. I would like to see a video by Peter completely focused on the immigration issues in the U.K, the changing demographics, the rise in the Muslim population and the inevitable radicalisation of young, white working class Brits who seem to be completely brushed under the carpet by the ruling class.

@Xx-xd3zo 3 ай бұрын

@@guywalsh3283 - Naw, you're saying something's inevitable that isn't. Nice try.

@guywalsh3283 3 ай бұрын

@@Xx-xd3zo 700,000 net migration each year from places like Pakistan, India and Nigeria. Significant amounts of illegal immigration too. White working class boys are completely failing in schools. We’re constantly lectured about how racist the U.K. is, even though there’s never been a non white majority country more tolerant than us. Labour will ramp up DEI in the institutions. They tried to stop Brexit. Farage and Reform will most likely grow. Radical Islam will grow. And then BOOM, the drama begins. I would say it’s inevitable. But yes, I could be wrong. I think anyone sane will look into the future and see a huge spike in political polarisation.

@gregoryclifford6938 3 ай бұрын

More to the point, will the nomination of Vance of the obstructionist Taylor-Green faction as Vice Presidential candidate on the Trump ticket signal 'pulling-the-plug' on Ukraine's defense against Putin the Conqueror?

@GuillaumeVrac 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the wise insights but i can't tell where you were in France, maybe close to Nice. Greetings 😀

@agreen6301 3 ай бұрын

"...like these Goddamn stairs" 🤣🤣🤣

@Estenberg 3 ай бұрын

I priced these online: $4.99 to $6.00 per can. That is as or more expensive than both Portuguese Sardines and Norwegian Sardines, which I consider the two best canned Sardines in the world. I am also a fan of the cheapest ones: those canned in the Philippines. Unlike Norwegian & Portuguese Sardines, which are always packed in oil, Filipino sardines have more dynamic sauces, like jalapeño oil, sweet tomato, soy sauce, and spicy tomato (my favorite). But the Filipino sardines also have the most obstructive bones. In fact, the bones are so bad that sometimes I have to peel them off of my tongue so I don't choke. That said, these Bar Harbor Sardines look high-end to me, even without the good sauce. I will try them. Next, do smoked oysters.

@Frencho9 3 ай бұрын

The Bristish don't have more ships than France. Actually the Royal Navy is disarming type 23 frigates because they lack the crews to man those. Meanwhile france has no manpower issue and FREMM Aquitaine class frigates have double crews, blue and gold like submarines. We can lose a ship in war but still have a crew. It's is faster to built a ship than to train a good crew.

@dmitryxcom 3 ай бұрын

This one was pretty good, interesting thoughts / take

@regancolleenaberson 3 ай бұрын

those stairs kept going 😅

@scottanno8861 3 ай бұрын

11:05 made me spit my drink through my nose 😅

@lordsesshomaru8960 2 ай бұрын

His sense of humor with all this is amazing! It's always on point. No qwerky internet memes just solid humor. 😆

@engineeranonymous 3 ай бұрын

EU is not producing new businesses that will move it forward. USA has the ability to reinvent itself if necessary, EU has the ability to set a meeting and negotiate for years if necessary.

@murphy7801 3 ай бұрын

Funny you say that but EU has lots new businesses just not in sectors you'd think. Also last time I checked people still want champagne and brie

@jager6863 3 ай бұрын

The EU is an un-democratic state that is doomed to fail in it's current form. Less government/taxes/regulations, more freedom and civil rights are needed for Europe to be truly great. The people at the bottom suffer under the current system the most and the rich are intent to import illegals to prop up their failed states.

@libraryofpangea7018 3 ай бұрын

That's an assumption you're making not a fact. You have a perception of the EU but you're not basing it off of data you're basing it off of stereotype of bureaucracy.

@ab-ym3bf 3 ай бұрын

What a nonsense. First of all, "the EU" has no companies, its memberstates have. Second,, no business has to wait with a development or production on what the EU decides, so your"ability to set a meeting" is preposterous. The difference with the USA is that there is less fuss about it, companies have a difference finance structure, different development platform. There are leading EU companies with developments ahead of others, or on par with others, or even those that the world cannot do without. Think ASML, Zeiss. Your Anglo antipathy of the EU is shining through.

@karunama3771 3 ай бұрын

@@ab-ym3bf It really isn't nonsense. You're splitting hairs and arguing semantics. When people say the EU 'has no businesses that will move it forward', they aren't using some silly technicality to be right; the meaning of the phrase is 'Europe doesn't have any Amazon or Google analogs'. Brie and champagne are all well and good, but what matters are new businesses meant to tackle a new world, and the EU doesn't have those. Take a look at the world's richest companies or individuals and where they're based/live/were born/created; any way you measure, Europe lags way behind where it should be. As an outsider looking in, what I see from those statistics is a fatal lack of dynamism.

@philipcaldwell3187 Ай бұрын

Made my day to watch Peter on his way down 😊

@planet-p6f 3 ай бұрын

Good video - pleasantly balanced and a nice level of historical abstraction. It's good to see the recognition that the EU was created for one purpose: To prevent the tribes of Europe from massacring each other. I'd have added that many of the financial problems from the late 2000's were caused in part by the relaxation of economic stability criteria for candidate members back in the 90's.... but that of course leads into the Euro which is another issue entirely. ... the key thing with the EU: It's an experiment - there has never been such a Supra-National Confederacy with this much authority and power ... it will take some unique solutions to keep it going.

@tedcrilly46 3 ай бұрын

This common refrain of the EU "surviving" rarely suggests what the alternative non-survival might look like. In the event of a collapse youre not going to see the reintroduction of national trade barriers. As we simply have become too accustomed to the single market. That is the natural default. Import taxes and tariffs are the artificial construction which would need a lot of selling. And cause all sorts of issues. Same with mutual travel and work rights. Families and businesses are fully intermingled and multi-national within EU. So no matter what inter-European trade and travel are remaining. Which is essentially what the core of the EU is. In order for the EU to really collapse you need to find a new simpler, more profitable model. And it doesnt exist yet. Its like, if the US dissolved. Will people from neighboring states cook up a complicated model with borders and taxes and tariffs. Or is it way easier and more durable to simply not do that, and just trade freely. That method cant collapse, because its the lack of a system, not a system. You cant really collapse a non-system, a non-border.

@eastcorkcheeses6448 3 ай бұрын

@@tedcrilly46, maybe , but the eu can implode , especially when the likes of hungary or even some of the wealthier powers , talk of regaining their former national pride - it didnt take long for britain to lose a lot of their trade privileges, and if a few larger paying in countries want either special treatment - or lower fees , how long would some of the smaller guys stay in ,

@planet-p6f 3 ай бұрын

@@tedcrilly46 I agree - This speaks to the resilience of complex systems in the face of challenges. Russia may also experience this dynamic due to a highly centralised model and a lot of political units with little to no blue water access. If the EU were to fracture then it would at the very least coalesce around a few major trading ports - and as you say: likely not introduce trade barriers that would compromise supply chains and social networks. the BREXIT camp never understood this - dog whistle politics that ignored measures that were highly dependent on the higher administrative construct. We were 5th largest economy - but in large part due to our access to the wider network of trade, and information.

@tomskondratovics760 3 ай бұрын

Perfect, thanks! off topic, where did you find these stairs? I would really like to boost my stamina, and this seems like a good spot :D

@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745 3 ай бұрын

13 mins at least, he's in good shape

@bigwheelsturning 3 ай бұрын

PLEASE Don't do stairs again. Gave me a headache watching this one.

@colindeer9657 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Peter.

@axelfirer8439 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, Peter. One thing: France has been a net contributor to the EU budget for many years, now. Even if Germany is the single largest net contributor, it is far from being the only one.

@georgimustakerski9623 3 ай бұрын

It's not only Germany paying the bill... too simplistic of an overview, Peter.

@chrislisenby2681 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, like the French subsidizing Germany's energy sector due to the French's solar and nuclear power.

@sebastiengarnier6664 3 ай бұрын

France is a EU net contributor for a long time, contrary to what Peter says. But France is also nearly bankrupt by its debt level. While Italy is on budgetary support. Very worrying

@BKYoutube-zq3yv 3 ай бұрын

The Dutch relatively pay the biggest part of the bill if I'm not mistaken. We pay half as much as France with less than 1/3 the population, and we pay twice as much as Italy. The rest of Europe is even lower on the list. It makes sense. A lot of Dutch people won't acknowledge this, even though we carry a very large amount of power in the EU relative to our size, but The Netherlands is basically one giant logistics hub for Europe with excellent ports and infrastructure to move goods by train, river and road. That's what our country is at its core. That's why we have the best quality roads in Europe and possibly the world. Yeah we're also a knowledge economy but that's because we can afford to be, and the people living here need some kind of well educated job to do in the world.

@TomTomicMic 3 ай бұрын

Germany paid over 20 billion more than France on its contributions to the EU last year. Germany is currently the second biggest contributor to Ukraine (After a very slow start), France is a poor ninth after a slower start (Keil Institute Ukraine Aid Tracker), the US is first and the UK is third, so the best alliance is to follow the Ukraine Aid Tracker for Europe, and it ain't France!?!

@paulschmitz9175 3 ай бұрын

@@BKKZbin-zq3yv My ex-wife was Dutch and as she said, "The Dutch are a country of misers".

@Ryanowning 3 ай бұрын

Frankly, I think the Poles have a lot more say than this video lets on. The French and Poles have been walking in lock step on so many issues that I don't think it's true that the EU will dissolve, especially since both comprise the two major centers of political power within the EU and the Polish rapid industrialization is incredible. The Eastern bloc and the Western bloc of the EU are both on the same page regarding the war after all. I think they'll make it through this because the political will to form an EU army suddenly exists.

@ushiefreebird7470 3 ай бұрын

The Poles were never important. They were either ruled by the Germans or by Russia. And never underestimate these two.

@Ryanowning 3 ай бұрын

@@ushiefreebird7470 Their military is almost the size of pre-war Russia on it's own. They're very important now.

@brucesines7057 3 ай бұрын

Grasshopper, when walking on stairs, you shall find yourself staring at the ground

@brian13105 Ай бұрын

If you found those steps a pain going down , imagine going the other direction .

@nelsonsack2694 3 ай бұрын

My god, that must be the longest staircase in Europe. I’m exhausted just watching it.

@julientabulazero103 3 ай бұрын

Not even close. There is a place in Switzerland where stairs runs alongside a rail track. Once per year it is open to visitors. The run is only 3km in length but there is something like 11,000 steps for you to climb. That's cardio for you.

@tjmozdzen 3 ай бұрын

Those stairs were amazing - surprised you didn't turn an ankle - where was that filmed! (good thing you weren't bringing luggage to a train or bus stop).

@Sylvain_code 3 ай бұрын

At 2:51 we see a sign about a "arbre millénaire". It's in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. He's going from "Olivier Millénaire de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin" to "Château Médieval de Roquebrune". The sign is at 43°45'53.6"N 7°27'41.5"E

@thomassutrina8296 3 ай бұрын

The French WERE NOT VERY TALL WHEN WHERE YOUR WALKING WAS BUILT.

@BagOfHammers58 3 ай бұрын

The information and commentary were very interesting but I have to be honest and say that the environment of the never ending stairs was a real distraction. Perhaps choose something less distracting in the future. I would like to be able to give full focus to the great content you provide.

@Alex_Plante 3 ай бұрын

What is striking about Europe are the vast economic disparities between regions, not only within Europe, but between Europe and the Peri-European belt of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. You have an area centered on the Rhine, including the former West Germany, the Low Countries, eastern France, Switzerland and north-western Italy that has a very high income, and, in spite of low birth rates, will always be able to maintain their population through immigration, then as you go outward, income falls, especially in the rural areas of eastern and southern Europe. I see two over-lapping migration trends: people from the rural south and east are moving to the big cities of the North-Western European core, to be joined by people from Africa, the middle east and central Asia, and wealthy retirees from the North-Western core are moving to the Mediterranean coast.

@tedcrilly46 3 ай бұрын

Yeah thats been going on a while. Polish in particular are everywhere in richer European countries. Although they are often heading home recently, as PL grows stronger. Ireland is very Polish and Lithuanian these days. UK too.

@cool70200 3 ай бұрын

Most countries with 20th century thinking who are used to the stable and slower times are struggling to keep up with 21th century rapid changes. They seem to be stuck in "look out for themselves" mode so there will probably be more fragmenting of unions and groups. Not everyone suffers or benefits the same from clever sounding arguments and ideologies, especially when things get ugly or messy within a people's borders.

@michaelpilos 3 ай бұрын

Unity is the Future ❤

@Belaziraf 3 ай бұрын

Yeah. I didn't see the point of that speech. Alone and isolated we are weak. "Pulling in" countries that are not as wealthy isn't as bad as it seems as like for globalization, it will pull up those economies; Besides, they still have to fulfill the requirements for application and integration first. A country viability is more about stability and people's well being, not their wealth. Especially not wealth standards of outside viewers. Of course there will be difficulties. And obviously, there will be countries that will never be allowed to join. Not because of democracy (sounds like an American speeach) issues, but because of Human Rights and freedom. Democracy here sounds as if it was the ideal political regime. It is not. It is seen as such as it allows to have more freedom of thoughts, of speech and give them rights. It's wrong to mix freedom and well being with democracy. Democracy is but one single possible answer to those too many bad regimes. We may not have reached the answer yet and probably will not in this life time as it would require every citizen to have basic respect for each other. Which would mean no thievery, no murder and no war or conflict of any sort. In short, a utopia. Deocracy as we see and live in is imperfect. Some allow better hearing of the people and some limit people from being heard like. Ultimately, people are what makes a country and EU is only a bigger scale. Forget that and we'll go straight down to hell.

@pistolen87 3 ай бұрын

National sovereignty dead?

@kensummers7757 3 ай бұрын

Not likely.

@janitorizamped 3 ай бұрын

@@Belazirafwhat is the point of your comment?

@michaelpilos 3 ай бұрын

@@pistolen87 yes… too small to matter

@sharonszova2691 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Peter Z

@MrErendira69 3 ай бұрын

Sorry again...What do you mean "French's economic is nit based on free trade, it's nationalised"?? Could you give any exemple ? France is tied with all the European and international treatys just like all it's neighbours. Do you really believe that LVMH, L'Oréal, Sanofi or Société Générale belong to the state ? I'm disappointed to hear this lack of accuracy in your videos.